In the front row of the stands, Lakers general manager Kupchak looked thoughtfully on the court. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Kobe Bryant played a big role in choosing Tang Hao in that order, and what happened afterwards proved to be a very wise decision.

101 points made Tang Hao famous, and also made Kupchak fall into a choice.

Tang Hao's super scoring ability gives him the potential to become the core of the Lakers in the next decade, but Kupchak's choice is not whether to choose Tang as the core of the team, but when to make him the core of the team.

Originally, in the team's plan, the goal of the Lakers this season was to be rotten and hoard a high-pick draft, but because of the emergence of Tang Hao, the team has a current record of 4 wins and 2 losses, which is much better than expected, and even has the potential to enter the playoffs.

At this time, whether to instruct head coach Scott to continue to play bad losses, or to seek trade reinforcements to improve the team's competitiveness, these are two completely different directions, and they are also the choices he must make as a general manager.

The game on the court continued, and during Tang Hao's off-court break, the Lakers' lead was eroded by the Thunder little by little.

Excluding Tang Hao and Kobe Bryant, if you compare the strength, the Thunder team is obviously one notch stronger than the Lakers.

Scott saw that the momentum was not right, and after only one minute of the fourth quarter, he replaced Tang Hao again.

Seeing Tang Hao reappearing, the audience let out a burst of excited cheers.

Fans are especially fond of their new favourite.

At this time, the score on the court was 99-97, and the Lakers' original double-digit lead had been eroded to only 2 points.

Tang Hao plays point guard, and the players that Scott paired him with are very similar to the last game, all of them are players who are stronger in defense than in offense.

Durant and Westbrook both sat off the court, and Tang Hao was opposite the Thunder's backup point guard Thunder Jackson.

This is Jackson's final rookie season, and he has a strong talent in the role of the team's sixth man with the Thunder.

Tang Hao advanced to the front court with the ball, in addition to the opposite lightning Jackson, Perry Jones under the basket also moved to the middle position between him and Davis, looking at the posture, as long as he chooses to attack, Morrow's bag will come up in the next second.

Tang Hao directly chose to break through quickly.

Jones's bag rushed over in the next second.

Tang Hao's breakthrough had just started, and he fell into the situation of a double bag.

The division of labor between the two men is clear, one in front and one behind, and there is a sense of defensive hierarchy, and Jones has spread his feet and expanded his defensive area to the maximum.

At this moment, Tang Hao moved, he made a layup, and then suddenly quickly sent the ball forward.

The ball flew out of Tang Hao's hand and flew towards Jones.

"Bang!"

The ball hit Jones's crotch with precision and bounced high.

Behind Jones, a ball bounced up in front of Davis, and the angle was perfect, so he didn't have to bend down at all, and grabbed the ball in his hand as soon as he reached out.

And between him and the basket, there was no one left.

Jones turned around and tried to get back on the fence, but it was noticeably slow.

Although Davis is a role player, he has excellent physical fitness, and after receiving the ball, he does not dribble, and he takes the ball directly with a two-handed slam dunk.

"Bang~"

Davis was full of strength, and his whole body was hung on the top, and the basket was pressed down several centimeters.

The audience then let out a burst of earth-shattering cheers.

This ball Davis buckled beautifully, and Tang Hao's pass was even more beautiful.

As long as Brooks is in the bag for Tang Hao, Tang Hao can always find the most suitable passing point and the best passing time in the first time.

It doesn't matter if you can't put in the empty space, the empty blue can always be deducted, right?

Thunderbolt Jackson got to the frontcourt, called for a pick-and-roll, and his speed was so fast that he was under the basket in a blink of an eye, using his speed to squeeze past Davis, and start with a flying layup.

At that moment, a figure flew overhead.

Tang Hao's big hand met Jackson's shot, which was a nailboard hat.

The audience was excited to see it.

The rebound was grabbed by Davis, and then given to Tang Hao, who took advantage of the situation to launch a fast attack and a defensive counterattack.

