basketball scientist

On July 7, the Rockets completed a deal with the Spurs. The team traded Greek point guard Spanoulis to get the Argentine national team's starting power forward Luis Scola, which was another lucrative deal.

Since Cato was sent to the Magic in Tracy McGrady's trade, the Rockets' power forwards have always suffered from persistent illnesses, poor and weak all the year round.Bai Bowen, Juwan Howard, Swift, and Chuck Hayes, these people either have high salaries and low abilities, or have single functions. None of them are useful in tough battles. The general manager Carol Dawson can hardly be blamed.

In his first season in charge of the Rockets, Mogou solved this problem through his own operations.With the joining of Landry and Scola and Hayes who is still very practical as a bench, Yao Ming is no longer alone in the paint.

That night, Xu Yi got in touch with Ke Yan again and asked him his opinion on the deal.

"Scola is a good team player. When the team has a main attack point, he can do other tactical work on the offensive end; and when the team lacks an attack point, he can also be counted on to contribute some output. But in the high-end game, I think his defense will become the focus of our breakthrough." Ke Yan made a mental calculation and gave his own opinion.

"Hearing what you said, it feels like the Spurs are losing a lot!" Xu Yi said.

"I can't say that completely. The position of the Spurs in the league is destined that they don't need to make Duncan uncomfortable for Scola, and the Rockets need to strengthen the team's power forward position in any way. "Ke Yan explained.

Scola has won everything in Europe and has not landed in the NBA for a long time. In addition to the issue of the termination fee with the Tau team, part of the reason is that he can only serve as Duncan's substitute when he joins the Spurs.

If it was someone else, Scola might still have the confidence to give it a go, but if the mountain pressing on him is a stone Buddha, I am afraid no one thinks that he can counterattack.

Although Duncan has the title of power forward most of the time as a center, he is also willing to make any sacrifices for his teammates; but the Spurs will not really treat Duncan as a universal patch, and most of the inside partners assigned to him are tired of doing dirty work A living blue-collar is unlikely to force Duncan to the center position for Scola, increasing Duncan's loss.

Speaking of Scola, Ke Yan thought of another person, the point guard of the Argentine national team, Prigioni.

The Eagles are now short of point guards and wings, and the team's scouting team is also looking for suitable reinforcements in the summer league.

Ke Yan was woken up by the operation of the Rockets to get Scola, and thought of poaching people from the European League, and then searched for news about Prigioni on the Internet.

Prigioni became famous in the European League. He is 30 years old and is an important member of Argentina's golden generation. He is also the hero of the Argentine team's runner-up in the 2002 World Championships and the champion of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. He has always been with his fellow Argentine Luis Scola Played together for the La Liga Tau team.

His daily style of play is relatively stable and can help control the rhythm of the game, but he also has the "cunning" side of South American players. After entering the NBA at the age of 35, he has also left his mark in the league.Rockets fans like to talk about "the headband helped turn the Clippers", and Prigioni is the hero behind the scenes. He contributed 7 steals in the whole game, 6 of which were given to Paul, and Paul doubted his life. . . . . .

The current backup point guard of the Eagles is the assault-type Barea. The offensive organization of the backup lineup may need to adjust the playing time of Joe Johnson to take care of it. Can be lighter.

It has never been easy to poach people from European leagues, and Prigioni himself is willing to join as the third point guard is also a question.However, these are not issues that coach Ke Yan should consider. After handing over the work to Larry Sander, Ke Yan started an important task of his return to China this time, conducting a "communication seminar" with the CBA coaches.

It is an "exchange seminar" in name, mainly to take care of the face of the coaches in the domestic basketball circle. In fact, 90% of the time is spent listening to Ke Yan's "teaching" and combining the knowledge they have learned in Germany and the United States into a system. , and then systematically tell the domestic coaches.

Ke Yan studied in Germany for four years and coached in the United States for five years. It is difficult to pass on to domestic coaches in a few "exchange seminars".But Ke Yan is still very active and optimistic to make full preparations for this "communication seminar", hoping that he can improve some people's old "basketball concept" a little bit, and be able to embrace the development of world basketball.

Not just the NBA, but also the development of European basketball.For spectators and fans, the "team first" style of European basketball is not favored; but for professional coaches, this kind of tricks should be more interesting.

After a few classes, there were many "big bosses" such as Li Qiuping and Wang Fei who dismissed the exchange seminar as an official show to praise Ke Yan's stinky feet, and left early. On the contrary, "Brother Chun" gave Ke Yan face very much. After the class, I was very active in asking Ke Yan for advice, completely missing the usual "dirty export".

"That G8 Qiu Tian~"

"Marbury kicks up again and flips him over!"

