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Chapter 517 Management Meetings

After beating the 76ers.

The Lakers started with two consecutive victories and crushed their opponents one after another. In the following schedule... Kobe and Crotty's training has been on the right track, and exaggerated training volume has become the two standard mental illnesses of the Lakers team.

It's not that other people don't train, it's really that no one wants to be on par with these two.

Although the reward period for hard training is long, the two who have been training harshly have also made obvious progress.

First up is Crotty.

His talent is not outstanding. Whether it is jumping, strength or instant explosive power, he can only be regarded as second-rate and above-average. He lacks offensive ability. This is the most important reason why he was not selected in the draft.

The reason why he can achieve today's role on the defensive end depends more on his lateral movement speed on the front line; his always active defensive attitude; various concealed small moves inherited from Stockton, and his own relentless ruthlessness.

As for Kobe...

He has maintained 20+ points in the first two games of the season, and his potential performance is quite high. In addition to his young age, strong plasticity, and regular crazy training, he has developed various offensive methods such as pull-ups, lateral moves, fade-backs, and cross-step jumpers. Speeding up, naturally allocated part of the playing time.

Although the remuneration can no longer be compared with the previous two games, it is indeed ushered in a best opportunity for development, frantically absorbing the court experience that he personally lacks most at present, and dealing with it on the spot.

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However...the Lakers, who seem to have a smooth future, also have problems.

Unlike the slow handover at point guard, Kobe and Eddie's old handover was too fast.

The most direct impact of this on everyone is that the distribution of the ball has a completely different direction from last season, and the existence of Kobe not only compresses Eddie's time, but also cuts off Ceballos and Campbell. shot.

You know, possession of the ball has always been a sensitive topic for all teams.

The boss can't play too much, Li Shengli's ability has been exaggerated to the point where everyone kneels down, but Kobe is different.

Newcomers with no qualifications and no grades have to share the ball and time when they come up. The contradictions in this will only gradually expand with time. Although there is no outbreak for the time being, there are still discordant voices in the Lakers team.

Simply put, this is the most immediate conflict of interest.

Li Shengli also encountered the same problem.

This kind of thing happened when the Hornets partnered with Larry Johnson. This was the initial cause of the conflict, but Larry Johnson's solution was to squeeze Li Shengli away.

When the Jazz and Malone partnered, the problem of ball possession was worse than that of the Hornets, but Malone and Larry Johnson were completely different, because Malone was too eager for the championship, and he was willing to make concessions for it. It's not a problem anymore.

As for the Mavericks period, there is no such problem. After all, Garnett is a rookie, and it is even more desirable to be Li Shengli's partner.

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But this kind of problem is not the case when it comes to Kobe.

Eddie's time was compressed, and Li Shengli's internal and external shots were basically digested at the shooting guard position. Others became veritable pure role players, and it was normal to be unwilling and unconvinced.

Fortunately, Kobe has Li Shengli to support him, temporarily suppressing all the contradictions, but the Lakers management led by West can't ignore this problem, because the Lakers' plan for newcomer training and tactical optimization is at this point in time. A stumbling block has arisen.

Especially Ceballos and Campbell may have sensed the attitude of the management, and have even begun to show a negative attitude in the game, which has also greatly slowed down the Lakers' game rhythm...

The first two games were absolutely crushing!

After winning 3 more games, the wind turned.

Although the fishy team can still rely on Li Shengli to beat everyone, but the schedule is too weird after 5 games.

First hit the Rockets, Jazz, and Supersonics.

Looking back, there was another 5 consecutive away games, especially the Bulls, Celtics, and Heat.

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Hit the Rockets, the Lakers explode!

Although Li Shengli is still efficiently interacting with Olajuwon, which is already the norm, but Barkley is so disgusting that he can't deal with it.

Not only in terms of offense, but even the defensive and rebounding pressure of Campbell who has no fighting spirit, coupled with a bombing by Drexler, the Rockets' Big Three teamed up to score 70 points in a game.

As for the Lakers... Li Shengli scored the league's highest 48 points in a single game in the new season, but he was outnumbered by six hands, and his rebounding data was also forced to less than 10 for the first time. After all, Barkley wanted to grab rebounds. Mandu may not be able to catch up, and Olajuwon's position is very helpless.

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Fight against the Jazz again, the Lakers still lose.

Malone played harder than Barkley, and was blown through again at the fourth position. Although the Lakers were not bloody, they still lost by 3 points in the end.

As for the Supersonics, which has been very strong in recent years, this game was a narrow victory, and then it was 5 consecutive away games, losing the Bulls, losing the Heat, winning the Celtics, winning the Magic, and going back to the last game. I hit the rocket once, but I still lost.

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In other words, the Lakers started with 5 consecutive victories followed by 4 consecutive losses.

Counting the following 1 win and 2 losses, the current record for the entire new season is 6 wins and 6 losses, and all teams in the league have played more than ten games, and the general strength can be seen clearly.

The Eastern Bulls are still strong, and the Heat have sprung up.

The Western Rockets and the Jazz rule the roost.

These four teams can be regarded as the first echelon of the new season, but the Lakers lost when they met these four teams.

The Lakers are not in the first echelon? !

Then look at the battle situation of the second echelon first. The Supersonics and Celtics are typical of the second echelon this season.

The former's big lineup has not changed, and the latter ushered in O'Neal, but these two teams still lost when they met the Lakers. Although they can't be classified by a few games, in fact... that's probably the case.

The strength of the Lakers, the first echelon is not enough, and the second echelon can take the lead!

The reason for the record of 6/6 is because there are a lot of strong teams encountered in a short period of time, and although they have played intermittently with a record of 12/4 and a total record of 18/10, it is not true that they really want to enter the playoffs. Too big a problem, but obviously this is far from the result the Lakers management wants.

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Back to the schedule.

The Lakers prepare for the eve of the game.

Because the 29th game is stuck on December 12, and one of the arrangements for this year's Christmas game is the Los Angeles Lakers playing the Washington Bullets.

As the most important games of a season, the management is still more concerned, and after the training that day, after everyone else left, Li Shengli found Kobe.

"Kobe, stop practicing and have a meeting!"

"A meeting? What kind of meeting do we have?"

"Of course the two of us can't have a meeting. Let's go, West and the others are waiting for us..." Li Shengli felt a headache thinking about his current shit record.

It is reasonable to say that the original lineup of the Lakers is at the mid-level of the playoffs, and it is unreasonable for me to play worse than last season's Mavericks, but the fact is that the Lakers' record in the same period is really far inferior to last season's Mavericks.

"Management meeting?" Kobe was stunned for a moment, then wiped his sweat and asked, "Why do you want me to be called to the management meeting? Just go."

"Don't talk nonsense, I asked you to be here. You are also the core of the team now, don't just know about the training all day long, and raise your opinions as soon as you have any opinions." Li Shengli pulled Kobe to the locker room of the training ground, "Hurry up Come on, go change your clothes first, don't sweat all over."

"Comment? You mean..."

"Yes, management wants to pursue a deal."

"So someone has already chosen?"

"Almost, there are people on our shelves, but the transaction target has not yet been determined. It is estimated that we should come up with several plans for discussion in a while."

(End of this chapter)