Healing Basketball

Chapter 164 164. Curious Kobe

Two players who were also selected with the 5th overall pick in the first round came to Portland. Suddenly, Portland had [-] active NBA players who were selected with the [-]th overall pick in the first round.

Compared with the three players with the 3th pick in the first round of the Trail Blazers, who have a good relationship since they got together, the relationship between the Lakers has been extremely bad.

When he arrived at the hotel, Malone took the initiative to find Kobe and tried to quibble.

But Kobe didn't even look at Malone, and walked straight to the elevator.

Malone said 'Mexican girl' to Vanessa, which made Kobe hate him.

As a teammate, I can't see you when I look up. Is it possible to not speak for more than a month in such a relationship?
Have!
Kobe can do it.

This matter was also leaked by the Lakers' sources.

Changing individuals may put the overall situation first, at least expressing their attitude to the outside world, so that the outside world feels that they have handled the matter properly.

But Kobe doesn't!

If you can't fight, let Malone continue to be uneasy.

The teammates are quite interested in the matter of Malone and Kobe, and are very curious about the final result.

In the final analysis, everyone is a colleague, and there are many gossips in the office, which will naturally occur in the NBA team.

It's not that Kobe is cold-tempered and has a bad relationship with his teammates, so the teammates are not interested in him.

On the contrary, people like Kobe are discussed the most by teammates in private.

Malone said to O'Neal: "Oh, what I said really didn't mean what they understood. This is my problem, but Kobe is too petty and self-conscious, and he didn't listen to my explanation."

"..." O'Neill was speechless for two seconds.

The bottom line of being a human being!

It seems that there is not.

Even the Lakers management and coach didn't try to persuade Kobe about this matter.

The smooth O'Neal responded with a slightly embarrassed smile: "This will not affect his good game."

Judging from the situation of more than a month, O'Neill is telling the truth.

On the other side, Kobe came to the room, took out a stack of newspapers from his bag, then turned on the TV and turned on the ESPN sports channel.

After watching the sports news for a while, I finally got what I wanted to see - the host boasted that Liu Xiu was the all-star voter in his rookie season.

For comparison, he is Kobe!

The contents of the newspaper are also related to this.

That is to say, he doesn't know how to surf the Internet, otherwise he will have to hold his breath.

But there are some things that you can see even if you don’t go online.

……

On the afternoon of February 2, Liu Xiu's agent, Bill Duffy, revealed to the media in an interview that Liu Xiu will be on the cover of Time Magazine!

This matter has been confirmed by the organizer Time Warner.

Then, hit!

There are many NBA players who have appeared in Time Magazine, but for rookies, there are only two before Liu Xiu, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Yao Ming.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's performance in college is recognized as No. 1 in NCAA basketball history, and none of them participated in the NBA draft with three consecutive NCAA basketball championships. After being selected by the Bucks, he appeared on the cover of Time Magazine.

Yao Ming also has not officially entered the NBA. On November 2002 and 11, he appeared on the cover of Time Magazine during the preseason.

Liu Xiu became the third!
As soon as the news came out, Liu Xiu's influence was greatly improved.

This news was inserted in the news bulletin of the imperial court comprehensive station.

This must be praised in the domestic sports world!
For Liu Xiu's affairs in China, the benefits of being on the cover of Time magazine may be higher than being elected as the All-Star voter.

'Authority' is very important in the current domestic environment.

These days, some domestic experts are going to heaven.

What's further brought about is that any stinky fish and rotten shrimp will call themselves an expert... That's a long way off.

In the United States, Liu Xiu's controversy has become even greater.

When the media and experts reported this incident, they were full of yin and yang.

In this regard, before Bill Duffy revealed the news, he had already talked with Liu Xiu.

Is he still afraid of controversy?

sprinkle water...

In terms of players, the media, like flies, were dispatched immediately to interview those popular or powerful stars.

James and Yao Ming expressed their congratulations in the interview.

Carter said in an interview that he had been on the board a long time ago, and he was very arrogant.

Senior Kidd praised Liu Xiu's performance so far this season.

Bosh was clearly envious.

Anthony, Hinrich declined to be interviewed...

The Blazers' upcoming opponent, the Lakers, is naturally the focus of the interview.

