I was the owner of the Lakers

“Angel City completed the deal, dunk king to Phoenix!”

“The Grizzlies will send two first-rounders to the Lakers in 24 hours.”

“Van Exel: The Lakers will regret it!”

“Dunk Wang Haoyan will sweep the Lakers in the new season~”

……

The Lakers and Suns Grizzlies deal was quickly concluded, and the NBA officially confirmed both deals.

The Lakers sent Ceballos to the Suns in exchange for Robert Horry and an unprotected first-round pick in ’99. Xiao Yang kind of wanted to put Nash in the trade, but considering Nash’s long training cycle and unreliable defense, and Anji was not willing to let go of the No. 15 pick selected this year, he didn’t force it.

The Lakers and Grizzlies traded for the Lakers to send Van Exel and get the Grizzlies’ 99 and ’01 first-round unprotected picks.

“If this is put aside in 20 years, let alone two first-round picks with a high probability of lotto, it is estimated that it will be good to give a lotto-protected pick.” Xiao Yang picked his nose, the current NBA does not pay much attention to draft picks at all.

Unlike 20 years later, when collective bargaining limits the space of the team’s operation, most teams can only rebuild by dipping potential from the draft and eating the benefits of rookie contracts.

“Hi Jerry, are you interested in going to Las Vegas with me?” Xiao Yang came to West’s office.

“Las Vegas? How, how many handfuls do you want to gamble? “West was confused, thinking that I have a bunch of work, how can I accompany you to gamble.

“Go to the summer league~” Xiao Yang scratched his head, “I, the boss, also want to see the performance of the rookie.” “He would never admit that he was too bored to watch the game.

“Look at Xia Lian, why are you going to Las Vegas, there is no competition there.” West looked at his boss speechlessly, this guy won’t even figure out where to play in the summer league.

“Isn’t Summer Union in Las Vegas?” This time it was Xiao Yang’s turn to be stunned, and the Lakers summer union he watched in the future life has been in Las Vegas.

Xiao Yang was really wrong this time, the summer league in Las Vegas will not exist until after 04, and the current Lakers have been participating in the South California Summer League, which in addition to NBA teams, and even many national teams have participated, which can be said to be a large international league.

Xiao Yang, who figured out the situation, touched his face, “Maybe I made a mistake, anyway, let’s just mean that, how about it, Jerry, do you want to go to the game together.” ”

West agreed this time, after all, scouting players is also part of his job.

It just so happened that there was a Lakers game tonight, and the two made an appointment to go to the game together. The last game was the second summer league game played by the Lakers, against the Huaxia men’s basketball team, Hu Weidong shot 6 three-pointers, cut 30 points, Kobe Bryant did not show weakness, with 7 minutes left in the game to help the team open the point difference, and finally cut 22 points to take away the victory.

When Xiao Yang and West arrived at the stadium, the game was almost about to start, a small stadium, the current summer league popularity is not as high as in later generations, not to mention the TV broadcast, there are not even many cameramen, and the audience is also sparsely sitting in the stands.

Xiao Yang didn’t care, but a little excited, not wanting to play, but wanting to sit in the coach’s dug with a tactical board to pretend, he used to only see Zen masters, Popovich, Patleli and other masters on TV playing on the sidelines.

Now he wants to experience this feeling, anyway, it’s just a summer union, and it doesn’t have a big impact on him tossing one.

Xiao Yang stood up and walked to the coach’s dugout, originally he and West were sitting in a row behind the bench, “David, you can just watch this game, I’ll try to command them.” Xiao Yang patted the head coach of the Lakers Summer League, signaling him to give the tactical board to himself.

Generally speaking, the head coach of the summer league of NBA teams is the assistant coach of the team, the head coach of the Lakers is Del Harris, known as the senior coach of the silver fox, and the bishop of the summer league is an assistant coach on his coaching staff, and finally can get through the addiction of the head coach, and the result is also targeted by his own boss.

This unlucky ghost did not dare to say anything, who let Xiao Yang be the boss, obediently handed over the tactical board, moved his butt to the side, and gave up the position of the head coach.

Xiao Yang was also not polite, took the tactical board, did not detour, and jumped directly to the bench in front with a turnover. At this time, West was stunned, what does this strange boss want to do, and let people not worry, work for him is tired.

Xiao Yang did not take it as a strange consciousness, seeing that West did not come over, but turned and waved at him, “Jerry, sit in front and discuss tactics with you later.” ”

It’s better to sit with an acquaintance and talk, this teaching assistant named David has seen one or two faces, not very familiar, let him sit farther away, signal him to move a little further to the side, to make room for West to come out.

