Chapter 957 Kobe’s Psychological Shadow

As one of the most successful teams in this offseason, the Lakers have been given a lot of expectations by many people after forming the F5 led by the Big Three of Kobe Nash and Stoudemire.

Before Ray Allen joined the Heat, the Lakers were known as the toughest team in history.

The Lakers' lineup looks incredibly luxurious.

Two peak MVPs form a team, plus three peak teams, a power forward Randolph who can suppress Duncan, plus Artest, the strongest defensive player at the NBA small forward position in the past ten years, and substitutes There were a lot of strong players like O'Neal, Odom, Ariza, Batum, Bibby, Fisher and other players on the table.

According to many people, the Lakers' lineup this season, let alone the starting lineup, even the bench lineup, is a playoff-level team in the Eastern Conference.

Such a beautiful lineup, after the start of the season, completely failed to meet the expectations of these expectants.

SuperSonics, Mavericks, Clippers, Hawks, Rockets, Grizzlies, Thunder, seven games, seven opponents, lost to SuperSonics, Mavericks, Grizzlies and Thunder.

Just winning against the Clippers, Hawks and Rockets is a very, very unqualified record.

Maybe the Lakers' opening schedule this season is indeed not that easy.

All seven teams are playoff-level teams. Even the weakest Eagles are all strong playoff teams in the East.

However, if you are an average strong team, it is actually understandable to say that your record is not that good due to schedule reasons.

If the Sonics had such a start to the season and only won three out of seven games, others would understand.

After all, many of the hard strengths of these seven teams are superior to the SuperSonics.

But the Lakers absolutely cannot have such a reason.

The Lakers are the team with the strongest hard power besides the Heat. Even the Grizzlies, one of the Big Three this season, think their hard power is lower than the Lakers.

Under this circumstance, the Lakers have been top dogs in these seven games. As a top dog, after seven games, they have won less and lost more. Of course, they have to accept criticism.

In fact, the Lakers are indeed being criticized by many media experts and even Lakers fans.

Many people are analyzing why the Lakers have such a problem?

In addition to ridiculing Nash and Stoudemire for their wrong choices, many people are targeting the NBA's former No. 1 player, Kobe Bryant.

In fact, the Lakers lost four of these seven games, and Kobe does have to bear the greatest responsibility.

Nash and Stoudemire are all very team players.

The Lakers' bombardment version of the triangle offense this season is also a team-based triangle offense tactic.

But Kobe is still too personal.

It's very easy to get caught up in a personal fight with an opponent.

Just like the first game between the Sonics and the Lakers.

Kobe got into a private fight with Rondo, which made the already poor Lakers defense even worse. For a long time, Artest and Nash had to defend Yee and Durant.

At the same time, on the offensive end, Kobe does not have to fight as a team with the Lakers when he is fighting alone, and his offensive efficiency is relatively inefficient.

The Lakers are very strong, but the four opponents the Lakers lost to, the SuperSonics, Grizzlies, Thunder and Mavericks, are not weak either.

If you downgrade your offensive and defensive capabilities and take pride in your own hands, isn't that asking for death by hanging yourself?

Even Lakers fans can see the current problems of the Lakers, and of course the two coaches, Jackson and D'Antoni, can also see it.

Kobe, Nash, Stoudemire and the Lakers players can certainly see it.

Last year's playoffs, the Western Conference Finals with the SuperSonics,

Kobe resisted his desire to attack, but it was the playoffs, and it was the most critical moment of the playoffs. Kobe had the motivation to hold back.

But now, this is the regular season, and it is still the beginning of the season. Kobe is most excited when the team forms F5. At this time, when he is very proud, how can he have any motivation to hold back his own strength.

It is precisely because they understand the truth that it is even more difficult for Zen Master and D'Antoni to deal with it.

If you talk too much, Kobe will be annoyed. If you don’t say too much, everyone will be annoyed.

What makes Phil Jackson a little relieved is that Nash is really a very, very generous player.

If it were O'Neal or Malone...

Tsk tsk, with Kobe's willful behavior during this period of time, the team can already start to use force.

Of course, in addition to Nash's character, what's more important is that Nash is also an NBA Grand Slam player, a championship, MVP, and FMVP. Nash already has these, even more than Kobe.

