After the Nets got off to a good start, there was a lot of media coverage, and many media outlets believed that the Nets were on the right path and could potentially qualify for the playoffs.

Of course, in media reports, Chi Liang is still the focus of the report, and many people did not expect that Chi Liang got a triple-double in the first game of the Nets.

Although the prospect is promising, which is a good thing, after the game, both Chi Liang and Coach Rivers have a layer of hidden worries in their hearts, mainly the team's inside line.

On the surface, after Chi Liang acted as the inside, the Nets' interior line was not bad, but it still had big flaws.

In addition to Chi Liang, the veteran Cage is quite reliable, but Cage is almost 38 years old and has already fallen to the peak, limited by limited physical fitness, and can only play about 20 minutes per game.

When Chi Liang and Cage are off the court, the team can only send some unreliable interior lines, and it is easy to be beaten into a sieve by the opponent.

In addition, I have to pray that Ji Liang and Cage will not get injured, once one of them is injured, it will be extremely detrimental to the team.

It is also for this reason that strengthening the interior has become the top priority of the Nets, whether it is General Manager Stefansky or Coach Rivers, they have never given up the idea of strengthening the interior line, but now the entire league has a scarcity of excellent interior players, and it is difficult to trade qualified interior players.

After beating the Pacers, the Nets traveled to Cleveland overnight to take on the Cavaliers on the road.

This Cavaliers team is led by Sean Kemp, nicknamed 'Rain Man'. This year's camp is 30 years old, and many insiders at this age are still in their prime, but since last season, camp's form has declined rapidly, and his performance has not been as good as year after year, laziness and drug addiction have gradually degraded camp, and his weight has begun to grow rapidly.

It stands to reason that the Cavaliers have a weak lineup, and the core is not at their peak, and the Nets should be able to win, but unexpectedly, it was not the Nets who won in the end, but the Cavaliers with a weak lineup.

The reason is simple, the Nets are in a sluggish state as a team, the players are cold to the hand, and the average shooting percentage is only a measly 34%.

Among them, Gill and Jamil Fayk had the lowest shooting percentage, and the former still went his own way, shooting mainly strong shots, and only 26% shooting percentage in the end. The worst of all was the latter, as an interior player, Fayke shot just 2-of-11 from the field and shot a staggering 18 percent.

It is precisely because of the 'surrender' behavior of the two that even if Chi Liang got 20+10, the other teammates all played soy sauce, and the Nets unfortunately lost to the weak Cavaliers.

In the following week, the Nets were all at home, playing against the Raptors, Wizards and Suns in quick succession.

From the perspective of the lineup, the Nets have a high probability of winning the Raptors and Wizards, even the Suns have a great possibility.

But as a result, the Nets won against the Wizards, and in the first five games of the new season, they only got 2 wins and 3 losses, which was significantly lower than expected.

The most important thing is that except for the first game against the Pacers, the other four games have not scored more than 100.

In the last season, the fast-break Nuggets often scored more than 100 points, but when it came to the Nets, although his statistics were higher than last season, averaging 26.5 points, 11 rebounds and 9.2 assists per game, his efficiency declined, mainly because his shooting percentage has declined.

How so?

It's not that Chi Liang's strength is weak, or that the opponent's strength is too strong, it's mainly related to the team's internal line.

Whether it is the reliable Cage, or Fayk, Muressan, McIlvain and Eschmeyer, they are all not good at attacking, and the scoring is mainly secondary offense, which also leads to the opponent often emptying other interior lines, so as to trap Ji Liang.

The most important thing is that even if they receive a pass from Ji Liang, they often miss opportunities because they score too close to the basket, and if you use the data to reflect it, in these five games, these five inside players have never scored double-doubles.

In addition, Jill has no intention of repenting, and if he doesn't deal with Chi Liang, Chi Liang will naturally not give him a good look, and the two can be said to be incomprehensible to each other on the court, and they don't pass the ball to each other on the field, and there is no cooperation at all.

For these problems, Coach Rivers is also in his eyes and anxious, even if he racks his brains and has no way for a while, he knows very well that if he wants to make up for the team's shortcomings, the only way is to trade and strengthen.

The general manager of the Nets is also anxious, the team is too flawed, and if it continues like this, it will be difficult to get too good results, but it is difficult for him to trade a reliable interior in a short period of time.

In this era, excellent inside lines are scarce, as long as they are reliable inside lines, they can get good contracts, and it is difficult to exchange ordinary chips, especially when the new season has just begun, it is difficult to rely on reinforcement to get qualified inside lines.

On this day, Stefansky worked all night, looking at the dense names on the paper, but he felt a headache.

These names are all interior players who can be obtained through trades, and there are also several players with good strength, but these players are all representatives of 'high salaries and low ability', including Juwan Howard, who is on a contract of 100 million yuan.

In fact, Second Uncle Huo's strength is not bad, he can be called a top power forward, but in this era, his strength still can't match the 100 million yuan contract, especially after signing the 100 million yuan contract, his state is not as good as year after year.

Except for the high-paid and low-performance interior players, the rest are either lacking in strength or not playing, and almost all of them are substitutes for other teams.

Looking at these names, Stefansky couldn't make up his mind for a while, and trying to find the right player from this list is almost no different from a big wave.

After struggling for a while, Stefansky finally sighed and prepared to bring in Coach Rivers and Ji Liang for their advice.

In this way, not only does it appear that Stefansky respects the opinions of the team's core and manager, but at the same time, even if the players they got in the trade are not playing well, they can't express their dissatisfaction.

On this morning, Ji Liang and Coach Rivers came to Stefansky's office.

After they sat down, Stefanski said straight to the point: "The team wants to strengthen the interior line, but you also know that it is difficult for us to get good inside players, so I want to discuss with you, this is the list of players, you can say what you think!" ”

After saying that, Stefansky handed the list of players to the two.

Stefansky wants to solve the problem in this way, but what Chi Liang wants to do most is to participate in the team's recruitment plan, he is a reborn, even if the waves are rushing, but with his eyes, he can always find players who are not shining.

But since he was new to the city, he was too embarrassed to bring it up, but he didn't expect to have a chance now.