basketball scientist

Early in the morning, in the press conference hall of Phillips Arena, Ke Yan, 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, and they all aimed to follow.

Keyan from Larry Sander.

Ke Yan came to the podium with a confident smile, and sat down side by side in the middle with team owner Ressler.

"Dear journalist friends, I am honored to officially announce to you today that we have invited the 'scientist among coaches', Kimi Ke, to take charge of our Atlanta Hawks!"

Following Ressler's words, the spotlights at the scene flashed even more dazzlingly, all focused on Key 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 ambitions with the Eagles!" Ressler's words immediately attracted a burst of applause from everyone present.

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Then the staff handed over two contracts to Ressler and Keyan respectively. They had read both contracts before and there were no problems with them, so they quickly signed their own names on them.

name, and then the two exchanged contracts and each signed another name.

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

Afterwards, it was time for free questions.

"Kimi, the performance of the Eagles last season was not good. Under the leadership of Terry Stotts, the team only achieved a record of 13 wins and 69 losses. What 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 an opportunity 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. It's just that everyone seems to be used to firing the coach when there is a problem and dare not let people in other positions take responsibility. OK, this

It's the ecology of the league. Mr. Ressler chose to hand over the team to me, and he has full trust in me. This is the reason 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 and replied, "Let's triple the Eagles' results~"

After saying this, Ke Yan even laughed. With 39 wins, he may not be able to enter the playoffs!

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

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

It is also a good thing for the league that Ke Yan has decided on his next team early. Regarding the arrangements for the preseason, especially the arrangements for the "China Games", in addition to the Rockets, there are new options.

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

It wasn't long before the draft. Ke Yan spent two days to temporarily solve the housing problem. The management held a meeting to study the goals for the draft. As the actual helmsman of the team's lineup construction, Ke Yan needs to take the lead this time.

Meeting.

Bradley, the team's chief scout, showed enough respect for Ke Yan and asked: "Kimi, I heard you said that you plan to select a point guard with the second pick. It just so happens that this draft is a big year for point guards.

The three best point guards are Chris Paul, Deron Williams, and Raymond Felton, who do you like more?"

It's a certainty that the Bucks will choose Bodog. Vandeweghe didn't even hide the subject of his interview, Ke Yan. This shows that the Bucks don't care about the news at all. The Hawks, who hold the second pick, want to choose among these three point guards.

Choose whoever you want.

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

This is indeed the case. If the Hawks have the third pick, they still have to worry about whether someone will intercept Hu and prepare a plan B or something. When the Bucks have already finalized the pick, the Hawks don't need to do that.

Plan b.

"Okay!" Bradley nodded, "Are there any other newcomers that I need to pay special attention to during the training camp?"

The Eagles still have the 31st and 60th picks in their hands, and if they are given to Ke Yan, they can also do some low-pick hunting.

"If possible, pack a second-round pick for next year, trade it for a late first-round pick, and then focus on David Lee." Ke Yan thought for a while and added, "Monta Ellis, Brayden Bass,

You can also pay attention to people like Lou Williams, Andre Blatche, and Marcin Gortat."

Ke Yan seemed to be very familiar with the information about this rookie class, and no one doubted it. They all thought that he had obtained first-hand information from the Lakers.

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

...

The finals are still in full swing. The wheel of history has been slightly deflected by the emergence of Ke Yan. The Spurs defeated the Pistons 4:2 in the finals.

Perhaps the duel with Ke Yan further catalyzed Popovich's progress. The game did not enter a tiebreaker, and the Spurs took away the championship trophy directly on the road.

The Lakers pushed the Spurs to a tiebreaker and even led 3:2 at one point! It can be said that they were the only team that almost defeated the Spurs in the entire series. This also made the fans look at Ke Yan's first line even more highly.

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Looking back, the battle between Key Yan and Popovich was indeed exciting enough.

However, Ke Yan himself doesn’t think that the loss to the Spurs was the smallest, and the Lakers were the “overall runner-up”. This is nonsense. If you take a step back, what’s the matter even if you are the runner-up? History will only remember the winner!

