basketball scientist

Early in the morning, at the Phillips Arena and the press conference hall, Ke Yan, who was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, appeared at the press conference. The hundreds of reporters gathered at the scene suddenly had their spotlights flashing frequently, and all of them aimed at following Keyan from Larry Sander.

Ke Yan came to the rostrum with a confident smile on his face, and sat down in the middle with team owner Ressler.

"My friends from the press, I am honored to officially announce to you today that we have invited the 'scientist in the coach', KimiKE, to take charge of our Atlanta Hawks!"

Accompanied by Ressler's words, the spotlights on the scene were even more dazzling, all aimed at Ke Yan and Ressler at the scene, completely treating the other people around them as invisible people.

"We hope that in the future, Kimi can lead us out of the predicament and to the top. I believe that he will be able to realize his ambition in the Eagles!" Ressler's words immediately drew applause from everyone present .

Then the staff sent two contracts, which were handed over to Ressler and Keyan respectively. They had read both contracts before, and there were no problems, so they quickly signed them respectively. After that, the two exchanged contracts and each signed another name.

After signing the contract, the two shook hands solemnly, and there was another burst of thunderous applause at the scene.

Afterwards, there was a question-and-answer session.

"Kimi, last season's Eagles were not good. The team only achieved 13 wins and 69 losses under the leadership of Terry Stotts. What kind of reason made you decide to take over? You should have other options Right?" On the surface, this question is "belittling" the Eagles, but in fact, it does give Ke Yan a chance to show his loyalty to the new club.

Ke Yan smiled slightly, "The team's poor record last season is not the responsibility of Coach Stotts alone, but everyone seems to be used to firing coaches when there are problems and dare not let people in other positions take responsibility. OK, this It is the ecology of the league. Mr. Ressler chose to hand over the team to me, and he has full trust in me, which is why I chose the Eagles. I will let everyone see how much the Eagles have improved!"

"So what are your goals for next season?"

"Uh~" Ke Yan hesitated, then replied, "Let's triple the Eagles' score~"

After talking about it, Ke Yan laughed himself, 39 wins may not make it to the playoffs!

"At least three times!" After smiling, Ke Yan's face became solemn, "Maybe you doubt it, maybe you don't believe it, but it doesn't matter, time will prove that I do what I say!"

The signing ceremony lasted for a long time, mainly because too many reporters came. After the signing, Ke Yan officially became the head coach of the Eagles.

It is also a good thing for the alliance that Ke Yan has decided on his next home early.Regarding the arrangements for the preseason, especially the "China Games", there are new options besides the Rockets.

After all, it's not good to let the Rockets go every year!

It’s not long before the draft. Ke Yan spent two days temporarily solving the housing problem. The management held a meeting to study the goals in the draft. As the actual helm of the team’s lineup, Ke Yan needs to lead this time Meeting.

Bradley, the team's chief scout, showed enough respect to Ke Yan and asked, "Kimi, I heard you said that you plan to use the No. [-] pick to select a point guard. The three best point guards are Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Raymond Felton, who do you prefer."

The Bucks' choice of Bogou is a certainty. Vandeweghe even told the interviewee Ke Yan that he didn't hide it. It can be seen that the Bucks don't care about the rumors. The Hawks, who hold the second pick, want to choose among the three point guards. Whoever chooses.

"Just focus on Chris Paul. I don't intend to waste your energy on other people." Ke Yan's reply was simple and rude.

This is indeed the case. If the Eagles have the third overall pick, they have to worry about whether someone will cut off and prepare a plan B or something. With the Bucks already finalized Bodog, the Eagles don’t need to do it Plan B.

"OK!" Bradley nodded. "Is there any other rookie that I should pay special attention to in training camp?"

The Eagles still have the 31st and 60th picks in their hands, which are handed over to Ke Yan, and they can also do some low-ranking Taobao.

"If possible, pack a second-round pick for next year, change to a late first-round pick, and then focus on David Lee." Ke Yan thought for a while and added, "Monta Ellis, Brendan Bass, Louis Williams, André Bratche, and Marcin Gortat can also pay attention."

Ke Yan seemed to be very familiar with the information about this rookie class, and everyone did not doubt it, thinking that he had obtained first-hand information from the Lakers before.

Ke Yan didn't explain much, just let them misunderstand.

. . . . . .

The finals are still in full swing, and the wheel of history has deflected a little due to the appearance of Ke Yan. The Spurs defeated the Pistons 4:2 in the finals.

Perhaps the duel with Keyan further catalyzed Popovich's progress. The game did not enter the tiebreaker, and the Spurs directly took away the championship trophy in the away game.

The Lakers pushed the Spurs closer to the team in the tiebreaker, and even led 3:2 at one point!It can be said that the only team that almost defeated the Spurs in the entire series of the Spurs, which also made the fans look at Keyan even more highly.

