"The overall plan is a four-step plan."

Rewind the clock to about a month ago, when Rana Divi arrived at the team, shortly after the incident at the training center, when he was officially ready to embark on a summer spree.

In the newly renovated owner's office, Lanadivi invited Gu Yu to listen to the King's legend Divac, who is about to become the team's new manager, talk about his team building plan.

"Because we have a clear coach now, in my opinion, to make a trade to rebuild the team, we need to match the coach's tactical preferences."

Divac brought a whiteboard with a lot of content written densely, and when he turned it back, there was a lot of content. It's all about the current demand of the teams in the market, the players' contracts, the stacks in the Kings' hands, and even the ongoing playoffs, the performance of different teams, and so on.

These contents are related to the direction of the team's next trade action. Not to mention anything else, just this serious energy is enough to make Gu Yu satisfied.

"For example, at that time, the coach was Adelman, who played Princeton, asked for crossing, and went through the back door. Every player has to have a certain passing ability, good vision, and a lot of finishing skills. ”

Divac said: "I, Chris Webber, Peja, Christie, the first white chocolate, and later the white devil Bibby, are all of this type. ”

"Well, even your subs are of that type."

Gu Yu nodded and said, "Turkoglu, Gerard Wallace, Bobby Jackson." ”

"That's it."

Divac admired Gu Yu a lot, nodded and smiled: "And Phil's words, he is definitely going to play a triangle attack." Let's not care about the that everyone says that the triangle offense is out of the times, but from this practical point of view, then the team needs at least two strong points with the ball. One is the boss level, who can get the ball anytime and anywhere, and can attack as long as he clears it slightly. The other can pass the ball in transition, can advance quickly, can be completely cleared, and when receiving the transferred ball on the weak side, it can score heads-up. ”

"There are very few such candidates." Lanadivi Road.

"Quite little."

Divac reached out and tapped on the whiteboard and said, "Let's take a look at the chips we have on hand. ”

On the whiteboard, the Kings' chips were cleared and listed.

Tyrek Evans, the new contract is expected to be around 10 million per year, sign and trade, starting from the 2013-2014 season.

Pros: Starter point guard-level offensive firepower, good passing vision and technique, strong rebounding ability among point guards.

Disadvantages: Unable to defend against speed defenders, will not be good at anything, poor projection, insufficient destructive power to the opponent's defensive formation.

If you enter the triangle offensive system: you can't handle the pivot point with the ball, you can't play the second pivot point, and it's too expensive and a bit condescending to move the ball and three-point point as an outside point.

DeMarcus Cousins, premium chips (with an asterisk), currently earns around $5 million a year and his contract expires in one year. Signed a new contract in the 2014-2015 season, with an estimated annual salary of about 14 million.

Advantages: good inside attack power (still improving), all-round skills, comprehensive offensive means, outstanding rebounding ability, good one-on-one frame protection, and good strategy ability.

Disadvantages: There are too many mistakes, it is easy to stick to the ball after going up, and the ability to assist in defense is poor.

If you enter the triangle offensive system: barely able to handle the pivot point with the ball, can be competent at the second pivot point, and is efficient when you have a good passer, and less efficient when you have a bad passer - contrary to the triangle offensive idea.

"These two will go." Divac's eyes stayed on the two people in front of him for a moment: "No opinion, right?" ”

"No problem, these two people are not championship-level players, they don't live up to their names, and they deserve to leave." Lanadivi shrugged easily.

"Where's my cousin......?" Divac asked Gu Yu.

“…… No problem. Gu Yu nodded.

This is mentally prepared.

And some of the next people are not psychologically prepared.

Jason Thompson, with an annual salary of about 6 million, was signed in the 2011-2012 season and ended in the 2015-2016 season.

A power forward who is capable of rotating inside most teams, has no technical advantage and is easy to lose himself.

Marcus Thorton, with an annual salary of 8 million, until the end of the 2015 season.

Powerful bench two-way guard firepower, the defense is quite bad, and the black hole type of play squeezes the growth space of Thomas Jr.

John Salmons, with an annual salary of 8 million, ends the 2014 season.

Expired contract, pension status, almost no playing time.

Francisco Garcia, with an annual salary of 6 million, until the end of the 2014 season.

The contract expires, and the competitive state is acceptable, but the defensive intensity has declined significantly, and the ability to grasp the vacancy has declined seriously.

The above are the main trade chips that the Kings can make, with a total salary of about 35 million.