The Lakers' other players were on the move at the first time, but the Thunder were quick to retreat.

Tang Hao resisted Morrow's defense and quickly attacked the frontcourt.

At this time, Jones, who was defending on the other side, quickly came to the defense.

Tang Hao noticed that there were Lakers players on both sides to follow up, and directly pulled the ball back with his right hand, and then flicked his right wrist.

Seeing this scene, many viewers shouted excitedly.

Tang Hao actually played a behind-the-back pass.

Jones reacted quickly and pounced on it.

But in the next second, something happened that everyone on the scene didn't expect, after pulling the ball out with his right wrist, Tang Hao stretched his left hand back at the same time, caught the ball from his right hand, and then threw it to the right again.

The basketball, which was originally to the left, instantly changed direction and flew out to the right.

Alternate hand pass from behind!

When this scene appeared, the audience was stunned.

This scene has not happened in the history of the NBA, but there is only one person in history who can do this, and that is Jason Williams, who is known as "white chocolate".

As the most creative point guard in history, many of Williams' passes have become unrepeatable classics, and this alternate hand pass is one of them.

This not only takes into account the player's judgment, but also tests the player's physical coordination, because as long as one place does not follow, it is likely to be a walk or a direct pass of the ball out of bounds.

But now, he has been copied by Tang Hao, a scorer!

This can only show that Tang Hao's passing is not weaker than his incredible scoring ability!

"Don is the basketball god, he controls the court!" The on-site commentator was completely impressed by Tang Hao's pass.

Wesley Johnson, who was following on the right, was just on the way to the pass, and he grabbed the basketball as soon as he reached out.

His eyes were already empty, he took two steps with the ball, took the ball in his right hand and let it go easily, and the ball obediently rolled into the basket.

4-0, Tang Hao did not score after coming on the field, but two passes that were enough to be selected as the top ten balls instantly allowed the team to re-establish the lead.

After watching these two goals, Kupchak's choice gradually became clear.

The game between the Thunder and the Lakers ended with the Lakers winning by 5 points.

Tang Hao output wildly throughout the game, scoring 52 points and 30 assists, basically every attack of the team is directly or indirectly related to him.

After the game, the audience was in high spirits, and the media even fried the pot directly.

In the previous game, 101 points were included, and in this game, he became a master of control of the field and won 50+30, scoring assists and grasping with one hand, Tang Hao's performance is absolutely unprecedented in history.

Not only did many basketball fans drop their jaws in shock, finding that basketball could still be played like this, but many viewers were conquered by Tang Hao's gorgeous scoring methods and elusive passes, and they who had never played basketball since they began to pay attention to the sport of basketball.

Time flies, Tang Hao has been in the NBA for a month, in this month, he can contribute an average of 41.3 points and 12 assists per game, leading the Lakers to a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, ranking fourth in the West, and the situation of advancing to the playoffs is very good.

This kind of performance also made Kupchak die, ready to strengthen the lineup, not to win the championship, but to re-enter the playoffs.

Under the tone of this song, he began to look for players who could be obtained in the market.

While the trading market was still calm, he and his management team began to contact the general managers of the teams.

Soon, a series of potential trade partners surfaced.

Rajon Rondo, the Celtics' rebuild, is worth a bargain and the Lakers can get it for Jeremy Lin plus a second-round pick.

Thunder Jackson, this trade chip is not high, the Thunder team clearly can't renew Jackson's contract, they can now only need a chip at the bottom of the first round, or a rotation-level player in this round.

Josh Smith, the small forward that the Pistons just signed this season, has not performed as well as expected, and has become the target of the team's cleanup, which is even cheaper, and trading him can also get a second-round pick.

……

There are a lot of players, but not many can really change the strength of a team.

After thinking for a long time, Kupchak set his sights on Rondo of the Celtics.

Judging from the information gathered, Rondo is very interested in joining the Lakers, and compared to Smith and Jackson, he has only one and a half years left on his contract, and the team can completely dump him in the offseason.

