freeallnovels Chapter 822 Candidate for the Lakers
Chapter 822 Candidate for the Lakers
Chapter 822 Candidate for the Lakers
The Olympics thing came to an end.
Seeing that the new season is only a few days away, Li Shengli finished his domestic affairs and returned to the United States soon. After returning to Greenville, he originally wanted to contact West, but he did not expect that West would It was too real, and he moved the general manager's office of the Lakers to his base camp.
In fact, most of the time when Li Shengli was away, the base camp was managed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Thompson, so if West wanted to come, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would naturally not say much, after all, everyone knows that the Lakers have a reinforcement plan in the near future , and the summit in a few days is the best time.
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"Jerry, is there any news?" Li Shengli found West as soon as he came back.
"Oh, Li? You're finally back!" Seeing Li Shengli, West frowned a lot, pulled Li Shengli to sit down and said, "This time the Olympic Games performed well. To be honest, no one expected The promotion of your national team will be so great, and your contribution is not small."
"Okay, don't say it's useless, let's talk about business, has the person in the fourth position been selected?" Li Shengli went straight to the point, and this matter is what he is most concerned about at the moment.
"This...hasn't been decided yet, but we have a goal."
"Is there a problem with the transaction?"
"Of course, but it's almost done. Let's talk about it for the last time in a few days. Do you want to guess who it is?"
"Let me guess?" Li Shengli glanced at West and said, "No guessing, it's boring, unless you find Tim Duncan or a player at the [-]th position of the same level, I won't even bat an eyelid." .”
Duncan?
Or the same level?
Damn, how much fake wine have you drank? I have to be able to do this too!
West rolled his eyes, and was sweating when Li Shengli said it. You must know that transactions involving superstars are rare and big transactions. It is impossible to have no warning before, so he only thinks that Li Shengli is... idiot のDelusional, of course he also knew that Li Shengli was joking.
In fact... a thousand pieces of gold are easy to get, but a piece of gold is hard to find!
Take the Celtics with the most domineering lineup as an example. This team is just desperately forming a super combination of O'Neal + Garnett. As for Pierce, he is a potential rookie who belongs to the team. Being able to form the current Big Three lineup has a part of luck.
In contrast to the Lakers.
Objectively speaking, Li Shengli was airborne after Li Shengli achieved his status in the league. Kobe is strictly a native player of the team, and Kobe's rapid formation makes the Lakers' luck look better, but after the two cores are ready, they will choose the third core It's a bit troublesome, because there are many problems involved, the most serious one is... The official principle of the league is that superstars are not allowed to get together, at least not in their playing years.
Looking for superstars to join?
Even if all obstacles are removed and the league's superstars are selected, the official transaction case will not be approved.
Looking for potential rookies through the draft?
This is not cost-effective for the Lakers. On the one hand, there are no high-ranking picks, and on the other hand, there are uncertainties in the performance and strength of rookies. Therefore, the Lakers have no need to sell blood and gamble on the quality of high-ranking picks. Just signed the 29th pick inside player, nicknamed 'Mad Dog' Mark Madsen.
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however……
To be honest, "Mad Dog" Madsen can't meet the team's requirements. After all, his NCAA performance is only stalking defense rather than offense, so West can't bet on whether a rookie with the 29th overall pick can do it. Li Shengli's qualified assistant.
Superstar, no!
A rookie may not be reliable!
What West really pays attention to is the players in the two ranges, and at present... the target choice in the best trade case is the 'Cobra' Horace Grant who is currently playing for the Sonics.
Horace Grant?
Li Shengli knew this person.
It is estimated that Phil Jackson contributed a lot in this selection, because Horace Grant was a member of the Bulls triangle system before, and he was also the third core besides Jordan and Pippen. He was very familiar with and adapted to Phil. -Jackson's tactical system may even be Phil Jackson's proposal.
Followed by Horace Grant played in the Magic.
When they partnered with O'Neal back then, the Magic were also a team that made it to the finals. It is estimated that West's team took into account Horace Grant's experience in partnering with super giant centers, and made this choice to find a suitable helper for Li Shengli.
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Adapt to the triangle tactical system.
Has the experience of partnering with a super giant center.
Once scored an All-Star, not super first-line but also better than the average role player.
It can be said that the goal is set here, and West and his team have taken great pains, and then go back to Horace Grant's own strength... a standard power forward template, an excellent auxiliary player, with rebounding assistance, and The middle distance can open up space, and the physical fitness is better than Green. It is no problem to average 30 minutes per game, and he can play more in the playoffs.
Although as of now, the state has dropped a lot from the average double-double at the peak, but last season in the Sonics, he also averaged 31 points and 8.1 rebounds per game in 7.8 minutes...
In a team like the Lakers.
Li Shengli's ability to support and assist is the ceiling of the center, so West doesn't have to worry about Horace Grant's offense. With Li Shengli, there will be amplification. What he is really happy about is that Grant's stable time and rebounds can help Li Shengli Save some consumption, especially Grant is a standard power forward template, and the dirty work of slotting can be done well.
If you want to talk about weakness, it can only be that the defense is a little bit meaningless.
You know, in the last few years when the insiders were the craziest, Grant had statistics to test, and he couldn't defend against top power forwards like Barkley or Malone alone. Forwards don't have the violent style of Barkley and Malone.
More importantly... Even if you can still meet this style of opponent, West signed the 'mad dog' Madsen who is good at defense in the draft, that is to make up for this board, and Artest can also use Defensively at the [-]th position.
So it is impossible for Garnett to be as comfortable as last season if he really wants to compete against the Celtics, an old opponent.
After West clarified all the pros and cons, Li Shengli felt that his skill in managing the team is still good, and although this time is not a mistake, it is the best reinforcement plan at present. Grant is suitable from any point of view. .
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"Okay, this is the best plan, and the new season will have a good start!"
"Of course, although this transaction case has not been negotiated, there are only some details that need to be dealt with. I believe you will hear good news soon, and the rest...is time to deal with Shaq and the others. .”
Li Shengli and West talked for a while. In fact, it was Wester who asked Li Shengli's opinion more. After all, all the current plans are based on Li Shengli. If Li Shengli disagrees, it will be useless. Li Shengli does have this in the Lakers portion.
Then we chatted about the new season for a while, and Li Shengli's phone rang by chance. West took a closer look and saw that it was O'Neal. up.
(End of this chapter)