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Chapter 660 Sun Hao Was Suspended

In the last few days of the free market, the Lakers made the final reinforcement and expanded the roster to 15 people.

The list is as follows:

Point guards: Brandon Knight, Jamal Crawford, Isaiah Thomas

Shooting Guard: Sun Hao, Jimmy Butler, Reggie Williams

Small forwards: Carter, Shane Battier, Ryan Gomez
Power forwards: Paul Millsap, Reggie Evans, Davis Bertans
Centers: Roy Hibbert, Jason Smith, Troy Murphy
The Lakers still know Sun Hao quite well. Although the strength of the reinforcement players is not too strong, they all have their own characteristics.

Especially those like Murphy and Williams, who are used to create space on the court.

Even Jason Smith, who was won with the biennial special case, has a style of play similar to Ibaka's. He can pass the ball, pick and roll, and has a precise mid-range.

Kupchak's business ability is still passable.

However, because there are really not many free agents this year, the advantages and disadvantages of these people signed are more obvious.

Whether it has any effect in the end, it is estimated that we will only know after the season deepens.

Of course, in addition to the players, another thing worthy of attention is the choice of the head coach.

Although it is only a short month from the end of the lockout to the start of the season, the time is very tight.

But after Sun Hao decided to return to Los Angeles, the Lakers' coaching work has already been put on the table.

With Sun Hao's return, the Lakers naturally focused on Sun Hao when selecting a coach.

Then it is very interesting. At this time, fans found that although Sun Hao changed teams several times for one reason or another, there were only two coaches who had coached him in the NBA: Phil Jackson and Nelson Sr.

Now that Nelson is coaching the Warriors, it is naturally impossible to come to the Lakers.

The remaining Phil Jackson seems to be the best choice.

Although he and Sun Hao had some misunderstandings because of O'Neal before, it has been so long after all.

Moreover, Sun Hao can get started with the triangle system basically without getting used to it.

In a lockout/shortened season where everything is cut short, there's no better option.

The Lakers thought so too. They got in touch with Phil Jackson early on, and then persuaded the latter to return.

Phil Jackson is also very interested in this.

He left before because the Lakers couldn't get up, and he left because he felt that coaching was boring.

Now that Sun Hao is back, it will be different with the cornerstone.

Not to mention his relationship with Jenny Buss.

Last time he missed the opportunity to enter management.

But this time, as long as he leads the Lakers to the championship again, and with the help of Jenny Buss, everything will be a matter of course.

But the only problem now is the will left by Old Bath.

If the will says that Jenny will inherit the Lakers, then Phil Jackson is a sure thing.

But if the will says Jim Bass, it's hard to tell.

After all, today is different from the past. Jenny and Jim have been in the same situation for the past two years. Once Jenny loses power, Phil Jackson, as his boyfriend, will naturally have a hard time with the Lakers.

So that will played a decisive role.

Based on this, in addition to Phil Jackson, the Lakers also found a spare tire.

Naturally, this spare tire has a lot to do with Sun Hao.

"Silver Fox" Harris.

There are only two NBA head coaches who have coached Sun Hao, but there is a third person who has coached Sun Hao.

This person is Harris.

Harris is not only Sun Hao's head coach in the national team, but also coached Sun Hao in the summer league when he first entered the league.

So purely in terms of relationship, he doesn't lose to Phil Jackson at all.

Of course, in terms of ability, Harris' resume in the NBA is quite average, and naturally he cannot be compared with Phil Jackson.

So he can only be regarded as a "spare tire".

As for whether the "real card" will take over in the end or the "spare tire" will be in charge, the probability depends on how the old Bath's will is written.

Everything still has to wait.

Back to the season.

The shrinking season has no time to open training camps and training for each team. The training camps of each team basically start at the same time when the free market starts.

Sun Hao also joined the team training camp after attending the press conference.

This is also the biggest impact of the suspension of the season, that is, everything is extraordinarily compact.

Even a medium like ESPN is tight.

