Kupchak was stunned that he didn't find Liu Ren's agent contact information, and when he thought about it, this kid didn't have an agent! Only then did he understand why no one had used the selling point that Liu Ren was Chinese for two years to make publicity, and he had not heard of any endorsement contracts for Liu Ren. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This playoffs are about to start, and he can't discuss this matter directly with Liu Ren, although he doesn't have any expectations in this year's playoffs, but he can't lose too badly.

When Gasol and Kobe Bryant were reimbursed, Kupchak didn't expect to win in the playoffs, but now it seems that the momentum is good, and the new system of the Spurs is not soft in the playoffs once or twice, and it is not impossible to win them.

Now people's impression of the new Spurs is still in the playoffs of 11 and 12, the first time was the black eight, the second time was the playoffs were overturned 0-2, all of which were the performance of soft-footed shrimp, Kupchak still wanted to have a black seven in the playoffs, so as to save the face of the Big Four and almost couldn't enter the playoffs.

If Liu Ren knew Kupchak's thoughts, he could only send it. The Spurs lost in the playoffs in 11 and 12, in Liu Ren's opinion, it was not a bad performance, not a system problem, but a necessary element for the Spurs to win the championship in the new century, a small forward with top defense!

11 years have not traded Leonard, 12 years Leonard is still too vegetable, was beaten by Durant, this year Leonard has the ability to be the best defensive player, almost to the back of the super defensive player who sees whom.

Now the Spurs are most afraid of a team that is much more than them in a certain position, such as teams like the Thunder, Lakers, and Grizzlies, Durant of the Thunder, Howard of the Lakers, and Randolph of the Grizzlies.

It's not just Kupchak who is bad, but Spurs general manager Buford is also big, and he didn't get the contact information of Liu Ren's agent after a lot of connections.

After receiving instructions from Popovich to poach people, Buford stayed in Los Angeles and watched the game between the Rockets and the Lakers, and Liu Ren showed no worse talent than Leonard! It should be said that it is much stronger than Leonard! That kind of adaptability on the field, the ability to read and destroy the opponent's defense is very amazing, and the physical fitness is simply explosive.

Buford has always admired Popovich's vision, and this time he admires it even more, as for Liu Ren, it seems that his shooting is a bit bad, especially the free throw shooting rate is less than 30%, but is this problem a problem? Duncan also had a time when he shot more than 50% from the free-throw line, but now he doesn't practice to more than 80%!

For young players, the penalty difference is not a problem at all, and Liu Ren's strongest point is the destruction of the opposing defense, which is needed by any team, and can be paired with almost any type of player.

The pitcher needs Liu Ren to attack the inside to attract the defense, the point guard needs this kind of penetrator who tears the opponent's defense with his running, and the center needs a helper who can help grab rebounds after he blocks the opponent's inside......

And if you have good physical fitness, you will have talent in defense, even if the defense is really poor, you can be trained to defend well when you come to Popovich.

The most powerful thing about Popovich is, in Buford's opinion, not the tactical system, not the on-the-spot command, but his defense!

Defending is more of a matter of attitude, Popovich came out of the army and is the best at correcting the attitude of the players, and even the player like Dior, who was used to D'Antoni's defensive attitude before, has become a barrier on the inside.

Compared with these two, Morey breathed a sigh of relief, although he is a calculating person, but he also has a good relationship with other teams, he went directly to Kupchak to ask for contact information, Kupchak once owed Morey a favor when he traded Jordan Hill, Kupchak said that Liu Ren did not have an agent, and Morey reported to the pressure mountain that the matter was over.

While the player is still under contract, the management of other teams is not allowed to have direct contact with the player regarding the transfer.

If the Rockets want to make an offer to Liu Ren, it will wait until the free market opens.

On April 22, 2013, after a few days of recuperation, the Lakers traveled to San Antonio to begin their playoff journey this year.

Liu Ren knows that this year's playoffs will be a series in which the Lakers have completely fallen out of the ranks of the strong teams.

Howard's attitude determines the next development of the Lakers, and trying to keep Howard is the key to the Lakers' next team building, but Liu Ren knows that Howard will never stay, and this playoffs will be Howard's last few games with the Lakers.

It was a tragedy from the start, and at this point, Howard didn't have the heart to play on this team anymore anyway.

The Lakers will eventually lose in this round of the playoffs against the Spurs, and Liu Ren is unwilling, but he can only admit it.

Now that he knows that the Lakers will definitely lose, Liu Ren can only accept it, and he understands that the most important thing he has to do now is not to care about Howard's affairs, but to fight for his next contract.

If you want to get the next contract, you have to make it yourself!

"Whatever, Howard is leaving my bird business? I've definitely got a lot of playing time in those games, and if I can play the kind of stats that Wells did when he played the Spurs, I won't have to worry about my next contract. Coupled with the fact that I am Chinese, I think the Lakers will definitely not let me go, otherwise they will not trade Jeremy Lin in a year. Thinking of this, Liu Ren was a little less worried.

What should come will come after all, Liu Ren kept training in anxiety to prepare for the playoffs, and the game came as scheduled.

Sure enough, as Liu Ren expected, after the game with the Spurs started, Howard was completely out of shape, and the interior defense was gone, and he was suddenly turned into a sieve by the Spurs, and Duncan seemed to be back to 27 years old instead of 37 years old, abusing Howard to death.

Therefore, Liu Ren never thought about passing the ball from the beginning of the game, and rushed to the inside line with the ball when he had the opportunity, constantly breaking through the basket to score, and frantically shooting to score points.

If the Lakers want to win, they have to open the situation from Howard, Howard has no fighting spirit, no defense, and was beaten by the old man Duncan, and the Lakers lost the first game without suspense.

Howard had six points and nine rebounds on 2-of-10 shooting, and Liu Ren had 22 points on 9-of-23 shooting.

After learning about the Lakers' situation, Popovich beat the water dogs, first creating public opinion before the second game, and the second game was still in San Antonio, Popovich let the local media ridicule Howard and brought the conflict between Howard and the Lakers to the table.

San Antonio also has no shortage of Lakers fans, and various sports forums and social media are all invective against Howard and his attitude to the game. Naturally, someone as active as Howard learned about these things very quickly, and when he saw that public opinion was full of news against him, he became even more depressed and even more discouraged from the game.

The absent-minded Howard had a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds in the second game, but he went off with six free throws at the start of the second half.

The Lakers suffered a two-game losing streak.