basketball scientist

Although Hamblen and Ke Yan tried their best to maintain the stability of the locker room, more and more rumors still affected the state of the Lakers.

Kobe Bryant ushered in a tragic milestone in his career. After he received the Western Conference Player of the Month award in December, the team lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves 89:112 at home, falling back to fifth place in the Western Conference. (22

-11)

In this game, it was not one player who performed abnormally, but the whole team. Kobe made 11 of 29 shots in the game, 2 of 7 three-pointers, and 4 of 7 free throws, scoring 28 points.

The data is still working, but the efficiency is really poor.

Apart from Kobe Bryant, only Butler and Atkins scored in double figures for the Lakers. Odom, the team's second-best player, sleepwalked the entire game facing Garnett, scoring 5 points on 2-for-9 shooting from the field.
Garnett not only subdued Odom, but also Anderson. Anderson, who averaged 9.3 rebounds per game this season, only grabbed 5 rebounds in this game. The Lakers' penalty area was completely lost.

!

A defeat made the outside media realize the importance of Tomjanovich. What made Ke Yan even more disappointed was that the team management ignored the voices surrounding the team and did not have a clear statement.
On January 4, the day after the Lakers lost, Phil Jackson expressed his attitude in an interview with the media. He made it clear that he enjoyed his current life and had no intention of taking over the position of head coach of the Lakers.<

/p>

In his autobiography released not long ago, Phil Jackson revealed a lot of inside information about the Lakers locker room, including the details of the conflict between Kobe and O'Neal that many people really want to know. Between the lines, he is obviously on O'Neal's side.

In the book, he described Kobe as a withdrawn, selfish guy who did not trust his partners. This was the reason for the great conflict between the two people.

In this interview, when the reporter asked Phil Jackson whether he refused to come out because of Kobe, Phil Jackson showed an intriguing smile and then answered the question vaguely.

This move also made many people begin to suspect that Kobe was involved in the work of the Lakers management, including the Lakers' coaching selection. This also made the Lakers' problems more difficult.

On January 5, the Lakers challenged the Houston Rockets away from home and lost 95:106, suffering a two-game losing streak! (22-12)

Due to Van Gundy's relationship, the Rockets can be said to be the opponent that Ke Yan least wants to lose. In this game, he followed the defensive strategy used against O'Neal in the previous Christmas game. Diop, Mihm, and Anderson were arranged in an echelon to block in stages and consume Yao Ming.<

/p>

However, I have to admit that the current Yao Ming may not be able to stabilize O'Neal, but he is definitely harder to guard than O'Neal.

First of all, he is not afraid of cutting. If you can't guard him, you can't guard him. Secondly, he can pull out to shoot. Using a pure human shield like Diop to defend is not effective. On the contrary, Anderson later honestly defended in front, giving

Yao Ming creates more trouble!

The Lakers, who had been lagging behind, once narrowed the point difference to 5 points in the second half of the third quarter. However, Anderson's injury ended the Lakers' momentum of chasing points. Once he was out of position to cover the basket, he jumped up to block Tracy McGrady and hit the ball from the top.

He was pushed away by Tracy McGrady, lost his center of gravity, and injured his shoulder.

After an MRI examination, the Lakers officially announced that Anderson will be absent for four to six weeks.

Although the team still has two centers, Mihm and Diop, in Ke Yan's tactical system, they are all substitutes. Anderson is still the main force no matter how many problems he has. His absence is a huge loss to the Lakers.

!

The team was in chaos from top to bottom. Ke Yan tried his best to stabilize the team's locker room and talked to Butler and Diop.

He also approached Odom, but he was too busy hanging out in the nightclub to listen to his lectures.

Even if you are a coach, you cannot infringe on the human rights of the players. If you have suggestions for training, please do not discuss them when you are enjoying your private life!

Odom didn't say it so arrogantly, but that's what he meant. On the other hand, Keyan is just an assistant coach, younger than Odom, and it's normal for the other party to have business with him.

If it were a big-name coach like Phil Jackson or George Karl, even if he called him in private time, Odom would still have to be taught!

At 7 o'clock in the morning, while Ke Yan was still asleep, he received a call from Han Bron earlier than he expected.

"Kimi, come out and have breakfast together, let's talk." Han Bron said seriously.

"Okay, where?"

"Anywhere near the arena will do."

Fred 62 is a well-known retro restaurant in Los Angeles. This store is famous for its citrus banana butter French toast, pan-baked eggs or salmon hash browns, and they are not expensive. Keyan and Hamblen can share it for two

It’s only 48 US dollars.

"We have lost two games in a row recently, and both were lost to opponents whose records are slightly worse than ours. They were both positional battles. If this continues, it will be very troublesome." Hamblen said, "I don't want Rudy to create something for us.

The good situation was ruined in vain. Kimi, what do you think?"

"Wow! Who are you interviewing for me on behalf of me?" Ke Yan fiddled with the baked eggs on his plate and said casually.

"If you want to understand it this way, I have no problem~" Han Bron stared at Ke Yan blankly, his eyes said everything, maybe this is really an interview.

"If you don't want to lose again, the first thing to solve is the team's morale problem! First of all, there must be a clear candidate for the head coach. If this problem is solved as soon as possible, the team can at least ensure a place in the playoffs. If the new head coach follows

If my thoughts are consistent, I would suggest that he seek reinforcements in the lineup and add an inside scoring point and a backup point guard through trade. By doing these two things, maybe we can pursue better results." Ke Yan elaborated.

My own ideas also use some language arts.

"Inside scoring points are not easy to trade, are they? Do you have a suitable candidate?" Hamblen asked.

"It may be difficult, but it's definitely feasible! We played against him not long ago, and I was deeply impressed by the content of his game."

Ke Yan didn't say it clearly, but Hanbron thought about it a little, and at the same time he met the "inside scoring points", "played against the Lakers not long ago and performed well", and there is only one candidate who "has the potential to operate", the boss of the Kings, Chris Webber!<

/p>

Ke Yan likes and is good at using power forwards with strong support capabilities, which can be seen from training. Hamblen absolutely believes that Ke Yan can make good use of Webber.

As for the possibility of a trade, Hamblen does not need to worry about this. This is something Jerry Buss and Kupchak should consider.

"I can also tell you some information that I know. Mitch (Kupchak) asked Kobe for your opinion on being the team's acting coach, and Kobe agreed. I believe Mitch will consider Kobe's opinion. Therefore, in

At our management level, you have received two votes!"

In addition, at the locker room level, Butler, Anderson, and Barnes definitely support Ke Yan's promotion. Coupled with Kobe, it can almost be said that Ke Yan has the support of the Lakers locker room.

If Kupchak chooses to listen to Kobe's advice and stand with Jim Buss, then Ke Yan is very likely to temporarily take over as the Lakers' coach!