O'Neill's answer was sour - "Because he is Chinese, right? And because he is Chinese, right?"

Reporters were surprised that Bryant did not refuse a phone interview.

But Kobe did not wait for the reporter to introduce himself when he was interviewed by phone. He yelled, "He's on Time Magazine, you go interview him! Why interview me?" Then he hung up the phone.

……

At noon on February 2th, Liu Xiu accepted an exclusive interview from Time Warner and confirmed that she would be on the cover of Time Magazine on February 4th. Liu Xiu put this matter aside.

When it is 'smooth', it will always be more 'smooth'.

From the perspective of opening up popularity and developing commercial value, this is indeed the case.

These recent off-court events must have brought him huge benefits in terms of making money.

But the impact on his life was not that great.

You should eat and drink, you should rest, and when it's time to play the game... it still has an impact.

Liu Xiu seemed to have seen the envious and jealous faces of some players.

These days, there are still a lot of old-school players, and the current top superstars are basically old-school players!

Since Bill Duffy disclosed this matter yesterday, Liu Xiu has read a lot of news reports and stood up to praise his top players in the league, Kidd alone!
Oh, by the way, there is also Yao Ming. This year Yao Ming is expected to be selected for the third team. After being selected, he will become an officially certified top player.

Mourning and Ewing are envious of the best team players under the age of 24.

But currently Yao Ming is not regarded as the top, so only Kidd, a top star, praises him.

What a surprise, the Kidd that Liu Xiu heard from the old players is a narrow-minded person who will get revenge.

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together...and so on.

The more Liu Xiu thought about it, the more wrong she became. Why did she feel like she was scolding herself?
After a polite exchange with the reporter, he bid farewell, and when he returned to the lounge, Liu Xiu saw pairs of eyes full of envy, jealousy and hatred.

Good guy, these teammates didn't leave during lunch time?
and many more!

Liu Xiu turned around and wanted to escape...and was locked by fate again.

Liu Xiu took the lead: "I'm treating guests to lunch!"

Liu Xiu's move was unexpected, and the teammates who had a lot of things to say didn't know what to say for a while.

Then get started!

"Hey, hey, I already said I'm going to treat you...how can I repair...it hurts, it hurts, Kimo Chicken...squeeze...Xi Ba...where are you going when you are a jungler..."

jealous!
Even if it's teammates, even their warden, the general who led them to such a big change, it's hard for them not to feel envious and jealous.

All-star ticket king, on the cover of Time Magazine!

It is impossible for them to do these two things in their lifetime.

Liu Xiu did it in his rookie year.

Although people cannot be compared together in this way, there is no law saying that they cannot be envious or jealous.

eat!
He must be poor!

One meal is not enough, eating too much in one meal will affect the game.

They 'forced' Liu Xiu to pack the lunches for the remaining three games before the All-Star Weekend.

After lunch, the Blazers players started to get down to business. Liu Xiu, Dale Davis, Derek Anderson, Tianzun and others led their teammates to discuss the game in detail.

In the tactical meeting in the morning, the coach mentioned the sentence 'Our results have exceeded expectations, so don't put pressure on winning or losing'.

What they want to do, the coach already knows.

This is not surprising, and it's not a hidden secret. When everyone discussed it, they didn't avoid anyone.

Only in this way, everyone wants to complete this matter even more!

……

……

At 7:40 in the evening, players from the two teams entered the Rose Garden Arena.

When the Lakers players came out, there were boos all over the place!

Although the Trail Blazers fans have entered a stage of renewal, the new fans naturally 'inherited' the old grievances and grievances.

The revenge of the 2000 Western Conference finals has not been forgotten.

Different from the pure emotions of the fans, the Trail Blazers players are under a lot of pressure in the home team player channel.

30 wins and 17 losses, such a record is not conspicuous in the West, only ranked fifth, and has no chance to compete for the top four yet.

However, when the five starters of Kobe, Payton, Fox, Malone, and O'Neal ran out one after another, the Blazers players felt their scalps tingle.

It's not the first time I've seen it, and it's still shocking!
This is much more visual impact than the future fans just seeing a few people playing together in the text and video!

Liu Xiu is convinced!The four superstars of the Lakers, except for Payton's full attendance, the other three have missed more than 10 games, of which Malone missed 20 games.

