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On the morning of July 7, Ke Yan was still reviewing the list of inside players on the free agent market, hoping to find a "treasure" like Ingles.

Regardless of whether Gasol joins or not, the Kings' goal for the new season is to "compete for the championship"; if we talk about before, in addition to strength, Ke Yan also needs to consider "future", "cost-effectiveness", "player positioning", "youth" If there are factors such as "the room for players to grow", then in the next season, all operations of the Kings will be aimed at the championship. All operations, efforts, and adjustments in the regular season will be to create a team with the capabilities to compete in the playoffs. A competitive starting lineup means "survival of the fittest" in a true sense.

"Shawn Marion contacted us through his contacts and is interested in joining at a price slightly higher than the basic salary." Michael Keane reported to Ke Yanhui.

After joining the Mavericks, Hacker completed the transformation from "core player" to "role player".To be fair, after finding his own position, Marion's performance was pretty good. In 11 and 12, he helped the Mavericks reach the finals. Although the team lost in the first round in the past two years, Marion's performance was quite satisfactory. .

Theoretically, Marion is a good fit for Curry and Harden. He is very good at making use of the space provided by defenders, and can play both the third and fourth positions.But this kind of body-hungry striker has reached this age and will decline at any time. Ke Yan cannot help but think about it carefully;

At the same time, players interested in joining the Kings include Evan Turner, the second overall pick in 10!Frankly speaking, Turner is a candidate that Ke Yan has never considered. He is the second overall pick and can steadily contribute double-digit points in addition to his rookie season. Turner really "doesn't deserve this."

However, as a wing player, Turner has no 3 or D. When playing in the NCAA, he can complete some strong plays by relying on his confrontation advantage, and he also has good organization skills. However, under the confrontation in the NBA, his efficiency in scoring independently is greatly reduced, and his positioning is very difficult. Embarrassing, he can organize but is definitely not good enough to play point guard, he can make mid-range shots but is not very reliable, and his defense is quite satisfactory.

In the market, some teams are willing to gamble on Turner's talent with a two-year contract with a team option of 2 million, but he himself wants to follow Stephenson's example and get a 1200+1 low-priced contract with the Kings. Play your worth and sign a big contract next summer.

"At this price, we would be hard-pressed to get a better quality player than Evan Turner!" Michael Keane said.

"But if he joins the team at such a preferential price, even if he doesn't demand the main position, he still needs playing time and ball rights!" Ke Yan shook his head, "Unfortunately, we can't provide it."

Just like Anthony later joined the Rockets with a minimum salary, just because a player receives a minimum salary does not mean that the team can really use him as a minimum salary!Even if the Rockets DNP Anthony, they don't dare not let Anthony take action, let him look at the water dispenser, go up to collect kills in garbage time, etc.

After weighing it for a long time, Ke Yan finally decided to sign with his old team, Omikaspi, for a veteran's basic salary.

In Ke Yan's second season coaching the Knicks, Casspi was named by Ke Yan to come to the Knicks in the "Love for Horford" trade. The Israeli is a shooter with size, and he will definitely be the No. [-] for most of his career. position, but in the hands of Ke Yan, he is basically used as a "space-type fourth position". His characteristics are the same as Novak, which is "accurate"!

Among the Kings' inside players, only Brother Ha has certain outside shooting ability. Bringing in a pure shooter will help you be prepared!

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On July 7, Ke Yan received a call from Gasol, officially informing him of his decision to join the Bulls.

"???" Ke Yan's first reaction was surprise.

From his perspective, with both sides asking for similar prices, the lineup is obviously more competitive, and the Kings with full outside firepower are obviously more attractive; besides, Ke Yan thinks he is also a gold-lettered brand, and a young player like Turner People would rather not have big contracts come to them.

But Ke Yan forgot one thing. His labels are "good at cultivating young people", "good at drafting", "good at helping problem teenagers correct their playing style". The opposite meaning is "unfriendly to veterans", "more willing to Leave opportunities to young people" and "veterans will be constantly challenged by young people when they join the team."

Gasol was born in Barcelona's youth training institution. The 92 Dream Team has a special meaning to his basketball dream, and the No. 23 flying man is also the only idol in the hearts of all Barcelona basketball teenagers.Gasol was willing to give up a few other things for the chance to follow in his idol's footsteps.

