Chapter 877 The Season Begins! The Lineup Is Confirmed!
"What kind of person is Kobe? Will he bully the team's rookies?" Korver was a little nervous.
October 3, 2003, the Lakers’ pre-season training report day.
But Walton Jr. and I are both players who have never participated in the Mamba Academy. They are a little afraid of Kobe, the legendary first man in history, and the team boss who is also known for his paranoia.
"Bullying rookies? Yes." Anthony reviewed Kobe's behavior in the Mamba training camp. In one summer, he would beat every player one on one.
Anthony was abused many times.
But I have to admit that this kind of one-on-one has benefited Anthony a lot.
Kobe's behavior makes these Mamba Academy students love and hate him.
The GOAT of the NBA is looking for high school students and college students to challenge each other every day! It's simply too much!
But this kind of duel can quickly improve their abilities.
"Rookie! Why are you here just now!" Thibodeau roared, interrupting the rookies who were slowly entering the locker room.
The Lakers' rookies shuddered and headed into the locker room with their tail between their legs after their experience in the summer league.
"Isn't it only 7:45 now? We don't meet until 8 o'clock, right?" Barbosa muttered.
"We are not late." Anthony feels that after entering the NBA, more and more things are different from what he thought.
Shouldn't the NBA be a league for adults? Everyone is lazy and can't do water skiing without struggling?
We meet at 8 o'clock. It's already pretty good if everyone is here at 8:30!
"Get off the court! The coach and teammates are already waiting for you!" Thibodeau continued to roar.
"Coming, coming!" The four rookies hurriedly changed their clothes and entered the stadium.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"FIST!!!"
"DEFENCE!!!"
"PASS! PASS!"
There was already a violent sound in the players tunnel.
"They haven't started training yet, have they?" Anthony's eyes widened.
Enter the venue!
Except for their few rookies, all other players and coaches have already arrived!
And looking at their wet jerseys, you know they didn't just arrive!
"Rookie! Welcome to the NBA! First lesson! On Kobe's team! Training at 8 o'clock, must be there at 6 o'clock!" Thibodeau's devilish voice sounded behind Anthony and others.
"???"
"Boss! These rookies came too late! They clearly don't take us seriously. Do you need me to fix them?" After returning to the Lakers, the fierce Ben shaved off his afro again. He assumed a brotherly posture, his muscles were about to explode, and he looked at Anthony and the others with a malicious look on his face.
No one dares to look down on you!
Anthony shivered when he looked at Ben's strong muscles.
So philosophical! Don't dare to provoke, don't dare to provoke.
"Boy, go out and give me a leg kick." Bowen grinned and stretched out his golden right foot.
"Stop bullying them." Yao Ming laughed happily. He knew that his teammates were all good people, but they just loved to scare people.
"Yao! If you act like this, we will have less fun!"
Anthony and the others looked at each other with wry smiles.
Are we here late just to have fun with them?
"Come earlier next time." Kobe took Nash's pass, scored a goal, wiped his sweat, and glanced at the four rookies.
"Yes! Boss!"
"Assemble!" Byron Scott blew the whistle.
"Now I will announce the team roster." Casey smiled and started to name names.
"Guards: Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Manu Ginobili, Kyle Korver, Leandro Barbosa
Forwards: Carmelo Anthony, Bruce Bowen, Ben Wallace, Zach Randolph, Rick Fox, Luke Walton
Center: Yao Ming, Memit Okur”
"I wonder how MAGIC has done with the team? There have been a lot of complaints about MAGIC's operations in the media this season." Accompanied by Jimmy Buss and Jeannie Buss, Old Buss went to Staples to watch the Lakers' game. Preseason.
"MAGIC is really not good! Look at what kind of helpers Kobe has found this season. A big man with no offensive ability? A weak 30-year-old white guard? And a lot of rookies? This lineup is simply trying to win the championship. It's wishful thinking!" Jimmy Buss fumed. In his opinion, this team belongs to him in the future, and now the Magic is undoubtedly digging a hole for him.
"No! Daddy, I think MAGIC is doing a good job. If the expert media understood basketball, they would have been hired by the team owner to be the general manager." Jenny Buss supported Magic.
"Watch the game and you will know how well MAGIC is doing." Old Buss was very calm. The Lakers have gone through ups and downs over the years, although he was very sad that his old friend West Harris left.
