basketball purple front

Chapter 964
But having said that, the first preseason game was lost because the Lakers made too many mistakes, as many as 31 times!
With so many mistakes and it was not a formal game, D'Antoni quickly chose to "give up".Otherwise, wasting too much energy for the preseason, it's not worth it, and there is no such need.Whoever does this is a big fool.

In the evening, the entire Lakers team summed up the reasons for the loss of this game. There were too many passes, and the running of the ball was not as smooth as in training under the confrontational situation.In addition, the tacit understanding still needs to be adjusted in actual combat, so they lost the first game against the Nuggets.

Seeing this, ESPN immediately jumped out and said: The Lakers lost the first game, and it seems that the whole team is in disarray!
I just said that blue-collar players cannot be used as the core to build a team!Bonnie Laughlin is still not as hot as Mitch Kupchak! ——The number one "Tang Hei" Brian Windhorse.

It is expected that the Lakers will win about 40 games this season and will not be able to enter the playoffs. -- ESPN Henry Abbott.

The good thing about D'Antoni is here. His education and coaching methods are mainly encouraging, so it is very suitable for some players who are not so tough, such as Jeremy Lin.If it was in the Rockets, McHale would have replaced him with a livid face when he saw him make so many mistakes, and then pressed him on the bench, basically not giving him a chance to play.

Later, he will explain to the media that this is for the good of the team, Jeremy Lin needs to handle the ball calmly.

That night, it is said that D'Antoni and Jeremy Lin went out to have a meal alone. It seems that in the next day's training, Jeremy Lin's depression of last night has been swept away, and he has become refreshed.It is true that Jeremy Lin has not tasted the taste of "dominating the ball" for a long time. His role in the Rockets is to make fixed shots and attack without the ball. Although these few seasons have improved his basic shooting ability, but It also caused his original core attributes to decline and decline to a certain extent.

It's still the same sentence, if you don't practice for a long time and your style of play is rusty, that's nothing more than normal.

As long as this "little low tide" can be overcome, there will be a possibility of recovery in the future.

The Lakers lost again in the second game, but it was much better than the last game. The ball's movement and turnovers have dropped a lot.

D'Antoni stood aside and nodded silently. This rhythm is still acceptable to him. After all, there are still so many preseason games, and he only needs to improve steadily. He still has time and patience.Progress is visible.

At the same time, a major event caused a sensation in the league and the entire NBA fan community.

"The New York Times" announced that the NBA has reached the latest television broadcast contract with ESPN and TNT.According to the latest contract, the time is 9 years and the total value is as high as 240 billion US dollars!The annual average is as high as 26.6 billion US dollars!To put it simply, it is three times the original TV broadcast contract!The original average annual broadcast fee was only "only" 9.3 million US dollars!The effective period will come into effect after the end of the 2015-2016 season!
It looks like such a simple word, but the meaning contained in it makes people with discerning eyes see the clue.

First of all, the entire league will greatly increase its income and influence, which is a great thing for both the boss and the players.

After David Stern left, this can be regarded as a big move by the new NBA commissioner Adam Silver.

Adam Silver said on the official NBA website: This will be an epoch-making contract! The NBA league has entered a new era since then!

It's hard to say whether others can enter the new era, but money will definitely enter.

This is the second point, the salary cap will definitely skyrocket in the 2016-2017 season!At that time, the poor ghost line will probably reach a very high level!This made the president of the "School Belle" win the double support of the players and the bosses at once!

The boss gets more money, and the players make more money. What a harmonious new era.

Looking at it this way, the contract Bosh signed now is simply "high quality and low price". It is estimated that some better benches in the future can get this price.

Finally, it is impossible to suspend the latest labor agreement in the NBA, which can be regarded as a big bonus.

Bonnie Laughlin called Tang Qian that day, wanting to confirm whether the latter would "go back on the agreement", but Tang Qian said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, Ms. General Manager, I won't go back on my word. If this year If the Lakers can't achieve the achievement you want, I will sign a long-term contract with the team next season, absolutely nothing." Hearing this, Bonnie Laughlin burst into a smile and praised Tang Qianshou again and again Credibility, commitment, is a real man!