Looking back, the fight between Keyan and Popovich was indeed exciting enough.

But Ke Yan himself doesn't think that the loss to the Spurs is the smallest, and the Lakers are the "general runner-up".This is bullshit.Taking ten thousand steps back, so what if he is the runner-up?History only remembers the winners!

In the head coach's office, Ke Yan was drawing on the tactical board by himself, and would look around from time to time to get familiar with the new environment.

The office area of ​​the Eagles is much smaller than that of the Lakers, and the facilities are paler.It can only be said that there is a reason for the Lakers' strong talent attraction.

Sitting on a bunch of swingmen, the Eagles' tactics in the new season are mainly "running and bombing".Finally have the opportunity to build a team "as you like". Ke Yan's thinking is even crazier than that of D'Antoni last season. The Hawks' two three-way forwards, Boris Diaw and Josh Smith, will be directly placed inside by him in the new season. , Play the role of organization center and all-around power forward!

To be honest, after two seasons in the team, the Eagles haven't found Diaw's instructions.Give him the ball, his ability to attack with the ball is mediocre, the coach arranged for him to attract the defense at a fixed point, and his shooting is poor, as if he dare not shoot, he is not sure about the open three-pointer, and the defense is not good.If it weren't for Ke Yan repeatedly pointing out that he should be reused, Sander would definitely send him away this summer!

But in Ke Yan's system, Diaw will appear at the center position, and some of his seemingly unstable points may become the advantages of a flash of inspiration.He has the league's top ball intelligence and organizational skills, can send the ball to the most threatening position, can grab rebounds and advance directly, run back and forth, and has an outside shooting threat. . . . . .Not to mention the defensive end, but on the offensive end, in Ke Yan's system, Dior will be a PLUS version of Odom!

As for Josh Smith, he may be the most valuable asset of the Eagles right now.Smith's physical fitness is super strong, basically at the level of a dunk king, he is highly motivated to defend, versatile and worthy of training.Whether it is playing positional warfare or fast break, it can play a role.

Ke Yan intends to train him in the same way as Marion, focusing on air cuts, fast breaks, and second-offensive scoring. The Hawks will switch offense and defense very quickly in the new season. A player of his type is easy to shine.

Of course, in order to truly become an All-Star player at the Marion level, Josh Smith needs to polish his defense.It's not just physical fitness + meeting Nash that can become Marion.

Paul's joining is only a matter of time. If the Eagles can successfully sign Joe Johnson, Paul and Joe Johnson's backcourt partner is also second to none in the league!Joe Johnson has the experience of playing next to Nash, can play singles with the ball, and can also run without the ball. It should be relatively easy to run in with Paul.

The field lineup has three ball-holding points: Paul, Joe Johnson, and Diaw. At the final small forward position, Ke Yan tends to get a 3D player with strong off-ball ability, but this type of player is not easy to find.The next best thing, Keyan pays more attention to outside shooting.In the free agent market, the most popular should be the big Q of the Suns and Finley, who is about to be bought out by the Lakers.

The former played the best season of his career in the Suns. This offseason is all about money, and whoever opens the bigger contract will be the one.Although the latter is Ke Yan's former team, he performed well in the playoffs and is regarded as a treasure by many strong teams for low-cost signings. There is a high probability that he will not come to the Eagles to accompany the reconstruction.

After thinking about it, Ke Yan considered two people, Ariza of the Knicks and Barnes of the Lakers.Both of them are ruthless people with the attributes of "villains"!Moreover, the current transaction value is average. It is not a problem to introduce together, one to start and one to play as a substitute.

When Ke Yan informed Larry Sander of his planned starting lineup, the corner of the Eagles' butler's mouth was about to twitch!

"Where's our center forward?"

Larry Sander is speechless, the Lakers had Anderson last season!The Suns are so crazy and there is Stoudemire inside!You are a center forward, do you want to be blown out by your opponent inside?

Your name is "Ke Yan", are you really here to engage in "scientific research" when you come to the Eagles?

"Dior! Although he is not tall, he can still hold his position. Seriously, you put him at the small forward position. I am really speechless. Aren't all 203 players small forwards?" Ke Yan said plausibly.

2 meters 03 to play center forward. . . . . .Larry Sander has already foreseen that the team's inside line will become the target of other opponents' key attacks next season!

Duncan, Yao Ming, O'Neal, can they score 50 points against the Hawks?

"Then... Al Harrington, are you going to put him on the bench?" If Joe Johnson came over, it would be acceptable for Childress to be put on the bench, but Harrington is obviously a good young man. The forward candidate has the mobility and singles ability that Ke Yan needs, why can't he enter the starting lineup?

