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On Christmas Eve, the Warriors spent the White House. The next day, Christians around the world were still on vacation, and they had to fly to Los Angeles without stopping and prepare for a Christmas battle with the Lakers.
In response to this, the Warriors complained, and Jackson swears: "Damn it, I haven't celebrated Christmas with my child for several years, and I don't even know what color the Christmas tree at home is. Damn the league, why do we have to fight the Christmas war?"
Barnes was about the same, and he could only thank him: "Fortunately the two bastards in my family are still ignorant and didn't know that they would have their daddy and mommy to accompany them on Christmas. I hope that in a few years, the league will let us go."
West said unhappily: "The key is why did we go to the White House last night, Christmas Eve? He was still stupid enough to play football with that idiot Obama?"
Hill pointed at him and said, "Dronti, your temper needs to change. Look at what you did last night. You blocked Obama and gave him - I2B4 - four big hats."
West exclaimed with sermon, "It was him who said it himself. Think about what he said before the game? If anyone releases water, he will let the agents go to the other side. I haven't become a father yet. Xiao Wei is waiting for me to marry her, so I can't risk my life to release water."
Carter shook his head and said, "Oh God, why do I have a team with the idiot?"
Jamison said worriedly: "Now I'm really worried. Obama won't be angry and sent EE HI to chase us, right?"
Iverson rolled his eyes and said, "What is EE HI? It would be bad if he asked the IRS to keep an eye on us."
Everyone hates chills. Indeed, in the United States, the reputation of the tax office is worse than that of EE HI.
Everything originated from a game last evening. Obama was in high spirits and organized the White House and the Warriors to play. As a result, West faced Obama and chased him with four big hats. Chamberlain dared to swear. When he saw Obama's face turned green. Think about it, a black man's face could tell how fucked it was.
Chamberlain also wanted to say something about West, but he saw Paul George constantly twisting his body on the plane seat, and from time to time he took out his phone to turn on the front camera to touch the bald head's clothes, and he seemed very nervous.
"Rookie, it's just a Christmas battle, there's nothing to worry about." Chamberlain reminded kindly.
George chuckled, "I'm not nervous, I'm excited."
"Why are you excited?" Jackson looked at him strangely.
George waved his arms and said, "Because I'm going to compete with Kobe on the same stage, Oh God, this is really crazy, we're going to play with the Lakers, Lakers, Kobe, Los Angeles, I'm so excited that I can't help myself, God, save me, ah."
"Is this kid a fool?" West said to George.
Hill patted his shoulder kindly and reminded: "We are old rivals with the Lakers. Kobe is very upset to everyone on our team."
Barnes said sarcastically: "Yes, when you arrive in Los Angeles later, remember to get a crotch and chest protection. Kobe's elbows are very powerful, so you'd better be careful."
George pointed at Barnes with wide eyes and shouted, "You black Kobe?"
"Yes, what's wrong?" Barnes showed a malicious smile on his face, "Do you have any objection?"
George said angrily: "I, of course I have an opinion - I have a big opinion."
Barnes retracted his extended fist and nodded with satisfaction and said, "You guys know the truth. If you didn't say the whole thing just now, I will definitely kill you now. If you don't hit you out of shit, you will be able to pull me to death this morning."
Amidst the joyful laughter, the Warriors flew to Los Angeles, an angel city that movie fans around the world always pay attention to.
The Christmas battle between the Warriors and the Lakers has been hotly hyped since the preseason. These two teams are too topical. Both of them have superstars and super strong teams. These things are combined together, comparable to a Hollywood blockbuster.
The Los Angeles Lakers' record has not made historic progress, so Kobe cannot reach a new historical height.
After O'Neal's travel east, there were many interesting topics around Kobe and the Lakers, such as whether the Purple and Gold Army can win the championship again, Kobe's status is comparable to Michael Jordan, etc.
It should be said that professional sports really need to be topical. No matter how incompatible the views of the kei and the kei, these discussions are "reasonable". However, it seems that it is too difficult for Kobe to win another championship.
In the past three years, the Lakers have always been very competitive, with the worst record in the Western Conference Finals. They once reached the finals in 6 years, only half a step away from the championship. Unfortunately, Kobe could not defeat the three Celtic giants who were holding on to their strength.
At that time, no one could have thought that the energetic Lakers would be the peak, and then Chamberlain, who was even more powerful, came out in a spark of fire, and the Lakers were the biggest affected.
"The Warriors have become the nightmare for the Lakers. The Oaklanders' hands choked Los Angeles' neck hard, making him breathless." This is the original words of Jordan in an interview after the Western Conference Finals last year.
This summer, after Kobe learned that Fier Jackson was driven away because of Jenny Bass and Jim Bass's struggle for power, he said emotionally at the press conference for farewell to Zen Master: "I know, I'm older, maybe I can't win the championship again."
Thinking of this scene now makes Lakers fans still burst into tears.
In the eyes of Lakers fans, Kobe's worse than Jordan may be just luck - he did not meet Pippen who suits him, did not grab rebounds and help him defend, and he also met the insurmountable peak of Chamberlain at the peak.
