Chapter 311 310: The team is ready, it’s up to Shay!

Author: Grove Street Brothers

Chapter 311 310: The team is ready, it’s up to Shay!

On March 25, early in the morning the day before Shea’s return, Los Angeles fans saw a transaction message:

"The Los Angeles Lakers gave away their 1999 first-round pick and salary-matching super junior AC Green.

Acquired from the Denver Nuggets the famous Fan Kuaishou and.

‘Parallel import prospect’ Chauncey Billups!”

This news did not excite many Lakers fans, but instead made everyone a little sad.

AC. Green, a veteran figure, was actually traded. Now, there is no clean person in the Lakers team!

Each and every one of them is a player who has caused more than one murder!

In fact, before the trade occurred, Shea and Logo specifically communicated with AC Green and promised to sign him back to the Lakers next season.

AC. Green's contract is expiring in the summer of 1999, and he will be free to sign with the Lakers at that time.

Green has no objection. Although he does not want to leave the Lakers, he currently does not play a big role in the Lakers' formation.

Instead of occupying the toilet and not doing anything, occupying the best and not turning in homework, it is better to make some contributions to the team in other ways.

Besides, after trading a small role player of his own, Shay and Logo still communicated with him, which is already a sign of respect for himself.

You know, most players only find out that they have been traded when they hear the news in the middle of the game.

Therefore, Green is willing to go deep into the enemy camp to assist Shay in retaining the throne!

The Nuggets also know that AC Green's contract has expired, and they know that Green will return to the Lakers as soon as the offseason comes. Trading him is tantamount to trading air.

They agreed because Green had no trading value at all and was purely used to balance his salary.

What the Nuggets are really interested in is the Lakers' 1999 first-round pick!

Due to the Lakers' current worst record in the league, the Nuggets believe that the Lakers' first-round pick has a very high upper limit!

Although Shea is about to return, if he can't guarantee that he will be able to lead the Lakers' lineup this year, what will happen?

If the Lakers still can't get up, then the Lakers' first-round pick may even be in the top three!

To put it another way, even if Shea really leads the team to improve the Lakers' record, the Nuggets still feel that it is impossible for the Lakers to make the playoffs.

So even if it's the lowest limit, even if it's the worst case scenario, the Lakers' pick is at least a lottery pick.

For the Nuggets, who are aiming to rebuild, things like lottery picks are undoubtedly very attractive.

And all they need to pay is a lunatic who likes to mess around when playing, and a hopeless parallel import guard.

Although everyone had a tacit understanding before that they would not make deals with the Lakers or help the Lakers strengthen.

But this time, the Nuggets said the Lakers gave too much!

Moreover, the Nuggets thought, if they give a parallel importer and a lunatic to the Lakers, the Lakers can't do anything, right? They can't become stronger, right?

I will never give a divine assist to the Lakers this time!

In fact, even Logo itself is not optimistic about this deal.

Crazy Fan may still have some use, he can make up for Dell Curry's current lack of firepower, and he can also play as the sixth man.

But Billups really doesn't know what to do with it.

But the name Shay gave the logo at the time happened to be Billups!

Crazy Fan just traded it as the logo was useful and convenient for salary balancing.

After all, a master of chaos like Crazy Fan can adapt to all teams. Because no matter what tactics the team uses, people like Crazy Fan will fight for themselves.

Naturally, the outside world continues to be unfavorable about this deal, saying that this is the Lakers' dying struggle:

"Chauncy Billups? He has only been in the league for two seasons and has already changed four teams!

The frequency of changing teams is higher than the frequency of Shay changing female stars.

If Shay is a scumbag, then Billups is a scumbag!"

"If I hadn't seen him in the trading news, I would have almost forgotten about this person."

"The Lakers don't really have expectations for this guard who averages less than 40% from the field, right? Why would they waste a lottery pick that has been rare for many years for such a thing?"

"Shay will be forced to retire by the Lakers management, just like Jordan!"

The New York media even laughed: "Maybe tomorrow night, we can avenge our 47-point loss in a single game?"

These news made Billups very uncomfortable when he just arrived in Los Angeles.

After simply cleaning up, he went to the training hall to report, and met the number one player in basketball who was sweating profusely and ready to come back tomorrow night.

Shay has fully recovered at this time and does not feel any discomfort in his ankle.

He has made all preparations and is going to have a big fight tomorrow night.

Seeing Billups and Van Madman walk in, Shay waved to them.

Madman Fan shook hands with Shay and started training. He was already used to being traded.

Anyway, no matter where he goes, he just takes the ball and does it.

Billups is a little nervous. This is the Los Angeles Lakers, with the most demanding leader in the league and the highest attention in the world.

If he doesn't play well here, he will be criticized and laughed at by the whole world with a microscope.

Just when Billups was at a loss, Shay walked up and patted him on the shoulder:

"When you get here, just play your own game and do your own thing. Here, you don't have to be Michael Jordan."

After saying that, Shay continued training.

Billups was still a little confused, because this was the first time someone told him, you can play your own game!

Because before, whether with the Celtics, Raptors or Nuggets, Billups was playing the fast-paced basketball he disliked the most!

And this is why Shea convinced Logo to recruit Billups: "Chauncy is not incompetent, he is just in the wrong position."

This is why Billups struggled so much in the early stages of his career!

Billups is the kind of point guard who likes to slow down and control the rhythm.

Well, although what this guy often does is telling his teammates to slow down, then turning around and shooting a chasing three-pointer himself.

But overall, Billups is a defender who likes to control the court at a slow pace.

But in the Celtics, Pitino was surrounded by a whirlwind of fast players, and the endless transitions between offense and defense exhausted Billups.

Most of the time on the court, Flounder didn't even know whether he should shoot or pass, but Pitino had already treated him as a mature star.

It's surprising that Billups can live up to Pitino's expectations.

After going to the Raptors, Billups, who no longer had any confidence, was still playing badly.

Then in the Nuggets, Billups was directly pushed to the second position because the ball was all in the hands of Fan Fan.

Who is the head coach of the Nuggets at this time? D'Antoni.

Yes, he is another loyal supporter of the Cyclones, and he is also a coach who is completely opposite to Billups' style.

This is as painful as if you like long legs, but the coach just throws you into a pile of men wearing white socks.

The Lakers' offense this season is precisely a slow-paced positional offense, which is very suitable for Billups' style.

So Shea told Logo that Billups will definitely succeed in Los Angeles!

After all, in the original history, Billups completed his redemption in the slow-paced Timberwolves, and then won the FMVP in one fell swoop with the slow-paced Pistons!

Moreover, Billups has defense and three-pointers.

There is no need to worry about firepower, because he is a rare magic ball defender in this period. He can either shoot three-pointers or penetrate the paint. He takes many three-pointers and is accurate.

Once Billups is in place, the two problems of firepower and defense on the back line are solved.

Of course, the premise is that Billups can quickly adapt to this team.

But with his golf intelligence, Shay thinks it shouldn’t be a big problem!

Help, Logo has been obtained by Shay against all odds.

The team is all ready. Now, it depends on whether Shay has the ability to lead the team to counterattack!

After training today, Shea asked the team to stay in the locker room.

He picked up a marker and wrote three lines on the tactical whiteboard.

The first line is 8 wins and 21 losses.

The second line, is 0.1%.

The third row is the playoffs.

This line of writing simply hurt the hearts of the Lakers players.
To be continued...