Since the new season, Fisher has averaged 25.6 minutes per game, scoring 5.9 points and 3.3 assists.

With that data, he naturally cannot afford the title of starting ball possession, not to mention that he suffered a complete blowout when encountering speed point guards such as Ross in defense.

But Fisher can always stabilize the situation at critical moments. In several games, when the Lakers were in a state of anxiety and when Kobe was double-teamed by his opponent, he stood up and used a cold-blooded jump shot or a fierce foul to help the Lakers start a new situation.

In general, Fisher's spiritual attribute bonus is much greater than its physical output, and it also has a strong effect in stabilizing the locker room.

But the Lakers are currently in a very good team atmosphere, which makes Fisher's spiritual attribute bonus seem less important.

In addition, the Lakers' salary space is particularly tight, which makes Fisher's $3.4 million salary particularly eye-catching.

The salary of $3.4 million is not much, especially when it comes to a veteran who has been a meritorious player for many years. But looking at other Lakers players, most of them have basic salary. Kobe, Gasol and Bynum occupy most of the salary space and the operation is extremely difficult.

With multiple conditions together, the management led by Kupchek naturally had to take action with Fisher to solve the problem.

After Fisher, Luke Walton would obviously be sent away, and maybe he would use the amnesty clause to pardon Arte.

Those people are the Lakers' heroes to win the championship.

But business is business.

The Lakers management wants to serve the interests of the Bass family. Compared with the Celtics management led by Anji, it has to be a little bit more. Those players were expected to win the championship and were not under pressure from luxury taxes, but now they have become stinky tofu.

The team has too many trades, even if it is just a role player, it will lower the team's momentum. The main reason is that they will constantly remind other players that they are not Kobe and Bynum, but just another passerby of the Lakers. Even if they fight hard, they will be sent away by the trade.

"I just hope that the team will not be too hampered by then..."

Su Yang knew that he could not stop the management's transactions, and he was even more worried that there was no suitable substitute center candidate on the market. With Fisher's current performance and the Lakers' draft picks and other resources, unless he was super studded, he could only be replaced by players of the same level.

If the Lakers eventually reach a deal with the Rockets and use Fisher to exchange Jordan Hill for the first round, that would not be of much help to the Lakers, because Jordan Hill's basketball IQ is low and lacks shooting, so it's okay to only compete for rebounds.

The tactical system designed by Su Yang for the substitute lineup is the pick-and-roll and central shot.

Making up his mind, he told Kupchek: "I don't care about trading Fisher. If the transaction happens, I hope the center that trades can complete the pick-and-roll very well, have qualified CNY, and it's better if you can make three-pointers..."

As for the specific candidate, there is really no one.

Kupchek expressed his understanding and promised to implement it with all his might as well as Su Yang's requirements and would discuss it with the special forces at that time.

Su Yang was not too happy with such respect, but instead felt that Bynum was getting heavier and heavier in the Lakers.

On February 3rd, the Lakers challenged the Nuggets away.

Compared to the last time when he lost against the Nuggets due to lack of physical strength, the Lakers have been resting for three days this time, and Kobe and other main players have no time limit to playing. The Nuggets flew back from Los Angeles after playing away games. Although they were at home, they also fought back to back.

At the start of the game, Su Yang instructed to attack the inside, Bynum passed Gasol four times in a row to get the ball and scored 8 points.

Kobe is responsible for defending Avraro with all his strength, giving him almost no shots, and creating great difficulties in breakthroughs.

But when facing Lawson and Nene's pick-and-roll, Fisher and Bynum's defense was a bit bad. The main reason Fisher was slow and it was difficult to squeeze through the cover and chase after it in time. He did not dare to bypass the cover and let Lawson score a three-pointer, and Bynum did not dare to go up and intercept.

After several consecutive rounds, the Nuggets scored through Lawson and Nene's pick-and-roll, and never lag too much behind the Lakers.

Su Yang was not in a hurry at all. He did not replace Shuhao until three minutes left in the first quarter. Shuhao cooperated with Bynum and quickly efficiently limited Lawson and Nene's pick-and-roll, thereby reducing the Nuggets' scoring efficiency and helping the Lakers lead the Nuggets to 10 points.

There was no strange trick, but the speed of squeezing through the cover was faster than Fisher, which made Lawson unable to activate it at will.

With one minute left in the first quarter, the two teams entered the substitute matchup stage. Su Yang replaced Kobe with Goodlock, Barnes with Arte, McRoberts with Gasol, McDie with Bynum, and instructed the whole team to play as fast as possible.

To deal with a team that fights back to back, pushing fast attacks is an excellent choice. If it weren't for Gasol and Bynum's right height and weight, Su Yang would ask the whole team to play fast at the beginning, and bullying the Nuggets ranked second in the league in terms of losing points per game.

On the Nuggets, the corresponding players are Old Miller whose scoring ability has dropped sharply, Harrington, Rudy Fernandez, who has suffered heavy injuries, and Company Commander Brewer, who has not yet been recognized by George Carl, and Coofs, who is not strong enough.

The two teams clashed in several rounds, and the scene seemed like a big melee.

But McGrady can organize and pass long, Juvenile can also pass long, McRoberts can also support and cut freely, Barnes can cut freely, Goodlock can catch three-pointers and stop three-pointers, and the Lakers substitute lineup is clear and well organized.

And the Nuggets really made random calls.

Old Miller is willing to organize and Fernandez is willing to cooperate, but the other three Nuggets players are led by the rhythm.

With Goodlock hitting the third three-pointer, the Lakers led to a terrifying 20 points, and the Nuggets were forced to request a timeout.

But after a pause, Kobe, who had been resting for a long time, was full of motivation, expanded his lead again by making 4 of 4 shots.

The Nuggets tried to resist in the third quarter, but Bynum and Gasol joined forces to dominate the inside and completely secure the victory.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Nuggets 113-89, and expanded their winning streak to nine games, continuing to rank first in the league.

The whole team set off overnight to Salt Lake City and entered the hotel at midnight. The plateau terrain cost a lot of money to the players.

At noon, the NBA officially announced the All-Star starter, Kobe was elected as the Western Conference voter, and Howard was elected as the Eastern Conference voter.

Compared with last season, the number of fans voting has dropped significantly, and the impact of the suspension has been reflected again. Many league officials and some team owners have come forward to make this All-Star more distinctive and attractive.

When Su Yang saw the news, he thought it was another good opportunity to win reputation, so he immediately discussed with Taylor and others how to implement it.

In the evening game, the Lakers team consumed too much back-to-back physical strength, and Kobe and other main players implemented load management regulations, mainly played by the substitute lineup, and eventually lost to the Jazz 87-106, ending nine consecutive victories, but they were still the top in the league.

The whole team flew to Philadelphia. At noon the next day, Su Yang received a call from the league office, congratulating him on being elected as the Western Conference All-Star head coach again. Su Yang took the opportunity to suggest that it could help the league improve the ratings of the All-Star game and asked to speak directly with Stern.

Given his important contribution in helping to end the shutdown, the request was directly met, but it was necessary to wait.
Chapter completed!