NBA: Started as Sakuragi Hanamichi

Chapter 29 The New NBA Season Begins

"6-foot-6 shooting guard, weighing 212 pounds, from Lower Merion High School, a super scorer who combines offense and defense, has been selected to the All-Star Game 9 times, and won the NBA championship three times. He is Kobe Bryant wearing the No. 24 jersey!"

After the DJ teacher finished reading Kobe's name, the atmosphere in the Staples Center was pushed to a climax.

However, there is one thing that makes some fans wonder, Kobe is obviously wearing the No. 8 jersey, why did he change to No. 24?

In this year's summer league, Kobe announced that he will wear the No. 06 jersey in the 07-24 season.

The No. 8 jersey worn in the past ten years will become eternal.

As for why it was changed to the No. 24 jersey, some people speculate that this is Kobe trying to overwhelm Jordan in a certain sense.

Because Jordan's jersey number is 23, and the national team's number is 9.

Kobe's jersey number for the opening game of the new season has become No. 24, and the national team's jersey number is No. 10.

If you don't compare, you don't know. If you compare, you can see Kobe's ambition.

Especially those ESPN reporters who often smear Kobe, reported Kobe's ambitions and wanting to overwhelm Jordan's irreverent behavior.

In this regard, Kobe himself explained that changing the No. 8 jersey to No. 24 has a meaning.

In the last season, although he had a double lore against the Phoenix Suns, he failed to make the team go further. The Suns suffered a comeback and lost in the first round.

Kobe couldn't bear this damn loss. He vowed to spend 24 hours a day on basketball in the future.

Basketball will be his life in the future, so before the start of the summer league, Kobe told the media that next season, he will change his jersey number.

From the original No. 8 jersey to the No. 24 jersey.

It shows that Kobe in the next ten years will treat basketball wholeheartedly and devote his whole life to basketball.

And his explanation, some people believe it, and some people don't believe it.

Especially the annoying Kohei, they didn't believe it, they just jumped to conclusions there, insisting that Kobe changed his jersey number 24 in order to overwhelm Jordan.

This is disrespect to the elders.

Hearing these remarks, according to Kobe's personality, he would naturally not respond to them. His energy is indeed as he said, all focused on basketball.

Kobe has been training almost every day this offseason.

Even if Lin Feng is not around, he still trains hard as usual.

Before crossing, Lin Feng only heard that Kobe was a madman in terms of training attitude.

Now that he traveled to Los Angeles and became Kobe's teammate, Lin Feng knew that the outside rumors were still a little off.

Kobe was not just a training maniac, he was a training maniac.

Can be called a physical monster, Lin Feng feels very tired in the weight room even if he has a system, but Kobe trains tirelessly without any complaints.

Maybe this is the so-called Mamba mentality!

After introducing the starting list of the Lakers, the next step is the away game of the Golden State Warriors.

In the 06-07 season, the Golden State Warriors were just a blue-collar team.

There are no dazzling all-stars, and they cannot be compared with the Splash Brothers many years later.

Almost all of the Golden State Warriors this year are blue-collar players, and they also play team basketball.

Among the five starting players are:
The fifth position center, Diogu.

The fourth power forward, Kaba Kappa.

Small forward at the third position, Pietrus.

Scorer at No. [-], Jason Richardson

The ball handler at the No. [-] position, Baron Davis.

Among the five-man roster, if an All-Star player must be selected, the only one is Jason Richardson.

In the last season, Richardson averaged 23.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.

Unfortunately, with the rapid growth of the new star Monta Ellis, Jason Richardson gradually fell out of favor with the Warriors.

As the team's top scorer, Kobe's man-mark must be Richardson.

As long as he is strangled at this point, the Warriors will play well.

Of course, the changes on the basketball court are changing rapidly. Maybe in a certain game, blue-collar players can also play a big role.

Players from both sides entered the field, and Lin Feng sat on the bench as the substitute of the old fish Fisher.

His prospective girlfriend, Su Muqing, also came to the scene. This was Lin Feng's first appearance in the NBA, so it was impossible for her not to come.

No matter how big the matter is, they have to come and watch Lin Feng's first match.

"Baby, don't be impatient. Let's start as a substitute first. Kobe is so good. When he first entered the league, he also started as a substitute, and then slowly got up."

Su Muqing sat in the back row of Lin Feng, she comforted Lin Feng, don't be impatient, let alone discouraged.

Be the old fisher Fisher's substitute first, take your time, and try your best to express yourself whenever you have the opportunity to appear on the stage.

Every player who played from the bench to the starting lineup has survived like this, and Kobe is no exception.

Lin Feng turned his head, looked at Su Muqing's gentle eyes, and said with a smile: "Baby, I know, I have no complaints, Lao Yu is an experienced player, with him on the court, I believe it will be of great use."

"Well, baby, I'm very pleased that you can think so."

Su Muqing showed a sweet smile.

During the conversation between the two, the game started on the field. The referee walked to the center with the ball in his arms and signaled the centers of both sides to fight for the jump ball.

Kwame Brown is the first choice of the Lakers. Of course, he is a veritable parallel importer, and he plays at the center. The center is used to jump the ball and grab rebounds.

"Snapped!"

The basketball was slapped away by Diogu of the Warriors. As everyone expected, the parallel import champion did not snatch Diogu.

Richardson of the Warriors got the ball and did not rush to attack. Instead, he came to the frontcourt slowly, poured the ball in, and passed it to Diogu, who was running in an air cut.

Diogu averaged 10.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game last season.

This blue-collar center with proper statistics can cut and eat cakes, but he doesn't have singles skills.

But when it comes to Kwame Brown, they're pretty much the same.

Diogu took the ball, feinted it, and didn't deceive Kwame Brown. One thing to say, Kwame Brown's pick-and-roll and defense are quite active compared to the sloppy offense.

Diogu refused to accept it, and after the feint, the parallel import champion didn't even take off, and he was going to take it by force.

With a small hook, the ball was scored.

The start felt good, and the Golden State Warriors temporarily led 2:0.

Kwame Brown sent the ball to the old fish Fisher. In the triangle offensive system, the point guard is of little use.

Lao Yu dribbled the ball past half court and gave Kobe the ball.

Fans who are familiar with Kobe know that at the beginning of the game, Kobe will not be fully fired, he will guide his teammates to attack.

When his teammates feel cold and can't make a shot, Kobe will take over the game and attack in various positions.

Any position, any area, as long as Kobe receives the ball, there is no offensive blind spot for him.

As the saying goes, the offensive kaleidoscope is to describe a top player like Kobe.

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(End of this chapter)