If someone is gone, the Lakers will have to sign a new person to fill it, two rookies will definitely have to sign, and there are still two empty spots, and Kupchak is ready to sign someone in the free market.

Yang Rui only studied the list of free men for an hour, then circled two targets and called Kupchak.

"On the inside, I'd suggest finding Chuck Hayes, a 198CM center, and giving him a two-year final salary, with a team option for the second year."

“198CM？ Center? Kupchak laughed: "Did you say it wrong, or did I hear it wrong?" ”

Most people think that a player who plays small forward at 198CM is on the short side.

"That's right, he's 198CM, he was last year's undrafted rookie, and with him and Millsap, the Lakers will be stronger on the inside next season. Although the two men are short, they are very strong, they can resist people near the penalty area, and they are fast in changing defenses, their only weakness is their height, and they are poor in interference shooting, and there are other people in the team who can do these things well. Yang Rui replied.

With the addition of Dio, the Lakers have three short interior players next season, as well as a league-recognized strong three-high that can take on all types of teams on both offensive and defensive ends.

The reason why Kobe Bryant failed to defend the MVP last season has a lot to do with the Lakers' configuration, not only basketball experts, but even fans can see that the Lakers are the first in the league in terms of internal depth, and they are crushing whoever they play.

"Well, who's the other one?" Kupchak asked.

"Swingman Jason Capo, should be able to sign for a year's salary."

Noting down two names, Kupchak began to make contact.

He found that Hayes didn't even have an agent, he left his contact number, and then looked at his NBA resume, and his college data was miserable, and he was a blue-collar worker. He played in a total of 22 games last season, with 1.3 points and 3.5 rebounds. He only played 10 minutes per game on average, and his rebounding efficiency was not low.

Van Gundy didn't coach with the Rockets and went to ESPN as a commentator last season. There is no coach who likes to defend, Hayes is worse than Yang Rui in his previous life, and after losing the election, he worked as a short-term contract for the Pistons and Kings for 10 days, with no data, and no one found his value.

Hayes was delighted when he received the call and immediately expressed his intention to join.

He was preparing to go to the summer league and then try to play a preseason game for a team, and fight for a base salary by working hard defensively, but he didn't expect good things to come straight to his door.

The Lakers are willing to give him a two-year salary, even if it's a team option for the second year, which is the best he can get right now.

Only Yang Rui knows how cost-effective it is to sign this person, Hai Ye is a familiar figure to Chinese fans, 198CM tall, 109 kg in weight, known as the shortest NBA starting center, thick legs, strong lower body strength, can resist most of the league's interior lines, can resist O'Neal, Bynum who has a defense in the playoffs in 09 can't score a point, and Odom only scored two points.

Hayes's defense is predicted well, the lateral movement is fast, it is not easy to shake, and he can change the guard when he encounters a block, just like Ben Wallace, who lacks bounce and has poor arm span and blocking ability.

Moreover, Hayes is an interior player who can improve, and later, under the guidance of Adelman, he also practiced a hand near the free throw line, often passing to an open guard and scoring straight layups.

His shortcomings are also very obvious, he is short, he suffers from big men who can shoot, he still lacks the ability to score, he has no reliable means of scoring, he can't pull away, he has no containment, he can only be a simple defensive player, and he can play for a while at a specific time.

Contacting Capono has also gone well, and now he's in a state of nowhere and ready to go to summer league.

Capono's fate is different from Yang Rui's previous life, he was drafted by the Cavaliers in the second round in 2003 and had almost no chance to perform, because he was not fast, his strength was average, his rebounding was air-level, his defense was basically eye-catching, and his 203CM height was soft on the inside and slow on the outside.

Cappano only has one specialty, which is to shoot three-pointers, and he has a good anti-interference ability, and he shot 47.7% from three-point range in his first season, averaging 3.5 points per game, hitting 0.5 three-pointers.

In Yang Rui's previous life, the Cavaliers had a slightly better roster, and after the first year of play, he gave up on Capono and was selected by the Bobcats in the extended draft.

This became a turning point in Capono's career, as the Bobcats were short of swingmen, and he got a lot of appearances, averaging 18.4 minutes per game in his second season, improving his stats to 8.5 points, shooting 41.2% from three-point range, and making one shot per game, laying the foundation for his later signing with the Heat.

After arriving at the Heat, Capono played a peak 10.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists in the 06-07 season, shooting 49.4% from the field and 51.4% from three-point range. In the summer of 2007, the Raptors signed Capono on a four-year, $24 million mid-level contract, which became a famous bad contract in the NBA.

Cappono was not so lucky in this life, the Cavaliers lacked outside players, so he stayed on the team, and as a result, he only averaged 10 minutes per game the following year, scoring 3.8 points and shooting 43.8% from three-point range.

He has a solid shooting percentage, but he is a marginal man, and in the summer of 2005, the Cavaliers did not renew his contract, and he signed with the Pacers with a year's salary. It was a bad decision, the Pacers have Michael Reed here, Capono rarely gets to play, and the Pacers are average and their teammates have poor ability to attract packs, so it's hard for someone like him to play without the ball.

Last season, he averaged 4.1 points in 13 minutes per game and dropped to 39.6 percent from three-point range, without a contract extension from the Pacers. Yang Rui knew that there was no one better than Capono in the free market, and gave up on choosing a veteran.

With the addition of two rookies, the Lakers' roster for the new season has been set at fourteen.

Centre-forwards: Yao Ming, Chuck Hayes, Lamar Odom.

Power forwards: Rasheed Wallace, Boris Dior, Paul Millsap.

Small forwards: Andre Iguodala, Luke Wharton, Jason Capono.

Shooting guards: Kobe Bryant, Monta Ellis.

Point guards: Daniel Gibson, Damon Jones, Louis Williams.

The new lineup has a meat shield center, a low post attacker, a playmaking forward, a three-point shooter, a super guard, a ballless player, you name it. As long as the star is not injured, the Lakers will win the regular season next season and win three consecutive championships are almost a certainty, and Yang Rui, as a coach, the most important thing is to do a good job in rotation and ensure the health of players.

After taking care of the players, Divac and Brooks, two assistant coaches, led the team to the preseason.

Yang Rui still has a job, and he has to determine the candidate for the third teaching assistant.

Many coaches think of the Lakers gilded, and all the free men who are a little famous have submitted their resumes, and Yang Rui has seen many acquaintances, including old coaches, young people, and most of them are retired stars.

Yang Rui's several coaching questions, the answers are almost the same, these people are based on Yang Rui's previous coaching good at tactical adjustments to answer, after reading the answers, Kupchak said that it is like Yang Rui's fan questionnaire.

Although Yang Rui was happy, he excluded all those who flattered him, if these people were his fans, and the Lakers would only agree with his ideas, then what else would this assistant coach do? And he did it.

Yang Rui's previous assistant coaches, Hollins, Thibodeau, D'Antoni and others can raise objections, even if they are not adopted, they can be used as references. Hornacek is the only one who doesn't disagree with Yang Rui, and his specialty is to guide the players in some details and play to the experience of being a player.

There is only one answer that is very much in line with Yang Rui's mind, this person risked the world's disapproval, proposed to reduce the playing time of Rashid and Odom, and it was better to trade one person away directly, reusing the short No. 4 position, one big with four small.

When Yao Ming was off the court, he was in a five-small lineup, with more counterattacks on the offensive end, and the whole team grabbed rebounds on the defensive end, attacking and defending.

Yang Rui decided to ask for this person, although he has no qualifications, the youngest, his name is Brad Stevens.