Chapter 650: I have a meeting for myself(1/2)
In mid-November, in the tenth game of the regular season, the Raptors were away from Los Angeles.
After Kobe retired, the Lakers can finally let go of their hands and feet to rebuild.
The Lakers' influence needs no more, but the 2012-13 season stunts them. That season, they traded Bynum and Gasol in exchange for Howard and Monta Ellis intend to create a perfect bombardment team. As a result, the cold facts are helpless. They were defeated by the Thunder in the first round and Kobe also suffered a devastating Achilles tendon rupture.
Since then, the Lakers have been in a slump and missed the playoffs for three consecutive seasons.
This summer, they chose Tangiero Russell with the second-tier show, and they missed Jalier Okafor and Porzingis for this. What are their reasons?
"We don't want to miss the next Michael Jordan!"
What a high-sounding reason. Lakers fans should be glad for this. How enlightened their uniform team is and how well they understand the principle of "not forgetting the past and the future".
As the biggest victim of the entire incident, the Trail Blazer Uniform Group said that it is not clear whether to speak or not.
Tonight, Staples Center will also usher in Kobe's jersey retirement ceremony.
This ceremony was one year ahead of Li Xing's previous life.
Under the witness of tens of thousands of spectators at home, Kobe will watch the great No. 8 and No. 24 jerseys flutter in the wind and fly over Staples, and enter the history of the Lakers together with great names such as Chamberlain, Magic, Jabbar, and O'Neal.
Is this enough?
In the eyes of others, this is a tribute to the great, but in the eyes of Li Xing, it has extraordinary significance.
In his past and present lives, he witnessed Kobe's retirement twice.
Kobe in his previous life was a superstar of an era and a noble god.
In this life, Kobe is his opponent and his friend.
This dreamy feeling is like dreaming.
At this time, the half-time game had just ended, and he should have been excited, but he watched Kobe's jersey fly over the arena as it was in memory.
When he heard Kobe say the words "manba out", he felt a special feeling in his heart.
After Kobe's jersey retirement ceremony ended, the second half continued.
The Lakers don't want to lose, they hope to send Kobe off with a victory.
Kobe was also watching on the sidelines. He also hoped to see the Lakers win, but their opponents were confused and very good at destroying the atmosphere. They did not give face to the owner of this venue at all.
Li Xing originally thought their opponent would explode because of this special night, and they did.
But it's not just the Lakers, but the Raptors.
They don't want to lose, and the Raptors don't want to lose.
Banyani, Middleton and Dragic proved themselves with practical actions, and they really don't want to lose the game.
So, they scored 81 points together, and the white knife went into the red knife on the Lakers, completely extinguishing the opponent's vitality and winning the game.
Li Xing got a very special data tonight.
14 points, 14 rebounds, 14 assists, 14 blocks, 4 steals, 4 fouls, 4 turnovers.
If you say that he did not mean it, I am afraid no one will believe it, he did it on purpose.
Especially when he got 14 rebounds, this intentional data comparison became more obvious.
He was like Adams and others who helped Westbrook get stuck in the position, helping his teammates block people, and he would never touch them even if the rebound hits the face.
From the third quarter, his rebounding figures have not changed again.
"Latch, is there any special significance for this data you got tonight?"
"Of course I hope to play a special stat on Kobe's jersey retirement night."
As he said, this is a special stat. Everyone will remember that tonight, Kobe became the only person who retired from two jerseys in history, and Lee Xing played a special game for him.
There are ten days left, and Thanksgiving is coming.
This is a special holiday for Americans, and they all want to have a memorable Thanksgiving Day.
Before today's training began, Snyder gathered all the jerseys and wanted to adopt other people's suggestions.
What to do on Thanksgiving and how to do it, and what suggestions do you have.
The Esbjer Center suddenly became a vegetable market, and all of these big and thick players became aunts who cut down each other. You and I said, it seemed that the other party was a profiteer, and if he didn't cut him down, he would be ashamed of his own tongue.
Seeing that the training hall was in chaos, Snyder wanted to imitate those with majestic people and shout and let these people shut up honestly.
Unfortunately, he really doesn't have the ability.
After all, he is a gentle man. Although he always has a fierce face that is no different from a murderer, his heart is soft and kind.
He is a Good Man.
Banyani looked left and right, it was almost time to stand up and blind everyone's eyes.
"Coach, I have an offer."
Banyani spoke.
Snyder's eyes shone with light: "What do you have any suggestions?"
"I think community events are important, fans support us, no matter how bad we play, they won't throw us away, we should do something for them."
This proposal sounded fine, Snyder calmed everyone and encouraged Banyani to continue, "Andria, do you have any ideas?"
"My idea is to do some simple work for free, just treat it as experiencing life and also enhance the public image of the team. Isn't that great?"
Banyani's eyes drifted towards Li Xing.
"Coach, Nani is right."
Li Xing came up with a standard echo.
Judging from their appearance, Snyder always feels like he is being put on a silence, but what can they do?
"Who do you want to go?"
Snyder asked.
Banyani raised his hand and said, "Coach, of course I can't miss this kind of thing!"
"You?" Snyder became even more and more strange.
Banyani is the kind of person who will find trouble if you ask him to help his grandma cross the road. Why is this kind of person suddenly so passionate about charity activities?
Snyder's suspicious eyes hurt Banyani. He did not expect that he was so enthusiastic, but was despised like this.
"Coach, please believe me, I really want to contribute to the fans!"
Banyani said gritting his teeth.
"Then you should need a few helpers, right?" Snyder asked.
"Of course! Although I can do anything, I can't represent the team's mental outlook alone. I need a few more people."
Is this his purpose?
Snyder felt that he had touched the truth, and it was up to whom Banyani chose, and he could guess what noodles this spaghetti was cooking today.
To his surprise, Banyani did not vote for any strange candidates.
“Rach and Demar.”
Since we want to show the team's mental outlook to the outside world, we naturally have to select the most popular players to do the event.
Therefore, the three of them are essential.
However, Snyder had questions about DeRozan's mental state.
Just DeRozan's sluggishness and as if he had been too busy, can it really reflect the team's mental outlook?
Snyder has a hidden concern: "Demar, what do you think?"
A depressed patient can't be enthusiastic about anything, but he will not refuse, just said: "I follow the team's arrangements."
"Andrea, don't let me down."
Snyder couldn't believe that he actually believed Banyani.
Banyani clasped his fists and said, "Please rest assured that the team's image award will be completely changed from today!"
This seems to be like a team that has no image. Although he is not a problem, no matter where he is, he must speak tactfully. Don’t you even know this?
Snyder was worried, really worried about what happened to these people.
Now that things have been decided, it doesn't make sense to think about these things again.
Snyder sighed in his heart and gave up.
Before Thanksgiving, the Raptors will have to play a few more games.
First the Hornets.
In the opening game, the Raptors went to Charlotte to challenge the Hornets. Now, it's their turn to visit Toronto.
In this game, the Greek monster played smarter. No matter how confident he was, he was blocked by Li Xing in front of him nine times, and that confidence was wiped out in front of Li Xing.
Therefore, he often uses the misalignment advantage to make breakthroughs on the offensive end and passes the ball to others. 90% of his score comes from conversion attacks.
To be continued...