Of course, such beautiful words are easy to say!If it is possible to renew Tang Qian's long-term contract before the 2016-2017 season, the cost savings may be as high as tens of millions!Looking at it this way, what's so difficult about saying something nice?

"Yes, ma'am, but you have to remember what you promised me. Cutting Boozer is just the first step, and there is still a second step to be done." Tang Qian reminded. "Don't worry, I won't break my promise. When you say it, I will immediately find someone to sign him with a long-term contract, and I promise not to break my promise!" Just kidding, how much is the four-year basic salary?The Lakers won't take it to heart!

"Okay, that's fine, see you then." Tang Qian nodded and hung up the phone after hearing Bonnie Laughlin's assurance.

In the third game, the Lakers lost again, but the loss was less than the previous game, and the turnovers began to be controlled within 15.

In addition, almost all the main players have less than 10 minutes of playing time. It is not embarrassing to be able to play like this. At least D'Antoni believes that such a result is within his tolerance.Moreover, he also needs to use the preseason to test a few more sets of tactics and bench play. It is not a scientific method to play hard on the main players.

Although, he does have this habit, and he is consciously trying to balance it.

After all, it is still a bit different from the original time and space. Mike D'Antoni has already won the championship trophy and championship ring, so his mentality and tactical philosophy have also undergone some slight changes.Added some fixed coordination when Jeremy Lin is not playing on the court, fixed tactics, small tactics between 2~3 players, etc.Some games have proved that the tactical design that is not very easy to use should be given up and cut down, but there are also some tactics that have achieved good results, and Mike D'Antoni kept them in his heart.

The role of training is not in vain. D'Antoni has been making revisions and fine-tuning for this Lakers team, and he has not even tried his best in many cases.Because he knows very well that his goal is not the preseason, the regular season is the real stage for the Lakers to make a big splash.

The preseason ended soon. The Lakers ended up with 2 wins and 6 losses. The winning percentage was not good, but D'Antoni expressed his satisfaction.Because the last two games have been won, it can be seen that the team's basic tacit understanding is emerging, even if there are not many main players, they still have relatively strong offensive capabilities.And Jeremy Lin gradually found his status, and he will always live up to D'Antoni's hopes.

However, other teams did not try their best in the preseason, so we will not know until the regular season really starts.

But D'Antoni has confidence, at least he is much more confident than last season and last season.

Because the current Lakers team can be regarded as a team that has injected his tactical philosophy and tactical system.

The complete pre-match training camp, complete pre-season training, clear positions of players in the team, and a clear division of labor all made D'Antoni feel at ease.So no matter how the outside world looks at it, he always smiled as calmly as a mountain and said:
The preseason is over, and to see if the Lakers can do it, the regular season is the beginning.

Please look forward to the 2014-2015 season of our Lakers.

Finally here, the day after the end of the preseason, the person Tang Qian was waiting for was finally laid off as scheduled.

Fortunately, the "original space-time historical trajectory" here has not changed much.

So, without further ado, although I know that he will be taken away in November, there is still plenty of time, but now the history of this time and space has been changed a lot by me, who knows if there will suddenly be "Cheng Yaojin" "Appear?In order to avoid having long nights and dreams, Tang Qian dialed the number of the Lakers deputy general manager's office without hesitation and said:
"Okay, Ms. Laughlin, the man I want has become a free man. Go ahead and sign him. He is..."

"Okay, I understand, I will fulfill the promise."

The next day, the Lakers released an official statement:

The Los Angeles Lakers have a 4-year minimum salary and signed the undrafted pick Robert Covington who was waived by the Rockets.

……

Robert Covington is in a daze in the house at the moment. He participated in the NBA draft in 2013, but failed. He finally won a three-year contract with the Rockets, but he didn’t know that he hadn’t had time to show his talents in just one season. It was ruthlessly abandoned by Aerospace City.This situation hit the heart of this post-90s boy deeply.

Why give up on me?Am I really that good?Am I really unworthy of playing in the NBA?damn it!I don't believe it!
I swear! ! !If someone gives me another chance!I will desperately hold on to this opportunity!I will definitely try my best to make everyone who looks down on me slap me hard!Just like the Lakers were hot back then! ! !
That is... Will there really be a team that wants me?

