I am so Accurate

Chapter 660 Sun Hao was suspended

In the last few days of the free market, the Lakers made final reinforcements and expanded the roster to 15 people.

The list is as follows:

Point Guards: Brandon Knight, Jamal Crawford, Isaiah Thomas

Shooting Guards: Sun Hao, Jimmy Butler, Reggie Williams

Small forward: Carter, Shane Battier, Ryan Gomez

Power forward: Paul Millsap, Reggie Evans, Davis Bertans

Center: Roy Hibbert, Jason Smith, Troy Murphy

The Lakers know Sun Hao relatively well. Although the reinforcements are not too strong, they all have their own characteristics.

Especially the likes of Murphy and Williams, who are used to create space on the court.

Even Jason Smith, who was acquired as a two-year special case, has a style of play somewhat similar to Ibaka. He can pass the ball, pick and roll, and has a precise mid-range shot.

Kupchak's business ability is still passable.

However, because there are really not many free agents this year, the advantages and disadvantages of those signed are relatively obvious.

Whether it has any effect in the end, I guess we won’t know until the season progresses.

Of course, in addition to the players, another thing that deserves great attention is the choice of the head coach.

Although there is only one month between the end of the lockout and the start of the season, the time is very tight.

But after Sun Hao decided to return to Los Angeles, the Lakers' coaching selection work was already on the table.

With Sun Hao returning, the Lakers' main focus when selecting their coach was naturally Sun Hao.

Then a very interesting point was that fans discovered that although Sun Hao changed teams several times for one reason or another, there were only two head coaches who coached him in the NBA: Phil Jackson and Nelson.

Now that Nelson is coaching the Warriors, it is naturally impossible for him to come to the Lakers.

The remaining Phil Jackson seems to be the best choice.

Although he and Sun Hao had some misunderstandings before because of O'Neal, it had been so long after all.

Moreover, when Sun Hao plays the triangle system, he can basically get started without getting used to it.

In a lockout/shortened season where everything is shortened, there’s no better option than this.

The Lakers thought so too. They contacted Phil Jackson early and then persuaded him to return.

Phil Jackson is also very interested in this.

He left before because the Lakers couldn't get up and he felt that coaching was boring.

Now that Sun Hao is back and has a foundation, it will be different.

Not to mention his relationship with Jenny Buss.

He missed the opportunity to enter management last time.

But this time, as long as he leads the Lakers to win the championship again, and with the help of Jenny Buss, everything will fall into place.

But the only problem now is the will left by old Bass.

If the will says that Jenny will inherit the Lakers, then Phil Jackson is a sure bet.

But if the will was named Jim Bass, it's hard to tell.

After all, today is different from the past. Jenny and Jim have been on the same page in the past two years. Once Jenny loses power, Phil Jackson, his boyfriend, will naturally not have a good life with the Lakers.

So that will played a decisive role.

Based on this, the Lakers also looked for a spare tire in addition to Phil Jackson.

This spare tire is naturally closely related to Sun Hao.

"Silver Fox" Harris.

There are only two NBA head coaches who have coached Sun Hao, but there is a third person who has coached Sun Hao.

This person is Harris.

Harris was not only Sun Hao's head coach for the national team, but also coached Sun Hao in the summer league when he first entered the league.

So purely in terms of relationships, he is not inferior to Phil Jackson at all.

Of course, in terms of ability, Harris's resume in the NBA is quite average, and naturally cannot be compared with Phil Jackson.

So he can only be regarded as a "spare tire".

As for whether the "official" will take over in the end or the "spare tire" will take over, it will most likely depend on how Old Bass's will was written.

Everything still has to wait.

Let’s go back to the season.

There is no time in the shortened season to hold training camps and training for each team. Training camps for each team basically start at the same time as the free market opens.

Sun Hao also joined the team training camp after attending the press conference.

This is also the biggest impact of the lockout season, which is that everything seems extremely compact.

Even outlets like ESPN are compact.

Before the free market comes to an end, ESPN has compiled this year's power list.

The Knicks dominate this list.

The comment given by ESPN is similar to the previous analysis. In addition to their own adjustment and lineup reinforcement, they came to this position because their biggest opponent, the Warriors, has become weaker.

To use an inappropriate metaphor, Nicks is possessed by Sima Yi.

It's not your ability that you can fight, but it's your ability that you can survive for a long time.

The Warriors are close behind.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although Sun Hao is gone, Durant is still there, and the Death Five are still there.

With these, the Warriors still have a very good chance of completing their dynasty.

Another thing worth paying attention to is Curry.

Everyone can see that Curry has great shooting talent. Sun Hao "pressed" him before, but now that the cloud has removed, what level he can play is also a point worthy of attention.

And this can also be said to be the key to determining whether the Warriors can complete their title defense.

The ranking of the top two also shows that in the eyes of ESPN, the new season is still a pattern for Nyong to compete for hegemony.

Rankings three to six are the Clippers, Grizzlies, Bulls and Mavericks.

The Lakers are ranked seventh on this list.

The comment given by ESPN is: The addition of Sun Hao is undoubtedly the biggest reinforcement for the Lakers, but the only reinforcement for the Lakers is Sun Hao. Carter is no longer as brave as he was in his old age. Till and others are not the kind of players who can make a qualitative difference to the team. The Lakers will become a stable playoff team, but it is obviously not enough to compete for the championship.

The comment given by ESPN is relatively objective.

And this lengthy statement can also be simplified to: Sun Hao has raised the Lakers' lower limit, but the Lakers' upper limit is not enough.

But just this seventh lower limit reflects Sun Hao's personal ability.

