NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 57 James: Wang Chong? Is he worthy to compare with me?

It’s not surprising that James wants to play against Kobe.

His idol is Allen Iverson, and Iverson's strongest opponent in the league currently is Kobe Bryant.

In terms of the honors they have achieved so far, Kobe and even Iverson are even better. Although Iverson has a regular season MVP, Kobe has three championship rings, even though he won the championship with O'Neal. , but this does not affect the fact that he became the most successful defender after Jordan.

It is natural and reasonable for James, who is also a perimeter player, to want to play against Kobe when facing the Lakers.

But that's obviously not what reporters want to hear.

So a reporter asked additionally: "Then what do you think of Wang Chong, the Lakers' No. 13 pick this year? Will you face him in today's game?"

James frowned slightly and seemed to think for a moment before saying: "I don't know much about Wang Chong, but he should be a very good player. I hope he can secure his starting position in the Lakers."

Although the scene is beautiful, the actual meaning of this sentence is just translated. "Wang Chong? I don't understand. Is he worthy of being my opponent?"

James doesn’t know Wang Chong?

That is naturally impossible. In the green room of the draft, he even suppressed Anthony by praising Wang Chong.

At that time, James knew very well who Wang Chong was, but at that time he did not think that the other party had the ability to threaten him, so he did not take Wang Chong to heart at all.

But as Wang Chong joined the Lakers, his exposure rate became higher and higher, especially after he defeated Anthony again in the summer league. The media repeatedly listed Wang Chong as one of the best rookies in the 03 class.

Some people even compare James and Wang Chong to Iverson and Kobe.

This naturally made James feel dissatisfied.

As mentioned before, although Kobe Bryant started at a lower level than Iverson, he caught up from behind and is now ahead of Iverson in terms of honors.

James does not think that he will be surpassed by Wang Chong like Iverson was surpassed by Kobe.

Therefore, when a reporter tried to direct the topic to his fight with Wang Chong, James naturally chose to avoid the topic, as if even talking more about Wang Chong would be a form of contempt for him.

"I'm not Cameron. I'm not as easy to deal with. Want to compete with me? You're far behind!"

During the warm-up period in the stadium, James glanced at Wang Chong, who had a very recognizable skin color, from the corner of his eye, and snorted disdainfully in his heart.

Wang Chong didn't know that James was already hostile to him at this time. Even if he knew, he wouldn't take it to heart at all.

Since he has the system and obtained Durant's growth template, Wang Chong is destined to become the strongest player in the league sooner or later. At the same time, all the stars will be stepped on by him.

As a leader in the 03 class, James is also one of the strongest players in the league in the future. A famous harvester of honors and records, he is naturally one of Wang Chong's strongest competitors.

It is not that simple to surpass James. It is not enough to crush him with the number of championships.

In the future, James fans will like to talk about the honor of 4+4+4, as well as the historical scoring leader and -point achievement.

It is undeniable that with four championships, four regular season MVPs and four finals FMVP honors, looking at all the players in the history of the league, Jordan is really the only one who can stabilize James.

科比5+1+2，邓肯5+2+3，库里4+2+1，都不如詹姆斯的荣誉看着整齐漂亮。

Wang Chong knows very well that even if he defeats James many times in the finals like Duncan and Curry in the future, if he cannot suppress James in terms of personal honor, he will still not be able to convince the public, and James will pop up. , carrying the ancestral motto of 4+4+4, boasting that James is invincible.

Therefore, Wang Chong's plan is to win both team honors such as championships and individual honors such as regular season MVP, surpassing James in all aspects, so that James can truly have no excuses at all.

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<divclass="contentadv">The topic has gone a bit far.

To surpass James in both honors, Wang Chong needs to go a long way. After all, James's career is long and the stability of his performance on the court is indeed rare in history. This is a marathon competition.

But right now, what he cares more about is the completion of system tasks.

"In the first week of the regular season, the scoring average per game must not be lower than that of James, Anthony and others."

Wang Chong thought in his heart.

"It's just right, let's take advantage of today's game to try James' skills as a rookie."

Wang Chong actually doesn't remember clearly what the overall ability value of James was when he first entered the league.

But considering his regular season statistics of 20.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists, I think his ability value is at least above 80, maybe even higher than what he is now.

Finally, the game is about to begin, and the starting lineups of the Lakers and Cavaliers remain on the court ready to start the game.

Lakers starting lineup: Gary Payton, Kobe Bryant, Wang Chong, Malone and O'Neal.

Cavaliers starting lineup: Ricky Davis, James, Carlos Boozer, Darius Miles and Zarunas Ilgauskas.

Both sides are playing their best, but from the main lineup, we can see the huge gap in strength between the two teams.

In addition to James, the Cavaliers' players, including Boozer, Ricky Davis and Big Z, are all decent players, but they are obviously far inferior to the Lakers' superstars.

As mentioned before, no one cares about the outcome of this preseason game. Anyway, at least in the regular season, the Cavaliers are very good at defeating the Lakers.

The more interesting thing to watch now is the competition between James and Wang Chong, the two rookies in the 03 class.

Unfortunately, judging from the current position situation, James appears at the shooting guard position, misaligned with Wang Chong at the small forward position, and instead matches up with Kobe.

At this time, Kobe had just finished handling some chores in Eagle County. He seemed obviously not in a good mood and was not very interested in playing against James, the new No. 1 pick in the NBA.

However, O'Neal was very interested and said to Wang Chong before the game started: "Come on! Wang, beat the guy on the opposite side in this game and let everyone know that you are the strongest player in the 03 class!"

The centers of both teams jumped the ball.

Although Big Z is 2 meters tall, his bounce is hard to describe. Even facing O'Neal, whose physical fitness and explosive power have declined, he still failed to win the ball.

Lakers ball.

Gary Payton controlled the ball for half the court, waited for all the players to be in position, and then passed the basketball to O'Neal inside.

With his back to Big Z, O'Neal easily reached the basket and hooked the basketball into the basket.

Even in the 03-04 season, O'Neal was still an unstoppable killer on the offensive end. The main decline was actually his physical fitness to play the entire game. After all, the increase in age and the huge tonnage, even if it was just on the court. Running back and forth consumes a lot of physical energy.

As for Big Z, Kong is 2 meters tall but weighs less than 21 kilograms. Facing O'Neal, who weighs nearly 110 kilograms, he naturally can't even hinder his opponent.