Legend of Tomorrow

In December, the NBA arranged three Christmas games full of gimmicks.

Spurs VS Cavaliers, the GDP combination battles James and Boozer; Celtics VS Magic, both teams are upstarts this year, ranking the top two in the Eastern Conference; the highlight is the Suns' away game against the Lakers, between the defending champion and the dark horse Contest.

President David Stern chose to continue to support the Lakers after they were rebuilt, and the number of national live broadcasts was higher than that of the Warriors joined by Kobe Bryant.

It is worth mentioning that Kobe missed this year's Christmas game, and his feud with O'Neal has been settled. After O'Neal was traded to the Pacers, his statistics were pretty good but he couldn't make the playoffs. The Pacers VS Warriors couldn't attract fans.

As for the Warriors VS Lakers, the league does not dare to arrange it like this. If Kobe Bryant comes out and is booed by the Los Angeles fans, the game will be full of excitement. Christmas should not be like this atmosphere.

In the summer, many Kobe Bryants said that Los Angeles cannot live without Kobe Bryant, and that the high ratings and attention are all because of Kobe Bryant. This year, these people were severely slapped in the face. To put it bluntly, the NBA is about the success or failure of a hero. Being able to win is the key, and other factors are illusory.

In Guo Xu's previous life, even if Kobe Bryant announced his retirement, his farewell tour could not save the bottom-ranked Lakers in ratings. The Lakers' ratings that season were the lowest in team history, down 23% from the previous year.

Big cities tend to gain more attention. When the low-key Joe Johnson arrived in Los Angeles, his popularity began to increase.

Before the game started, the media focused on Jason Guo VS Joe Johnson and Can the Suns' younger brother challenge his older brother again? The Lakers won the first match between the two sides, and the record gap was not big.

Currently, the Suns are ranked second in the Western Conference with 19 wins and 8 losses, the Spurs are first with 20 wins and 7 losses, and the Lakers are ranked third in the Western Conference with 18 wins and 9 losses.

After training, Guo Xu was interviewed and spoke highly of the opponent Lakers. I'm surprised that they've played like this this season. After all, the team is missing a superstar.

The reporter asked: What do you think is the main reason why the Lakers are strong?

Offensive and defensive balance and teamwork, the Lakers players are very selfless. Whoever has the opportunity will take more shots. This style of play is difficult to defend. After all, all teams have defensive weaknesses.

The reporter asked: How do you evaluate Kobe's performance with the Warriors?

Guo Xu smiled: I won't comment.

The Lakers have become very strong since Odom returned.

Although there is no super scorer, there are more blossoms on the offensive end in every game.

Outside core Joe Johnson averaged 19.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5 assists in 38 minutes per game, shooting 45.8% from the field and 38.1% from the three-point range. In terms of personal ability, Joe Johnson certainly cannot compare with Kobe. His advantage is that he never messes around, his style of play is selfless and he takes fewer shots, averaging only 16.3 shots per game.

Joe Johnson's style will never make his teammates annoying. When Artest and Ellis are messing around, he returns to defense expressionlessly and will not blame his teammates. When his teammates made a shot, he applauded expressionlessly. The score was deadlocked until the end, but he still dared to take responsibility for singles, and his hit rate was not low.

Who could hate such a person? Even though he is very introverted, even though he cherishes his words like gold, his teammates think he is cool. Artest likes to practice defense in singles whenever he has nothing to do. After winning a game, the first thing he does at the press conference is to praise Joe Johnson for his good performance.

We're like brothers, and it's great that he's joining the Lakers.

Joe Johnson would also praise Artest and call him the best defensive player. The atmosphere in the Lakers' locker room has improved because no one in the team regards themselves as the boss and does not compete for the top spot.

They share the ball selflessly, and the data gap is not big. Only Joe Johnson and Odom play more than 35 minutes per game, and they are both very efficient.

Artest averaged 15.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3 assists per game and was the team's second leading scorer, able to perform on both offense and defense.