But as long as Kobe is there, the Lakers will never be an underdog.
If Kobe Bryant supports Magic, then let Magic have a try, and at worst, he will be replaced.
Kobe is only 25 years old. It can be said that he has just reached his peak and still has a long career to win.
"The game begins!"
This is the first game of the preseason, the Lakers play against the Saxon Kings at home!
This year's king is still strong!
Pierce and Weber continued to grow.
Together with Tetegru, Peja, Miller and others, this summer also acquired White Chocolate Williams from the Eagles.
The Spurs are thought to have dropped a notch after the departures of generals David Robinson and Stockton.
The Houston Rockets directly became a fringe playoff team due to O'Neal's departure.
This season the Kings are considered the most competitive team in the Western Conference!
"Are you ready, guys?" Fox took on the responsibility of the locker room leader after Xiaoyu and Wu Sheng left.
"GO LAKERS! GO!"
The Lakers players shouted with great momentum.
Today's Lakers starting lineup - Nash, Kobe, Anthony, Ben, Yao Ming.
This lineup will shock the basketball world in no time.
But now, many people still look down on the Lakers.
"Oh, they are very impressive." Pierce curled his lips. In his opinion, the Lakers are continuing to decline this season.
Although the trade brought back big money, the point guard position is too weak!
Ben can make up for the team's defensive problems in the penalty area, but he is an offensive black hole. Unless other players have superior offensive abilities, Ben will always affect the team's offense.
The Kings are a pure forward lineup without a point guard. Usually Pierce defends the opponent's point guard. Pierce's speed and agility are still good without gaining weight.
today! Pierce will defend Nash!
"The game begins!" As the referee shouted, the basketball was thrown high into the sky.
Yao Ming reacted quickly and quickly moved the ball back to the Lakers half. Then he jumped towards the basket in a flash.
"A center has to leave quickly?" Miller was unhappy and quickly followed.
There was a flash of lightning!
The next moment, the basketball was like a shooting star, flying directly from the Lakers half to the Kings basket.
"What the hell!??" Pierce was stunned.
"Shoot?" Peja said, "I also want to try to shoot a half-court shot at the beginning, but I might be hit by Webber."
"No! It's a pass!" Weber roared and quickly ran towards his basket.
I saw the basketball draw an arc, bounce onto the basket, and then accurately bounce into the hands of Yao Ming who was about to leave.
"Drink!" Yao Ming roared, pulled the ball behind his head with both hands, and smashed it into the basket!
Staples is boiling!
"Who passed this ball? It's so fucking beautiful!"
"Magician? Has MAGIC put on his uniform again?"
"This kind of imagination! It's more unimaginable than Kobe's passing!"
Yao Ming turned around and gave Nash a thumbs up!
Very well conveyed!
In training, Nash's passing has convinced all the Lakers players. Yao Ming and Nash have practiced this opening cooperation many times!
Nash smiled slightly and shook his long flowing hair.
This is just the beginning.
"Pierce, sell your ass!" Weber directly advanced with the ball and shouted at the top of the three-point arc.
‘Can’t you talk properly? PUNCH, just PUNCH, sell your ass? ’
Pierce's face darkened. Although he had a butt that was terrifyingly proportioned among outside players, it still didn't sound good to say that.
Pierce had nowhere to vent his anger, so he easily blocked Nash with his back.
Can you pass the ball?
But can you guard against Pierce's big ass?
This is why you were abandoned by Mavericks! You simply don't have the defensive ability to be in the NBA!
Weber avoided Big Ben's steal and steadily put the ball into the hands of Pierce, who was backing up.
After receiving the ball, Pierce's momentum changed instantly!
He is the strongest outside back hitter in the league right now!
His number of post-up attacks even surpassed those of giants such as Kobe, Hill, and Penny.
Talk about back hitting! Big ass Pierce is not afraid of anyone!
It’s too easy to eat Nash alone!
After two strong pushes, he turned over and hit a jumper directly in front of Ben's double team.
Accurate!
Pierce smiled slightly, very satisfied with his performance.
But the next moment, the Lakers players disappeared in front of them!
"Where are the people?"
Turn back!
Nash shook Te Teglu away and passed the ball to Kobe without looking at anyone. Kobe was unguarded and easily hit a three-pointer!
"So fast?" Pierce's mouth opened wide. He couldn't believe that the Lakers' offense was so fast and simple!
