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"What would you like to drink, tea or coffee?" During his one-year relationship with Keyan, Tomjanovich accepted the tea culture from East Asia, and even specially collected a set of tea sets given to him by Zhuang Zhuoyuan.

But more often, this set of tea sets is just a decoration in the office, and he will only use it when occasionally entertaining guests, and the meaning of display is more than the demand for tea tasting.

"Let's drink tea. I think you have a lot to say." Before Ke Yan could speak, Tomjanovich made a decision on his own, and then began to boil water with an electric kettle. Foreigners can only make tea or boil water. Only drink hot water with coffee.

"To be honest, I don't quite agree with your plan for the new season of the Lakers. Such a Lakers team is too slow! Moreover, the inside combination of Divac and Grant lacks scoring ability. The team's scoring pressure is completely On Kobe."

In the current NBA, there is no small ball trend. The Suns' 7-second offense will sweep the league until next season, and the offense and defense of positional warfare are still the mainstream.But even so, Divac and Bryan Grant, a blue-collar insider combination, don't match at all.Don't think that Divac is a white man, plus he is the axis of the Princeton offensive system of the Kings, just think that his shooting is very stable, and his shooting outside the three-second zone is also dependent on the sky.Grant is a blue-collar in an absolute sense, and his scoring basically depends on the second offense.Such a combination, even if it can guarantee health, has no deterrent effect at all.

"Lamar Odom can indeed appear in the position of power forward, but his skills are very comprehensive, and sometimes it will limit him when placed in the position of power forward. On the contrary, he can better play on the wing position. Height advantage, and at the same time do a good job of protecting the inside. Players like Divac are much smarter than you think. Chris Webber missed most of the season last season, and the twin towers of Divac and Miller are still It has ensured that the Kings will lead the league for a long time, and he has taught Miller a lot. In the game, he can also provide Lamar with a lot of experience. "Tomjanovich put forward his own views," Kobe needs to focus on More on the offensive end, Chucky is not good at organization, we need Divac's experience to help stabilize the team."

"However, this kind of 34-year-old veteran will decline as soon as his state declines. We cannot guarantee that Divac will be able to show the performance of last season this season, including Bryan. Even if their condition can be maintained very well , Chris Mim is not an ideal substitute insider, in the long season, no one can guarantee that the team will always be healthy, we need other strengths to support the team."

Without actual performance to support it, it is still difficult to persuade Tomjanovich. Ke Yan changed his discussion strategy, focusing on improving the team's lineup. prepare.

"You have the right people, Kimi, and we don't have a lot of room to maneuver right now."

Although a wealthy team like the Lakers has a big family and a great business, it also has the common problems of a wealthy team. The internal struggle is fierce, even to the point of obstructing each other.Under the old Bath, Jenny Buss, Jim Buss and Kupchak each have their own thoughts.Even Kobe, Tomjanovich, Phil Jackson, and even Shaquille O'Neal, who has left, are all "pawns" in their struggle with each other. The action is really a bit of resistance.

"It's not very troublesome." After Ke Yan finished speaking, he handed over the materials he had prepared to Tomjanovich.

Before the start of the season, there will be basically no trades. There are three people for Ke Yan's role as reinforcements for the Lakers. They are either free agents who have not been signed so far, or marginal players from their respective teams.

"Chris Anderson, 26 years old, 6 feet 10 (209 cm), 227 pounds (103 kg), excellent bounce, good at blocking shots. As a substitute played 71 times, averaging 14.5 minutes, 3.4 points, 4.2 rebounds. Single season Blocked 114 shots and ranked 48nd in the league in blocks per 2 minutes. Competed in the dunk contest and finished 3rd. Now a free agent."

"Steve Blake, 24 years old, was selected by the Washington Wizards with the 03th overall pick in the second round of the 38 draft. In his rookie season, Blake played 75 games and averaged 18.5 points and 5.9 assists in 2.8 minutes per game .But the Wizards have Arenas and Larry Hughes at the position, so the deal isn't too difficult."

"Eddie House, 26 years old, No.2000 in the second round of 30 was selected by the Miami Heat. On August 2003, 8, he signed with the Los Angeles Clippers as a free agent. On January 13, 2004, he was exchanged to Charlotte Bobcats. As a point guard, Eddie House has limited ability to handle the ball, let alone organizational skills. But his advantages are also very prominent, he has a "fast, accurate and ruthless" three-pointer, 1% of the shots come from outside the three-point line, and the shot can be shot after moving quickly to adjust the position and the hit rate is as high as 14%.”

It is really not difficult for the current Lakers to get these low-level players in the league, and the information provided by Ke Yan can also show that these players have their own characteristics. Tomjanovich nodded: "I need to investigate further."

"Steve Blake and Eddie House can be traded in no hurry, but Anderson's signing must be done as soon as possible. He is a key to solving the team's inside athletic ability." Ke Yan once again emphasized the importance of Anderson, his The difficulty of operation is also the lowest, a basic salary contract is enough.

The biggest problem for the Lakers is rebounding. Anderson, who is known for rebounding and blocking shots, can solve this problem immediately, at least it can be used for emergency.

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When a new official takes office, Tomjanovich's speech still carries some weight in front of high-level officials.On the third day after he came to make a request to Kupchak, Birdman Anderson came to the Lakers training hall for trial training.This is also the advantage of the rich teams. Generally speaking, the trial training invitations they send out are at the forefront of the player's trial training priorities.

Anderson, who appeared in the Lakers training hall, was not quite the same as the "birdman" in Ke Yan's impression. Although he was already covered with tattoos and colorful, but at this time Anderson did not leave the tense chicken nest head of the later generations, but just a long hair. send.Even so, in the NBA where there are grotesque shapes, Anderson can be regarded as an alternative.

The image may be very different, and Anderson's style of play at this time is already very close to the birdman in the restricted area in Ke Yan's impression.This kind of trial training has always been like this. There is not much cooperation, and it is a test of the player's personal ability. In this trial training, Anderson's strengths and weaknesses are very obvious.Excellent physical fitness, can complete beautiful slam dunks, good at blocking shots, has the awareness of rushing to grab offensive rebounds, and has a good ability to complete the second offense, weak top defense ability, poor defensive positioning, and is easy to be keen on blocking shots He is shabby and has a bad personality, and the trial players are still cursing on the court.

"The overall athletic ability of the team inside is weak, and we need such a supplementary player who can run and jump." Tomjanovich, who was on the sidelines, saw Anderson's performance and gave his own opinion, supporting the signing of Anderson. .

"With such a guy with personality, our bench will be more lively." Jim Buss, who came to the training hall, also voted for it after seeing Anderson's performance.

How should I put it, to play in Los Angeles, strength is one aspect, but gimmicks are also very important.This guy, like Rodman, is interesting.