Bryant spent a few days in Philadelphia before heading to Phoenix. Of course, he has not been idle these days, training and studying videos is a daily routine. A day without training is not a complete day, this is the truth that Kobe Bryant believes in, unless the body really needs to be recuperated, he will listen to his body's needs and stop to cultivate.

Kobe Bryant watched every video after the Suns traded, and he found the backcourt lineup of the Suns' three Hall of Famer-caliber players to be a bit exaggerated. Often at the beginning of the game, Jason Kidd will hold the ball first, organize the team to play a few, and if the effect is good, he will always play the team rhythm, and if the effect is not good, Kevin Johnson will stand up and use his breakthrough killing ability to create opportunities for the team.

And Nash has learned very quickly around the two ball-handling masters, his progress is obvious, while maintaining an excellent shooting touch, the organizational ability and breakthrough ability have improved a lot, and he has led the Suns off the bench to play a very wonderful performance, I believe that if he continues like this, he will soon grow into a top sixth man.

There's no doubt that Nash will be one of the two consecutive MVPs in the future, and the experience of learning from two Hall of Fame point guards with different styles is indispensable. Like a sponge, Nash is hungry for the best of these two legendary defenders and combines them with his own physical skills, and eventually he will create a legend of his own.

The Suns also need to pay attention to the fact that Cedric Ceballos, who was traded from the Lakers and spent the first four years of his career in Phoenix, adapted very quickly after returning to the Suns, and quickly returned to his peak strength under the feeding of three Hall of Famer-level guards, returning to that All-Star level forward. In the past ten games, he averaged 21.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, and he had already said in the media before this game that he must give the Lakers a good look.

"Revenge? I don't think I have a vendetta against the Lakers, they sent me back to my favorite Phoenix. ”

"As a Phoenix player, it's my job to beat opponents, and I'm going to crush the Los Angeles Lakers without mercy, not because they regret it, but because that's what I should do."

"Kobe's performance? That's it, I think Allen Iverson plays more aesthetically, Kobe Bryant is too utilitarian, such a player can't go far! ”

This was Phoenix's speech after the victory over the Denver Nuggets, in which Ceballos scored 27 points. Everyone can see that Ceballos is dissatisfied with his old club, the Los Angeles Lakers, and was the team's number one leader the year before and led the team to 53 wins! The second year of the season, he was DNP after playing a few games! And then immediately the trade was gone.

This kind of treatment of the team's big boss is rare, and there has never been a big boss in history who has not been treated by the team like this.

Ceballos doesn't look for his own reasons, he never mentions missing training, being oversized and not in good shape. He thinks that as a big man in the team, he is fully qualified to do so.

But Jerry West, can't tolerate the existence of a player like that. Not only is it a locker room cancer, but this player also conflicts with the style of the team's big and second leaders.

There is no way to do it, the decisive thing is to exchange it, and the media thinks that the Lakers' exchange of Ceballos for Horry is a losing trade, but West and Kobe feel that they have made too much.

Trading a locker room cancer for a historical-level role player, if such a trade is a loss, then West is willing to lose every day.

Horry proved himself excellent with his on-court performance, acting as the Lakers' sixth man, organizing offense and defense, taking off the Lakers' bench and becoming the league's top bench lineup. Especially at certain moments, it can form a desperate offensive lineup, and the efficiency of this offensive lineup has been the best offensive system in history.

even hit a fatal key shot at the decisive moment with the Bulls, without which the Lakers would probably lose!

And the excellent relationship between Horry and Kobe Bryant also made him very happy with the players in the locker room. Although the players didn't say it, they knew in their hearts that this was the person Kobe Bryant asked for!

And Kobe Bryant has gained the respect of everyone on the team with his performance.

Even if you don't like Kobe, Kobe's on-court performance is undoubtedly great, and the Lakers' victory is inseparable from Kobe.

So this Los Angeles Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns game has a lot of highlights.

Bryant arrived in Phoenix, hurried to join the team, and they set off together for the Western Arena, which is considered to be an upper-middle arena in the league in terms of interior decoration and practicality, with large floor-to-ceiling glass windows and a TV screen wall that is impressive in appearance.

Especially on the festive day of Christmas, the stadium is full of small items full of Christmas elements, and the team staff also dress up as traditional characters such as Santa Claus and elves to show the Christmas atmosphere.

Before the opening, Kobe Bryant was stunned, Phoenix actually invited the popular singer Brandi Norwood, that's right, the Brandi who was refused to attend the prom with Kobe.

Speaking of which, it's really Kobe's.

Back in May 1996, Bryant pulled out a teen magazine, pointed to a picture of Brandi and said, "I'm going to take this girl to the prom." At that time, Kobe's classmates reacted: "You're crazy!" ”

Then Kobe Bryant did everything possible to contact Brandi, who rose to fame in 1995 after starring as a girl in the ABC TV sitcom Thea, and then, after releasing her first record, she entered the sixth place on the R&B record chart in one fell swoop, and her song "Baby" was successfully selected for the 1996 Grammy, becoming a dazzling new star in the American music scene and a media darling at this time.

Kobe's invitation, Brandi agreed!

Then the clock was set to June 1996, and Kohlon was born, and then everyone knew what happened next.

Seeing Brandi again, Kobe Bryant was inevitably a little embarrassed, he really did a lot of stupid things when he was young.

Sure enough, Brandi glanced deeply at Kobe Bryant before singing. Then the Christmas must-have song "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" and the American national anthem were sung, and the referee blew the opening whistle for the game.

The starting lineup on the Lakers' side is still the same old, and the Phoenix Suns are PG Kevin Johnson, PG Jason Kidd, SF Cedric Ceballos, PF Danny Manning C, Kevin Willis. They also have a bunch of big players on the bench like Steve Nash, Holt Williams, Rex Chapman, Vesley Person and more.

Kobe Bryant said hello to Nash and Kevin Johnson before the jump ball, and they still kept in touch off the court.

Friendship is friendship, basketball is basketball.

Three Hall of Fame-caliber guards? Kobe Bryant plans to pick them all up today by himself.