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Chapter 619 The Battle for the Best Rookie
In the afternoon of the next day, the Kings team went to the home court of the Suns.

Considering that back-to-back games consume a lot of energy, Su Yang decided to reduce the training load of veterans such as Cousins, Curry and Mbah a Moute, even though he didn't have much trouble playing against the Spurs before. Manage it.

There is only one purpose, to reduce the probability of injury.

The current king is no better than before. Riley's devil-style training is needed to quickly improve his strength and health to win three consecutive championships.

When they arrived at the training ground, Su Yang asked the whole team to take out their tablet computers and log in to the King's own video analysis website, and then arranged for Cousins, Curry and Mbah a Moute to analyze the previous mistakes against the Spurs for the whole team in turn to help the team. The coaching staff do some work.

In order to create some atmosphere, Su Yang pretended to be serious and said: "This game, Kobe's "detail" will also be analyzed, let us see, what is the difference between the three of you and Kobe's understanding, if you explain it better, I let Kobe use your analysis..."

After some words, the three of Cousins, who were originally not interested, suddenly became excited, and talked about the details of the game.

What position is too forward, what switch defense communication is not timing enough, what push fast attack is too slow to read the defense...

For that approach, Su Yang asked West and other assistants to verify it. He just had fun. Anyway, he could use the name of "analyzing the video" to let Cousins ​​and the others reduce the amount of training instead of forcing the authority of the head coach. Arrangements require no training.

It's a pretty perfect way to handle it.

After all, it is also one of the responsibilities of a head coach to let players practice less at certain times. Some coaches directly tell veterans not to practice. In that way, some veterans will listen, but some veterans will not listen, such as in 09 Rivers asked Garnett to practice less.

But what kind of player is Garnett, how can he allow himself to practice less, even if he respects the authority of Rivers' head coach and does stand off the court, but he always imitates his substitute Glenn Davis, Davis defends, He made defensive moves, Davis scrambled for rebounds, and he also scrambled for air rebounds. He wanted to prove that he was healthy and healthy, which made Rivers quite speechless.

Then, Garnett practiced too much, was reimbursed for the season, and the Celtics gave the playoffs for nothing, wasting the best chance for consecutive championships.

Relatively speaking, for the Lakers at the beginning of the century, O'Neal didn't like training very much, and he also paddled in the regular season, but he could stay healthy.

When O'Neal was traded to the Heat, he trained crazily under Riley, and soon suffered from injuries. If he hadn't gone to the Suns and was taken away by a genius doctor, he would probably have to retire a season earlier. It can only be said that different time periods require different skills. plan.

The key point is that Su Yang's plan will not make young players feel slack, wondering why veteran players can rest.

In a blink of an eye, at seven o'clock in the afternoon, the game between the Kings and the Suns started.

In the new season of the Suns, the head coach has become Earl Watson, the player coached by Su Yang during the Thunder period. At the age of 36, he has only retired for two seasons. It can be said that he is quite young and promising. Kidd, the head coach, is still almost there.

The young Watson's training for the Suns was very average. He neither developed an awesome tactical system nor saw Booker's potential. He still focused on Bledsoe, probably a short point guard who could See yourself in Bledsoe.

The Kings played casually in the first quarter, leading 31 to 19.

The second quarter also played casually, leading 27 to 19.

At the end of halftime, Su Yang was interviewed by a TNT reporter on the sidelines. He talked about the arrangements made in terms of defense and achieved a 20-point lead. He said bluntly: "Our strategy is the same as before. The reason for the lead is that the Suns are less lucky... "

The naked truth is that the Suns' offensive organization is too poor, with few assists, many turnovers, and four offensive fouls, speechless.

Before the king could make a move, the sun frightened himself to death.

After the intermission, Su Yang only allowed Cousins ​​and Curry to play for 8 minutes, and then they all came on the bench.

After the three quarters, the Kings still led by 18 points, followed by Grant, LaVine, Brogdon and others leading the team to charge, and the Suns had no power to fight back, especially Brogdon, who caught Booker and beat him hard , It can be said that it is a public execution.

