NBA: I really just want to be a second-in-command

Chapter 206 Infighting
The game continued in the second quarter.

Dallas Mavericks possession.

After Devin Harris dribbled the ball for half the court, facing Lu Yusheng, he still pretended to pass the ball a few times, and then started dribbling singles.

Lu Yusheng thought to himself, it seems that Devin Harris is planning to go all the way to the dark tonight.

Tonight, I have to decide the outcome with myself.

Of course Lu Yusheng is not afraid, he likes the opponent's point guard to come to him to challenge him one-on-one and compete with him.

Besides, he is not too afraid of a speedy point guard like Devin Harris now. His breakthrough prediction system is now at a high level. Lu Yusheng has completely predicted Devin Harris' several breakthroughs before. Sentenced, but also almost steals.

Unexpectedly, this guy, Devon Harris, was still stubborn and unrelenting, and he must decide the outcome with him.

Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson shook his head off the court. He also knew very well that this was the order of the boss Cuban, so he couldn't say anything directly, but his face became more and more ugly.

And this time, it was still no exception, Lu Yusheng still accurately predicted the direction of Devon Harris' breakthrough, and still forced Devin Harris to retreat again and again.

Devon Harris was a little terrified. The breakthrough that he usually had at his fingertips seemed to have completely failed tonight in front of this yellow-skinned kid.

You know, this is a situation he rarely encountered after entering the league.

When he put on a posture and wanted to break through someone, no one had ever been able to stop him, let alone guard him so embarrassingly.

"Is this guy really just a rookie?" Devin Harris felt miserable in his heart. After these few rounds of probing, he was able to fully understand that his breakthrough was useless in front of this kid.

According to his previous playing habits, in this case, he must use his organizational ability to help the team.

But right now, the boss, Cuban, wants him to blow up the kid on the opposite side, so it's really hard to get off.

When Cuban was on the court, he couldn't help shaking his head when he saw that Devin Harris' breakthroughs were repeatedly hit by Lu Yusheng.

"You usually make him play too much team." Cuban said to head coach Avery Johnson.

"what?"

For a moment Avery Johnson thought he had heard wrong.

"I said, you usually make Devin Harris play too much team, which makes his offensive ability weaker." Cuban said.

When Avery Johnson heard this, he suddenly felt very angry.

Well, it's fine if you direct the players to fight randomly, but now I'm still complaining that I have a problem with the use of the players.

"No, boss, you have to admit that the rookie's defense is really good," Avery Johnson said, "That's why Devin Harris couldn't break through him."

"Who said that?" Cuban certainly didn't want to admit this, "He played against Chris Paul and Deron Williams before, and he was able to break through and shoot with ease. Could it be that this kid's defense is better than Chris Paul's? ?”

"You also said that when he played against Deron Williams in the last game, he was able to break through with ease, and today is only a few days away. Has the attack power degraded so badly over time?" Avery Johnson said.

"Then what do you mean?" Cuban turned his head and widened his eyes, and said loudly, "You just want to tell me that a point guard with such strong offensive power as Devon Harris can't beat a rookie on the opposite side, is that true?"

When the other substitute players heard the boss's loud voice, they couldn't help but look sideways.

"Boss, although I know you don't want to admit this, I still want to tell you that it is indeed like this," Avery Johnson was not used to his boss, "Do you think this kid has only entered the league a few years ago?" God, why does he have such a big influence, why does he have such a big topic?"

"Of course it's the hype of those unscrupulous reporters and the Lakers' management." Cuban said, "Idiots know that if the Lakers want to win this year, they must get a decent helper for Kobe's trade, but we all know that they They don't have a decent bargaining chip in their hands, so they can only start with a rookie, and now a decent rookie finally came, so they shamelessly started to exaggerate him,

Come on, don't you think that's an exaggeration?Didn't you see how Phil Jackson described this kid in front of the media? He said that this kid was on par with Michael Jordan in his rookie period. God, Avery Johnson, isn't this just to hype him worth?
Dude, they spent a lot of money and found so much media, isn't it just to speculate on this kid's worth, and then in the middle of the season, trade him for high-quality assets and find helpers for Kobe. With their combat effectiveness, they can re-enter the ranks of the championship, isn't it? "

Avery Johnson looked at the excited Cuban, paused, and said, "What you said has some truth, but you may be a little bit wrong."

"What?" Cuban asked.

"I can guarantee [-] percent that the Lakers will never trade him." Avery Johnson said.

"What do you know?" Cuban said disdainfully, "Let me tell you, you don't have any news about the management of those teams, but as the boss, I have some news channels that you don't know, Zen Master Fei Michael Jackson and their general manager Kubchak, from the beginning of the season, have been doing this plan."

"Maybe they had this plan at the beginning of the season, but at this point, I don't think they have any reason to do it," said junior general Avery Johnson. "I don't think the Lakers' management can do such a stupid thing." Come out, if they did, it would be the dumbest trade in NBA history."

Cuban sneered disdainfully, "So you just think, can this kid bring the Lakers a championship? Just kidding, let me tell you, man, for a team like the Lakers, they have never had the habit of cultivating stars. The champions, their stars, are all prostitutes from other teams."

"What did Kobe say? Didn't they train it themselves?" Avery Johnson asked.

"This...Kobe was just an accident. In fact, they didn't expect Kobe to be so good later. It was an accident. You have to look at Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the others."

