Chapter 214: Byron Scott
At the end of the first quarter of the game, timeout, Byron Scott looked at the dazzling 27:18 on the court, the Lakers fell behind, touched his smooth head, and was at a loss, the strongest point in the team, Kobe Bryant, couldn't even clean up the opposite Middleton, he looked at the Lakers players on the bench, sighed, he really couldn't imagine that the once No. 1 team in the league was now down like this, and then he realized that coming to coach the Lakers may have encountered a big hole.
On July 2, 2010, Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Chris Grant announced at the Quick Loan Center that Byron Scott had officially become the head coach of the Cavaliers.
In the 2010-11 season, Scott's first year under the team, the Cavaliers ranked only 29th in the league in defensive efficiency.
In the 2012-13 season, training camp before the start of the season, the Cavaliers opted to exercise Scott's option for next season, worth more than $4 million. However, the Cavaliers lost 16 of the last 18 games of the regular season, and the team ended the 12-13 season with a 24-58 record, which ranks third from the bottom in the league.
On April 19, 2013, the Cavaliers officially announced the dismissal of coach Byron Scott. In his three years with the Cavaliers, Scott's overall record was 64-166. With a win rate of just 27.8%, Scott has the lowest winning percentage in the history of the Cavaliers.
On July 29, 2014, the Lakers officially announced the appointment of Byron Scott as the team's new coach, and Scott also became the 25th coach in Lakers history. Scott signed a four-year contract with the Lakers for a total value of about $17 million, with a team option in the final year.
By the way, Byron Scott is also a coach produced by the Lakers, Brian Shaw, Old Fish, Tyrone Lue...... All coaches who played guard with the Lakers during their careers.
On the other side, Hornacek is very relaxed, to be honest, the Suns released the Lakers in the first quarter, and it can also be said that they let Kobe Bryant go, giving the league veteran some respect, otherwise with Wesley Johnson's basket, Li Mojie can let go of Johnson and directly wrap Kobe with Middleton, and there are Marcus and Gobert who move at amazing speed as a barrier on the inside, and it is difficult for the Lakers to score even a double in the first quarter!
The Lakers attacked, and as soon as Li Mojie received the ball, he was surrounded by Ed Dimmons and Johnson, and hurriedly passed the ball out and ran along the three-point line.
If the star is single-handed, it is easy to score high scores, but the NBA can score high scores, because as long as the coach is not stupid, he will always arrange for the players to tightly package the top scorer in a certain period of time, or even the whole game, Li Mojie cut 17 points in the first quarter, which means to soar again, so Byron Scott did not hesitate to choose the bag.
In the second quarter, the Suns' on-court lineup became: CJ McCollum, Middleton, Lee Mojie, Markieff Morris, Nikola Jokic.
In the eyes of many people, the Suns' current lineup has a problem, and there is only one point of possession for Li Mojie, who will organize when Li Mojie is trapped? But Li Mojie is one of those few people, and he believes in the organizational ability of this white fat man born in 95 on the field.
How to break the bag, it is a test of a player's ability, the easiest way is, of course, to pass the ball to the player with a good chance to shoot, Li Mojie passed to Jokic on the inside, and the inside strategy should be a tactic that many teams will use in the future, such as the Warriors, such as the Celtics.
Jokic didn't panic at all after getting the ball, and he didn't rush to shoot, but leaned on Jordan Hill with his stocky back, pretending to eat him with his back, in fact, he had noticed Gordon's run, and sure enough, Gordon ran back to the basket, Jokic made a coquettish back pass, and Gordon took the ball and made a layup.
"Oh my God, pass the ball from behind!" Zhang Lizhi was surprised.
"This Jokic really dares to fight, not like a rookie at all!" Teacher Yang Yi next to him also exclaimed.
There's no denying that some people are born superstars!
