Chapter 436: Aiming to Win the Championship
After a month of rest, five months of training, and more than half a year, at the beginning of December, the Kings finally ushered in a training camp, and Qin Yang also saw all his teammates for the first time.
"Hello everyone, I'm Bruce Qin."
Qin Yang introduced himself, and then the veterans and players of the team introduced themselves one by one, and after the introduction, everyone warmed up together.
At this time, the difference between the team and last season comes out.
Grant Hill and David West are very good at being people, and they can talk to other players, Grant Hill is a small forward and shooting guard position, and many people on the team are competitors, but as soon as Grant Hill spoke, Francisco Garcia, and Rudy Gay were chatting happily.
There are no barriers and no unhappiness.
Nor will I be annoyed by competition.
Klay Thompson, the team's rookie this year, is also good, and his IQ is not low.
When the team warmed up, the atmosphere was very good.
After the warm-up, Coach Van Gundy divided everyone into two groups for a simple intra-team game, and the coaching staff had someone to act as a referee.
The distribution of the squad is also interesting.
Qin Yang took Darko, David West, Klay Thompson and Francisco Garcia to play against Cousins, Grant Hill, Rudy Gaye, Ray Allen, Livingston's lineup.
This lineup can be regarded as evenly matched.
But as soon as the game began, Qin Yang's side took an absolute lead.
Qin Yang plays very steadily, the distribution of the ball is very reasonable, David West is a good shot, Qin Yang was envious when he saw David West and Chris Paul in the past, and now he is his teammate, Qin Yang is even more relieved.
In the middle distance, David West hit three straight shots in a row, hitting Cousins in a disgraced face.
Klay Thompson was also a bonus.
This defensive player has an incredible talent for projection.
After receiving Qin Yang's pass, Klay Thompson kept hitting three-point shots, and the shooting rate was quite high. But if you look at the hit rate, it is not weaker than Ray Allen.
The five people led by Qin Yang, although they were unfamiliar with each other, did a very good job overall.
The offensive end is quite fluid and the quality of the players is good.
When encountering key problems, Qin Yang can still directly force a single, and the opposite side of the fight is very depressed.
On the contrary, Qin Yang's opposite lineup was very strong, but it didn't play well.
Grant Hill and Ray Allen wanted to distribute the ball, but as soon as the ball got to Cousins and Gay, it went wrong.
Cousins has improved a lot in the offseason, done a lot of training, and the most he has done this season has been singles with the ball.
But......
Cousins singles are to receive the ball in high dimensions and then use the skills of the defender to single the opponent.
What's even more frustrating is that Cousins' shooting options are pitiful, and he always likes to shoot in front of defenders, and mid-range shooting is Cousins' most efficient way to attack.
But Cousins didn't realize it.
Equally depressed was Rudy Gay.
Guy's original template was Maddie, but after a few seasons, Guy has been swept away, Len's physical fitness Guy is really good, but the defensive end is not careful, and the offensive options on the offensive end are too poor.
Don't pass when it's time to pass, and break through when it's time to shoot.
Qin Yang was quite speechless.
The Kings' lineup looks good, but in reality, there are still big hidden dangers
Coach Van Gundy watched the performance of the players, roughly corresponded to the player's evaluation, and then left on his own.
Coach Van Gundy is more akin to the academy.
After getting the technical characteristics of each player, I think about the rational distribution of tactics according to the technical characteristics.
Before the season, Coach Van Gundy will definitely arrange at least two dozen common tactical combinations.
When I was with the Magic, it was like that.
After the first day of joint practice, Qin Yang took his teammates to dinner.
By the way, he also piggybacks on the team's coaching staff.
The coaching staff left after a hurried meal, leaving the Kings players alone.
At this time, the players also let go.
Qin Yang stood up, took the juice, and said to everyone:
"This season, the Kings have been coming in and out a lot, but I think the team is very strong, and last season the Kings were able to make the playoffs, and this season the only goal for the Kings is to win the championship, and not winning the championship is a failure."
Qin Yang's words instantly exploded the other players.
The veteran players who joined the Kings team all thought that the Kings team was good, and Qin Yang had a good reputation among other players.
This is true for both Grant Hill and David West.
But when it comes to winning the championship, it's not that I don't want to, but I think it's too difficult.
As for the other newcomers, they were a little caught off guard.
Darko, Cousins, Cosby, Klay Thompson, straight stunned, and then excited.
"Whew! Win the championship, win the championship! ”
Cousins, the brain-dead, screamed directly, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.
Qin Yang knocked on the table, Cousins quieted down, and Qin Yang continued: "I know everyone thinks it's difficult for the Kings to win the championship this season, but I don't think so. I know all the players here. ”
"Inside Darko, Cousins, David West don't have to be any worse."
"Cosby, Garcia, Grant Hill, Ray, are the best players in the league to partner with me."
"Klay Thompson and Hassan Whiteside also used incredible potential."
"With me, as long as the Kings team cooperates well and runs in well, they will definitely be able to win the championship this year, and I have such confidence."
Qin Yang was very confident.
It's very atmospheric when he speaks.
If nothing else, it's about winning the championship.
If someone else says this, he will definitely be ridiculed.
But Qin Yang is different, he has been in the league for three seasons, Qin Yang entered the finals in the first year and unfortunately lost, but the playoffs were thirty points in a single quarter, shocking the league. In the second year of the league, Qin Yang and Howard formed a super inside and outside combination and successfully won the championship.
Last year, Qin Yang entered the Kings and scored 70 points in a single game, leading the Kings to 30 more wins than last season, and unbelievably won the regular season MVP.
It is precisely because of this that Qin Yang's words can be believed.
Ray Allen, David West are all happy.
They were meant to win the championship, and not winning the championship was actually a failure.
It's a pity that the league's capable teams don't necessarily like the two of them, so the two eventually joined the Kings.
Qin Yang's character that he had accumulated in the alliance for three years finally worked.
Compared to going to the Heat to be completely role players, Ray Allen and David West obviously have more playing time and are more important when they arrive at the Kings.
After the team's training camp, there was no preseason at all.
There wasn't much time to practice together, so they directly ushered in the regular season.
And this year's regular season is quite difficult.
With three months less time than in previous years, each team needs to play more games in less time.
Back-to-back became the norm.
The run-in of the rookies, the run-in between the teams has become very difficult.
In a short period of time, Coach Van Gundy has assigned a few simple sets of tactics to the team, and the remaining tactics can only be understood little by little.