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Chapter 1239 Please Don't Call In The Morning

Louie confronts Jerry West in the parking lot.

Although Louis hastily pushed the responsibility for Nash's poor performance to West, the latter did not mean to shirk responsibility.

"Maybe, maybe I'm the reason for his poor performance." West said bitterly, "If he can't even bear my pressure, then one day in the future, when he needs to shoulder greater responsibilities, we can't trust him either."

West may be right, but this approach is not acceptable to Louie.

"A player who can't even guarantee the present, you tell me about his future?" Louis said angrily, "Listen, I know you are kind, but what Steve needs to realize now is not how much responsibility he has on him, but that he is a very capable player. He just needs to maintain confidence and show it on the court. What you are doing is only hurting his self-confidence and slowing down his progress. I don't want to hear about the future anymore. In my eyes, Steve is the future, and he has unlimited possibilities!"

Hearing this, West asked casually: "If Steve is the future, what about Kobe?"

"Steve, Bean, and Jasmine are all the future." Louis uttered a prediction that made West unbelievable. "One day, they will all become MVP-level players."

It was precisely because of Louis's importance to these young people that West felt obliged to do something.

His experience, his philosophy, his views and understanding of the game can help young people.

If Nash's future is really at the MVP level as Louie said, then he should understand this.

"I will continue to teach Steve my ideas, and I have that right," West insisted.

Louis said dissatisfiedly: "Okay, if his performance is worse after getting Ni's idea, you don't even want to get close to my players, remember my words, I will do what I say!"

Then, Louis turned around and left without giving West a chance to continue his theory.

Three consecutive victories at the beginning and 700 wins in his career. Today is a memorable day, but Louis is not in a good mood.

Back in the locker room, the players chatter about tonight's game.

"The media praised Golden State so much before the start of the game, and this is the result?" Kevin Garnett yelled arrogantly.

Barkley, an old and disrespectful thing, muttered: "Jasmine, can you still say this? Didn't my advantage tonight come out one by one with my priceless butt? If you want me to say it, you all have to thank me!"

Benj, who scored the highest score, was doing post-match conditioning with the help of Gary Vitti.

The Tragedian soaked his feet in an ice bucket and took Malik Rose's place, lying on the bench.

Ben Wallace is the go-to guy any veteran needs to run errands.

Kobe, by contrast, was the only rookie not integrated into the group.

He sat in his place looking sullen.

Dale Ellis sneered at him and said, "Does a high school stinky kid only believe the bullshit that he boasted? He can only play less than 10 minutes per game. What can he do?"

Kobe looked up at Ellis, and said bluntly: "Give me your playing time, and my performance will only be better than yours."

This may sound like a problem, but it's not true at all.

In the three regular season games that have ended so far, Ellis averaged 25 minutes per game and only scored 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Although Kobe averaged less than 9 minutes per game, he averaged 6 points, 2 rebounds and almost 1 assist per game.

Ellis was not irritated, but said proudly: "This is the time I won for myself. I used to be nothing like you, but with my strength, I became a first-class player. I don't remember that I was as arrogant as you. You have never won anything, but you put on an appearance that you can win everything all day long. As your supervisor, I am very disappointed."

Then, Louis walked into the locker room, looked at everyone, and simply said: "700 wins is just a statistic for me. There will be 800 wins, 900 wins and 1000 wins in the future. This is not worth celebrating."

"You guys should be happy for yourselves, three wins in a row is a good start."

At the press conference that night, the media still focused on the Lakers' rookie.

Some reporters want to know whether Nash's ups and downs tonight will affect the follow-up game plan, and some people think that Kobe's playing time is too little.

Louie would prefer this group of people to focus on other veterans.

Paying too much attention to newcomers is not a good thing.

But this kind of thing is hard to avoid, especially Kobe.

Although he was only the No. [-] pick, he signed with Adidas before he entered the NBA. He is a promising young player.