Jokic wasn't as brisk as he is in the draft, his registered height was only 2.08 meters — not as dazzling as Porzingis' 2.16 meters, which was by no means outstanding on the inside, his diet was very irregular, carbonated drinks and fried foods were almost inseparable from him, and he weighed a staggering 300 pounds (136 kilograms), which can be described as obese. Coupled with no muscles, no bounce, and average defense, there weren't many teams that extended an olive branch to Jokic after announcing his participation in the draft.
Before Lee crossed over, it was the Nuggets' general manager who decided to give Jokic a chance after watching his pass and selected him with the 41st pick.
However, Jokic was still unable to enter the NBA directly because of his overweight and serious physical disqualifications, he had to choose to play in Europe first, and lose weight before he could continue to develop in the NBA.
It was this year's workout and dieting that made Jokic successfully enter the NBA, he was selected to the All-Rookie Team in his rookie season for a while, and was second only to Karl Anthony Towns and Porzingis in the Rookie of the Year rating, and even compared them to Nurkic in the team, and then played better and better, and even almost won the most improved player, and finally became a superstar in his third year - a five-year, $148 million extension with the Denver Nuggets. It only takes a year for people to be selected as rookies from NBA laymen!
"Keep an eye on Gordon on the other side, what are you doing?" Scott was very unhappy with Jeremy Lin who was thrown away, and shouted from the sidelines.
Jeremy Lin didn't speak with a gloomy face, Jeremy Lin is not a player who is good at defense, and anyone with a discerning eye can see how fluent the Suns' offense is, when Jokic is on his back, Marcus also gives Gordon a cover, why don't you Scott say that Ed Dimmons is not active in defense? At least everyone is responsible!
But what Jeremy Lin didn't know was that this Bieron Player didn't like him for a long time!
Byron Scott also published a book called "Slam-Dunk Success" in the future, but he broke the news in the book that his relationship with Jeremy Lin was actually not good, because he thought that Jeremy Lin did not know how to respect Kobe Bryant, the greatest star of all time in his eyes, so he always disliked Jeremy Lin.
Scott also mentioned the key point that led to the breakup of the relationship between the two in the first place, which was in the final moments of the regular season game with the Grizzlies, "I told Jeremy Lin to wait until the last minute of the game to foul, but at that time Kobe Bryant yelled at him and asked him to hurry up and foul the game time, Jeremy Lin stayed there for a long time, and finally Kobe Bryant had to go up and foul himself, as a Lakers player, you have to follow Kobe's orders, and the weight of what Kobe Bryant said is as important as what comes out of my mouth."
Scott wrote in the book that as a Lakers player, you have to follow Kobe's instructions, and it was like instructions coming out of my mouth! Didn't Harvard give him this?
However, Scott mentions and evaluates 8 point guards later in the book, including Jason Kidd, the current coach of the Milwaukee Bears, Chris Paul, the main point guard of the Los Angeles Clippers, etc., in addition to Jeremy Lin, including Jason Kidd, the main point guard of the Los Angeles Clippers, but when he talks about Jeremy Lin, Scott says bluntly: "I've never been a fan of Jeremy Lin, and I don't even like the look he had when he scored 38 points in front of Kobe Bryant when he played for the Knicks." In other words, since Jeremy Lin blew the whirlwind, Byron Scott has not liked Jeremy Lin anymore, and the previous foul incident may just be an excuse!
In fact, Jeremy Lin's data analysis in the 14-15 season is still a well-rounded guard, with an ORP offensive plus/minus of 1.37 (PG No. 21, NBA No. 66) Lakers No. 1, DRPM defensive plus/minus of 0.29 (PG No. 20, NBA No. 168) Lakers No. 4, AR estimated win rate of 4.75 (PG No. 16, NBA No. 77) Lakers No. 1! Therefore, Jeremy Lin's performance on the Lakers court is not very bad, that is, Scott does look down on Jeremy Lin for personal reasons. Reading a book and finding the latest chapters by yourself? You're out, WeChat attention Beauty editor helps you find books! It's really a good book to flirt with girls!