basketball scientist

At the beginning of the season, the Lakers coaching team is mainly composed of four people.In addition to the head coach Tomjanovich, the three assistant coaches are Hamblen, Brian Shaw, and Keyan, who are in charge of different projects of the team.

Hamblen is mainly responsible for pre-match preparations and team basic training; Brian Shaw is responsible for shooting training and personnel inspection; Ke Yan is responsible for offensive tactical design and tactical training, and took over some on-the-spot scheduling tasks in the middle of the season.

A coach is paired with three assistants, and everyone performs their own duties. Even if Ke Yan and Brian Shaw had some small frictions, they didn't take it to heart. The cooperation between them is not bad.

Now, Tom Norwich has retreated from the coach to the position of consultant, which is basically a name.There are only three people left in the coaching team. Ke Yan was promoted to the position of head coach to take on more tasks and heavier pressure, but he lacked a person who played his role before to correct some of his problems.There is no second voice tactically, which is not a good thing for the team.

On the other hand, Ke Yan needs an assistant coach who can lubricate the relationship between the coaching team and the players, and help express some of his thoughts to the players more softly. Therefore, the assistant coach he hopes to get is an assistant coach with player experience, It is best to have played under the hands of a famous coach and be able to give

This request was not too much, and Kupchak agreed on behalf of Bass, "Do you want us to help you recruit, or do you have someone to choose?"

Ke Yan has no experience of playing in the United States, and he has only been a head coach for a short time. Normal people would not think that he has any connections to recruit people.

"I have two candidates. You may need to contact them to see if they are willing to cooperate with me." Ke Yan said, "If they are not willing, I will think about other candidates."

Jeff Hornacek, a famous Jazz player, has excellent off-the-ball movement, accurate shooting, modest personality, and good passing skills. He has been honed in Sloan's pick-and-roll system for many years. Come up with your own ideas.His daughter, Abby Hornacek, is very beautiful, and she can get a lot of "son-in-laws" wherever she coaches. . . . . .Off topic.

Monty Williams has been a marginal player in the NBA for a long time, but he has been in the league for nine years with average strength, and he can't do it without popularity.For Ke Yan, a teaching assistant with high EQ can play a big role.He doesn't have a beautiful daughter, so he's behind Hornacek.

Because it is the middle of the season, it is not good for the team to directly pry the corners of other teams. If the rules are broken, it is not good.The two candidates given by Ke Yan are currently unemployed. It should be hopeful to contact them.

"OK, I'll figure out a way to fix at least one of them." Kupchak promised impatiently.

It seems that I just heard this not long ago?Ke Yan thought about it, and then asked: "By the way, how is the situation of Boris Dior and David West, do you have anything to talk about?"

Kupchak shook his head: "The other party disagrees with the deal. Do you want to stop thinking about others?"

"..." Ke Yan was speechless, Dior and West couldn't win?

"The Hornets sent Baron Davis away, obviously to rebuild around young people. Unless it is a very good bargaining chip, they are not going to trade any young people. The Eagles directly rejected our request to trade Diaw, Say nothing and don’t trade.” Kupchak directly informed Ke Yan of the details of his trade negotiations, which was impossible for Ke Yan when he was a teaching assistant.

He also felt strange. A month ago, when he was negotiating the Dior deal with the Eagles, the Eagles asked for Luke Walton, but he refused.This time, his price was raised to Wharton + second-round pick, and the Eagles refused to agree.

Those who didn’t know thought that Dior was released this month!After checking the data, it was still half-dead.

Ke Yan was speechless about Kupchak's ability to work, but he didn't know that the reason why the Eagles refused to trade was actually himself.

After he took over the job of head coach of the Lakers, he did a pretty good job. On the side of the Eagles, the boss Ressler regretted that he didn't make a decisive decision and directly invited him to be the head coach. Put him on the shortlist for next season's head coach.

Ke Yan likes to use the inside to get high support. The Lakers came to discuss Dior's deal twice, which made Eagles general manager Sander feel that Dior was hand-picked by him.No, in order to enhance the team's attractiveness to Keyan, the Eagles are not going to trade Diaw!

Fortunately, there were no accidents in Eddie House's signing, otherwise, Ke Yan would really have to talk to Jerry Buss!

I found time to have a date with Wang Lifan and had dinner, because Ke Yan hadn’t completed the three-game winning streak, and Ke Yan had no reason to “go further”. Fortunately, Wang Lifan was also reasonable, and said directly that “the promise of rewards for three consecutive victories is always valid”, This rekindled Ke Yan's fighting spirit.

On January 1, the Lakers visited Memphis to challenge the Memphis Grizzlies. For the Lakers, this was a fierce battle.

It's still an old problem. When the team faces a comprehensive insider, the insider is always blown up.Diop had nothing to do with Gasol's twitching fingers. He was hooked by the opponent's low post, pulled to the mid-range and hit a mid-range shot, grabbed an offensive rebound, completed a tip-up and scored 2+1. Facing the Lakers, the two players are very lethal inside.In addition, Mike Miller restricted Kobe, who defended Kobe on 23 of 9 shots and only scored 21 points. The Grizzlies completely took the initiative in the game.

Fortunately, Butler's offensive touch was overwhelming in this game. Facing the slightly thin Battier, Butler gave himself an Anthony experience card and scored consecutive singles to help the team maintain the point difference in the first three quarters. Within 10 points, it was abruptly waited until Eddie House's magic soldier fell from the sky and Kobe's return of the king.

In the last quarter of the game, Eddie House, who just joined the team, hit two three-pointers in a single quarter. The appearance of this X factor completely disrupted the arrangement of the Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown. The Grizzlies didn't even know that the Lakers Where did you find such a small point guard with a shooting speed as fast as lightning? Kobe, who was sleepwalking throughout the game, recovered his touch at the last moment of the game. At the critical moment, he made 3 of 2 shots and abruptly dragged the game into overtime. !

In overtime, the two sides started a defensive battle.Gasol's "softness" was perfectly reflected in overtime.The former faced the Lakers inside in 48 minutes, but died in overtime.Although Kobe is still "iron", he still used his offensive influence to contain the Grizzlies' defense at the critical moment, sent a desperate pass, assisted Butler to hit a key three-pointer, and reaped the game. Not easy victory (25-13).

In the whole game, Butler scored 28 points and 7 rebounds from outside shots, which was the biggest contributor to the Lakers' victory. Eddie House scored three three-pointers in the first game after joining the team, and he was happy I can't even find the north!

"Cool!" After seeing Eddie House's performance, Kupchak spit out such a word, thanking himself for choosing Ke Yan.

To choose Keyan is to believe in science!