Basketball myth

Chapter 183 The Path Kobe Bryant Chose

"If it was a normal game or a game against other teams, I would have replaced Horry and the others! However, look at Malone defending O'Neal now. If I replaced those two people, our offense might improve. , but our defense is finished!"

"No one on the field can limit Malone's performance! O'Neal's power on the offensive end is similar to whoever defends. If we substitute players, O'Neal will definitely be fouled by the opponent in the end. A big center of the Jazz will Solve all the O'Neal questions! You remember the Shark Shark tactic! I don't think Sloan can't think of that tactic, and even I wonder, did Sloan want us to do that!"

"Then we just watch helplessly like this? There is no other way! No suggestion on the situation on the field? Thomas! This is not your style all the time!"

"Then what's my style all the time?" Thomas was still in the mood to joke at this moment, which meant that things weren't too bad!Still within Thomas' control!
"Your style has always been to take the rhythm of the game, the rhythm of the enemy and the enemy into your own hands! Even if the opposing team has any way to do something to stop you, you also have corresponding methods to deal with the opponent. Isn't it?"

"Hehe! You think too highly of me! All I can do is to minimize all off-court factors, but I'm not a master of psychology. I can quickly restore a disturbed player to a normal range Inside!" After finishing speaking, Thomas pointed to O'Neill with his finger!
"It all depends on O'Neal himself! Now we are not far behind the Jazz in points. The Jazz does this. Such a tactic is also very risky! Malone can limit O'Neal to a certain extent." Within the acceptable range of the Jazz! Now the most threatening of our Lakers is O'Neal! Malone's offensive efficiency has also dropped a lot. He is a real iron man. While defending O'Neal, he is still fighting against Barkley on offense. Not so efficient anymore! This is the third quarter of the game!"

"When will O'Neal break his inner baggage, when will he give up all unnecessary pride, and when will he want to win the final victory! When will our game have new hope! Otherwise, this game will definitely He will lose! Without the internal restraint, Malone will defeat everything!"

"That is to say, in your subconscious and your current words, you can accept the loss of this game! Or you are going to use this game to wake up O'Neal so that he can fight for a better tomorrow , so as to prepare for the real game in the future? You can accept O'Neal's struggle in this game! In other words, in the next game like this, you can also lead the Lakers to the final victory with O'Neal? It's just that you still want the best O'Neal in your heart?"

"Haha! I will neither admit nor deny it! This is my principle as a coach now! I just want to win the final victory!" Thomas squinted his eyes and turned his head, very Naturally said!
While listening to these words being spoken, I already felt that everything was about me!Thomas is the one selected by the system now!
"Thomas, you have become a bit like Parklei back then! When you first took charge of the team, you were at most a little better than Dunleavy! Now you can get what you want in the Lakers, player They have also begun to trust you unconditionally! Use all the opponent's targeted methods to train players and yourself, you have made great progress! I can't even say about your future!"

"Over the years! Parker Riley and Mayfair have reached the limit of two NBA coaches! So where is your limit? Assist the gods to ascend to the throne! Or start a new era?"

Dunleavy led the players with Magic Johnson as the main player to the finals in his first season with the Lakers, but the opponent of the Lakers is called the Bulls!That was Jordan's first championship!The one that impressed me the most in Jordan!
In the second season, Johnson had... Worthy was injured, and Dunleavy no longer needed to stay with the Lakers!Needless to say, Parker Riley, after he came to the Lakers, the Lakers will be the most advantageous attacker for the championship!The era of black and white heroes!It can be said that he opened a new era!
What the old assistant coach said about Thomas is already very high!

"Thank you for your compliment! However, I don't think I am worse than Park Leli or Mayfair Jackson! Besides, they are not my biggest opponents in this world! My opponent, hehe! He is a guy who has improved rapidly! Then He is a terrible guy, even I will be afraid, afraid that one day his progress will make me at a loss! Hehe!"

"In fact, you are also looking forward to such a day in your heart! Only on that day, everything about you will be revealed!" The assistant coach suddenly said such a sentence without knowing why!Of course, he wouldn't ask, this is the most essential pride of a person!

But one thing that disappointed the assistant coach was that in this game, O'Neal completely fell into the loop of wanting to win. This is to make up for himself, but his offensive efficiency is only a little over 4%, and his free throw percentage is less than 4%!As a super center, such data can be said to have reached the lowest point of O'Neal's career!

