The world of basketball

Chapter 6 Summer League Lineup and Tactics

Mu Xiaobei was selected by the Lakers and got a four-year contract of 987 million yuan, with the team option for the next two years.

The salary for the first year is 176 million, but it is not paid in one lump sum, especially for a rookie like Mu Xiaobei, but part of it will be paid to Mu Xiaobei in a few months.

It is a bit like the Benxi Iron and Steel Team, it is to prevent players from getting rich overnight after being selected by the team.

So now Mu Xiaobei is not rich, so now Mu Xiaobei lives in a small apartment. Of course, an apartment like a small villa cannot be said to be "not too big" for a Chinese city, but It's really not that big in the US.

Moreover, this apartment was rented by Mu Xiaobei, and only one bedroom belonged to Mu Xiaobei.

Moreover, the landlord's name is Carlene Helen.

Yes, Mu Xiaobei is currently living in his manager's house.

According to the contract between Mu Xiaobei and Carlin, Carlin's salary is 15.00% of Mu Xiaobei's income, including team salary and endorsement salary.

15.00% is already a very high commission. Even the top agents in the NBA can't get such a large commission.

But Mu Xiaobei thinks it's worth it. Although it's a little expensive, but since hiring this agent, Mu Xiaobei has basically never worried about things other than basketball.

When Mu Xiaobei sleeps, he likes to close the windows and draw the curtains to keep the room in a closed state, but in this way, the high concentration of carbon dioxide will make the air look a little dirty.

Carlin had the key to Mu Xiaobei's room. She opened the door of the room and pulled the blanket off Mu Xiaobei's body.It's very hot in Los Angeles in June, so it's very comfortable to turn on the air conditioner and cover yourself with a blanket at night.

Fortunately, Mu Xiaobei didn't have the habit of sleeping naked, but the small tent he set up in the morning still made him a little embarrassed.

"Karlin, I was joking last night." Mu Xiaobei scratched his head shyly.

Carlin also blushed a little and said: "Yesterday, if you agreed, you agreed. I will wake you up as long as you live in my house in the future. After all, you paid me a lot of salary!"

"Hurry up and wash up." Carlin turned her head and walked out of the room.

When Mu Xiaobei walked out of the room, he found that breakfast was already prepared: chicken breast, vegetable and fruit salad, and tomato juice.

Well, it's very similar to the nutritious meal in the team cafeteria.

"I just started reading nutrition books a few days ago, and I haven't learned much knowledge yet, so I can only do some simple things." Carlin smiled and said, "As long as you live at home, I will make breakfast for you .”

Mu Xiaobei ate nearly a catty of chicken breast, and when he heard Carlin's words, his heart suddenly moved.

Mu Xiaobei grew up in an orphanage, and the best thing for him is the director's aunt. Although Yao Ming is his benefactor, he is not very familiar with Yao Ming's family.

The teacher in the sports school is also very kind to him, but that teacher is a male teacher.

The teammates of the Bengang team, especially Guo Ailun, are also very good to him, but they are also men.

When Mu Xiaobei heard a young woman say these words so gently for the first time, his heart felt as if he had been dragged into a heated house after staying in Shenyang in winter for several days. inside.

Mu Xiaobei hurriedly ate up all the food in front of him, then ran to the Lakers arena.

Although Karlin's house is not big, but fortunately it is very close to the arena. It takes only 10 minutes to run there, but I still need to buy a car to save time on the road.

The summer league will be in two weeks, and the head coach Walton has also gathered the rookies and undrafted picks who will participate in the summer league in the training camp.

For some undrafted picks, the summer league is also a very important opportunity, which is related to whether they can get a contract and stay in the NBA.

The roster to represent the Lakers in the summer league has come out. No. 36 Hart and No. [-] Mu Xiaobei are probably the core of this team.

Others include Mikaeluk, Nick King, Xavier Mays, Jonathan Williams, Caruso, Els and others. According to Wharton's thinking, they probably play a nine-man rotation, and apart from Mu Xiaobei Except for Hart and Hart, the others basically play in rotation.

Hart is an attacker, but not a playmaker. Of course, just a summer league does not need any playmaker, but Wharton still told some tactics to the boys present.

In the tactics formulated by Wharton, Mu Xiaobei took on a heavy offensive task. After all, he and Hart are the core of this team.

Many tactics, such as Mu Xiaobei doing pick-and-rolls for Hart in the high position, and then can cut outside or inside, from which small forwards can also be derived as off-ball screens for Hart or off-ball screens for Mu Xiaobei, etc. Tactics, in fact, this is the continuation of the horn tactics.

After Nash, Stoudemire, and Marion led the Sun Tornado Kombat to carry forward this V-shaped tactic, many teams that like to play small lineups are very familiar with this tactic. When Mu Xiaobei was in Bengang, coach Guo Shiqiang also I like to let Guo Ailun and Hudson fall to the bottom corner, Mu Xiaobei and Bass mention the corner of the free throw line, and Zhao Jiwei organizes, so Mu Xiaobei is more familiar with this tactic.

The other is the Princeton tactic. This tactic is to use the center as the fifth position, and the other four highly mobile teammates cover each other and run. This tactic has high requirements on the center's passing ability and field vision.

Mu Xiaobei trained with Hart and others, and each was familiar with the technical characteristics of his teammates, so that he could bring out the characteristics of his teammates, and he was also familiar with the tactics that the coach asked him to train, so as to maximize the strength of the team.

Sometimes coach Walton will split the team into two, and then the two teams will play against each other.

However, coaches generally don't separate Hart and Mu Xiaobei. This is natural. Since it is a training match, the first task must be the running-in of the two cores.

Sometimes Walton will also call Kuzma, Ingram, Zubac and others to play a friendly match with this summer league team.

But Ball's left knee is injured, and he can't do strenuous exercise. He can only shoot shots every day to correct his shooting posture.

For many people, this friendly game, especially with the future core players of the Lakers, may not be that important. They feel that their stage should be in the summer league or even the preseason.

But for Mu Xiaobei and Zubac, this kind of friendly match between the two is very important, because with Daluo's delay in renewing his contract, the two may compete for the team's important center rotation. seats.

So in this friendly match, both sides want to show their true abilities and prove to the coach that they are the more capable and more worthy athletes.

The NBA is a place full of competition, competition between teams, competition between players within the team, competition for tactical status, competition for playing time, and competition for the right to speak.

For Zubac, who averaged 9.7 minutes per game last season, scored 3.7 points, 2.9 rebounds and 0.35 blocks, the competition seems relatively simple.

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