super legend

Chapter 177 I finally left you
2004年11月2日，NBA新赛季，04-05赛季正式打响！

The new season has a new atmosphere. Compared with the previous season, this season still has a lot of changes.

First of all, the division has increased from the original four to six, and the number of teams has changed from an odd number to an even number. The NBA's most basic competition system, which has not changed for a long time, has been completely broken this season.

The increase in the number of divisions only changed a certain appearance, and had no effect on the overall structure of the league. Under the old competition system, the Eastern team New O'Neal Hornets "moved west" this season, and its seat was taken by the newly joined Charlotte Bobcats. succeed.

Since the end of the Bulls dynasty, the NBA has always maintained a pattern of "the west is strong and the east is weak". The team can make the playoffs in the Eastern Conference.Now, the Hornets' westward migration has weakened the overall strength of the East.

Of course, what can really affect the league is the transfer of superstars. It is still unknown how much Shaquille O'Neal can contribute to this change in the Eastern Conference. However, in the eyes of Sun Zhuo, a future man, the situation that the west is strong and the east is weak will not change in another ten years.

At the start of the new season, the NBA also conducted a survey, allowing the general managers of the 30 NBA teams to choose who is the best player in each position.

First, who is the best point guard in the NBA right now?

No.1, Kidd of the Nets, received 78.6 percent of the votes, No.2, Nash of the Suns, 9.5 percent, No.3, Cassel of the Timberwolves and Marbury of the Knicks tied .

Who is the best shooting guard in the NBA right now?

All votes went to Kobe Bryant of the Lakers!
Who is the best small forward in the NBA right now?

No.1 is Tracy McGrady, who just joined the Rockets, with 52.4% of the votes. Tracy McGrady is also a swingman of forward and guard. He is an unprecedented player who was selected for the first team in different positions. He is indeed eligible for the Hall of Fame.

No.2 is Kevin Garnett of the Timberwolves who won the MVP of the regular season last season. He also ranks as a power forward. No.3 is Stojakovic of the Kings.

It is worth mentioning that Sun Zhuo also got votes for small forwards, James also got votes, and Celtics Pierce also got votes. Maybe it was because all the shooting guards were given to Kobe, but McGrady’s strength cannot be ignored, so he had to Let McGrady appear at small forward.

Even if McGrady is counted as a shooting guard, for now, in the hearts of these general managers, Sun Zhuo is by no means the best small forward in the league at the moment, and Stojakovic has higher votes than him.

The best power forward in the NBA, without suspense, was just defeated by Sun Zhuo in the Athens Olympics, Tim Duncan of the Spurs.

Currently the best center in the NBA, 95.2% of the votes were given to O'Neal of the Heat. Duncan ranked No.2. Yao Ming didn't get a single vote. The actual strength is not as good as that of O'Neal.

After such a vote of different positions, everyone can know at a glance who is the strongest in each position in the 2004 NBA.

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Staples Center, the Lakers of the new season are ready to play the first game, today the starting lineup of the Lakers is, point guard Chucky Atkins, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, small forward Caron Butler , power forward Lamar Odom, center Chris Mim.

Sun Zhuo had a truce for the first game of the regular season.

Kobe once asked rookie Vujacic to bring a message to Sun Zhuo, saying that he would like to compete with Sun Zhuo alone to see who has stronger leadership. The purpose is to make Sun Zhuo more obedient to Kobe's leadership position. Sun Zhuo said You let Kobe play in the first two games, because Sun Zhuo can understand the feeling of Kobe released from the cage. On the first day without O'Neal, Kobe must be very happy. Sun Zhuo doesn't want to affect Kobe because of his existence. The experience of domination.

Yesterday, Sun Zhuo told Kobe: "You'd better score 82 points in the first game, so that you can shock me."

Kobe laughed and said: "Are you crazy? Is this the 100 points that I want to challenge Chamberlain? Besides, I don't only score, I am a leader, I am omnipotent, understand?"

These remarks also reflect Kobe's mentality this season.

In Kobe's first season after O'Neal left, his statistics did not soar like Westbrook left Durant. Kobe's mentality is different from Westbrook's. cause a stir.

The situation facing Kobe and Westbrook is different. First of all, Kobe’s scoring ability is beyond doubt. It can be seen from the fact that the managers of 30 teams gave Kobe all the votes of SG. Everyone knows that Kobe can score. He doesn’t need it. After O'Neal left, he scored 60+ in one game, although he also wanted to release it in this way.

But now there is still a problem, that is the media and the public. Since the X-invasion case last season, Kobe’s image has plummeted. O’Neal left the Lakers, saying that Kobe forced him to leave, not you. You announced that you were a free agent. Well?With O'Neal around, Kobe will definitely not renew his contract.

Moreover, the former mentor Phil Jackson said in the book "The Last Season" that Kobe was "unteachable".

Now, everyone is accusing Kobe of being selfish. Kobe can't bear this kind of accusation, so this season, he not only wants to prove his personal strength, but also wants to prove that he is selfless and omnipotent!
Sun Zhuo knew that Kobe in his previous life had the highest score in a single game in the 04-05 season, and none of them broke 50 points. This is not what a Kobe who just left the Sharks should look like, so he told Kobe last night, you take 80 points, I like to see you like that, but Kobe is not happy.

Now Kobe and Sun Zhuo are in a "leadership" contest. Kobe can only beat Sun Zhuo by scoring 60+, 70+, and 80+ in a single game. If he wants to perform in an all-round way, hehe, Sun Zhuo may not Will lose to Kobe.

"Today is the first game of the new season for the Lakers against the Denver Nuggets. I have to still classify the Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony as a rookie. I am not worried about the Lakers in this game. Although the Lakers are the defending champions, the OK core has been dispersed. In my opinion, this season has lost the competitiveness of the championship, but I still believe that they can enter the playoffs."

"I also have the same opinion. I am especially curious about how the two new leaders, Kobe and Sun, will change this season? Can Kobe show leadership after leaving Shaq? To what extent? There is also Eric Sun, whose performance last season was amazing, and in August he helped China win the world championship in Athens, and even defeated the American Dream Six team composed of Tim Duncan and AI..."

"Hey, don't call them a dream team, they're a nightmare, they were terrible in Athens, they were terrible!"

"Well, anyway, Sun is a player with great potential, and I'm very curious to see how far he can improve this year."

Before the start of the game, the two commentators on the scene had a heated discussion.

The game started, and Kobe, wearing the No. 8 jersey, slowly walked onto the field. He looked up at the sky above the arena. The sky above the arena was closed, but he seemed to be able to clearly see the bright sky outside the arena.

"I'm leaving you at last, Shaq."

(End of this chapter)