"I have already failed once! I have already failed once because of me! Will I lose this round because of me? Just shave my head once in the finals! I don't want a second time! I don’t even want to lose the second time because of my own reasons! In the past, I can say that Olajuwon has a lot more experience than me! I was still a rookie and waited to avoid the cross-examination of many people! What about now? Do you want to prove that Malone is better than me?"

"The core of the Lakers is undoubtedly me! I can lead the team to challenge God! The trust between Thomas and those players lies in me! Is there really no way for me to win this game? "

"I really hate this feeling! It's obvious that the contest with Malone is not the disadvantage, but how could this be the result! Do I need help from others? I'm O'Neill!"

"Thomas, thank you! It's you who got me such attention! People will say that people of the same generation as Jordan are the saddest, but not meeting Jordan is the greatest sadness for us players! I believe it. Jordan also wants to challenge Chamberlain at his peak!"

"How many people will understand the world of our peak players!"

In the midst of random thoughts, one can imagine O'Neal's efficiency!Ma Long had restricted him a bit in the offense, and he was too timid to do anything in the defense. The referee really looked at him to death today. In the end, after the third quarter, he was really not aggressive at all. Got it!The game ended in the third quarter when he was in a dilemma!I also received my fifth foul!

In the 5th minute of the final fourth quarter, he was penalized by the referee because of excessive action, and O'Neal was sent off!It's not that Thomas didn't think about letting O'Neal stay on the bench, and then play the game after tidying up his emotions, but O'Neal didn't agree!Just tell Thomas, tell Thomas very calmly, I want to play!Thomas also looked at O'Neal calmly. After three seconds, he didn't say anything, and directly arranged for him to play the game!
O'Neill has improved since playing this time!At the very least, some of the Jazz's practices have become very difficult!The score of the two teams is still the same, even if it weren't for Russell's three-point goal, it might be within 5 points!But in the end O'Neal still fouled!The Jazz's Nth impact on O'Neal!A big center didn't get any protection, and at the moment of 5 fouls, he was easily fouled by others!Of course, the Jazz didn't do this without paying a price. Malone has fouled 5 times and his physical strength is not much!

For the Lakers, the most important thing is not that O'Neal was sent off, but that Kobe was also punished by Thomas for not playing in the fourth quarter!It was sent off deliberately by Thomas as a means of punishment!
This is the first time Thomas has punished a player in the game or a player on his own team like this!Whether it's with the Nets or now.The only reason for this is that Kobe is doing what Thomas expressly prohibits. Kobe has put forward his own challenge to O'Neal's core!Even directly challenge O'Neal's tactical position and core position on the field!Even doing such a thing without the slightest concealment!
This approach is the biggest challenge to O'Neill!So much so that it was a very big challenge for him, Thomas!The challenge is still the tactics adopted by the Lakers when they have been winning!Although he did all these things unconsciously!Because Kobe wants to win!
Starting from the 7th minute of the third quarter!
O'Neal lost his normalcy when the Jazz specifically targeted him!Kobe began to take the ball from the Lakers and start his own offense. In this game, Kobe played the most smoothly among the Lakers!It can be said that this game can catch up with the Jazz's score, Kobe gave his best!It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the Lakers' best player in this game!
but!What Kobe should not do is to force a layup on his own when O'Neal can easily get the score!This is what Thomas dislikes the most!

Under normal circumstances, of course, Kobe is allowed to deal with such a situation alone, but when O'Neal did not open the situation, Kobe directly seized the ball, and he showed contempt for O'Neal without concealment, which is very important to the Lakers. The atmosphere in the team is really bad!
Although O'Neal returned to normal later, when he started scoring, he was troubled by fouls and was not protected by Kobe, which made Thomas' anger burn even more thoroughly!
In the 4nd minute of the 2th quarter, Kobe picked up the basketball and faced the basket for the fourth time. When a shot failed to go in, Thomas called for a substitution, replaced Fisher, and replaced Kobe.

Kobe is the biggest beneficiary of the Lakers playoffs this time. It can be said that Kobe's value will soar after the Lakers playoffs!However, Kobe can't be the core of a championship team!Can't be the core of the Lakers now!

We don't have the strength or the time to let Kobe be the core!

Thomas faced a person who can be said to have broken him to win the championship. The method was very direct, or he did not hesitate, and he was not afraid of any consequences. Fundamentally speaking, Thomas did not regard himself as a person in this world at all!