In the head coach's office, Ke Yan was drawing back and forth on the tactical board by himself, looking around from time to time to familiarize himself with the new environment.

The Hawks' office area is much smaller than that of the Lakers, and the facilities are relatively pale. It can only be said that there is a reason why the Lakers have strong talent attraction.

With a bunch of swingmen, the Hawks' tactics in the new season are mainly "run and gun." Finally, they have the opportunity to build the team "as they please." Ke Yan's ideas are even crazier than D'Antoni's last season. The Hawks can only do three with two.

But the four forwards Boris Diaw and Josh Smith will be placed directly inside by him in the new season, playing the roles of organizational center and all-around power forward!

To be honest, after two seasons with the team, the Eagles still haven't found Diaw's instructions. Give him the ball, and his offensive ability with the ball is average. The coach arranges for him to attract defenders at fixed points, but his shooting is very poor, as if he doesn't dare to take action.

, the open three-pointer is not sure, and the defense is not good enough. If Ke Yan hadn't repeatedly pointed 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 sudden advantages. He has the league's top golf intelligence and organizational skills, and can deliver the ball.

Go to the most threatening position, be able to grab rebounds and then advance directly, run back and forth, and have a shooting threat from the outside... The defensive end is not shown, but the offensive end, in Ke Yan's system, Diaw will be a plus version

Odom!

As for Josh Smith, he may be the most valuable asset of the Hawks now. Smith has super physical fitness, basically at the dunk king level, has high defensive enthusiasm, is versatile, and is worth cultivating. He can perform in both positional battles and fast breaks.

effect.

Ke Yan plans to train him in the same way as Marion, focusing on air cuts, fast breaks, and secondary offensive scoring. The Eagles will switch offense and defense very quickly in the new season, and players like him can easily excel.

Of course, in order to truly become a Marion-level All-Star player, Josh Smith needs to improve his defense. It's not just that he can become Marion by meeting Nash because of his physical fitness.

Paul's joining is only a matter of time. If the Hawks can successfully sign Joe Johnson, the backcourt partnership between Paul and Joe Johnson will be second to none in the league! Joe Johnson has the experience of playing next to Nash and can play alone with the ball or without the ball.

Moving position and getting used to Paul should be relatively easy.

The lineup on the field has three ball-handling points: Paul, Joe Johnson, and Diaw. At the final small forward position, Ke Yan prefers to get a 3D player with strong off-ball ability, but this type of player is not easy to find. He retreats.

Secondly, Ke Yan pays more attention to outside shooting. In the free agent market, the most popular players should be Big Q of the Suns and Finley, whose contract is about to be bought out by the Lakers.

The former had the best season of his career in the Suns. This offseason is all about money and whoever offers the bigger contract. Although the latter is from Ke Yan's old team, he performed well in the playoffs and is regarded by many strong teams.

The baby signed for a low price will most likely not come to the Eagles to accompany the rebuild.

After much thought, Ke Yan considered two people, Ariza from the Knicks and Barnes from the Lakers. Both of them are ruthless people with "evil man" attributes! And the current transaction value is average. If they are introduced together, one

It's not a problem to play as a starter or as a substitute.

When Ke Yan informed Larry Sander of his planned starting lineup, the Eagles manager almost had a tic at the corner of his mouth!

"Where's our center?"

Larry Sander was speechless. Last season, the Lakers still had Anderson! The Suns were so crazy and they still had Stoudemire in the paint! If you are a center, do you want to be blown out by your opponent in the paint?

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Your name is "Ke Yan". Are you really here to engage in "scientific research" with the Eagles?

"Diaw! Although he is not tall, he can still hold his position. To be honest, if you put him at the small forward position, I am really speechless. Not all 203 players are small forwards, okay?"

Ke Yan said plausibly.

Playing center at 2.03 meters... Larry Sander has already foreseen that the team's inside line will become the target of attack by other opponents next season!

Can Duncan, Yao Ming, and O'Neal score 50 points against the Hawks?

