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Chapter 340 Helping Kobe Compete for MVP
After playing the Warriors back-to-back, the Lakers got two days off. Su Yang decided to take a vacation for himself. He didn't care about the team's affairs. He stayed at home and cleared the rest of "Mass Effect 3", and even played with Harden remotely. Halo 4.

I didn't care about the affairs of MT Company, mainly Jiang Ruolan was in charge, and there were several big consortiums who wanted to buy it.

Due to the rapid development of the mobile Internet and the great success of smart phones such as Apple 4S, MT has as many as 3+ downloads every day, and its daily active users are approaching 5 million. The future valuation has become more and more terrifying, and all investment institutions are optimistic.

Su Yang has no plan to go public, and he is going to sell it when he sees a good situation, and then develop similar products on INS and continue to sell it.

In the early morning of the 27th, Su Yang rushed to the Lakers training base happily, and held a meeting with assistant coaches and scouts as usual.

"Our opponent in the night game is the Thunder. Their biggest change in the past period is the signing and buyout of Derek Fisher and Jeff Green's reimbursement for the season due to aortic aneurysm surgery, but that has little impact on their record.

Just the day before yesterday, the Thunder beat the Heat 103-87, five players from the team scored in double figures, the impact was very strong..."

Scout Ryan West made the report first, and Su Yang felt emotional when he heard it: I didn't expect that Jeff still couldn't avoid it. Joining the Thunder seems to be destined.

The report ended soon, and Snyder and other assistant coaches put forward their winning strategies against the Thunder, almost all of which were the same as before.

Su Yang also didn't have anything to add. The main Thunder's offensive and defensive styles are too distinct, and they haven't changed for a long time.

Everyone discussed a few more words, and the meeting ended.

Su Yang and several assistant coaches went to the court to observe the training, and found that Kobe was practicing mid-range shooting alone with a little anger.

The key point is that several players next to them didn't seem to dare to get close. Jeremy Lin and others crowded together to practice, which made the efficiency low.

"Mike, what happened?" Su Yang asked curiously, thinking that the recent record is so good, could it be due to off-court factors?

Mike Brown shrugged slightly, tilted his head and said in a low voice: "I guess this is the latest MVP ranking update. Kobe dropped one place and ranked second, while LeBron rose one place and ranked first. ESPN also launched an anonymous survey. Those who have More than 70% of MVP-voting reporters and commentators intend to vote for LeBron as the first MVP vote, which means..."

Su Yang nodded when he heard the words, and took out his mobile phone to check the MVP rankings. He found that LeBron led the team to 6 wins and 1 loss in the past period of time. This season, he averaged 27.1 points, 6.2 assists and 7.9 rebounds per game.

In comparison, Kobe led the team in seven games in the past. This season, he averaged 27.9 points, 6.4 assists and 6.9 rebounds per game, and his RER efficiency value was 27.3, which reached a new height in his career. peak.

There are three main factors that affect the MVP ownership, the first is the number of wins, the second is the basic data, and the third is the efficiency value.

But those three factors will have different weights for different people. Some people value RER efficiency, some people value statistics, and some value the number of wins, so there is not much difference in the season. MVP will have a lot of controversy, such as the 07-08 season .

"Because of my intervention, the MVP of the 11-12 season has created suspense. LeBron has good statistics and high efficiency. Kobe has a better record. What Kobe lacks most is the regular season MVP. It is normal to care about the selection. We have to find a way to solve it. OK…"

After thinking for a moment, Su Yang walked to Kobe's half court with the basketball in his arms, aiming at the rim to make a mid-range shot.

Kobe didn't say anything, Su Yang hit the iron a few times in a row, and there was another three non-stick, Kobe finally couldn't help but complain.

"You suck at shooting the ball..."

"I'm imitating you." Su Yang chuckled, "Imitating your 47-for-17 shooting game, I can still strike iron 30 times!"

