Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 113 Frenzy and Hidden Worry

After 50 games, Artest still can't integrate into the triangle offense. Daben is not a low-post insider who blows up everything. His poor offense and strong defense can be called two extremes. As for Boozer, a low pick Rookies, on the contrary, are not the most important.

It doesn't really matter what Kupchak's answer is.

Over the years, the Bass family has been adhering to the simplest concept of success: choose the best employee, give him the most money, and let him work for you.

As a manager, this simple and crude method brought 8 championship trophies to the Lakers, from Jerry West to Pat Riley, from Skyhook Kareem to Magic Johnson, from O'Neal to Kobe, Then to Phil Jackson, all are products of this creed.

Of course, the premise is that how much money you take, how many things you have to do.

Jim certainly doesn't think that his lineup is so strong that even a dog on a leash can win the championship, so Phil Jackson is at least safe in his current two-year tenure, but if he thinks that the championship coach can no longer satisfy him Ambitious, if you must get involved in the Lakers management, Jim doesn't mind using other relationships to prevent problems before they happen.

"Mitch, you have been in the Lakers for more than 20 years. I think you know my father's style of work best. I don't want you to stain your Lakers career because of something wrong."

The Lakers, who had lost three games in four games, finally found their way back against the Denver Nuggets. Jeff Bzdelik's team was completely unable to stop Kobe and Garnett from breaking out. Kobe scored 42 points and 2 rebounds 3 assists, this is his fourth consecutive game scoring more than 40 points, while Garnett contributed 29 points and 17 rebounds in a large double-double, one-handed Juwan Howard, Nene Hilario and Nick Roz Skitishvili and others formed the inside of the Nuggets to help the Lakers win 121 to 98 at home.

The worse thing than being tortured once, of course, is being tortured twice.

Two days later, the two teams moved to the Pepsi Center in Denver for a rematch.

Skitishvili played the best game of his career, scoring 17 points and 5 rebounds, including 4 of 2 three-pointers, and Juwan Howard is still his standard, with 22 points and 7 rebounds. Tepid performance.

These resistances are insignificant in front of Kobe who scored 51 points like chopping melons and vegetables.

Tied Iverson's record of scoring more than 5 points in 40 consecutive games, Kobe was out of control.

In back-to-back away games against the Rockets and Jazz, Kobe scored 52 and 40 points respectively.The team also won as they wished.

Against the Trail Blazers at home, Kobe had 40 points and 8 assists, Garnett had 37 points and 22 rebounds, the Lakers fought hard for three overtimes, and finally relied on Ben Wallace to block Rasheed Wallace's layup, 123 to 122 Narrowly beat the Blazers with 7 players in double figures.

In the end, the Lakers did not complete any transactions before the closing of the transaction door. If nothing else, the current lineup will be maintained until the end of the season.

There are only two transactions worth mentioning in the league. In order to strengthen the inside line, the Magic sent away Mike Miller, who overlapped with Stephen Jackson, and traded from the Suns for rookie power forward Drew Gooden. ·Miller's close friend Tracy McGrady was very dissatisfied. He went crazy in the game against the Bulls and scored 33 points in 52 minutes.That week, he averaged 40.8 points, 9 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game, becoming the well-deserved best in the East, and the best in the West was Kobe Bryant, who averaged 44 points per game. The two also ranked in the top two in scoring.

Another deal happened between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Milwaukee Bucks. Although Glenn Robinson is a typical example of squandering talent, he lost his Bucks and his record has been avalanche. A tyrannical team that has fought seven games has fallen to a weak team that can't even see the door to the playoffs.

The conflict between the head coach George Karl and the head star Ray Allen has become irreconcilable. Even if the two are training in the same arena, they try not to talk to each other. Once they talk, it will be a fierce dispute.

In order to appease George Karl, the famous coach of the generation, the Bucks management reluctantly sent Ray Allen, who was entering his peak, to Seattle, and traded for Karl's old team, Gary Payton.

After the buzzer trade between the two parties was completed, before the two protagonists changed their jerseys, the Bucks and the Sonics had a head-to-head confrontation. The Sonics led by Barry.

After Ray Allen officially joined the team, the newly born Sonics became even more vigorous. They defeated the Pistons and Eagles in a row. After a wave of winning streak, they will challenge the Lakers away.

Without starting point guard Gary Payton, the Sonics had no one else to fill the position, and head coach McMillan simply moved out of the double swingman backcourt of Ray Allen and Brent Barry.

Without Cassell to control the ball, Ray Allen completely let himself go. In the game against the Lakers, he threw 14 three-pointers, but only hit 4 of them. The overall shooting rate was only 27 of 9. , Fortunately, he grabbed 13 rebounds and sent 9 assists, plus the 28 points scored by his new partner Lewis, the two teams have been stalemate.

Kobe scored 39 points in the first three quarters, and he was about to continue his record of 40 consecutive points, tying Jordan's 9 consecutive games, but suddenly in the fourth quarter, he missed all 7 shots, and the score was also lost by the Supersonics. Overtake.

Fortunately, Garnett stood up and scored 29 points and 17 rebounds. Among them, he scored 11 points in the fourth quarter to help the team stabilize the situation. Kobe made two free throws under the opponent's foul tactics. He also locked his data at 41 points.

Although relying on Kobe's incredible scoring performance, the Lakers have temporarily stabilized their top position in the Western Conference with a wave of winning streaks, but Jim still feels that the current trend of the team is not the same as it was at the beginning of the season.

Since Stephen Jackson left the team, the team's rotation has been shortened to nine. Considering that Barnes doesn't play much time, Kobe often plays more than 40 minutes. He and Garnett account for half of the team. The number of shots, while Artest and Billups, the sense of presence in the past two months is no higher than that of Hawley and Harper before.

With fewer roles on the offensive end, the defensive end naturally loses interest. In addition to relying on defense to make a living, Daben is still working hard, and the offensive and defensive efficiency of Billups and Artest is declining. Because Te and Kobe took on too many offensive tasks, the defensive intensity will of course be reduced accordingly.In the battle against the Sonics, Bryant's 7 misses in the fourth quarter have revealed a signal.

If this continues, the situation is not good.

　Try to make up the fourth update today...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)