"Detailed Introduction to the First Chinese Coach in the NBA", after the Lakers' Media Open Day ended, Ke Yan briefly gave a wave of presence on the American fan forum. Many of the comments were noticed by Chinese basketball people, including Su Junyang of "Basketball Pioneer". In the second weekly magazine in September, Su Junyang published an article about Ke Yan, which "introduced" some of Ke Yan's information and posted a large number of photos of Ke Yan when he was interviewed on the Lakers' Media Day. At the same time, he called on more domestic coaches to go out, learn from foreign advanced basketball concepts, and learn from foreign strengths to control the barbarians.

However, in this report, Su Junyang had a principled problem, namely the principle of seeking truth and being pragmatic in media reports. In the article, Su Junyang said that Ke Yan was a member of Yao’s team and was responsible for helping Yao Ming with tactical translation and guidance. To put it simply, it was to do work for Yao Ming. In fact, Ke Yan became the team’s assistant coach after passing the Rockets interview. It cannot be said that he had nothing to do with Yao Ming, but it was not like Su Junyang said in the article. There is a fundamental difference between the two.

Previously, whether in the Rockets or in the Suns, Ke Yan's ranking in the coaching staff was not high. Even if the Rockets appeared around Yao Ming from time to time, it was easy to be misunderstood. At this time, he was nominally the third assistant coach in the Lakers, but on the day of the media public day, he could be said to be a big shot. He shone in the team's training game, and his card appearance obviously improved a lot.

The first Chinese assistant coach is only 25 years old, and most players are still getting rookie contracts at this age!

Because of Yao Ming's relationship, China is paying more and more attention to the NBA. Fans are looking forward to more Chinese people entering the NBA, including Yao Ming himself. They have also chosen Yi Jianlian to become a player who will enter the NBA after he becomes himself. Unexpectedly, Yi Jianlian is still waiting for the right opportunity to participate in the draft, but Ke Yan is the first to emerge as a coach.

Su Junyang's article attracted widespread attention from domestic basketball fans. Immediately, editors of other websites followed suit, searching for information about Ke Yan everywhere and publishing similar reports. For a time, Ke Yan became a hot figure in the domestic basketball world.

However, what everyone searched everywhere was false news, and there was a situation of "rumor spreading". One media deduced part of Ke Yan's experience based on the news of another media, and another media continued to process the jokes of this media, and forced a Ke Yan that everyone imagined.

Xu Yi, editor of ESPN Huaxia District, also keenly noticed this hot topic and felt that this project could be developed and discussed well. He immediately applied to the management and went to the United States to conduct an interview with Ke Yan.

"Although it's just an assistant, it's really not easy to have a Chinese face on the NBA stage. Many reports surrounding Ke Yan are now leaked from the Internet. I think a lot of information has not been confirmed by myself. Complete an exclusive interview in person can confirm many things. With this hot news, we can further enhance our credibility!" When facing the superiors questioning the necessity of "interviewing an assistant coach", Xu Yi fought hard!

Due to Yao Ming's relationship, the NBA's influence in China is increasing day by day, and the news about the NBA is very clicked. Xu Yi's debate eventually received support from senior management, and then applied to the US headquarters...

"Seattle Supersonics, Key Arena."

"NBA 04-05 season, first preseason game."

"The Lakers vs. The Supersonics!"

As the on-site speech came to an end, the fans of the Key Stadium burst into a tsunami-like wave.

Although this is only a preseason game, after all, the first game after the NBA's quit for several months was almost full.

Objectively speaking, the Supersonics' achievements in the past few years are really a bit sorry for the support of the fans. After Payton left, the Supersonics' reconstruction road was still going on hard and slowly. The team originally planned to reorganize with Allen as the core. Supersonics manager Sand, who was determined to renew his contract with Allen, received a quotation of 100 million yuan for five years. This price far exceeded the Supersonics' expectations and also made the renewal issue deadlock.

This season, the team's main point guard Brent Barry went away from the Spurs. You should know that last season, Barry was the Supersonics' assist and steal king, and his three-point shooting percentage was also the highest. His departure was a big blow to the Supersonics, which was originally "poverty and weak". The team can be said to have nothing in the summer transfer market. Apart from using center Booth to exchange for the Mavericks' abandoned player Fordson, there are no trades worth paying attention to.

However, for Ke Yan, he did not dare to underestimate this SuperSonics team at all. I still remember that in this year, the SuperSonics became the super dark horse in the league. The "Incomparable Arrow Formation" formed by Ray Allen, Lewis, Radmanovic, Daniels, Ridno and others was the first team in the league in the Warriors who used outside shooting as their main offensive means. One by one, one by one, it was dazzling. The team also ranked third in the Western Conference for a long time, and successfully broke through the strong enemy Kings in the first round of the playoffs and reached the Western Conference semi-finals.

The reason for losing to the Spurs in the end was also very frustrating. In this round of the series, the Spurs defeated Ray Allen and Lewis and passed the score with a 4:2 score.

Leading this group of players who were previously despised has played a legendary season. McMillan, who is also the team's head coach, has definitely made a contribution. He is a "poor version" Jerry Sloan, "slow", "stubborn", "suppressing geniuses", emphasizes defense, fight for rebounds and has tactics on offensive rhythm, and likes to call a timeout. He can lead the Supersonics to take off this season. For the specific reasons, you can know the contracts of the players in the Supersonics. Ray Allen, Daniels, Jerome James, Radmanovic, and Reedno, all came to the contract year. The combat effectiveness of players in the NBA contract year is understandable!

The Lakers' lineup is basically the same as the main lineup in the previous training game. Anderson, who performed significantly suppressing Mime in the training game, is still sitting on the bench. Tom Janovic has his own considerations for this arrangement. After all, it is a training game, and it is unnecessary to adjust the team's lineup rotation set before the season. It is still in the preseason stage, so you can continue to examine the performance of the players. With a more sufficient game sample, it will be more convincing to adjust the lineup at that time.

The Supersonics also sent a lineup planned for the new season, Reedno, Ray Allen, Lewis, Radmanovich, and Jerome James.

The Lakers are eager to stabilize fans' confidence after the sudden change in the summer. The Supersonics are the team's home debut in the new season, and the key stadium is rarely full in the bad market. If you don't perform well, the boss will not agree!

Jumping ball in the middle line. Jerome James won the jump ball and handed the ball to Ridno. The latter dribbled through half the court. Ray Allen used the cover to catch the ball, and Kobe went around the cover to chase and defend. Radmanovic, who had completed the pick-and-roll, ran down to the bottom corner. After Ray Allen received the ball, he passed the ball directly, creating an opportunity to shoot an open spot, and the latter raised his hand and hit a three-pointer!

For the Supersonics, this is a very smooth external cooperation. On the Lakers, Kobe and Grant's tacit understanding on the defensive end obviously needs to be strengthened!
Chapter completed!