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

Chapter 62 Entering Seattle!Hold a press conference!While the transaction is in progress!A team change during the offseason?

In the afternoon, Lu Yong flew to Seattle with Tony Brown.

While officially signing the contract with the team, a press conference was held.

Clayton Bennett, the owner of the Supersonics, greeted the media in person and said with a smile on his face: "Lu is an amazing talent. He just helped the Grizzlies win the first championship in team history. The team that stopped in the first round of the season has become the biggest dark horse in the league. Lu's coaching talent is better than everyone expected, and the players are very willing to play under him, and all members of the Sonics welcome him to join."

Naturally, Bennett didn't care whether the players were really willing to play under Lu Yong. He admired Lu Yong's talent in arranging offensive tactics. It was a gimmick in itself to say these words at the press conference.

Sam Presti also said: "The whole team has full confidence in Lu, and believes that he will make the Sonics a strong team, and the offensive firepower in the new season will undergo a qualitative change."

Lu Yong is the protagonist of this press conference. When asked by reporters how he feels about joining the Supersonics, he said: "I am very excited now. It’s an interesting thing to do.”

The reporter asked: "According to the Memphis media, many teams in the league have offered you an olive branch during the offseason, hoping that you can become the head coach. Among them are the Philadelphia 10ers who had the 76th record in the Eastern Conference last season. Why did you end up Choose to join a team with the worst record?"

Lu Yong said with a smile: "Because I like the city of Seattle, it has a glorious history, and I hope that the glory of Seattle can be reproduced in the future."

The reporter asked again: "How do you view the Supersonics team?"

"This is a young team with great potential. The talents of the newcomers are very good, which left a deep impression on me. I firmly believe that the future belongs to them."

What Lu Yong said is the truth, but the current situation of the Supersonic is indeed a bit miserable.

The fans and the media didn't take it seriously, they only thought that what Lu Yong said was polite, and they were not optimistic about the performance of the bottom-ranked Sonics.

In addition, Lu Yong also took this opportunity to convey to the outside world the signal that the Supersonics are ready to rebuild.

The old people in the team may be put on the shelves, and they will definitely experience a bloodbath during the offseason.

He was afraid that the veteran players would live too comfortably in a bad team, so he had to put some pressure on them this summer.

Another reporter asked: "The outside world is rumored that Ray Allen will airborne in Boston in the near future. Would you like to reveal the progress of the team's trade negotiations with the Celtics?"

Lu Yong said: "General manager Sam has always been responsible for the progress of Lei's transaction. I believe everyone will know the result soon."

Long before Lu Yong joined the Sonics, the management had started trade negotiations with the Celtics about Ray Allen.

At present, the progress of the negotiations between the two parties is short of the last step to make a final decision. This matter may indeed happen at any time.

In a parallel world, the Sonics sent guard Ray Allen to the Celtics in the East this summer, and the latter sent guard Delonti West, forward Szczerbiak and this year's No. 5 pick in the first round. Pack it up and send it to Seattle.

In addition, the Celtics also received the Sonics' 35th overall pick this year.

Lu Yong knew this matter better than anyone else. Presti had confessed to him before signing the contract, and Lu Yong had no opinion on it.

He just told Presti to kill the second-round pick and resolutely not to send the No. 35 pick. Anyway, the last one who is anxious will be the Green Army who is dedicated to forming the Big Three.

Lu Yong is very confident that the Celtics will still agree to the deal, and dare not turn the table just because of a second-round pick.

Because there are too few big fish in the free market this year, and the activity of the trading market is also very sluggish, the Green Army has no other choice.

After getting Kevin Garnett in a 7-for-1 exchange with the Timberwolves, they can only pin their hopes on Ray Allen.

Szczerbiak was selected as an All-Star in the Western Conference in the 01-02 season. Last year, he averaged 15 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game for the Celtics, shooting 43.6% from the field and 41.5% from the three-point range. He is an experienced player. Rich player.

Szczerbiak is 2 meters tall and weighs 01 kilograms. He can play both small forward and power forward positions. His excellent shooting level is very suitable for playing in Lu Yong's offensive system.

His shooting threat is no less than that of Ray Allen. He once made 26 of 19 shots against the Bulls and surrendered 44 points in a single game.

Delonte West is not a star, but he is a qualified team starter in his prime, more than enough to be the best sixth man in a championship team.

Most importantly, West's shooting ability is very good. Last season, he averaged 12.2 points, 3 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.1 steals per game, and his three-point shooting percentage was 38.5%. -Bobby Jackson, who won the best sixth man in the 02 season, is very similar.

Not to mention the No. 5 pick in the first round, this is the soul of a deal.

Lu Yong won't use this first-round pick to pick the talented Jeff Green, because he doesn't have time to accompany these silly boys to level up.

Removing Jeff Green at the same position will only affect Durant's leveling. If he wants to lead the team to achieve results in a short period of time, this first-round No. 5 pick will be of great use to him.

The Celtics offered good bargaining chips. Ray Allen is also a "tumor" that he must clean up after he takes charge of the team, so there is no reason for Lu Yong to mess up this deal.

It is undeniable that Ray Allen is a very good player, and it is not too much to say that he is a perfect championship puzzle.

However, this guy is too small-minded.

Swearing at coaches, suppressing newcomers, doing things like revenge.

In 02, when Kobe was standing on the cusp of public opinion, he stabbed Kobe in the back, completely ignoring that Kobe had publicly advocated for him, which caused the relationship between the two to break down, which is a recognized locker room cancer in the league.

During his time playing for the Bucks, Ray Allen had a crazily scolding relationship with head coach George Karl. The disagreement between generals and coaches made the entire league aware of it, and they had to be dismantled in the end.

After joining the Supersonics, Ray Allen sprayed away the rookie coach Nate McMillan, and publicly belittled McMillan in front of the media as a waste wood, and his coaching level was not as good as his former teammate "Alien" Cassell.

Lu Yong also knows that Ray Allen's joining the Celtics and the Heat in the future will also make very unhappy with the coaching staff and teammates.

After leaving, he openly tore it up, and the whole thing was a mad dog, which had nothing to do with his nickname of "Gentleman Lei" on the court.

The 32-year-old Ray Allen is going downhill in his career. Although his strength is still good, he is an unstable locker room bomb.

Lu Yong, who served as the head coach for the first year, does not want to coach this mad dog. Cancer is not allowed in his team.I don't even want to yell at Ray Allen every day in the new season, blatantly tearing things apart.

Sending Ray Allen away is definitely the most correct decision made by the Sonics management. Otherwise, Durant's rookie season was depressed, and he would still be the scoring leader in the future.

(End of this chapter)