Chapter 163: The New Season Begins
The Xiangjiang place is very small, Liu Su only stayed here for two days, and then moved to Taiwan, and then South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, these important yellow gathering places, are all gathering places for Liu Su's fans. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
After a month, Liu Su completed these commercial activities, wantonly making money, these commercial activities are all celebrity notices, and Liu Su can earn at least one million or more.
After paying the tax, Liu Su circled more than 50 million. On September 10, Liu Su returned to Los Angeles and began training to prepare for the new season.
Dunleavy Sr. signed two more players, Magic free agent Milicic to supplement the interior. Milicic is the star of the '03 list, but the past few seasons Milicic has not been very successful, and in recent years he has averaged only 8 points per game, showing that he is a role player, and he does not fit the list at all.
So it didn't cost much to sign Milicic Sr. Dunleavy. In '04, Milicic played soy sauce and mixed a championship ring with the Pistons, so he wasn't so eager for a championship. But Milicic prefers to play next to Liu Su, and he found that the Clippers' interior seems to have a good performance, whether it is rookies David Lee, Singleton, Kressmith, or Weber, Carman, Brera Xia, who have been in the league for many years, have new breakthroughs.
After signing Milicic, the Clippers still have a lot of money on their salary. The salary cap is expected to be around 55 million this season. Artest, who has the highest salary, needs 11 million, Carman and Capono need 10 million, and Kassel plus David Lee, Ryan Gomez, Rajon Rondo, and Cresssmith also need 10 million. The other players add up to only 10 million, so the Clippers are nearly 15 million away from the salary cap.
Donald had already decided to renew the contract with Liu Su in advance, and he gave Liu Su a 6-year contract of 110 million, and the salary for the first year was about 15 million. In this way, the Clippers' total salary is really around the salary cap, and even if it is exceeded, it will not exceed much, and there is no need to teach the luxury tax.
The team held a training camp, Liu Su met with the new and old players, and then invited everyone to a nightclub to have a good time, which was considered to have completed the first communication. There aren't too many thorns in the team now, and the only thorn is Artest, but Artest is just a thorn on the field, and it's still good in private.
After entering the league for so many years, Artest also wants to win the championship, so he is really satisfied with Liu Su, the strongest defender in the league is Liu Su, and Liu Su has the greatest chance of winning the championship with Liu Su.
After a month of intensive training, the team ran in tactics and the players ran in together. The elder Dunleavy also confirmed the starting lineup, Carman, David Lee, Artest, Liu Su, Rajon Rondo.
Cassel served as the sixth man and led the second team, with rookies Noah, Brera Xia, Milicic, Ryan Gomez, Rose, and Capono as the main rotations. Webb and **** Kus looked at the situation, rotated into the injury list, and the regular season lineup was so determined.
On October 10, the preseason begins. In the first game of the Clippers against the Nuggets, Liu Su and Artest and other main players only played for more than a quarter, and the rest of the time was handed over to role players and rookies to play, so that they could become familiar with the Clippers' tactical system faster. In particular, rookies and new players don't know much about the Clippers' offensive and defensive rhythm, and they must use the game to familiarize themselves with the Clippers' tactics.
The Clippers lost to the Nuggets in their first game, losing by 6 points. However, the fans did not put too much pressure on the players, after all, there are many new players and the cooperation is not very good.
In the second game against the Trail Blazers, the Clippers won. Rajon Rondo had a triple-double to lead the team to victory, and rookies Noah and Milicic both performed well, while Capono made six three-pointers.
In the third game against the Warriors, the Warriors were not as strong as last season, and many players became free agents, although some were signed, but there was still a loss of strength.
Rookie Noah showed great defensive prowess, and Dunleavy Sr. found him particularly suitable to play alongside Capono. Capono shoots accurately, but defense is a hole that needs someone to wipe his ass, and Noah is a good fit for the role. David Lee and Milicic are not very good defensively, which has seriously limited Capono's playing time.
Dunleavy Sr. found several combinations, in addition to Knoah and Capono, David Lee and Milicic also work well together, Milicic is an all-round player, just like the Lakers' Odom, can play alone, can shoot, can break through, can pass, is a tall point guard.
And now the Clippers have a lot of players who can play and run, Artest, Noah, and Capono can all play and run, plus Liu Su, David Lee, Rajon Rondo, Cassel, Carman, these original players, the Clippers' offense in the new season will be more powerful.
In this game, the old Dunleavy kept trying all kinds of combinations, and the newcomers and old people kept trying to mix and try combinations that could cause chemical reactions.
The Clippers' changeable tactics left the Warriors a little at a loss, and the Warriors fell victim to experimentation, drowning in the Clippers' constant sea of tactics.
The next two games of the Clippers against the Suns, the Suns lineup has not changed much this year, but it has ushered in a heavyweight player. That's Big Shark O'Neal, who is finally back in the West after a few seasons with the Heat.
With O'Neal, the Suns' offensive ability has become stronger, but the Suns' offensive rhythm has obviously been dragged down by O'Neal. O'Neal's attack power is indeed quite strong, but the speed is too slow, and when he comes to the Suns who play fast attack, if he wants to play a role, the Sun must slow down.
However, if you don't play fast attack, is the sun still the sun?
In the two games, the Clippers won one and lost one, and the strength of the Suns was almost detected.
O'Neal doesn't want to leave the Heat, but the Heat have lost faith in the veterans. Defeated by the Clippers in '06, he lost the closest chance he could get to a championship. The Heat didn't make it to the Eastern Conference Finals this year, and with Payton becoming a free agent, the Heat are ready to rebuild.
In order to get O'Neal, the Suns traded Marion, dismantled the original lineup, and wanted to rely on O'Neal to impact the championship.
In the last three games, the Clippers won three games against the Lakers, Kings and Warriors. The Lakers traded Fisher this year to let Fisher give Kobe Bryant, but in the face of the powerful Clippers, the Lakers also had to sink into the sand.
The Kings signed back Mike Bibby, but after leaving Artest, the Kings' defense was not as good as before, and the Clippers couldn't compare with the offense, so they were naturally defeated very easily.
The game against the Warriors was full of suspense, and the Clippers still won the game with Rajon Rondo and Milicic working well together, and with Capono's shooting.
From the current point of view, the Clippers rotate 12 basically everyone has their own role, each of them can find their own position, and the lineup is very balanced.