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Although Hamblen and Ke Yan tried their best to maintain the stability of the locker room, more and more rumors still affected the state of the Lakers.Kobe ushered in a mileage in his career. After he received the best player of the month award in December in the Western Conference, the team lost 12:89 to the Minnesota Timberwolves at home and fell back to the fifth position in the Western Conference. (112-22)

In this game, it wasn't that any player performed abnormally, but that the whole team was pulled down.Kobe made 29 of 11 shots in the game, 7 of 2 three-pointers, 7 of 4 free throws, and scored 28 points. The data is still alive, and the efficiency is really poor.

Except for Kobe, only Butler and Atkins scored in double figures for the Lakers. The team's second-in-command Odom sleepwalked the entire game against Garnett, scoring 9 points on 2 of 5 shots.Garnett not only subdued Odom, but also solved Anderson by the way. Anderson, who averaged 9.3 rebounds per game this season, only took off 5 rebounds in this game, and the Lakers completely lost the penalty area. !

After a defeat, the outside media paid attention to the importance of Tomjanovich. What made Ke Yan even more disappointed was that the team management did not pay attention to the voices surrounding the team and did not have a clear statement.

On January 1, the day after the Lakers lost, Phil Jackson expressed his attitude in an interview with the media. He made it clear that he enjoys his current life and has no intention of taking over as head coach of the Lakers.

In his autobiography released not long ago, Phil Jackson revealed a lot of inside stories about the Lakers locker room, including the details of the conflict between Kobe and O'Neal that many people really want to know.Between the lines, it is obvious that they are on O'Neill's side, describing Kobe as a withdrawn, selfish guy who doesn't believe in his partners. This is the reason for the great conflict between the two.

And in this interview, when the reporter asked Phil Jackson whether he refused to go out because of Kobe, Phil Jackson showed an intriguing smile, and then passed the question vaguely.

This move also made many people suspect that Kobe was involved in the work of the Lakers management, including the Lakers' coach selection.This also makes the problem for the Lakers more difficult.

1月5日，湖人队客场挑战休斯顿火箭队，以95:106输球，遭遇两连败！（22-12）

Due to Van Gundy's relationship, the Rockets can be said to be the opponent Ke Yan does not want to lose. In this game, he followed the defensive strategy against O'Neal in the previous Christmas game.However, I have to admit that the current Yao Ming's strength may not be able to stabilize O'Neal, but he is definitely more difficult to defend than O'Neal.First of all, he is not afraid of slashing. If you can't guard him, you can't guard him. Secondly, he can pull out and shoot. Using a pure meat shield like Diop to defend against him is generally effective.On the contrary, it was Anderson who obediently moved forward to defend later, causing even more troubles for Yao Ming!

The Lakers, who had been lagging behind, once narrowed the point difference to 5 points in the second half of the third quarter. However, Anderson's injury stopped the momentum of the Lakers chasing points. A misplaced defense against the basket, he jumped up to block McGrady, top-down He was pushed away by McGrady, lost his center of gravity, and injured his shoulder.

After an MRI examination, the Lakers officially announced with regret that Anderson will be absent for four to six weeks.

Although the team still has two centers, Mihm and Diop, in Ke Yan's tactical system, they are all substitutes. Anderson is the main force no matter how many problems there are. His absence is a great loss for the Lakers. !

The team was in chaos from top to bottom. Ke Yan tried his best to stabilize the team's locker room, and talked to Butler and Diop successively.He also found Odom, but the other party was too busy in the nightclub to listen to his lectures.

Even if you are a coach, you cannot infringe on the human rights of the players. If you have a suggestion, you can mention it when you are training, but don’t talk about it when you are enjoying your private life!

Odom wouldn't say it so arrogantly, but that's what he meant.On the other hand, Ke Yan is nothing more than an assistant coach. He is younger than Odom, and it is normal for the other party to do business with him.If coaches like Phil Jackson and George Karl call him even in private time, Odom still has to be taught obediently!

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At 7 o'clock in the morning, Ke Yan was still asleep, and received a call from Hamblen, earlier than he thought.

"Kimi, come out and have breakfast together, let's talk." Hamblen said seriously.

"Okay, where?"

"Just near the arena, anywhere will do."

Fred62, a well-known retro restaurant in Los Angeles, is famous for its citrus banana brioche French toast, skillet baked eggs or salmon benedict hash browns, and the price is not expensive. Only $48.

"We have lost two games in a row recently, and they all lost to opponents with a slightly worse record than us. They are all stuck in battle. It will be very troublesome if this continues." Hamblen said, "I don't want Rudy to create for us. The good situation is ruined in vain. Kimi, what do you think?"

"Wow! Who are you interviewing for me?" Ke Yan said casually, fiddled with the baked eggs on his dinner plate.

"If you want to understand this way, I have no problem~" Hamblen stared blankly at Ke Yan, his eyes said everything, maybe this is really an interview.

"If you don't want to continue to lose, the first thing to solve is the team's morale problem! First of all, there must be a clear head coach candidate. If this problem is solved as soon as possible, the team can at least ensure a place in the playoffs. If the new head coach follows the If my thinking is the same, I would suggest that he seek reinforcements in the lineup, add an inside scoring point and a backup point guard through trading. If we do these two things, maybe we can pursue better results.” Ke Yan elaborated Own ideas, but also use some of the art of language.

"Score points inside, isn't it easy to trade?" Hamblen tentatively asked.

"It may be difficult, but it is definitely maneuverable! We played against him not long ago, and I was very impressed by the content of the game he played."

Ke Yan didn't say it clearly, but Hamblen thought about it a little bit, and at the same time satisfied the "inside scoring points", "I played against the Lakers not long ago and performed well", and there is only one candidate who "has the possibility to operate", the king's boss, Chris Webber!

Ke Yan likes and is good at using power forwards with strong support ability, which can be seen from training.Hamblen absolutely believes that Ke Yan can make good use of Weber.

As for the possibility of a transaction, there is no need for Hamblen to worry about this. This should be considered by Jeri Buss and Kupchak.

"I can also tell you some information that I know. Mitch (Kupchak) asked Kobe for your opinion as the team's acting coach, and Kobe agreed. I believe Mitch will consider Kobe's opinion. Therefore, in At our management level, you've got two votes!"

At the locker room level, Butler, Anderson, and Barnes must have supported Ke Yan's upper position, and with Kobe, it can almost be said that Ke Yan has the support of the Lakers' locker room.Coupled with the recommendation votes of Jim Buss and Kupchak, Ke Yan has really come to the first pick of the Lakers coach!