At the end of August, the Lakers' coaching staff was also confirmed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yang Rui invited "Death Gun" Jeff Hornacek from Washington to Los Angeles. This time, Hornacek happily agreed, and he followed Yang Rui to gild, if the Lakers won the championship, he would definitely be able to become the head coach of a team in the future.

However, Hornacek is not the team's No. 1 assistant coach, he is inexperienced, and his current expertise is to teach players to shoot.

Yang asked Kupchak to poach experienced Grizzlies assistant coach Lionel Hollins, who was an assistant to veteran coach Hubby Brown last season just in time for his contract to expire.

Hollins agreed to the Lakers' invitation, knowing that even if coach Brown retired, the chances of him becoming Grizzlies coach were slim, because he was the Grizzlies' defensive coach, and the Grizzlies owner wanted the team to strengthen their offense to attract fans.

He won the 1977 championship for the Trail Blazers as a player, was named to the All-Defensive Team, and was an All-Star. After retiring as an assistant coach, he served as a transition coach for the Grizzlies during the '99-00 season, where he coached 60 games with a 30% win rate.

Hollins' specialty is building a defensive system, and in Yang Rui's previous life, he stayed up until the 08-09 season to coach the rebuilt Grizzlies, and soon brought the Grizzlies back to the playoffs and trained a number of excellent defensive players.

Now he is doing a good job, Battier and Posey are excellent defensively, but because they are young and slightly less popular, they are not selected for the All-Defensive Team. Davis's defensive ability has also been affirmed under his tutelage.

Yang Rui also designated a retired point guard as an assistant coach.

WITH 180CM TALL AND WEIGHS ONLY 75 KILOGRAMS, SCOTT BROOKS LOOKS LIKE AN ORDINARY PERSON WHO HAS NO TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE AFTER RETIRING IN 2001.

Yang Rui's reason for approaching Brooks was that he had a high ball quotient when he was a player and had the potential to be a coach. This reason is far-fetched, Brooks entered the NBA in 88 without a draft pick because of his poor physical fitness, and he has played 7 starts in his entire NBA career, averaging 4.9 points, 1 rebound and 2.4 assists per game. He averaged just 13.6 minutes per game, made 4 shots, shot 1.8 shots, shot 45 percent, and 37.2 percent three-point shooting was the only bright spot, shooting over 40 percent in multiple seasons.

Brooks' biggest shining point was getting a championship ring with the Rockets in the '93-94 season. Such a person, no matter how you look at it, is ordinary.

Kupchak didn't care so much, Yang Rui said that if he wanted this person, he would find it.

The unlucky man was former Lakers player Brian Shaw, whom Kupchak recommended to Yang as an assistant coach, but was rejected.

Yang Rui knew that Brian Shaw was incapable of doing at all, he had been in the Lakers for many years, and his only specialty was kneeling and licking Kobe, as the head coach's 10,000-year spare tire, he finally got the opportunity to coach the Nuggets in 13 years, 56-85 and a gloomy class, with a winning rate of 39.7%.

On September 1, the Lakers got another piece of good news, the court officially acquitted Kobe, and the Eagle County case ended.

The result was nonsensical, because the underwear worn by the "QJ" girl Caitlin Faber at the time was found to be DNA of 3 men, including Kobe's DNA, when doing a DNA test. There was no way to explain this, and the jury didn't want to believe the girl, so they had to drop the lawsuit and Kobe Bryant settled out of court for $1 million.

The case has been tossed for more than a year, and the efficiency of the court in Eagle County is the worst in history. According to media analysis, the reason why the lawsuit has been fought for so long is related to local customs.

Eagle County has one of the lowest crime rates in the United States, with only one crime case in 2003......

On the morning of September 4, Yang Rui made a phone call to Kobe.

Kobe Bryant was in a bad mood before, Yang Ruicai didn't take the initiative to contact, they were all in Los Angeles, and it was time to meet. In the new season, they must have a good relationship.

