NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 55 The season is about to begin, a long-lost system task

Inside the Lakers general manager's office.

Phil Jackson took off his glasses and rubbed his eyebrows. He felt unprecedented pressure.

The Lakers lineup in the 03-04 season can be regarded as the most luxurious and powerful team in his coaching career.

Even the 95-win Bulls team in the 96-72 season was far inferior to this Lakers in terms of lineup strength.

After all, the current Lakers team has gathered four superstars, and the luxury of the lineup is rare in history.

But behind the strong lineup comes heavy pressure.

As long as such a team cannot win the championship, it will be a complete failure, even a disastrous defeat.

All outsiders can see is the superstar lineup assembled by the Lakers, but their own family knows their own affairs.

Phil Jackson knows very well that the Lakers are only glamorous on the surface, but actually have many problems.

The conflict between O'Neal and Kobe is difficult to reconcile, and it has been difficult for the two to return to the stage of tacit understanding as a partnership during the three consecutive championships.

Although Karl Malone and Gary Payton are famous, they are both veterans who have passed their prime, and their reputation far outweighs their strength.

On this basis, these four are all star players who have made a name for themselves. At the same time, when they are on the court, who is the leader and who is the green leaf must also be clearly defined... In short, it is two words, difficult to decide.

Even with nine championship rings in hand, Jackson, who has seen all kinds of ups and downs, still feels tremendous pressure and has a headache.

However, surrounded by various problems, there are still one or two good things.

First of all, it's Kobe's problem.

The Lakers are actually prepared for the worst. If Kobe is really found guilty and imprisoned, they will lack an absolute main force on the outside.

But a few months have passed, and the evidence of the Eagle County incident is still insufficient. Even if the existing evidence can prove that Kobe and the waitress had a relationship, it cannot be concluded that Kobe forced the other party, and the matter itself is illogical. The question is, as a multi-millionaire, Kobe has countless beautiful women who are willing to throw himself into his arms. Does he have to use force? Therefore, the police do not rule out the suspicion that the woman is a fairy, and will not believe the other party's words.

At the same time, the benefits of rich people are also reflected here. Kobe hired a professional team of lawyers to help Kobe exonerate himself from every detail. There was also a huge bail to clear the way to ensure that Kobe could move freely and participate in NBA games.

In this way, at least Kobe will not miss the game due to the Eagle County incident, which is definitely good news.

Although Phil Jackson hated this kind of thing because his daughter had been violated in the past, and his favorable impression of Kobe had dropped to freezing point, he knew very well that the Lakers would not be able to win the championship without Kobe.

As for another good news, it is the sudden rise of Wang Chong.

In fact, when Cook wanted to get Wang Chong, Phil Jackson did not approve or even opposed it.

He is not optimistic about this Asian player. Even if the opponent performs well in the NCAA finals, how many Asians can perform well in the NBA? So far, there is only Dayao, and Dayao also relies on his unique height advantage of a little giant of 2 meters. If he has the average physical condition in the NBA, it may be difficult to make a name for himself in the league.

Why would Wang Chong be the only exception?

But he didn't expect that Wang Chong would become the only exception.

Anthony scored 40 points against Anthony in the summer league. Within a few days of team training, many assistant coaches had already praised Wang Chong's ability in front of Phil Jackson. They were even in the same situation and almost didn't speak to each other off the court. O'Neal and Kobe also expressed their praise for Wang Chong.

"Did the Lakers actually get another genius with the 13th pick?"

<divclass="contentadv"> Phil Jackson feels that if the Lakers, which currently have various problems, have a chance to win the championship, Wang Chong will definitely become a very important part of it.

"In the preseason, give this young man more opportunities to perform. If he can prove himself again, let him become the third scoring point of the team in the new season besides O'Neal and Kobe. It is not a bad idea to develop some tactics around him. No."

Phil Jackson was still deep in thought, but he didn't know that in the court downstairs, Wang Chong, who was practicing shooting after catching the ball, paused slightly, deformed his shooting posture, and directly shot a three-pointer. .

"What's wrong, King! Stay focused and don't let your mind wander!"

The assistant coach assisting Wang Chong in training frowned and said.

But at this time, Wang Chong didn't listen to the assistant coach's words at all.

Because at that moment, the system prompt sounded in his ears for a long time.

“Ding—the mission is activated!”

"Mission: Perfect debut."

"Mission goal: The host's score in his first NBA debut must not be less than 20 points, and his average points per game in the first week of the regular season must not be lower than that of James and Anthony."

"After the mission is completed, you will receive a reward: a random silver badge."

System tasks! After three months, Wang Chong finally heard the sound of the system again.

Since the end of the draft, the system has not issued any tasks. Wang Chong is not impatient, because he knows very well that the reason why the system has fallen into silence is because the NBA game has not started yet, even if he wants to issue tasks There are no good options either.

His guess was indeed correct. The preseason has not even started yet, but as the season approaches, the system finally starts to take action.

A silver-level random badge, the reward is relatively ordinary, especially under the harsh conditions of this mission.

The first NBA regular season score must not be less than 20 points, and the scoring average in the first week of the regular season must be no less than that of James and Anthony.

This is no simple task.

Wang Chong can no longer remember clearly the performance of James and Anthony in their first show and what kind of performance they performed in the following week.

But at the end of the regular season, the two averaged more than 20 points per game, which is enough to prove that the offensive abilities of these two guys are good in the NBA.

Wang Chong is very confident in his current offensive ability. Neither James nor Anthony is as good as him at this time.

But the problem is that neither the Cavaliers nor the Nuggets are like the Lakers, who have many big names such as O'Neal, Kobe and even Gary Payton and Malone.

Even if Wang Chong wants to score, whether he can get so much ball power is a problem.

But since the system has given a task, Wang Chong must try his best to complete it no matter what. He can get a silver-level badge for free at the beginning of the season. Where can he find such a good thing!

"We will put aside the regular season issues for now. The most important thing right now is to perform well enough in the preseason, and at least secure the position of the team's starting small forward!"