Indeed, Kobe was not very lucky. In order to win the championship, he changed too much. Like Jordan, he might have imitated Jordan. Both of them changed their personality in the later stages of their careers and understood the importance of teamwork "once overnight". From then on, they achieved success in their careers and achieved the sublimation from star to superstar.
It’s hard to say that Jordan is a person. There is indeed a problem with too strong strength in his personality factor. His teammate Australian big center Longley’s evaluation pointed out the key point, “He is so powerful himself, so he naturally feels that others can’t do something but don’t work hard enough.”
This sentence means that when Jordan was young, he could not really understand "everyone has a different basketball talent and starting point", nor did he know how to figure out that an excellent team would do their own jobs, and he didn't need to be elites.
So why did Jordan change later? According to the sayings, "Flying Man" suffered enough of fighting alone in the past few years. At this moment, Phil Jackson, who was holding the secret of "triangle attack", appeared again at the right time, so the time and place were in harmony with people, and both the master and the apprentice achieved great achievements.
The reason for saying this does not mean to belittle Jordan's achievements. Even if the leader did not grow up after all kinds of hardships, it would not hinder their greatness. Why did Jordan dominate the 3rd years later? It was not because he suddenly matured, but because he was a smart person and knew that the teammates later were indeed trustworthy - looking at the abilities of Scotty Pippen, Dennis Rodman and others, you should understand that this is not a choice that requires making up your mind.
Similarly, Kobe, in the years when he scored Bl points, he really relied on himself than his teammates. This was even considered an experience that was unbearable to look back on by some "Kome" afterwards.
But in fact, if you appreciate Kobe in the past two years, you should respect him in that period as much as possible, because Kobe's ball game has never changed much. When his inside partner changed from Kwame Brown to Paul Sol, it should be natural to adjust his playing style.
Even though Gasol's appearance was a blessing from heaven for Kobe, it could make his situation naturally brighter, and then the Lakers' record began to make breakthroughs, but every time they fell to the last step, 26 years in front of the Celtics, and then two consecutive years, they fell to the Warriors.
EpN said in the NH season's preview: "NHAO usually has two types of championship teams. One is to prepare all the factors and take the best opportunity to reach the league's peak, such as the Pistons in 204 and the Heat in 2UU, and the other is that their strength is indeed one level higher than other teams. Even if there are some factors, they can still win, such as the Warriors or the Lakers."
Lakers fans are particularly difficult to accept the Warriors' championship. In fact, hostile fans in the league think this way. They are willing to see the Celtics win the championship, hope to see the Lakers win the championship, and even willing to let the Spurs win the championship, but they just don't want to see the Warriors win the championship.
This is because of a competitive culture. As the saying goes, "When God is about to give a great responsibility to a person, he must first suffer his mind and mind, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body, and then lose his body and do not do anything to do." Any team that wins the championship will be hardened.
For example, the Celtics were the Big Three who sacrificed almost their entire career to win the championship after they got together in their later years. For example, the Spurs were able to win the championship before, which was why Popovich spent a lot of effort to build the Holy City Iron Army. For example, in the 2UU Heat, O'Neal was also shamelessly driven away by the Lakers and held his breath to prove himself, and he joined forces with Wade to win the championship.
From this point of view, Chamberlain's Warriors won the championship was too easy. He held the ball in the inside and then won the championship.
Hardship? Hardship? Sorry, they don’t have these things.
This is what fans of other teams in the league are unacceptable. Rather than saying that they hate the Warriors, they envy and hate the good luck of this team.
The Lakers have been working very hard, and their boss has always been willing to work hard on the team's lineup. In this regard, basketball enthusiasts, and Mavericks boss Kuban cannot match.
However, this summer, the Lakers' reinforcement measures were not done well, but this is understandable. The team has just changed its boss and is in a period of turbulence. Not to mention strengthening, it would be good if it could not be completely cleaned up and caused turmoil.
The weakest link of the Lakers has always been the point guard. Although the "Old Fish" Derek Fisher has a big heart, as he grows older, his shortcomings in other aspects have gradually been exposed. Jordan Famal is obviously not suitable for the Lakers' triangular offensive system, and many of his decisions on the court are a bit "brain-dead".
To this end, the Lakers introduced Steve Blake, who is good at organizing and has a good three-pointer. He also has certain ability on the defensive end. He uses it in rotation to temporarily alleviate the team's desire for point guards and defenders.
There are not many good point guards in the free market this summer. After the Lakers decided to give up Famal, who is not suitable for the team, Blake is a reliable choice. Blake is smart enough that he can easily understand the essence of triangle offense. He can take on the role of open shooter well, which is also the requirement of triangle offense for point guards. Although Blake performed poorly last season, although he is thirty years old and even though he cannot change the game, he is the magic potion for Lakers point guards, and he made up the last hole of the Lakers.
In addition, the Lakers and Fisher reached a contract renewal of $1.06 million a year.
The years and total amount of this contract are a bit surprising. Fisher played a mess last season. However, Fisher was the captain of the team, Kobe's friend, and a veteran of the team. The Lakers did this and showed a good attitude.
Apart from strengthening the back line, the Lakers have no other measures...
Chapter completed!