Another reason why Gasol chose the Kings is that the competition in the Eastern Conference is relatively low. From the perspective of environmental factors, Gasol can more easily develop his second spring in the Eastern Conference.

Some were surprised, and even a little unconvinced, but Ke Yan still gave Gasol some "blessings" and hoped that he would usher in the "second spring" of his career in Chicago, and then hung up the phone hastily.

"Help me contact Trevor Booker and give him an offer!" Ke Yan immediately responded to Gasol's failure to join.

Trevor Booker, a blue-collar insider who played for the Wizards last season, is the man who most resembles James in the league, referring to his appearance.Last season, he averaged 21.9 minutes of playing time per game and was able to contribute 6+6 data. He is definitely qualified as the team's interior substitute.

If this name is not familiar to you, many fans should have seen the animation of a Nets player pointing at the tactical arrangements guided by Lu, and then being retorted by Lu with "You know the ball quite well". It's him. .

At this point, the Kings' lineup for the new season is basically completed.

控球后卫：库里（4年7200万）、布雷克（1年200万）、利文斯顿（1+1带球队选项，300万）、克拉克森（2+1+1带球队选项，500万）、

Shooting Guard: Harden (3 years, 4800 ​​million)

小前锋：阿里扎（4年2800万）、考文顿（1+1带球队选项，200万）、英格尔斯（3年300万）、卡斯比（1年250万）

大前锋：托拜厄斯哈里斯（1年150万）、特雷沃布克（1+1球员选项，300万）、杰拉米格兰特（3年300万）

中锋：钱德勒（1年1300万）、戈贝尔（1+1+1带球队选项，450万）

There are a total of 14 players on the team roster, including 9 on the wings and inside, and there are swingmen who can play multiple positions, which can ensure the team's lineup extensibility to the greatest extent; although the serious candidate for the second position is only Ha There is only one person on board, but Clarkson, Livingston and Ingles can all play this position, and even Curry can play when necessary. It is really not as thin as it seems on paper.

From the perspective of ordinary fans, you may feel that the improvement of the Kings lineup is not very obvious; except for Ariza replacing Middleton, the signings in other positions are mostly "tinkering" without qualitative improvement!But fans who have followed Ke Yan for some years will know that when Ke Yan focuses on recruiting mature players instead of potential players and young people who have gone astray, it means that the Kings will officially report to the general manager next season. The champion attacks!

Including when talking to core players such as Curry and Harden, Ke Yan also made it clear that the team's goal for the new season is to win the championship!

Quickly completing the lineup construction, Ke Yan also ended his operations and started his vacation.

After returning to China, Ke Yan first declined all interviews and event invitations and returned home to rest quietly for two weeks, relax and spend time with his family.

Afterwards, there was an interview with Xu Yi. In this interview, Ke Yan was uncharacteristically not talking in an official tone or playing Tai Chi, but directly CUE to a Chinese basketball game that is unknown in China and full of evil in foreign countries.The Olympic team lost to the Italian Olympic team 5-on-3.

Back in early July, China held a friendly men's basketball invitational tournament in the Yunnan-Guizhou region and sent the men's basketball Olympic team preparing for the Asian Cup.In the first two games of the friendly match, the Olympic team lost to the French youth team and the Slovenian team three. The organizer leaders were embarrassed. Therefore, in the third game against the Italian team three, the referee's whistle began to blow to the Olympic team crazily. Tilt, basically to the point of ignoring the facts, calling the Italian team a physical foul with eyes closed, and throwing two free throws.

But even under this level of whistleblowing, the Olympic team still failed to win against its opponent.At the end of regular time, 5 players of the Italian men's basketball team had committed 5 fouls and were sent off. Since they only brought 9 players to participate in this invitational tournament, after the end of regular time, the Italian team only had 4 players left to play. The opponent's coach Then it was proposed that the friendly match ended in a draw, which can be regarded as "friendship first, competition second".

However, Olympic team head coach Wang Huaiyu rejected the proposal and insisted on overtime.So when the overtime kicked off, the fans at the scene saw a rare scene in the history of basketball. Five players from the Chinese men's basketball team beat four players from the Italian men's basketball team.

What's even more exaggerated is that although the Italian team only has four people on the field, they are still able to score continuously through patient conduct and personal skills!

