Before the start of the new season, the Kings made another signing.

Divac took Lee's old teammate Matt Barnes on the free agency market with a base salary.

That's right, Barnes is getting a base salary again.

This man who is angry, with his strength and ability, a middle class is not a problem.

But I don't know why, he just likes to get a basic salary.

Maybe a person wants to do what he likes, wants to go to his favorite team, wants to be with the person he likes, and has to pay some price.

Barnes said that he wanted to play with Li Liang again, so he accepted the base salary package offered by the Kings without hesitation and became a member of the Kings team.

At the same time, the Kings also denied a signing.

Divac had originally wanted to take Ty Lawson to complement the team's back line.

But after some investigation, the problem of Tylawon's alcoholism still discouraged the king.

After all, no team wants to have an alcoholic in their squad.

Lawson had high hopes for the Rockets last season.

As it turns out, alcohol addiction is not so easy to quit.

He was arrested for drunk driving and later bought out by Team Rocket.

With the addition of Barnes, the Kings' new season is about to begin.

The first game is scheduled for October 26 against the underdogs Phoenix Suns.

This is Li Liang's fifth season in the NBA.

For the past four seasons, Li Liang has been the final winner.

However, he won the championship as a player.

This year is different, he has an extra role, he is also the head coach of the Kings.

As a player, the focus can be just on yourself.

As a coach, you have to take care of every player.

Before the start of the game, Li Liang took stock of the people he had on hand.

Cousins, a guy who is always happy off the court, but not happy when he gets to the court.

Fortunately, after Li Liang signed with the King, Cousins felt a lot happier.

What kind of boss position, Cousins didn't want to do it for a long time, he just wanted to win.

In the whole league, no one knows how to win better than Li Liang.

Rondo, Li Liang's good assistant on the court, Zhiduoxing, off-court cross talk partner, aggressive and funny, the team's third assistant coach (the fourth is Tyronn Lue), and the initiator of important topics for the King's large group comedy on the sidelines.

Because there are always a lot of problems with this product.

Especially in the last week before the start of the game, when Mike Brown promoted "swarm defense" to the whole team, Rondo had the most questions, and he always asked Mike Brown.

This kind of defensive system, which has not been proven in the professional arena, does have many flaws and holes.

However, Rondo also admits that the defensive system is indeed creative, takes a different approach, and fits well with the current trend of the NBA's offense over defense.

The entire Kings team, under Brown's guidance, began their "defensive revolution" in full swing.

But whether it has an effect or not depends on the performance of the regular season.

Eric Gordon, a shooting guard with a face as round as the ball.

After taking Li Liang's bone-setting pills and pulling his stomach for two days, Gordon's knee injury was well relieved.

Gordon's three-point shot of catching the ball has a certain ability to attack with the ball, which is very valued by Li Liang.

Li Liang considered putting him on the bench and making a sixth person to use.

But because his face is too round, I think it would be better to put it in the starter.

It's just that sometimes seeing his lame crotch dribbling and making a mistake at every turn, Li Liang still wants to twist his head off and kick it as a ball.

Rudy Gay, from a manager's point of view, is the typical underdog star, a mid-strength team make-or-do, a strong team chicken-ribbed player.

When the Rockets drafted him, they sent him to the Grizzlies in exchange for Battier, which shows how the league manager positioned him.

Compare Battier to know that Battier is the kind of player who is a typical waste in a weak team, a spiritual leader in a medium strong team, and a championship puzzle piece in a strong team.

Therefore, Li Liang also has a headache about how to use Guy.

He also wanted to put Guy on the bench and be a sixth man, which was a good fit for his technical characteristics.

But then the Kings' starting forward line is unwatchable.

The other playable No. 3 position on the bench is Cosby, who is a little too thin.

It's still okay to be a rotation point, but it's a bit far from being the main starter.

Fortunately, there were two old comrades-in-arms on the bench, David West and Barnes, which made Li Liang settle down.

Let's take a look at the luxurious assistant coaching staff that Divac has equipped Li Liang.

During the one-month training camp, Li Liang sometimes felt that two assistant coaches were enough.

There is D'Antoni in the attack, and Li Liang basically does not need to worry too much.

Li Liang gave D'Antoni full power in attack, and even Li Liang hoped that when he played in the future, he would also let the work of explaining offensive tactics to the mustache, and he was too lazy to draw on the tactical board.

The defense has Mike Brown, and after being forced by Li Liang to grow his hair, Mike Brown finally gave a good answer.

As for whether the effect is good or not, see the real chapter on the court.

As for Tyronn Lue, sometimes Li Liang doesn't know what this product is for.

Do you eat rice?

Anything is just going to say "okay, I think it's right, no problem, give the ball to Bruce ......"

What's the use of asking you?

But after being the head coach for a long time, Li Liang slowly found that such people around him were indispensable.

When a leader speaks, sometimes it is necessary to have such a talk.

It's like when a teacher asks a question in class, and there is always an active student who raises his hand, alleviating the embarrassment of no one raising his hand to name names.

Even if the student always answers incorrectly, it gives the teacher the opportunity to correct the mistake and show the correct answer!

It seems that Divac recruited Director Lu in the first place, which is still very meaningful.

On October 24, two days before the start of the game, Li Liang moved into a luxury villa on the outskirts of Sacramento.

It's still not the same feeling to have a big contract.

After a month of redesign and refurbishment, Li Liang and Zhu Shu moved into this villa estate on the banks of the Sacramento River.

Open the door to the yard and you'll see the meandering Sacramento River, which is filled with vines.

Zhu Shu doesn't like to plant flowers, on the contrary, she likes to plant fruit trees similar to grapes, as well as vegetables, not only to eat, but also to see the fruit, but also to have a great sense of accomplishment.

This may be the plot of growing vegetables hidden deep in the genes of Chinese.

On the 25th, Zhu Shu took a plane to Los Angeles to continue her work as an agent in Los Angeles.

Recently, she has to talk about several new advertising endorsements for Li Liang.

And Li Liang flew to Phoenix with the whole team to prepare for the new season.