"Al Harrington and Childress are indeed not in my plan. Let's see how Joe Johnson's contract will be negotiated. If we want to sign and exchange with the Suns, the Suns should be interested in them." Ke Yan nodded Confirmed, "If the Suns don't need them, they can also be put on the shelves, otherwise there will be a possibility of depreciation, and it is also easy to have conflicts within the team."

Larry Sander felt that Ke Yan was trying to kill him, and he was fooling around.After communicating with Keyan, he immediately called Ressler to ask him for advice on whether to continue to implement Keyan's plan.

"Larry, do you think the small ball tactics in Keyan's plan are feasible?" Ressler asked back after a moment of silence.

"It's feasible, but it's too extreme! Maybe our offense will improve, but we don't have a center in the starting lineup. Our defense and rebounding are too inferior! The Lakers have at least 208 Odom, and his strength is also great." Not bad, can carry people. But the Eagles don’t have such a player!” Larry Sander expressed his disbelief, “Kimi may indeed have talent, but he is too extreme. His success with the Lakers last season really made He's kind of... drifting."

"But we don't have Odom, or have we not found our own Odom?" Ressler asked.

Larry Sand was at a loss for words.

The Lakers wanted to trade Diaw twice last season, and Ke Yan made it clear that he would keep Diaw as soon as he took office, which shows that Ke Yan's plan to transform Diaw into a center has been in preparation for a long time.Even the Eagles themselves, who insisted on keeping Dior when they obviously couldn't use him well, hoped that Ke Yan could find the correct usage of Dior.How can it be unacceptable when everything is ready and only the east wind is owed?

"Kimi has an overall plan for the team, and it's good to implement it with his plan." Ressler said, "I trust him."

. . . . . . .

After the finals ended, the undercurrent of the trading market officially started.The Jazz took the lead in completing a key transaction. The team exchanged the No. 20 seventh pick with the No. [-] seventh pick in exchange for the No. [-] pick from the Trail Blazers.

After the transaction was completed, there were also rumors that "the target is Marvin Williams" within the Jazz, who believed that he had both athletic ability and shooting talent. Under Jerry Sloan's training, he might be the next "Karl Malone" ", there is even a saying that when Marvin Williams joins the team, Malone will go out to train in person. . . . . .

Now that the Bucks have finalized the No. [-] pick, the Jazz continue to release rumors for the purpose of interfering with the Eagles' choice. In fact, Ke Yan knows that their choice has always been Deron Williams, one of the three great Illinois players.

"If we intercept Hu Delong and make a deal, maybe we can rip off the Jazz, and by the way, lower Paul's salary." During the chat, Ke Yan said to Hamblen.

"..." Hamblen shook his head, not suggesting Ke Yan to do so.

Paul's draft market is better than that of Deron.If the Eagles cut the beard, the Jazz did not choose Paul, leaving Paul in the hands of the Hornets with the fourth overall pick.

Or maybe Sloan wasn't angry and just let Paul and Boozer play pick-and-rolls. What about Ke Yan?Let Deron lead the team to run and bomb?

It's not worth taking the risk of losing both for the sake of petty profits!

Of course, Ke Yan was just joking, the most difficult thing to play with is human nature!

Other teams are busy making deals, and another important thing in Ke Yan's hands is to form his own coaching team.

In the Lakers last season, after Tomjanovich resigned due to illness, Ke Yan took over. The coaching team obviously lacked a "think tank" who played his role, including Monty Williams who joined later. The ability to help Ke Yan in tactical adjustments, there is no way to point out Ke Yan's problems, which is why Ke Yan is under a lot of pressure in the playoffs.

No one can lead the team to win alone. The players are like this, and the head coach is also like this. Someone must help him.

But Ke Yan's prestige is not enough, no one is willing to serve as a deputy under a 25-year-old young man, and the Eagles' performance is really poor, as long as they can find a job in other teams, no one is willing to come to the Eagles Work, which makes team recruitment difficult.

In desperation, Ke Yan planned to go to Salt Lake City to invite his national father-in-law Hornacek to come out of the mountain, and take a look at how 10-year-old Abby is doing.

Before Ke Yan could leave, his girlfriend Wang Lifan came back from Los Angeles and postponed his visit to Guo Guo's father-in-law, and took him to visit his own father-in-law first.

In the United States, as long as you get a specialist doctor's license, your social status and income have already reached the middle class.Wang Lifan's father, Wang Zhenyao, is the head doctor of cardiothoracic and pulmonary surgery in a hospital in Atlanta. He performs hundreds of surgeries every year and earns nearly one million dollars a year.Therefore, Wang Lifan's family does not live in Huaxia City, but in a high-end neighborhood in Atlanta.

Carrying the gift bought on the way, without calling Wang Lifan, he went directly to the door and rang the doorbell.

