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

Chapter 72 The new season begins!Rank 25 on the power rankings?Supersonic is collectively looked down upon?Encounter Mad Dog!
The next morning, Lu Yong called Tony Brown and Scott Brooks to have dinner together to discuss the arrangements for the opening game of the new season.

"I plan to use Delonte West, Bunche Wells, Durant, Szczerbiak and Noah to start the team in the new season. Do you have any opinions?"

This starting lineup was decided by Lu Yong after the preseason. He can attack and defend and has top-notch long-range shooting ability.

There are no obvious loopholes in the five positions, and they can quickly switch defenses when encountering pick-and-rolls, and the echo effect between them is very good.

Brooks was the assistant coach of the SuperSonics last season. He knew this team better, thought for a while, and said: "Delonte has a strong scoring ability and is very accurate in three-pointers, but last season he could only Sending out 4.4 assists, will the organization ability of playing the first position be a bit worse?"

"The offensive system I have arranged does not require a traditional point guard, because most of the ball will be in the hands of Kevin and Jokin. Delonte is very suitable to play the starting point guard. He can not only shoot three-pointers, but also has Good single-defense ability, offensive tactics that can support the shooting system." Lu Yong explained patiently.

Tony Brown asked again: "Lu, why didn't you use Michael Finley in the starting lineup? His shooting efficiency is better than that of Bunch Wells, and he should be more suitable for your offensive system."

"I talked to Michael about this. His long-range shooting ability is indeed better, but his defense and rebounding ability is poor. The team can't push all the rebounding and defense on Noah, Bunch- Wells is good at rebounding, can play fast breaks, and participate in defense, and his starting will make the team's overall strength stronger."

The two assistant coaches understood now that Lu Yong had planned everything well after the preseason ended.

His control of this team is more skillful than the outside world imagined. Everything is ready and only owes the east wind, just waiting for the opening game of the new season.

On October 10, the NBA officially announced the first team rankings.

Ranked first in the league is the Celtics who just formed an epic Big Three in the summer, the defending champion Grizzlies ranked second, and the Spurs, Mavericks, and Cleveland Cavaliers ranked third, fourth, and fifth respectively.

Tickets for the Grizzlies' home opener against the old rival Ladas Mavericks have long been sold out. Everyone is waiting to see how Fratello can lead the team alone this season. Will Lu Yong's departure affect the Grizzlies? affect the overall strength of the

The Mavericks did not suffer a loss against the Grizzlies, because Eddie Jones, who won the championship during the offseason, was poached by the Heat. The league arranged this opening game entirely as a gimmick to attract fans who had been idle for the summer to watch the game.

The Celtics' new season opener is also attracting attention.

The addition of Garnett and Ray Allen gave the Celtics the top strength in history. Even if the three joined forces and did not play an official game, the media was generally optimistic about the prospect of the Celtics winning the championship. Topped the power rankings.

The Sonics are only ranked 25th, and they are brothers and sisters with the Timberwolves who just sent away "Wolf King" Garnett this summer, and are not favored by the media.

Although two veterans were introduced in the free market, and Kevin Durant, the favorite of heaven, was selected, his ranking in the power rankings is still at the bottom, and no one is optimistic about the Supersonics entering the playoffs.

The Seattle media didn't have much confidence in the team, thinking that the management's offseason operations were just a mess. It would be difficult to get ahead in the highly competitive Western Conference. If they won 30 wins in the regular season, it would be considered a success.

Some experts believe that the free agent Bunch Wells was a failure in the summer, and they are worried that he, a thorny old man, will spoil the atmosphere of the team's locker room, because he is a player with a criminal record and had an unpleasant quarrel with the Rockets management last season. .

This gangster-like fat man once rejected the king's five-year contract worth 3600 million U.S. dollars. He ruined his future and became a laughing stock.

The Kings wanted to keep him very much, and the management offered a five-year contract of 5 million yuan, but Wells did not accept it, but chose to wait and see.

Until the king increased the price to 5 million in five years, Wells still felt that it was not enough, thinking that he was worth 3850 million in annual salary.

