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Chapter 1286 The Growth and Troubles of High School Students

Rodman, who claims to play full time for the rest of the season, did his job in the Lakers' first game after the All-Star break.

In that game, the Lakers played away against the Timberwolves.

Rodman was immersed in the joy of teasing Juwan Howard, but forgot that he had a home whistle.

When Howard can't use his performance on the court to save himself, the referee will make appropriate efforts to help the rising star.

After Rodman was blown for several fouls, he was unconvinced and contradicted the referee on the spot.

As a result, there was no suspense, and Rodman was expelled.

"Coach, you can't blame me, that dog referee, he"

Rodman kept pointing at the referee before leaving the court.

Louis, who had nothing to say to him, really wanted to kick him, "Stop talking nonsense, fuck off!"

In fact, Rodman's expulsion in this way did not make Louis disgusted.

Leaving aside the fact that he was expelled, Rodman's role is very obvious.

He scored 23 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 block in 1 minutes. When he defended Huo Erdi, the opponent had nothing to do, as if he was invisible.

This is what Louis values.

Rodman may not be as strong as he was at his peak, but he is still a useful blue-collar.

In addition, another new aid of the Lakers, Wang Mukong, also appeared in the game against the Timberwolves.

This old friend needs no introduction. After being traded by Louis in New York, he won a championship in Miami, and then moved to Portland and Vancouver. Although he has no chance to play, it is not uncommon to see marginal people who can clearly see the drinking fountains.

Louie rested Buck Williams today in order to give Wang Mukong a chance, and he also performed well in a few minutes of playing time.

He made 4 of 2 shots and scored 4 points by relying on his best mid-range catch and jumper.

"Xiao Wang, if you perform like this every game, I'll ask Bean to watch the water cooler for you."

When Wang Mukong was off, Louis made a joke with him.

As the bottom of the team, Wang Mukong's desire to survive is always full.

"That won't work, the water dispenser is my forever home, don't let anyone snatch it from me!"

"Is this something good?" Barkley laughed.

Kobe also tried to blend into the atmosphere, "Don't worry, I won't compete with you."

Liu Yuqing spoke the truth in a sarcastic tone, "You can't grab it anyway."

The Lakers easily beat the Timberwolves.

However, they can't relax yet, because the next day they will fly to Denver to play back-to-back with the Nuggets.

Recently, the Nuggets have not been peaceful.

With the rookie contract coming to an end, the head of the Nuggets star Jason Kidd has a different heart.

While Kidd brought the Nuggets back to the playoffs in his rookie season, that's about the best he can do without a genetic mutation.

Kidd is a person who protects the lower limit. If the team's lineup is stronger, his lower limit for leading the team will be higher, but the Nuggets are weak in signings. After several years, they are still those same numbers.

Kidd watched Hill, who is at the same level, gain a firm foothold in Boston, holding Sampson's thigh with his left hand and Malone's arm with his right hand, and easily entered the ranks of the championship group. He felt unwilling.

From the beginning of the season, Kidd has been talking about signings.

But until the end of the trade deadline, the Nuggets did not do anything.

Externally, they expressed their satisfaction with the current lineup.

Internally, they told Kidd that there are no good trading opportunities right now.

The rhetoric of the management instantly angered Kidd. In an interview, when a reporter asked him if he would renew his contract with the Nuggets.

Kidd said, "I don't know."

All the rising stars in weak teams have basically said that he will stay in the team, but after a few years, they don’t remember this.

However, Kidd doesn't even pretend now.

Fans don't expect you to come out with a James-style "I have always believed that I will end my career in the Cavaliers⑴" sweet talk, you at least come to a Leonard-style, vain-eyed, insincere, robot-like "I will stay".

And so, the Nuggets exploded.

Fans wrote letters accusing Kidd, extreme fans began to insult his family, and the team did nothing in the face of this public opinion.

Originally, Louie expected the Nuggets to give them some confrontation. As a result, Wilson scored a triple-double in 20 minutes and Kobe Bryant, who came off the bench, scored 22 points.

Worse yet, it made Bryant further believe that he could take on more responsibility.

After three days of rest, the Lakers defeated another weak team at home - the Sonics.

Then ushered in a team that was relegated this season-the Heat.

In the summer of 1994, superstars gathered in Miami, forming a cosmic craze that could compete for the strongest team in history.

They won the title in a landslide the following season.

Then, like all teams that join forces for glory, they fell due to internal reasons.

