Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 293 Why Help Cuban?

"The responsibility for the loss lies with me. For Rashard Lewis, this has never been resolved. He took too many simple shots. For a shooter of this level, it is very important for him to develop his touch. Terrible thing. We will study the video after the game and find countermeasures." In an interview after the game, Jim took the initiative to take the blame.

When Nate McMillan responded to the Lakers' misplaced singles, he resolutely put two points to shrink the basket. He would rather be killed by a mid-range shot than let the Lakers break through to the basket easily. This undoubtedly did a lot for other teams. Good inspiration, used to win when facing the Lakers, especially when the Lakers have a mediocre outside touch.

The team's recent schedule is also very unfavorable. The consecutive home and away games make it difficult for the players to find their form, and the next game will be back-to-back away games against the powerful Sacramento Kings. For the Lakers, this is undoubtedly a tough battle .

After a bad start with 4 losses and 1 win, the Kings gradually found their form, and got a strong record of 13 wins and 2 losses in the following games, including many strong opponents such as the Suns and Timberwolves, and the home and away double play total runner-up The performance of the Pacers is even more impressive. Chris Webber is trying to prove to everyone that he is still one of the league's first-line power forwards. Don't exclude him from Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Dirk Noah. Outside the ranks of Wieschi.

However, after the Lakers experienced a defeat, the team's desire to rebound became stronger.

Compared with the Sonics, the Kings' tactics are more complicated, but complex tactics are not necessarily more effective. The Lakers' coaching staff has long been familiar with Adelman's routines, and there is a Divac who is familiar with all the Kings. The tactical board is easier to deal with.

Throughout the game, the Kings shot 29.4% of their three-pointers. The team kept hitting the outside line and made 17 turnovers. Although the performance of the Lakers was definitely not [-]%, the Kings were so bad. , Still sent a warmth to the Lakers.

"Our performance is disappointing. Whenever we are about to catch up with the score, the score will be opened by the opponent because of mistakes or missed shots. When the opponent has more than a dozen shots than you, you are very tired. It's hard to win, especially when we feel cold today." After the 103-116 loss to the Lakers, Kings coach Rick Adelman accepted an interview.

Chris Webber scored 20 points and 7 rebounds. It cannot be said that his performance was sluggish, but compared with Garnett's 25 points and 20 rebounds, it is a bit shabby. Of course, this is also related to the king's tactics. Both Okur and Webb are accustomed to attacking from the high post, and Garnett's rebounds are easily accepted without confrontation.

Bryant scored only 18 points and won the game lying down.

Next, the Lakers returned to the home court to face the Wizards back to back.

There is no Wizards who have developed on the same track, and they have not formed the Arenas-Larry Hughes-Jamison Trident this season. Now their backcourt is still Larry Hughes and Richard Hamilton, Jr. The forward is the second-year rookie Jarvis Hayes, and the inside is played by Brendan Heywood and Kwame Brown.

Larry Hughes is not a player who is good at organizing, and Hamilton is a typical shooting guard and a terminator player. Once the ball is in the hands of the two of them, they are basically not good at passing it out. Anyway, there are no two big insiders. As for the offensive ability, the head coach Eddie Jordan followed suit and let the two guns fire at will. The two teamed up to contribute more than 45 points per game, which is the highest scoring backcourt combination in the league.

Of course, if Kobe's 29.8 points per game and Wade's 17.4 points per game can be counted as a pair of backcourt combinations, the first backcourt combination should be the Lakers.

Except that Kwame Brown's super-level performance caused a small wave in the Lakers' interior, the Wizards did not create too many difficulties for the Lakers. Larry Hughes is not known for his stable shooting, and Hamilton's shots are also based on the center. Focusing on distance, the Lakers can safely shrink the defensive line. As soon as possible, Kwame Brown is like a god, scoring 24 points and 16 rebounds, as if to play people's expectations for the No. 92 pick.

The next game against the Grizzlies is still at home, and the team can finally take a breather. Due to the suspension of many people on the team, the shortening of the rotation led to an increase in playing time, and the team began to suffer from injuries. Kyle Korver Sprained his foot in the last game and will be out for about a week. Nocioni also has a tight hamstring and has entered the daily observation list.

After discussing with the medical team, the team only conducted the lowest level of warm-up training, basically equivalent to a day off.

Jim had a rare return to his original office, which he had rarely returned to since he took over as the team's head coach.

"What a rarity."

Kupchak held a stack of documents, opened the door and walked in.

Jim was speechless, just tidying up his desk. Without his consent, no one dared to touch the things on his desk. Now there was a layer of dust on the desk.

"The Mavericks are selling Antawn Jamison. Cuban hopes someone can take over his contract. If the Lakers are interested in joining the deal, he hopes that the bargaining chip is Ron Artest or Chauncey Billups." Kupchak put the documents on Jim's desk and continued, "In addition, Vince Carter was extremely dissatisfied with the Raptors' offseason actions. He said that he would not consider continuing to play in Toronto and hoped that the team would He traded because no matter what, he will not re-sign with the Raptors after the contract expires."

"I'm Carter, and I'm also dissatisfied. Look at what the Raptors have done in the past few years. They have dismantled a team of the top four in the East into a pile of waste. Every time a transaction is made, the strength of the team will be reduced." It was Carter's destiny to slip down a step and get this kind of management."

It is also embarrassing that the North Carolina duo back then are now caught in trade rumors at the same time.Especially Jamison, who originally averaged more than 20 points per game in the Warriors, and he was still well-off, but after going to the Mavericks and playing as the sixth man for a season, his statistics dropped to 14 points per game, not to mention the championship ring. If you don't get it, you will soon become a victim of the team's reconstruction and be swept out.Now the Mavericks obviously want to help Josh Howard and Jason Terry. Last season's cheating five-star lineup was too deformed in offense and defense, and Cuban also learned from it.

"Jamison...he's useless to us, we've got enough guys who can score, and his defense is unreliable, and, why are we helping Mark Cuban? As for Vince Carter... …He's good, but unfortunately we don't have the chips to match his salary, so we can't trade him for Kobe."

(End of this chapter)