I just play ball

Chapter 227

On the night of losing to the Mavericks, the entire Lakers team left Dallas on a special plane and went to Memphis to challenge the Grizzlies.The distance between the two places is relatively close, and they arrived smoothly in the early hours of the morning. After Li Yue got on the bus, he didn't feel sleepy at all, so he chose to read the news to pass the time.

On Twitter, Rick Carlisle made a big splash. His ghostly and changeable rotation has been praised by fans and the media. Many people bluntly said that the other 28 teams should seriously analyze this game and prepare for the future against the Lakers.

There are also some people who put forward different views.

Well-known commentator Stephen A. Smith wrote: The core reason for the Lakers’ loss to the Mavericks was not Carlisle’s witty rotation, but Nash’s injury and absence. , Leading to the rest period of the Lakers' main force, the second team was brutally overwhelmed by the Mavericks, losing too many points and making it difficult to catch up.

This tweet has been forwarded more than a thousand times, and "Lakers Nation" likes and comments: Steve Nash is an excellent player, but he has encountered an age problem that every athlete can't get rid of. Suffice it to say, I hope the coaching staff and Mickey will act as soon as possible to find a suitable point guard before the deadline of the trading day.

Lakers Nation’s comments also received many retweets and replies, with many different opinions, mainly focusing on defensive issues, because Nash and Blake’s defense is indeed relatively poor, and they must assist or supplement defense when encountering speed guards.

After reading the post-match comments, Li Yue continued to browse news related to the league.

The best player in the first week of the East and West. The West is himself. He won all 4 games and averaged 55.5 points per game, which is in line with everyone's expectations. The East is not LeBron or Anthony, but this year's rookie Michael Carter Williams Si, averaging 20.7 points and 9.0 assists per game, his performance can be described as quite explosive.

The rookie played such an explosive performance, no matter the celebrity, the media or the fans, there was a wave of praise. Some people even said that McAway would take over Iverson's mantle and become the core of the 76ers' future team building.

Li Yue casually clicked on the highlight video and found that McAway's passing vision was excellent. In the first game, the Heat had a partial double attack, and several times they sent assists. In addition, the defensive steals were better predicted, and they could quickly counterattack and find teammates. Very talented, quite a bit like Jason Kidd, but unfortunately his physical fitness is too poor, and the upper limit is visible to the naked eye.

Even so, it is worth encouraging to be able to play a rookie performance that is enough to be recorded in NBA history.

Li Yue liked and forwarded it, and simply commented on it.

He read a few more news, but didn't find too many two points. He was about to turn off Twitter, and suddenly caught a glimpse of "After the Rockets lost to the Lakers, McHale accused Jeremy Lin of poor defense many times", and he was a little confused.

In the previous game against the Rockets, didn't the Lakers win because of the Huo Huo tactics? How could it be Jeremy Lin's head?
He immediately read it carefully and found that an anonymous whistleblower wrote: I went to watch the Rockets vs. Lakers game. Jeremy Lin performed very eye-catching in the second quarter, but was quickly replaced by McHale. From the perspective of the situation, McHale seemed a little dissatisfied. He didn't know why. Later in the third quarter, Jeremy Lin was replaced early, but after successfully helping the Rockets chase points, the fourth quarter was cold again.

Fan LTY666 commented: I was very shocked that although Jeremy Lin scored 16 points, 8 of 5 free throws, 3 steals and 2 blocks, the Rockets assistant coach yelled at him on the way back to the locker room , and Howard, who ruined the game because of his low free throw percentage at the last moment, did not receive any criticism.

Fan JACKSON's comment: Beverly replaced Jeremy Lin's starting position, but in the game against the Lakers, he made 34 of 10 shots in 1 minutes and sent 5 extra fouls. McHale thought he performed better than Jeremy Lin.

Fan Salaman commented: When Jeremy Lin and Beverly were voted to start, it was a humiliation to Jeremy Lin, but even though 66.4% of the fans supported Jeremy Lin to start, McHale insisted on arranging Beverly to start, the reason is ridiculous 'Younger', in fact Beverly is a full month older than Jeremy Lin.

After roughly reading the comments, Li Yue had a basic guess in his mind. It was nothing more than that the Rockets' loss to the Lakers caused the loss of face to the management and coaching staff.

Reminiscent of the many previous news, combined with the current evidence, the guess is probably true.

This is serious racial discrimination. Li Yue was very angry. He wanted to forward it directly to cheer, but he was worried that it would cause more controversy.

After thinking about it, he clicked on Jeremy Lin's Twitter account and chose to express his support through private messages. It was not because he was afraid of causing trouble, but because he was worried that it would make it difficult for Jeremy Lin to be on the team. Besides, the NBA is someone else's territory, so such things must be kept low-key.

After sending the private message, he quit Twitter and was about to check his email. His phone vibrated to remind him of a new text message.

"In the selection of point guards, do you have any recommended players? You don't need to consider any matters such as contracts. You just need to say the name you think is suitable. We will make an assessment as soon as possible and give you feedback in time."

Seeing the text message, Li Yue knew that Mitch had already received the suggestion that Wharton had conveyed. He glanced at the time and found that it was past one o'clock in the morning. He immediately replied, "Are you still working so late?"

"I will go to rest after you rest, you want to find a rookie point guard like McAway?"

"Why did you mention him all of a sudden?" Li Yue was puzzled, and then thought that he had liked the video of McAway's collection just now. It seems that as a big shot, every word and deed received great attention, and most of the staff were watching it.

"I saw you tweeted likes. If you say that, you are not interested. Are there other candidates?"

"I think about it..." Li Yue began to think seriously, and 'Jeremy Lin' came into his mind naturally.

What the Lakers need most at present is a point guard with average defense. Jeremy Lin is obviously in line with this. After all, his height and weight are there, he has speed and impact. Seeing him transfer defenses in a wide range, he has a very fast rotation system with vision.

If it can be traded at a relatively small price, it is definitely an excellent substitute for Nash.

The only problem is that his contract amount is relatively large, and Mitch emphasized that there is no need to consider it.

After making up his mind, Li Yue tapped the screen to reply.

"OK, we will make an assessment as soon as possible. If there is progress, it will take a long time. Do you have other candidates, especially in the range of free agents." Mitch replied almost instantly.

"I'm looking for..." Li Yue logged into Google, used 'free agent' and 'point guard' as keywords, limited the time range to the beginning of the season, searched, and found good relevant news in an instant.

Looking back and forth several times, Kendall Marshall came into view, judging from the scouting report and media evaluation, he has excellent passing vision and a deep understanding of tactics. If he joins the Lakers, he will be able to complete it soon. running in.

Marshall's defense is poor, otherwise he would not be laid off by the Wizards, but it will not be worse, at least he can share a little pressure.

The key is to sign a contract with a basic salary. The management is very convenient to operate and can make decisions based on actual results.

With this idea, Li Yue replied again, and Kubchak also promised to evaluate as soon as possible.

After the two chatted, the team bus arrived at the hotel.

(End of this chapter)