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Chapter 120 The New Lineup
Chapter 120 The New Lineup
After the lottery was over, Su Yang returned directly to Oklahoma to have an in-depth discussion with Presti.
Because of the choice of Jordan, plus the introduction of Chandler and the veteran Collison, the Thunder center is already enough, and there is no need to consider it in the draft. The striker has Durant and Green, and Ibaka who is about to buy out to join the NBA. Necessary to consider.
What's more, 09 was a great year for guards. Except for Griffin, the strikers were all embarrassing.
The focus of the draft was naturally placed on guards. Presti proposed to investigate Spanish point guard Rubio, because Rubio performed well in the Spanish league and also showed super strength in the Olympics. He once surpassed Griffin in popularity.
According to Presti's idea, if Rubio can be selected, let Westbrook play shooting guard.
Su Yang didn't object, and only said that he would arrange a trial training for Harden early to ensure that Presti would absolutely like it.
Presti was skeptical, and the trial training plan was confirmed just like that. Su Yang personally called Harden's agent Pelinka.
The next day, Harden and his party arrived in Oklahoma, and Su Yang arranged for a secret reception to avoid being exposed as much as possible.
The trial training was held in a closed room for two consecutive days, and Presti marveled at Harden's basketball IQ.
Harden's offensive ability is also very strong. Facing the defender Sefolosha arranged by Su Yang, his scoring efficiency in singles is very high, and his performance far exceeds that of the crazy three games.
After the trial training, Su Yang discussed with Presti again and decided to select Harden with the third overall pick.
The results of the discussion between the two were reported to the board of directors. The big boss Clayton frowned slightly, but he did not forcibly deny Nelson Jr.'s choice of Antetokounmpo like the Mavericks boss Cuban did. He expressed respect for their decision and encouraged them to work hard.
That's where Clayton is awesome. Although he spends money on digging and searching, he knows how to stay out of the management.
After Harden's trial training, Su Yang and Presti set their sights on the free market again. There is no need to pursue big-name players, and there is no salary space. The goal is to find a guard or forward with three points to cooperate with Harden. Attributes.
Su Yang didn't worry too much about the specific work, and only gave feedback and suggestions based on the email sent by Presti.
For more than a month, he flew around by plane, discussed the progress of MT application in Silicon Valley, participated in joint training in Orlando, held a tactical discussion meeting in Los Angeles, and tried out Ibaka and Mullens in Oklahoma.
Ibaka performed very well in the trial training, and decided to buy out the contract on the same day, trying to start playing for the Thunder from the Summer League.
On June 25th, Su Yang flew to New York to participate in the draft, handed Harden a Thunder jersey in person, and arranged for Harden to train in the off-season, mainly three-pointers and mid-range shots, emphasizing that he would send SMS reminders every day .
Back in Oklahoma, Su Yang attended the press conference held by the Thunder for Harden, saying that Harden is an MVP-level player, and he will train Harden to become the top five singles scorer in NBA history and improve Harden's organization ability.
The media at the scene were stupefied by Su Yang, and Harden himself turned his head a little shyly to avoid his eyes.
Two days later, Su Yang attended the press conference held by the Thunder for Ibaka, saying that Ibaka would be the king of blocked shots and the best defensive player in the first team. He would also allow Ibaka to average 15 points per game and become a new generation Spatial power forward representative.
Compared with Harden's prediction, the media heard that Ibaka could only average 15 points per game, but they thought it was mediocre.
ESPN reported on Su Yang's predictions for Harden and Ibaka, plus his previous predictions for Westbrook, giving Su Yang the title of the most bragging coach in NBA history, thinking that he is better than Mike Brown's fancy praise of LeBron too much.
Many fans and commentators also ridiculed that a team with three MVP players would not dare to make a movie like that.
At the end of the two press conferences, Su Yang was about to update the tactical manual with the coaching staff, but he received a resignation letter from assistant coach Ralph Lewis. After in-depth conversations and communication, he did not force him to stay, and wrote a letter of recommendation full of sincerity .
Presti recommended the team's video coordinator Brian Keefe to Su Yang as an assistant coach, saying that Keefe has special talents in helping players grow.Su Yang agreed without hesitation, knowing that Keefe is talented, and by the way, to save face.