In the end, the Kings defeated the Suns 113 to 93, and the six scored in double figures. Brogdon scored 16 points and 5 assists.

After the game, Su Yang wanted to pay tribute to Earl Watson.

Never thought that Watson turned around and left the field without going to the technical stage at all. Regardless of the post-match etiquette, Su Yang was a little surprised. After thinking about it, he wondered if the rookie Westbrook was allowed to start early. Made Watson unhappy.

On the same night, the 76ers ushered in the first game of the season against the Thunder. The No. 22 pick Simmons did not play, but Joel Embiid, who was selected two years ago, played for the first time in the Philadelphia jersey. He played in 16 minutes and made 6 of 8 shots. , 7 of 20 free throws, scored 7 points, 2 rebounds and 4 blocks. Although there were 4 fouls and [-] turnovers, his talent was visible to the naked eye.

Also on the same night, the Lakers, a bad team without Kobe, unexpectedly defeated the Rockets 120 to 114, and rookie Brandon Ingram played 24 minutes off the bench, making 6 of 4 shots with high efficiency, adding a free throw, and scored 9 points and 3 Board 1 assist.

The Celtics also had a game that night. Jaylen Brown played 19 minutes off the bench, made 4 of 3, added 3 free throws, scored 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 blocks. His true shooting percentage was as high as 78%. The future is promising.

As for Dragan Bender, Buddy Hield, Kris Dunn, Jamal Murray and other lottery players, they performed poorly.

For a while, the battle for the best rookie caused a little discussion.

At the press conference after the game, the reporter asked how to evaluate the performance of Embiid, Ingram, Jaylen Brown and Brogdon. Su Yang shook his head directly: "It's meaningless to discuss a game alone. It doesn't mean that rookies The real level, but I don’t think Embiid can participate in the best rookie selection. He did not play in the previous two seasons, but he received NBA-level training for two seasons. He has more conditions than many rookies, so he can participate in the best rookie selection. The rookie selection is not fair...”

That statement, on the one hand, really feels unreasonable.

On the other hand, Embiid is very competitive. If he plays 57 games, he may really threaten Brogdon.

Relevant reports soon appeared in the media.

Embiid, the little prince of Twitter, tweeted in the middle of the night: "It makes me very sad to hear that coach Su Yang thinks that he can't select the best rookie. I have always been a loyal fan of him, but I will not be sad. I will use my strength. Prove to him that I'm worthy of selection..."

Iverson and Dr. J, as well as Barkley and other 76ers-related celebrities, all love to push for Embiid, and mock Su Yang for taking too much control. The best rule has always been as long as he has participated in an official NBA game before. It can be selected and meets the regulations.

Kenyon Martin, who hates Su Yang so much, hurriedly tweeted: "I keep reminding everyone that that guy is trying to control the league..."

All kinds of debates have gradually become hot searches.

ESPN specifically discussed in the program: whether the players who did not play in the first season can be selected as the best rookie.There was a similar case before with Griffin, who didn't play in the 09-10 season and made his debut in the 10-11 season, beating John Wall strongly.

There are also cases of being injured after only one game, and then unable to select the best rookie, which is obviously unreasonable.

Stephen Smith and several guests debated quite fiercely, and it looked like they were going to fight, and various cases were cited.

But Su Yang didn't care. He woke up in the middle of the day and saw the email from the media director Becker. He didn't bother to pay attention to it.

Those remarks were just the beginning,

There are still many strategies behind to help Brogdon defeat Embiid and Jaylen Brown and others, and secure the best rookie.

The next day, the Kings played against the Timberwolves at home. Brogdon played 19 minutes, with 11 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds. In the second quarter, he led the team to beat the Timberwolves substitutes, making great contributions to the victory and launching a strong impact on the best rookie .

The Kings simultaneously started five consecutive trips in the East, and the schedule was not very friendly, which made the previous load management very important.

(End of this chapter)