Time flies.

August 2013.

Sacramento, the center of the Kings team.

"All assembled!!"

On the sidelines of the training ground, the assistant coach slapped the tactical board and shouted loudly, and the players who were practicing on the court all stopped their movements and came to the sidelines in unison, wiping sweat and panting while listening to the coaching team ready to say something.

"It's all here, hmm......" Phil Jackson looked at the group of young players in front of him, and for some reason, he couldn't help but think of that summer many years ago.

When I became the coach of the Bulls at that time, when I looked at the young calves of the Bulls, it seemed that this was the same feeling!

"Coach Phil! It's really Coach Phil! Hahaha so excited!! "Among the players on the sidelines, there are three guys who stand out, one of them is very similar to McGee, but the shoulders are a lot wider, and it seems to be a little less elastic, and when he looks at Phil Jackson, his eyes are almost shining.

"Cut, rare and weird...... the other two big men on the side looked much calmer, McGee snorted coldly, and glanced at the slender strip with disdain, his nose raised with disdain.

"Hey, hey, hey, it's really interesting, it's so exciting to see a coach!" Bynum and Phil Jackson are old acquaintances, undoubtedly the most calm of all the people on the scene, and they don't know what they are laughing at.

Three center forwards.

If you don't count O'Neal Jr., who has not completely recovered from injury, even if he counts, Xiao O'Neal is also from playing the No. 4 position, but now the speed has gone down, the bounce has gone down, and the No. 5 position does not suffer a little, and it must not be regarded as an orthodox center - the Sacramento Kings already have three centers.

This is quite perfect for a team, and the thickness of the inside line is extremely sufficient. But for the king, it was just a routine operation.

"McGee and Andrew, although both of them have starter-level strength, both of them are a bit glass-oriented, and they still need to have a reserve." At the time of the draft meeting, when the follow-up transaction plan had been determined, Gu Yu put forward such an opinion to the management.

So, in the 2013 draft, the Kings, who only had a 25th pick in the first round, chose a defensive interior player from a foreign country, a super long-hand monster - Rudy Gobert.

At that time, many media, ball critics, and experts couldn't understand the choice of the Kings, after all, the Kings at that time already had a future All-Star center like Cousins, and what was really lacking was an outside gate like Andre Robertson to replace the aging Uncle Garcia - Francisco Garcia.

And Gobert's speed is not too fast, and it is still doubtful whether his running and jumping ability can adapt to the rhythm of the NBA. It seems a bit of a lack of consideration to take down such a big man.

However, it was originally the order at the end of the first round, and the probability of getting any good seedlings was very low, but everyone didn't criticize the Kings team, who they like to choose, and you can't complain about others anyway, right?

So why did the Kings choose Gobert?

As an All-Star level center, the new manager of the Kings, Divac, will he look away from the center position?

"Take a roll call and hear your name shout 'to'!" The teaching assistant took the roster and said, "Rudy Gobert! ”

"Here! To to, to, to, to!! Gobert was so excited that he was about to start his NBA journey, and his excitement was understandable.

The veteran players on the side of "Hahahaha...... — and only the "old players" for Gobert, and there are only a handful of real veteran players on the Kings' current team — laughed out loud, as if they remembered when they first came to the league.

"Don't be so excited, you'll have to suffer in the future, haha!" Paul George reached out and patted Gobert on the shoulder, smiling and nodding.

"Yes! Got it! Gobert nodded like a new soldier, triggering another burst of laughter.

People are quite cute, but ......

"It's really high......!" Many players nodded silently in their hearts, this Gobert is simply a giant tower when viewed closely, and in today's small-ball era, the sense of presence is too strong.

The real height of 7 feet 0.5 inches, and the height of shoes reaches 7 feet 2, which is about 218 centimeters in height when simply converted, and is absolutely at the level of a historical monster.

What's even more exaggerated is Gobert's arm span, 7 feet and 8.5 inches of arm span is simply dizzying, and the standing height reaches a terrifying 9 feet 7 inches, and he can almost dunk when he stands on the spot. With your hands spread horizontally, the entire restricted area is stuffed. If this guy really has a lot of defensive talent as the scouting report said, he will become a DPOY-level interior gate in the future, just around the corner.

Coupled with the 9.75-inch hand length, 10-inch hand width Tianling giant palm, and the body fat content of 4.4, every detail of this guy can't help but remind people of the former Nuggets interior defense god and defensive data madness Camby.