Kobe was stunned for a moment, then curled his lips and said: "It was a rare inefficient game. In fact, my overall shooting percentage was 45.1% that season, and I averaged as high as 30 points per game, ranking first among all guards and the most in the team. 5.9 assists per…”

Su Yang chuckled, thinking that Kobe remembered so clearly, probably because he was brooding over that game, eager to prove that he was not alone.

But that statement is a bit tricky, it can be regarded as classifying McGrady, who was the season's scoring leader and has a higher shooting percentage, as a small forward.

Kobe made 47 of 17 shots in the game against the Celtics. The Lakers' inside core O'Neal did not play because of load management. The starting teammates were Devin George, who averaged 5.6 points per game in his career, and Samaki Walker, who had Averaged 5.3 points per game, and Robert Horry averaged 6.5 points per game that season, and the strongest Fisher averaged 10.5 points per game.

Anyway, in that game, Kobe was under great defensive pressure and had to digest a lot of ball possessions, which made it so ugly.

Moreover, the Celtics were quite strong that season and made it to the playoffs. On the other hand, the Lakers were seriously exhausted after three consecutive championships.

"Really?" Su Yang didn't want to save Kobe's face. "I remember after that game, you played against the Wizards. You made 21 of 8 shots. Of course, there is a certain reason for that. It was back-to-back battles, and I was very excited to meet Michael Jordan again. It's a bit reluctant..."

"I remember that game too..." Mike Brown interjected, "Michael Jordan came off the bench and made 14 of 9 shots!"

"Then who won the game?" Su Yang deliberately asked.

"The Wizards won!"

Mike Brown cooperated tacitly, "Stackhouse made a dunk lore in 0.2 seconds, which caused the Lakers to suffer a three-game losing streak!"

"Who was defending Stackhouse at that time?" Su Yang deliberately asked again, step by step leading to the topic he wanted to talk about.

"It's Ke..."

"OK!" Kobe laughed and waved his hands, "What the hell are you trying to say? Don't continue to act in that embarrassing sitcom."

"I would like to say that in the eyes of the public fans and the media, you have two main labels for your game." Su Yang smiled, "The first is the picturesque technical moves, and the second is that you have a lot of shots , the career efficiency value is low..."

"So..." Kobe was silent for a while, "So it is difficult for me to gain an advantage in the MVP rankings. Even if the efficiency value has been greatly improved this season, those reporters and commentators will still look at me with the eyes of the past. What do you want to say? ?”

"so smart!"

Su Yang gave two thumbs up, "The key is that your relationship with the media is mediocre compared to others. Now some players have set up media companies, which are responsible for managing and maintaining personal style reviews, and it is easier to get along with those reporters and commentators. relation."

"I can understand..."

Kobe nodded, "A philosopher said that people always get lagging evaluations, whether positive or negative, and I don't have much interest in things like having a good relationship with the media, and I guess what you think, yes Ready to help me get the MVP?"

"Yes…"

Su Yang nodded, "Our record is good enough. We have only lost 8 games so far, while the Heat have lost 11 games. In addition to ensuring the team's winning percentage, you also need to be more high-profile. For example, there is a game against the Thunder tonight, and the Heat lost [-] games the day before yesterday. defeated by them..."

Because of the schedule, the Lakers will no longer play against the Heat this season. Fortunately, they have won and lost to the Heat before, and the direct matchup record is not a disadvantage. Kobe's statistics are better than LeBron's, but the next step can only be through the Heat. Opponents look for opportunities.

Otherwise, the Heat will maintain a high winning percentage, LeBron will maintain high data and high efficiency until the end of the season, and Kobe has little hope.

"Then I get 60+ points?" Kobe suggested calmly.

　There is no historical basis for this plot, and it mainly evolved along the development of the story, because Kobe accepted Su Yang's suggestion, played reasonably, and after sending out a lot of assists, the Lakers had a good record, so they would naturally compete with LeBron for the MVP.

　　It doesn't mean to force LeBron or Kobe to be black, it's just a normal story evolution.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)