David’s heart is broken at the moment, the good head coach has been robbed, and he has not even kept the position of assistant coach. Well, who let these two be the boss and the other the manager, I can’t afford to mess with it. Silently, he moved another position to the side.

“Shaw, what do you want to do.” West sat down and challenged Xiao Yang, there must be a limit to unreliable, this is the game, the old man is also a person who takes the game very seriously, if Xiao Yang just does this for fun, even if it is the boss, he has to obey.

“Take it easy, Jerry, didn’t I tell you before, you didn’t use the big book correctly, I’m afraid I won’t be able to tell, just give you a demonstration.” “And I want to experiment with a few new tactics that can be used in the regular season if it works.” ”

West’s expression softened slightly, but there was still a hint of disbelief, “Okay, I’ll see how you command first.” Without saying anything more, he waved his hand to signal Xiao Yang to arrange the game first.

Clapping his hands, Xiao Yang signaled the players to come over, and saw that it was his boss holding the tactical board, the players were a little surprised, but Kobe was the first to come to his senses, “Hey, Xiao, is it you commanding tonight.” Smiled and stretched out his hand to make a fist bump with Xiao Yang.

“That’s right, guys, your head coach is me tonight, and I don’t want to see you let me go because I’m the boss.” Xiao Yang paused, “Don’t think about showing yourself just because I’m the boss, I hope you play a little team.” If you don’t play according to my tactics, I’ll just put you on the bench. ”

Xiao Yang looked at these players in front of him, except for Kobe, Fisher and Ben Wallace, the rest are marginal players, there is no guarantee of contract, most players will be a little alone on the court, thinking of brushing data, so as to mix an NBA contract for themselves.

“You guys play according to the tactics of the first two games first, I’ll take a look below.” Xiao Yang also did not draw any new tactics, I plan to take a look first, after all, he is not a professional, he was at best an avid fan before, and the tactics in his stomach are still those frequently mentioned by the media on the news. If you want him to see the trick, he will definitely be blindfolded.

Tonight the Lakers play against the Heat, both sides jump the ball, and the Lakers get the offensive ball.

Fisher walked over with slow control of the ball on the court, and just after half the court handed the ball to the oncoming Kobe, Kobe also kept in mind the coach’s arrangement, hit the ground, passed the ball to the free throw line to Rica in a good position of Ben, Big Ben took the ball clumsily dribbled twice and leaned in, as a result, the Heat center withdrew a stool, gave way to the side when Big Ben was exerting power, Big Ben didn’t hold it, and took the ball and took two steps inside.

Didi ~ Yellow Team No. 4, walking violation. The referee’s whistle sounded immediately.

Xiao Yang saw this, his face turned green, what the hell, give Big Ben to play back beating, tease me, pause.

Less than 20 seconds into the opening game, the Lakers called the first timeout.

“Listen, guys, stop giving the ball to the inside to play, everyone runs, Fisher, bring the speed up, I want you to get past the halftime in three seconds, and still give the ball to Kobe Bryant after the half.” Xiao Yang quickly drew tactics on the tactical board, “Kobe, you catch the ball at the top of the arc, Fisher uses Kobe’s cover to run the bottom line, if you don’t get rid of it, the No. 4 position is mentioned at a 45-degree angle for secondary cover.” ”

“Big Ben mentioned going on the line when Kobe was holding the ball, making a wall for Kobe, and blocking people for me, and Kobe used cover to use speed to break through the center who changed defenses on the opposite side.”

“If the opposite guard chooses to pinch you in the back, Big Ben cuts down when there is no one to defend, and if there is a defense on the opposite side, Kobe Bryant you divide the ball into two bottom corners, the number three, and your task is to stand in the bottom corner like Fisher and pull the inside line away, understand?” Xiao Yang looked at the nameless small forward and said.

“If the opposite side of the defense is not timely, Kobe Bryant can directly give Big Ben a pass to the air connection, if the opposite side does not clip you, you yourself choose to attack the frame according to the situation.” Xiao Yang’s tactic, as long as he has watched the Knights game, should be clear, is to use the star’s breakthrough ability to tear the opposite defense, force the opposite side to tighten the defense, and create shooting space for the outside, as long as the outside shot is accurate, the breakthrough of the inside line is easy.

Xiao Yang is using Kobe as James, although the current Kobe is not as perverted as James, but in the summer league, he is a star who calls the wind and rain. The only test is that the Lakers’ outside projection ability must be able to bring defensive pressure to the Heat, otherwise the opposite side will tighten the inside line and watch the Lakers play iron.

“It’s kind of interesting~” West squinted on the side and looked at Xiao Yang thoughtfully.

Beep~~~ The timeout ends and the player returns to the field to continue the game.