Chapter 963 [Food is innocent, Buddha's light shines]
Unlike Guo Xu's lazy, Kobe practiced more during the holidays and maintained an excellent competitive state.
He participated in the Drew League, scored 45 points in one game, and completed a final mid-range shot under James Harden's defense. Harden also scored 44 points in that game, and the two contributed the most classic matchup in Drew League history.
Later, Kobe almost joined the Chinese CBA Shanxi team.
Kobe's agent team agreed to join CBA, but made five amazing requests.
First, pay monthly payments, no matter how many games played this month, it will be $2 million, equivalent to RMB 13 million, and it is after tax.
Second, the Shanxi team will arrange a single-family villa for Kobe and his entourage's daily life, including 10 bodyguards.
Third, Kobe must arrange his own daily activities, including attending commercial activities and training, and the team shall not interfere. In other words, Kobe may not participate in any training and commercial activities of the team unless he is willing to.
Fourth, when going to the away game, Kobe must arrange high-end special planes. It is estimated that it will cost about 200,000 yuan for his away game to fly back and forth.
Fifth, after the NBA suspension is over, Kobe can return to the United States immediately without bearing any liability for breach of contract.
This is not a signing player to play basketball. It is obvious that he recognizes a father. Who would agree except for a brainless person? However, the boss of Shanxi team is a hardcore Kemi, and he agreed without thinking.
Unfortunately, the Basketball Association later issued a regulation that local governments were not allowed to sign temporary contracts, which made the boss angry and wanted to sue the Basketball Association. This was too inhumane. The Basketball Association actually wanted to stop others from doing their filial piety...
The opening match of NBA on Christmas night started, and TNT Radio broadcast live.
Before the game started, the Suns held a championship ring awarding ceremony. O'Neal received his ring, received the applause from the fans, and entered the TNT's live broadcast room and became a guest.
Kenny Smith asked: "Shakel, there is news that you often overeat when you go out with Jason, saying that you have brought him badly and made him worse than his original figure. What do you think?"
"He has always been a foodie. He asked me for a while. I'm just a mate. If his condition is wrong, fans should not blame me." O'Nealton smiled and said, "I don't think there will be any problems with his condition. I think the winner this year must be the Suns."
"I think it's not a problem for him to play without eating burgers," Barkley said.
As we all know, Barkley trained while eating McDonald's burgers.
Barkley also responded to this: "It's true. When I went to Philadelphia, Julius Irving, Moses Malone and Morris Chicks never trained, they just sat on the side and ate McDonald's on training bikes. So once I was in the league for so long, I adopted that philosophy."
Barkley's answer made it known that he did it more than once, and that he saw some experienced players doing it, just imitating them because he felt he had won the right to do it.
Fake foodie Barkley also talked about what he could order McDonald's food. "I always order cured egg burgers and hot cakes with sausages, which is the best breakfast you can get."
Real foodies will think this is an extremely bad taste, and sausages and cakes can be sold together?
The sun raised the team's seventh championship flag, and the Warriors players only appeared to warm up after the award ceremony.
Guo Xu and Kobe greeted him, but neither of them said anything. From Kobe's sharp eyes, Guo Xu could see that he wanted to win, and from Guo Xu's body shape, Kobe could see that he really didn't practice.
Suns: Guo Xu, Roy, Klay Thompson, Ibaka, Gasol Jr.
If all these five people were in their peak period, it would be terrible. Only Ibaka has not been selected as the All-Star.
Warriors: Curry, Kobe, Rollden, Brand, Bynum.
If these five people were at the top, they would definitely win the championship lineup and were all selected as All-Stars. Judging from the depth of the lineup, the two teams excelled in the league.
Bynum won the jump ball, and the Warriors attacked first.
Seeing that the Suns had a new player, Curry passed the ball to Kobe to fight Thompson alone.
Kobe's dribble was in a direction and failed to break through. He leaned against the opponent on his left and turned around and broke through and was blocked. He protected the ball and adjusted the rhythm, turned around and leaned back to the bottom line and missed the jump shot.
Thompson has average physical fitness, good defensive awareness, and has the potential to become a top 3D player. D'Antoni deliberately asked him to defend Kobe on the main basis, which can attract Kobe to fight alone.
In fact, in training camp, Thompson performed better on the defensive end than Roy. He could perform as soon as he entered the league. He did a great job in defense of Roy and Richardson during training, and he won it himself.
Gasolka Jr. Ibaka grabbed the backcourt rebound, Guo Xu slowed down the pace, and now it is not the bombardment lineup on the court.
Guo Xu dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and kept a distance from Curry in the middle. Ibaka and Gasol Jr. opened the side cover.
Guo Xu dribbled the ball under his crotch and changed direction, attracting Curry to move the ball behind his left hand and dribble to his right hand, and then changed direction and broke through successfully again.
After only two weeks of practice, Guo Xu regained the feeling of breakthrough. He knew how to use the technology, just be proficient in retrieving the muscle memory of the past.
If he is against a small defender, Guo Xu may be a little uncomfortable. He played too many games with Curry in Earth Four, and he knew what fake moves the other party liked to eat.
Chinese commentators often emphasize that in the Warriors' games, Curry will play if he defends anyone. He often says that Curry is not defensive but is just a little thin, which is obviously misleading and nonsense.
During Curry's rookie's physical test, he did the 84 kg bench press ten times. What is this concept? Durant can't do any of them.
The fifth Pistons rookie this year, power forward Tristan Thompson, who is known for his physical fitness, has only 9 bench presses of 84 kg. This is a strong man who can break through Khloe Kardashian's defense in the future and still have the strength to cheat.
What's even more outrageous is that Curry's vertical bounce is the same as Griffin, who is famous for his body.
In fact, Curry is not bad at all, he is 190cm tall and is a tall point guard. His real weakness on the defensive end is that he is not good at defending breakthrough guards and his movement speed is average. Last season's playoffs against the Lakers, Curry was suddenly sour and was raided by Komi.
Funny thing is that few people believe that Curry is a power guard, even if the media has disclosed his physical test data. Because he looks cute, like a primary school student, he also focuses on outside shooting on the offensive end.
After gaining weight, Guo Xu's speed was much faster than Curry, he was short and had stronger flexibility. After successfully breaking through, he drove straight into the middle lane.
Bynum pulled back to make up for defense, Guo Xu saw the opportunity and gave Thompson, who was running to the right bottom line. The latter relied on Gasol Jr. to get rid of Kobe, took the ball and made a three-pointer, and the ball was hollowed into the net. 3-0.
Smith shouted: "3-pointer! The Suns' No. 16 rookie made the first goal of the new season, from Jason's assist."
O'Neal said: "When the sun comes, he must have outstanding points, and the ranking does not represent strength."
Thompson continued to show his personal ability on the defensive end. Kobe received the ball frame on the right and made three threats. He kept the distance and lowered the center of gravity to defend alone. His expression was extremely calm, as if he enveloped Kobe in a light, and the Buddha's light shone everywhere.
Chapter completed!