The tragedy is that the king just replaced the coach Adelman who liked him at that time. After the new coach Musserman took over, he was very disappointed. He turned around and signed the young player Salmons, leaving Bunch-Wells alone. He was stunned on the spot.

In the end, he had no choice but to sign with the Rockets for two years and 500 million yuan. In the second year, he had a player option and switched to the Supersonics in the summer.

The most bizarre thing is that Bunch Wells was also involved in an assault storm and was accused of beating a female classmate because the other party did not agree to have intimate contact with him.However, 20 months later, the other party gave birth to a child for him, and the two have not separated to this day. This is the unpredictable Bunch-Wells.

This guy's wonderful experience reminded Lu Yong of the "Little Black" Schroeder in the parallel world. Although he was frantically tempted on the verge of death, signing him with a low-priced contract is definitely worth it, even if he finally abandons it. An annual salary of several million dollars will not feel distressed at all.

The first game of the Supersonics was an away game against the Clippers. Before the game, everyone was optimistic that the Clippers would get off to a good start, and online evaluations almost showed a one-sided situation.

The Clippers are not a strong team, but their overall strength is much stronger than the Supersonics.

“船长”埃尔顿-布兰德更是最佳阵容之下No.1，去年场均20.5分9.3篮板2.9助攻1抢断2.2次封盖，个人实力不俗。

The Clippers' core lineup last season was all there, and they added the extremely talented No. 14 pick in the first round, Al Thornton, a man who later played in overseas leagues and was crowned Puerto Rico's BSN foreign aid of the year and BSN scoring champion.

It's a pity that he was blown up by Durant head-on in this year's preseason. I don't know if the two will meet again in the opening game and will rub new sparks.

Interestingly, Carlesimo, who was kicked out of the coaching staff by Lu Yong in the summer, is currently the assistant coach of the Clippers and chose to join the old coach Mike Dunleavy.

In an interview before the game, Carlesimo seized the opportunity to output wildly and blackmailed Supersonics coach Lu Yong.

"I am very happy to learn from old coach Mike Dunleavy. Mike is an experienced coach. I hope to help him improve the ranking of the Clippers. As for the supersonics signing young coach Lu Yong with a big contract, I just It can be said that the management is fooling around, this year they must be at the bottom of the league, and I don't regret leaving Seattle at all."

The reporter asked: "Many people say that Lu Shuai contributed the most to the Grizzlies winning the championship last season. Without his transformation, the Grizzlies would not be able to play a sharp offensive game. What do you think?"

"No, no, the Grizzlies themselves are a very strong team. He was just lucky. He was gilded with Coach Fratello in the first year of his career. He will definitely not be able to coach the Supersonics this year. To lead the team to win, you can only prove your worth by showing your presence in front of the media." Carlesimo said viciously.

Carlesimo, who lost his job, felt very humiliated when he was kicked out of the team by a new young coach from Seattle.

Now the whole league knows about his dismissal, and Carlesimo hates Lu Yong and Presti who accompanied him when he fell ill.

He wants to prove himself again in the Clippers, assist the old coach Mike Dunleavy to success, and tell the SuperSonics with facts how ugly it is to choose to fire him for a rookie coach.

When Lu Yong learned about this from his assistant coach Brooks, he almost burst out laughing. "Hahaha, what an idiot. This kind of person never finds reasons for himself, and bites whoever he sees like a mad dog. No wonder even the "madman" who dismissed him back then couldn't stand his stinky mouth, and would rather be killed by the alliance. The suspension will also come back and kick him twice."

Brooks was a little worried on the plane and said, "Lu, we have to win this game, otherwise he might say nasty things after the game. As long as the team can beat the Clippers, it is the best counterattack. No matter what his excuses are, the fans will just be disgusted with him."

"Of course, the team will win the opening game. I haven't paid attention to this kind of mad dog that bites people everywhere." Lu Yong had a smile on his face.

　In the new month, my brother is asking for a monthly ticket, a recommendation ticket, and a lot of support from everyone!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)