Of course, the very purpose of rankings is to make fans salivate.

Some people think it is too high, and others will naturally think it is too low. Only in this way can it become a topic.

Moreover, the time is tight this time, and the door to the new season is about to open before the fans start talking.

It was not until this time that Old Bass's will was made public.

After the will was announced, it caused an uproar.

Because this will is not a "established fact", but a "conditional assumption".

Buss senior wrote in his will that if Sun Hao does not return to the Lakers, the Lakers will be inherited by Jenny Buss.

And once Sun Hao chooses to return to the Lakers, the person who will inherit the team will be Jim Buss.

So it is completely understandable at this time why Bass asked that the will be opened before the start of the season.

Because only then can we determine whether Sun Hao has really returned.

Sun Hao was also shocked when he saw this.

Because it is equivalent to saying that he decided the successor of the Lakers!

Although looking back on the original conversation between him and Bass, this seems reasonable.

Because only this arrangement can satisfy Buss's own wishes and minimize the instability of the Lakers.

Even if Sun Hao comes back, Jim Buss, who got the team because of Sun Hao, will treat Sun Hao better than before out of gratitude.

It can only be said that this is probably at the level of an "old fox", arranging things after death in a real sense.

Jenny Buss was disappointed when she saw the results.

After all, after the death of old Buss, she was the one in charge of the team and maintaining the operation of the team.

As a result, in the end, he came up empty-handed.

However, the NBA is still a business league, and this kind of competition for children is too common among the rich.

Although she was unwilling to do so, Jenny still respected her father's decision (it's useless not to respect it) and gave the team management rights to Jim Buss.

At the same time, this also means that Phil Jackson's plan to return to the Lakers was ruined.

Due to the tight schedule, the Lakers finally announced the head coach's ownership two days before the start of the season.

"Silver Fox" Harris will be the new head coach of the Lakers.

Finally, the spare tire is on!

Because of the rush, Harris only met the fans through a simple press conference.

He didn't even have time to practice with the team for a few days before he had to lead the team in the opening game.

This is the biggest microcosm of the shortened season.

Fortunately, as mentioned before, Harris and Sun Hao have been working together for a long time, so there shouldn't be much running-in between them.

As for the rest of the team, like many other teams, in this special season, they can only practice through games.

The Lakers' opponent in the first game was the Warriors.

This is naturally not a coincidence, it is obviously a deliberate arrangement by the alliance.

Because this schedule was only determined after Sun Hao confirmed his return to Los Angeles.

Because this opening game coincides with Christmas, doesn't it bring a lot of talk and attention to the new season?

In the shortened season, what the league wants most is to regain the popularity lost due to the lockout in the shortest possible time.

This is the best way right now.

And jokingly, this arrangement will allow Sun Hao to receive last season's championship ring, killing two birds with one stone.

But this arrangement is definitely unfriendly to the Lakers.

Because in terms of the current strength of the two teams, the Lakers are obviously not as strong as the Warriors, so they are playing a supporting role.

On the plane to Oakland, the atmosphere seemed a bit dull for the Lakers.

When Sun Hao was still playing for the Mavericks, there was a character like Eisley in the team, and the team atmosphere was not bad.

After arriving at the Lakers, the "boss" of the atmosphere adjustment team directly became "Shark" O'Neal, not to mention the atmosphere.

Then there is the Warriors. Although that role has disappeared, because most of the team are young players who have grown up together and are familiar with each other and trust each other, the atmosphere is not a problem.

But the current Lakers team not only does not have such a role, but most of the team members are new.

Originally, the NBA is a professional league. Even if there are many new players, the training camp is almost the same.

But this is another shortened season. It is no exaggeration to say that the Lakers are now as scattered as they were when they were first formed.

Sun Hao was training in the system and felt that the real atmosphere was a bit dull. After switching back, he patted Millsap who was sitting next to him outside and motioned for him to take off his bag.

It can be said that the Lakers are completely different from what they were a few years ago, but that's not all.

Just like Millsap, although he is a star now, he was his younger brother before and he is still his younger brother now.

Millsap took off the bag, and Sun Hao took out two playing cards from it, and then stood up to greet the players to play Texas Hold'em.

Texas Hold'em Poker is still popular among NBA players.

And because it was Sun Hao who greeted him, even if the team members didn't know or didn't want to play, they would still come to join in the fun and be a crowd of spectators.

After a while, the team members' shouts and cheers began to ring out on the plane.

The happiness between men is actually very simple. With wine and women, or a gamble, strangers become friends.

This is what Sun Hao did this time.

Facts have also proved that this method is very effective.

And Sun Hao is also very good at playing.

He played basketball in Dallas for several years, and his skills at Texas Hold'em are naturally the same.

However, he always loses when playing with new teammates, and his teammates are very happy when they win money.

In the eyes of these new teammates, Sun Hao seems to have the same label as Jordan, a being who "will lose every bet".

Then, after just such a wave of operations, the team members got off the plane and chatted with each other. The atmosphere was already much better than before.

Head coach Harris was also smiling when he saw this.

He felt that the Lakers had no chance against the Warriors in the opening game.

That is, of course, if he didn't receive that news the next day.

On game day, the Lakers actively prepared for the game.

The team members have more contact with each other and their tacit understanding has improved a lot.

Everything is developing in a good direction.

But while training, Harris was called out by Kupchak.

Then it was Sun Hao who was called out.

They got a league penalty.

The targets of this punishment are the Lakers management and Sun Hao!

The Lakers management was fined hugely, and Sun Hao was severely punished with a five-game suspension.

And this penalty will be implemented at the beginning of the season.