Honor is actually not that important to him anymore.

He didn't come to the Lakers to win a championship. Compared to him, Kobe needed the championship and FMVP more.

Since Kobe himself doesn't care about the championship or the willfulness of FMVP, how can he care more than Kobe?

He doesn't know how to cherish himself and the team, how can he still take the spotlight?

After all, the Lakers are Kobe's team, not Nash's team.

Stoudemire was a little restless and said something in Nash's ear. After all, Nash is a Grand Slam, Stoudemire is not a Grand Slam. Stoudemire still wants MVP and FMVP. Kobe is so willful. Of course he didn't like it when his cheese and foundation were being touched, but Nash always advised Stoudemire to wait.

Nash's concession gesture made Phil Jackson more than a breath of relief.

At this time, the most taboo thing is a head-on conflict with an internal superstar.

The most taboo thing is that the superstars feel that this is their own team and the other party is destroying their own team, so they want to fight against each other.

Nash's attitude is obvious. The Lakers are Kobe's children. Kobe himself must cherish his children. If Kobe doesn't cherish them, they will not step in to replace Kobe.

Kobe Bryant's character Phil Jackson is very clear, he is willful, but not unreasonable, especially when others respect him like this, he will be really embarrassed.

If Nash had stood up and spoken out against Kobe when Kobe was being willful, Kobe might have been furious. It's none of your business what I want to do to my team.

In short, for Zen Master, he is really glad that Nash is not that fat guy.

So despite the fact that the Lakers are in very good shape recently, the atmosphere within the team is actually very good.

Kobe didn't feel like his territory was being invaded.

Even when he was attacked by many media experts, he did not feel that his territory was being invaded by Nash.

There is no suspicion between the teams.

Kobe and O'Neal were completely different.

O'Neal was injured and was away. In order to lead the team, Kobe scored like crazy and kept hitting 40+ points. O'Neal was unhappy and felt that Kobe was robbing him of his leadership.

Both of them were children and both felt that the lollipop belonged to them.

But if you really give this lollipop completely to this child, the child will even be embarrassed by you because of his previous precautions, and he might even take the initiative to send his own lollipop to you. Let you lick with him too.

For example, at this time, Kobe was next to Nash. Looking at Nash who was still trying his best to guide him to shoot without any complaints, Kobe was really embarrassed.

"Steve, I think I must hold back my hand in future games. If there is no good opportunity, I must not mess around. NBA games are not about fighting hard. The victory or defeat of the team is more important than the victory or defeat of the individual. !”

Damn it, Phil Jackson, who had been paying attention to Kobe, almost fell to the ground when he heard Kobe say this.

If Shaq heard what you said to Nash, Shaq would be very resentful.

If you were like this back then, why would the Lakers disband?

Of course, if Shaq really treated Kobe with Nash's attitude, Kobe might actually say such things to Shaq.

Of course, I was shocked. After hearing what Kobe said, Phil Jackson, who had been worried recently, also put his heart completely in his stomach.

He really didn't expect that Kobe would have such a day.

It really gave him the feeling that my kid had finally grown up.

Phil Jackson was very moved.

But Nash, he just listened.

He didn't have too many expectations for Kobe's statement about restraining his willfulness.

November 10, 2009, Staples Center, Los Angeles.

The first game of the Seattle SuperSonics' road trip to California.

This is the second game the Lakers and SuperSonics have faced this season.

Because of the grudges in the first game, the two teams really felt like enemies meeting each other and were extremely jealous.

"The Lakers don't seem to be disbanding soon, as the media and public opinion say, do they?"

"The Lakers seem to have a good atmosphere within the team."

Seattle SuperSonics players have been watching the Lakers side.

The Lakers and Grizzlies are the Sonics' biggest opponents in the Western Conference this season.

For the Sonics, of course they will be very concerned about the current situation of the Lakers.

Yes, Ye was not that surprised by the completely different atmosphere between the Lakers and the media.

Kobe's destructive power against giant teams is huge.

But Nash is no ordinary giant.

It should be said that with Nash and the Lakers' giants, it is difficult to generate the gene of infighting.

