basketball scientist

Time came to August, Wang Lifan packed his bags and set off back to Atlanta. Ke Yan originally planned to go to Sapporo to watch the World Championships and witness the historical moment of Wang Shipeng's victory over Slovenia. After thinking about it, he finally decided not to go and returned to Atlanta early.

On the first day he came to the training facility, Ke Yan met Millsap, Barea, Anthony Parker and Stevens. After the summer league, Millsap and Barea stayed with the team to train directly, while Anthony Parker and

Two players from Stevens also came early to prepare for the new season.

The former needs to adapt to the NBA's three-point line, while the latter also works hard to practice three-pointers. Ke Yan gave him the advice to practice hard in the 3D direction. Practicing three-pointers and defense well will help him get a big contract in the future.

Millsap was very excited about joining the Hawks. On the one hand, the rookies selected by Ke Yan in the 2005 draft were very good, and on the other hand, he had the opportunity to learn from Garnett.

The first reason is very reliable, but the second one... Ke Yan wanted to ask, "Are you serious?"

"KG is a very strict person, especially when he is angry, he will be very verbal. You have to be mentally prepared." Ke Yan looked a little playful, "The key is to observe yourself and then learn. Don't ask him about everything.

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"It's okay, I'm not afraid." Millsap has not yet realized the seriousness of the problem.

I'm afraid you'll cry when you're scolded! Ke Yan laughed angrily at the stubborn Millsap. That's pretty much it. If you go further, it's the head coach trying to instigate a relationship between the players.

After observing the training for a while, Ke Yan also got a feel for Millsap's current technical characteristics. Under the intensity of NBA confrontation, Millsap is one of the four monsters on the wild court, the "short and stocky rebounder". As a rookie,

His confrontation is fully in line with the intensity of the NBA, and he has a soft touch on the offensive end, especially in the second attack after grabbing rebounds. He can steadily put the ball into the basket after the confrontation.

The weakness is that his height is only 2.03cm and his speed is not dominant. Although his playing rhythm is good, Millsap does not have the possibility to swing to the 3rd position.

Compared with David Lee last season, his immediate combat ability is definitely not enough. But in places where the data cannot reflect it, his role may be slightly greater than that of David Lee. This is also a trait the Eagles need.

A team with championship aspirations needs someone to do the dirty work.

In addition, Millsap has a strong learning ability. In the past, Chinese fans had a filter for Rockets players. At first, they thought Landry was no worse than Millsap, but judging from the salary earned by the two in their careers, Landry earned

The gap is very obvious. Millsap entered the league a year earlier than Landry, so he did not take advantage of the times. In the final analysis, Millsap is constantly improving.

Goblin has improved his skills and polished himself into a very versatile presence on the offensive end, while Landry can only rely on impact to play. Once his body declines, he will be a Barbie.

After the training, Ke Yan walked out of the training hall and was stopped by a reporter from the local media in Atlanta to ask questions.

"Kimi, the Hawks introduced Garnett in the summer and have the strength to compete for the championship. Are you confident in leading the team to compete for the championship?"

"I am excited about the arrival of kg. The age structure of our core lineup is very reasonable, and kg can lead this team. I think we can become the most powerful contender for the championship. In addition to kg, we have also introduced some

Excellent young men, they will also contribute to our victory." In the third season of his coaching career, Ke Yan finally had a lineup that was good enough to compete for the championship, and he no longer kept a low profile during interviews.

The reporter became interested: "Do you think the Hawks are the strongest team in the Eastern Conference?"

"In terms of strength, it is true. But the results achieved in a long season do not entirely depend on the strength of the team. Many factors will affect it. So our whole team needs to do our best. I will do it myself.

It also requires the cooperation of all departments.”

"Anthony Parker has created his own legacy in Europe and returns to the NBA. Will he be the team's starting player at the small forward position?"