In December, Los Angeles has entered winter, and after the temperature drops, the residents on the road also reduce the activities of the people, and the whole city is much less hot.

However, unlike the cooling of the city, the ball market in Los Angeles entered a small climax at this time.

With two months to go before the trade deadline, the Lakers took the lead and completed two consecutive trades with the Celtics and Pelicans.

The Lakers sent Steve Nash's expiring contract/Wesley Johnson and a second-round pick to Rajon Rondo from the Celtics.

The news of the former Boston championship team joining the Purple and Gold may seem interesting at first glance, but the outside world has been quite unfavorable about Kupchak's deal.

The Lakers and the Celtics are mortal enemies, and Rondo has a grudge with the Lakers in the past.

And he also traded Nash, who was unable to play due to injury and was about to retire, which was even more unacceptable.

In fact, it was Rondo himself, who once regarded the Lakers as dead, but now agreed to join, which made him suffer negative evaluation.

On the other hand, Rondo's strength has declined significantly after being injured, and he has not proven himself after leaving the Big Three, but he has a very strong temper, and the Lakers trade to choose him, which seems to be a mistake in the eyes of many people.

Coincidentally, another trade by the Lakers made others even more incomprehensible.

Ryan Anderson, a player who looks like he can only shoot threes and is a black hole on the defensive end, the Lakers actually paid for the team's starting point guard, Jeremy Lin, and also took Ryan Kelly, who has had a good season, as a head.

Most people said they couldn't understand the two deals, but a small number of fans seemed excited.

Regardless of whether the chips are worth it or not, these two transactions have upgraded the team's point guard and power forward positions, and it is foreseeable that Tang Hao will not have to play the full court in every game in the next game.

Tang Hao only learned about the transaction the day after the transaction.

Jeremy Lin's closet was next to him, only to come back the next day to find it empty, a feeling that made him experience the cruelty of the NBA league as well.

But he knew he wasn't going to be able to play his entire career in the NBA like any other player, so that feeling was pretty much just a flash in the air and then it went back to normal.

It was at this time that Scott led the two men into the locker room.

"Hey guys, we've got new partners."

Scott came in with two people, a guard in his early nines with a strong cheek, the Lakers basically knew the players, the former head guard of the Celtics, Rajon Rondo, a former All-Star player.

The other one, big white, square face, beard and palate beard, has a little over 2 meters.

"I'm going to introduce you to you, this is Rajon Rondo, I'm sure some of you should know, hey, Rajan, say hi to everyone." Scott said, looking back.

"Hey, everyone, we're part of a team from now on, and I'm sure we'll be able to get along." Rondo isn't the kind of person who is good at words, and his opening words are slightly serious.

The reaction of the Lakers players was more ridiculed, although Jeremy Lin was yellow before, but he was very sociable, and they didn't seem to be so cold to the players who were traded by Jeremy Lin and were former sworn enemies.

Kobe Bryant was wearing a suit in the locker room at this time, but he was very generous about Rondo's arrival, and after getting up, he said with a smile: "Rajan, welcome to the Lakers." ”

"Kobe, thank you." Rondo looked at Kobe Bryant with gratitude, and Kobe's generosity made him feel very useful.

Tang Hao also stood up from his seat at this time, and walked towards Rondo with open hands.

"Hey, Rajan." Tang Hao didn't say too many pretty words, but just greeted him casually like an old friend.

"Don." Tang Hao's approach made Rondo's emotions very excited, if the previous Kobe was a foreshadowing, then Tang Hao is now a small climax.

The two hugged each other, and Rondo couldn't help but reach out and pat Tang Hao's shoulder like a friend.

"I'm Ryan Anderson and I'm excited to be a teammate and excited to be part of a team with a deep history." Without waiting for Scott to speak, Anderson took the initiative to reach out to greet everyone.

From this gesture, it can be seen that compared to Rondo, Anderson is obviously a more talkative and cheerful person.