roccoschili Chapter 221 The Ultimate Goal of the Kings
Chapter 221 The Ultimate Goal of the Kings
Chapter 221 The Ultimate Goal of the Kings
On February 2, the Kings after the big deal will be a guest at the Staples Center Arena in Los Angeles, away against the Clippers.This game will be the first appearance of the team's new aid, but for them, whether it is a new aid or a young player in the team, it seems that the spirit of winning is no longer so strong.
Landry wants to prove that he has the strength to start. Hughes has an expiring contract and probably won't have a chance to play because the team needs to train Xie Kai.As for Dorsey, it was originally an extra trade. If the team does not have garbage time and there is no major problem with the internal rotation, it will be difficult for him to have a chance to play.
In this game, the starting lineup of the Kings is: center - Jason Thompson, power forward - Carl Landry, small forward - Omi Casspi, shooting guard - Xie Kai, point guard - Ty Rick Evans.
In addition to Landry, the other 4 Kings are rookies in the past two years.These 4 people are the key training targets of the team. What if LeBron James is added to this starting lineup?Has it instantly become a powerful alliance?If you add Dwyane Wade and let Xie Kai play the sixth man, is this lineup competitive?If you add Chris Bosh and let Landry and Hawes lead the second team, is the depth good?
The advantage of the Kings is that they have enough rookie bonuses, they can eat a maximum salary contract and a tens of millions of contracts.It is equivalent to saying that they can win a superstar plus an All-Star in the free market, plus these young talents, the team will complete the reconstruction in an instant.
This is not to mention that if the team performs badly, it will have the opportunity to compete for the precious No. 2010 pick! In the [-] draft, Kentucky's Wall and Cousins are full of talent!
Since the completion of the Kevin Martin deal, the Kings management has been prepared to mess up.Although their record is not so bad that it cannot be saved, even if they are bad, they can't keep up with the really bad Timberwolves and Nets, but it doesn't mean that the bottom of the record will definitely win the No. 4 lottery.The regrets and lessons of last season are vivid. They had the last record, but in the end they only got the No. [-] pick.Fortunately, Evans is strong, otherwise it is really Sang Xin.
March Madness hasn't started yet. The No. [-] pick John Wall is a traditional point guard. The Kings already have Evans and want to rebuild with him as the core, so it doesn't matter if they don't get the No. [-] pick in the end. What I want to add is the inside line and the front line, not the backcourt.
In this year's draft, excellent insiders include DeMarcus Cousins, Derek Favors, Greg Monroe, etc., and strikers include Evan Turner, Gordon Hayward, Paul George et al.
Of course, the Kings will combine the possible harvest of the free market to choose the direction of the final draft.Moreover, not only their own draft, they can also trade draft picks to get their favorite star players.
When Xie Kai and his team come to Staples, his family will go to the scene to cheer for him.The away game in Los Angeles is like home for him. Although there are not many fans supporting him and his team, his family is here.
Evans and Xie Kai finally no longer have no connection on the court, and the cooperation between them resumed.It's just that on the court or on the bench, the two hardly communicated, as if they were strangers.
After getting the starting position and the right to the ball, Xie Kai's data came back. Although they lost to the opponent in the away game, he and Evans both produced very beautiful data.
For the Kings, it's already bad. As long as a few potential stocks can grow, losing is not a problem at all!
After losing to the Clippers on the road, the Kings ushered in a 3-game losing streak.
In the West, the main opponents of the Kings for the top 3 picks are the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Clippers.The Timberwolves have the worst record, but it is almost impossible to keep up with them.
Today, the Kings lost to the Warriors, which can be regarded as a "strategic victory". In this kind of pendulum match, losing one game to a competitor is equivalent to two games!
Xie Kai also looked away, no matter how much he wanted to win, it was impossible for the current Kings team to achieve his goal.If you want to win and play in the playoffs, it's all in the future.Right now is to cherish the training opportunity given by the team, work hard to improve myself, and prepare for the future.
It is said that this year's competition is still very fierce.For the Kings, the Nets in the east and the Timberwolves in the west are definitely not as good as them.In addition to the Clippers and Warriors in the West, the Wizards, Pistons, Knicks, and Pacers in the East are all potential competitors. If you are not careful, you may not get the top 5 picks.
This is a naked competition, a competition for future talented men.If fighting for the championship is a competition, so is the competition for the No. [-] pick!
The league refuses to admit that it is bad, nor does it allow teams to be naked.But those bad teams are also smart. If you don't let us play bad, it's not difficult to not win?Athletes will not play match-fixing, but coaches can form strange lineups!The coach can make blind substitutions at the critical moment of the game!Moreover, the team can also take turns to rest individual players with outstanding abilities from time to time. It is not easy to play simple and unpractical tactics!
What's more, the poor teams are limited in strength. When encountering those strong teams in the playoffs, even if they try their best, most of them end in failure, so it becomes easier to lose.Their challenge is to meet tank teams with the same goal.This kind of "civil war" not only tests the players' on-the-spot status and acting skills, but also tests the coach's "strategy".
Many NBA fans joked on the Internet, saying: "The game of strong dialogue is very exciting and beautiful, and the game of fighting for the title of best actor is equally exciting!"
On February 2, the Kings played back-to-back away games against the Phoenix Suns.Facing the top 22 teams in the Western Conference like the Suns, it is only natural for them to lose.
There was no suspense in the game. The Kings lost the game "naturally" and ushered in a 4-game losing streak.
The current record of the Kings is 18 wins and 38 losses, ranking third from the bottom in the Western Conference. It is very close to the record of the Warriors, only one game behind.With the remaining 3 games, anything is possible.
Two days later, the Kings "got their wish" at home and lost to the Detroit Pistons, who were also bad competitors, and ushered in a five-game losing streak.
This kind of acting and strategy at home made the home team fans who came to the Sleep Train Arena very uncomfortable.Such a game is simply an insult to sportsmanship.But some reasonable fans think it makes sense for the team to do so for the future.
(End of this chapter)