Basketball myth

Chapter 146 Conversation with Kobe
After the game, the Lakers returned to their home court of Los Angeles. None of the players still had the energy to train. They were very exhausted after more than 10 days of away games!
Of course, the players can rest at this time, but the coach doesn't have this time!Thomas must hurry up to communicate with Kobe, this is the first thing Thomas does!

At home in Los Angeles, Kobe didn't want to be lazy and want to relax for a day. Instead, he trained hard during this day's vacation. No matter how famous he is in the future, it is said that his character is so bad!However, no one can deny his hard training!

Thomas looked at Kobe who was resting after completing a series of exercises and stepped forward!Take the initiative to say hello! "Hey, Brandt, do you have a minute? Let's talk?"

Now Kobe can be described as a character who is loved by thousands of people. A high school student who participates in the NBA can participate in the All-Star in the second year. In the playoffs of the first two seasons, the coach focused on training and asked him to shoot that crucial three-pointer. Lore, wait, wait, such a player is really a special existence in the Lakers!

Thomas is no exception. In his original memory about Kobe, this one is very clear about how proud Kobe is!Otherwise, according to Kobe's withdrawn personality, not attacking Thomas directly is the greatest consolation and there is still a lot of room for maneuver!

"Coach, what do you want to say?" Kobe sat on the bench, drinking a drink, and asked in confusion!The current Kobe is not the boss of the Lakers later, but a player who is still in his rookie period!Talking is not particularly direct!
"I want to talk to you about your future! Or in your eyes, what your future looks like!" Thomas also sat down, like a conversation with an old friend, and sat down just not to give Kobe anything. There is a big difference between a person standing and a sitting person talking, and sitting talking!
Watching Thomas sit down, Kobe raised his eyebrows, didn't speak directly, but thought about it, and spoke his dream very plainly! "Oh! I want to be a superstar like Jordan! I want to be the king of the NBA! I..."

Thomas interrupted such an unnutritious conversation, but said bluntly, "I know you will think this way, to be honest, you will definitely do it in the future, but you can't do it now!" Speaking of This Thomas raised his shot and looked at Kobe's expression!
Looking at him, although he was still a little upset, he still nodded, and continued: "So, what do you want most now? I can give you time to let you continue to compete with various masters, and then slowly improve yourself , and then the Lakers slowly became stronger until the Lakers won the championship, but the problem now is that I don't have time for you, or what I want is tactical training time, not your personal time!"

Seeing Kobe looking at him in bewilderment, Thomas continued: "We have a lot of stars this season, Kevin, Barkley, Hill, these players have a big purpose of coming to win a championship! We There may be no them in the next season! Our substitute level and the level of the whole team will drop quickly! Also, Jordan may retire for the second time!"

"Jordan has retired! You have no chance to fight him! Let alone fight him in the finals! This year is your last chance! It is also the last chance for these veterans!" Thomas said solemnly arrive!
Kobe looked at Thomas in surprise and asked, "You mean we will compete with Jordan in the Finals?"

"Yes! We are very hopeful! When the time comes, you stand on that stage against Jordan, and we will take him off the stage!" Thomas said solemnly!That look is simply full of brilliance, hmm!In fact, it was just that the sun was shining right on his face!

"Can we do it?" Kobe muttered to himself!

"As long as we are a whole team, we can do it! We definitely have the strength!" Thomas bit the word "whole body" very hard!

"Then coach, what do you mean by saying this today? Or what do you want me to do?" Kobe looked at Thomas' obvious distrust and said!

"Let's make a bet! Play against the Pacers tomorrow! The Pacers are the second best team in the East, right? The only team in the first batch is the Bulls, right? Let's use your style of play and mine. Can Falai play the second half?" Thomas easily brought this topic up to bets!
"How to make this bet?" Kobe asked in confusion!

"In the first quarter and the third quarter of the next game, you choose who you want to play against the Pacers! Follow your own style of play! Then during the time you are on the court, your score is still Calculate the point difference! Then, I will use my tactics to play in the second quarter and the fourth quarter, and I will also calculate my point difference! Isn’t the result very certain?” Thomas replied like this Arrive!

"Okay! I understand what you mean! Do you want me to change my style of play! Okay! Let's start betting like this tomorrow! So what are our chips?" Kobe will answer very readily!
"Once you win, I will control how you play! Whenever you want to control the ball, you have this power! Once you lose, you have to listen to me in all games in the second half of this season. Training You need to listen to me! I want you to play when I want you to play, and do what I want you to do? How about it? Be fair!" Thomas said the bargaining chip he had thought about for a long time!It seems that it is very rare for Thomas to achieve this level!

"Okay! I promise you!" Kobe returned happily!

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"What's going on here? What happened to the Lakers? What happened to O'Neal? Haven't recovered their physical strength in this game? Now the Lakers have fallen into the vicious circle of their own singles! Kobe has already scored 12th points. In one quarter, this kind of scoring is already considered a lot! However, the Lakers only scored 23 points overall, and fell behind 23 to 30 in the first quarter! Are the Lakers going to change tactics?" Looking at the game, The Lakers performed so badly, and said very angrily!
"O'Neal scored only 7 points at the basket, and he scored points in a bad position. Kobe's passing was sometimes very inappropriate! Hill is more like a defensive player! This way the next one is Very bad! You know, the Pacers' starters have always been so efficient!"

"Look at the head coach of the Lakers and think of a way! Such a tactic is impossible to win!"

"In the second half, Barkley, you and Kevin should use some real skills! If we still lose, we will lose three games in a row! Hill, you were a little depressed in the first quarter! Have a good game! Ratliff also With you Fisher playing! Get back the score!" Thomas looked at Kobe's performance and said nothing!Instead, he lightly ordered the lineup for the third quarter!

"The Lakers returned to normal in the second quarter. Barkley received the pass from Hill and Kevin and easily scored the ball. Although he did not have the absolute strength of O'Neal, Barkley was able to deal with such an insider. It's still relatively easy!"

"Jaylen Rose didn't react at all to Hill's breakthrough. Before Speights defended, he easily handed the ball to Barkley. Facing the unguarded basket, dunk! Barkley like this I haven't seen a relaxed smile for a long time!"

"Hill led the whole team to start a counterattack. It was easy to turn around and shoot in the paint, and accelerate the breakthrough! Miller's hand feeling is not so good. He seems to be very unadapted to the weather in Los Angeles in this game. He played very normally. It is really troublesome for a shooter to lose his touch!"

At the end of the half, the Lakers led by one point with a score of 54 to 53. It seems that the Lakers are back to normal!
The Lakers players who returned to the locker room also picked up the towels and began to rest, all looking at Kobe interestingly!The whole team has already seen that Kobe is competing with the coach!But not to mention that he doesn't have this strength, but how many times did he succeed in defending the Pacers in singles?
(End of this chapter)