NBA: Opening breaks record

Chapter 26 The Lone Ranger's Dilemma



Chapter 26 The Lone Ranger's Dilemma
At the American Airlines Center Arena, the Lone Ranger sits at home and welcomes the Los Angeles Lakers.

Like the Lakers, the Lone Ranger has had a tough season.

They changed the head coach, and the meritorious coach Carlisle, who won the team's only championship, was replaced by Kidd, his former disciple.

Carlisle is a good coach. In the playoffs of the past two years, the Mavericks, whom no one is optimistic about, have been inseparable from the championship favorite Los Angeles Clippers.

But the relationship between Carlisle and the players is getting worse and worse, and the head star Doncic is also angry with him.

So he voluntarily resigned, and a few days later he turned around in anger and coached the Indiana Pacers again.

After all, I have been in love with the boss Cuban for so many years, get together and break up, and when he switched to the arms of others, Carlisle said, I hope Kidd can become the next head coach. As a player, he and Doncic have a lot in common.

So, while Doncic was trembling about his offensive ability, Ki-Bugong-De came to Dallas.

As a point guard, Kidd is smart on the court.

Off the court, he is also very smart. The former Blazers star Lillard gave him wild winks. Kidd, who was an assistant coach for the Lakers, said, I will not participate in the competition for your coach.

Can be the head coach, who wants to be an assistant?Not to mention that he has already been the head coach of the Nets and Bucks.

He is waiting for a better opportunity.

So when Cuban sent him an invitation, before hanging up the phone, Kidd said.

Help me up and try!

The Trail Blazers lineup is not good, but Stotts has led the team to the Western Conference Finals, and there is basically no room for improvement.

After the Lone Ranger selected the genius Doncic, they have not broken through the first round.Compared with the Blazers, the Lone Ranger's potential is obviously much greater.

And the Lone Ranger won the championship that year, and Kidd was also on the team, which made it easy for him to establish authority in the team, even against Doncic.

Kidd quickly established authority and made drastic changes.

It may be because he is too smart and his tactical design is too complicated. The players are ignorant of his way of sharing the ball. The reaction on the court is that the team is very chaotic on both offense and defense.

Maybe give Kidd more time. After all, any reform has a process, but for the Lone Ranger, it is difficult for them to adjust based on the existing players.

Kidd designed tactics for Boshen, and he was still in Lanxiang's emergency training, digging out Brunson from the team.

One pass operation is as fierce as a tiger, and then look back at the original place.

Porzingis is no longer the flying, omnipotent self he used to be, and his contract is $5 million for five years.

He still has a certain combat power, but as the second leader of the team, and the league's centers are becoming less and less popular, he has been unable to do what he wants.

transaction?

There are only a few general managers in the league who are brain-dead, such as Kerr in the Suns period, you may not meet them.

Why do you want someone else to take over the star you don't want?
In the end, after calculations and calculations, the exchange may not be as good as the original one.

Cuban is well aware of these. As the owner who is probably the best in the league, he doesn't expect much from Kidd.

At least in the past two years, there will be no grade requirements, unless you can't make the playoffs.

Kidd on the sidelines frowned, he was just worried that the team would not make the playoffs.

Although the West is not as wild as before, the Lone Ranger has never passed the first round, and it is also walking on thin ice.

The sun and the warriors, even if the general is lying down and paddling, the lone ranger can't catch up with the horse.

The Jazz and the Grizzlies, unless there is a miracle, can't compete.

The Los Angeles duo has transformed into Xiong Da and Xiong Er this season, and their strength has declined.

The Lone Ranger wants to compete for the top six and avoid play-offs, and the game with these two bears is extremely critical.

Kidd took a sip of his drink, looked at the floor, touched his head, and looked at the opposing player.

James is practicing a three-pointer, his three-pointer is very accurate, and it is another hollow.

He is not worried about James. When he was a player, the only championship he won was the Heat that defeated James. Although Dirk Nowitzki's thigh came down to earth that time, he also had credit for it.

The opponents he had defeated, no matter what, he always had a little advantage in his heart.

What's more, James is old and has been declining. He is no longer the man who fell behind 2016 to 1 in the 3 finals, turned the tide, and beat Yu Yuyong violently.

He looks over to Davis, who drives to the hoop for a dunk.

He doesn't worry about him either, the team has enough reserves at the center and power forward positions.

Boshen and Kleber, even Powell and Marjanovic, are enough for Davis to drink a pot.

Westbrook is not worried anymore. After transferring to the Lakers, Westbrook has not stepped on his own point. Although he plays hard, who doesn't play hard?

He is not worried about the three cores of the Lakers.

As for Bradley and Tucker, their scoring ability is limited, and it is difficult to be a surprise player, so he is not worried.

But he still felt something was wrong and wanted to knock over the drink in his hand.

As a point guard at the level of an old monster, seeing Meng Hua's strong eruption in the previous game, he was keenly aware that this young man was not easy to deal with.

What he has is exactly what the Lakers lack.

Resilient defense, cunning and changeable style of play.

Sometimes crazy backward shots, hitting Paul, Booker, and Bridges, without hesitation at all;

Sometimes after finishing the position, I put my hands on my hips, and I don't want to participate in the attack at all, so that the opponent doesn't know how to defend at all;
He also has a big heart. At the last moment, facing Ayton's block, he didn't panic at all, and his hand shape didn't change in any way.

He turned to his real opponent, Vogel, who was submitting their starting lineup.

Will he make adjustments?
I have to say that Carlisle is not mistaken, Kidd and Doncic really have a lot in common.

In the Lone Ranger halftime, Doncic made a three-pointer with a step back, and the ball went into the net crisply.

Compared with the bloody storm that set off two years ago, his performance this season can only be described as tepid.

Due to the new rules of the league, his free throws have also dropped a lot, even lower than his rookie season.

He looked at the other half. James was practicing three-pointers. This season, he took a lot more three-pointers than before.

He and James are often compared. In the first three years of entering the league, his statistics were even more luxurious than James.

His eyes only stayed on James for a second, and he began to search for his target again.

Soon, he found Meng Hua, who was expressionless, feeding the ball to his teammates.

As an international player, he pays more attention to this player from China than other players.

Young people are always interested in new things.

This Meng Hua actually made all 12 shots in the last game, even if he was himself, he had never done it before.

Unlike the head coach, he didn't feel that something was wrong. He was ready to teach Meng Hua some lessons. There are some things you can't learn in Lanxiang.

The game started and the players came on the field, but Doncic was disappointed, and Meng Hua didn't play at all.

He glanced at Vogel, a little puzzled, such a player, you actually sit on the bench, this battle is really rich!

He glanced at Meng Hua again, and Meng Hua's eyes were shining brightly, as if he was saying: I don't show up, so how do you teach me?
 Thanks to [Wu Yanruan] for the reward, thank you!
  
 
(End of this chapter)


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