Last summer, the Knicks' trip to Asia was an unprecedented success, sending the whole of Southeast Asia crazy because of the NBA???? One?look?? Books, Looks, Y, K, A, N, S, H, U, · Stern is certainly willing to do it again, especially after his previous defeats against the owners of those teams, and Stern is even more serious about it, and he hopes to save some face.

This matter was quickly rejected by Lamar, who learned the news, because Lamar no longer wanted to be led by the nose by anyone, nor did he want to go to countries he didn't like and face those shameless people. Lamar is only willing to come to China!

After learning about Lamar's thoughts, James Dolan made a final decision after careful consideration. Although he rejected the alliance's proposal, the Knicks did not resist coming to China, which made Stern, who received Dolan's refusal, feel a little comforted in anger.

The mutual compromise between the top management of the alliance and the Knicks led to this Knicks China trip.

However, in the sense, this trip to China has completely changed.

If the Knicks fully accepted the league's assignment at that time, then in order to promote the NBA in Asia, the itinerary was destined not to be just one China, and it was inevitable to add South Korea and Japan. And both of these places are very annoying to Lamar.

Now that James Dolan has argued with his reasoning, the Knicks have gained the power to act autonomously, and the meaning is different. They did not come to China for the alliance's promotion plan, but to strengthen their position in Asia.

Of course, it is impossible for the Knicks to act alone and casually play a game against a certain Chinese team or national team. Now that the Los Angeles Lakers are popular in the league, they have become their most suitable partners. Of course, they just need to act in China.

The Houston Rockets, which is regarded by Chinese fans as their home team, and the Philadelphia 76ers, who are led by AI with a large number of fans in China, have no choice but to accept the league's assignment and have to take into account the itinerary of South Korea and Japan.

Although the owner of the Lakers is very unhappy that his team has become a supporting role in the Knicks' trip to China, he does not want to miss the opportunity to use the Knicks as a litmus test after the team's reorganization.

The Lakers arrived in Shanghai a full day later than the Knicks. This is also intentional on the part of James Dolan.

Seeing that the Lakers couldn't change their supporting role in the role, Dr. Buss also thought about beating the Knicks in momentum. In Dr. Bath's opinion, the strongest team deserves such treatment!

It's a pity that this is just Dr. Buss's personal thoughts, and the Knicks' owner Dolan has always been an old fox, and certainly doesn't think his team is worse than the Lakers.

"I am very happy to be in this city, this is my first time in Shanghai and my first time in China. In fact, I've always been interested in this country, and everything here is very mysterious to me. ”

At Shanghai Pudong International Airport, as soon as the Lakers appeared, they were surrounded by reporters. The duo of the Lakers, Shaq O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, who enjoy high popularity in China, are naturally the focus of fans' attention.

Shaq is a big kid, of course, he doesn't change his previous colors in the face of reporters' interviews, and he performs gags, jokes, and tricks to the fullest.

But Kobe Bryant was a bit unexpected! Unlike the usual indifference, the black mamba seemed very kind and cooperative when facing Chinese reporters. It can be seen that the Lakers have continued to attack at any cost during this time, which makes him feel quite good. Looking at the strength of the team getting stronger and stronger, and the commitment of Dr. Bath to him in private, Kobe Bryant finally has a smile on his face now.

"The Lakers had just been restructured, and the core players weren't very familiar with each other. Are you confident of winning this trip to China and the Knicks' two preseason games?" one reporter quickly shifted the question to the point.

Kobe Bryant raised his eyebrows, and his demeanor looked very relaxed, making it easy to feel his strong self-confidence: "Win! We're very hungry for victory now! Against the Knicks, it's not easy to win, but I still prefer to believe that we can do it." The Knicks are strong, but we're even stronger!"

"As for what you said about the lack of chemistry between the players, I don't think that's a problem at all. Good players will easily find their place wherever they go and put their heart and soul into it. And we've been training together for a long time this summer, so it's definitely not a problem to work together. ”

"And what do you think about the feud between you and Lamar?" One reporter apparently didn't want to let Kobe Bryant pass just like that, and directly threw out one of the most important questions about people.

It was obvious that this question had touched Kobe's bottom line, and the black mamba's eyebrows couldn't help but wrinkle, but they quickly relaxed.

This is Kobe's first time in China, and no matter how arrogant and indifferent his temperament is, he doesn't want to leave the impression of Chinese fans playing big names when they meet for the first time. Although the anger in Kobe's heart was forcibly swallowed, his tone was obviously full of emotion.