Now, Sampson left the team, and Danny Manning took the top spot in the team as he wished.

But have the Heat's problems settled there?
However, since Sampson's departure did not bring any assets, the Heat basically lost a superstar in vain. Coupled with the introduction of the luxury tax, they tightened their spending.

Today's Heat is still a strong team, but has fallen out of the ranks of super teams.

Danny Manning, Della Petrovich, and Clyde Drexler are the main Big Three. Together with John Sely, Jaylen Rose, Joan Barry, Randy Brown and others, it is still a fighting team.

Tonight, Louis intends to use a strong team to continue to run in the high and low tactics of Barkley and Garnett, so he lowered Wilson's tactical status.

After a year and a half of "beautiful basketball" influence, Wilson's game awareness has improved rapidly. Even if he just stands in the bottom corner and smokes, the Heat dare not take it lightly.

Barkley was Manning's favorite type of opponent.

As a superstar, Barkley's defense is not up to standard, and it is very easy to score high on him.

Barkley's offense was not going well today, and he also had problems with defense. Louis decisively changed his formation. Barkley, who was originally in charge of the low post, was placed in the high post, and Garnett went to the low post.

Manning didn't care about the sudden change of opponent.

Anyway, regardless of Barkley or Garnett, in his eyes, they are all things that can be blown up with a single hand.

However, Garnett's defense clearly exceeded Manning's expectations.

When Manning wants to attack with the ball, Garnett can not only keep up with the speed, but also has a height and wingspan that is one size larger than Manning can completely cover him.

When Manning played with his back up, Garnett suffered a slight disadvantage in strength, but he was still so talented that he could bring enough interference even if he couldn't completely cover him.

And when Garnett is attacking with the ball, Manning's habit of defending has lost its effect.

Garnett's back-up attack has completely lost the habit of high school. Bird taught every detail of the movement, catch the ball, hold it up, push it up, turn around and retreat; catch the ball, shake his shoulders, turn around and face the basket and hit it high-this action can even be seen.

Manning can do the same moves, but Garnett's talent is higher, the quality of the moves is higher, and the details are better.

In this case, Manning can only increase the confrontation to force Garnett to feel down, or wait for him to have problems.

But Garnett has no problems tonight.

He faced Manning's several attacks as smoothly as listening to Wang Zhiwen's lines.

Just two words, smooth.

"You country bumpkin, do you think Jasmine's current back-up is as successful as Ralph's?"

Louis was very excited, and then asked Bird.

"One percent."

"Just [-]%?"

Bird said: "For an inside player of his size, if he only relies on the back to play, he relies too much on his touch. The reason why Ralph's offense is difficult to stop is because he has no offensive blind spot. No matter where he is, he has many means to complete the offense. Kevin only has these tricks now. He needs to continue to expand his arsenal."

"Come on, redneck, give him more Ralph shit, give him a purpose."

If Garnett's performance after the All-Star Game was gratifying, then Kobe was a bit nerve-wracking.

The performance in the rookie game built his confidence. Since the Lakers rematch, the first few games were weak teams. He maintained the rhythm of the rookie game and scored in double figures for three consecutive games.

Against the Heat, Kobe came off the bench to face Jalen Rose.

Louie doesn't know if Kobe will have the chance to score 81 points on Rose in this life, but he knows that if there is another one in the future, it must be closely related to tonight.

Rose used playoff-level physical confrontation, dirty hands and feet, and post-up singles that crushed Kobe with weight, making the Lakers' No. [-] high school student have a very difficult night.

In this campaign, Kobe played 11 minutes, missed all 6 shots, got 1 rebound, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls.

At the end of the game, Ellis hit him hard: "Let me tell you, there are hundreds of players at the level of Jaylen Rose, but you can't even beat him, which shows that you are still not up to the average level of the NBA."

Kobe glanced at Ellis quietly, "Then isn't it easy for me to beat you?"

"Shut up, I'm a 37-year-old old man. Are you comparing me? How are you embarrassed? Or do you only bully old men?"

"Okay!" Louis scolded annoyedly, "An old man who only bullies high school students is not a good thing!"

⑴I always feel that "I have always firmly believed that I will return to the Cavaliers and end my career there" in James' 14-year letter.He said he would end his career with the Cavaliers, but he didn't say he would stay with the Cavaliers forever. Wouldn't he end his career with the Cavaliers like Pierce did when he finally came back to Boston to sign for one day and then retire, right?

(End of this chapter)