"When we add up our chips, that's pretty much it."

After some analysis, Divac began to turn the marker pen to the other side of the whiteboard, ready to continue his trading ideas.

But Gu Yu's eyes stayed on a few names for a long time.

Thompson, although he has such and such problems, has always been diligent and has always been the first to look at the feathers. Over the years in the Kings, from the former potential rookie, to now almost lose the starting position, even the low-pick rookie Dream Green seems to be more useful than him, Thompson has no credit and hard work, and the pain in his heart, I'm afraid not many people will really care about it.

Thorton, once together with Gu Yu, became the crazy brother on the King's bench, and had some similar playing styles to Gu Yu, which made Gu Yu learn a lot from him.

Salmons Gu Yu didn't have much contact, and due to injuries and declining form, he almost never played with the Kings, so he didn't have any special memories of Gu Yu.

But Garcia is simply the godfather on Gu Badminton court, from the bench to the starting rotation, from role players to the core of the team, along the way, without Garcia's support and Garcia's encouragement, Gu Yu would not have gone so smoothly.

Especially in the last playoff game, in the face of the powerful Spurs, Evans was lost, Cousins was lost, Thompson was lost, and even Gu Yu was about to give up hope.

It was Garcia who supported Gu Yu all the way, with lifeless steals again and again, and the unyielding spirit of using his body to block the gun's hole, pulling the team back to normal.

"Francisco ......"

Gu Yu's eyes were a little confused, and for a while, there was a trace of sourness on the tip of his nose.

"The first step in the trading idea is to find a strong enough helper for my cousin."

Divac and Lanadivi didn't notice Gu Yu's abnormality and continued: "Recently, there was a good opportunity, the Thunder lost in the second round of the playoffs and were beaten 4-1 by the Grizzlies. In the series, their point guard Westbrook played very inconsistently, injured in the first round, the team was still promoted, and when he came back in the second round, he was played by the naturally old Conley, and the statistics were miserable and extremely inefficient. ”

"And they can't do it inside, they definitely want a good center, right?" Lanadivi touched his chin and nodded, "I kind of understand what you mean." ”

"Yes, the Grizzlies inside black and white bear is a headache for the Thunder, Perkins is too slow and slow in this era, and Ibaka has injury concerns. Westbrook was injured again in the second game, and it didn't seem to be a minor injury. The Thunder are losing a bit of faith in him and are looking for a suitable All-Star-caliber interior player to complement Durant. Of course, there will also be a need for a starter-level point guard to fill Westbrook's position. ”

Divac smiled: "If you don't care about Westbrook's injury, I think we can try. ”

"What about the head? It's definitely not cost-effective to get a Wei Shao for two, so who else can you get? Lanadivi asked.

"Ibaka they won't let go, but there's a guy who I think is good." Divac said, "Reggie Jackson. ”

"Why do you bring two point guards of the same type? Isn't that a loss? Ranadivi raised a question that many people who later saw the news had in their minds.

"Keep trading."

Divac laughed: "Without Demarcus, we need to strengthen the center, at least a starter-level center." Use Reggie as a chip and continue trading. In addition to the center, our starting small forward is too weak, but to really succeed, it can't be achieved overnight, it needs a series of explosions......! ”

"If you trade a small forward......" Gu Yu said, "You just want to send Francisco away, right?" ”

"Of course."

Divac nodded: "At this age, in this state, it is difficult for him to be part of our long-term plans for the future. ”

Then, Uncle Jia, you must go.

"Understood." Gu Yu nodded and said no more.

Perhaps most stars will have a real star to lead them all the way to the peak of their careers.

Kobe Bryant has O'Neal, Magic has Abdul-Jabbar, Chen Mu has Iverson, Duncan has Robinson, and Yao Ming has Francis.

And Gu Yu, no one.

He's like Jordan, he's like LeBron, he's like Olajuwon.

At the beginning of their careers, the team was in ruins, with no strong helpers, no All-Star teammates, just the court, and the lonely basketball.

Everything must rely on oneself in order to grow savagely.

And Garcia is to Gu Yu, just like Oakley is to Jordan, a diligent old player who has gradually grown up with a generation of Tianjiao and become a hero in troubled times, which is so beautiful.

But the more beautiful the story, the more bitter the moment of separation.

Francisco Garcia.

"Go all the way, and ...... when we meet again"

Gu Yu clenched his fists tightly and looked in the direction outside the door: "...... I'll make you proud of me! ”