basketball scientist

Chapter 2 The thin inside line

As a well-known aristocratic team in the NBA, the Lakers are a team that many players and coaches flock to for a reason. The first advantage is that the salary is high enough. Ke Yan's salary in the Rockets is 5,000 US dollars per week, and it is almost the same in the Suns.

With this number, after coming to the Lakers, Mitch Kupchak directly gave him a contract with an annual salary of 500,000 US dollars. Looking at the latest 9,615.38 US dollars transferred by Cary, Ke Yan used 70% of it as usual.

Bought Apple stock.

In his previous life, he was a coach who focused on basketball. He worked for several teams in Cuba and CBA as an assistant coach, temporary coach, and head coach for a period of time. In addition to being considered a half-figure in the basketball circle, he was no different from ordinary people.

It’s no different. I have no knowledge of economics, I don’t know much about the stock market, and I am not a computer expert. My knowledge of the fortune history of various bigwigs is limited to a few jokes in street stall literature, Facebook, Ali, and Google.

Either it’s not online or it’s not listed, let alone Bitcoin and Tesla, which are hugely profitable, there’s no trace of them yet. Ke Yan can determine that Apple’s stocks and domestic real estate are worth buying and making sure you don’t lose money. Considering that

He came to the United States to pursue his dream and will stay here for a long time in the future. Ke Yan’s investment strategy at the moment is to blindly buy Apple stocks. No matter whether it is rising or falling, red or green, no matter what the market’s reaction is, he will buy it as soon as he gets his salary.

That’s right, in ten or eight years, you won’t have to worry about not being worth hundreds of millions and will achieve financial freedom!

When you get money, you have to work. Looking back at history, it is not an accident that the Lakers' performance fell to the bottom this season. Problems of all sizes ran throughout the team's entire season.

First of all, the team's star Kobe Bryant has been fighting a lawsuit all summer. Although Kobe's reputation has improved from the bottom with Vanessa's "change of heart", his pre-match preparations for this season must have received a lot of criticism.

The impact will definitely affect his state after the start of the game.

Secondly, many people in the team are still accustomed to the good offensive environment brought by O'Neal's offensive threat. This season, the team does not have this inside beast, and their tactical play will also change accordingly, and their shooting space will be greatly affected.

It has a big impact, and whether it can adapt to new tactics is also a question.

Finally, there is the problem of running-in with the newly added Odom, Butler, Grant and others. After all, the team's lineup has undergone such a big change, and it is impossible without an adaptation period.

But the core problem of the team is the inside line, or to be more confident, the team's biggest weakness is rebounding. In a previous life, Ke Yan also studied this Lakers team that seemed to have a good lineup but did not enter the playoffs.

The reason is that a strange data was discovered. In this season, Kobe missed 19 games and the Lakers had 6 wins and 13 losses, while in the 14 games that Odom missed, the Lakers had a record of only 2 wins and 12 losses. Intuitive

Looking at the winning percentage, we can even conclude that Odom is more important than Kobe.

Going deeper into the analysis, rebounding has become a key statistic. Odom, who averaged 10.2 rebounds per game, is the Lakers' rebounding leader this season, while Chris Mihm, the team's starting center for most of the season, averaged 10.2 rebounds per game.

His rebounding data is only 6.6. This data seems to be reasonable, right? But what if there is no Odom? The other insiders of the team are Grant, Divac, and Brian Cook, and each of them looks a little bit...

A player who has great strengths, but can actually provide extremely limited help to the team.

Brian Grant used to be a good blue-collar power forward in the league, but he is already 34 years old. During this year with the Lakers, he basically lay in the hospital bed and worked as a nurse, so that after the Alan Houston clause was released, the Lakers

He was bought out as soon as possible. Divac has also degraded to the point where he is almost useless. Even at his peak, he was considered to have very poor athletic ability at the center position. What's more, now that he is getting older, he has encountered several challenges.

After multiple injuries, his athletic ability has further deteriorated. When a player's athletic ability is already below the lowest level in the league, no matter how good his skills are, his help to the team will be very limited. As for Brian Cook, his three-hander

Distributing the ball may help the team, but you can't count on him for interior defense and rebounding.

Therefore, it can almost be concluded that rebounds are the lifeline of this Lakers team. If they do a good job of protecting rebounds, the performance of the Lakers can teach this Lakers in history to steadily improve.

The reinforcement plan that Ke Yan can propose to Tomjanovich can only go so far. Others, such as Odom's habitual lack of concentration in games, Butler's awkward position, etc., need to be improved in training.

Slowly point it out and make corrections. At this stage, you still have to try to adjust what he can change.

The next day, Ke Yan attended the Lakers' coaching staff meeting to discuss the Lakers' lineup planning and tactics for the new season.

Tomjanovich likes to give the team's top star ample opportunities to perform. When he was in the Rockets, he basically ignored Francis's wanton behavior. When he came to the Lakers, he became more paranoid and more aggressive.

The great Kobe Bryant, his tactical design also completely revolved around Kobe Bryant.

In Tomjanovich's plan, the player who partners with Kobe in the backcourt is Chucky Atkins, who played for the Celtics last season. He is a typical point guard in height, plays like a shooting guard, and has no organization.

Ability, speed, basket, three-point shooting is also good, defensive end movement speed is very fast, but limited by height, the effect is relatively average, and when he goes up, he pays too much attention to the ball and often gives up marking.

The left-handed magician Odom will serve as the team's starting small forward in the new season. He has very comprehensive skills, and if he plays well, he can become a linking point on the offensive end of the team. However, with his talent, he has not yet entered the All-NBA Team.

Star, the reason is that he has been doing inappropriate things for most of his career. When the team needs him to come out to organize the offense, he squeezes in and concentrates on grabbing rebounds. When the team's offense is a mess, he rushes in with him.

, being distracted and missing people when the team needs to defend...

The starting power forward in Tomjanovich's plan is Brian Grant. He is a hard-working engineer player in the NBA. He can always score, rebound and foul around him. In the Heat last season, he

He can contribute 88 points per game, and his defensive effect is also very good. Tomjanovich hopes that the team can achieve a balance between offense and defense, and he is a very important point.

Divac, the veteran who has returned to the team, will serve as the starting center. The current Lakers team is very similar to the Kings in that there are many scoring points in the team and Divac, who has good hands, seems to be able to help sort out the offense on the offensive end.

effect.

If the performance of these players this season can be copied directly from last season, then the Lakers, let alone the playoffs, have a good chance of advancing to the Western Conference semifinals. But the NBA has never been like this, and it has never been like this in competitive sports.

So. New head coach, new tactical system, new teammates, new season, everything is different.

"Rudy!" After the meeting, Ke Yan called Tomjanovich, "Can we chat?"

During the meeting just now, it could be seen that Ke Yan seemed to have a lot of ideas of his own. Tomjanovich nodded, "Of course."

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