Chapter 1078 [You're going to kill yourself]
The Lakers' roster is not the biggest problem, the more troublesome thing is that they have not yet confirmed a head coach in August.
Byron Scott's contract has expired and no one likes him in Los Angeles. Last month, his mansion in Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, was visited by several burglars, and the police couldn't solve the case and didn't seem to bother to investigate.
The suspects took some of Scott's watches, guns and a lot of Scott's girlfriend's high-end bags and shoes, and it's unclear how they got into Scott's home.
There are no big-name coaches in the free market for the Lakers to choose from, but all coaches with a bit of fame have jobs, and coaches with championship experience are even harder to find.
If there were a lot of good coaches, the Rockets would have driven out the "refrigerator" Kevin McHale long ago, and the Rockets led by him would not have been able to enter the playoffs for several years.
Players like Jason Kidd, who has recently retired, have easily found a job and are currently coaching the Bucks. And the Cavaliers directly hired a coach in Europe, and David Blatter is not necessarily very reliable.
Some old coaches can't keep up with the trend of the times and their tactics are outdated.
Younger, more experienced Jeff Hornacek, has no record. He coached the Jazz for two seasons and went straight to the top pick, and now the Jazz have Quinn Schneider.
There is also an inexperienced "old fish" Derrick Fisher who has recommended himself to be the head coach of the Lakers, and Kupchak has asked him to roll as far as he wants.
As a result, after Guo Xu saw the news, he took the initiative to contact Kupchak to solve the problem of the Lakers. "Didn't the team's assistant coach Tyrone Lue leave? Let him be the manager next season. ”
"What?" Kupchak was a little suspicious that this Guo Xu was pretending.
He was hasty enough to choose his teammates before, he didn't ask for anything, and the team's lineup was rubbish. How could he be a little more sloppy about coaching now?
There is nothing remarkable about Earth's Tyrone Lue's playing career, and he has not been crossed by Iverson. He can become an assistant coach of the Lakers entirely because the management is grateful to him for his feat of replacing Guo Xu alone and helping the Lakers build a dynasty.
Guo Xu's reason is simple. "There's no better choice anyway, just go for him, he's been an assistant coach for so many years, and he must have coaching experience."
After announcing his retirement in 2009, Tyrone Lue followed Doug Rivers as an assistant coach with the Celtics for four years before being hired by the Lakers as a head assistant coach.
"You're not joking, are you?" Kupchak smiled wryly.
"No, it's so interesting for me to work with the person who replaced me back then, everyone must want to see it." Guo Xu paused for a moment and said with a smile: "If you want to make the team more gimmicky, I have another suggestion that can make the Lakers' ratings higher." ”
"What advice?"
"How about poaching Spurs female assistant coach Becky Harmon as the first assistant coach? She is good at arranging point guard tactics, and it is estimated that she has been training for the Spurs for a year, and she also understands the Spurs' defensive system. ”
"How can we play well next season if our coaching staff is inexperienced?" Kupchak Khan Road.
"It's very simple, think of more ways on the defensive end, and leave it to me on the offensive end." Guo Xu said confidently.
“……”
Kupchak can see that Guo Xu just wants to find a puppet coach who will not raise objections, he can say whatever he wants, he can play as much as he wants, and Tyron Lue only needs to do a good job of "changing personnel".
There are many ball bullies in the NBA, and there are unadjustable or dead-proof teammates, and it is the first time I have seen Kupchak like Guo Xu.
As for signing Becky, Kupchik is speechless, isn't that the famous female pot secret of the WNBA?
Becky Harmon is a 168CM tall point guard, a die-hard fan of Guo Xu, and she has been paying attention to everything about Guo Xu since Guo Xu joined the Suns in 2002.
She is four years older than Guo Xu, and when she was interviewed, she boldly publicly showed her love, imitated Guo Xu in her playing style, and once went to Phoenix to watch Guo Xu's game and ask for a group photo.
Before Guo Xu exposed the essence of Loricon, the two had a scandal, but it was not as powerful as the scandal of Britney and Avril. Fans don't believe that Guo Xu will find a girlfriend in the basketball circle, what do they usually do if they fall in love? Do you practice playing with real balls?
In addition to being Guo Xu's rumored girlfriend, Becky also has an experience that is quite controversial. In 2008, because she was not selected for the U.S. women's basketball team, Becky chose to become a Russian citizen and represented the Russian women's basketball team at the Beijing Olympics. In the bronze medal match, she helped the Russian team defeat the Chinese team.
Last season, she became the first female assistant coach in NBA history.
Guo Xu told Kupchak that this could increase the Lakers' ratings for the new season and make the game more gimmicky. The truth is that Becky was there when he was in the Earth Three New York Time Loop, and they had a while.
On Earth One, they didn't say much, they just knew each other. Guo Xu felt that the teaching assistant didn't know who to find anyway, so it was better to let her try.
Becky has been named to the WNBA All-Star team six times, the WNBA All-Star team twice, the second team twice, became the WNBA assist leader in 2007, and was named to the top 15 superstars of WNBA history in 2011.
Her understanding of basketball tactics is not inferior to that of men, and she almost became the new head coach of the Pistons in 2018.
After Kupchak communicated with Guo Xu, he chatted with Jim Bass. The two decided to contact an experienced coach to try it first, but there was really no one to choose and then do what Guo Xu said.
A week later, Kupchak recommended two people to Guo Xu.
One is Scott Brooks, who Guo Xu directly vetoed.
"What's the point of having this man? The Thunder don't have any tactics, it's just singles, and I can play directly without a coach. ”
The other is Steve Kerr, an assistant coach with the Suns, who is familiar with the run-and-gun style of play. The downside is that Kerr was injured and had surgery at the end of the season, leaving him unable to follow the team at the start of the next season.
Guo Xu thought about it and vetoed it, the ball really didn't matter in his hand. Kerr is a person who likes to rotate players, and he will definitely not have much playing time for Guo Xu next season.
If he averaged less than 35 minutes per game, how beautiful could the stats be?
Guo Xu is ready to brush up on statistics in the regular season next season, strive to break the historical record, and want to play more than 40 minutes.
In the 2000-01 season, Iverson averaged 42 minutes per game, scoring 31.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 2.5 steals, and the shooting rate of 42% was blown by fans to the present, and it is estimated that it will blow for a lifetime in the future. Guo Xu wants to see what he can do in 42 minutes, his goal is to average 50 points per game, unless his teammates are empty, he doesn't plan to pass the ball.
In Earth Six, Wang Jun's goal is also to average 50 points per game in a single season, and they said that if they have a chance to meet again in the future, they will see who can do it first. Later, Wang Jun found that this bet was completely meaningless, he couldn't see Guo Xu's affairs on Earth, and Guo Xu couldn't debunk it if he bragged directly.
On August 20, the Lakers, who had no better choice, announced that Tyrone Lue would be the head coach of the team next season, with Becky Harmon as the first assistant coach, and the Internet was fried.
Many fans are dissatisfied with the operation of the Lakers' management, thinking that they are cheating Guo Xu, and scolding Kupchak and Jim Buss for being brainless. Tyrone Lue was a pit when she was a player, and Becky was only an assistant coach with the Spurs for a year, and she was not eligible to sit in the sideline bench during games.
Jenny Bass also came to her brother and said he was fooling around. Jim was innocent, he just did what Guo Xu asked.
Guo Xu was interviewed by reporters, admitting that this was his consent, and it made headlines again, and the tone of the fans changed.
You're going to kill yourself......