Afterwards, the tactical manual was updated, and the Thunder took advantage of the opportunity to form a summer league lineup. Su Yang invited Wesley Matthews and Livingston to participate. He suggested that Presti give contracts to the two according to the free market recruitment situation, and strongly recommended Matthews. .
He really wants to sign Matthews. After all, he is a very strong immediate combat force, who can be seamlessly inserted and matched at will.
Presti said that he would seriously consider it, and apologized for not winning Morrow last year, mainly because he was too busy.
The Las Vegas League kicked off immediately. Su Yang appointed Snyder as the head coach. The Thunder formed a lineup of Livingston + Harden + Matthews + Ibaka + Jr. Jordan, winning streak all the way very strong. Did not lose until the last game.
Matthews' performance far exceeded expectations, and Presti notified Su Yang early that he would find a way to sign the contract.
After the summer league game, the ban on NBA transactions was also lifted. Presti started various operations, first buying out Earl Watson, then announcing that he would not renew his contract with Desmond Mason, and then packing Chucky Atkins And Damian Wilkins, traded with the Timberwolves for Ethan Thomas and two 2010 second-round picks, freeing up a lot of cap space for the Thunder.
In early August, the Thunder officially signed Matthews, but the contract was only for one year. Presti worried that Matthews' outstanding performance in the Summer League was a special case, but as long as he performed well this season, he could continue to sign after the expiration of next year.
Presti has not considered signing Livingston for the time being, fearing that his injury will not fully recover.
Su Yang wasn't bothered either. Anyway, Thunderbolt's new lineup was basically completed, and it only needed to be run-in to be able to hit the championship.
With the completion of the signing, the NBA officially announced the 09-10 schedule, and the Thunder made their first match against the new champion Lakers.
After preparing for various matters, Su Yang flew to Silicon Valley to re-invest in MT R&D and promotion. He stayed with Jiang Ruolan every day, and the number of MT downloads gradually increased. There are a large number of users who want to develop non-IOS versions and desktop versions.
During that period, the representative of Sequoia Capital approached Su Yang, expressed his optimism about the future prospects of MT, and expressed his willingness to invest 800 million US dollars to help the scale of MT users grow to a new height, and help poach server experts to improve user experience.
Su Yang pretended to think for a long time, and finally pretended to reject Sequoia with difficulty, saying that he was not going to expand the scale for the time being.
On the one hand, it is necessary to give shares to get money, on the other hand, smart phones have not yet developed their strength, and they are not big enough to think about.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of September, and Su Yang flew back to Oklahoma City to participate in the Thunder's new season training camp.
On NO.30, the Thunder held a new season press conference at the Ford Center, and the reporter asked what their goals were.
Su Yang was high-spirited, imitating Pat Riley's domineering appearance back then, and bluntly said that he would win the championship.
Perhaps it was because he fulfilled all his promises except helping Durant win the scoring title. On the second day of the press conference, fans snapped up the Thunder's season tickets for the new season, which made owner Clayton regret that he didn't increase the price in time.
At the end of the press conference, the Thunder team put into joint training, mainly practicing dynamic offense. The starting lineup and the substitute lineup were often inseparable. Tyson Chandler, who had been recuperating for eight months, was recovering well, and Harden's performance also exceeded expectations.
On October 99, the Thunder ushered in their first preseason opponent, the Grizzlies, and won 91-[-].
NO.11, the Thunder played away against the Hornets. They led by as many as 20 points in three quarters and won easily.
In the next two games, the Thunder played against the Suns and Heat at home, successfully extending the winning streak to four games.
In the last three games of the preseason, Su Yang gave more time to players who needed contracts, with a record of 1 win and 2 losses.
On October 25, Presti announced the layoff of Livingston and other players, and the Thunder's lineup for the new season was finally determined.
The starters are Westbrook, Sefolosha, Durant, Ibaka, Chandler, and the substitutes are Harden, Matthews, Green, Collison, Jr. Jordan, and the other players are Ethan Thomas, Kay El Weaver, Mullens, Kevin Ollie.
After another two days of joint practice, Su Yang led the team to board the plane to Los Angeles, preparing to challenge the champion Lakers away.
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PS, it will be on the shelves at 12 noon tomorrow, and I hope you will support me a lot.