"Then...Al Harrington, are you going to let him come on the bench?" If Joe Johnson comes over, it would be acceptable for Childress to be put on the bench, but Harrington is obviously a good little player.

The forward candidate has the mobility and singles ability that Ke Yan needs, so why can't he make it into the starting lineup?

"Al Harrington and Childress are indeed not in my plan. Let's see how Joe Johnson's contract is negotiated. If there is a sign-and-trade with the Suns, the Suns should be interested in them." Ke Yan nodded.

He confirmed, "If the Suns don't need them, they can put them on the shelf, otherwise there will be a possibility of devaluation, and it will also be easy to have conflicts within the team."

Larissander felt that Keyan was seeking death and was acting recklessly. After communicating with Keyan, he immediately called Ressler to ask for his opinion 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 after a moment of silence.

"It's feasible, but it's too extreme! Maybe our offense will improve, but there is no center in the starting lineup, and our defense and rebounding are too weak! The Lakers at least have Odom who is 208, and his strength is also

Not bad, he can carry people. But the Hawks don’t have such a player!" Larry Sander expressed his disapproval, "Kimi may indeed be talented, but he is too extreme. His success with the Lakers last season really made him

He's a little... ethereal."

"But do we not have Odom, or have we not found our own Odom?" Ressler asked rhetorically.

Larissander was speechless for a moment.

The Lakers wanted to trade Diaw twice last season, and Ke Yan made it clear that he wanted to keep Diaw as soon as he took office. This shows that Ke Yan has been preparing for Diaw's plan to transform the center for a long time. Even the Eagles themselves forced Diaw to use it even though they clearly couldn't use it.

By keeping him, he also hoped that Ke Yan could find the correct use of Dior. Why couldn't he accept it when everything was ready and all he needed was the east wind?

"Kimi has an overall plan for the team, just follow his plan and execute it." Ressler said, "I believe in him."

.......

After the finals, the undercurrent of the trade market officially started. The Jazz took the lead in completing a key transaction. The team used the sixth overall pick in hand to match the 27th overall pick from

The Trail Blazers traded for the third overall pick.

After completing the transaction, rumors spread within the Jazz that "the target is Marvin Williams", believing that he has both athletic ability and shooting talent. Under Jerry Sloan's training, he may be the next "Karl Malone"

", there is even a saying that if Marvin Williams joins the team, Malone will go out to train in person...

Now that the Bucks have finalized the candidate for the No. 1 pick, the Jazz continue to spread rumors with the purpose of interfering with the Hawks' selection. In fact, Ke Yan knows that their choice has always been Deron Williams, one of the three outstanding players in Illinois.

"If we intercept Hu Delong and make a trade, we might be able to rip off the Jazz, and by the way, we can also reduce Paul's salary." During the chat, Ke Yan said to Hamblen.

"..." Han Bron shook his head and did not advise Ke Yan to do this.

Paul's draft market is better than Deron's. If the Hawks intercept Hu and the Jazz do not select Paul, Paul will fall into the hands of the Hornets with the fourth overall pick. He will not be able to beat the Foxes but will make a fuss.

Or maybe Sloan doesn't get angry and simply lets Paul and Boozer play pick-and-rolls. What should Ke Yan do? Let Deron lead the team in a run-and-gun game?

It’s not worth risking both sides for a small profit!

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

While other teams are busy making deals, another important thing for Ke Yan is to form his own coaching team.

In the Lakers last season, after Tomjanovich stepped down due to illness and Ke Yan took over, the coaching team obviously lacked a "think tank" to play his role, including Monty Williams, who joined later.

His ability to help Ke Yan with tactical adjustments was unable to point out Ke Yan's problems, which is why Ke Yan was under so much pressure in the playoffs.

No one can lead a team to win alone. This is true for the players and the same is true for the head coach. Someone must help him.

But Ke Yan's reputation is not enough. No one is willing to serve as a deputy under a 25-year-old young man. In addition, 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, Keyan planned to go to Salt Lake City in person to ask his father-in-law Hornacek to come out and see what happened to 10-year-old Abby.