Yao Ming passed the ball to Nash, Nash passed the ball to Kobe, and the space came out? Kobe just voted?
Just 4 seconds! The Lakers completed another attack!
its not right!
That's not how basketball is played!
Pierce thought about what the college coach taught him, as well as Kurt Rambis' tactics and strategies. Wouldn't he be scolded to death by the coach for such a wasteful shot?
But the Lakers voted!
They're in!
This is just the beginning.
No matter how the King's offense goes next, Ben and Kobe will sweep away anyway. They don't want to lock the King's shooting percentage, but force the King to take quick action through rotation!
Then comes the counterattack!
No matter if you get in or not!
Nash, Kobe, Anthony trident! Running like crazy!
7 seconds attack!
Fast and not messy!
Every attack is very reasonable!
Nash can always find shooting opportunities in a very short period of time!
This is Nash's talent!
A natural run and gun commander!
Asking him to play in position and feed the ball to the inside is simply the opposite!
Son of the wind! You were born to run!
Although the Lakers played fast last season, they couldn't be called run and gun at all!
In particular, Kobe was both the starting point and the end point of tactics, often making the ball unable to move.
It’s completely different now!
fly!
Basketball is flying among Lakers players!
Nash is like a top engine, directly igniting the Lakers' top sports car!
"Can't keep up! The Kings can't keep up with the Lakers' pace at all!"
"The height of their lineup is too high! Every player is over 2 meters tall, which makes them completely unable to limit Steve Nash's offense!"
"Passing the ball as accurately as a scalpel! As wildly imaginative as a magician! This is Nash!"
The king is in disarray!
They are a team known for their offensive tactics.
But the Lakers' offensive firepower is much more fierce than them!
How terrifying is Kobe who has liberated the right to initiate tactics?
Kobe moves without the ball, Nash gets the ball and everyone gets it!
Just have a chance! Kobe can catch the ball and shoot!
Nash's pass was too accurate, too timely, and too comfortable!
Compared with previous years, the difficulty of each of Kobe's attacks has dropped by at least half!
The Kings have no way to double-team Kobe, and as we all know, one-on-one defense is a big gap for Kobe!
"Is it so strong?" The Coke in Jimmy Bass's hand was a bit icey, so he quickly put it on the table.
"MAGIC, is this the basketball you have in mind?" Bass squinted his eyes and smiled.
Although the head coach of this team is D'Antoni, the person with the greatest say in the team, Bass thinks, must be Magic.
And you can tell at a glance that Nash's style of play is so unconstrained, exactly the same as the Lakers in the SHOWTIME era!
A magician must have created this system!
"Kobe is so good at pure point shooting?" Jeanie Buss wiped her saliva, so handsome! The scene of Kobe running around without the ball and attacking the King accurately again and again is so cool!
12 out of 16, can you believe it! ?
At halftime of the game, we were ahead by 31 points. Can you believe it?
The Lakers scored 77 points at halftime! Leading the Kings 77:61!
Kobe scored 31 points on 12-for-16 halftime!
Nash had 7 points and 13 assists at halftime!
Anton 11 points!
Yao Ming 9 points!
The Lakers' shooting percentage is as high as 54%!
This was achieved in front of the Kings, the strongest team in the Western Conference!
There is no problem with the Kings' offense, especially since they scored a lot of points on Nash!
However, the sweep of Kobe and Ben meant that the Kings offense could only maintain normal performance and could not perform at 120%.
The King under normal circumstances cannot beat the crazy Lakers!
"It's great! It's so great!" Anthony wiped his sweat! He played HIGH in this game!
I never thought basketball could be so easy to play!
Take a run! Make an air cut! It’s a shooting opportunity!
Nash is so strong!
Are all passing masters of this level eliminated from the American professional basketball team?
Incredible!
"I don't want to fight." The willful Weber spread his hands and walked straight to the players' tunnel.
Beaten to anger!
Ben defends Weber! Weber played very hard!
How can there be such a tough power forward?
Weber felt that it was easier to beat Duncan than to beat Big Ben.
That guy is like a bull, just bumping into you!
"This year the Lakers are going to take off again." Kurt Rambis adjusted his glasses and said with a wry smile.
This is a preseason game, feel free to give up.
If we face the Lakers like this in the playoffs.
Do the Kings have a good chance of winning?
I played this lineup in 2K and it was so cool! ! !