(End of this chapter)
After the lottery was over, Su Yang returned directly to Oklahoma to have an in-depth discussion with Presti.
Because of the choice of Jordan, plus the introduction of Chandler and the veteran Collison, the Thunder center is already enough, and there is no need to consider it in the draft. The striker has Durant and Green, and Ibaka who is about to buy out to join the NBA. Necessary to consider.
What's more, 09 was a great year for guards. Except for Griffin, the strikers were all embarrassing.
The focus of the draft was naturally placed on guards. Presti proposed to investigate Spanish point guard Rubio, because Rubio performed well in the Spanish league and also showed super strength in the Olympics. He once surpassed Griffin in popularity.
According to Presti's idea, if Rubio can be selected, let Westbrook play shooting guard.
Su Yang didn't object, and only said that he would arrange a trial training for Harden early to ensure that Presti would absolutely like it.
Presti was skeptical, and the trial training plan was confirmed just like that. Su Yang personally called Harden's agent Pelinka.
The next day, Harden and his party arrived in Oklahoma, and Su Yang arranged for a secret reception to avoid being exposed as much as possible.
The trial training was held in a closed room for two consecutive days, and Presti marveled at Harden's basketball IQ.
Harden's offensive ability is also very strong. Facing the defender Sefolosha arranged by Su Yang, his scoring efficiency in singles is very high, and his performance far exceeds that of the crazy three games.
After the trial training, Su Yang discussed with Presti again and decided to select Harden with the third overall pick.
The results of the discussion between the two were reported to the board of directors. The big boss Clayton frowned slightly, but he did not forcibly deny Nelson Jr.'s choice of Antetokounmpo like the Mavericks boss Cuban did. He expressed respect for their decision and encouraged them to work hard.
That's where Clayton is awesome. Although he spends money on digging and searching, he knows how to stay out of the management.
After Harden's trial training, Su Yang and Presti set their sights on the free market again. There is no need to pursue big-name players, and there is no salary space. The goal is to find a guard or forward with three points to cooperate with Harden. Attributes.
Su Yang didn't worry too much about the specific work, and only gave feedback and suggestions based on the email sent by Presti.
For more than a month, he flew around by plane, discussed the progress of MT application in Silicon Valley, participated in joint training in Orlando, held a tactical discussion meeting in Los Angeles, and tried out Ibaka and Mullens in Oklahoma.
Ibaka performed very well in the trial training, and decided to buy out the contract on the same day, trying to start playing for the Thunder from the Summer League.
On June 25th, Su Yang flew to New York to participate in the draft, handed Harden a Thunder jersey in person, and arranged for Harden to train in the off-season, mainly three-pointers and mid-range shots, emphasizing that he would send SMS reminders every day .
Back in Oklahoma, Su Yang attended the press conference held by the Thunder for Harden, saying that Harden is an MVP-level player, and he will train Harden to become the top five singles scorer in NBA history and improve Harden's organization ability.
The media at the scene were stupefied by Su Yang, and Harden himself turned his head a little shyly to avoid his eyes.
Two days later, Su Yang attended the press conference held by the Thunder for Ibaka, saying that Ibaka would be the king of blocked shots and the best defensive player in the first team. He would also allow Ibaka to average 15 points per game and become a new generation Spatial power forward representative.
Compared with Harden's prediction, the media heard that Ibaka could only average 15 points per game, but they thought it was mediocre.
ESPN reported on Su Yang's predictions for Harden and Ibaka, plus his previous predictions for Westbrook, giving Su Yang the title of the most bragging coach in NBA history, thinking that he is better than Mike Brown's fancy praise of LeBron too much.
Many fans and commentators also ridiculed that a team with three MVP players would not dare to make a movie like that.
At the end of the two press conferences, Su Yang was about to update the tactical manual with the coaching staff, but he received a resignation letter from assistant coach Ralph Lewis. After in-depth conversations and communication, he did not force him to stay, and wrote a letter of recommendation full of sincerity .
Presti recommended the team's video coordinator Brian Keefe to Su Yang as an assistant coach, saying that Keefe has special talents in helping players grow.Su Yang agreed without hesitation, knowing that Keefe is talented, and by the way, to save face.
