Super Evolution of Basketball

Chapter 251 The Secret Between Old Men
The first thing Rachel did when she moved into Zijin Villa was to ask Yuan Qingshan to take her to see Gakki. Yuan Qingshan said that Gakki had gone abroad and he would meet her when she came back.

What are you kidding, if we meet, it's okay?
Rachel was skeptical, but there was nothing she could do about him.

Since there was no need to shy away from Avril Lavigne and the old housekeeper, Yuan Qingshan simply lived with Rachel, which made Downs and Whiteside's eyes red with jealousy.

It's okay for Downs to say, it's a big deal to call Taylor more and talk to him for treatment.

Whiteside is miserable. This guy has been wandering around in various places for the past few years, but he finally settled down in Los Angeles this year. His social circle is pitifully small, and he is still alone with a single dog.

Rachel patted her chest and said that just leave Whiteside's personal happiness to her. She often has to attend various occasions and meet many elites from all walks of life. After all, there is always something suitable for Whiteside.

Since Rachel made this promise, Whiteside regarded her as a goddess, no, as a savior.

Rachel also really lived up to expectations, and took Whiteside to visit the Los Angeles branch of 2KTV on the grounds of being interviewed, and made friends with several new beautiful reporters. From that day on, Whiteside began to look in a trance, and fell into the quagmire of love involuntarily.

Uh, to be precise, unrequited love.

At the beginning of 2016, some teams began to make some minor repairs. For example, the Pistons exchanged a player who could not play from the Grizzlies for another player who was also unable to play. For example, the Knicks and the Pelicans exchanged their second-round picks after two years.

"Honey, there are still rumors that the Lakers are going to trade you!" Rachel lay in Yuan Qingshan's arms and flipped through her phone.

Yuan Qingshan snorted coldly: "This kind of rumors have been around since the first day I entered the league. The only difference is that my price is constantly increasing."

Rachel sat up and supported Yuan Qingshan's face with both hands: "Is my man still rising in value? What if he dumps me in the future?"

This seems to be a joke, but anyone who has a girlfriend knows that at this moment, in this situation, as long as one punctuation mark is wrong, it will be destroyed!
Yuan Qingshan threw Rachel down with a serious face, and then pulled the quilt over: "We have been tied together by it all our lives, and no one can escape."

"Giggle." Rachel's laughter came from under the quilt, and then it became lighter and lighter, and finally turned into a whisper, and then a quick gasp...

The best news for the Lakers in January was Kobe’s return. As soon as he came back, he immediately joined regular training. His teammates were worried that his rush would have a bad effect on his health. Kobe always smiled and shook his head, saying that he was running out of time.

The teammates felt that Kobe's personality had changed a bit after his return this time, and he was more approachable than before, but once he entered training, he became more paranoid and scolded his teammates more fiercely.

Before the All-Star Game, the Lakers still have 20 games to play, and the home and away games are almost evenly divided.

The coaching staff made a request for Kobe: not to play back to back, not to play even away.

The result was firmly dismissed by Kobe, who went directly to Scott's office for an hour-long conversation with him.

After the conversation, Scott had to reverse his decision.

The assistant coaches were surprised that the head coach, who has always been one-sided, would change his order this time. Only Yuan Qingshan, who happened to encounter this scene, saw a little moisture in the corner of Scott's eyes.

Yuan Qingshan took an opportunity to ask Scott privately what Kobe had talked with him, and Scott only said a few words.

"First, this is a secret between two old men."

"Second, we must go all out this season and send him off with as many victories as possible!"

Yuan Qingshan can probably guess what's going on, and when he meets Kobe again, he always feels a little sad in his heart.

That night, Yuan Qingshan called all the people he had a good relationship with and held a small meeting to warn everyone that it was already January, if they still wanted to play in the playoffs, they had to start working hard now, no matter what this season, they had to go all out.

Sitting in the room were Towns, Whiteside, Nick Young, Frye, Artest, Huertas, and Thackeray. Of course, these people listened to Yuan Qingshan's words and were excited by what he said.

Yuan Qingshan didn't tell everyone what Scott told him about Kobe, because based on his understanding of Kobe, Kobe definitely didn't want to be a tragic figure.

Use Kobe's injury, or a declining state to motivate teammates?
Come on, if Black Mamba finds out, he will definitely let you taste his fist!

The fighting spirit of the Lakers improved again after Kobe's return. In the eight games in mid-January, they got 8 wins and 6 losses, and they are temporarily in the fourth place in the Western Conference.

The top three are the Warriors, Spurs and Rockets. The Lakers theoretically have the possibility of catching up with the Rockets. As for the Warriors and Spurs, don't even think about it.

The Thunder are closely following the Lakers, only one win away from the Lakers.

Then came the Trail Blazers, Mavericks, Jazz, etc., basically all the way to the top 10, only 2 to 3 wins away at most. From this point of view, the Wild West is not a joke. No matter who wants to squeeze into the playoffs, it will be bloody.

Yuan Qingshan asked coach Scott to study the regular season rankings. The potential opponents of the Lakers are: Warriors, Spurs, Thunder, Rockets.

In fact, no matter how you line up, you will meet them from the second round, so what you can do now is try not to meet strong teams in the first round, at least not against the Warriors in the first round.

That is to say, it cannot fall to eighth anyway.

Both Yuan Qingshan and Scott knew that the current position of the Lakers was really unstable. Although the team added fresh blood in a one-for-two exchange, the depth of the lineup was still too weak compared with the major powerhouses. Moreover, no one knew how long Kobe could last after returning from injury. Everyone vaguely felt that Kobe was just struggling.

But no matter how you say it, Kobe's return has added a touch of purple and gold to the league.

The NBA officially released a new round of vote statistics. Kobe Bryant, who was selected to the NBA All-Star lineup for 17 times, topped the list with 71 votes, almost pre-booking the top spot.

Stephen Curry of the Warriors and LeBron James of the Cavaliers ranked second and third with 51 and 35 votes, respectively.

Partitioning aspect.

The Eastern Conference is followed by Dwyane Wade with 30 votes and Paul George with 28 votes.

The West is followed by Kevin Durant with 34 votes and Russell Westbrook with 26 votes.

As for the rookie challenge, from last year, the U.S. team played against the world team.

According to the rules, the two teams must select at least three rookies and three sophomores, and there must be four guards, four frontcourt players and two swingmen in the two teams.

Coach Scott informed Towns and Yuan Qingshan in advance to be prepared, this is the first super big stage in their careers.

(End of this chapter)