Ellis averaged 15.2 points and 3.5 assists per game. He had a sharp breakthrough and could score by himself or distribute the ball to his teammates to catch and shoot.

Bogut played 34.3 minutes per game, took 11.7 shots, hit 6 goals, shot 51.1% from the field, 63.3% from the free throw line, and averaged 14.8 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.7 blocks per game.

Odom played 36.8 minutes, averaging 14 points, 10 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block per game, and shot 52.5% from the field.

Others did not score in double figures, but there were two who scored around 10 points, Shane Battier and Fisher.

The Lakers have an excellent offense and stronger defense. Few teams can penetrate the Lakers' penalty area. The Rockets with Yao Ming have a slight advantage, making Bogut suffer on one-on-one defense.

The Lakers' wing defense ability ranks first in the league. When they encounter strong stars such as Pierce, James, and Anthony, Artest will defend against stars such as Kobe Bryant and Carter. The defensive styles of Joe Johnson and Barnes are similar to these two experts, but slightly weaker.

The Lakers' wings can handle a variety of players. Battier and Artest can play together when facing small-ball tactics, with one of them guest-starring at the 4th position. Battier is very effective in defending Nowitzki and Marion, while Artest's strength and weight can resist some blue-collar power forwards.

Ellis and Fisher have complementary styles on the outside. One is good at holding the ball and attacking, and the other is good at catching and shooting three-pointers. Farmar also has a chance to perform. He is good at everything and masters nothing.

Without big-name stars, Zen Master Phil Jackson no longer needs to expend energy to deal with the relationship between players, and his tactics have become flexible and changeable to target the opponent's defensive weaknesses.

When the opponent is slow on the outside, such as against the Nets, Jackson will let Ellis play the shooting guard for a long time, and send a two-guard combination on the outside to defeat the opponent in one wave.

The Lakers are playing well, but some people are depressed, such as Chinese player Sun Yue. He did not sign immediately after being selected by the Lakers in the second round. He will continue to compete in the American ABA League with the Olympians this season. It's not that the Lakers don't want Sun Yue, it's that the Lakers and Olympus haven't negotiated the specific details of the cooperation.

The Aoshen team is a magical existence. Since being banned from the CBA in 2005, the Aoshen team has lived a wandering life as a busker. Due to the richness of the team owner, there is no shortage of outstanding talents in the team. Sun Yue, Zhang Songtao, Huo Nan and Wu Guanxi, who was selected for the U19 National Youth Team, are all representatives. It is difficult for players to terminate the super long-term contract with Aoshen and they have to pay huge liquidated damages. If they don't leave, they will have to play exhibition games.

What Sun Yue signed with Aoshen was a contract of sale. There are different opinions on the details of the contract. Some said it was 20 years, some said it was 25 years, and some said it was a lifetime contract. In short, the players in Aoshen are the private property of the boss. This place is more like a gangland than a basketball team.

Sun Yue wanted to escape, but reality ruthlessly crushed his dream. Judging from the current situation, the Lakers may not be able to sign him next season. The existing outside players are performing very well. The best outcome is probably for the Lakers to trade his signing rights and join other teams.

The person who is even more depressed is Kobe Bryant who was traded. He rose to prominence as soon as he left the Lakers, but the Warriors he joined are half-dead outside the playoffs. Seeing his popularity plummet this season, he is going crazy.

Fewer fans are speaking out for Kobe because he scolded the boss and manager in the summer and forcefully demanded that the Lakers trade him. It seems that he has no nostalgia for the Los Angeles fans who support him.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Kobe Bryant's opening game of this season also attracted wild boos from the fans, but he performed very well and turned into shouting MVP by the end of the game. Now it is impossible for Kobe to change the minds of Lakers fans, and it is useless no matter how well he plays, because he left the Lakers as he wished and became an enemy in the same district.

Contrary to the strength of the Lakers, Kobe caused controversy again in the Warriors... ()

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