Super Evolution of Basketball

Chapter 604 Supplementing Fresh Blood

Regarding Paul George's abnormality, Laughlin believes that Yuan Qingshan put too much pressure on him, and Paul George is a person who is unwilling to be lonely, so the possibility that he wants to leave the team is not ruled out. After all, his contract has expired, and there must be many teams in contact with him now.

But the magician doesn't think so. In his eyes, if Paul George wants to prove his worth and prove that he is more suitable to be the leader of the Lakers than Yuan Qingshan, then he should directly stand up and challenge the opponent.

In short, the disconnection between Paul George and the outside world is a headache for the Lakers uniform team, but the attitude of the ace player in the team is very clear. They must wait for Paul George. This is absolutely irrational behavior in the eyes of businessmen.

If Paul George doesn't talk about contract renewal for a day, the Lakers' nearly 3000 million space can't be moved for a day, and the contracts of practical players such as Channing Frye, Kyle Korver, Jeff Green and Beverly dare not talk about it.

Entering the free market, the league suddenly fell silent after the indiscriminate bombing in the first two days. Experienced media people said that this is a harbinger of a storm, and it seems that Paul George is definitely not the only one who is brewing a storm.

As the days went by, Kuzma came to the Lakers to report that Walton picked up the young man on behalf of the uniform team and the coaching staff. Kuzma did not see Magic Johnson at the airport and expressed disappointment.

Yuan Qingshan is waiting at the Staples Center. Kuzma is now a member of the Lakers. With the status of the NBA, Yuan Qingshan checked his overall ability value, which is as high as 75 points, which is already very good for a rookie in the second round of the first round.

Terrence Ross, who was traded by the Lakers with the No. 13 pick in the draft, also has a comprehensive ability value of 75 points.

It is equivalent to saying that the Lakers exchanged a late lottery pick for two young players with 75 points of ability, and their combined contracts are less than 1500 million US dollars.

Kuzma has a 4-year contract, and Terrence Ross has 3 years left. In the era when the salary cap is rising every year, these are definitely two super-valuable contracts.

At the beginning of July, when other big-name players went fishing, Yuan Qingshan never left the Staples Center. His plan for the summer is: no vacation!

Although the team has not held a press conference for Terrence Ross and Kuzma, Yuan Qingshan is already training with them.

After a few days of running-in, Yuan Qingshan has mastered some of Kuzma's characteristics.

This guy's running and jumping ability is average, and his explosive power is not particularly good, but he has a good height and wingspan.

Ability to dribble with both hands, soft touch, standard shooting posture, fast shot speed, shooting ability and breakthrough ability when facing the basket, excellent off-ball running, able to get open opportunities through air cuts or running positions, has certain ball control and passing ability, and has the basic conditions to transform into a third position.

On the defensive end, Kuzma's ability to defend pick-and-rolls is outstanding, and he has a keen sense of defensive rebounds, but his body is thin and not suitable for confrontation, and he cannot play positional warfare in the fourth position.

Terrence Ross is a stable ball holder with a very broad field of vision and can find teammates in positional offenses or half-court offenses.

He can play with or without the ball. Because of his physical fitness, he is very sharp when transitioning from offense to defense. After all, he has won the slam dunk king, can run and jump, and a fast break is a slam dunk.

However, in the late stage of the Magic, there were often minor injuries, and the offense was unstable. Only the three-point shooting rate remained pretty good.

For what it's worth, he defends the ball very well, can put pressure on passing lanes, contributes weak-side blocks from time to time, can switch a few positions, and is exactly what the Lakers want from a 3-point perimeter defender.

After all, no team can have too many young and cheap 3D players.

This deal in the draft was a good addition to the Lakers' bench. You must know that Channing Frye, Kyle Korver, Nick Young, Kuzma and Terrence Ross sat on their bench before, making the Lakers' bench a lot younger.

While Yuan Qingshan was concentrating on training new players, the news from the Spurs was exposed one after another. It seemed that the conflict between Popovich and Kawhi Leonard was indeed quite deep. Anyway, from the reporter's mouth now, it has reached the point where there are you and no me.

Popovich stood up and spoke out whenever he had the chance, and tried his best to smash these negative arguments, while Leonard, he never said a word, even if he was caught by reporters, he would rather talk to you about the weather and the new road being repaired in San Antonio than the Spurs.

On the night of July 7, Yuan Qingshan was sleeping at Scarlett Johansson's villa in Beverly Hills when he suddenly received a call from Magic Johnson.

Yuan Qingshan lazily asked the magician what was the matter and why he called so late.

"I just had dinner with Kawhi's uncle and we had a great chat, you know what that means."

Yuan Qingshan sat up, Scarlett Johansson turned over and continued to sleep, Yuan Qingshan kissed her on the shoulder, then found slippers and prepared to go to the living room, he couldn't bear to wake Scarlett Johansson up.

what does this mean?
It means that Kawhi's team kept in secret contact with several teams including the Lakers almost last season. At this time, they have a deeper contact with the Magician, indicating that the Lakers may have a chance to get this robot produced by the Spurs.

"Hey, are you listening to me, Yuan Qingshan, I want to confirm with you now, is the maximum salary space still reserved for Paul?"

Yuan Qingshan replied without thinking: "Of course, Paul is our teammate, our hero for winning the championship."

The magician was emotional: "Come on, I asked him out three times this week and was rejected. Don't you think it's abnormal? If we miss the opportunity to contact Kawhi, I don't know who the maximum salary should be given to!"

Yuan Qingshan: "I always believe that Paul will come back."

The magician said helplessly: "God, I really hope that you are a god, and everything you say can come true."

With a snap, the magician hung up the phone, Yuan Qingshan sat alone in the living room, the moonlight shone in, and it was all silvery white.

While he was in a daze, he suddenly felt heat on his shoulders. He turned his head and was greeted by warm lips.

"Sorry, I still woke you up." Yuan Qingshan said apologetically, touching the back of Scarlett Johansson's hand.

Scarlett Johansson came around from behind the sofa, sat beside Yuan Qingshan, snuggled into his arms and said, "I know that although you don't say anything on the surface, you still can't let go of Paul's matter in your heart."

After she finished speaking, she looked up at Yuan Qingshan's expression, Yuan Qingshan just sighed.

Scarlett Johansson continued: "Actually, when Paul George fired Gakki in the playoffs and re-signed his agent, you were already worried, right?"

Yuan Qingshan sighed again.

(End of this chapter)