One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Three. The Opponents Pushed Forward
Los Angeles, Manhattan Beach, Kobe Bryant's summer villa.
A man with a rising hairline is happily surfing the Internet at his home.
"LeBron, aren't you worried at all? Our current lineup is not as good as last year's!"
Kobe looked at his team's latest signing list, Lou Williams, Brandon Bass, Ci Shiping, and Thackeray, three one-year short-term contracts, and one claimed 12-year-old who was waived by other teams. This year's second-round pick... With this reinforcement, Kobe's mentality is going to collapse!
Seeing that the strength of the Grizzlies' rotation has plummeted, the new season is a good time for the Lakers to win the championship again. Kobe has no choice about changing the head coach. The old Bickerstaff claims to be old. This really looks like It turns out that my son is almost 50 years old and has already started to be a head coach. It is normal for him to want to return to his job as a scout director.
Vogel... This head coach Kobe admired very much and brought Hibbert, and he also recognized it.
But seeing the Grizzlies signing David West, the Lakers' only reinforcement in the paint was Brandon Bass. He was anxious!
Reluctantly breaking away from the excitement of surfing the Internet, James said with a serious expression: "Bean, I'm here to tell you about this matter today. The management and I have discussed it. In the next year, we will start The changes in the play structure allow Kawhi to assume a more important role and our burden is lighter. We will shift our focus to outside offense..."
Listening to James talking about the team plan so seriously, Kobe has participated in team meetings before, but he didn't go to ask every day like James did, and his understanding was not as clear as James.
Now listening to James say this, Kobe probably understands that the team will use James and Leonard as the new core duo, and his role will further become a pure scorer.
As for what James said about both of their burdens becoming lighter...actually he was just talking about him being a veteran.
At this time, Kobe calmed down. Seeing that the team signed Jeremy Lin and Lou Williams, two of them let one go, and Nick Young reached a one-year mid-level contract with the Warriors... He already understood that the ball The team is worried that his condition will decline significantly and has already begun preparations.
I just want to take care of his face, I can't say it clearly.
There is also a shift of focus to the perimeter, which is indeed a general trend in the league.
After thinking about it carefully, Kobe asked: "Hibbert's contract expires next summer, right? We have signed so many one-year short-term contracts, and JR's contract also expires next summer. The team wants to compete for it next summer." Love, Gasol, Howard? Or which top insider? "
"Yes, that's right, Bean, our goal this year is still the championship, but we have a long-term vision. How about renewing the contract for three years?"
"..."
Kobe pouted. He knew that his era was now over. The next Lakers team would depend on James and Leonard. He might still be able to average 15+ points per game. He might have a transcendent role in the team. Because of his status, everyone may be spoiled by him, but he is no longer the most important one.
Kobe won his 6th championship. Now his mentality is much better than before. He changed the topic first: "I will think about this matter. By the way, did you know that the dead kid has come back? I heard that Olajuwon was also approached. Training together, is he trying to strengthen his low position? How old is he! I feel that his comprehensive skills are almost catching up with mine!"
Of course James knew who Kobe was talking about, and said with a wry smile: "Noah is indeed a magical player. I have never seen a player like him. By the way, I have one more thing. This summer I am going to practice turning and retreating in the low post. , and jump shots from the free throw line, Bean, come and help me, Kawhi is coming too, and you can also help teach him to turn over and shoot."
"sure……"
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East Coast, Charlotte, Davidson College Basketball Arena.
"James, did you hear that? That bastard is back and went to train with Olajuwon."
"Isn't Noah very busy recently? Nike has not arranged other people's commercial activities in the first half of this month.
He just doesn’t want others to steal Noah’s limelight. He must be tired, right? Every day there is news about him getting on and off the plane.
But he came back to training right after he finished his work. He worked so hard. Stephen, we have to work hard too! The new season is a good opportunity for us to win the championship! "
Do I really want you to praise him? Curry was furious.
But to be honest, he also admired Sun Ce. After playing such a season, he still worked so hard in the offseason, and seemed to work harder than before. It didn't feel like he had won the championship and felt like he had lost.
Look at the stamp collecting brothers. After entering the free market, they went to the casino to have fun for half a month, and then went directly to business activities. In August, they went back to train with Sun Ce.
Originally, the philately brothers almost lured Harden away, but fortunately it was Cai Ku who forced Harden to stay and train together.