Afterwards, the tactical manual was updated, and the Thunder took advantage of the opportunity to form a summer league lineup. Su Yang invited Wesley Matthews and Livingston to participate. He suggested that Presti give contracts to the two according to the free market recruitment situation, and strongly recommended Matthews. .
He really wants to sign Matthews. After all, he is a very strong immediate combat force, who can be seamlessly inserted and matched at will.
Presti said that he would seriously consider it, and apologized for not winning Morrow last year, mainly because he was too busy.
The Las Vegas League kicked off immediately. Su Yang appointed Snyder as the head coach. The Thunder formed a lineup of Livingston + Harden + Matthews + Ibaka + Jr. Jordan, winning streak all the way very strong. Did not lose until the last game.
Matthews' performance far exceeded expectations, and Presti notified Su Yang early that he would find a way to sign the contract.
After the summer league game, the ban on NBA transactions was also lifted. Presti started various operations, first buying out Earl Watson, then announcing that he would not renew his contract with Desmond Mason, and then packing Chucky Atkins And Damian Wilkins, traded with the Timberwolves for Ethan Thomas and two 2010 second-round picks, freeing up a lot of cap space for the Thunder.
In early August, the Thunder officially signed Matthews, but the contract was only for one year. Presti worried that Matthews' outstanding performance in the Summer League was a special case, but as long as he performed well this season, he could continue to sign after the expiration of next year.
Presti has not considered signing Livingston for the time being, fearing that his injury will not fully recover.
Su Yang wasn't bothered either. Anyway, Thunderbolt's new lineup was basically completed, and it only needed to be run-in to be able to hit the championship.
With the completion of the signing, the NBA officially announced the 09-10 schedule, and the Thunder made their first match against the new champion Lakers.
After preparing for various matters, Su Yang flew to Silicon Valley to re-invest in MT R&D and promotion. He stayed with Jiang Ruolan every day, and the number of MT downloads gradually increased. There are a large number of users who want to develop non-IOS versions and desktop versions.
During that period, the representative of Sequoia Capital approached Su Yang, expressed his optimism about the future prospects of MT, and expressed his willingness to invest 800 million US dollars to help the scale of MT users grow to a new height, and help poach server experts to improve user experience.
Su Yang pretended to think for a long time, and finally pretended to reject Sequoia with difficulty, saying that he was not going to expand the scale for the time being.
On the one hand, it is necessary to give shares to get money, on the other hand, smart phones have not yet developed their strength, and they are not big enough to think about.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of September, and Su Yang flew back to Oklahoma City to participate in the Thunder's new season training camp.
On NO.30, the Thunder held a new season press conference at the Ford Center, and the reporter asked what their goals were.
Su Yang was high-spirited, imitating Pat Riley's domineering appearance back then, and bluntly said that he would win the championship.
Perhaps it was because he fulfilled all his promises except helping Durant win the scoring title. On the second day of the press conference, fans snapped up the Thunder's season tickets for the new season, which made owner Clayton regret that he didn't increase the price in time.
At the end of the press conference, the Thunder team put into joint training, mainly practicing dynamic offense. The starting lineup and the substitute lineup were often inseparable. Tyson Chandler, who had been recuperating for eight months, was recovering well, and Harden's performance also exceeded expectations.
On October 99, the Thunder ushered in their first preseason opponent, the Grizzlies, and won 91-[-].
NO.11, the Thunder played away against the Hornets. They led by as many as 20 points in three quarters and won easily.
In the next two games, the Thunder played against the Suns and Heat at home, successfully extending the winning streak to four games.
In the last three games of the preseason, Su Yang gave more time to players who needed contracts, with a record of 1 win and 2 losses.
On October 25, Presti announced the layoff of Livingston and other players, and the Thunder's lineup for the new season was finally determined.
The starters are Westbrook, Sefolosha, Durant, Ibaka, Chandler, and the substitutes are Harden, Matthews, Green, Collison, Jr. Jordan, and the other players are Ethan Thomas, Kay El Weaver, Mullens, Kevin Ollie.
After another two days of joint practice, Su Yang led the team to board the plane to Los Angeles, preparing to challenge the champion Lakers away.
-
PS, it will be on the shelves at 12 noon tomorrow, and I hope you will support me a lot.
(End of this chapter)
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