185. Change
Wu Dawei didn't know whether Michael Beasley could listen. Of course, he sincerely hoped that Michael Beasley could listen, but all this depends on Michael Beasley himself.
However, what made Wu Dawei feel relieved was that at least after transferring from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Michael Beasley was more diligent than before.
This is indeed the fact that Michael Beasley may be at the most diligent moment of his life. At least when Wu Dawei and Michael Beasley were teammates at the Miami Heat, he had never seen Michael Beasley so diligent.
Every training class must be received, and it is never late. The tasks assigned by the team's head coach in training will be completed in time or even exceeded, which was something that was not something that people dared to think of in the past.
Now, obviously, Michael Beasley has an upward heart. That's why he works so hard. It is precisely because of this that Wu Dawei also feels that perhaps Michael Beasley will follow his advice after his words and become more and more active on the defensive end.
However, for Wu Dawei, the top priority is his own injury. Because if he is absent like this, it will not only have an impact on the team, but also on Wu Dawei himself.
After all, he will definitely choose the player option next summer, which is something he and his agent Bonnie Laurelin have already discussed, so despite his reputation, Wu Dawei still hopes to achieve an excellent result this season.
So for Wu Dawei, he not only needs to take care of his injuries, but also needs to maintain his condition as much as possible. At least he must ensure that he can integrate into the team as quickly as possible after returning to the basketball court.
So it’s not just Michael Beasley’s training is hard-working. Wu Dawei was also very hard-working during the recovery stage.
Although he does not have a sense of crisis, Wu Dawei does not want to show as outstanding performance as before after he returns from injury. If you have ever stood at the peak, you will definitely feel the same as that of other places.
Wu Dawei doesn't want to end up like this, so he naturally has to work harder. Moreover, the current situation of the Cleveland Cavaliers makes Wu Dawei feel extremely worried.
The record of 6 wins and 12 losses is unbearable, but the problem is that the new season has just started for less than two months, and the Cavaliers are only able to rank ninth in the East.
You know, they were the defending champions of last season. Perhaps no team has ever fallen to the bottom in the second season after winning the championship in the previous season.
This situation makes people frown. This situation is really bad for the Cleveland Cavaliers, because if they continue to play like this, maybe they will be given the most powerful defending champion before the title of defending champion...
This is not a good reputation. The entire Cleveland Cavaliers will definitely not like such a title. Of course, they hope to avoid such a tragic thing. And if they want to avoid such a tragic ending, then naturally, the only way is to reverse the current bad record.
However, it is not an easy task for the team's head coach Byron Scott to reverse this situation in a short period of time. At least so far, he still has no clue about it.
Although Wu Dawei's appearance made Byron Scott's position as the coach, since he was still recovering from his injuries, this problem was understood in his heart. Byron Scott could not rely on Wu Dawei in a short period of time...
Without Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard, Byron Scott was unable to find any effective way to solve the current difficult situation.
This is one of the few ways to sign players from the transfer market. Byron Scott has discussed with the team's general manager Dan Ferry, but they don't have many good ways and candidates.
First, the Cleveland Cavaliers' salary space is not very sufficient; second, they don't have much good chips in their hands. The best chip may be last year's No. 1 pick Kyrie Irving, and his performance is also very good now. It can be regarded as a genius who is about to play, so the Cleveland Cavaliers will definitely not trade him. Because in the future, the Cleveland Cavaliers still expect Kyrie Irving to form a Big Three combination with Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard!
Moreover, although the team boss gave Dan Ferry great comfort in terms of money, he has not yet reached the point of spending money. Therefore, Dan Ferry is unlikely to introduce some very famous players, because in that way, it is not a question of whether to surpass the boundaries of luxury taxes, but a question of how much it takes!
Although Daniel Gilbert agreed that Dan Ferry would let the team's salary space exceed the limit of luxury tax, he did not agree to let Dan Ferry exceed too much without limit. Although he also understood that winning the championship would not exceed the limit of luxury tax, there was basically no chance, but in principle, of course he would save as much as possible...
Nowadays, there are no good choices in the market. This makes Byron Scott feel an incredible headache, which means that he needs to rely on the existing group of players in his hands to turn the situation around.
The same lineup was used to be. The Cavaliers only achieved a record of 6 wins and 12 losses, so this is why Byron Scott was having a headache at this time.
Because it is indeed very difficult to change the situation in an instant by relying on the original team. So in the training class before the start of the 19th game of the Cleveland Cavaliers this season, although they were already in good condition, the expression on Byron Scott's face was still gloomy...
At this time, what surprised Byron Scott the most was that after the training class was successfully completed, and when he had not found any way to reverse the current dilemma, Michael Beasley, who had just transferred from the Minnesota Timberwolves this summer, actually took the initiative to find him.
This was the first time Michael Beasley took the initiative to find Byron Scott, who was the team's head coach. This made Byron Scott feel very surprised. But when he thought about it, he could think about what Michael Beasley was looking for him for.
As a starting small forward player for the Minnesota Timberwolves last season, Michael Beasley naturally couldn't accept the transition from starting to substitute so easily.
However, Byron Scott has considered to let him replace Wu Dawei as the starting third player on the team during the period when Wu Dawei was absent. After all, Moon is indeed not very good in his personal ability, especially the team's help on the offensive end is not very much, which is far worse than Michael Beasley.
It’s just that Moon is very active on the defensive end, while Michael Beasley’s defensive behavior is not very fond of Byron Scott. This is one of the reasons why Byron Scott put Michael Beasley on the bench.
Now Michael Beasley is coming to him, undoubtedly for his role in the team. He must have felt dissatisfied, and Byron Scott also knew that this young man has always been rebellious and might be here to find fault.
So Byron Scott was mentally prepared, but after he was mentally prepared for Michael Beasley to make trouble, he did not expect that Michael Beasley's first words when he saw him were to say to him, coach, I'm ready to change myself...
This was the beginning that Byron Scott did not expect. He thought Michael Beasley was here to smash the situation, but obviously the situation was not the case. He was stunned by this, and Michael Beasley could not allow him to continue saying: "I know I can't ask you anything. You must have your own plan for the team. I also know that my previous performance must have disappointed you, but please believe me, from the next game, I will work harder!"
After Michael Beasley finished speaking, he said goodbye to Byron Scott, which even caught Byron Scott off guard. He looked at Michael Beasley's background in amazement, and had not even digested what he had said to him before.
What does this kid want to do?
This was the first question that echoed in Byron Scott's mind, but no matter what Michael Beasley wanted to do, Byron Scott remembered what he had said to him before and he wanted to make changes.
Change?
Is he talking about changes on the basketball court? Byron Scott is not clear, but if Michael Beasley really wants to do this, then Byron Scott certainly agrees. Because now the team is the time when the change is most needed, this is what the Cleveland Cavaliers need most at the moment!
So vaguely, Byron Scott was eagerly looking forward to this... (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!