0676 Don't give up until the Yellow River
After reading the text message, Su Yang thought for a moment and replied to Xinji: "No need to care, just follow the plan..."
The truth or falsehood of the news is unknown. Even if it is true, the biggest harm may be that George's personality changes drastically and he snatched FMVP in the finals, but it can also be solved by adjusting rotations, or even DNP and other means. There is really no need to care.
And the news is likely to be that George's agent Aaron Mintz deliberately released a test reaction. Others seek greater benefits for their clients. Although it was during the playoffs, there was no big problem and it was not publicly discussed on the Internet.
The main thing is that the whole league knows that if the King intends to send one of the four giants away, there is a 90% chance that he will choose George.
"I promised to pay a luxury tax of $100 million. Few people were willing to believe it..." Su Yang felt speechless, thinking that it might be the chain reaction caused by sending Jokic away before, and even MVP-level players could send them away, so what else could it be.
The next evening, the Eastern Conference Finals also came to an end. The Cavaliers finally defeated the Raptors 4-0 and advanced to the finals against the Kings.
Various predictions are released simultaneously.
Gambling website, 21 experts, well-known commentators, and more than 90% of fans, are optimistic about the King, and have various predictions of sweeping 4-0, and at most, they are 4-1 gentleman sweeping. The view is that the Cavaliers are very strong, but the King is so strong that they explode.
However, it is low, espn still analyzes the series and points out that the Cavaliers' overall three-point shooting percentage has increased by 2.1% compared to last season, mainly because of the three main players Love, LeBron and Irving, and the addition of Korver in the middle of the season, but the Cavaliers' wins were six games less than last season, and important substitutes such as JR Smith were plagued by injuries.
"The Cavaliers have the possibility of defeating the Kings. As long as they can play a projection-based offensive system around LeBron, their biggest problem is defense, which will lead to their encounter with the Kings' first-class offensive efficiency team... "
Pippen and McGrady analyzed and many fans forwarded the discussion, which formed a wave of advice across the league.
After much discussion, fans found that the Kings always seemed to be able to deal with potential strategies with almost no weaknesses.
Unlike the Rockets, the Cavaliers can use unlimited defense exchanges with high maneuverability, limit the King's tactical cooperation, and reduce the King's frequency of easy scoring. Only the old way is to double-team Curry throughout the whole process to see if others can withstand the situation. The difficulty is to be said to be a life-threatening death.
At 8 o'clock in the morning on the 26th, Su Yang convened a meeting of scouts and coaching staff to study how to deal with the Cavaliers as usual.
The discussion ended in more than 40 minutes, and all possibilities were listed. The overall difficulty of evaluating was much smaller than that of playing against the Rockets.
"The Cavaliers' defense is too bad! They averaged 110 points per 100 rounds this season. Among all the teams that have made the playoffs this season, they are ranked second, only a little better than our first round opponent, the Trail Blazers, and all have only 51 wins..."
"They played well in the playoffs, sweeping their opponents 4-0 twice to advance, but they lost more points per game. Their victory was mainly suppressed by strong firepower. Many of the games were not easy, and the overall strength of the Eastern Conference was relatively weak..."
"There are two things to pay attention to. The first is that the Cavaliers have the strongest ability to create free throws per 100 rounds in the league. The second is that the Cavaliers only lose to the Knicks and us in the league...."
Su Yang nodded while listening, and then gave a core strategy: only defend LeBron alone, focus on defending the Cavaliers, anyway, the idea of dealing with the ball and the core is similar, just cut off the contact between teammates, and fighting LeBron and Harden is an obvious case.
Determine the strategy and the king training will follow.
Su Yang called Guy again to imitate LeBron, but unfortunately the effect was average, mainly Guy's passing difference was too far.
But it is better for someone to imitate than just practicing internally, not to mention that the first battle will not start until June 1st.
Su Yang also took advantage of Kobe's free time and invited him to join the training in the name of losing weight, telling fans such as LaVine and George how to adjust his mentality in the finals of the three consecutive championships. As a result, Kobe told the Kings that he could just learn from the Lakers to sweep the Nets 4-0.
Perhaps because of the wait time for too long, the influence of the Kings sweeping the Rockets began to dissipate, and there were gradually comments pointing out that the Cavaliers were underestimated, and the core theory was severely underestimated, and everyone treated Love as a burden, but this season, all of Love's data rebounded.
Putting aside the regular season, Love in the playoffs also played better than last season, with a 5% overall shooting percentage, a 3-point shooting percentage increased by nearly 4%, rebounds, steals, blocks, and three defensive data also improved significantly, and it will never be given in vain.
Wiggins is also underestimated. Although his ball rights are relatively small, his personal defense ability is very good.
Tyron Lu was interviewed at the end of the training and talked about the league's one-sided optimism about the Kings and said calmly: "We also have three superstars. Although we lost twice against the Kings this season, we have also accumulated a lot of experience. We are not afraid of this finals matchup. Instead, we are very excited. We like this kind of low-key public opinion, which makes us not burdened..."
Cavaliers boss Gilbert also spoke similar words to Tyron Lue in a tnt phone interview. The core meaning is that the Cavaliers lose nothing. Anyway, the entire league is low, and the Cavaliers can attack without any burden, and the situation may be different.
That statement was supported by some fans.
Especially those fans who believe that Love can perform well, they emphasized that as long as Love can shoot a normal three-point shooting percentage, as long as he can shoot a normal three-point shooting rate, he can help LeBron and other players and create more breakthrough space.
Some fans also suggested that the Cavaliers performed very well in the early stages of the season and gradually became poor in the middle and late stages. The main reason was the increase in physical fatigue and the tension in personnel rotation caused by injuries. In this playoffs, the Cavaliers swept twice, which was relatively low in consumption.
Su Yang accidentally saw a few comments and thought that in order to find hope for him, fans can really think of anything. The Kings also have many underrated players. The Kings did not consume much this playoff. It would be even more terrifying if the Kings were normal.
As for Tyron Lue and Gilbert's statements, it's nothing more than cheering the Cavaliers and encouraging themselves.
The Knights did not have any burden. They had lost enough to attack without reservation, but if the impact failed, the collapse of their hearts would be faster, because it means that they had completely lost hope. The king could still say a great victory in the destruction.
But what ideas are normal.
No one wants to give up before the fight starts.
It is said that you don’t give up until the Mississippi River.
On the 31st, espn released the preview data of the Kings vs. the Cavaliers finals, which was the lowest year since the 2007 Finals. Most of the TV users who filled out the questionnaire believe that the finals lack suspense, so it is better to look at other things.
In the evening, Su Yang received an email from the league board meeting, which mainly included strictly investigating various interests between the team and the players outside the salary contract, strictly restricting the team from introducing or promoting endorsement to the players, and striving for fair competition.
"To target such a boss with a lot of off-site resources? Or to target a super rich man like Ballmer?"
Chapter completed!