The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 45 [Black Pot Man]

Mavericks VS Lakers, the key to victory lies in the play of Kobe and Nowitzki.Interestingly, both of these are controversial stars.

The Mavericks reached the finals in 2006, which can be said to be the closest year to the championship, but they were overturned by Wade and O'Neal's Heat with a 2-0 lead.Last season, the Mavericks achieved the best record in team history, 67 wins and 15 losses, almost breaking the record of 70 wins in the Bull Dynasty.They are undoubtedly the biggest favorites to win the championship, but they were eliminated by the Warriors with a frighteningly high three-point shooting percentage and lightning fast break with a total score of 4 to 2. Once "Black Eight Miracles".

The record of the Dallas Mavericks has declined sharply this season. "One bang, then decline, three exhaustion" can be used to describe them.As the absolute core of the Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki was also labeled a "soft guy".

In fact, Nowitzki is taking the blame for his teammates.In the past few seasons, the collective ups and downs of the Mavericks have made people ignore Nowitzki's personal strength.His playoff data has been gorgeous and stable. In his playoff career, there are 37 All-Star data with at least 25 points and 10 rebounds.And in this regard, only O'Neal's 62 and Duncan's 51 are better than him.In Game 2006 of the Western Conference Finals against the Suns in 50, he even scored 7 points alone.At [-] feet, he can shoot and score from anywhere on the court, and he has been super consistent every season.

The main reason for the Mavericks' delay in winning the championship should be their interesting owner Marcus Cuban.

Cuban felt that his chest muscles were not big enough, so he chose breast augmentation. After that, he became a representative of big breasts and no brains.In the transfer market, Cuban was very generous, especially willing to spend money, but made a lot of stupid deals.

The dumbest of them all was the 2004 signing of Eric Dampier.From 1996 to 2003, Dampier's statistics can only be described as horrible.Only one season in double digits in scoring, and never top 10 in rebounding.No offense, no rebounding, this kind of center would be a favor if he gave him a middle class, who would be so stupid as to give him 1000 million?The answer is Cuban.

Everyone knows that the Mavericks lacked insiders in 2004, so Cuban aggressively poached corners in the league.Just in the 2003-2004 season, in the wonderful contract year, Dampier scored 12 points and 12 rebounds per game, so Dampier began to call himself the "second center in the league".One was willing to spend money, and the other was shameless. The two people with abnormal IQs hit it off, and a seven-year 7300 million contract was born.The development of things did not exceed the expectations of the fans. Since 2004, Dampier's data has not been as good as year after year.Because of this waste, Cuban rejected Nash's contract extension, allowing the Suns to pick a big bargain.

还有迈克.芬利，这个从没入选过全明星赛的球员在2001年签下了7年1.02亿的大合同。2005年8月小牛就利用特赦条款裁掉芬利，不过他们仍然要为芬利付完剩余的工资。芬利让小牛每年要缴纳2000万的奢侈税。

In short, Cuban's management of the Mavericks is like a year, and "shit" in three years.Except for Dampier, the Mavericks only have Diop who can't attack and the young Brandon Bass inside. Unfortunately, the fans will not blame the inside players for being unfavorable, they will only say that Nowitzki is too soft.The characteristic of Nowitzki is his soft touch. If he is asked to give up his specialty and rush to the inside to compete with others, wouldn't it be putting the cart before the horse?
In contrast, Kobe is much luckier, at least he already has three championship rings.

After leaving O'Neal, Kobe has never been able to lead the team past the first round of the playoffs. He may be the most controversial star in the NBA.In this world, there are as many people who like him as there are people who hate him.

People who like Kobe can come up with a set of laws.Lakers win + Kobe high score = Kobe credit; Lakers win + Kobe low score = Kobe selfless; Lakers lose + Kobe high score = teammates are not good; Lakers lose + Kobe low score = teammate is not good + play with injuries .The referee's favoritism is also the reason these fans like to find.Kobe couldn't laugh or cry when he saw such a law.

Those who hate Kobe will say that he is selfish, that he shoots hard, and that he scores high because he takes more shots.The loss is entirely Kobe's responsibility, and his teammates are just taking the blame... With this kind of argument, no one should be willing to be Kobe's teammate, but this is not the case.Except for the leader-level players who like to attack with the ball and are obsessed with privileges, most people want to be teammates with Kobe.

Kobe has a strong desire to attack and dares to take responsibility, so the tasks of his teammates will be easier.When Kobe is feeling good, just pass the ball to Kobe and watch him ravage the opponent and you can easily win the game and have a good night.When Kobe is not feeling well, he will still attack. At this time, his teammates don't have to bear any pressure. The headline on the news must be "Kobe made only X shots from N, and the Lakers lost the game."

