Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 388 Touring Northern Border
Just two days after this seven-man deal, a piece of news was first exposed by the Los Angeles Daily News.

Lakers send Anderson Varejao, Andris Nocioni and Kyle Korver to Jazz for Tony Allen and Kendrick Perkins they just acquired from Celtics .

Jim weighed it over and over again, and felt that it was still not easy to send out the team's draft pick, so he added Nocioni to the deal. Several of them were on rookie contracts.

After getting the news, Danny Angie was furious.He never expected that the Jazz, who seemed to be out of reach, would act as an intermediary and change hands on this deal. Under normal circumstances, Danny Ainge would never let any deal that is beneficial to the Los Angeles Lakers go through, but the Jazz gave The bargaining chip is still attractive, two expiring contracts took away the high-paying long-term Blount, Humphries is a potential stock, and the draft pick is the future that is needed, so it seems that it is not too bad.

In the eyes of most fans, it is the Lakers who are losing. Kyle Korver has shown his potential to be an elite three-pointer in the league. Lejo, in exchange for two rough guys who played more than 10 minutes and averaged about 5 points per game?As a result, in addition to Odom, the Lakers are proud of the overall weakening of the bench.

The outside world is swarming around the lake, and Kupchak has made another move. From the Fort Worth Flyers of the Development League, he signed this year's undrafted pick Kailan with a 1+1 contract with a player option. Na Azubuike.

In the Development League, Azubuike averaged only about 12 points and 4 rebounds per game. It seems that his performance is mediocre. It is difficult for people to understand why the Lakers signed such a mediocre player with a precious spot.

Jim has his own plans. Among the Black Eight Warriors in his previous life, it was under the coaching of Don Nelson that Azubuike, who was once unable to play in the Wandering League, played a masterpiece of his career. , a serious knee injury completely ruined his career.

It is Jim's plan to collect a large number of wing players and maintain the impact and confrontational strength of the rotation. The key to this lineup lies in 48 minutes of energetic and high-intensity games. The rotation needs Azubuike and Tony Allen. Passionate player.

New players have to go through a series of procedures such as medical examinations before they can appear on the field. They were all absent from the Lakers' guest game in Milwaukee.

Although the Bucks selected Australian center Andrew Bogut, their strength is still at the bottom of the league. In this summer, the Bucks made a series of reinforcement measures, including signing former All-Star center Jamal Magloire came to form twin towers with Bogut, poached last season's most improved player Bobby Simmons from the Clippers with a big contract, and at the same time picked up the Bulls' last three-game hero Tony Library Keqi and others are aiming to rise.

It's a pity that things backfired. After joining the Bucks, Bobby Simmons' level has declined in an all-round way, and Magloire has proved that he is the worst All-Star player so far, and there is no one.Relying on Bogut's fairly satisfactory performance, as well as the amazing performances of Mo Williams and T.J. Ford on the back line, the Bucks played a good record at the beginning.

Before the game, No. [-] pick Andrew Bogut uttered bold words, claiming that he would blow up the Lakers inside and give his opponent an unforgettable memory.

As a result, the Lakers set the tone for the game with a 5-22 offensive climax in just 4 minutes, and Bogut first tried to storm Garnett and was ruthlessly blocked, and then Kobe and Wade took turns on the defensive end. Button, can be described as disgraced.

The Lakers slaughtered the Bucks 119 to 81 without bloodshed. Bogut failed to fulfill his promise, only scored 9 points, 8 rebounds, and got 5 fouls, while Bobby Simmons, who was expected by the Bucks, only made 13 of 3 shots , scored 8 points and 3 rebounds, and his performance was sluggish.

The Eastern Conference tour continues, and the next opponent is the Toronto Raptors.

Today's Raptors, the top scorer is Mike James dug from the Rockets in the summer, one can imagine how dominant this team will be in the competition for the No. [-] pick next year.

The No. 03 pick in 10, Darko Milicic, has completely deviated from people's expectations of him. With an average of about 8 points and 2.4 rebounds per game, he can only be regarded as an ordinary starter, and only [-] blocks are not satisfactory.

Facing the Raptors who started with 3 wins and 16 losses, the Lakers easily won without any suspense. Even Lou Williams and C.J. 20 points, a good performance. In the fourth quarter of the game, after the Raptors center Rafael Aruyu with a height of 11 meters and a big hat behind him, he went down quickly and received a wonderful call from Steve Blake. According to the legend, the shot of violent alley-oop abuse is the best in the audience.

Next, the Lakers' opponent is the Chicago Bulls, who are finally rebuilding.

The overall strength of the Bulls is not enough for the Lakers, but Michael Sweetney really likes to play against the Lakers, because in the last game, the Lakers' defensive strategy was to let him score, and this game is no exception. Witney continued to eat and drink in the paint. His 22 points and 12 rebounds were slightly better than last time, but Luol Deng and Ben Gordon suffered a lot. One made 11 of 3 shots and the other made 15 of 4 shots. In the middle of the game, the Lakers struggled under the targeted defense. If the captain Kirk Hinrich did not perform well, scoring 17 points and 10 assists on 26 of 7 shots, the Bulls would not be able to survive the third quarter.

But in the fourth quarter, the Lakers strengthened their defense and took the game away with a wave of 3 to 15 within 2 minutes. Kobe scored a team-high 23 points, and at the same time had 9 rebounds and 8 assists. , 4 to 20 away victory over the Bulls.

The sweet tour of the north will end, and the next stop for the Lakers is Minnesota to challenge the Timberwolves.

Although the opponents in the first three games were all weak teams, the consecutive away games were always difficult. Minnesota was bleak in December, and the players missed the sunshine and sea breeze in California.

With back-to-backs and consecutive visitors, the Lakers were exhausted in the game. Billups made 7 of 0 shots and his performance was far from the standard. The Lakers even sent 19 turnovers. Lost to the Timberwolves by 101, and at the same time the winning streak was ended, they were double-killed by the Timberwolves.

In the next game, the Lakers will travel from north to south to Dallas to challenge their old rival Dallas Mavericks away.

(End of this chapter)