basketball pope

Chapter 511 [Responsible for appearance, butterfly effect]

There are also people who haven't seen anything good all year, such as Lakers fringe Luke Walton.

Walton has been training with the team and rarely has the opportunity to play. He averaged 5 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 0.5 minutes per game.

In order to increase exposure, Walton offered to decentralize the development league, but Yang Rui refused, on the grounds that he would not be able to practice skills in the development league, so it would be better to stay with the Lakers.

Then it was a tragedy for Walton. He could only play the role of appearance on the team and could not play the ball.Although a few female fans thought he was quite prominent among the memes, Walton felt that his future was bleak.

Without data, if the Lakers don't renew the contract in the summer, Walton guesses that he can only go to the summer league to work hard.If you are lucky, you will represent a certain team in the preseason, and after some competition, you will get a basic salary.

He doesn't think he can stay in the Lakers next season. He is not as good as Iguodala and Diaw in offense and Ariza in defense. Because of his height and speed, he is not suitable to play as a shooting guard and can only play as a forward.

After thinking about it, Walton decided to invite Yang Rui to dinner and give gifts and bribes, just to get some performance opportunities in the garbage time of the playoffs.

This kind of social phenomenon exists in any country, and it is often the poor who give gifts.

Because when the poor go to the rich, they usually ask others for help, and the rich are in a favorable position. Whether they help or not, they will weigh the pros and cons.The richer the man, the more he will measure whether it is worth doing something for you.In this case, the conditions of the two parties are not equal, the strong has the right to choose, and the weak can only be chosen.

Many people feel unfair, helpless and angry, but this is the reality.There are some opportunities that you have to take for yourself.

The Lakers now only have Lamar Odom injured and cannot play in the first round, but Lamar Odom will definitely be on the roster, and he will play when he recovers from injury.

Walton's goal is to outplay first-round pick Brian Cook, who entered the NBA the same year, Ariza, and center Diop to become the 10th man in the team's rotation.

Yang Rui and his girlfriend Stana Katic went to an appointment at night, and Wharton also brought his girlfriend, Arizona University women's volleyball player Bey Ladd.

After ordering, Wharton sent out a small gift that he had carefully purchased and made a request.

Yang Rui smiled. "Luke, I will definitely give you a chance to perform in the playoffs this year. But not because of the gift, but because you have the strength to help the team."

Wharton breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Rui went on to say: "You don't have to worry about renewing your contract. I will propose to the team to renew your contract in the summer. A two-year base salary contract, a second-year team option, you have enough time to prove yourself, but you must practice hard for three years. Pointing the ball, as long as you can guarantee the three-point shooting rate, I will give you more playing time than Diao, which is the direction of your training."

This was probably the best outcome, and Walton had a smile on his face.

He was a little surprised because he was a fringe and never got any attention in the team.

The reason why Yang Rui wanted to renew Walton was because he knew that it would be difficult for Dior to stay in 2006.As long as there is a ring, Diao will definitely not want to stay in the Lakers as a substitute, and there will be teams who will bet on his talent with high salaries. Although Diao's overall statistics this year are average, he has performed many times in a single game. Three pairs.

Walton asked, "Jerry, besides shooting, what else should I focus on?"

"Organization of passing and confrontation ability, I hope you can train your muscles to be stronger and play as a power forward."

"Huh?" Walton never thought that he would become a "devil muscle man" one day. He defined himself as a technical player.

"When you play a small forward, you don't have any physical advantages, your movement speed is not fast, your jump is not high, your strength is average, and you will suffer from defending swingers who are good at breaking through. If you play a power forward, your speed can keep up with 90% of the power forwards. You can prevent breakthroughs, interfere with shots, and prevent pick-and-rolls better than the average power forward, but you suffer from strength and poor rim protection. You still have technical advantages on the offensive end, and you have better ability to empty the air. You can think about it, and play like Jordan in the 2003 season. "

"Don't think about it, I'll listen to you." Thinking of Jordan, who won a championship with the Wizards at the age of 40, why did Walton hesitate?
He is 203cm tall and weighs 106kg, which is taller than Jordan. It's no problem to be a short power forward.Diao is similar in size to him, and he mainly plays power forward in the team. There are examples.

In the 2003 playoffs, Jordan's cameo role as a power forward was a highlight. It was not a problem to guard against the penalty area.With Yao Ming in the Lakers, it doesn't matter if one side is missing, Yao Ming can block most of the penalty area under the basket.

Many players have almost blind trust in Yang Rui, because he has cultivated too many excellent rookies, and undrafted rookies can become All-Stars. Walton's goal is to become a star, and he has ambitions.

Wharton's father, Bill Wharton, is a star. He has been the second generation of stars with a halo since he was a child. Now that he is like this, he can't stand his face, and he has the motivation to move forward.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Walton's performance on the basketball court was average, and he was fortunate to experience the Lakers' two consecutive championships; after retiring, he became the assistant coach of the Warriors with his golf quotient, and won the championship with the Warriors. In 2016, he also became a Lakers head coach.

Yang Rui knows the future, so he is more optimistic about Walton. It is an attempt to let him play as a power forward. He doesn't know how much Walton can do.It can be determined that his upper limit is not high when playing a small forward, with a peak of 11.4 points, 5 rebounds and 4.3 assists, and the Lakers were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs that year.

Playing small forward, Walton's flank defense is not very good, otherwise the Lakers will not use a premium contract to dig the Supersonic "ski man" Radmanovic.

Later, Walton signed a 6-year, 3000 million long-term contract, but his position on the Lakers was marginalized and became a bad contract. The No. 3 position could not compete with Ariza and Artest.

The power forward is different. Now the Lakers have two strongmen, Rasheed and Lamar Odom.But Rasheed won't be able to maintain his form for a few years, and Odom wants to leave after this season, because his tactical status in the Lakers is too low, and the data has dropped significantly.

Lamar Odom is a high-draft rookie, and he is promising as soon as he enters the league, and he is not very old.As long as he has a ring, he definitely hopes to go to a team that can better display his strength, strive to be selected as an All-Star, and sign another big contract in the future.

Stay with the Lakers?Lamar Odom can't even make it to the top three, and he will be a pure substitute in two years, not counting the top four.

Yang Rui has been causing the butterfly effect, and the main reason Odom wants to leave is Iguodala.After taking the dunk queen, Iguodala's popularity has greatly increased. Many experts are optimistic about his future and believe that he is worthy of training.

In short, from all perspectives, the Lakers have to re-sign Walton to buy cheap insurance for the future, and he also has some potential to tap.As long as Walton can practice three-pointers, Yang Rui will consider letting the management renew his contract in 2007.

He also wants to see if he can cultivate a reliable star with his own ideas.

On the 22nd, the Lakers confirmed the 13-man roster for the playoffs.

Veteran Divac was left out, he didn't feel the pain, self-awareness, having been cut on the worst Bobcats team, he couldn't keep up with the game.

Even if Divac won the championship with his thighs in his arms at the end of the year, he would not be highly praised by the media, but it is better to have a ring than not, which is enough for some veterans to envy.

Center: Yao Ming, Diop, Odom.

Power forward: Rasheed, Diaw, Cook.

Small forwards: Iguodala, Ariza, Walton.

Shooting guard: Kobe, Hoiberg.

Point guards: Damon Jones, Mo Williams.

(End of this chapter)