"You go and chase that little b-boy with me, and I'll chase him out of the audience!"

"I made it clear with my hand, the bottom of the fucking feet are stretching out their feet layer by layer!"

Brother Chun still left a lot of classic quotations for CBA.Although Ke Yan doesn't like swearing very much, he has to admit that it is difficult to maintain emotional stability in a highly confrontational sport. Sometimes you really can't restrain the players if you don't scold them harshly.

And as a fan, whether you like it or not, you have to admit that compared with the Bayi Dynasty in the early years, the Beijing team won consecutive championships, and the Hongyuan Dynasty created by Brother Chun is the most valuable.There is no "army whistle", no "capital whistle", and the national team built with Yao Ming and the "Hongyuan Department" team is also the stage where the Huaxia men's basketball team is the most successful in the international arena.

"Director Li, this is my email. If you have anything to discuss in the future, you can email me at any time, and I will reply when I see it." After the last seminar, Keyan specially gave his contact information to Brother Chun.

People like Ke Yan and Yao Ming are heterogeneous after all, and talents like Brother Chun represent the majority of those who work hard; or to put it another way, when domestic coaches have Brother Chun's attitude towards basketball, maybe no matter whether it is CBA or China Basketball, there will be a Obvious progress and leap, right?

. . . . . .

When the time came to mid-August, Wang Lifan needed to prepare for the new semester of doctoral courses and was going back to the United States; Ke Yan had almost done what he should do in China, and he also returned to Atlanta with his girlfriend.

Perhaps this is the difference between finding a girlfriend with a doctorate and a girlfriend with a vase. The former is more independent, has his own thoughts and soul; while the latter will inevitably be more attached to Ke Yan.

On the second day after returning to the United States, Ke Yan met with Prigioni, who had just joined the team, in the office and had a brief exchange.

The Argentine defender was full of curiosity about the championship coach who was younger than himself, but after the conversation, he no longer had any doubts.

Conquering the NBA with the face of a yellow race is really impossible without some real talent and learning!

The Eagles helped Prigioni pay a buyout fee of US$50, and offered the other party a two-year, US$2 million contract, successfully signing the 320-year-old point guard.

So far, the names on the Eagles lineup list have come to 12 people, just reaching the minimum number of candidates stipulated by the league.However, there are still vacancies in the team's wing position, and Ke Yan still hopes to add at least one or two more people for him to deploy.

In the league, basically all teams have at least 13 players, otherwise, when the injury crisis hits, they won't be able to stand up at all!

Although the Eagles were last season's championship, but because they played in the finals last season, the players are more tired than other teams, and they need a thicker lineup to resist the risks of injuries. In the new season, Ke Yan will Perform "load management" for 30+ players in the team to ensure the health of the players.

The Eagles organized a wave of trial training. The former Lakers swingman Karim Rush, who went to Europe to make money last season, stood out from the crowd in the trial training. He successfully got the contract of the Eagles and became a member of the Eagles. .

Rush is the "black version" of Vujacic, with accurate three-pointers and poor defense, but the Eagles have Garnett and Anderson inside, which can make up for his shortcomings to a certain extent.

And this season's undrafted pick Andre Ingram also got a training camp contract. Whether he can become a regular depends on his next performance.

Ingram, who is in the second position, is not tall enough, only 191, and his athletic talent is also very average. Although he has a three-pointer, he is not outstanding.In terms of strength, he is somewhat "unworthy" of the Eagles; but his attitude during the trial training is just like Ichiro Shenzong's "extra training" three-pointer was recognized by the high-level coach. Ingram is also the Eagles The team's most serious player in this wave of trial training impressed Ke Yan and won him a training camp contract.

So far, the Eagles' lineup for the new season is basically determined, and the lineup includes 14 players.

Centers: Boris Diaw, Chris Anderson, PJ Brown

Power Forward: Garnett, Brandon Bass.

Small forwards: Shane Battier, PJ Tucker.

Shooting guards: Joe Johnson, Eddie Jones, Kareem Rush, Andre Ingram.

Point guard: Paul, Barea, Prigioni.

Ke Yan is quite satisfied with the status quo of the team. The team's substitute lineup has been changed a lot, but apart from the regret that Grant Hill failed to join, the supplements in other positions are above expectations.

Especially the inside combination of Brandon Bass and Chris Anderson, both of whom are athletic insiders, are very suitable for the Eagles' tactical system and can buy more rest time for Garnett.

The starting lineup of the Eagles is indeed relatively expensive, which also leads to the fact that even though the substitute lineup is relatively cheap, the total salary exceeds 6800 million, and the boss has to pay a luxury tax of more than 700 million.

