Basketball K God

Chapter 411

Salmons and Xie Kai were teammates for half a season in the 2008-09 season.In that season, the Kings traded him to the Bulls before the trade deadline in order to avoid paying the luxury tax.Unexpectedly, before the draft on June 6, he passed a three-party transaction and came to the Kings again. He really felt like "going around and coming back".

Before the game, Xie Kai and Kings home coach Paul Westphal shared a warm hug.The two worked together for a season in 2009-10, and they still had a good time working together.

Coach Westphal liked Xie Kai very much. At that time, the team management wanted to trade Xie Kai, and he had some unpleasant troubles with the management.In his opinion, Xie Kai is a very talented player with a very high basketball IQ. Such a player should not be traded so easily.

But the team had its own considerations, and finally pulled the trigger on the trade in order to please Evans, who had just won the best rookie.

Seeing the team's urine sample from last season, Westphal now sees Xie Kai more and more pleasing to the eye.

In addition to Xie Kai's strength and potential, a very important reason why Coach Westphal likes him is because he is low-key and humble and respects the coach.

You must know that the day before yesterday, that is, January 1, the "Kings Official Website" reported that Kings center DeMarcus Cousins ​​and head coach Paul Westphal were already at odds.At present, Cousins ​​​​is publicly asking the team to trade him out, but Westphal is tit-for-tat. He simply lets Cousins ​​stay at home and prevents him from participating in the Kings' Hornets game today.

The conflict has been around for a long time. Cousins ​​believes that the team coached by Westphal has no tactics at all, and believes that Westphal is the main reason for the Kings' three-game losing streak.In order to express his protest against Westphal, he has publicly asked the king to trade himself out.In order to establish his authority in the team, Westphal announced that he would suspend Cousins ​​in the Kings VS Hornets game.

Cousins ​​was the sole consolation of last season's disappointing Kings team.As the No. 5 rookie in the first round, he can contribute 28.5 points, 14.1 rebounds, 8.6 assists, 2.5 steal and 1 blocks in an average of 0.8 minutes per game.Although the efficiency is not high, but as a rookie, his offensive dominance has begun to take shape.Moreover, his physical fitness is outstanding, and his future potential is quite good. He has the ability and potential to become the core of the team's future insiders.

But Cousins's brain is enough to make people speechless. This person is very emotional and is easily affected by the opponent's trash talk. If he is dissatisfied with a penalty, he may explode and eventually get a technical foul.Naturally, the leader of a strong team cannot be a "time bomb" player who cannot control his emotions.Such a player needs a boss who can control him in order to play the greatest role. It is a pity that the Kings do not have such a player.

Although Cousins ​​ended the team suspension in this game, he still didn't get the chance to start and could only play off the bench.

Although Mayo is a veteran of the Grizzlies, his reputation in this city is not very good. Not only his former teammates don't like him, but also the fans don't like him. Some fans are still booing him in the stands!
In this game, the starting lineup of the Grizzlies at home is: center - Marc Gasol, power forward - Dante Cunningham, small forward - Rudy Gay, shooting guard - Tony · Allen, point guard -- Xie Kai.

Because the Black Bears will be on a truce for at least a month, the Grizzlies can only dig on the bench, and Cunningham, an excellent offensive striker in the second team, naturally became the choice to "pull out the big man from the dwarf".

And this game is also the second game of Xie Kai's NBA career playing point guard. He became the existence that replaced Conley.

The starting lineup of the Kings in the away game is: center - Chuck Hayes, power forward - JJ Hickson, small forward - John Salmons, shooting guard - OJ Mayo, organization Linebacker -- Tyreke Evans.

Salmons is also good enough. He is old enough to go around outside, but even if he has the ability to start, it is not enough to make people admire.Although the Kings are a big team, they are still the starters anyway!Anyway, it is also NBA1/150!
Because Cousins ​​was on the bench, the original backup center Hai Ye was the starter. The 198cm Hai Ye was Yao Ming's substitute back then. With his solid territory and simple defensive skills, it is already a miracle that he can survive in this league full of beasts in the NBA.

Xie Kai VS Evans, Xie Kai VS Mayo, no matter which matchup it is, it can make Grizzlies fans excited.

The game was explained by TNT's Mike Fratello and Reggie Miller.

"Reggie, the attention of this game is extremely high!" Mike Fratello laughed.

"Kane Shea beats the Sacramento Kings, every time he can attract a lot of attention." Reggie Miller said.

"What do you think of Kane playing the starting No. 1?" Mike Fratello asked.

Reggie Miller made a gesture and said: "Judging from the last game against Chicago, he really has no problem playing the No. 1 position. But the reference value of one game is still too small after all."

"You think he's going to be destroyed by Tyreke this game?" Mike Fratello asked back.

Reggie Miller quickly waved his hand to deny: "I didn't say that, his movement control ability is there, even if he is not used to playing the 1st position, he is still more able to adapt than those players who are pure pitchers at the 2nd position. "

The game started immediately, and the main players of both sides took to the court.

Tyreke Evans stared at Xie Kai, until now, he hated this Chinese.In his opinion, the better the yellow-skinned monkey played, the more unhappy he was.

Xie Kai didn't avoid Evans' murderous gaze, and the two looked at each other, and they had a contest with their eyes in the air.

The fans at the scene also seemed to feel the smell of gunpowder. Everyone didn't think it was a big deal and started booing, and the arena instantly became lively.

"Fans like to watch the matchup with gunpowder!" Reggie Miller laughed

"You and Michael had a lot of gunpowder back then!" Mike Fratello smiled meaningfully.

"The game has begun!" Reggie Miller immediately changed the subject.

Xiaojiasao and JJ Hickson jumped the ball. Although Hixon is a No. 4 and is not as tall as Xiaojiasao, the bounce speed is there anyway. If you jump up, I am the tallest on the court!
The Kings have the first wave of offensive possession!
(End of this chapter)