Suppose that Stoudemire among the Lakers' Big Three is replaced by other superstars, superstars that Nash can hardly influence, such as Howard, James or Wade Anthony. Maybe Kobe and these superstars will fight, exactly. This man is Stoudemire, a superstar that Nash can completely control.

As long as Nash doesn't want to fight with Kobe, how can the Lakers have internal strife.

Stoudemire himself wanted to have a relationship with Kobe, but he also had to consider his big brother's feelings.

Nash is not Kobe, how could he watch the team have civil strife.

Expecting internal strife to cause the Lakers, a powerful opponent, to disband on their own, Ye Si has never had such expectations.

The Seattle SuperSonics players are observing the Lakers, and the Lakers are also observing the SuperSonics.

The Sonics are really the culprit for the Lakers' poor start to the season.

If it weren't for the game against the Sonics, where Kobe was aroused by Rondo, the Lakers wouldn't have had such a miserable start.

At first, Kobe wanted to be a Buddha.

Even if you want to give Nash some face, you have to be a Buddha first.

But who would have known that in the point-scoring match between Kobe and Rondo, Kobe was actually beaten by Rondo by one point.

This is like opening up Pandora's grinding, allowing Kobe's willpower to be cleared in an instant. From a player who wants to be Buddhist, he instantly becomes a powder keg that can explode with the slightest prodding from others.

There is no doubt that Kobe has been so explosive in recent times because of Rondo and Yes!

Yes, what are you doing wrong? You have to support Rondo to score points and defeat Kobe. Even if you support Durant to score points against Kobe, if Kobe loses, you will lose. You will not become Kobe's inner demon.

Damn it, as a player who once wanted to compete with Jordan as the top scorer in NBA history, he actually lost to someone like Rondo in a one-on-one direct score. How exciting is this?

It is very rare for Kobe to remain rational and it can be regarded as growth.

After losing to Rondo, Kobe's heart became sensitive. As long as his opponent provoked him, he felt that the opponent looked down on him for losing to Rondo, and he exploded instantly.

Now they meet the SuperSonics again, and they meet the two players who gave the Lakers a bad start to the season.

The other Lakers players looked at Ye Si resentfully.

They are really impressed by this Sonics player. Damn it. He assists Rondo and beats Kobe and Iverson with soaring points. I am afraid he is the only one in the history of the NBA who can do it. Even Magic can't do it. arrive.

During the game between the SuperSonics and the Lakers, Yes threw out the concept of the most successful scoring champion in history. Many people thought it was a joke at the time.

Including Lakers players.

But now, half a month has passed, and Rondoneima is actually at the top of the NBA's scoring list, and is the scoring leader in every game.

No matter how the season ends, at the very least, Rondo is indeed the most successful scoring leader in the NBA for the time being.

Unlike other Lakers players who looked at Ye Si resentfully.

Kobe had only one eye, and that was Rondo.

Damn it!

Ever since he lost to this kid with a huge score last time, he has been feeling uncomfortable all over.

Eating doesn't feel good anymore, and training doesn't feel good either.

Damn it, even this kid can't beat the score, so there's no point in training so hard!

"Sure enough, I still can't let go of this kid until I beat him up!"

"..."

As he watched, Kobe squeezed out these words through his teeth. When he heard Kobe's words, Phil Jackson, who was still making tactical arrangements, almost choked and couldn't say a word.

What about what I just said this afternoon about controlling yourself? !

You just handed the lollipop to Nash this afternoon and asked Nash to lick it with you?

On the contrary, Nash was not surprised when he heard Kobe's words.

Well, it's really not surprising, let alone Kobe. If it were him, if he encountered what happened to Kobe in his first game with the SuperSonics, it would be difficult for him to let go.

Moreover, he also hoped that Kobe would not suppress his emotions to reduce his shots and rationalize his offensive choices.

He sincerely hopes that Kobe can get out of the psychological shadow of Rondo.

only……

Rondo's scoring ability, with the blessing of the great teacher, really reveals an unexplainable evil...

Kobe will never be able to get over the shadow of losing to Rondo by soaring points, right?

Kobe was so excited when he lost one game. If he kept losing...

Thinking of this, Nash even felt a chill all over his body...

This is too terrible.