But, if you want to compete for the championship, or want to guarantee the competitiveness of the championship for a long time, it is inevitable to pay the luxury tax.Shouting slogans like the Rockets every day, but in fact a penny-pinching style, is pure nonsense.

. . . . . .

"Dole!"

"biu~~~~~~"

"Boom!!!"

A scarlet ray of light quickly climbed to the sky with a long tail of smoke, and then exploded countless fiery trees and silver flowers, illuminating half of the sky.

A summer carnival for Atlanta residents, the Coca-Cola Music Festival will start on time on August 8!

The entire Lenox Square became a sea of ​​joy.Around the square, there are bands from all over the world singing and performing hard.This is like the joint trial training before the NBA draft. Many [-]th-line bands hope that their performances at this kind of music festival will attract the attention of music companies such as Universal, Warner, and Rolling Stone, so as to officially enter the circle and make money.

"I heard that today is just a warm-up. Tomorrow, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, and maroon5 will all be here. The day after tomorrow, there will be Linkin Park!" Huo Qingshu said excitedly.

Ke Yan usually only listens to songs and doesn't pay much attention to the types of singers, but even so, he knows these few.

Avril Lavigne, the Queen of Asia and Africa, is the designated heroine of a certain sports article. Her rock music has a good influence among young people, and her appearance is also very good. Smoky makeup, canvas shoes, and electric guitar are her standard equipment.

Kelly Clarkson, the singer of the BGM "because of you" of "Bei Ying: Huan Zhu Ge Ge", basically as soon as the melody of this song sounded, everyone's minds began to circulate, "He is a darling and an outcast; he is being chased , was also exiled..."

Let’s not talk about the others, they have even greater global influence!Coca-Cola spent a lot of money to organize this music festival.For Ke Yan, just enjoy it.

When it came to the music festival, Huo Qingshu had a great time playing, and started to sing loudly when she was so excited, but her singing skills can be described in eight words, "It's all emotion, no skills".

To put it bluntly, it's ugly!

"What! What's your expression?" Huo Qingshu noticed Ke Yan's complicated expression and pretended to be sullen.

"No, you sing much better than her!" Ke Yan pouted at a white girl next to him and said.

"Really?" Huo Qingshu threateningly stared at Ke Yan sideways.

This little shameless person really dares to ask!

"What do you think?"

"Damn!" Huo Qingshu kicked Ke Yan, "venting" his emotions.

Huo Qingshu was a little unconvinced, but when he listened carefully to the girl's singing, it was not generally pleasant, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it sounds heavenly.

Both Ke Yan and Huo Qingshu stayed beside the girl, their eyes met, and Ke Yan gave each other a thumbs up.

"Kimi, Never, hello." The girl recognized Ke Yan, but mistook Huo Qingshu for Wang Lifan.

Can you confuse the charming Wang Lifan with the giant loli Huo Qingshu, maybe in the eyes of white people, Asians are all the same?

"I'm not Never." Huo Qingshu said quickly, "I'm not his girlfriend either. My name is Greenbook."

"Greenbook?" Misidentified, the girl put her hands together to express her apology, "But this name is so special."

"She translated her Chinese name literally. If I also use this translation method, I should be called science!" Ke Yan laughed at himself, and then Huo Qingshu elbowed his ribs.

"..." The girl looked at the two people fighting in front of her, shrugged her shoulders, and then remembered to introduce herself, "Well, my name is ArianaGrande, and I'm from Florida."

"Arianna." Ke Yan nodded, "Your name is also rare, but you sing really well."

"Thank you. Were you discussing my singing just now?"

Although Ke Yan and Huo Qingshu have been communicating in Chinese just now, some micro-expressions and body language are universal.

"That's right, she said she sings better than you." Ke Yan arched, and then Huo Qingshu called her again.

Ariana gave a strange expression and did not agree with Ke Yan's words.

After offending each other once, Huo Qingshu and Ariana are even.

"Can I order a song?" Ke Yan asked.

"Of course~"

Arianna has dreamed of being a singer since she was a child, and she came to the music festival hoping to be favored by a large music company. Being able to sing for Ke Yan, a local "celebrity" in Atlanta, will undoubtedly increase her exposure at the music festival.

"The day you went away."

Ke Yan then ordered a song by the Nordic girl group M2M, which was also sung by a girl, and it suited Ariana's voice very well.

"Well I wonder could it be?

When I was dreaming about you baby.

Youwere dreaming of me...."

Ke Yan stopped beside Ariana, which indeed attracted more onlookers for Ariana.Singing in front of so many people, Ariana didn't feel stage fright at all. The more people there were, the more energetic she became, and the singing became even crazier.

"COOL!" Huo Qingshu said with sincere envy.

"This is a born singer, born for the stage." Ke Yan also praised.