The world's best combo guard

Chapter 65 62 [Bet with Kobe]

In the last game in October, the Lakers will play on the road against the Chicago Bulls.

When he got off the plane and looked at the city in front of him, Li Hao couldn't help feeling a little emotional. Chicago, the third largest city in the United States, counted as he had come here for the second time. When he came here for the first time, he Not yet an NBA player, he came here to participate in a joint trial training. In order to become an NBA player, he came here for the second time. He is already an NBA player, and this process, thinking about it now, is still somewhat unforgettable.

For now, in the NBA, if only one person can represent a city, then there is absolutely no dispute that Jordan represents Chicago, even if the "God of Basketball" has left.

In 1998, Jordan, who had achieved great success, retired bravely and bid farewell to the basketball world for the second time.Former officials such as Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Luke Longley and Tony Kukoc also left the Bulls one after another. The Bulls dynasty began to decline, and the NBA has since entered the post-Bulls era. After 1998, the Bulls began a large-scale reconstruction, and successively ushered in No. [-] pick Elton Brand, Jaylen Rose, Jay Williams and Danny Marshall.But among these players, Elton Brand is the only one who has become a star and has switched to his team, and the others have become unknown.However, with the growth of young players such as Ben Gordon and Kirk Hinrich and the joining of Ben Wallace, the Bulls have regained their vitality in these two seasons.

Although it seems that it is difficult for them to mention the championship now, the strength of the team should give them hope of entering the playoffs.

From this perspective, the away game against the Bulls is not a relatively easy game for the Lakers.

"Li, if the pull-back angle just now could be more tricky, maybe it would be better."

After coming to Chicago, Li Hao did not spend more time on the soft bed in the hotel like everyone else, but chose to arrive at the Bulls' home court United Center in advance for training.

For Li Hao, his heart has been contradictory in the past two days. From the perspective of his career, season trends and the current situation of the team, he does not feel uncomfortable with his current performance or even statistics. He believes that everything will be fine. Judging from the performance of the rookies in the league, he feels that he is very poor. Seeing the rookies of the same class shine one by one, it is impossible for him to be without fluctuations in his heart. He expects himself to be the same as them, or even surpass them.

And to do this, the most basic thing is to train hard.

When he was training, Kobe Bryant also showed up here to practice and watched him practice for a while.

"Are you talking about the pull-back with the right hand? Yes, I'm trying to do what you said, but you know it's not easy to correct from the previous inertial action"

"Li, your steps seem to be steady"

"Kobe, let's go one-on-one"

"One on one? Rookie, are you sure?"

"Of course, I don't think I will lose to you"

"Garbage, you know Michael Jordan, you go ask him, can he hold me down one-on-one?"

"Come on, shut your stinking mouth and speak with strength"

.........

Perhaps because of the sudden outbreak of the willpower in his bones, Li Hao offered to fight Kobe one-on-one as if to die.

Kobe had a good impression of Li Hao, because he felt that this guy was very similar to himself, he was an iron man on the training ground, so he readily agreed to Li Hao's request, of course, his expression was dismissive.

The one-on-one duel between Li Hao and Kobe lasted only 5 minutes, because Li Hao didn't want to humiliate himself, so he directly chose to quit halfway. From the current point of view, he was completely defeated by Kobe in the solo fight, not because he was not confident. This is all a conclusion he got from practice.

Whether it is offensive or defensive, he was ruthlessly suppressed by Kobe.

Especially on the offensive end, Kobe has too many scoring weapons, and each weapon is used very skillfully.

Li Hao is confident that his defensive ability has been greatly improved during this period of time, but he still cannot defend Kobe.

"Lee, you should work more on the defensive end. Phil is a stubborn person. You want more opportunities. At present, the best way is to impress him with his defensive ability. At the beginning, I replaced him like this. Eddie Jones'

Kobe gave Li Hao a serious opinion. He didn't make fun of or even underestimate Li Hao because Li Hao completely defeated him in the heads-up. On the contrary, he felt that Li Hao was very malleable.

"Larry also suggested that to me. He suggested that I learn from Gary, but that guy didn't want to teach me directly, but set a pass line for me." Li Hao spread his hands helplessly.

"Pass line?" Bryant asked as he dribbled the ball.

"That Gary guy told me that it's okay to learn defensive skills from him, but only if I score 10 points or 20 steals in any one of 5 games"

"It doesn't sound like a difficult score to achieve." Kobe shook his head disdainfully.

"Come on, you're playing 30+ fucking minutes per game, of course it's a piece of cake for you"

Li Hao wanted to rush up and give Kobe a slap. This guy really doesn't hurt his back while standing up and talking.

"Haha, Li, I can also set a passing line for you. If you can score 15 points in the game tonight when you get more than 15 minutes of playing time, maybe I will suggest to Ferdo in the next game. You have a little playing time, you know, although that guy Phil is not easy to talk to, he still has to show me face.” Kobe hit a three-pointer with a swipe and said with a big smile.

"Deal" Li Hao snapped his fingers at Kobe.

In the NBA, players cannot interfere with the head coach's deployment of troops. However, this is only compared to those ordinary players. For superstar players like Kobe, the head coach will often sell them. After all, for the head coach He said that whether he can keep his job in a team has a lot to do with the attitude of the star in the team towards him.

Therefore, Li Hao believed that Kobe would buy him more playing time, so he readily agreed, and even if he lost the bet, he didn't lose anything.

"Li, what I just said was what you get when you win. Don't rush to talk about the deal. Let's talk about the price you have to pay if you can't do it."

Kobe threw the ball at Li Hao. He felt that the Chinese rookie was dishonest and almost fooled him.

"Okay, let's talk." Li Hao smiled wryly.

"If you don't score 15 points, then you will be in charge of my salute for the rest of the season, and you will have to help me carry my luggage in every away game." Kobe smirked, although it has become a common practice for veterans to bully rookies in the NBA. Traditional, but he still wanted to try something different.

(End of this chapter)