Yang Rui will not be like Byron Scott when he was on the Nets, and the first thing he will do when he sees the core of the team is to get off first. He knows very well that he and Kobe Bryant are two grasshoppers on the same rope, one is prosperous and the other is lost.

As long as Kobe Bryant plays beautiful statistics, the Lakers' record improves, and Yang Rui has a better chance of breaking the record and winning the best coach for the fourth time.

As for trading Kobe, it was just a conversation between him and Old Buss in order to better control Kobe. If he really asks for a deal, Yang Rui will only offend Old Bass, who can exchange Kobe for a similar strength and commercial value? Old Bass certainly didn't want to.

Therefore, unless Old Bas and Yang Rui are both cross-cutting Kehei, and they were disgusted by that group of brain-disabled secrets in their previous lives, they won't do this.

The two exchanged a few simple greetings, and Yang Rui asked with a smile: "Do you have time at night?" How about eating together? You bring your wife, and I call my girlfriend. ”

"Absolutely." Bryant paused and said, "I'm in for a treat." ”

"No, how can I ask you to have a treat for dinner?" Yang Rui smiled and said: "You're welcome, when you spend money in the future, I have prepared a small suggestion that requires you to spend money." ”

"Uh......"

"We'll talk about it in the evening."

In Yang Rui's previous life, Kobe Bryant was demonized by many people because of a lot of negative news off the court and a poor record in the late part of his career, but for now, Kobe Bryant can still communicate.

The Lakers failed to establish a dynasty with three crowns, Kobe Bryant is much more low-key, obviously lacking confidence, even O'Neal, who won the regular season MVP and the finals MVP, does not dare to say how strong he is, let alone shout "OK combination is the strongest in history" after retiring like Yang Rui in his previous life. ”

Last season, Kobe Bryant would listen to the coach's arrangement and run tactics, but when he couldn't win, he was easy to get hot-headed and changed to himself.

Kobe Bryant became a cancer later in his career because he was unwilling to accept the fact that he was old and his form was declining, and he insisted on his past style of play and refused to change the handicap to his younger teammates.

In terms of personality, Kobe Bryant is indeed very similar to Jordan, which Yang Rui appreciates.

In the evening, Yang Rui invited Kobe and his wife to eat Kobe beef at KAGAYA, a famous western restaurant in Los Angeles.

Authentic Kobe beef costs $25 per ounce, compared to $400 for a normal 16-ounce steak.

This meal, with red wine, cost nearly $5,000, full of sincerity. Kobe Bryant suddenly felt that his relationship with Yang Rui had become closer. "So you know about this shop, and I like it very much."

"I've been here a lot since I moved to Los Angeles, and I've hosted food shows, and when the boss sees me, he's afraid of being exposed, so he's rushing to give me a membership card." Yang Rui said with a smile.

In Japan, about 5,500 cattle are sent to the Kobe Beef Certification Department every year, but only about 3,000 cattle are certified as Kobe beef, which is one of the rarest and highest-quality ingredients in the world.

It wasn't until the end of 2012 that Kobe beef was legally exported to the United States, so the owner of the shop was a guy who smuggled Kobe beef through a special channel, and only Los Angeles celebrities could eat it.

After chatting for a while, when the food came up, Yang Rui smiled and said: "Kobe, I have set you a few goals for the new season without authorization, and I hope you can do it." ”

"What goal?" Kobe Bryant thought he was going to talk about tactics and asked very seriously.

Yang Rui smiled: "I hope you can average 35 points per game to win the scoring title, win the regular season MVP, and play more selfless in the playoffs to help your teammates play, because then the opponent will definitely prevent you from scoring, and if you pass more, it will have a surprise effect." ”

"What?" Bryant was stunned for a moment, and showed a bright smile that he had never seen before.

Yang Rui's pie painting is too big, and it almost kills him.