Guoshu basketball

Chapter 213 Kobe and Li Du

Li Du said that as soon as he came up, which made Kobe a little embarrassed. He smiled and said: "Li, don't think too much, I don't have any doubts about you, and who is the boss of the Lakers, this is not what those reporters can do." It's decided. But your progress is indeed very great, how does it feel to be in charge of the team by yourself?"

"It's not good!" Li Du sighed, "Boss, I'm starting to feel the pressure on you now. The whole team's victory or defeat depends on one body, and the spirit is more tiring than the body!"

Kobe said with a smile: "Actually, you don't have to think so much. It's still the same as before, just enjoy the game to the fullest."

After hanging up the phone, Li Du was a little unhappy. Although Kobe didn't say anything on the phone, he was not stupid. Of course he knew what Kobe was calling for.In fact, he really didn't mean to snatch the boss of the Lakers, and he couldn't snatch it.But from now on, Kobe began to be a little suspicious of him.

Many things are like this. I didn't do anything at first, but everyone said so, and the fake became true.Regardless of whether Li Du has the intention of robbing the boss of the Lakers, as long as Kobe is uncomfortable, he will be sad in the Lakers!

Depressed in his heart, Li Du completely vented his bad mood in the game, which made his stats even more terrifying!In the first 10 games of the regular season, Li Du, who has absolute possession of the ball, even averaged 43.7 points, 10.4 rebounds and 11.2 assists per game, averaging a triple-double performance!

The last person who was able to average a triple-double in the first 10 games had to go back to the "ancient NBA era", the "Ancient Beast" Oscar Robertson who averaged a triple-double throughout the season.This is something that even the god of basketball, Michael Jordan, failed to do!

Originally, according to the normal rules of the game, when Li Du got such high data, it also meant that the data of other Lakers players would drop sharply. After all, in a game, a team averaged points, rebounds, assists, etc. The data has a relatively fixed value.

But unexpectedly, under the leadership of Li Du, the Lakers averaged as high as 118.3 points per game and suppressed their opponents by 103.6 points. That is to say, they outscored their opponents by as much as 15 points per game!On this basis, the statistics of other major players of the Lakers are also very beautiful.

加索尔场均15.3分10.3个篮板4.2个助攻，奥多姆也能得到场均11.6分6.1个篮板和3.6次助攻的优秀数据。唯一数据有所下降的是拜纳姆，他现在场均只能得到6.7分3.2个篮板，几乎已经沦为一个蓝领内线。

In fact, this has a lot to do with the Lakers changing their style of play after Li Du took control of the Lakers.Since Li Du began to imitate Kidd's style of play, after grabbing rebounds and directly launching the offense from him, the Lakers now have a large number of fast break points in every game.

Li Du himself is extremely fast, and he often rushes to the opponent's basket and dunks by himself before the opponent has time to return to the defense.As for the Lakers, the only people who can barely keep up with Li-Du's offensive rhythm are Odom and Gasol, except for a few small players.In the fast break, Bynum almost basically changed the rhythm of offense and defense, which is equivalent to being abolished. Only when the Lakers fall into the offensive position, he has a chance to show his skills.

What Li Du didn't expect was that his strong performance made Kobe even more uncomfortable!

As the boss of the team, Kobe is not only responsible for the team's victory, but also worried about his leadership status being impacted.

For Li Du, Kobe is at ease. He believes that Li Du is just following his orders and trying to lead the Lakers to victory in his own way. As long as he comes back, Li Du will be obedient and hardworking again. He also defended his little brother.

But after Kobe was injured and Li Du took control of the ball for the Lakers, he was like a sleepy dragon ascending to the sky, and all the statistics rocketed up.If Li Du returned to his previous game state after Kobe came back, what would others think?What will the media reporters say?What will the fans think?
More importantly, although Kobe is still at the peak, Li Du is younger and seems to have more potential and strength than Kobe. If this situation continues, what will the Lakers executives think?Kobe never believed in the so-called loyalty. He knew that the NBA is a business field, and all operations are for business and to make money!The reason why he was able to squeeze away Shaquille O'Neal back then was not because he was stronger than O'Neal, but because he was more commercially valuable than O'Neal!
Kobe can squeeze O'Neal away, so naturally someone will squeeze him away!Originally, Kobe didn't have to worry about this matter. No matter how much Li Du improved, no matter how outstanding his performance was, there was still a big gap compared with his commercial value.In Kobe's original plan, he prepared for 7 to 8 years for Li Du to fully grow. After all, the growth of guards is much slower than that of inside players. By that time, Kobe can almost retire. He insisted on one or two seasons. Slowly helped Li Du up to the position and secured his position as the leader of the team, and he also retired.

But Li Du's growth rate is far beyond everyone's imagination, and also beyond the imagination of Kobe, the person who thinks he knows Li Du best. In just over two seasons, Li Du has grown into an absolute potential superstar. Can be the absolute core of a strong team!

This made Kobe have to think about how he and Li Du will get along in the future?It is impossible to bury Li Du's talent, and neither the team nor the fans want to see it.But if Li Du continues to be so strong, there will be a rift between Li Du and Kobe sooner or later!
Considering various problems, Kobe made the decision to come back early!
"What? Kobe, you want to come back early?" After receiving Kobe's call, Zen Master was very surprised at first, but he was so smart, and immediately understood what Kobe was thinking, so he was silent for a while, nodded and said: "Okay Yes, Kobe. If your body is fine, come back and find the feeling of the game first."

After hanging up the phone, Zen master walked alone to the door of Lakers general manager Kupchak's office, hesitated for a long time, finally pushed the door and walked in, and said to Kupchak who also looked sad: "Mitch, it seems that we are going to Prepare early! Between Kobe and Li Du, a choice must be made!"

The Zen master's words made Kupchak sigh heavily, and asked: "Phil, have we really reached the point where we have to choose? Everyone can see that Lee respects Kobe very much. As long as Kobe is willing, Lee is No threat to Kobe!"

With a wry smile, the Zen master said, "It's not determined by the relationship between the two of them! I didn't expect that Li would grow up so fast! For basketball, he is a peerless genius. I'm afraid he can't be compared with Michael." Inferior!"

Kupchak sighed, thought for a long time, and finally shook his head: "Just wait and see, we have great hopes of defending the title this season!"

(End of this chapter)