Chapter 715 Four New Wonders of Supersonic Speed!
Old Nelson was helpless to hand over Ibaka, Harden, Gasol and Ingles to Yes.
The current situation of the team is that Quentin Richardson, Wilkins and Tucker are not suitable to be the starting small forward.
He hopes that the team can have a useful player at the small forward position, Ibaka, Harden, Ingles, he hopes that these three can make progress during this period.
Even if they are still not qualified starters after the start of the season, he can let Richardson, Wilkins and Tucker take over for a while during this period.
But after the All-Star Game, when the league is in the most intense sprint, he hopes that the team can have a qualified small forward starter at that time.
Durant has not yet announced that the season will be written off.
But it is not certain whether he will play in the playoffs this season.
Old Nelson needs a plan B.
No matter how bad the current situation of these three individuals is, at least they can still scratch the lottery, unlike Quentin Richardson and others who have already scratched the lottery and have no expectations at all.
As for whether Yes can scratch out one of the three lottery tickets or none of them, then...
Old Nelson did not have too many expectations. For this season, his thoughts are the same as those of most of the Coconut Powder Supersonics fans.
This season, the primary goal of the Seattle Supersonics is not to set a great goal.
This season, the main goal of the Seattle Supersonics is to protect themselves from greater insults and trauma after becoming a target.
It is best not to be the same as the Heat at the beginning.
When the Heat defeated the Mavericks to win the championship, they were really humiliated wherever they went.
In the first game of the regular season, they were humiliated by the Bulls by more than 40 points, and in the playoffs, they were humiliated by the Bulls again and had a gentleman sweep.
They can accept the title of the weakest defending champion, but they must not become the most humiliated defending champion!
It is precisely because of this that although Old Nelson does not have any specific goals this season, he is still under great pressure.
The lottery tickets of the three small forwards Harden, Ibaka and Ingles have brought Old Nelson some future expectations.
And Gasol is what Nelson is looking forward to now.
This player with solid skills is now a qualified NBA player, but he has never played in the NBA, so he needs to adapt.
In order to shorten Gasol's adaptation period, Nelson simply handed Gasol to Yes.
It was the first time that Nelson forced Ingles and Gasol, two players that Yes did not name, into Yes's hands.
When he was stuffing people, Nelson was still a little nervous, and he was really worried that Yes would refuse, but in the end, Nelson was relieved.
Yes finally agreed to accept Ingles and Gasol.
After being abandoned by the whole of Australia, Ingles was really desperate.
After being saved by Yes and the Supersonics, although Ingles was not so desperate, he was really nervous.
He knew very well what level of player he was.
His level was equivalent to a primary school student being admitted to the best university in the world.
Is this lucky?
Of course it is lucky!
There is nothing more fortunate than this in the world.
But it also makes people feel very stressed.
Especially after coming to the Supersonics,
after being treated very kindly by everyone in this city, Ingles was really overwhelmed for a while.
He loves the Supersonics, he loves Yes, and he loves everyone in this city that saved his life.
The more he loves them, the more he can't tolerate himself being idle in the Supersonics.
Each NBA team has 15 players, 15 player quotas, and each one is very precious.
He doesn't want a waste like him to occupy such a precious quota to hurt those who love him so much and whom he loves so much.
"Don't worry, Joe, we can't guarantee more. As long as you can still play, you will have a guaranteed contract."
He didn't doubt the words of the team president Rick Sander.
His current contract with the Supersonics is a 3-year, $6 million contract.
As an undrafted player, his contract is comparable to this year's first-round rookie.
Ibaka, the 28th pick in the first round this year, is not as good as his contract. Ibaka's contract is 4 years and 6 million. Ibaka's last two years are still team options, while his contract is fully guaranteed.
And after fulfilling this rookie contract, the Supersonics also gave him a 4-year 8 million US dollar contract extension. After this 4-year 8 million contract was fulfilled, the Supersonics gave him a 5-year 10 million contract!
The contract is in his home. He can sign it at any time if he wants. It can be said that his entire career has been contracted by the Supersonics.
And this is not the Supersonics' president Rick Sander who pitted him.
The last two contracts given to him by the Supersonics were agreed by President David Stern and the general managers of more than half of the teams in the league.
This is the first and will be the only special contract in NBA history.
"Ingles Contract"!
Ingles didn't know whether to cry or laugh after accidentally becoming the savior of Angel and the only role player in NBA history with a lifetime contract.
The entire 13-year contract was guaranteed. Looking at the two remaining contracts at home, he really wanted to sign it!
His father, his family, and everyone around him hoped that he could sign it.
But he really couldn't do it.
The Supersonics were so good to him. It was the limit of his shame to take a three-year contract without any use in the team. If he hadn't been really desperate at that time, he wouldn't have wanted to take the three-year contract.
Now he is no longer desperate, how can he still cheat Seattle, the Supersonics, and YES here?
He was going to lock the two subsequent contracts in a box as a souvenir and never take them out. He was going to go to China after three years in the NBA. He was also very popular in China.
In China, in the CBA, he at least felt that his ability was worthy of a job.
Ingles was always trembling with fear in the Seattle Supersonics.
Now, being sent to Yes by old Nelson, Ingles, who was always surrounded by the touching, had an impulse to cry all the time.
"Joe, are your eyes sick?"
"No, no."
"Is your nose sick?"
"No, no."
Facing the sincere care of his teammates, Ingles really wanted to cry.
Seattle, Yes, the Supersonics not only contracted his career.
And because of his inability, they also helped him realize his dream, the dream of playing in the NBA!
He was carrying a useless contract, which was enough to drag down the Supersonics.