"Of course. His shooting ability is a great complement to the Hawks' offense. With him embedded in our offensive system, I think we will be more threatening on the offensive end." Compared to Posey, Anthony Parker has a more accurate three-pointer.

points, but it is definitely inferior on the defensive end. Ke Yan's words basically expressed this meaning.

Whether he was appointed to take over the Lakers in a critical situation; or he chose to rebuild the Eagles from the trough period, Ke Yan fulfilled his promise to the fans and even exceeded his own tasks. But leading a weak team to the semi-finals of the conference and truly leading a team

It is two different things for a strong team to compete for the championship. How to correctly handle the pressure of a championship team is the real test for Ke Yan.

The trade rumors about Kobe Bryant gradually died down. After the Hawks withdrew from the deal, the Lakers management had no way to get better trading chips. The Bulls' trade proposal was thrown into the trash can before they were finished. And in

After Jerry Buss and Kobe had a long talk, Kobe officially issued a declaration to stay with the team.

"I always firmly believe that Mr. Jerry Buss can lead the Lakers to the right goal and return to Los Angeles with glory! To this end, I will do my best!"

That is to say, after Kobe made his declaration to stay with the team, rumors of a trade between the Lakers and Grizzlies spread. However, the trade target was not Kobe's destined good friend Gasol, but Battier, who was supposed to go to the Rockets.

After reaching the playoffs for three consecutive seasons, they were defeated 4:0 by the Suns, Mavericks, and Spurs respectively. The Grizzlies felt that the team needed more talent. 8 million to raise a 3D small forward with no independent scoring ability.

It is too luxurious for them. The Grizzlies plan to trade Battier, obtain potential rookies and draft picks, and build the team around Gasol and Mike Miller.

NBA is not about killing and killing, it is about worldliness! If you say that there is no Jerry West assisting his old club, Ke Yan will not believe it!

The trade rumors surrounding Kobe have died down, and Iverson, another icon of the 1996 golden generation, also had problems with his kingdom. Last season, Iverson averaged 32.5 points and 6.6 assists per game, and the 76ers

However, they missed the playoffs with the tenth record in the Eastern Conference. The 10-year fairy tale between the 76ers and Iverson finally faced the reality of missing the playoffs.

In the past summer, Iverson expressed his dissatisfaction with the 76ers management several times in interviews, and even said that he "didn't want to stay with the 76ers for one more minute." Finally, the 76ers management moved on him.

"Killing intention", even if it affects the team's ticket sales, he also wants to trade Iverson. Compared with Kobe's cards, Iverson's market is slightly worse. After all, his low efficiency and his own way of character have always been

The 76ers management has a headache. No one believes that Iverson will "change his ways" after leaving the 76ers.

Of course, Iverson is still a superstar in the league, and the Kings, Bulls, Grizzlies, and Nuggets are all still chasing the "answer."

On September 1, the Men's Basketball World Championship reached the semi-finals. Spain narrowly defeated Argentina by 1 point, shattering the opponent's dream of defending the title, but also changing the situation of the NBA next season.

In this bloody battle, Argentina's core player Ginobili injured his left wrist and required surgery. He is expected to be absent for two to three months and may even say goodbye to the remaining games in 2006.

The Spanish team was even worse. Gasol injured his ankle at the end of the game. It was found that he had a metatarsal fracture and needed to rest for three to four months.

In the days without Ginobili, the Spurs can grit their teeth and get through it, and can stay in the top half of the Western Conference even with the worst results; without Gasol, the Grizzlies may not be able to do well without playing badly. Under pressure,

West halted Battier's trade and planned to reintegrate the team's resources and set new goals.

After losing the team boss, everyone believed that Spain's remnant team would give the Greek team a kill if they entered the finals; however, the progress of the finals was shocking. Against the American team's all-powerful Papalukas, Spanoulis and the others...

In the game against Spain, he had no touch and was beaten throughout the game. Gasol, who had not performed well in the previous games, became the core of the Spanish team. He was omnipotent in low-post singles and long-range three-pointers, scoring 19 points.

, helped the team defeat the Greek team and win the World Championship.

