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Chapter 1178 Huge talent gap

Benj finally improved his shooting percentage to 70% by reducing his shots and increasing his breakthrough.

In the whole game, he scored 59 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, leading the Lakers to a 29-point victory over the Spurs.

At the time of parting, Jamal Mashburn still had something to say, and he didn't know whether to say it or not.

"Jabbar, I'm really sorry."

"!￥!￥!, My name is Jamal!"

Defeating an opponent like the Spurs is a matter of course. The opponent is still in the rebuilding period, and the direction of the sword is directed at this year's No. [-] pick.

If nothing else, Allen Iverson and Marcus Camby, the two top picks, will always fall into the clutches of the Spurs.

Louie prefers Iverson's future playing for the Spurs.

Counting the days, Popovich is about to leave the mountain to coach. Louis is very excited when he thinks of the story line of happy enemies that will be created by his patriarchal coaching style and a rare rebellious boy like Iverson.

Subsequently, the Lakers beat the Rockets.

The Rockets sit on last year's No. [-] pick, Joe Smith, but unfortunately, their three-high test failed.

The reason for the failure was Smith.

The Rockets want him to grow like Danny Manning, but he is not Manning. He does not have the skills of the three position, and lacks the willingness to gain weight. He thinks that he can play professional basketball like college with his talent.

On the contrary, Garnett was very excited to meet the champion of the same session.

He was overexcited, sticking the ball a few times caused the tactics to stall, so the audience on the sidelines heard Louis' roar of the Lion.

What's more, the referee on duty, Joe Crawford, was nearby, and Louie's roar frightened the opponent's whistle.

Crawford called Louie a technical foul.

"You fucking better give me an explanation!" Louis was furious like running away Mary.

Crawford also knew that he had a problem with his blowing, but he could never admit his mistake: "You interfered with my law enforcement!"

"Am I disturbing you￥&￥..."

Louie's second technical foul was cleared and he was ejected.

"This matter is endless! You idiot, I am endless with you!"

If it wasn't for the assistant coach, Louis' posture would have been like pulling the referee into the octagonal cage for a life-and-death duel.

Garnett was still laughing silly.

"If I were you, I probably wouldn't be so happy," Bird gloated. "If you weren't on the court doing those stupid things, he wouldn't be yelling and scaring the refs."

Garnett simply said, "Dude, didn't you play well?"

"Do you think your coach doesn't care if you're playing well or not when he's swearing? He only cares about whether you're playing the way he wants to see. As for the rest, hey."

Bird's sneer didn't bother Garnett.

Ostertag interjected, "Jasmine, don't worry, the coach will blame Larry in the end anyway."

"Hahaha, yes!"

"You're so fucking happy!" Byrd thought Ostertag was right, and got angry on the spot, "If I get implicated, I won't let you go, you high school student with a shitty brain, I ￥#@%!!!"

In all fairness, Garnett not only played well tonight, it can even be said that he played the best performance of his rookie season.

面对同届状元，加内特出场30分钟，全面地砍下19分11篮板5助攻4盖帽1抢断的数据。

The Boston press hailed him as a young Ralph Sampson.

Well-known sports observer Josh Ringer said: "Kevin Garnett is not the Ralph Sampson of the Lakers, he is the unique Kevin Garnett."

Obviously, the Los Angeles people don't want to be hyped by the media in New England. What kind of Sampson of the Lakers, he is not Sampson.

In one game, Garnett made multiple media headlines.

The sponsorship and advertisement under the name increased by 4 companies.

Then, he was scolded by Louis in the video room.

Garnett was powerless to refute, because Louie's point of attacking him was not whether he played well or not, but whether he played right or not.

Louie's old friends will be surprised by this.

In the past, Louis only looked at the results, but now Louis actually pays more attention to the process.

If the process is not right, then even if it is a good result, it is a bad good result.

Louis is stricter than in the past, especially when it comes to the requirements of Garnett, which is so high that even Bird thinks it is too much.

"That's not how you treated Ralph."

"Ralph is an old man who is about to retire with half a foot. What is he doing?" Louie said angrily, "Jasmine is 19 years old this year. He has unlimited possibilities, but he didn't go to college, lacks discipline, and has a lot of bad habits. If I can't correct those problems at the beginning of his career, then even if he grows into a superstar, he is just a flawed defective product."

Bird is very curious, in Louis' mind, how high is Garnett's ceiling?

"What do you think his ceiling is?"

"Maybe not as good as Ralph." Louie was slow, "but I think he has the top 15 talents in history."

Louis believes that after his training and Bird's technical transformation, Garnett will grow into a unicorn that even he is a little strange.

But it is still difficult for him to reach the level of Sampson.

What limits him is not strength or talent, but something called killer instinct.

Sampson can overwhelm two generations at the center position, relying on his amazing talent and skills, and more importantly, he is a rare center who is not afraid of taking the ball at critical moments.

And what Garnett is like at critical moments, Louie is very clear.

This is of course related to his technical details, but it is also possible that he does not regard himself as the figure who dominates the game at the psychological level.

Louis said that Garnett has infinite possibilities, but said he is not as good as Sampson.

Bird muttered in surprise, "The top 15 in history is fine."

"Don't get me wrong, I mean that he has the possibility to become the top 15 players in history, but it doesn't mean he will definitely be able to." Louis was furious when he thought of Garnett's virtue on the field, "Based on his current performance, I have no reason to be optimistic about him. If you don't discipline him in a stricter way, then you are the one who caused him to fail to realize his potential!"

Bird didn't expect Louis to use such a serious word as "sinner".

"If he doesn't make progress by himself, what can I do?"

"If he is not motivated, it means you are not motivated. If you could let him know the benefits of being motivated, he would have been motivated. After all, it is your problem. Do you want to say that he is the kind of idiot who cannot be taught?"

As long as Louis is on the line, Bird can't do anything.

"OKOK." Byrd admitted the mistake, "My fault, I will be stricter from today on."

Louis said immediately: "This is what you said. From today onwards, if he has any problems again, it will be your problem!"

"It's fucking fine, as long as that fool makes a fucking mistake again, it's all my fucking fault!"

The season continues.

As the season progressed, Louis had a deeper understanding.

That is the serious shortage of talent in the Lakers team.

It stands to reason that Wilson and Garnett, the two talented monsters, are enough to be the core of the team. However, if the "beautiful basketball" system is really as beautiful as Louis imagined, he needs more talents.

Moreover, it can't be the kind of "it looks okay, that's him", but an elite-level talent.

Just like a murder press needs 5-6 players with excellent physical talents.

The Knights Templar serving "beautiful basketball" needs to be constructed by 5-7 elite-level talents.

At present, Louis only has three and a half (Wei, Bei, Liu, Jia), and the tragic division can play for another year or two at most. In the long run, the Cavaliers need to add at least four players to ensure smooth operation.

Considering the time to develop a tacit understanding, these four players need to be aligned in the next two years.

In the most ideal state, Louie can see a super team that can perfectly interpret the "beautiful basketball" system dominate the league before his contract ends (2000).

If the situation has changed, it is difficult to say.

The top priority is still to capture talent. If the team has a record, just take the top few in the league and make it to the conference finals to deal with the fans.

(End of this chapter)