But Harden was only almost tempted. This year Harden also worked hard. He was swept by the Grizzlies in the playoffs two months ago. Although Harden didn't blame others, he really took it seriously this time. I blamed myself for not being strong enough, so I asked the team for help. I asked team star Rick Barry to learn defense and strengthen mid- and long-range shooting. I also learned from Curry how to use his super core strength to maintain better scoring stability at the basket. .
When an absolutely dominant player appears, it is a huge boost to the entire league!
It is easy to find that during the several periods when the overall strength of the league increased, there were absolutely dominant players. The Magic Bird, Jordan, OK and Koga, and Duncan's 8 championship period in 11 years, these three periods are the overall strength of the league. The most obvious of the three stages of soaring is the improvement in viewing pleasure, and the overall revenue of the league has increased significantly. In 2013, Adam Silva was able to sign a sky-high broadcast contract of US$27 billion, relying on the accumulation of these periods.
In fact, when the tsunami trio of the Warriors originally appeared in time and space, they also had the opportunity to promote the overall progress of the league, but they were taken away by the president himself.
Because others are not weak, they also want to win. In addition to joining together, they can only work hard to make themselves better.
When it comes to competing for the championship in the new season, Curry rekindled his fighting spirit. Just as Harden said, next season is a good opportunity!
Everyone thinks that the Grizzlies, who have retained five major stars, are the favorites to win the championship. Curry does not deny this, but the gap has narrowed in terms of role players. The Grizzlies can only rely on basic salary and mini-middle class players. Starting to strengthen, although it is surprising that David West joined the Grizzlies, compared with David West and Larry Sanders, at least at this stage, they are far behind, each is more than a thousand One of the top defensive insiders that Wandu teams are clamoring for is already 35 years old.
This year the Warriors have retained their core lineup of Curry, Harden, Iguodala, Draymond Green, and Thabeet.
Thabeet signed a three-year, $39 million contract extension, Draymond Green signed a five-year, $75 million contract extension, Harrison Barnes and Ezeli had one year left on their rookie contracts, and Nick Young was signed to an extension. Four important role players from last season, including Barbosa, Speights, Sullinger, and Gerald Wallace, were hired, and the latter two are weapons for defending Aldridge...
The Warriors' lineup is better than last year, and they have mostly young players, so they are bound to improve!
When the salary cap skyrockets in the 2016-17 season, the Grizzlies will have another opportunity to strengthen. And with examples like David West, Curry estimates that there will be countless people who want to embrace Sun Ce in the future. It’s just that this year’s Grays The Bears are really in no condition.
Many people feel that it is imperative for the Grizzlies to defend their title, but Curry feels that even if he thinks the Grizzlies are the favorites to win the championship, their Warriors still have a chance!
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Hawaii... Westbrook and Durant are people who know how to enjoy themselves, especially Durant. Since becoming an NBA player, the cheapest T-shirts cost hundreds of dollars, and what he usually wears are custom-made supermodels. Models, limited edition custom-made show models, but no one can see it, which often makes him very sad.
The Thunder team took several teammates to train in Hawaii. During the draft, the Thunder used a future first-round pick plus Perry Jones to acquire Enes Kanter, which was almost like robbing the opponent!
Although I later learned that the Jazz were confident of getting Love, so they gave up Kanter, but it didn't matter. Kanter played 26 games after the All-Star break last season and averaged 15.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game!
With Durant, Westbrook, Dion Waiters, Moreau, and Andre Robertson, they are not afraid of the Grizzlies on the outside, but they can't beat them on the inside. Now they have Kanter, Adams and Iba. Card, coupled with the fact that the Grizzlies lost five or six rotation players from last season, Dewey felt that the weather had cleared up and the rain had stopped!
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Memphis... Rose took Griffin back to college for training.
In this city, he could deeply feel the shame of more than a month ago. After 12 wins and 0 losses, he was shaved 4-0. Rose was very unwilling and wanted to practice his outside shooting better. He wanted to win. !
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All the major opponents have already started training. Many of them have started preparing for training after the end of the season. They have postponed all commercial activities to the end of August and early September, because this way they don’t have to wait and see after the rest and commercial activities. I have to find the feeling of playing again and start training again.
Sun Ce is so strong that he is already a mountain hanging over all the teams competing for the championship in the entire league. What can other superstars do? You can only make yourself stronger!
There is no other way but to do this. They will not expect Sun Ce to stop after playing such a season. After so many years, they know Sun Ce too well. After this guy becomes stronger, he will only desire to become stronger. , then they can only become stronger.