Before the free market is completely over, ESPN made this year's power list.

In this list, the Knicks come out on top.

The comments given by ESPN are similar to the previous analysis. They came to this position, in addition to their own running-in and lineup reinforcement, more because of the weakening of their biggest opponent, the Warriors.

To use an inappropriate metaphor, Knicks is possessed by Sima Yi.

It's not about your ability to fight, it's about being able to live for a long time.

The Warriors are not far behind.

The skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although Sun Hao is gone, Durant is still there, and the dead five are still there.

With these, the chances of the Warriors completing the dynasty are still very good.

Another thing worth paying attention to is Curry.

Everyone can see that Curry is very talented in shooting. Sun Hao "suppressed" him before, but now that the cloud has withdrawn, what kind of level he can play is also very worthy of attention.

And this can also be said to be the key to determining whether the Warriors can complete the defense.

The ranking of the top two also shows that in the eyes of ESPN, the new season is still a pattern of Ni Yong's hegemony.

The rankings from three to six are the Clippers, Grizzlies, Bulls and Mavericks.

The Lakers rank seventh on this list.

The comment given by ESPN is: The addition of Sun Hao is undoubtedly the biggest reinforcement of the Lakers, but the reinforcement of the Lakers is only Sun Hao. Till and others are not the kind of players who are enough to make a qualitative change to the team. The Lakers will become a stable playoff team, but it is obviously not enough to compete for the championship.

The comment given by ESPN is quite objective.

And this lengthy sentence can also be shortened to: Sun Hao raised the lower limit of the Lakers, but the upper limit of the Lakers is not enough.

But it is the lower limit of the seventh, which reflects Sun Hao's personal ability.

Of course, the meaning of ranking itself is to make fans drool.

Some people feel that it is high, and others will naturally feel that it is low, so that there is topicality.

And this time the time is tight, the fans have not been drooling for a while, and the door to the new season is about to open.

It was not until this time that Old Bath's will was made public.

After the announcement of the will, there was a great uproar.

Because this will is not an "established fact", but a "conditional assumption".

Old Buss wrote in his will that if Sun Hao did not return to the Lakers, the Lakers would be inherited by Jenny Buss.

And once Sun Hao chooses to return to the Lakers, the person who will inherit the team will be Jim Buss.

So at this time, it is completely understandable why the old Bath will require that the will must be opened before the start of the season.

Because only then can it be confirmed whether Sun Hao has really returned.

Sun Hao was also shocked when he saw this.

Because it means that he decides the successor of the Lakers!
Although looking back at his conversation with Bass Sr., it seems reasonable.

Because only this arrangement can not only satisfy the old Buss' own wishes, but also minimize the unstable factors of the Lakers.

Even if Sun Hao comes back, Jim Bass, who got the team because of Sun Hao, will treat Sun Hao better than before because of his gratitude.

It can only be said that this is probably at the level of an "old fox", and it is really a matter of arranging the funeral.

Jenny Buss was disappointed when she saw the result.

After all, after the old Buss passed away, she was the one who presided over the team and kept the team running.

As a result, in the end, it was nothing for him to fetch water from a bamboo basket.

However, the NBA is still a business league, and this kind of competition for children is too common among the rich.

Although unwilling, Jenny still respected her father's decision (it's useless to disrespect), and gave the team management to Jim Buss.

At the same time, this also means that Phil Jackson's plan to return to the Lakers fell through.

Because of the tight time, the Lakers finally announced the ownership of the head coach two days before the start of the season.

"Silver Fox" Harris will be the new head coach of the Lakers.

Finally, the spare tire is on!

Because of the rush of time, Harris just met the fans through a simple press conference.

He didn't even have time to practice with the team for a few days before he had to lead the team to the opening game.

This is the biggest epitome of a shortened season.

Fortunately, as mentioned earlier, Harris and Sun Hao have worked together for a long time, so there shouldn't be much running-in between them.