Now, with his potential and talent, even if Yes had the ability to make a person break through the limit like God, how much energy would he have to spend on him?
Yes wasted a whole year of his career and data for Durant!
Although Durant has always claimed that he has ordinary talent, that is compared with people like Yi Jianlian and Oden. Compared with him, he is a complete genius!
Yes wanted to train him, who originally couldn't play in the NBA, to be able to play. The time he had to waste would be more than Durant's, not less!
He originally thought that Yes would refuse. If Yes really refused, he could also breathe a sigh of relief.
But in the end, Yes actually agreed...
Thinking of being able to train with Yes and receive Yes's hands-on guidance in the future, Joe Ingles went back with red eyes and a sour nose.
When he got home, Ingles closed the door, took out the two treasured contracts, took down Yes's original Chinese team No. 9 jersey hanging on the wall, looked at it, smelled it, and burst into tears.
"Joe, you?"
The next day, when old Ingles woke up, he was stunned to see his son's red and swollen eyes.
"My life now no longer belongs to me!"
"..."
Unlike Ingles, Gasol did not have such a rough experience.
Although it was exciting to be able to train with Yes and receive Yes's hands-on guidance.
But it was not exciting enough to devote his entire life.
That is, after the training, he couldn't help but call his brother to provoke him with excitement.
"Paul, listen carefully, from now on, I am not Paul's brother!"
"In the future, you will be Mark's brother!"
"Twenty years later, when people talk about the surname Gasol, the first name that comes up must be Marc Gasol!"
"My achievements in the NBA can definitely surpass you!"
After Mark Gasol excitedly yelled at the phone for a while, his excitement was calmed down.
Now, his life has changed!
In the past, he was at most a quasi-All-Star player in the NBA.
His achievements are definitely not as good as his brother who is an All-Star player.
But now!
He can definitely become an All-Star, or even a first-class All-Star who surpasses his brother, a second-class All-Star!
Maybe he can become a top All-Star like Durant!
The person who always respected him suddenly received such a call, which made Gasol on the other side of the phone a little confused.
It was not until Gasol learned the reason from Gasol Sr. that he understood why his brother, who had always been modest and honest, suddenly became so arrogant.
"It turns out that he was not possessed by the devil, but blessed by God..."
While Gasol was happy for his brother, he also showed an envious look on his face.
The players around him changed from Harden and Ibaka to Harden, Ibaka, Gasol Jr. and Ingles.
Yes's free time has indeed been further compressed.
However, there is nothing to say about this for him.
Most of his free time was used by him to find ways to improve attributes such as ball control from 80 to 90, steals from 80 to 90.
However, the method of improving attributes is not useful if it takes more time.
This is also the reason why he does not reject instructing other players.
Among the four players around him now, Harden is the one he knows best.
Harden has been with him the longest.
He also likes this young player who can become a five-star in the future.
James Harden is different from all the players he has coached.
Harden also works hard, but he doesn't work that hard.
How to understand this sentence?
It can be understood that Curry's efforts are efforts that may injure themselves for training.
They will ignore their physical condition for the purpose of training.
And what about James Harden? His efforts are that as long as he feels that there may be problems with his body, he will sensitively give up and then have fun and relax.
In the past, when Curry, Durant and Yi Jianlian were training selflessly, Yes always needed to remind them of their fatigue value.
But James Harden...
James Harden seems to have a system. When his body is in danger, his sensitivity is not even worse than that of the owner of the system!
This is a sense of smell in the physical aspect that is so amazing that Yes is surprised.
On the defensive end, Harden's sense of smell is also very good. He can always sensitively catch whether the opponent wants to humiliate him. He can sensitively catch what offensive moves the opponent wants to use to hit him, whether it is a big humiliation or a small humiliation. If it is a big humiliation, he will hide, and if it is a small humiliation, he will defend.
Harden's sensitive sense of smell on the defensive end is even more popular with Yes than his sensitivity to his own body.
Because of this talent, Harden can overcome his weakness of running away with his hands on his hips and staring on the defensive end. As long as he finds concentration and practices steals, he can become the nightmare of any offensive player!
So, now that Harden has become his teammate, the first thing Yes teaches Harden is defense and steals!
Harden's defense is completely instinctive defense, although because of his talent in this area, his instinctive defense is also good.
Of course, Harden's talent not only works on the body and defense, but also on the offensive end.
Harden can always sensitively find the opponent's loopholes on the offensive end, and he is very good at squeezing!
This is a very special player, which is why Yes knows that Harden is not working so hard and is very fond of him.
He can feel that Harden can be trained by him to be a top assistant who is not prone to injury in the future, top defense, and top offense!
Of course, with Harden's personality and his natural talent, this takes time.
Among the four, Yes values Harden the most.
But he teaches Ibaka the most, because Ibaka is a gifted kindergarten student who lacks experience!
Yes really needs to use the most concise method to let Ibaka learn and master various skills as quickly as possible.
He may be the best teacher in NBA history.
But facing a kindergarten student like Ibaka, he also needs to spend a lot of time.
"Joe, Mark, add five kilograms to the weight hanging on Serge's legs."
Add five kilograms? !
Ingles and Gasol were both stunned.
With this weight, Ibaka will finally stop jumping around on the defensive end, right?
How painful it must be to jump around...
"..."
Soon, seeing Ibaka being shaken by Yes again with such a big weight on his legs, Gasol and Ingles were speechless.
"Perfect fake move!"
Harden on the side watched Yes's fake move to shake Ibaka with his eyes shining.
How many fouls can this cause? !
Wait, why are my hands itching...