Despite his abnormal performance in the final, Spanoulis performed very well in this World Championship, and Rockets fans are looking forward to his performance in the new season.

However, Chinese fans are destined to be disappointed. Spanoulis is a defender who needs the ball very much, which is contrary to the needs of the Rockets and Van Gundy's tactical system; at the same time, Spanoulis is also a very adaptable player.

A poor defender. This can be seen from the fact that after the Rockets' defeat, he was traded to the Spurs, which is suitable for international players, but he was unwilling to try for another year, and insisted on returning to Europe.

Not to mention that Van Gundy can't use such a player, even Ke Yan won't want him.

On September 15, Chen Shijun came to Atlanta, found Ke Yan at the arena, and told him about Google's plan to acquire YouTube.

When he was in Los Angeles, Ke Yan used the convenience of blocking Chen Shijun's house to inject money into YouTube and obtain 15% of the shares. After three subsequent rounds of financing, this share was diluted to 6%, but

Even so, with YouTube's valuation of over US$2 billion, Ke Yan can earn more than US$120 million.

"Congratulations, your original investment was worth a lot of money." Chen Shijun handed the acquisition agreement to Ke Yan. His signature was needed for the acquisition to be completed.

Ke Yan solemnly signed his name on the agreement, and after all the transfers were completed, Ke Yan could receive more than 60 million US dollars in Google stock and 60 million in cash.

This money is enough for him to achieve financial freedom!

"I just happened to meet him at the right time, and I don't have much sense of accomplishment. It's better for you to realize the value of your life." Ke Yan signed a few documents and shook his head.

This is the truth. For a reborn person, making money is really not very stimulating to him, especially a person like Ke Yan who does not have such strong materialistic desires. Although he also uses his own advantages to make investments of one kind or another, that is closer to

Based on an instinct rather than a pursuit.

"Your goal is to lead the NBA team to win the championship?" Chen Shijun breathed a sigh of relief and asked after receiving Ke Yan's signature.

"Maybe in the future, I will buy an NBA team~" Ke Yan said.

US$120 million is not enough. Doubling it tenfold would be enough.

"That's right, working for others is definitely not as good as working for yourself." Chen Shijun doesn't think it's unrealistic. With Ke Yan's financial resources and his rapidly accumulated reputation, if any NBA team is for sale now, Ke Yan is qualified to bring a consortium into the market.

Already.

However, Ke Yan's plan is to buy a team by himself.

That night, Wang Lifan received a gift from Ke Yan in the restaurant, a Cartier watch.

"Wow~" Wang Lifan was slightly surprised when he suddenly received a big gift, "It's not his birthday, so why did he suddenly give me such an expensive gift?"

"I made an investment a few years ago and made some money. News may come out in the future, so I'll let you know in advance." Ke Yan said.

"Huh?" Wang Lifan was surprised, what a big investment this is.

"YouTube was acquired by Google for almost 2 billion." Ke Yanyun said calmly, "I don't mean to show off, I just don't want to hide it from you."

"U.S. dollars?" Wang Lifan regretted asking. YouTube is American, Google is American, is it possible that they still use RMB for settlement?

"Hmm~" Ke Yan responded, suddenly feeling something change in Wang Lifan's eyes, and quickly added, "I only account for a small part, about 120 million."

Wang Lifan reached out to hold his chin, looked at Ke Yan with interest, and laughed out loud: "Do you want to consider handing it in?"

"Haha~" Ke Yan used laughter to cover up his embarrassment, "Okay."

"So arbitrary, without considering it?"

"As long as you are happy, that's enough for me."

Although words of love said in a relationship are no different from swearing, Wang Lifan was still very happy when he heard these words. He hugged Keyan and started chewing...

The two of them struggled all night and were exhausted...

...

A few days later, Chen Shijun took care of all the procedures, and Ke Yan received a large amount of money. Counting the Google stocks transferred to his name, he instantly became a "billionaire".

