One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-Two. I, Kobe, Am Super Fierce!
"I am here for this", "I was born to win", "I am here to represent the champion"...
Kobe thought of Sun Ce's new song yesterday... He is so sexy, even Sun Ce's new song is so sexy!
At the simple celebration party after the concert yesterday, Kobe asked Sun Ce - is there anything else you can't do?
Sun Ce replied - I can't breastfeed, I don't have the equipment...
Let's not talk about the urge to hit Sun Ce again and then leave in anger. Kobe really envied Sun Ce's "musical talent". When he was young, he also thought about expressing his ideals and ambitions through music, but was laughed at by everyone. The only consolation is that James' teammate still treasured his album at home, which was shipped 50,000 copies but sold less than 1,000 copies, resulting in no record company releasing songs for him.
And Sun Ce, not only expressed his ambitions with music, but also seemed so cultured!
Not only is he cultured, he also knows all kinds of music styles, and he even played rock this year...
As for why Kobe's thinking is so divergent when he is about to play against the Grizzlies this year and is not as focused as in previous seasons, it is because of the current record.
The Grizzlies are now 28 wins and 5 losses, ranking second in the league, while the Lakers, currently 19 wins and 14 losses, are only ranked sixth in the West. They have to work hard to win 50 wins this season.
They are in a critical adjustment season. This season, they have to strengthen Leonard's singles, reduce James's stickiness, deal with the pain of a 15 million US dollar center who is no longer adapted to the league, and cooperate with the tactical adjustments of the new head coach.
The process is quite gratifying. The 30-year-old James is happy to give Leonard the position of the team's scoring leader and the first single RBI. Leonard has also shown his talent after learning from Kobe for a few years. Kobe himself also enjoys his current status as a pure pitcher... But the current strength of the Lakers' lineup is like that, and there is no possibility of entering the top four in the West.
Kobe originally thought that James would be impatient, and he even worried that Leonard, who had just taken over, would become impatient and lose his previous calmness, but he didn't expect that it was Kobe who showed impatience from time to time.
Thinking of this, Kobe couldn't help but smile bitterly. He always thought that he could face everything at the end of his career calmly, but now, he still has an extraordinary obsession with victory.
On the other side, James, who looked at a person holding a mobile phone and poking his little finger for a long time without typing a complete sentence, asked Leonard: "Is Kobe sulking again?"
"Well, just when we were having breakfast, he saw the comparison of our record with the Grizzlies on TV." Leonard would still say a few words when there were few people.
"I know, he said that the most important thing for us now is the future, but he cares more about winning or losing than anything else," James said with a smile, and continued: "But this is good, he gave us a sense of urgency, and also gave the team a sense of urgency..."
Leonard glanced at James and didn't speak. He felt very strange in his heart. He, Kobe, and James, three people with very different personalities, got together, but they seemed to be in tune with each other everywhere.
Because the personalities of the three of them are really complementary.
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With the hot attention brought by Sun Ce's new song, the focus battle between the Grizzlies and the Lakers came.
Although the Lakers are only ranked sixth in the Western Conference, they are not low in attention. Kobe and James team up, only the Grizzlies and this season's Warriors are more popular than them, and these two guys have to stay out of trouble.
However, even if the Lakers rely on superstars and years of accumulation, their popularity is enough to be on par with the current super popular Grizzlies, but the gap in strength between the two teams this season is getting bigger and bigger.
As the season progresses, the Lakers play better when only James and Kobe are on the court at the same time compared to the beginning of the season. When it comes to rest, their strength is far less than last season.
As for the Grizzlies, there is no rest tonight, and all the main players will play.
Compared to the beginning of the season, they have run-in a lot better and are ready to enter the middle of the season.
The gap in strength between the two teams this season is indeed getting bigger and bigger. The Grizzlies are a sure favorite to win the championship. Current public opinion shows that even if the Warriors win 70+ games, people will not think that the Grizzlies have a lower chance of winning the championship than the Warriors. Moreover, the impression that Sun Ce has brought to people in the past few years can be described more directly as dominance.
There were no big surprises. The Grizzlies played steadily. Klay Thompson scored 17 points, Paul George scored 13 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists, Aldridge scored 13 points, Randolph scored 17 points, and Sun Ce scored 32 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block and 2 steals. They overwhelmed Leonard with 30 points, Kobe with 20 points, James with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, and Jeremy Lin with 11 points and 6 assists. The Grizzlies defeated the Lakers 121-108 and refused to lose again!
If there is any change in Kobe's personality now, it is that it is easier to think after what happened.
Watching Sun Ce easily get 30+, while Leonard played hard to get 30 points, the gap between the two is still obvious.