Just like he said to Kobe who was off the field, "I don't care what your reasons are, what kind of thoughts you have! No matter what you do is right or wrong for this game, this game will end with you Whether we win or lose in the future, whether we will lose or win this round! I will not allow you to stab a companion when he needs help! You make me feel very disappointed!"

Looking at Kobe's shocked eyes and his obviously unwilling face, he said very seriously: "Remember! You are not a core player of the Lakers, and you can't be now. You want to be a qualified player. The most important thing is to prove that you have that ability! It is not a proof of one or two games, but a proof of a season, a proof of a playoff!"

"You are only a sophomore now! Maybe you have potential, maybe you have this ambition, but the environment of the Lakers will not allow you to have this idea! You are just an important member of a championship team! Not a championship player The core players of the team!"

"What O'Neal needs is time! He is the one who can lead you to challenge Jordan, otherwise, you can't get to where you are now! Remember! When you have the time to protect others, when are you Only then will it be possible to obtain a core position!"

"Once there is a member of the three All-Stars who sincerely feeds you the ball, you can become a member of the championship team! For example, O'Neal now, look at Grant Hill's performance! Do you think you are better than Is Hill strong?"

"Remember! We are a championship team, not a rebuilding team. You may be a baby in other teams, giving you 2 or 3 seasons of growth, but in the Lakers , in the current champion Lakers, all you have to do is cooperate with all the players to win the championship!"

"You don't have anything to show off! You don't have anything! Only after the end of this playoffs can you be eligible for this qualification. However, the failed playoffs, I am unlucky, how can you be better? Remember Stop it! In the current league, the biggest one, the one with the most right to speak is Jordan, his salary is more than 3300 million, what about you! What is your salary? What you have to do is to beat this 3300 million, otherwise, You can only press under O'Neill's body!"

"You have the best talent to shock the world, and you have the best opportunity to prove that you can! All you need is for you to follow my lead in this playoffs! I will lead you to what you want Yes! That's it! Think about it!"

Kobe didn't say anything after Thomas finished speaking. He buried his head and thought about such things. Finally, when O'Neal was sent off, Kobe said to Thomas: "Coach! I understand what you mean! But, O'Neal Go down too! The Lakers need me to do this! These 5 minutes, 5 points behind are my last moments of hard work, once I still lose! I completely obey your arrangements, and even all future transactions about me, I I will obey you! But once I win, I want you to take back what you just said! I want you to regard me as a core!" Kobe looked at Thomas with a stubborn look, and took out all he could use to bet !
Thomas looked at Kobe like this and didn't speak!Thomas really wanted to change Kobe's thinking, and wanted to regard Kobe as an indispensable player for the Lakers, a player who would win consecutive championships in the future, even between Hill and Kobe, Thomas did not choose his idol Hill!Instead, I chose Kobe!
But Kobe's choices time and time again told Thomas that Kobe was not the person Thomas wanted, but Kobe who had chosen his own path!A Kobe who is already on his own path!
What Thomas wants and what Kobe can give, at least so far, are the same!Everything will be discussed after the end of this season!At least for now, Kobe still listens to himself, and the last time is less than a month away, isn't it?

So, Thomas made a choice in his heart, looked at Kobe, and said nothing!Thomas has decided to give him this chance!But... Looking at O'Neal, Thomas pointed to O'Neal, and Thomas handed over the option to O'Neal!

O'Neal looked at Kobe, the first time he officially looked at this Kobe who was in the Lakers during his rookie period, and looked at Kobe at an equal height for the first time. This is a player who can challenge himself!And the other party is already taking action!Whether this action is unintentional or intentional!
"I give you this chance! Give you a chance to prove that you are better than me, cherish it! Kobe! This is your only chance! I hope you lead the team to victory in this game! My mistake in this game Maybe there are quite a few! But, you remember! We are Thomas' players, and I, the core player, have to listen to Thomas. If you are not the core player of this team, then you'd better listen to Thomas, too. He gave me this power, not because of how I am! Or if you have something to do to me, but for a core player on the court, I am the one who has the most say!"

"The value of core players lies in the fact that other players on the field will give you the ball willingly! Let the core players lead them to the final victory! I just gave you a chance, but what will the players on the field think of you? I don't know!"

　Sorry first!There were no updates last night.Last night I just wanted to combine the two chapters into one. This chapter is a 5000-word chapter. I want to give some benefits to my readers, eh!Although my grades for this book are a bit bleak!However, I still want to thank my friends who read my book!There is another chapter in the afternoon!
　　
　
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