Chapter 922 Ready

Before the start of the new season, the Kings made another signing.

Divac won Li Liang's old teammate, Matt Barnes-basic salary in the free market with a basic salary.

That's right, Barnes is back on a basic salary again.

This loyal man, with his strength and ability, a middle class is not a problem.

But I don't know why, he just likes to get a basic salary.

Maybe a person wants to do what he likes, go to the team he likes, and be with the person he likes, but he has to pay some price.

Barnes expressed his hope that he could play with Li Liang again, so he accepted the basic salary offered by the Kings without hesitation and became a member of the Kings team.

At the same time, the Kings also denied a signing.

Divac originally wanted to win Ty Lawson to supplement the team's back line.

But after some investigation, Ty Lawson's drinking problem still discouraged the king.

After all, no team wants an alcoholic on the team.

Lawson was expected to be high in the Rockets last season.

It turns out that alcohol addiction is not so easy to quit.

He was arrested for DUI and was bought out by the Rockets.

After adding Barnes, the new season of the Kings is about to begin.

The schedule for the first game is set for October 26, and the opponent will be the underdog Phoenix Suns.

This is Li Liang's fifth season in the NBA.

In the past four seasons, Li Liang has been the final winner.

However, he won the final crown as a player.

This year is different. He has an extra identity. He is also the head coach of the Kings.

As a player, the focus can be only yourself.

As a coach, you have to take care of every player.

Before the start of the match, Li Liang took an inventory of the people on hand.

Cousins, a person who is always happy off the court, is not happy when he is playing on the court.

Fortunately, after Li Liang signed with the Kings, Cousins ​​felt much happier.

What boss position, Cousins ​​​​has long since wanted to do it, he just wants to win.

In the entire league, no one knows how to win better than Li Liang.

Rondo, Li Liang's good assistant on the field, Zhi Duoxing, off-field cross talk partner, aggressive supporter, the team's third assistant coach (the fourth is Tyronn Lue), an important topic of the king's large-scale cross talk on the sidelines Initiator.

Because there are always many problems with this product.

Especially in the last week before the start of the game, when Mike Brown promoted "swarm defense" to the whole team, Rondo had the most questions, and he could always ask Mike Brown.

This defensive system, which has not been proven in the professional arena, does have many flaws and loopholes.

However, Rondo also admitted that this defensive system is indeed very creative and innovative, and it is very suitable for the current trend of focusing on offense and light defense in the NBA.

Under the guidance of Brown, the entire Kings started their "defensive revolution" in a hurry.

But whether it is effective or not depends on the performance of the regular season.

Eric Gordon, a shooting guard with a face as round as a ball.

After taking Li Liang's Dieda pills and suffering from diarrhea for two days, Gordon's knee injury was well relieved.

Gordon's three-point shot after catching the ball has a certain ability to attack with the ball, which is very valued by Li Liang.

Li Liang considered putting him on the bench as a sixth man.

But because his face is too round, I think it would be better to put it in the starting lineup.

It's just that sometimes seeing his crappy dribbling under the crotch and making a mistake every now and then, Li Liang still wanted to wring his head off and kick it as a ball.

Rudy Gay, from the point of view of the head coach, this is a typical star of a weak team, a player of a moderately strong team, and a weak player of a strong team.

After the Rockets selected him, they sent him to the Grizzlies. In exchange for Battier, you can see the position of the league manager for him.

Comparing with Battier, we know that Battier is a typical player who is a waste in a weak team, a spiritual leader in a moderately strong team, and a champion puzzle player in a strong team.

Therefore, Li Liang also had a headache about how to use Guy.

He also wants to put Gay on the bench as a sixth man, which is really suitable with his technical characteristics.

But in this way, the King's starting striker can't be seen.

Another usable three on the bench is Casspi, who is too thin.

It's okay to be a rotation point, but it's a bit far from being the main starter.

Fortunately, David West and Barnes, two old comrades in arms, were on the bench, which made Li Liang feel at ease.

Look at the luxurious assistant coaching staff that Divac equipped Li Liang.

During the one-month training camp, Li Liang sometimes felt that two assistant coaches were enough.

With D'Antoni in the offense, Li Liang basically doesn't need to worry too much.

Li Liang gave D'Antoni full power in offense, and even Li Liang hoped that in future games, he would leave the work of explaining offensive tactics to Mustache, who was too lazy to draw on the tactical board.

The defense has Mike Brown. After Li Liang forced his hair to grow out, Mike Brown finally gave a pretty good answer.

As for whether the effect is good or not, we will see the truth on the court.

As for Tyronn Lu, sometimes Li Liang doesn't even know what this thing is for.

Do you eat rice?

Just say "Okay, I think that's right, no problem, give the ball to Bruce..."

What use do you want?

But after working as a head coach for a long time, Li Liang gradually discovered that such people around him are indispensable.

When the leader speaks, sometimes he needs to have such a voice.

It's like when a teacher asks a question in class, there will always be an active student who raises his hand to ease the embarrassment of no one raising his hand to call the roll.

Even if the student always gives the wrong answers, it still gives the teacher a chance to correct the mistakes and show the correct answers!

It seems that it was very meaningful for Divac to recruit Director Lu in the first place.

On October 24th, two days before the start of the game, Li Liang moved into a luxury villa in the suburbs of Sacramento.

The feeling of having a big contract is still different.

After a month of redesigning and furnishing, Li Liang and Zhu Shu moved into this villa on the banks of the Sacramento River.

Open the yard door, you can see the meandering Sacramento River, and the yard is full of grape vines.

Zhu Shu doesn't like to grow flowers. On the contrary, she likes to grow fruit trees like grapes and vegetables. Not only can she eat them, but she also feels very fulfilled when she sees the fruits.

This may be the plot of growing vegetables hidden deep in the Chinese genes.

On the 25th, Zhu Shu flew to Los Angeles to continue her work as an agent in Los Angeles.

Recently, she will talk about several new commercial endorsements for Li Liang.

And Li Liang flew to Phoenix with the whole team to prepare for the journey of the new season.