Also making a fortune with him was Diaw of the Hawks. After finishing his journey to the World Championships and returning to Atlanta, the Frenchman immediately promoted contract renewal negotiations with the team. While lowering his asking price, he only made one request.

, the contract is signed for five years.

Diaw performed poorly in the World Championships, averaging 8.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, which to some extent confirms the media's evaluation of him as a "system player" who "cannot play without Ke Yan" and "only Ke Yan has instructions"

.In addition, the addition of Garnett will dilute his ball rights to a certain extent and affect his data. Diaw finally made the decision to lower the asking price.

The Eagles did not take advantage of the situation and offered a five-year, $45 million contract with an average annual salary of $9 million, which was very sincere and would not hurt the relationship between the players and the team.

As a reward after the contract renewal, during the team's media open day's core makeup photo shoot, Ke Yan included Diaw and took photos with Paul, Joe Johnson, and Garnett, showing with actions that Diaw will still be the star in the new season.

One of the core players of the Eagles.

Diaw completed his early contract extension, which means that Milicic will hardly have a future with the Hawks. After all, the Hawks already have Garnett with an annual salary of 20 million, and the team will already need it when Diaw's contract starts to be fulfilled next season.

Pay a large amount of luxury tax and have to renew Paul's contract in the future.

The Serbian felt a little disappointed, but Ke Yan found an opportunity to chat with him and made a clear promise that he would not limit his playing time in the new season and would give him ample opportunities to express himself and win a contract; he had always liked Mili.

Xic's Snyder also talked a lot to Milicic, and his words were more useful than Key Yan. After talking to him, Milicic looked much better.

The next day was a public training session, which was full of fans. Fans wanted to see the strongest Eagles team in history.

Ke Yan did not arrange for the coaches to be divided into groups for confrontation, but directly divided them into the main team and the substitute team. He told the players to relax their defense and play like an All-Star game, with more dunks and more performances, as exciting as they want~.

In the Eagles, Paul and Joe Johnson are members of the Dream Team 7. Although they are all substitutes, they followed the US team to Japan after all. Paul also had the task of carrying bags for James, Anthony and Wade, which consumed a lot of energy;

Milicic and Diaw also participated in the World Championships, and the team was greatly affected by the "fiba" virus. Ke Yan knew that there might be some problems with the players' physical reserves, and he did not even plan to arrange for these players to play in the preseason.

Last season, the Eagles were eager to give fans confidence and help the team recover, so they performed harder in the preseason; this season, there is no such requirement. The accumulation of popularity in a season, the joining of Garnett, and the Eagles' tickets

It is hard currency, there is no situation that it cannot be sold.

The defensive intensity was reduced and the players played well.

Streetball strongman Lucas III transformed into a "fake Iverson" and swung away Paul with his agile dribbling movements, assisting Stevens with an air cut and dunk. Looking back, Garnett and Paul's high pick-and-roll cooperation first showed its power.

, followed the pick-and-roll, received the ball from Paul, and completed an alley-oop dunk.

The player least popular among fans is Daniel Gibson. After he was selected by the Eagles in the draft, he made "weird" comments on Facebook that made Eagles fans very unhappy. It took a long time for those comments to be deleted, which made the fans even more unhappy.

They don't regard him as one of their own, and in addition, his "unpretentious" playing style is not outstanding, so it is not surprising that this kind of scene occurs.

It is not difficult to get rid of this situation and regain the love of the fans, just perform well in the game.

After the media open day, the team's pre-season training camp begins. The training camp focuses on physical training and tactical training. The Eagles' season lineup has undergone major changes. New players need to familiarize themselves with the team's tactics as quickly as possible, and Ke Yandiaozhuo

The new on-line flanking defense system also requires players to continuously develop a tacit understanding in training and practice in actual combat before it can truly be used.

Overall, the Hawks' tactics have not changed much. Whether it is running and gunning or playing pick-and-roll, Garnett has replaced Josh Smith, and his power has increased exponentially.

Ke Yan is full of confidence for the new season!