"What about Magic Johnson? So what?" Avery Johnson said.

"I knew you would say Magician, come on, Magician was the No. [-] pick in the draft that year. Before he entered the league, he had already shown terrifying dominance. Moreover, as soon as he entered the NBA, he showed incomparable power. Mature talent, this is not comparable to other rookies, you also know that in his rookie season, he helped the Lakers win the championship, and he also won the FMVP, can this be the same?" Cuban said confidently.

"But what if I tell you that his potential is not inferior to that of Magic Johnson?" Avery Johnson said.

"Oh, buddy, if you say that, you're just kidding me." Cuban said helplessly, "How many talents like Magic Johnson are there in history? You tell me the talent of this kid in front of me, Not to lose to Magic Johnson? Are you kidding me?"

"I'm not kidding anything," Avery Johnson said seriously.

"Please, if he really has the talent of a magician, why did he only rank 26th in this year's draft? Wasn't he selected as the No. So many teams and so many scouts in the NBA have misjudged all of them? Besides, Avery Johnson, our draft pick is ahead of the Lakers. If you are so discerning, why didn’t you choose him at that time?”

"I actually investigated this matter." Avery Johnson said, "I investigated the information he provided during the draft. The data is indeed not very good, but the main reason is that he , always on the bench, and their coach is Donovan."

"What happened to Donovan?" Cuban asked. "Could Coach Donovan be blind too? To bench such a talented player?"

"It's hard for me to say. The specific reason is unknown now. Maybe he was not civilized when he was a freshman, so Coach Donovan didn't pay much attention to him."

"Come on, even if he was not enlightened when he first entered the freshman year, he can't keep hiding for a year, right?"

"That's why I declare that his coach is Coach Donovan," Avery Johnson said. "You may not know it, but Coach Donovan's most famous tactic is the seven-man rotation."

"Seven rotations? What do you mean?"

"It means to use as few substitute players as possible, especially in the later games, at most two substitute players are used, plus the starters, a total of seven players, which is a seven-man rotation, so even if he became enlightened later, he didn't get it. Coach Donovan's reuse is also normal."

Cuban shook his head, "I don't believe your remarks, who knows what happened in college, I only believe what I see."

"OK, let's talk about what we see now," Avery Johnson said, "The Lakers started 8 games last season with a record of 12 wins and [-] losses, and this was when Kobe was full attendance. In the later period, Kobe began to dominate their games. If he used his god-like offense to dominate the game, it would be impossible for the Lakers team last season to enter the playoffs.

And this season, their lineup basically has no essential changes from last season, nothing more than a few more rookies, but in the first dozen games of this season, they only lost one game to the Spurs. The most important thing is that Kobe missed almost half of these games due to injury, and it was Lu Yusheng who led the Lakers to win the results alone.

This is what happened right in front of our eyes. Boss, you said just now that Lu Yusheng definitely does not have the talent of a magician, but I want to tell you that his talent is really no worse than that of a magician. At least, as far as he is currently showing The leading ability, offensive ability, and tactical ability that come out are definitely not inferior to the magicians in the rookie period. "

"Oh, I don't agree with your nonsense," Cuban said, "come on, they can achieve what they are now, maybe it's just their schedule is better, or maybe other teammates have grown up, you know, a year In time, the players' goals increase very quickly."

"If it was really that fast, why did they lose so badly after Kobe got injured just now?" Avery Johnson said, "If you think their schedule is good, then the Spurs, New Orleans Hornets, Suns, Heat, Aren’t they considered a strong team? Even if they are not a strong team, what about the Dallas Mavericks, our team, as you said, we must win the championship this year.”

"Of course, of course we are the team that wants to win the championship, so I think that kid can't do it, he can't win us. The reason why I let Devon Harris beat him is to tell Those unscrupulous media, don't wantonly tout a rookie just to flatter the Lakers." Cuban said.

Avery Johnson shook his head. He could see it. It was obviously unrealistic to try to convince Cuban. He couldn't see the gap between Devin Harris and Lu Yusheng at all.

"Then I can only hope that Devin Harris can beat Lu Yusheng." Avery Johnson said, "But what I want to say is that there is nothing wrong with a point guard playing a team. Because his duty is not to score blindly, but to drive his teammates. Look at what Harris has been doing for half a day, and all his teammates are running back and forth there as if standing on their feet..."

"Enough, Avery Johnson!" Cuban suddenly raged, "You are our head coach, and your duty is to help us win this game, not to tell me how strong the opponent is. The Lakers can't win without Kobe, so you know the consequences yourself!"

Seeing the boss's fury, the other players on the bench fell silent, not daring to breathe.

Avery Johnson paused for a moment, then suddenly said, "Boss Cuban, I still repeat the sentence that I have been repeating all the time. I lead this team for a day, and I am their head coach. I have the absolute power to guide and arrange tactics. I also have the right to let a certain player do his job well, instead of letting him listen to some arrangements that have nothing to do with winning or losing, and are purely emotional."

"FUK!!! What did you say?!" Cuban was completely furious, stood up from his chair, and glared at Avery Johnson excitedly.

Avery Johnson also stood up slowly from his chair, looked at Cuban neither humble nor overbearing, and said calmly, "I'm telling you the responsibilities of the head coach of a team."

(End of this chapter)