the rest, only noise

Chapter 1397
Barkley was forced to accept this so-called fair and just competition.

There are two specific competition methods.

One is the confrontation within the team, this is simple, two people each lead a team and have a frontal dialogue.

This kind of confrontation is the most direct, and it is also the one with the least excuses.

Although Barkley, who has been on a truce for a long time, made a wonderful debut, his immediate combat power is obviously not as good as Duncan.

Moreover, Barkley is old after all, and his impact is not comparable to when he was young. Although his power is still there, it is difficult to be effective with Duncan, who can fight O'Neal in the low post, based on his current impact alone.

Duncan can't completely suppress Barkley. The difference between him and other defenders of Barkley is that no matter how hard Barkley exerts, his center of gravity is always stable, and his straight raised right hand is like a barrier across Flying Pig's head.

If Barkley wanted to make a strong move, he had to make a shot under the threat of Duncan's block.

Although he has a way to avoid the block, but the hit rate is not guaranteed.

This is not a style of play he is familiar with at all.

Why is Barkley's offense so strong?Because very few people can withstand his first wave of impact, even if some people can withstand the first wave, it will take several seconds to slow down, and Barkley ended the attack long before he slowed down.

Therefore, most people seem to have done their defensive duties, but they are basically a stake in front of Barkley, without a threat.

Duncan is different. Even if he is hit head-on by Barkley, he will not lose his center of gravity, let alone completely lose his defensive ability.

Therefore, his defense made Barkley extremely uncomfortable.

Although Barkley can use shooting to break the game, but this is not his strong point after all.

When it was Duncan's turn to attack, it was Barkley's turn to suffer.

His defense is his weakness. Although Duncan can't hit him casually like those unicorns who can kill with the ball, as long as he gets the ball in the right position, he can also score on him at will.

After several intra-team confrontations, Barkley and Duncan were obviously at a disadvantage in the frontal dialogue.

After watching this matchup, any coaching staff will choose Duncan without hesitation.

But after all, this is a fair and just competition. In addition to internal confrontation, it also depends on external battles.

Who can guarantee that Duncan is not a person who can only strike hard inside?

Due to the needs of competition, Duncan is not as Buddhist as before.

Before the result of the competition, he had to collect more statistics to prove his strength.

The competition in actual combat is very simple. The two start two games each, and look at their performance and their chemical reaction with other starters. Basically, there will be results.

Barkley still had some confidence. After all, he is a person who is very good at collecting statistics, and the Lakers have a dominant advantage in the game, so there are a lot of opportunities for him to collect statistics.

Moreover, according to his observation, Xiao Dengtou doesn't seem to be good at swiping data.

So far in his rookie season, he has scored no more than 28 points in a single game. This ability to score points is still not good. After all, he is young.

However, luck was not on Barkley's side.

In the two games Barkley started, the opponents were the Knicks and the Heat.

This can be fatal.

Although the Knicks are without Kemp, they have a bunch of strong muscles at the power forward position, which is very difficult to deal with.

Even though the Heat lost Manning, they still traded Juwan Howard back, and there was John Sely on the bench. At the same time, Drexler and Reggie Lewis are both wings who like to slip inside and swipe cards to help defend.

In these two games, Barkley, who had just returned not long ago, did not perform at his best.

Unexpectedly, Tim Duncan, who was fighting as a substitute, played a dominant role according to the normal deployment.

Against the Heat, Duncan had the upper hand against the Heat's rookie Wang Zhizhi. He made 14 of 12 shots and scored 30 points, 18 rebounds and 6 blocks.

Barkley has something to say, what is it to bully a Chinese center who likes to float outside and shoot?If you have the ability to bully Phoenix's Yu Tiancan!

It's a pity that the Lakers won't be able to meet the Suns in the short term, and Duncan won't be able to meet his senior for the time being, but it's still a little convincing to play Patrick Ewing, his senior in the NBA, right?

In the game against the Knicks, Duncan let people see his true strength.

Facing the league's No. 22 center, he showed no fear. After coming off the bench, he fought hand-to-hand with him all the way, and finally scored 17 points, 4 rebounds and [-] blocks.

Ewing on the opposite side was not inferior, responding to Duncan with 20 points, 20 rebounds and 5 blocks.

But Duncan is a fledgling rookie, and Ewing is a superstar on the President's Hill who put his name on the center position. Such a mutual explosion is undoubtedly unexpected.

Although Duncan's two starting games have not yet been played, Barkley has already lost.

After that, Duncan entered the starting lineup. Against the Clippers, he ate a lot of cakes, scoring 30 points, 40 rebounds and 10 blocks in 3 minutes.

Then, the fiery offensive state finally cooled down. Against the Eagles in the away game, Duncan felt bad, but this was not an opportunity for Barkley, but a battle that fully proved the legitimacy and necessity of his starting game.

Tonight, Duncan didn't feel good. He only made 10 of 3 shots, but he was full of presence on the defensive end. In 32 minutes, he scored 10 points, 19 rebounds, 3 assists, 8 blocks and 1 steal.

That night, Louis said to Barkley in the locker room: "Chuck, according to the results of the competition, we decided to use you as a substitute. Do you have any questions?"

Barkley replied weakly: "No."

"Then, it's settled."

The competition was over, and Duncan used hard power to establish his starting position.

Next, he no longer needs to be as eager as he was in these few games, and fans will see the No. 18 man who has no desires to get 10+3+[-] every night.

Every team has a battle for position.

The Lakers are lucky that Barkley and Duncan's affairs can be resolved smoothly.

Because Barkley is getting old, he also fell into the sage mode of wanting nothing after winning the championship. His reluctance to be a substitute is more driven by the superstar's self-esteem, but he himself is not a person with strong self-esteem. He made an agreement with Louis at the beginning.

This arrangement may be difficult for him to accept in a short period of time, but in the long run, it may not be a bad thing.

He doesn't need to manage his body shape any more. As a substitute, he only plays for [-] minutes per game. Isn't that a trivial matter?He can brush up his statistics on the bench, open his stomach to eat outside the court, and then earn a few rings by riding the wind of this luxurious battleship, and then he can wait for retirement.

Barkley's positional problem is solved, but that's not the only problem.

There is also the problem of Kobe and Liu Yuqing.

With the Barkley-Duncan rivalry over, Bryant felt he also needed an open rivalry.

From the data point of view, he and Liu Yuqing are on par, but the latter can only run and shoot three-pointers, while he has other skills besides running and shooting three-pointers.

Louis didn't agree at first, but Kobe is a piece of dog skin plaster. Wherever he goes, he will be treated the same as Barkley.

Louis was so annoyed that he couldn't stand it, so he scolded: "Okay, if you want to compete, let you and Jiang Duo compete, but I have something to say first, you and Jiang Duo are both in the second position, and the second position is a marginal position in our team. The factors that determine your starting lineup include the opinions of other starting players besides personal ability! That is to say, if other starting players do not agree with you to enter the starting lineup, you cannot play in the starting lineup!"

"no problem!"

Needless to say, Kobe's self-confidence, he obviously didn't think he would lose.

Louis smiled secretly, and said again: "If you lose, you can no longer request to start the game until next season. Moreover, you can no longer compete with Jiang Duo in daily training."

"no problem!"

"That's it, I'll inform Jiang Duo, and you are ready."

(End of this chapter)