Basketball K God

Chapter 718 The Contest Between the Old and the New

Xie Kai said to Jeremy Lin: "Many of your teams have one-year contracts. To be honest, you may not be in the team's long-term plan!"

These words are indeed true, neither Jeremy Lin nor Boozer will be part of the Lakers' future plans.This team has entered the rebuilding process, but Kobe's existence makes it difficult for them to show that they are bad.

The Lakers' signings this summer were a failure. They didn't get any big fish in the free market, and what they got in the end were players that other teams considered dispensable, such as Boozer who had entered the end of his career, tasteless Player "Sharp Brother" Jordan Hill, Ed Davis waived by the Grizzlies, wandering player Ronnie Price and others.

Relying on this group of people to make it to the playoffs, Kobe has to return to the top.

On November 2013, 11, Kobe signed a two-year, $25 million extension with the Lakers.Obviously, the Lakers did not sign a long-term contract with him, and they are also considering the future.

After a serious injury, Kobe can no longer afford the cornerstone of a championship team, but if he does not renew his contract, the team will have no other big fish, and there will be no top-level talented young people to train, so let the meritorious players get high salaries , seems to be something that need not be considered too much.

Pre-match predictions, of course, the Grizzlies have a high percentage of wins, not to mention the strength on paper, just the record, one is 6 wins and 1 loss, and the other is 1 win and 5 losses.

The backcourt combination of Kobe and Jeremy Lin, if time goes back to the matchup between the two in New York during the Linsanity period, it may be a backcourt duo that cannot be underestimated in the league, but the status of the two now is that their fame is greater than their strength up.

On the evening of November 11th, the Grizzlies VS Lakers game was played at the Grizzlies home FedEx Arena.

The fans arrived early to watch the game. Both Xie Kai and Kobe are the most popular players in the NBA, and the Lakers have always been one of the most popular teams in the NBA. Such a historic giant playing away games, the fans who support them are not uncommon. few.

Ed Davis, one of the members of the Grizzlies team that won the championship last season, came to play at the home of his old club. Before the game, the team arranged a small ring ceremony, which was led by general manager Chris Wallace. Give him the championship ring.

Ed Davis is still very excited. Although he left the team, he already holds two championship rings.In terms of the number of rings alone, he has more rings than LeBron James...

Although Ed Davis's contract is small (the contract is worth 200 million US dollars for two years, the second year is a player option), but he believes that in the Lakers, he can get more playing time with his own strength, Get a good performance, jump out of the contract next season, and sign a bigger contract.

Kobe is in a good mood, despite the team's recent poor record.He has also won all the honors he deserves. As long as he goes all out on the court and plays well, he can't decide whether he can win or not.

At this point in his career, he also understands that even if he tries his best, relying on this lineup, if he wants to compete for the championship, it is really more appropriate to wash up and sleep.

The game was broadcast live on CCTV5. Because of Kobe, the former national men's basketball coach Weiping Bryant was specially arranged. No, Zhang Weiping was the guest commentator.

The host is still Yu Jia.

Yu Jia smiled and said, "Director Zhang, what do you think of the Lakers-Grizzlies game?"

Director Zhang cleared his throat, and then said: "This game is an away game for the Lakers. The winner of the game is the competition between the two teams' shooting guards. Let's see what Kobe and Xie Kai will do."

"Director Zhang, what do you think of Kobe's performance this season?" Yu Jia asked.

Director Zhang said solemnly: "Kobe played very well, he is still the same Kobe, he played very resolutely."

The starting players of the two teams began to appear, and the game was about to start.

The starting lineup of the Grizzlies has not changed. Although the old prince is not in good condition, he still starts the game.

The starting lineup of the Lakers for the away game is: center - Jordan Hill, power forward - Carlos Boozer, small forward - Wesley Johnson, shooting guard - Kobe Bryant, organization Guard - Jeremy Lin.

The white bear and the sharp brother are preparing to jump the ball near the middle circle, and the game is about to start.

The fans in the stands cheered. Many purple and gold fans came to the scene today. Many of them wore Kobe's No. 24 jersey.The popularity of the Lakers can be seen!

The jump ball begins and the game officially begins.

The sharp brother beat the white bears with a jump ball, and the Lakers took control of the first wave of offensive balls.

Jeremy Lin slowly dribbled the ball over.

Coach Byron Scott has actively promoted Princeton tactics since he took over the Lakers.No, Jeremy Lin handed the ball to Boozer in the high position, and then walked towards the bottom corner.

Kobe came out to catch the ball with the help of a screen.

The Princeton system is not particularly complicated, but if you want to play well, you have relatively high requirements for the team's configuration.For so many years, it seems that only your Kings team played the smoothest.

The Princeton system needs a pivotal big man with the ability to dominate the ball, but the problem is that the two starting insiders of the Lakers, the sharp guy and the anti-bone guy, are not the insiders like Weber Divac. They are more suitable for finishing rather than controlling the ball.

So since the start of the game, Princeton didn't play a few games of the Lakers, and in the end it became a one-on-one player...

However, the new Lakers coach Byron Scott still insisted on using Princeton. He said in an interview that this system is very suitable for the current Lakers team, and the players just haven't fully adapted...

Jeremy Lin said heartily: "I have a saying about MMP, I don't know if I should say it or not!"

Bryant received the ball and faced Xie Kai on the right wing.

At the beginning, Kobe faced Xie Kai. The fans of both teams in the stands were very excited, and the cheers were louder and louder.

Kobe took a tentative step with the ball, suddenly started, and broke through with his left hand under pressure.

Xie Kai's lateral movement is very fast, and since he practiced his strength, his confrontation has also improved a lot. Now facing Kobe, he does not suffer at all in terms of physical confrontation.

Kobe couldn't get rid of Xie Kai, turned his face to the frame, and leaned in with the ball.

Xie Kai blocked Kobe in case he turned and cut.

Kobe leaned on Xie Kai, used his footsteps, shook his shoulders with the ball, took advantage of the time difference, and shot a fallback jumper-hit!
"Good shot! This shot is difficult!" Yu Jia exclaimed.

Director Zhang didn't seem to be surprised at all: "Don't say that, it's really good, I just shot, and I scored, hehe! This is Kobe, just Kobe, this kind of shot makes you lose your temper!"

The Grizzlies' offense and defense opened, not Kobe, but Wesley Johnson.

(End of this chapter)