Now Kobe has also proved his strength in the limited playing time. Whether it is the fans, the media, or Adi, they all hope that the Lakers can increase Kobe's playing time.

That's exactly what Louie is trying to avoid at the moment.

Giving Kobe a lot of playing time right from the start and making him feel like a franchise player is not the way to develop high school players.

Especially for a proud genius like Kobe who lacks communication skills and is isolated by veterans, he needs the understanding and support of the coaching staff.

Louie needs Kobe to understand the importance of discipline and respect for authority in the limited playing time, and then slowly add time to him.

The most basic point is communication.

If Kobe still goes his own way and only wants to play singles to show off, then his playing time will still be controlled within 10 minutes.

It's odd that Bryant's game tends to be so self-isolating yet deeply obsessed with the "beautiful basketball" system.

He spends a lot of time practicing the "Meteor" tactical movement every day.

The "Meteor" tactic is the foundation of "Beautiful Basketball", the foundation of the system, and the origin of the five-core concept.

A system has five cores, which violates the laws of basketball and the essence of competition.

According to general understanding, the core has absolute control over the ball.

Ball rights are a piece of cake, and the core gets the biggest piece. If all five players are core, how will the cake be distributed?

The answer is no distribution, whoever has the opportunity will eat.

This requires the five cores to have an absolutely selfless mentality and a team-oriented spirit of cooperation and style of play.

Bryant is the antonym of this concept.

In fact, when Louie decided to choose Kobe, he chose him as a "replacement" for Barkley.

Conventional systems other than the "beautiful basketball" system require a leading attacker, and Kobe is very suitable.

The reason why Louie thinks this way is because he feels that Kobe is not compatible with the "beautiful basketball" system.

Who would have thought that Kobe would want to drill in?
After the press conference, Louie took over Stevens' defensive stats.

According to the rules, the accurate defensive data that Louis can get after the game is only for rookies, and the data of other players can only be handed over after Stevens goes back for more detailed statistics.

"Bean's defense tonight is actually qualified?" Louis was very surprised.

Stevens nodded and said, "The fact that Steve's defensive performance was 'better' than him last time stimulated him. Since then, he has been pestering me to teach him defensive skills. I just gave him some pointers. He is really smart, and he can do it in a little bit."

"Got to keep him going, Alex."

Louis found that there were more and more contradictions in Kobe.

His playing style is a pure lone ranger, except that he does not recognize his relatives at the basket, but wants to join the Cavaliers and play "beautiful basketball".

He has always been proud and arrogant, thinking that professional basketball is no different from high school basketball. He dared to challenge Benj when he first joined the team, but he was willing to humbly ask everyone, including Stevens, to make up for his shortcomings.

This made Louis feel that there might be two Kobes in the world, and they were both hidden in Kobe's body.One of them, Kobe, symbolizes the master of the negative energy of Generation X. He is arrogant, arrogant, indifferent, assertive, ignoring the feelings of others, and regards himself as the only one in the world.The other Kobe is humble, cautious, enthusiastic, and eager to integrate into the team.

"Damn, it's getting more and more similar."

Louis muttered.

"What, Coach?"

Louis shook his head and said, "It's nothing, go ahead, Alex, these statistics are very important, but don't think that Bean has really grown up, he may be the same as Steve in the last game, but he was just lucky to play a good game."

Midnight, 02:30 am.

The phone rang in the master suite of Sunset Villas.

It was not Lorraine who was awakened, but Louis.

He answered the phone unhappily, "No matter who you are, now is not a good time to call!"

"Sir, I think I have found the trick of the 'Meteor' tactic, I can enter the Knights now!"

The voice on the other end of the phone was extra excited, and Louis immediately recognized the identity of the caller.

Who else would dare to call him besides Kobe at this point?

The question is how did Kobe know the phone number in this room?

"I told you the fuck, don't call at this hour!" Louis said angrily, "If you still want to join the Knights, you are dreaming!!!"

(End of this chapter)