After all, I'm just an undrafted pick?Last season's data was only a miserable 2.3+0.7?I am in this league, do I have a future?

Just when this boy from Bellwood was a little confused and fearful about the future, and he had nowhere to vent his anger, he received a call from his agent, who said at the beginning of the call: "Good news, Robert, the Lakers are interested in signing you , and it’s a 4-year long-term contract, but the salary may be around the basic salary, would you like it?”

do i want toMe, of course I would!As long as there is a team that wants me, I am willing to go now!
I don't care what basic salary or long-term contract is!I need a chance to prove myself!
Basically without thinking too much, he signed a four-year $4 million contract with the Lakers, the last year of which is a team option, and the guaranteed amount is not bad, more than half.This is considered a very generous and good treatment in the basic salary contract.

And this is also Bonnie Laughlin's much-talked-about signing of a contract with a discerning eye.

It was also the great success of this signing, which completely discouraged Mitch Kupchak, and offered to leave the position of general manager of the Lakers.

So far, the total salary of the Lakers team this season has been released, 7807 million US dollars, exceeding the team salary cap of 6306.5 million this season, and also exceeding the luxury line of 7682.9 million this season.However, because the excess amount is not much, the Lakers management does not feel sorry for this luxury tax.After all, they used to pay luxury taxes, and they were all big players in the alliance. What is the point of a few million?Trifle!
So far, the Lakers' lineup has been fully formed, and the basic framework for the future has also surfaced.

Even if D'Antoni is not good at training defense in this lineup, he can rely on the personal defensive ability of these people to make up for one of the biggest shortcomings of his tactical system.In the original space-time 2014-2015 season, Robert Covington averaged 13.5+4.5+1.5+1.4+0.4 per game.The rapid progress is completely different from last year.The most important thing is that Tang Qian attaches great importance to his three-point shooting ability and defense, especially defense. He is the kind of person who does not suffer from perfect outside and inside defensive rotation.This kind of person will be the best 3D player in the future!Although I don’t know what will happen to him after this season, Tang Qian still suggested that the Lakers management take a small “gamble” that this young man from Bellwood, Illinois can continue the performance of the original 2014-2015 season , Gambling that he is not the kind of player who flashes in the pan and the meteor disappears.

This is the profit of Tang Qian's last "prophet". As for why he didn't choose another "grassroots star" Dabaibian Hassan Whiteside who played this season?The reason is that the latter is also a 7-foot center, and the latter's defensive expansion ability is not good enough for him. Besides, can he be better than himself if his rebounding ability is good?Can blocking caps be stronger than yourself?If he is chosen, the position overlaps greatly, and the effect of "one plus one is greater than two" cannot be achieved.In this case, it is useless to ask for him.It is not necessary to use it as a substitute for himself. First of all, the Lakers have already accumulated a lot of people inside. Moreover, he does not want to use this method to destroy the trajectory of a person's supposed "rise". He does not have that kind of habit.As a basketball player, what Tang Qian longs for is competition, rather than relying on something outside the court to solve problems.

This is not his style.

He doesn't want to be as "smart" as James, he wants more pure competition, and then defeats his opponents openly and aboveboard to dominate!This is one of Tang Qian's basketball concepts, so he will not abolish the history of the rise of a "grassroots legend" for certain things!In his basketball philosophy, wait for you to grow up, then confront him head-on, and then kill him personally and "kill" him. This is Tang Qian's basketball mastery.

Only in line with his "basketball appetite."

So he chose 3D player Robert Covington.

Using the "Last Prophet" ability, he finally "gained a little benefit" for himself and the team.

When he first came to the Lakers, this young man was still a little cautious, because the Lakers' team background is too strong. Now they have Tang Qian and Bosh on the team, plus other not weak role players and bench players. For a while, Robert Covington didn't know what to do and what position to play.

But soon he discovered that the rumored fierce No. 29 of the Lakers team was actually very approachable, especially when it came to training, the requirements were very strict.But as long as you train and play hard, he will have a pleasant face, and he doesn't look like a "brutal" at all.But as soon as Robert Covington came here, he heard that before the start of the preseason, Carlos Boozer, who had just signed a contract, offended Tang Qian because he was lazy in training, and then... was caught in the eyes of everyone. The whole person was lifted up, and then thrown directly out of the gate of the training hall.

