lakers championship

Chapter 332 Please Shut Up
After the victory over the Suns, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles.

On the 22nd, the Lakers played at home against the Pelicans. Rondo, who came back after a one-game suspension, was in a vigorous state. In the first quarter alone, he sent 10 assists and made 3 of 2 three-pointers, helping the Lakers win easily.

Subsequently, according to the schedule, the Lakers get three days off.

During this period, Tianyang and Rondo complemented the previous defensive teaching for Kuzma and Tatum.

Although it is difficult to get results quickly, at least it has laid a solid foundation for the two rookies to be promoted to defensive masters.

Three days later, the Lakers accepted the challenge of the Wizards at home.

In the first half, Wall relied on his extraordinary speed advantage to delay the fast break rhythm of the Lakers team.But the Lakers immediately began to sharpen their positions in the second half, giving full play to the back-up advantages of Tianyang and Kobe, and won the game without any risk.

On the 27th, the Toronto Raptors visited the Staples Center. The "garbage brothers" Lowry and DeRozan played well, contributing 67 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds, but still lost to Tianyang's super god-level 45 points and 18 assists .

After defeating the Raptors, the Lakers won 5 consecutive victories, which is better than the same period last season.

Coupled with Tianyang's terrifying performance averaging 35 points per game, the topic of whether he can break Rose's MVP has once again become a hot topic of discussion among fans and the media.

Rose was 10 years old when he won the regular season MVP in the 11-22 season. At this time, Tianyang was less than 21 years old and only played in the league for one season. It can be said that he is very promising.

To this end, ESPN, TNT and other media held roundtable discussions.

The ESPN expert team believes that Harden has a better chance of winning the MVP than Tianyang this season, because both the Rockets and the Lakers have many All-Star players, and the Rockets may achieve a better record. After all, the Rockets have a relatively balanced lineup.

With such a conclusion, fans immediately ranted wildly, and even neutral fans felt very embarrassed.

How can Rondo Garros be compared with Paul?
Are Kobe and Carter forced to count as All-Star players?
EPSN really hid their faces and couldn't find it.

The TNT expert team believes that Tianyang is the MVP, because Tianyang not only beats the entire league in personal data, but also helps teammates improve, helps the team achieve a better regular season record, and helps more people in need.

Such a conclusion is recognized by most of the fans, but at the same time, the fans also said that the MVP needs Tianyang to reach a certain number of appearances, and if there are too many rotations, it will definitely affect the selection.

The turbulent discussions from the outside world did not arouse Tianyang's interest, but instead he had a headache.

Because according to the schedule, after the Lakers finished the game with the Raptors, they needed to fly to Salt Lake City overnight to challenge the Utah Jazz in back-to-back away games without any rest time.

As we all know, the Jazz home energy center is located in a plateau area at an altitude of 1320 meters. If you don't live there for a long time, going there temporarily will easily lead to various physical problems.

Last season, the Lakers went to the challenge twice, one lost and one won. The process was extremely difficult, and the difficulty was at the same level as the playoffs.

The point is that the Jazz's rookie Mitchell performed very well this year, and he happened to be a shooting guard.

Tianyang knew that at that time, Mitchell would definitely let him play on the defensive end, consuming a lot of energy.

……

At 28 o'clock on the 11th, at the Jazz training base, head coach Snyder blew his whistle to signal the end of the morning training.

Mitchell walked to the sidelines sweating profusely and was interviewed by EPSN reporter Julie.

Julie handed over the microphone and asked: "It can be seen that you have worked hard in training, please talk to us about the training content."

Mitchell wiped his sweat: "We practiced some tactics, as well as shooting, defense... Well, that's it."

Julie asked again: "In the past 5 games, you averaged 20 points per game, far surpassing other rookies at the same position in the 17th session and ranking first. Is this related to your usual strict training?"

Mitchell smiled: "Of course, I am taught by my seniors in the same position, and the effect is really good."

Julie rolled her eyes: "Who is the senior you are referring to? Kobe? I remember you participated in the training camp held by him."

