Chapter 218: New Season, New Atmosphere
So the Clippers team for the new season is almost enough. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Carman, Noah, Gasol Jr., Kevin Love, Milicic, Artest, Grant Hill, Rose, Liu Su, Capono, Rajon Rondo, Dragic, Gary Payton.
Webber and Cassel are going to retire, Webber will retire with the Warriors, and if he retires with the Clippers, the Clippers will certainly not retire his players, which will be a big regret for him. After retiring, he will report to the Clippers and join the coaching staff.
Kassel will also retire in the opener, but Kassel still does not get the honor of retiring the jersey, he has only been in the Clippers for three seasons, and his status is not as high as Liu Su, and his contribution is not enough for him to get the honor of retiring the jersey.
After flying from China to the United States, Liu Su did not go home first, but went to see Alba and his daughter first. The little one now has the appearance of some girls, and Alba learns how to take care of his daughter.
After staying with Alba for a week, Liu Su took Los Angeles, and then dealt with some Facebook matters before officially meeting with the team's rookies.
He's already met all three of the team's rookies, Kevin Love and Dragic after the draft, and Marc Gasol at the Olympics, and the two have faced off more than once.
Because the team has just changed owners, all the players feel different. When the boss was still Donald, every time the boss came, he would feel depressed, who made him racist! But now that the owner has been replaced by Liu Su, the Clippers players are relieved.
At present, the Clippers' lineup is still quite good, although the championship lineup has been disassembled, but the three new rookies are still good.
In the summer league, the Clippers played a winning record. Last year's rookies Noah and Gasol Jr. and this year's rookies Kevin Love and Dragic all participated in the summer league, Kevin Love showed super offensive ability, accurate shots, and very good at rebounding, averaging 20+10 points per game.
Noah and Gasol Jr. also performed well, but both were defensive interior players, and the statistics did not reflect it. Dragic was mediocre, but it was enough to play as a substitute.
On October 10, the Clippers started their preseason journey, although Liu Su also joined the team, but he didn't play much time, just played a few minutes in the second quarter, and played with his new teammates, and the preseason game was more about rookies and role players.
played a preseason game with the Lakers on the 10th, and the Lakers did not play the strongest lineup, Kobe Bryant and Gasol did not play for long, and more often let Odom lead the team.
Rookie Kevin Love showed super offensive ability, and he was no worse than David Lee with Rajon Rondo. And Kevin Love's defense is much better than David Lee's, and I believe it will definitely be better under Webb's tutelage.
Noah and Bynum are two evenly matched on the inside, and the two are almost the same type of player. Noah's training in the summer has not fallen behind, can you see that he has improved significantly?
Mark also showed a certain strength, much stronger than the Lakers' backup center, and dominated the interior with Noah, plus Milicic, the Clippers' interior line is much better than the Lakers.
Dragic is still underwhelming, and he hasn't been used to the NBA game yet. However, Liu Su feels that he still has a certain strength, even if he can't get up in the past few seasons, he can get up in two seasons.
With a lead of more than 20 points to win over the Lakers, Kobe Bryant was once again dissatisfied with the team's lineup, and no other teammates except him and Gasol could take the lead. But with him, it's really not easy for others to take the lead.
Thunder on the 15th, and in August the SuperSonics moved from Seattle to Oklahoma and changed their name to the Thunder. The Thunder selected a rookie this year, Westbrook, a Wade-style point guard who is good at breaking through and scoring, and his playmaking skills are not very good.
Westbrook didn't do much against Rajondo, and it was still difficult for him to break through Rajondo in one-on-one situations. Durant hasn't played much time either, he's now at the heart of the Thunder and doesn't need to prove anything in the preseason.
The Thunder's Jeff Green didn't play for too long, so he couldn't beat the Clippers' super lineup at all.
Playing back-to-back against the Kings on the 16th, the Kings did not have a very good new season, and Mike Bibby's contract expired and he did not stay. Kevin Martin sat in the position of the boss and didn't play much, and the rest were not very good players, and they were also defeated by the Clippers.
No. 19 returned to the home court against the Raptors, and Noah had an excellent performance and directly dominated the interior. The Raptors' Bosh didn't play much, and the other interior players couldn't resist the outburst Noah.
Carman suddenly sensed the threat of Noah, whose current skill level was not much worse than his. If Noah can maintain this level this season, he reckons that he will definitely be traded.
Old Dunleavy also discussed this matter with Liu Su, although the Clippers' interior line is not too crowded, there are too many players who can play, and it is difficult to allocate time. And there really is some overlap between the positions of Carman and Noah, and if Noah grows up, he will definitely have to trade one away.
Liu Su didn't agree, and Kaman's contract is not a few years old, so let's wait for Kaman to finish this contract. Now the Clippers are not short of money, and they don't have to be afraid of wasting, and if there are more inside lines, they can take a rotational rest, anyway, the regular season needs two people to be on the injury list, except for those who don't need to enter the list, the others will take turns to rest.
After the victory over the Raptors, the team immediately flew to Barcelona, Spain, and played a game against the Barcelona basketball club. This is the first time Liu Su has led the team to compete with the Spanish team, so he also attaches great importance to it, and he gives the opponent enough respect when he starts the game.
Then after a quarter, Liu Su went off the field and did not play again. opened fifteen points in one quarter, and when he didn't go all out at the beginning, Liu Soda didn't have any desire at all.
Dunleavy Sr. controls the tempo of the team and gives Mark Sr. plenty of playing time, who makes this his home turf.
In the end, a small victory of 9 points won the game, saving face for the Barcelona team.
After playing against Barcelona, they had to fly back to Los Angeles to meet the challenges of other teams.
Because of two long-haul flights in a row, the players are tired, and they will play the Suns and Trail Blazers back-to-back on the 22nd and 23rd, and the Nuggets on the 25th.
The rookies experienced the high-intensity schedule of the NBA in advance, and one by one they couldn't lift their spirits, and they lost the game by 6 points, 2 points, and 7 points.
Five wins and three losses may not seem like a good result, but it is good to be able to achieve such a record under a demanding schedule. You know, the team's three main players didn't play much, Artest played five minutes in the Lakers Barcelona game, and Carman only played three or five minutes in each game.