In contrast, the 237-pound underweight weight, 3.57 seconds of three-quarter sprints, 12.85 seconds of box switchback, 25-inch bounce on the spot and 29-inch run-up bounce, these somewhat poor dynamic stats make the biggest difference between this player and those American trapeze beasts.

Such a player, in order to become an inside gate, requires a lot of experience accumulation, and someone must be on the training ground, constantly impacting him, honing him, and torturing him, so that his talent can be realized to the greatest extent.

Unlike McGee and Bynum, Gobert's static physical advantage is extremely difficult to play to the extreme, and his defensive awareness is extremely difficult.

The Kings seem to have made a somewhat risky choice, and it is difficult to say what the follow-up situation will be and whether they can cultivate to the height they want.

"Andrew Bynum!"

"It's here, hehe." Compared with Gobert, Bynum was much calmer, nodding with a smile, and the previous anger in the free agent market seemed to have disappeared without a trace.

But these days when I'm practicing with Bynum, everyone is aware of one thing:

As long as Gu Yu is present, Bynum will be completely transformed.

When he saw Gu Yu, Bynum was like Batman seeing the Joker, hating and fearing, hating and wanting to strangle Gu Yu directly, and fearing that Gu Yu's madness would directly ruin his whole world.

The so-called "awe", combined with the "goal of life", I am afraid that this is what it means.

"Javier McGee!"

"Here! Roar——!!! McGee was very excited, and there were two strong rivals in the center position, which seemed to have aroused McGee's desire to play well.

Although there were some acquired problems with mental concentration, McGee was unable to maintain 100% concentration for the full 48 minutes. But as long as he is mentally focused enough, his power at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends will be devastating.

It's also funny to say that among the three centers of the Kings, two "veterans" have problems with mental concentration, but it is the rookies who have the best concentration, which can be regarded as quite complementary.

If you want to play a position, Bynum can be invincible in the low post in today's league. If you want to play a fast attack counterattack, McGee will be left behind by him when he takes a long step. If you want to play static defense, Gobert is definitely worth looking forward to.

All three of them are seven feet tall, have extra-long arm spans, and all have divine palms, which can circle the earth five times together.

The center position of the Kings in the new season, without Cousins, seems to have dropped a step all of a sudden. But in reality, this is not the case.

The most commendable thing about these three people is that they will not be like Cousins, who will preempt the strongest point of the King's outside line too much - Gu Yu's handling space and chemistry will undoubtedly get better.

The center position, the build is complete.

"Mario Speight!"

"Yes." Papa Speights raised his hand.

The face looks like a butcher killer, but it has a precise mid-range shot, a delicate silk feel like embroidery, and can hit the opponent's defense without the ball at all. Speights is really a necessary artifact to open up space, have cold convulsions, and kill people and goods at home.

"Draymond Green!"

"To !!" Green's figure shrunk a lot at once, but as a famous monster Shrek on the court, Green's momentum was even greater than that of the previous giants.

His role is self-evident: setter or even setter, commando, stealing Taqi soldiers, defensive sharp knives, whether it is outside and inside, whether it is small and fast or thick and strong, you can defend it in front of whoever you grab. It also comes with the explosive attribute of mental power MAX, and it is definitely fortunate that a team can have such a player.

Coupled with O'Neal Jr., who has not returned from injury, the No. 4 position of the Kings team also has experience, range, defense, strategy, height, and frame protection, and the only thing that is a little short is the fight for rebounding, which seems to be a little worse.

However, the Kings have also found a solution to this problem in the free market.

Although this plan is old, although there are such and such problems, but only when it comes to grabbing rebounds, except for the great god Chen Mu in the whole league, he said that third, no one dares to admit second, and Howard has to bow down to the rebounding rate per unit of time.

"Reggie Evans!"

“YEEEEEEEEES-SIR！！！！” The never-ending rebounding machine, the enlightenment mentor of the great god Chen Mu in rebounding card positions, the egg-catching man Reggie Evans, join the king!

At this point, the No. 4 position of the Kings has also been assembled. Different situations, different solutions, no superstars, not even quasi-All-Star level players, the thickness of the King's No. 4 position is still quite impressive.

"Okay, here's the number three ......"

"Where's Russell......?" The assistant coach continued to report the name of the dish, but Phil Jackson frowned slightly, looked around, and did not find Westbrook.

"Like...... Still fighting ...... cousin" Paul George said with a black line: "All summer, the two of them really won't get tired......"

Still heads-up?

Phil Jackson was also surprised, he was abused by Gu Yu for a whole summer, Wei Shao, haven't you been convinced? ?

Are this guy's nerves made of Erdman metal???