The Lakers will not take the blame for Kobe. If there is one person in the Lakers who is taking the blame, it is Kobe, because everyone knows that this is his team. If he is not responsible for the loss, who is responsible?
Kobe is actually a complete scapegoat, not only on the court, but also off the court.

Let’s talk about off-site first. In the summer of 2003, Colorado, the Chief Sheriff of Eagle County received a complaint from a 19-year-old hotel waiter to investigate Kobe’s sexual assault case.Bryant was recuperating at the Cordillera Hotel in Eagle County from knee surgery in Colorado.The waiter accused Bryant of sexually assaulting her in his hotel room the night before he was scheduled to undergo surgery. Bryant admitted to having sex with the accuser, but denied the accusation of sexual assault.In the end, although Kobe won the lawsuit, his image plummeted, and his character was questioned by many people.

As long as a little analysis of the whole thing, it is easy to understand the truth.With Kobe's popularity at the time, if he liked a girl, wouldn't the girl Gougou finger her obediently be delivered to her door?You must know that the United States is staggeringly open to SEX. At that time, Kobe still had TT, so how could QJ still have time to carry this?And it was in a hotel, didn't that woman resist?No one answered when you shouted to break your throat?

Afterwards, the woman took this as evidence of coercion. What the law pays attention to is evidence, and TT is an ironclad evidence. Kobe has no way to prove whether he raped the woman or committed adultery, and the woman also knew that it would be too much to forcibly sue Kobe. There will be no benefits, so the last resort is that Kobe compensated the woman 100 million US dollars for settlement and withdrew the lawsuit.Afterwards, Kobe held a press conference accompanied by his wife Vanessa, crying bitterly.At that time, most people speculated that the Eagle County waitress deliberately blackmailed Kobe, and it succeeded!
In the 2004 finals, the Lakers fell at the feet of the grassroots Pistons. No one blamed Malone, no one blamed O'Neal, no one blamed Payton, they only blamed Kobe, blamed the "QJ offender" Kobe for taking too many shots, and blamed his mistakes last year. The morale of the army was broken, and he was blamed for being a cancer in the locker room.

During the 2004 offseason, the Lakers sent O'Neal away for three reasons. One is that the conflict between O'Neal and Kobe has a long history; the other is that O'Neal's state has declined at the age of 32. Afterwards, he asked the Lions to renew his two-year, $6000 million contract with the Lakers.This kind of transaction is definitely a loss for Bass, and it is better to let the storm come earlier than to be uncomfortable in the future; thirdly, the OK combination has played together for seven seasons, and after three consecutive championships, this Lakers team has no chance of hitting the championship. Motivation, they urgently need to rebuild. The main task of rebuilding is to make the team younger and bring in some players who are more eager for the championship.Under the premise of choosing between Kobe and O'Neal, a fool will also choose the young Kobe.But the management created Kobe's responsibility, saying that he forced this great center away.So everyone is blaming Kobe, and everyone is waiting to see his jokes and see how vulnerable the Lakers' inside line is without O'Neal protecting the penalty area.

In 2005, the Lakers fell short in the last minute of the playoffs.So everyone laughed, and they all said: "Kobe, without that big fat man, you are nothing. Even though you already have three championship rings, they are all given to you by O'Neal!"

In 2006, Kobe won the scoring title and stumbled to lead the Lakers into the playoffs, but was reversed in the end, and the Suns staged a miracle 4:3.In the same year, the Clippers actually entered the second round. This is a great irony for the Lakers. In the same year, the big man who was dumped by the Lakers won the first championship in the history of the Heat with Wade in Miami. .Kobe won the data in the first round, lost the game, and became a laughing stock again.

In 2007, Kobe started again, but everyone still didn't like him. O'Neal even laughed at him, saying that he could only be a little brother behind his own back, and Kobe's championship was given by the great Shaker.Kobe didn't respond, but just proved himself with soaring points every game. Then some people saw his scores and said he was a "brush" indifferently, and even said that he affected the performance of his teammates.In the playoffs, the Lakers once again fell at the feet of the sun.At that time, Kobe also felt hesitant. He began to direct and perform a farce, forcing the Lakers to find good helpers. Even Chicago printed Kobe's No. 24 jersey. At the beginning of the new season, everyone thought the Lakers were finished. In the end he stayed.

Now, this man who has taken many scapegoats has finally found a qualified helper.When interviewed by reporters before the game, Kobe was full of confidence in this long game. He said: "We will definitely win this game, because we have a hungry wolf, and he can eat a calf."

Kobe's evaluation made Ye Feng puzzled again.Kobe trusted him very much, and Ye was satisfied with his performance.In this case, will the Lakers trade him out of the team?
(End of this chapter)