Because of Kobe and O'Neal, the atmosphere of Western Star team training is very strange.
O'Neill and Guo Xu have the best relationship, and can have a few conversations with other people, and Yao Ming, who robbed himself of the starting line-up, chatted for a while. But he just ignored Kobe, and Kobe didn't pay attention to O'Neal, when he was air.
As the saying goes, family ugliness should not be publicized. Both of them are like this in the star game. How rigid the relationship is in the team can be imagined.
This is a butterfly effect. In the first two seasons, the Lakers were too strong and completely dominated the league. The OK teams were used to being the overlord. If the winning rate suddenly changed less than half, it would be very hard.
If there is a problem in the team, you have to find the internal reason. Both Kobe and O'Neal feel that the other side is wrong. Kobe can't organize the attack like Guo Xu, and O'Neill is disgusted that he doesn't find the wrong position and plays alone directly. And Kobe feels that he can take on more tasks, attack in the face of anyone single shot, defense is more reliable than the lazy O'Neill.
It is not clear who is right and who is wrong.
Guo Xu and Kobe talked for a few words. When he said, "I won't lose to you in the playoffs" and "I'll prove that the Lakers can win without you." they understand that Kobe can't go back to the past and his mentality has completely changed. In the past, during the period of the big three of the Lakers, everyone used to talk about the words "Laker" and "we", and the team was the first.
This season Kobe has been stimulated, more eager to prove himself than in his previous life, which is directly caused by Guo Xu.
In the past, many people said that Kobe was too independent, a bully, and even said that he was a cancer, but that was after Kobe was old and his state was declining. When he was young, Kobe's mentality was good, which can be proved from one point - he has been a brother to O'Neal for eight years!
How many eight years can an NBA player have? You know, Yao Ming only played five games on the expense of the season, full play is only eight years in the NBA. What Kobe wants in the early days of his career is not to be the number one, but to win the championship.
As for the OK combination break up, it is not Kobe Bryant who drives out O'Neal, but the management of the Lakers thinks that O'Neal is old and unwilling to give him a long contract, so they trade him to the heat. Otherwise, O'Neill will become a free man and leave, and the team will get nothing.
Now that Kobe has become an independent player, he is determined to compete with T-Mac for points this season because Guo Xu has performed so well in the suns.
Now when it comes to the "big three of the Lakers", almost all the media say that Kobe is the weakest one. How can he tolerate this? If he does not increase the number of hands, improve the data, then he will sit on the title of "three masters".
Things have developed to this point, Guo Xu want to help Kobe is also powerless, unless their own performance to share the pressure of Kobe. He thinks he is not good enough now, and wants to lead the Suns to win the championship this year.
Before the game started in the evening, the online forecast of the victory and defeat showed that 83% of the fans were optimistic about the Western Star winning, which made president David Stern very depressed.
In the view of the president, Jordan's MVP is the most perfect script, but it is difficult to achieve it. Jordan's personal ability has been unable to easily score, even if his teammates are willing to help him create opportunities.
The strength gap between the two sides is quite obvious. As soon as you look at the lineup, you can see that the interior line of the western region has the most advantages, while the combination of outside line Kobe and Guo Xu also has a little advantage. Kobe and McGrady are half a dozen, and Guo Xuqiang is more than Iverson.
In Guo Xu's previous life, the 2003 star game was one of the most classic Star Games in NBA history, and the game scene was full of twists and turns.
Five seconds before the end of the first overtime, Jordan hit a landmark backward jump shot against Marion defense, giving the East a 138-136 lead, and he almost finished the near kill.
When the audience was ready to cheer for Jordan, two people came out to stir up the game. Jermaine O'Neill fouled Kobe, who was forced to shoot from outside the three-point line, disrupting the "Jordan moment", and Kobe's 3-2 penalty dragged the game into the second overtime.
O'Neal's foul was unnecessary. He was just in his head. Kobe's drifting three-point shot is almost certain, because his standard position open three-point shooting rate is not high.
In the second overtime, the Western Star team in the "wolf king" Garnett led the victory, 155-145. Garnett won the MVP trophy with 37 points.
This time, it is very difficult for the two teams to play overtime. Unless the West army deliberately releases water, Guo Xu, a reborn, is here to destroy the classic.
Originally, Iverson singled out Francis and Nash, who were the best players in the eastern part of the star game, scored 35 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals, with a shooting percentage of 56.5%. If the East wins, Iverson will definitely win the MVP, not Jordan, who is 9-out-of-27.
Guo Xu on the different, he will not be easy to pass Iverson, can interfere with the shooting, reduce its shooting percentage. In turn, Guo Xu attack, Iverson defense is also very difficult.
When the players of both sides appeared, the Western players got more warm applause, and their popularity was obviously better than that of the East.
The most embarrassing thing is that when the commentator introduced Vince Carter, the audience was booed, which is very rare in the history of Star Games. In Philadelphia all star, neither Kobe nor Guo Xu was booed so much.Then, before the player came on the court, there was an unexpected sideshow. Carter was sitting on the sideline in his Raptors jacket, not ready to play at all. Just a few minutes before the game, Carter made a decision to give up the start to Jordan.
The decision came so suddenly that all the fans didn't know and the reporter didn't know. The commentator suddenly announced that Jordan would start.
Carter changed his mind temporarily because he realized that things were completely different from what he had imagined when he arrived at the star introduction session. The reason why he insisted on starting is that since the fans cast him in the first round, they want to see him perform in the first round, and that this quota is not responsible for the fans who support him.
When the fans hissed, Carter was confused. Who am I? Where am I? What am I going to do?
Damn it, fans don't want me to start after a long time?!
In this world, there are a large number of people who do not like to see the truth. Follow when there is wind, and tear when there is force. In fact, they just because life is boring, they will not care how noble your character is.
It's a pity that Carter's head is full of brains and he doesn't have a good agent or friend to remind him what to do.
Carter brain heat immediately decided to make up for the mistake, and did another stupid thing, that is to give way to Jordan, he did not say hello to Jordan in advance, the result is of course Jordan completely offended.
By doing so, he pushed Jordan into a dilemma. The first two men let Jordan refuse to accept it. Obviously, he did not want to accept it. He felt that the more the discussion, the more humiliating he felt. Carter Pro stage to make such a play, put forward is the use of Jordan, do not want to appear after the fans crazy boo.
Jordan accepted, many people will feel that Carter is forced to give up the starting line-up, he has become an innocent man. Jordan didn't accept it. It was as if everyone didn't want to start playing. It became a farce. They could both find a place to crash to death.
The most disgusting thing for Jordan was that Carter had previously been interviewed by the media and publicly said that he would not give up the starting line-up, and his idol was Julius Owen.
When Carter became the dunk queen, Jordan once said, "don't compare my dunk with him." At that time, Jordan was very optimistic about Carter, admitted that he was "Jordan's successor", and criticized Carter's defense, hoping that he would become better in the future.
After the 2003 star game, Jordan never commented on Carter
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