As for the rest of the team, like many other teams, in special seasons, they can only practice with games.

The Lakers' opponent in the first game is the Warriors.

This is naturally not a coincidence, it is obviously an intentional arrangement of the alliance.

Because the schedule was determined after Sun Hao confirmed his return to Los Angeles.

Because this wave of opening games is just in time for Christmas, won't this immediately fill up the topic and attention of the new season?

With the shortened season, what the league wants to do most is to regain the popularity lost due to the lockout in the shortest possible time.

This is the best way right now.

And jokingly, this arrangement can allow Sun Hao to receive the championship ring from last season by the way, killing two birds with one stone.

But this arrangement is definitely not friendly to the Lakers.

Because as far as the current strength of the two teams is concerned, the strength of the Lakers is obviously not as good as that of the Warriors, which is playing a supporting role for others.

On the plane to Oakland, the atmosphere of the Lakers was a little somber.

When Sun Hao was still playing for the Mavericks, there was a character like Eisley in the team, and the team atmosphere was not bad.

Later, when it came to the Lakers, the "boss" of the atmosphere mediation team directly became the "big shark" O'Neal, not to mention the atmosphere.

Then there's the Warriors, and while that role is gone, the atmosphere isn't an issue because most of the team is young players who grew up together and know and trust each other.

But now this Lakers team not only doesn't have that role, but most of the team are newcomers.

Originally, the NBA is a professional league. Even if there are many new players, the running-in of a training camp is almost the same.

But this is another shrinking season. It is not an exaggeration to say that the Lakers are now the same as they were just formed, like a mess.

Sun Hao was originally training in the system, and he felt that the real atmosphere was a bit dull. After switching back, he patted Millsap who was sitting outside beside him, and motioned him to take off his bag.

Speaking of which, the Lakers are different than they were a few years ago, but that's not all.

For example, Millsap, although he is also a star now, was his younger brother before, and he is still his younger brother now.

Millsap took down the bag, and Sun Hao took out two decks of cards from it, and then got up and called the players to play Texas Hold'em.

Texas Hold'em is still popular among NBA players.

And because it was Sun Hao who greeted them, even if the team members didn't know how to play or didn't want to play, they would come over to join in the fun and join the crowd.

After a while, the shouts and cheers of the team members began to sound on the plane.

Happiness between men is actually very simple. When there is wine and women, or a game of gambling, strangers become friends.

Sun Hao is following this kind of sophistication in this wave.

Facts have proved that this approach is very effective.

And Sun Hao is also very good at playing.

He has played in Dallas for several years, and his skills in Texas Hold'em are naturally not bad.

But when playing against new teammates, he always loses, and his teammates are very happy when they win.

In the eyes of this group of new teammates, Sun Hao already has the same label as Jordan, and he is the existence of "every bet must lose".

Then, after such a wave of operations, the team members got off the plane and chatted with each other, and the atmosphere was not much better than before.

Coach Harris also smiled when he saw this.

He felt that in the opening game, the Lakers had no chance against the Warriors.

Of course, if he hadn't received that message the next day.

On game day, the Lakers actively prepared for the game.

The team members have more contact with each other, and the tacit understanding has improved a lot.

Everything is moving in a good direction.

But just as he was training, Harris was called out by Kupchak.

Then it was Sun Hao who was called out.

They got a league penalty.

The target of this punishment is the Lakers management and Sun Hao!

The Lakers management was fined a huge amount, while Sun Hao was severely punished by a five-game suspension.

And this penalty will be implemented at the beginning of the season.

This also means that Sun Hao will not be able to play in the opening game!

Is this what the Warriors did behind the scenes to win the opener?

of course not!

As shown earlier, the management of the Warriors is more grateful to Sun Hao, and it is impossible to do such a thing.

The reason why Sun Hao and the Lakers were punished was because they made "illegal" contact during the lockout.

The fundamental reason why this matter was recognized was Old Bath's will.

In a sense, it was the most direct recruitment letter.

(End of this chapter)