Chapter 91 Hot Topics
"We have to prepare for Russell's frequent absence in the new season, you..."

As soon as Presti got the news from the team doctor, he immediately came to look for Li Sheng.

Although even now, he is still not very optimistic about Li Sheng's coaching prospects, but he thinks Li Sheng is a good person, but what this league needs is ability and to prove his achievements, not good or bad.

Just like Brooks is also a good guy, but hasn't he been fired?
Presti doesn't even think that Li Sheng can do better than Brooks, but frequent coaching changes are not a good thing for the management. Who knows that the next one will not be worse?

Li Sheng had expected this a long time ago, so he was not surprised at all.

In fact, after the competition between Westbrook and Robertson, he thought about whether to buy something for Westbrook in the system mall to deal with the injury.

But knowing that Westbrook intends to use this opportunity to recuperate to start making changes, he withdrew this idea.

Although Westbrook has repeated injuries now, it will probably make him more determined, so in Li Sheng's view, this may not be a bad thing.

What's more, from the perspective of the long-term development of the team, Westbrook's absence can give Antetokounmpo and the others more opportunities to perform and grow, and with Durant at the bottom of the lineup, the Thunder are not without fault tolerance.

Of course, other people are certainly not as optimistic as Li Sheng.

"Sammy, my suggestion is that you look at their training and game performance again. Our current situation is obviously much better than what you worry about."

Presti thought for a while, then shrugged and said, "Okay, please forgive me, maybe I was too nervous. But I also want to tell you that summer league and preseason games don't mean much."

Li Sheng smiled, but didn't explain much.

He knows that doing well is better than talking too much. Presti is the manager of the team. What he cares about is the result. As for the process, he can't control it.

"Also, Russell, let him be careful and don't rush to recover."

Li Sheng had always felt that Westbrook may have fought with injuries. With a personality like his, whether it is hard-spoken or tough, he always likes to hold on, but he may not be that strong in fact, and his body may not be able to hold on.

Presti smiled and said, "Why don't you go and tell him yourself, I heard that your relationship should be fine now."

Li Sheng rolled his eyes and said: "Of course I was fine when there was no competition before, but now I don't have the time, and obviously you have a better relationship with him, and he will be more willing to listen to you."

"Okay," Presti nodded, and then asked curiously, "Lee, is Andre's shooting really better than Russell's now?"

"Otherwise you can compare with him?" Li Sheng made a joke, and Presti certainly wouldn't be fooled.

And Li Sheng told Presti that he was busy, and he was not talking nonsense. As the new season is about to officially start, these few days are indeed his busiest time.

The head coach does not mean that it is enough to arrange tactics and then play them on the spot during the game. He will intervene in every aspect of a team as long as it is within the allowed range.

After all, the team's performance is directly related to the coaching position, so it doesn't matter if they can do more. Some head coaches even take over the position of operations, just want to have the draft, transfer and other powers in their pockets, so that they can better build the team according to their own ideas.

The good thing about Li Sheng is that Presti is a manager who knows how to cooperate with the head coach. If it is not because of the limitation of the team's investment, he will probably try his best to meet the various needs of the head coach.

But now that the team's lineup is determined, there is actually not so much work for the manager. It depends on what Li Sheng can make of this dish.

He really didn't take the results of the preseason seriously. Let's not say that the preseason itself is more effective in training and getting the players back to the game state. Their opponents are either from other leagues or the weak players in the league. It is difficult to rely on them to detect the true level of the current team.

However, the team's internal training games have been going on all the time. According to the feelings of players like Durant who have played for many years, we can actually know that the Thunder's current rotation lineup is definitely not bad. Anyway, it is definitely enough for the regular season.

After the training and vacation, the schedule of the NBA regular season is arranged, and the official game of the NBA regular season in the 2013-14 season will finally kick off.

Li Sheng will also officially set sail with this new Thunder team!
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In TNT's studio, Barkley, O'Neill, Kenny Smith and others are looking forward to the new season.

In fact, in the past half a month to a month, with the end of all potential NBA transactions and the final determination of each team's lineup, the major sports media have already conducted several rounds of discussions, and the fans of each team are also looking forward to the future.

Regarding the performance of the team and players in the new season, it has also been a hot topic during this period.

Anyway, it’s not terrible to guess wrong, everyone guessed as much as they wanted, and as the regular season approached, TNT started a new round of discussions, and each program had a topic, such as the championship and the main teams competing for the championship, such as the contenders for MVP and other major awards.

Then there is today's issue, which discusses the topic of the league's coaching change.

"We all know that in the past few years, under the leadership of coach Scott Brooks, the powerful Thunder team in the Western Conference has firmly occupied the top three records in the Western Conference and performed well in the playoffs.

"No one thought that the biggest change in the Thunder in the new season would come from the change of coaching position. But many fans probably don't understand that besides the Thunder, there are several other teams that have changed coaches..."

"Not only the teams that changed their coaches this season, they also discussed the teams that have changed their coaches in the past few seasons, and a topic that was raised from this is naturally the impact of coaching changes on the team.

"Actually, under normal circumstances, teams with better records rarely choose to change their head coaches. This will have too much impact on the team. Fans will have opinions, let alone players. This may cause confusion in the locker room and affect the team's performance.

"So we can see that the general premise of a coaching change is that the team's record is not good, or the team needs to train new players and needs a change. Guys, do you think the Thunder need to change?"

Naturally, the others split into two camps.

Barkley is a person who supports change, and the example he gave is directly Jordan of the Bulls.

"Before Phil went to the Bulls, no one discussed that Jordan was No.1, and no one thought that the Bulls could build a dynasty, but after Phil went, they all did it. I think this is enough to show the impact of the head coach on the team..."

Kenny Smith questioned: "Do you think Li Sheng can be compared with Phil Jackson?"

"Who knows?" Barkley said with a chuckle: "Didn't he say that his goal is Phil? I don't think this is a bad thing. At least it will let him know how to go down."

O'Neal interjected: "Of course Li Sheng is not Phil. I work with Phil. I know him. Li Sheng is far from him. The Thunder and the Bulls are also far away. They don't even have any similarities. I am optimistic that KD and Weiss will win the championship in the future, but maybe they need Popovich, Sloan, Carlisle, not a rookie."

"Hahaha, after this episode airs, I think Li will definitely call and harass you at night."

(End of this chapter)

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