However, Leonard is more than one year younger than Sun Ce. In terms of comprehensiveness, he is estimated to never catch up with Sun Ce, but with James in charge of other things, Leonard focuses on singles and defense. Leonard is no worse than Sun Ce in defense, and he may catch up with Sun Ce in singles one day... the top
Kobe never felt that he had to be all-round, and the most important thing was to be suitable. Partnering with James and having strong singles ability was actually the best choice.
If Sun Ce knew Kobe's idea and gave him a thumbs up, indeed, in the original time and space, looking at James' entire career, Wade, who had strong singles ability and gave up the ball, and Irving, who could not occupy the ball but only the right to shoot, were the two best outside players to cooperate with him.
And in this time and space, Kobe's cooperation with James in the last year of his peak can also be described as perfect.
After the final whistle sounded, because the relationship between the two teams outside the game was good, the Zhanlunke trio prepared to say Merry Christmas to the other team after the game.
There was no way to lose the game. The other team played well in other games except for the Trail Blazers and the Heat in recent times. Now the record of 29 wins and 5 losses is also very good. They, the Lakers, lost with conviction.
However, something made Kobe depressed. When Sun Ce hugged and greeted James and Leonard, everything was normal, but when it was Kobe's turn to greet him, Sun Ce's tone of voice changed - "Hey, how can I say hello, Kobe, you are going to lose to me again this year, why do you want to renew your contract? Are you addicted to being abused and want to be abused for another two years? What is the adjective called, M?"
Every time he saw Kobe, Sun Ce couldn't help but tease him, because the other party's reaction was too funny.
Look, Kobe was really furious in an instant, but he resisted the urge to fight.
Looking at Kobe's expression, Sun Ce's mind popped up the picture of Kobe scolding him with a snake in his mouth, as if he was shouting: I Kobe is super fierce! Don't mess with me!
As for what he scolded, Sun Ce didn't want to think about it...
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Sun Ce liked playing against James, Kobe, and Leonard very much.
It's just that the Lakers are not strong enough this year. The Grizzlies are getting better and better, and this time they rested three players... pure rest, and all the main players played, which didn't give the Lakers any chance.
Sun Ce won easily, playing only 31 minutes, but he is more looking forward to what the Lakers will do next summer. When Kobe took the initiative to say "wait until the summer operation is completed before discussing the contract", which means that Kobe doesn't care about the salary next season, what kind of lineup will the Lakers build for the Zhanlunke trio?
He hopes that Zhanlunke's team will become stronger again, so that there will be more interesting games.
Just like the Warriors are so strong this year, Sun Ce doesn't think it's bad at all, but thinks it's very good.
As for whether the Lakers will become stronger... With James and Leonard, when Kobe's current 20 million a year contract expires... mainly after Hibbert's 15 million a year contract to sit on the bench is thrown away, the Lakers can free up 50 million space at most next summer. Sun Ce has no doubt that they can rise.
The Lakers won the game because the coaching staff was well prepared + all the main players played + they were in good shape. Sun Ce dared not neglect the next game. After the Christmas game, it means that the mid-season has begun!
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At 12 noon on December 26, the NBA 2016 All-Star voting began.
As expected, Sun Ce saw his name appear in the "F" position instead of "G", and the voting was divided into frontcourt and backcourt only. The media was hyping the "center end".
Originally, Embiid in the 14th year was worth looking forward to, but Embiid continued to be written off in the second year. Now he is still at home tweeting to flirt with Rihanna, and no one cares about him.
Sun Ce doesn't care much about the voting for the All-Star weekend, because he will definitely make it, so he doesn't care as much as before.
The Grizzlies had three days of rest from the 26th to the 28th. The 29th was a home game against the Celtics, and the team practiced on the 28th, so they could rest for two more days during Christmas. The team did not arrange extra training for the players. With years of experience, the coaching staff knew the importance of relaxation.
Sun Ce took this opportunity to practice high and low post backs and shooting, and strengthen the feeling he had found when playing against the Lakers. Now he couldn't get into that feeling easily, so he practiced more when he had time, as the saying goes, practice makes perfect.
However, since there were only two games from the 21st to the 27th, and the record was only 1 win and 1 loss, on December 28th, he, Sun, was not eligible for the best player of the week in the past week.
What made Sun Ce happy was that it had nothing to do with Curry in the Bay Area. Hassan Whiteside, the center of the Trail Blazers, who had 3 wins and 0 losses in the past week, won the first best player of the week in his career with an average of 15.3 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game.
Sun Ce thought of Whiteside's transformation this season, and felt that the big white side, whose career trajectory has completely changed, is really useful in winning games!