Coach: Coaching the Grizzlies at the beginning, playing the bantam

Chapter 13 Makeup Day!The 15-man roster for the new season!Group confrontation?Get off your horse?
Before the start of the new season, the players have to take time to take makeup photos. Today is the day for the Grizzlies players to take makeup photos.

After Lu Yong arrived at the arena, he greeted the players proactively.

The few people who played in the summer league were very close to him. As soon as they saw him, they gathered around him and reported the results of summer training to Lu Yong.

Veteran players such as Pau Gasol, Swift, and Mike Miller were not so enthusiastic, and nodding was considered a greeting.

They are all veterans who have played for the Grizzlies for many years, and an assistant coach is not considered by them.

The head star Pau Gasol is even more capable of dismissing assistant coaches. Even the head coach Fratello has to coax him, not daring to face hard steel.

It is not an easy task to make the leading star to be obedient to his arrangement. There are many head coaches in NBA history who were fired because of disagreement with their generals.

The salary difference between coaches and stars is there. If they are really forced to the edge of a cliff, most of the management will stand on the side of the stars to reduce losses.

A group of reporters gathered outside the arena early on. Just after eight o'clock, these people couldn't wait to rush into the arena to find interviewees.

The NBA expressly stipulates that the team cannot refuse media interviews on the day when the makeup photo is taken. Tradition.

Several reporters had a clear goal, and they took the initiative to interview Lu Yong as soon as they entered the stadium.

As the first Asian coach in NBA history, Lu Yong, who led his team to win the summer league championship, is still very marketable, and he is currently quite well-known in the Memphis area.

"Lu, some fans questioned that the Grizzlies played well in the summer league because their players are too strong, not because of your high level of coaching. What do you think about this?" the reporter asked.

"The players of the Grizzlies are already very strong." Lu Yong looked around the camera and said with a smile. "I just let them play at their full level on the pitch. Maybe it's not all my fault, but don't forget, a lot of them were invited by me."

The reporter asked: "Do you think the Grizzlies will perform better in the new season than last year? Is the goal still to hit the championship?"

"Of course, our goal has always been the championship, and it has never changed." Lu Yong felt that what these reporters asked was nonsense. Who would say that the team's performance in the new season is not as good as last year?
Do you really think that life is too ordinary, and you have to test it on the verge of death?

Next, the reporters asked a lot of questions about the players. Lu Yong, who had done his homework in advance, answered the questions fluently. He knew the characteristics of each player in the team and put forward a lot of professional opinions.

Including those colleagues in the management who don't meet often, Lu Yong didn't forget to give a few words of praise. Anyway, there is no charge for speaking, and you can listen to it as you please.

The Grizzlies' 15-man roster for the new season is officially released.

Centers: Pau Gasol, Reggie Evans, Lawrence Roberts.

Power forwards: Stromile Swift, Hakeem Warrick.

Small forwards: Terrence Kinsey, Rudy Gay, Trevor Ariza, Danny Jones.

Shooting guards: Mike Miller, Eddie Jones, Junior Harrington.

Point guard: "Little Flying Squirrel" Stoudemire, Kyle Lowry, Barea.

The goal of the Grizzlies this season is still to hit the playoffs. Although they talk about winning the championship, in fact, the big guys are very confident in their hearts, and they never thought about winning the championship.

Judging from the current paper lineup of the Grizzlies on the bright side, ESPN predicts a record of 50 wins and 32 losses, and finally ranks between fourth and sixth in the Western Conference.

In the playoffs, if the Grizzlies can break into the Western Conference semifinals, it will be considered a success, and if they reach the Western Conference Finals, they will be considered an upset. This is the current evaluation of the Grizzlies from the outside world, and it is also the potential that the Grizzlies showed last season.

However, Lu Yong is very confident in the development prospects of the Grizzlies this season, and the depth of the team lineup is far stronger than fans imagined.

Once used properly, the burst of energy might not be able to overcome the two mountains of the Spurs and the Mavericks.

The core players Pau Gasol, Swift, Kinsey, Mike Miller, and Stoudemire are all very talented, either with soft touch or explosive athletic ability.

Coupled with a few players who performed well in the summer league, the Grizzlies can play a lot of players in the new season. Even the strength of the second team should not be underestimated. It can be regarded as the team with the most solid rotation background in the league.

The next morning, the Grizzlies released the team training camp to the outside world, attracting nearby media and fans to come to the scene to watch the excitement.

The open training day is also a tradition handed down by the NBA. Fans do not need tickets to watch the game live on this day. The purpose is to unite the fans and demonstrate the team's new season's glory to the outside world.

Before practice, Swift and Reggie Evans sat courtside chatting.

Both of them are hard-working players with few brains. After getting to know each other, they have a lot of common topics and become friends in the team.

Reggie Evans' carefree personality can get along well with his new teammates. Lu Yong has long thought of it, but he didn't expect that Evans would use a "brainless" way to become a good friend who can talk about everything with Swift. friend.

Even after 15 years, this method of making friends is still quite explosive, and there is nothing wrong with it.

The strange thing is that "Bantam" Fratello is very pleasing to Reggie Evans. I don't know if he likes players without brains. This summer, he also specifically named the management to get Swift from the Rockets The veteran general is very optimistic about it.

He likes passionate people on the court and is a typical eight-90s traditional coach. "Play well in the new season, as long as you can play at the level of the summer league, the team will definitely offer you a big contract."

"Yes, coach!"

Evans shouted excitedly, always full of passion.

After a short break, the players began to warm up, scattered on both sides of the court to shoot without confrontation, and some stood on the sidelines to stretch, and 3/4 rounds turned back and sprinted. The warm-up methods were different.

Fratello and Lu Yong sat off the court, chatting with each other.

"Let the players draw lots later, you bring Tony and me to a group confrontation, let me see how much you have improved this summer." Fratello said.

Lu Yong smiled calmly. "There is no problem with group confrontation, but some people always feel that the player draw is unfair. I propose to distribute a few players in the summer league to me. You keep four main players. I only need Mike Miller. Only by winning can I reflect my strength. level, how is it?"

Fratello was startled by Lu Yong's arrogant tone. "Do you think the substitute lineup can beat the main lineup I lead?"

Lu Yong shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Of course not. The strength of the main lineup is definitely stronger than these brats. It's just that I have studied a new style of play in summer, and I just want to take this opportunity to try it out."

This is of course not the truth. In fact, Lu Yong just wanted to give Fratello a bad start and increase his voice in the coaching staff.

He is confident that he will lead the second team of hard steel starters, and use Mike Miller, who shot 40.7% of the three-pointers last season, as Curry, so that the stubborn Fratello can see how much the magic ball can play outside. abnormal.

(End of this chapter)