Before Ke Yan could set out, his girlfriend Wang Lifan came back from Los Angeles and postponed his visit to the national father-in-law and took him to visit his own father-in-law first.

In the United States, as long as you obtain a specialist medical license, your social status and income have reached the middle class. Wang Lifan’s father, Wang Zhenyao, is the chief cardiothoracic and pulmonary surgeon at a hospital in Atlanta. He performs hundreds of surgeries every year and earns an annual income of

Nearly one million US dollars. Therefore, Wang Lifan’s family does not live in Chinatown, but in a high-end community in Atlanta.

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

The person who opened the door was Wang Lifan. He was dressed very homely, wearing a T-shirt, hot pants, slippers, and his hair tied casually into a ponytail. However, as soon as they met, he complained loudly: "I came a little late, there is 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 Keyan have been together for a long time, and they talk very casually, but from the perspective of elders, their daughter will definitely not be allowed to be so rude.

"Hello, uncle!" Ke Yan bowed slightly and said, "Sorry, I'm late."

"It's not too late." Wang Zhenyao nodded and let Ke Yan in.

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

This was not the first time they had met, and Wang Zhenyao had already recognized his relationship with Wang Lifan, so Ke Yan was relatively relaxed.

"Ke Yan is here! Please sit down. Never go and pour water for Keyan. Come on, Ke Yan, eat some fruit. Just wait a little longer for dinner." At this time, Zhou Yun also walked out of the kitchen, wearing an apron and a pair of

He looks skilled and capable. He is much gentler than Wang Lifan. Perhaps, this is what Wang Lifan will look like in the future.

"Hello, Auntie." Ke Yan greeted, "Don't be in a hurry, Auntie."

Zhou Yun enthusiastically placed the fruits that had been placed on the coffee table in front of him and invited him to sit down again.

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

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

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

But half a year later, he seemed to be blessed with good fortune, and it would be no exaggeration to say that his career was progressing as fast as a rocket propeller!

As both men, I am more interested in his career development.

"Compared to the Lakers, working in the Hawks is much more difficult, right?" Wang Zhenyao didn't watch the NBA very much before. He only knew Yao Ming and didn't know much about the Hawks. After learning about Ke Yan's existence, he got involved. But NBA

The threshold for viewing 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 perspective, he didn't know the grievances Ke Yan suffered in the Lakers. He only felt that Ke Yan came to Atlanta because of Wang Lifan.

"Actually, it's not bad. I also enjoy the challenge. Building my own team and moving up step by step gives me a greater sense of accomplishment than reaching the top one step at a time."

This reason was a bit far-fetched. Wang Zhenyao was more certain of his conjecture and felt relieved.

It seems like this Ke Yan really likes his daughter!

Wang Zhenyao mainly talked about his career. When they got to the dinner table, it was Zhou Yun's turn to ask about 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 bringing the two elders over?"

"I haven't thought about it for the moment. First of all, I was able to gain a foothold as a coaching assistant before. When I came to Atlanta, I just made some progress and I just settled down. Secondly, my parents are both public servants, even though they are at the grassroots level.

But when you go abroad, you have to write reports, apply, and get approvals, etc. It’s very troublesome. Let alone settling overseas.”

So speaking of it, Ke Yan’s family background is pretty good?

"It doesn't matter, we will go back to China for a visit then." Wang Zhenyao seemed quite satisfied with this "son-in-law" and had already begun to discuss the meeting between the parents of both parties.

"Dad~" Wang Lifan said softly and helplessly.

It’s only been half a year!

Although Ke Yan is good, he still has to let himself get used to it, right?

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

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

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

, but also more feminine.

After following Wang Lifan into the bedroom, Ke Yan couldn't help but step lightly. A smell that is unique to girls and smells very good. It is fragrant but not greasy, like a flower in bud, making people feel emotional.

Much more peaceful.

The furnishings in the bedroom are very simple, with a bed, a desk, and a cabinet, and there are not many accessories that belong to girls. Even the color is mainly white, not the girl's pink.

"Isn't it strange?" Wang Lifan paid attention to his expression and asked after he glanced around.

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