"I think that's a stupid question! You shouldn't ask me, because I can't answer you. I can tell you the Lakers are stronger than the Knicks!"

"I want to settle my feud with Lamar sooner rather than later, and if you really want to get an answer, you should go to the pitch and find it yourself, not ask me. ”

The Lakers staff around them had a premonition that the surrounding atmosphere was not very optimistic, and reacted decisively. Ignoring the reporters' questions, the security personnel escorted Bryant and walked towards the bus waiting outside the airport.

On the Lakers' trip to China, Dr. Buss had clear instructions. After all, he is still a businessman, and as long as he is a businessman, he will definitely not turn a blind eye to the potential market of China.

Dr. Buss's request is to do his best to show the best side of the Lakers to Chinese fans, so any unpleasantness with the Chinese is strictly forbidden. What's more, the object of Kobe's anger is still the reporter who controls the Chinese mouthpiece, a group of uncrowned kings.

Although because of the interference of the staff, Kobe Bryant did not clash with those reporters in the end, but after returning to the hotel, his heart was still not happy.

What Kobe hates most is that others compare themselves to others, especially Lamar, a guy with whom he has a life-and-death vendetta. Although Kobe Bryant and Lamar have a little sympathy for each other in basketball, this really can't hide all kinds of grievances and emotional entanglements between the two!

The tiredness of the journey had long been thrown aside by Kobe, and after tossing and turning for a long time, he finally sat up, took out his mobile phone, and dialed a long-lost number.

"I'm Kobe Bryant, I'm in Shanghai, let's have a fight. It's time to settle our feuds? I can't wait any longer!"

There is no need to guess, the target of Kobe's provocation must be Lamar. In another hotel, Lamar, who was staging a gut battle with Vanessa in his room, was disturbed at the most critical moment, and he was naturally ten million uncomfortable.

"Okay! You bastard, I accept your challenge. Tell me which hotel you're staying in and I'll send a car to pick you up right away. It's in the arena where we're playing the day after tomorrow, and we're waiting to die! You toothless stupid snake. ”

"Lamar, what's going on?"

Vanessa's head came out of the quilt, and looking at her flushed face, Lamar's heart was even more angry, and all the good things were disturbed by that damn black mamba.

"Don't worry, just an idiot who doesn't think much of himself is going to challenge the great Lamar. I'll go out and teach him a lesson, and I'll be back soon!"

With that, Lamar got dressed as fast as he could, and then ran out. On the way, Lamar also called the team's accompanying staff and asked them to send a car to pick up Kobe, while he got into another car and went straight to the arena.

By the time Lamar arrived, Bryant had already changed his clothes and was warming up in the arena. In Kobe's body, Lamar didn't feel the slightest tiredness of the journey.

"It's early!" Lamar said in a flat tone, and then began to organize his gear on his own.

The bad mood of being disturbed just now is gone, Lamar is just thinking about having a good fight with Kobe Bryant now, and there are not many opportunities like this for the two busy people.

Bryant also stopped his warm-up exercise and stood on the side of the court watching Lamar. Apparently he was ready to fight Lamar for a real fight.

"Let's get started!"

Lamar said and walked to the top of the three-point line arc and stood up, but Bryant didn't speak, and threw the basketball over with a raised hand.

Lamar took the ball and jumped directly and threw the ball out, probably because of the excessive physical exertion just now, the basketball he threw was obviously a little off.

"Bang!"

The ball smashed on one side of the hoop and bounced away, and Lamar shook his head helplessly and gave up his position.

"Do you know what you looked like just now? It's like an old man who is about to enter a coffin and is reckless in front of young people! Bryant said with a prickly word, moved his arm to pick up the ball, stood in Lamar's position just now, took a deep breath, jumped lightly, and threw the ball out.

"Huh!"

The ball is scored, Kobe Bryant strikes first!

Bryant dribbled the ball slowly, his eyes fixed on Lamar like a viper, and he seemed ready to pick someone at any time. Power forwards and shooting guards go head-to-head, and anyone who knows basketball knows how difficult it is for a power forward to defend.

Although Lamar often relies on his excellent physical condition and reaction speed in the NBA, he can also successfully defend the attacks of some small players when switching defenses, but those who are completely blocked by Lamar are all second- and third-rate characters. A super-first-class swingman like Kobe Bryant is basically a take-and-take when facing Lamar.