Chapter 222 - Kobe Training Camp 4

The game continued, Kobe was up by eight points and I still haven't scored a damn point, disappointed in myself I realized my weaknesses without time freeze my defense was nothing especially in front of a superstar like Kobe and he realized how bad my defense was too even though I was a scoring machine but defense was pretty bad.

Kobe was confused by this because in my stats it showed that I was a great defensive player and got multiple steals per game but the player that he was playing against now had no steals against him and couldn't even grab a rebound after he missed on purpose. My defense was worse than any NBA player's defense.

We checked up the ball, Kobe started dribbling, he tried to drive past me but this time I wasn't going to let him do that as I stayed in front of him, he decided to do a fade away jumper since he saw that he wasn't going anywhere as I had stepped up my defense and surprisingly he still made the bucket now up by 9 points. Only two more points to go in order to win the game, I had to do something.

It was hard enough to steal the ball and due to his long reach Kobe was able to shoot above me, but I didn't give up as we checked up the ball once again. Kobe dribbled to the left and dribbled to the right and as if time had stopped, I saw the ball slowly rolling as he bounced it off the ground. I plucked it from there and dived for it. Kobe was shocked by this because I was sacrificing my body to get the steal. With great joy and sacrifice I had finally received the ball.

I got up and did a little celebration as Kobe looked at me and shook his head saying" you finally were able to catch me slacking all right let's see what you can do with this rock Young Buck".

We checked the ball. I finally had the ball in my hands but Kobe was playing me hard as he was riding my grill, playing defense trying to pluck the ball out of my hands. I guarded the ball as I used both my hands to move around while still on one foot spinning trying to keep the ball away from Kobe.

I quickly took a step back and shot the three ball with enough space. Kobe wasn't able to block me so it was an automatic 2 point for me. I have finally put up points on the board and was happy. Kobe was amazed that I was able to make a shot from that position but he had seen me do worse so we continued the game, checked up the ball. Kobe was once again on my nuts but I didn't filter.

I dug into him as I tried to drive past him. I used my elbow to push him to the side, did a step back while fading to the right to avoid a block as I made the bucket another point this time, it was 3-9. 

I was starting to close in, and we checked up the ball once again. I drove it again this time I posted Kobe up, faked to the left trying to catch him which I did, causing him to lean to the left a little bit while I went to the right and faded with a jump shot. 

"Eazy points" I said.

Closing the lead now Kobe was only up by five points as I started to gain momentum. Kobe frowned when he saw that I was starting to get a little happy and thought that he should put up the pressure a little bit since I was starting to get a little too excited.

Kobe started playing me harder and wasn't giving me the chance to even breathe, not caring about my body I still drove it Kobe kept up with me but I quickly put the brakes on him causing him to stop as he tried to keep up with me but then I picked it up again and went towards the basket, in that slight hesitation had cost him a bucket as I laid it up smoothly after leaving him behind.

Kobe laughed and said" that was a good move, Young Buck using my age against me to buckle my bad knees".

I laughed when I heard that as I thought what old man this guy is still training like he just entered the league and was about to beat me like there was no tomorrow talking about old bones. 

We checked the ball once again. This time I started running around the court at full speed using my unlimited stamina to an advantage as Kobe started to get tired, he was training before I had entered so I used that against him in order to tire him out even more.

"Young Buck come on man, that's not fair using your youth against me, you think I can run full speed like that at every possession, that's crazy". 

I didn't care about what he was talking about but he started to slow down and I noticed using that opportunity I ran all the way back to the three-point line turn around and took the shot in a smooth motion that even surprised Kobe as I didn't even set up my foot as I turned around in the air as soon as I left the two-point position.

Swish!

I was now down by one point, Kobe was surprised by this," okay Young Buck you got some skills but your defense still needs some work". I nodded my head in understanding and thought if I had my time freeze you probably wouldn't even get a single bucket on me.

We checked it up as I said "I'm sorry buddy but I'm going to have to finish you off over here" Kobe had enough he was already tired wheezing and said "go ahead Young Buck but if you come into the post I'm definitely going to stop you", the fire in his eyes had not burned out. I shrugged and pulled up near the half court line and took the shot. As soon as I took the shot I walked off the court and got ready to head back to my room.

Kobe was shocked by this and said" aren't you going to wait for the ball to go inside before walking off the court" right after he said that he heard a swish behind him.

He laughed and said "are you sure you don't want to come to the Lakers".