But every time they play the Lakers, those four are there!
Don't look down on their prison team so much!

When the Lakers starters all ran out, Liu Xiu was reminded that the player detection report was updated.

'Kobe 98, O'Neal 97, Malone 86, Payton 82... 屮!The status of the big shark really depends on the weight!After losing two kilograms, the comprehensive evaluation has increased by 1 point. I have really reached the theoretical optimal weight of 142-144 kilograms.Or 99? '

Compared with the last match, the ability evaluation of Malone and Payton has dropped significantly.

This is a decline in line with the actual situation. The data performance Liu Xiu saw and the analysis of the scout report are also the same. Ma Long suffered consecutive injuries and his performance gradually declined.

Payton's performance fluctuated greatly with the adjustment of his playing style. After the season, he averaged 15+ points per game in most games. After entering 2004, most games were in the early 10s.

After the players of the away team have played, it is the turn of the players of the home team to play.

"Superstar in Chaos" let's go!
The Trail Blazers were not short of money. Liu Xiu went to talk to the director of the operation department, and the other party went to buy the copyright, and he could play it at home if he wanted. unwilling.

This is also the reason why Randolph's thieves are active when he plays away games.

As the Cantonese singing sounded, Liu Xiu ran out from the player tunnel and felt a knife-like gaze.

You don't need to think about it, it's another first-round [-]th pick.

When Derek Anderson and Dale Davis came out with Liu Xiu as substitutes, Sun Zhengping said on the Court Sports Channel: "These five players with the 5th pick in the first round form a team at their peak, and they can all compete for the championship. Champion!"

Director Zhang has long been used to teaming up with a football commentator to comment on basketball games, so he lowered his IQ, and replied, "These five people form a team at their peak, it's amazing..."

On the court, after the Trail Blazers players ran out one after another non-stop, the cheers of the fans on the scene boiled again.

Liu Xiu received a system notification that the mission is coming!

"Mission: Curious Kobe triggers due to intense hostility from Kobe Bryant."

"Curious Kobe:

Goal 1: The host needs to complete a low post turnaround jump shot in each quarter. (Note: If the session is not played, it is considered complete.)
Goal 2: The host needs to have more assists than Kobe Bryant in this game.

Goal 3: Help the team win the game.

Reward: 3000 healing value. "

'? ? ? '

This was Liu Xiu's first reaction when he saw the mission description.

Kobe was hostile to him, he didn't need to trigger the task, he didn't even need to feel Kobe's knife-like eyes when he entered the arena, he knew it.

Last night, the recording of Kobe's phone interview was very popular!

But the task is curiosity?
'Strange little blacksmith...'

Liu Xiu slandered, and ran to discuss the details of the game with his teammates.

I just read the opponent's player detection report, and there are still points that can be used.

The relationship between the two teams is not good, very bad... The players have changed a lot, and there may not be so many grievances between each other, but the atmosphere on the scene is such that the Trail Blazers players empathize with the emotions of the fans.

The Lakers also felt the strong hostility from the opponents from the fans to the players.

Therefore, the two teams did not communicate before the game.

The Lakers and the Trail Blazers are somewhat different. The Lakers are like the Trail Blazers at the beginning of the season, with obvious team divisions.

One team is headed by O'Neal, and the other team is led by Kobe... Kobe.

Soon, the pre-match preparation time will be over, and the two teams will start playing soon.

Kobe was rubbing his chalk, looking at the five starters on the opposite side surrounding Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu was talking, and the five starters were nodding to express their understanding... He was very puzzled!
This guy is not a super rookie like Duncan, nor is he a rookie king like Grant Hill with outstanding charisma and leadership.

But even the rebellious players such as Tianzun, Butcher, Little Flying Squirrel, and Kobe Terminator all follow this rookie's lead.

This is definitely not what a good fight can bring...

Then, envy and jealousy came!
What the All-Star vote winner, the cover of Time Magazine... He is definitely jealous of these.

But compared to these, what he is more envious of is - how can such a notorious rookie be loved by everyone in the team?
And to support the team when that fat man is lazy, and he has to give up the first main attack position when the fat man comes back, and he has worked hard, but he has become a loner in the team?

(End of this chapter)