Then it was the referee who stood up to save the Olympic team and continued to send off two Italian players through various "unnatural" penalties, directly showing a 5-on-2 numerical advantage.

The Olympic team and the referee team were so shameless that the fans couldn't stand it. They threw a lot of mineral water and other debris into the stadium, forcing the game to end early.In the end, after long periods of 5-on-4, 5-on-3, and short-term 5-on-2 overtime, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Italian team 97:107.

Afterwards, the entire network deleted the video and video of the game, and all comments were blocked. Since it was two days after the Brazilian team's 1:7 defeat to Germany in the World Cup, public opinion led the entire network to ridicule the Brazilian team for encountering a "national crisis." In turn, The scandals in my family are either deleted or used by some people in other words, so that the concept of this matter in most minds is. . . . . . .The referee was indifferent, blew the home whistle wildly, and sent off the Italian players. The Chinese players showed their "silent protest" by adhering to the principle of fair play despite playing more and less.

Of course, this is not surprising.If it were Ke Yan, if he hadn't seen the game video, he wouldn't have believed that 5-on-2, 5-on-3 or even 5-on-4 would lose. This obviously subverted the average person's understanding of basketball.

Ke Yan talked about this game clearly and proactively, and proactively mentioned the relevant functional departments.

"Any deficiencies, any management vacancies should not be made by an outsider like me. Someone should bear this responsibility. Someone should be responsible for our country's basketball and our basketball fans. Especially Our functional management department. Your administrative level is very high. You have applied for a lot of funds and received a lot of subsidies, but what are you doing?"

"I know that the problem of echelon building can not only be solved by the management department. But the current managers, don't you have a place to take down your position? If you don't solve the problem, you will be the problem! How many years is the current Chinese basketball behind the international players? After Yao Ming retired in 2011, we have never won a single game against strong European and American teams. We do not have the same dominance in intra-Asian competitions. Except for Yi Jianlian, no one of us can win in the international arena. We have players who have consistently contributed double-digit scoring, and our talent training mechanism has remained the same as it was 20 years ago. The result is that after Yi Jianlian retires, we will not even have the last fig leaf. By then, the real power of Chinese basketball will be The problem will be exposed nakedly in front of everyone.”

"I know that every circle has relationships with every circle, so there are some words and things that many people dare not say or are unwilling to say. Maybe they are vested interests in it. OK, no problem, let me tell you, I am here to be cannon fodder, I am here to be the star in this prairie fire! I am not afraid, I am not afraid of these things. I don’t need to eat in this circle, but since I entered the NBA in 00, the impact of the booming development of basketball in China To promote the needs of grassroots practitioners entering this industry, I need to speak out for them.”

After Yao Ming and Liu Xiang retired one after another, Ke Yan and Li Na have basically become the most influential sports industry practitioners in China.But these two people have always been beneficial to outside the system. Compared with Li Na, who has a more fiery personality and a large part of her income comes from domestic sources, Ke Yan is more tactful and not so dependent on the domestic market, and is basically not close to domestic basketball. I only take coaching classes occasionally.

So this time, Ke Yan went straight to attack the functional departments through a humiliating defeat, catching some people off guard!

Because of Ke Yan's revelation, there were also complaints on the Internet. After all, no one wants to be a fool!

Some people went to the Internet to verify the truth of the competition, while others fished in troubled waters and questioned Ke Yan's motives for provoking trouble.

"Thanks to the wall in China, many fans don't know about it, and the ridicule on the Internet is overwhelming. It often appears in TOP videos that violate sportsmanship, guaranteeing three and competing for one."

“I can only say that I don’t even want to lose my face!”

"Everyone else couldn't get it together, so they had to play overtime and lost. I've never seen anything so shameless!"

"The most fantasy moment of "Basketball Fire" is when the Thunderbolts and Firewolves win 4 on 5. Even fantasy dramas in Bay Area dare not shoot 3 on 5. I can only say that reality is more magical than the TV series!"

Public opinion broke out and people were excited.But immediately starting from 12 o'clock that night, excessive remarks began to be deleted and hidden. Many of Ke Yan's remarks in Xu Yi's column were reasonably "harmony", and the mood changed from "anger" to "regret". Afterwards, Ke Yan stopped speaking. of channels.