This kind of thing, I heard that the stars before the 90s had it. If they disagreed, they would be warned with their fists. However, this is the 21st century. Now who doesn't pay attention to the harmony of the team?For example, the Rockets team he has been with is like this. The overall atmosphere is full of "happy basketball". New" to go to bars and nightclubs to have fun together.

It's only the 14-15 season, Harden has not awakened, and Howard has not yet fully positioned himself, so it is not surprising that Robert Covington will feel this way.But... To be honest, he prefers the current team atmosphere of the Lakers. The training is full of urgency and competitiveness. What about being lazy and playing soy sauce?Therefore, there is an old saying in the country that the top beam is not straight and the bottom beam is crooked, which is not without reason.

In the NBA, what is the core member of a team, and the cultural atmosphere of the team is basically what it is like.Tang Qian has inherited Kobe and Jordan very well in this regard. He is not a happy beast, he is a tyrant Tang.

Of course, the most special thing is that the young boss of the Lakers seems to have a good impression of him. He asked himself to practice more three-pointers, try his best when defending, and be an irreplaceable super 3D player for the Lakers.This kind of clear team positioning made Robert Covington suddenly become stronger as if he had opened the door to his own potential.

That's right, the best 3D player, why didn't I think of it before?Well, let's start from this aspect!
It is said that this contract was signed by the management, which means that he is still optimistic about me, and I can't let him down either!
Come on, Robert Covington, you can definitely stand firm in this major league! ! !

While the Lakers were still training in full swing, ESPN and Sports Illustrated made a joint report, roughly meaning:
This season, the Cavaliers are likely to be the best, and there is no team in the league that can compete with them!

LeBron James has a bright future!He will become the strongest No. 3 in NBA history!He will have the opportunity to enter President Hill!
Seeing this, Tang Qian just curled his lips slightly. He felt that ESPN really liked James too much, but what he didn't know was that there would be even bigger compliments waiting in the future. For example, in the original time and space, James won his third championship. After the trophy, several major media in the United States couldn't wait to put James on the throne of the second person in history.

There is no doubt that James is in the top ten in history, and it is also possible to be in the top five in history or President Hill in the future, but the second in history...

Is there a second in history with so few championships?Is there a second in history with such a low winning percentage in the finals?Isn't such a ranking an insult to God Qiao who is ranked number one?Isn't it an insult to the other historical legends who have struggled for so many years and won so many rings?

Tang Qian believes that without 5 championships, don't even talk about the second in history.

Are so many championships by others not championships?James, you are the champion of the "Peak Big Three" team, so the gold content needs to be verified.People didn't say anything, what are you talking about the second person in the Triple Crown?In the era when you played, especially after the peak of the game, the real top ten players in history are all aging, and the young players are not at the same level as you. Wait, you won’t come here and admit that James is one level taller than the current young players. Hierarchy?That's not what I said when I was blowing.

It's not fair to say that there are only three champions under the pressure of a high position, and they are thrilling almost every time.

As for the fact that you met Yu Yuyong later... Didn’t Green and Durant answer it themselves?
You are the originator of the formation of the super team!You paved the way for them to join the super team!

But it is still the year of singles, and when he retires, the second in history, it will be difficult for James to sit up.

Tang Qian is not without ambition, but his goal now is to become a legendary star, step by step, is his way of basketball.Once you reach this level, you will naturally think about the next level.It's a matter of course.

And it's hard for others to say, for James, Tang Qian has great confidence and restraint.

Everyone else is afraid of the king, but I'm sorry, I'm not at all, and I'm even looking forward to seeing you.

I want you to see how I've grown.

US time, on October 2014, 10, the Los Angeles Lakers were selected as one of the league's six opener teams.

The six teams are the Mavericks, Spurs, Rockets, Magic, Pelicans, and Lakers.

And like the original time and space, in the first game of the opening game of the 2014-2015 season, the opponent of the Lakers is...

Houston Rockets.

As soon as Tang Qian saw this, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

PS: There is absolutely no ambiguity. The big chapter is here. This chapter is greatly improved for Madibala’s hunger strike~ The remaining 2 and Xiaozi will make up slowly~ There will be no less~ Don’t worry~~~
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