NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 17 Nick Young

The starting five Tigers of the Warriors are indeed terrifying.

So far this season, the scoring leader is their head star Stephen Curry, averaging 31 points per game.

Whether it is offensive efficiency or defensive efficiency, the Warriors rank among the top three in the league.

After watching the game between the Warriors and the Rockets, Lin Tian is already looking forward to the match with the Warriors.

But their next game is against the Suns.

After playing back-to-back games this time, the players rarely had three days to rest.

However, the Lakers also have training on their rest days.

Lin Tian didn't get up too late the next day. When he came to the Lakers arena, Kobe had already practiced with the trainer in the arena.

Kobe's shoulders are very uncomfortable recently, and he has to put thick ice packs on his shoulders to recover after every game.

And he also has a private therapist, and today his private therapist is also on site.

Played more than 30 games this season, Kobe just missed 5 games.

Compared with last season, his data has declined visible to the naked eye, and his shooting percentage has only just reached [-]%.

This has a lot to do with his shoulder injury.

Lin Tian and Kobe just nodded tacitly, and then started a day of training.

Soon, other players of the team came to the arena one after another, and the coach began to organize the players to practice together.

During training, Kobe rarely spoke, and his personality seemed a bit out of place.

The team's Nick Young was very active. He had a good time with the No. [-] pick Russell. He talked about his affair in the nightclub in front of everyone, which also became his capital to show off.

Lin Tian was practicing well. After Nick Yang finished talking with Russell, he walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder: "Hey! Lin! You are really good!"

"Thank you for the compliment, it's okay." Lin Tian grinned.

"The salary you get now ranks third in our team!" Nick Young patted Lin Tian on the shoulder, "You guy! This year's salary is three times higher than mine!"

"Really? So you are 500 million a year?" Lin Tian asked.

"Yeah, the money is not enough for me to buy a villa." Nick Yang blinked, "You signed such a big contract, why don't you invite me to dinner?"

"If you have the chance, you can." Lin Tian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"By the way, do you have a girlfriend?"

"Uh...not yet."

"Haha! That would be great! Shall I introduce you to some? Do you like that type? You know? I know some really nice girls who want to meet you."

Russell also joined in the fun and came over: "You are so handsome and you don't have a girlfriend?"

Nick Yang took back his mobile phone from the sidelines, and then opened the photo album, intending to show Lin Tian the photos of the girls in his photo album.

At this time, Kobe suddenly shouted: "Hey! Yang! I advise you to stay away from Lin! He is different from you.

Nick Yang put away his phone in embarrassment.

Lin Tian asked curiously: "Yang, don't you also have a girlfriend? But you still have pictures of other women?"

Nick Yang showed a boasting expression: "My God! You don't intend to hang yourself on a tree in your life, do you?"

His words made Lin Tian smile bitterly: "I advise you to be more careful."

Lin Tian came from time travel. If he remembers correctly, according to the normal historical development, the famous "Video Gate" incident between Nick Young and Russell will happen soon.

In the previous life, the "Videogate" incident had largely affected the future of Nick Young and Russell.

Nick Young was split by the diva fiancée, Russell was sent to the Nets in 2017…

However, Lin Tian may not be useful even if Lin Tian reminds someone like Nick Yang who is outspoken.

Nick Yang didn't take Lin Tian's words seriously, but he didn't say anything else.

For the next two days, Lin Tian spent most of the time in the arena.

Even on New Year's Day, I stayed in the arena all day.

Endless training is very boring, but fortunately, there is Nick Young, a living treasure, to liven up the atmosphere from time to time.

When he was free, he would often talk to Lin Tian about what he had seen and heard in nightclubs, which made Lin Tian stunned.

Nick Yang even secretly gave Lin Tian the contact information of the young girl without telling Kobe, but Lin Tian turned around and threw the note into the trash can.

He wasn't interested in it at all.

The time came to August 1.

After [-] o'clock in the evening, Lin Tian and the others came to the stadium to warm up.

Bryant told the team that his shoulders were extremely uncomfortable and it was even difficult to raise his hands, so the team decided to exclude him from the roster.

Lin Tian will make his debut today.

Because it was a home game against the Suns, the Staples Center was packed.

Tickets for the Lakers this season have long been sold out.

The fans of the home team only found out a few hours ago that Kobe would not be playing today. They were very angry, but they all came, so they had to wait and see.

While warming up, Nick Yang suddenly walked up to Lin Tian and said, "Lin! Jack Nicholson is here today!"

"Oh." Of course Lin Tian knew about this person. Jack Nicholson is a Hollywood star who once starred in "The Bucket List", but it has nothing to do with him.

There are really not a few big stars who come to the Staples Center to watch the game.

Noticing that Lin Tian was not in high spirits, Nick Yang joked: "I know! It must be that there are no female stars to watch the game tonight, so you are not happy!"

Lin Tian didn't bother to pay attention to Nick Young, and concentrated on practicing shooting.

He actually still has a weakness now, that is, his mid-range and three-point shooting percentages are not very high.

Once opponents get together in the penalty area, it will still have a big impact on his breakthrough.

It's a pity that no matter how much he imitated Anthony's movements, he still failed to replicate the peak Anthony's ability.

I don't know if the imitation is not very similar or what is going on.

After the warm-up ended, the referee blew his whistle, and the starters of the Lakers and Suns walked onto the court.

Although Kobe didn't play today, he was wearing a suit and cheering for the team on the sidelines. Sitting behind Kobe was his second daughter, Gianna Bryant, who was less than 10 years old. The little girl kept applauding excitedly.

The starters for the Lakers are: Lu Wei, Clarkson, Lin Tian, ​​Nance Jr., Hibbert.

The starting lineup of the Suns is: Brandon Knight, Devin Booker, PJ Tucker, Jon Leuer, Tyson Chandler.

It is worth mentioning that Devin Booker is also a rookie this year. He was selected by the Suns with the 13th overall pick.

So far this season, Devin Booker's performance is remarkable.

After all, the Lakers' No. [-] pick is still on the bench, but Devin Booker has secured the Suns' starting position.

The record of the two teams is "not much to give up", one is the last in the West, and the other is the second to last in the West...

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