It was Wang Lifan who came out to answer the door. He was dressed very homely, with a T-shirt, hot pants, slippers, and his hair was casually tied into a ponytail.However, as soon as they met, they pouted and complained: "It's a bit late, is there a traffic jam on the road?"

"Never! How do you talk?" A middle-aged man's voice sounded, and then he also walked out.

Wang Lifan and Ke Yan have been together for a long time, and they speak very casually, but from the perspective of an elder, his daughter must not be allowed to be so rude.

"Hello, Uncle!" Ke Yan said after bowing slightly, "Sorry, I'm late."

"Not too late." Wang Zhenyao nodded and let Ke Yan in.

Ke Yan said: "I haven't been in Atlanta for long, and I'm not familiar with many places, so I can only buy some gifts nearby. I hope my uncle won't be offended."

This is not the first time we have met, and Wang Zhenyao has already recognized his relationship with Wang Lifan, so Ke Yan is still relaxed.

"Ke Yan is here! Please sit down. Never, go and pour water for Ke Yan. Come, Ke Yan, eat some fruit. Just wait for a while for dinner." At this time, Zhou Yun also came out of the kitchen, wearing an apron, a pair of Skillful appearance.Compared with Wang Lifan, he is much gentler. Maybe this is what Wang Lifan will look like in the future.

"Hello, Auntie." Ke Yan greeted, "Don't worry, Auntie."

Zhou Yun enthusiastically put the fruit that had been placed on the coffee table in front of him, and beckoned him to sit down again.

"Uncle, you sit too." Of course Ke Yan couldn't sit down by himself, so he called Wang Zhenyao to join him.

Wang Zhenyao nodded, sat down on the sofa beside him, and looked at Ke Yan.

The last time I saw him, he was just a very energetic assistant coach with strength, but his fame was mainly due to his status as "the first Chinese assistant coach in the NBA" and the publicity of the Los Angeles media.

But half a year later, he seems to be a lucky star, and the speed of his career progress can be said to be equipped with rocket propulsion!

As a man, he is more interested in his career development.

"Compared with the Lakers, the work of the Hawks is much more difficult, right?" Wang Zhenyao didn't watch the NBA much before, so he only knew Yao Ming, but he didn't know much about the Hawks.After knowing the existence of Keyan, I dabbled in it.However, the NBA's viewing threshold is not high, and it is easy to understand that Ke Yan came from a wealthy team to a low-level team.

From Wang Zhenyao's point of view, he didn't know the grievances Ke Yan suffered in the Lakers. He only thought that Ke Yan came to Atlanta for Wang Lifan.

"It's actually okay. I also enjoy the challenge. Building my own team and going up step by step is more fulfilling than reaching the sky step by step."

This reason is a bit far-fetched, Wang Zhenyao is more sure of his conjecture, and he is relieved.

It seems that this Ke Yan really likes his daughter!

Wang Zhenyao mainly chatted about his career, and when he was at the dinner table, it was Zhou Yun's turn to question his family situation.

"Are your parents okay in China?" Zhou Yun asked "casually".

Ke Yan nodded and said, "Everything is fine."

"Have you ever thought about taking their two elders over?"

"I haven't thought about it for the time being. First, I used to be a teaching assistant to gain a firm foothold. When I came to Atlanta, I just had some improvement and I just settled down. Second, my parents are public officials, although they are both grassroots. But when you go abroad, you have to write a report, type an application, and have to approve it, which is very troublesome. Let alone settle overseas."

So speaking of it, Ke Yan's family background is not bad?

"It doesn't matter, we'll just go back to China for a visit." Wang Zhenyao seemed quite satisfied with this "son-in-law", and had already started discussing the meeting between the two parents.

"Dad~" Wang Lifan said with a coquettish snort.

It's only been half a year!

Although Ke Yan is good, he has to adapt himself, right?

A smile appeared on the corner of Ke Yan's mouth, he was satisfied with everything.

After dinner, Ke Yan helped clean up the dishes, and was invited out of the kitchen. The elder asked Wang Lifan to take Ke Yan to visit the house.

Wang Lifan's house is fairly spacious, a two-story building with four bedrooms, a large living room, a small dining room, a kitchen, a cloakroom, a study room, a video room, a bathroom, and a balcony.The furnishings are more European-American, clean and tidy, and at the same time more feminine.

After following Wang Lifan into the bedroom, Ke Yan couldn't help but lighten his steps.A girl's unique and pleasant smell came in, fragrant but not greasy, like a flower in bud, which made people feel much more peaceful.

The furnishings in the bedroom are very simple, a bed, a desk, a cabinet, not many accessories for girls.Even the color is mainly white, not pink for girls.

"Isn't it strange?" Wang Lifan paid attention to his expression, and asked after he scanned the surrounding area.

"No, you are a doctor!" Ke Yan sat at the desk, looked at the row of books in front of him, and his eyes fell on a "Montmartre Suicide Note".