Chapter 288: There's a strange thing called Kaoshen

Cheng Yuyang has been very depressed recently, and what has caused him trouble is the Sacramento Kings that he bought with a huge amount of money. After taking over the Kings, the Chinese boss found that there was no such big scene as he expected the prosperity of Hugh Ming, but instead he seemed to be an Indian "pick-up man".

The Kings still have a poor record, playing 19 regular season games so far, and they have only a 7-12 record. The team's record is miserable, and their style of play is disorganized, disorganized, and shows no signs of revival, and it seems that missing the playoffs for the eleventh consecutive year is almost a foregone conclusion.

The ball market in Sacramento is still deserted, and when Boss Cheng first arrived, he fantasized about whether he could use the selling point of the first NBA team owned by Chinese owners to hype up and win over the majority of Chinese fans in California. But he obviously thought wrongly, the Chinese way of thinking in the United States has long been different, either assimilated, or in order to find a sense of identity, their thinking has become more Westernized, so they don't care where the owner of your team is from, the previous Indian owners have taken out their daughters as selling points, isn't it also not attracting many Asian fans. The ball market in Sacramento is so small, it's like a pond, and if you want to build a warship in it, it's, and you definitely risk losing money if you spend a little money.

Of course, in addition to the team's poor record and the sluggish ball market, Boss Cheng is most depressed that the team is now in a mess.

This is also the main reason why the Kings have continued to degenerate over the years, and the management of the Kings can be called the first chaos in the NBA.

For starters, the team has used as many as six head coaches in the last six years, the highest rate of positive coach changes in the NBA. Among these coaches, there are a generation of famous coaches such as George Carr and Paul Westphal, as well as iron coaches such as Mike Malone and Tyrone Corbyn, but no matter who is replaced, no matter what tactics are used, they cannot save the terminally ill Kings. And the frequent change of coaches and frequent changes in the style of play have made the rebuilding of the Kings extremely irregular, and the growth of players is also stagnant, such as potential rookies like Tyrek Evans (20+5+5 per game in his rookie season) have gradually become mediocre in the team's constant swing, Evans is still like this, let alone others.

Secondly, there is the problem of infighting in the team's management for many years, and Cheng Yuyang's former Indian owner Ranadave is simply a bastard, and it is his inaction that makes the team's management conflicted. On the eve of Cheng taking over the team, Serbian Vlad Divac, the team's vice president of basketball operations, had just defeated former team general manager Pete Dalessandro and former team advisor Chris Mullin to become the Kings' de facto chief business decision-maker, ending years of infighting. But Divac was righted to the stormy Kings is not good news, although Divac's basketball professional ability is still good, but his management level is really not flattering, not to mention any nepotism, overriding the coach, the draft mess, logistics and other deeds, just to say that the dismissal of head coach Mike Malone, who gradually led the team on the right track, is his biggest failure.

Finally, of course, there's the team's chaotic internal atmosphere, and needless to say, the players are a microcosm of the Kings' mess. And most of the reasons for this are due to the willfulness and brain-dead nature of Cousins. That's right, except for Mike Malone, Cousins has had conflicts with almost every head coach, and the team management not only did not seriously deal with the problem of coach discord, but instead indulged Cousins. In order to appease the "great test god" Cousins, the team even made an exaggerated move to force George Karl to resign voluntarily. Cousins, who was protected by management, became more and more lawless, and his low ball quotient and strange temper soon aroused the disgust of other players, and the Kings' combat effectiveness plummeted.

This year's Kings team is also not much better, and Boss Cheng's original hope is to do his best to bring in Roy, so that even if the results are not good, at least Roy can greatly revitalize the ball market. But now, not only did Roy not get his hands on it, but he also strained his relationship with the team's number one star, DeMarcus Cousins, because of the big money spent in the draft (putting Cousins on the trade table).

When he learned that the new owner of the team had the idea of exchanging himself for a rookie, the simple-minded and well-developed "test god" exploded all of a sudden.

"Our new boss actually thinks I'm not as good as a rookie? Does he have any basketball knowledge? You're here to judge @Vlade Divac (Divac on Twitter). ”

"I dare say that in the NBA right now, there are at least 60 teams (exaggeration) that want to bring me in, and I'm the No. 1 center in the league. If the Kings don't want me, the guy who grabbed me can go from Sacramento all the way to Orlando (a straight diagonal of the northwest and southeast of the United States). @Vlade Divac。 ”

"By the way, there's that rookie named Roy, I don't know who you're our boss in China, but you'd better be careful when you run into me in the next game, I'll let you know how good I'm doing." @1ε·ηƒε‘˜η½—δΌŠ. ”

This was Cousins' Twitter during the preseason, and it didn't cause much repercussions at the time because Roy's performance was sluggish and the Kings didn't have much attention.

