Kwame Brown's Freshman

Chapter 123 Malone is not as good as 40
Finally came Chapter 1.Post Chapter 2 later.

"It seems that there is still no way to integrate Kobe, Kidd, and Kwame! The three coaches of the Lakers have no experience in coaching a guard of Kidd's level, and they don't know how to use it." Kenny Smith's commentary has always been very neutral, even if this is his hostile Lakers.

"Oh, Rudy put the three on the court again. The Lakers didn't know what to do when they were on the court at the same time in the first half. Now let's see what they can achieve."

Rudy finally discovered one thing, Kidd has very good ball-handling skills and good organizational skills.So as long as Kidd is in possession of the ball, everyone else will only watch Kidd dribble, especially Kobe, who has never cooperated with Kidd's level of point guard.So this led to Kidd often holding the ball for too long when organizing games. Long-term ball holding organization is not Kidd's strong point, so Rudy is going to let the Lakers play and run and let the ball pass between Kidd and Kobe.

The Lakers sent the most mobile combination of the Lakers, Kidd + Kobe + Ariza + Kwame + Humphries.Odom was once again assigned to the second team rotation time.

"Rudy, an old guy, has started to play running and bombing again. That's right. With such a luxurious backcourt and an inside line like Kwame, Rudy can try all the tactics he hasn't used before." As a player of an era, Barkley yelled one old guy at a time very smoothly.

"What's the matter, our Sir Barkley, why do you look a little jealous. This year, even if the Lakers haven't finished their run-in, they are the most likely candidates to win the championship." It is said that Barkley always has a kind of bullying Smith when explaining feeling, but in fact most of it was initiated by Smith.

"God, didn't I just spit on you? You say this again." Barkley hates mentioning rings, and he rarely even wears a wedding ring.

Back on the court, since the Lakers were the first to attack, the Spurs were the first to attack in the second and third quarters.

The Spurs still have their starting five tigers, Parker, Ginobili, Bowen, Duncan, Lahue, and Duncan.

Kwame said that it was very stressful to defend Duncan. Humphries ran to Lahue's side as soon as he came up, saying that he should defend the center if he was a center. He was strongly despised by Kwame, so he had to go up by himself. , You must know that Duncan's mid-range rebound shooting is too strong, and he really dare not relax in the slightest for this big man who has been stable for ten years.

Kwame found that this time Duncan was not as easy to deal with as at the beginning of the season. It seemed that the opponent had completely entered the legendary playoff mode. In terms of enthusiasm, it was different from the previous two encounters. Duncan took more active shots this time than before. Many, especially the third quarter at this critical moment, have brought Kwame unprecedented pressure.

Unlike O'Neill's infinite destructive power, Duncan only feels calm to Kwame, so calm that it is terrifying!
"Poker face, come on, have a smile. We were all selected by the team as the No. [-] pick, so we should have a lot of topics." Kwame received a pass from Kobe and singled Duncan on the right side of the free throw line.However, it is a bit far away from the basket. Kwame and Duncan still suffer a little in terms of strength when they want to be in the position. As expected of a monster who claims to be second only to Malone in power forward position, Kwame is not in a comfortable position at all.A little far away from the basket, Kwame was about to turn around and cut in, but he was blocked by Duncan several times in a row. Only then did he realize that Duncan's defense is so terrifying. This is the man who was selected to the best defensive team in his rookie season!
Reluctantly, Kwame could only find a way to distract Duncan's attention, but Kwame's trash talk had no effect at all, and the other party ignored him at all, and didn't even change his expression.

Kobe played the role of a corner three-point shooter perfectly this time, and let Kwame play singles, and everyone else watched. Kwame was helpless, hooks were unlikely, and the opponent's wingspan was much taller than himself. , As soon as he jumped up, he couldn't even find the basket. Kwame could only turn over and force a shot.

Duncan pressed forward, Kwame could only lean back as much as possible, disrupting the rhythm of the shot, Kwame's shot was obviously sideways!

Parker grabbed the rebound and counterattacked!Ariza desperately chased or failed to catch up, Parker quickly ran to the basket and made an easy layup.

"Kobe, why are you standing there in the corner! Come help me catch it!" Kwame complained to Kobe, not to mention the bad timing of the pass, and he was still playing a stake there.

"I thought you could cut in! It's really useless." Kobe said to Kwame very contemptuously. He thought Kwame could beat Duncan, but the Lakers' center frightened Popovich every time. In the position of power forward, Rudy also had Kobe's suggestion to let Kwame play power forward. Let Kwame play against Duncan in the playoffs. The first two times Kwame played against Duncan very strongly.Didn't expect it to be so sluggish this time.

Kwame felt that Alexander, Ke Juxia, your expectations of me are getting higher and higher!From the requirement of being able to defend the opponent's inside lane to being able to deal with Duncan now, you think I am Garnett! "Well, I don't think Garnett is bad, but Garnett can't guard against this monster!" Kwame felt a little helpless towards Kobe, and could only complain to Kobe.

"Your current strength is at the same level as that of Malone who retired last year, last year's Malone!" Kobe is actually quite pleased with Kwame's progress, but as he said, Kwame's current strength is the same as last year's old one. At Malone's level, the only thing stronger than old Malone may be physical strength.So Kobe wants to put more pressure on Kwame, not encouragement.

Kwame doesn't think he's that bad, does he?Even the 40-year-old Ma Long can't compare?But it's also possible that Malone was considered a giant player when he was 40 years old, but now he is just a new generation star with the best style of play in everyone's eyes.Although Kwame doesn't seem to admit that he is worse than an old man, but when Malone met Garnett in the playoffs last year, he almost beat his opponents. You must know that last year was Garnett's mvp season!

Unlike Duncan who always rests during the regular season, Garnett maintains his strongest state at all times, so Kwame and Garnett can see the gap between him and Malone when they play.

I have always heard that Duncan and Garnett are two of the three best insiders in the league. At the beginning of the season, they played against Duncan and Garnett for the first time as the inside core and found that Garnett was really awesome, but Duncan It seems a little not as strong as in the legend, but that poker face is real.

But now that Duncan has entered the playoffs, he taught Kwame a lesson. Rudy's tactics before going on the court are to focus on Kwame, and let Kwame be the core of the tactics to cooperate with Kobe and Kidd.

(End of this chapter)