Mitchell shrugged: "Kobe was also my predecessor, but Tianyang taught me, and he gave me the confidence to participate in the draft and helped me sign an excellent and dedicated agent. I am very grateful to him. "

Julie was obviously taken aback: "Wow? Is it Tianyang? By the way, you are going to face the Lakers tonight. You are very likely to face Tianyang. Are you confident that you can defeat him?"

Mitchell spread his hands: "come on! For now, he is almost invincible at the shooting guard position. In my opinion, only Jordan, the peak Kobe, and the peak Wade can fight with him. You know, I can't win now , but I will go all out and score every goal that should be scored. This is the greatest respect and gratitude to him.

"Then do you think he has a chance to win this year's MVP?"

"Of course, 100% is him, unless Harden also gets an average of 35+ per game."

……

At 4:[-] p.m., the Lakers entered the Energy Center for training, and TNT reporter Maggio interviewed SkyOcean as planned.

"Mitchell said you gave him the confidence to enter the draft, is that true?"

"It has something to do with me, but his agent has the most credit, and I just push the boat along."

"He averaged 5 points per game in the past 20 games and performed very well. What do you think of this?"

"It's normal. He has this strength. I think he should be among the top five rookies in this draft."

"Oh? Can you fully disclose the top 5 rookies in your mind?"

"Of course, they are Tatum, Mitchell, Kuzma, and Fultz. The fifth one has not been decided for the time being. It will not be confirmed until I play against them one by one."

"Tatum and Kuzma are your teammates, let's put it aside, why are you so optimistic about Mitchell?"

"He has done better in basic skills, shooting is also very good, and he has great confidence. In my opinion, the Jazz have picked up a treasure. If I were the Jazz management, I would arrange Mitchell to start now. As a shooting guard, treat him as the cornerstone of the future and focus on training."

……

What Tianyang talked about was soon presented to thousands of fans through TNT's official Twitter.

The two opinions about the rookie re-ranking and Mitchell should start almost instantly caused an uproar, two grades higher than the discussion about whether he can get the MVP.

There is no other reason. Fans of the 76ers, Celtics, Suns, Kings and other teams are very upset that their rookies are underestimated by Tianyang.

Even Jazz fans were unhappy because Tianyang said that Mitchell should start.

Because, the current starting shooting guard in the Jazz is Rodney Hood.

Although Hood's performance in the first few games of his career was not as good as that of Mitchell in the same period, his average data per game has risen steadily since the rookie years. Even if he was plagued by injuries in the 15-16 season, he still averaged 12.7 points per game.

Currently, the Jazz are on the verge of completing an early contract extension with Hood.

What Tianyang said is very likely to cause a misunderstanding between the team's top management and Hood!
Soon, Tianyang's tweet was forwarded more than 10 times.

But what ordinary fans said did not attract the attention of the public, but the remarks of a few celebrities entered the public eye.

Bill Simmons tweeted: "Tianyang is the most realistic player I have ever seen. He can give up the youngest MVP in history to tell the truth!"

This seems a little nonsensical, but when you think about it carefully, the MVP is voted by the major media, and most of those media have their own teams. Tianyang looks down on the rookies of many teams, and naturally offends these media. It may be very difficult to get the MVP vote at this time.

Rodney Hood tweeted: "Respect! We need to respect each other, and if you don't respect me, I'll make you look good! #wait and see!#"

Obviously, this is a public response, and there are some more gimmicks in the game between the two teams.

But the tweets of the two are not as fierce as Jazz coach Snyder.

"@天洋, please shut up! I am the jazz coach!"

'Shut up', that is, 'shut up!', is basically swearing!

……

Thirty minutes before the game between the Lakers and the Jazz, in the locker room, Tianyang shook his head after reading three tweets.

"Snyder has always been fierce, I know. But what's going on with Hood? Want to blow me up?"

Kobe, who was tying his shoelaces, looked up and said with a smile, "Hood has always been crazy. He was educated by me at the beginning, but he told the media that he and I respect each other."

(End of this chapter)