And now, with Roy's strong rise and Cousins clamoring to leave the team, troubled reporters have dug up these tweets about Cousins's complaints.

Cousins is brain-dead and well-deserved, and these tweets are a good example of what makes Cousins different. In fact, this is one of the biggest reasons why Phil Jackson decisively rejected the Divac trade (Cousins for Roy) in the first place. Don't look at the gorgeous data of "Test God", the talent is extremely high, and it seems that he really has the potential to become a god, but if this problem player is introduced to the Knicks, the negative effect that can be caused will definitely be far greater than his actual effect. When the Knicks already had Anthony's "cancer" at that time, how could Phil Jackson bring in another "brain-dead" Cousins? Unless the "Zen Master" wants to remake the live-action version of "Brainless and Unhappy", he will definitely not choose Cousins.

However, the brain-dead Cousins is a big problem for the Kings, but it is a treasure for reporters, and this big living treasure that can often make big news and is not shocking and die is a favorite of reporters.

When they interviewed Cousins again, "Kaoshen" repeated his opinion again in a tough tone: "That's right, I said those words, that rookie named Roy, you better be careful in the next game, I will never show mercy to your men." ”

When the reporter relayed these tweets and Cousins's original words to Roy, Roy's answer made the reporters laugh heartily.

"I don't think DeMarcus [Cousins] is definitely very good at math (referring to the 60 teams), and of course it's a league-wide acceptance (referring to Cousins' low IQ). Also, if 'cousin' (Cousins' nickname) really wants to be the league's No. 1 center, then I recommend him to the NBA, because he wants his NBA team to be from Sacramento to Orlando anyway. ”

O, as soon as Roy's words came out, the reporters instantly burst into laughter.

"Roy, this kid is so talented, I really didn't expect him to be so good at spewing trash talk on the field, and even fighting with words."

"Seriously, I can't wait to see how Cousins will react, and maybe he'll actually consider going to the NBA."

"Roy's cleverness reminds me of Yao Ming, who is one of the few Chinese players who is both funny and can express his own clear opinions."

Roy's interview immediately drew unanimous praise from reporters and, of course, Cousins' resentment.

"Roy of XX, I'll definitely give you a look at the color, you wait for me." This sentence came out of Cousins's mouth more like a bullied big boy asking another big boy, and the next line must be "There is a kind of don't leave after school".

However, Cousins only has the ability to pay lip service, and if you want to give Roy a little color, the current strength of the Kings is definitely not enough.

Darren Collisson, Ben McClymer, Rudy Gay, Costa Coopos, DeMarcus Cousins, this is the strongest lineup that the Kings can put out. Typical old old, small small, brain-dead players mixed in the middle.

Such a weak Kings team obviously cannot be the opponent of the strong Knicks, and as soon as the two teams meet, the Kings are almost one-sided and retreating.

It's so miserable that the new head coach of the Kings, Dave Jogle, looks like he's going to take the blame for Cousins this time. He has just taken office, and he hasn't even straightened out the relationship between the team, let alone playing a gorgeous offense, let alone winning the victory, and now the Kings are almost all blown up in other positions except for Cousins, who can still support it on the court.

Roy now really has a set of tips for bullying weak teams, he can easily do it freely, calmly, pass the ball when it's time to pass, play alone when it's time to play, and he won't even be idle when it's time to spit trash talk.

Although Cousins prides himself on being a flexible big man who can defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, he is helpless and helpless in the face of Roy, he can't catch up with Roy, he can't cover his shots, and even the job of spewing trash talk that he is good at has to lose for a while, you say Cousins is not hot.

Roy was too fast, too agile, too smart, too cunning, and as long as he wasn't stupid enough to go head-to-head with Cousins, Cousins really couldn't do anything about him.

An easy game, a planned victory, the Knicks fielded all the bench players after three quarters. In the end, the New York Knicks defeated the Sacramento Kings 106-98 at home, winning four in a row. Roy finished with 20 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 1 block in 28 minutes in this game.

The Knicks won the game, Roy won the matchup, but Cousins didn't get nothing either. He didn't go home empty-handed, he did give Roy a little color, and in a defensive run at the end of the third quarter, Cousins' rude defensive moves directly injured him...... Ross.

TF, how is Rose?

It was a bizarre accident, and Cousins was angry that he was going to Roy, and he was bent on teaching Roy a lesson, but he didn't expect that he had knocked down the innocent Rose. The inexplicable injury made the hapless Derrick Ross also want to cry without tears and helpless. Who can deal with a fool, all Ross can do is scold angrily: Your uncle's brainless Cousins, your IQ is really not ordinarily low......