NBA: I really just want to be a second-in-command

Chapter 122 [The Secret History of the Draft]

The second half of the game begins.

The two sides replaced the substitute lineup.

But this time, the Heat's second team has been adjusted, it is no longer a pure substitute lineup, but led by Wade.

They suffered a loss in the first half, and they were led by Lu Yusheng to open the score with a wave of substitutes.

In the second half, Pat Riley obviously didn't dare to make any more head shots.

As for the Lakers, the Zen Master let Lu Yusheng rest and replaced him with Smush Parker.

After all, Lu Yusheng played quite a lot in the first half. In the first half of the third quarter, Zen Master decided to let him rest.

William Jones said, "The Heat probably thought that the Lakers would still be led by Lu Lai, so they left Wade on the court to avoid the tragedy of the first half from happening again, but they probably didn't expect that in the second half, Zen Master did not Lu was not asked to bring a substitute lineup."

"Obviously, Lu played for a long time in the first half, so Zen master had to let him rest so that he had the energy to play key points." Bird said.

"Zen now almost no longer conceals the fact that he let Lu play the main point guard. Now basically everyone can see that Lu is the main point guard of the Lakers, and Smush Parker is the backup. said William Jones.

"What's the problem?" Bird said, "For Smash Parker's performance in the playoffs last season, I think it would be cheaper for him to play as a substitute. If I were Zen Master, if he still appeared in the next season In the team, I will leave directly."

William Jones laughed.

"I'm really not joking. A player of this level can start a team in the NBA. I think it is the misfortune of our league." Larry Bird said unceremoniously.

Although this is true, it is still a bit overwhelming for William Jones. After all, it is really not good to evaluate a player so bluntly.

He can only focus on the game, "OK, the second half of the game has begun, and the Lakers take the lead in attacking."

As soon as the second half came up, the Heat's second team led by Wade went to play the Lakers' first team with almost no main players.

It's basically carnage.

After only 1 minute of playing, the Heat evened out the five-point difference.

Facing Smush Parker's single defense, Wade simply does whatever he wants, playing whatever he wants.

Then barely played for 1 minute, and the Heat led by 8 points.

The Lakers quickly called a timeout.

Zen Master's timeout was also very clear, and Famar directly replaced Smash Parker.

Smush Parker didn't play much in the first half, and was replaced immediately after playing for 2 minutes in the second half, with a very ugly face.

Of course, he himself has nothing to say, after all, he knows best how the score fell behind.

On the contrary, after Farmar came on the court, the effect was not bad. Although it is not to say that Wade was completely restricted, at least it was not as exaggerated as when Smush Parker was on the court.

At least temporarily stabilized, did not allow the Heat to quickly widen the point difference again, and won valuable rest time for the main lineup.

At the interruption of the third quarter, the official timeout, the two sides finally replaced the main lineup.

With a score of 75:85, the Lakers trailed by 10 points.

"Look, I've already said that a player of Smush Parker's level shouldn't be in the NBA at all. As a rookie, Farmar's role on the court is much greater than him." Larry Byrd said.

William Jones said with a smile, "Indeed, I have to say that although the Lakers' two draft picks this summer are not high in the picks, they are indeed effective. One Lu and one Farmar have made up for the Lakers' two picks. The problem of the team's lack of talent in the No. [-] position last season."

"Their draft vision is still good, at least better than our side." Bird said.

William Jones smiled and said, "Idol, I don't know which side you are referring to? Is it the Pacers...or Boston?"

"Does that even matter? Boston, of course," Bird said without hesitation. "I just spent a few years as a coach and manager in Indiana, and Boston, where I've lived my entire life. Everything I have. , all from Boston."

William Jones laughed, "That's true. Since you retired, Boston has indeed not drafted a good player for a long time. I mean, a player of the level that can help the team win the championship."

"Yeah, in the new millennium, Los Angeles has won three championships, and we still have nothing. Their number of championships will soon catch up with us." Bird said, "Every time I think about this, I think Can't wait to go to Boston and smash their management office to pieces."

William Jones laughed loudly, "You have been retired for so long, and you still think about competing with LA?"

"Of course, our Celtics will never be at odds with them."

"But you just said that you are still a Kobe fan."

"Oh, Jones, you can blame me for this. When I was a Kobe fan, he hadn't joined the Lakers yet." Bird said, "I don't think you may know that before the draft, Kobe went to Boston for trial training first." Yes, I happened to be in that trial too, do you know what happened during the trial?"

"Oh? Sounds interesting, what happened?"

"The year they drafted... what year was it?" Bird struggled to remember.

"96."

"Yes, in 96, that year was recognized as the draft year, so when Kobe and other players went to Boston for trial training, many of our Celtics players also went to see it, and I was also there.

Then after the trial training started, I noticed this kid. Although Kobe was only a high school student at that time, his body data and technical assessment were excellent.

What's interesting is that during the two-on-two simulation training, this kid beat up the assistant coach who was in charge of the trial training at that time, and then continued to spray trash talk. At this time, several of our Celtic players couldn't see it. In the past, start to blame Kobe, let this kid not be so arrogant, guess what Kobe said? "

"It must be let him come out to fight alone." William Jones said.

"That's right, man," Larry Bird laughed, "that's what this kid said. Eric Williams went straight up at that time. It can be seen that Williams was really a little angry and wanted to teach him a lesson. Think about this arrogant high school student, I was really worried for Kobe at the time, after all, Williams was the starting small forward of the Celtics at the time."

"Yeah, it's a bit exaggerated for an NBA small forward to play a high school student, so what's the result?"

"The two played on a 21-point system. What do you think the final score will be?"

"How many?"

"21:15"

"Then Kobe is really good enough. He only lost 6 points in this situation. It's really too good."

"It's pretty good, but you made a mistake, Kobe was the one who won."

"what?!"

William Jones was dumbfounded!

"You think this is the end?" Byrd laughed, "The latter is outrageous."

"What else?" William Jones asked hastily, which aroused his interest.

"After that, he didn't rest, and he singled out Rick Fox and David Wesley. Both of them are our starters, but none of them can beat Kobe."

"This……"

"They all rushed to clean up that high school student, but they were all cleaned up by that guy. Do you know how arrogant that kid was at that time? His trash talk almost sprayed down our championship banner. Let me tell you, if you want I wasn't worried that I wouldn't be able to beat him, I almost took off my suit and got on," Larry Bird said.

William Jones laughed.

"So I said to Angie at that time, we must take this kid, and Kobe was willing to join us at the time, and we had the fifth overall pick. As a result, Angie, the bastard, promised me on the surface, but on the day of the draft. Didn't listen to me and chose Anthony Walker."

Larry Bird said, "I don't mean to belittle Anthony Walker, but man, that's Kobe! Until now, I still have a heart for Angie's stupid choice!"

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(End of this chapter)