After two games against the Sacramento Kings, the Lakers arrived in Vancouver with just one day of rest before they travel to the Vancouver Grizzlies on January 5.

The young team, which joined MLB in 1995, is home in Vancouver, Canada. So the Lakers went through a long cross-country air trip after the Sacramento game.

The three-game schedule was very unfriendly for the Lakers, back-to-back games against the Sacramento Kings on January 3, followed by flights to Vancouver, Canada, January 5 against the Grizzlies, then to Portland, and January 6 against the Trail Blazers.

4 battles in 5 days! 3 away games! 2 games back-to-back!

The schedule of this round is not generally uncomfortable, but fortunately, there is only one opponent against the Trailblazers, which is a strong team.

The American professional basketball team has always wanted to open up new markets, and Canada, which is closest to the United States, has become their choice. The expansion of the '95-96 season directly added two Canadian teams, one against the Toronto Raptors and one against the Vancouver Grizzlies. Although it is a good chess piece for the American professional basketball team to expand its influence, it is still very tiring for the players of the team to travel to two countries.

Vancouver and Toronto joined the league at a cost of $125 million, more than the $325 million paid by the four teams during the expansion of the 1988 and 1989 seasons.

"Boss, look at this!" Newspaper collector Stone Town Little Fish hands Bryant a copy of the newspaper, which is a daily newspaper in Vancouver.

"Leaders of the Golden Generation"

In this era when the inside line is king, the aura of the 96 generation seems to have been taken away by Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson. It makes people forget that in this era, you can't win without good interior players.

Kobe Bryant has O'Neal by his side, so he is invincible. Iverson wasn't around, so he lingered outside the playoffs.

And in our Vancouver, Canada, there is such a player, he has a simple style of play, a team of play, and a lot of talent. Such a golden generation of tanhua shows have been forgotten.

That's right, I'm talking about Sharif Abdul Rahim. The 2.06-meter power forward is cashing in on his talent, averaging 18.7 points per game this season to rank third in the rookie rankings, behind Bryant's 25.4 and Iverson's 23.1.

Such a potential power forward will be a superstar of the future, and his achievements will never be lower than Kobe Bryant and Iverson! We are worth looking forward to, the next Malone, the next Barkley rising, bringing us a real superstar in Vancouver!

A photo of the interview is attached below the article.

"Mr. Raheem, what do you think of Kobe's 55 points?"

"It's a great achievement, but I'm going to use the game to show people that the '96 generation isn't just Kobe and Iverson!"

Kobe nodded, a little interesting. I remember that in the future, Raheem is also a perennial 20+10 power forward, but he is only staying in a weak team, and his presence is very thin.

Another reason is that in the future, the three big forwards of the Stone Buddha Wolf King Chariot suppressed the first life, and all the big forwards were easily blown up when they met the three of them.

If the 1990s were the era when the big four centers dominated the interior, then the 2000s were the three years ago when they dominated the interior. After the retirement of the four centers, the traditional centers began to wither, and the power forwards, who were more free at both offensive and defensive ends, shone brightly.

Raheem was also a loser under the three all-time power forwards in that era. But at present, he is also ranked first among the potential stars of power forwards, and he and Kevin Garnett are known as future power forward leaders.

The power forward who played a 19+7 performance in the first year of his career has great potential, and it is not without hope to become a superstar. You must know that Malone's rookie stats are 15+9, and Barkley's rookie stats are 14+8. It's significantly weaker than Rahim.

Kobe Bryant is looking forward to it, and Mr. Ke's mamba class can start again.

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Located on the Pacific coast of southwestern Canada, Vancouver is a seaside city that is also a major port and an important economic center of Canada. It has been judged as one of the most livable cities in the world for many years.

Vancouver has a highly developed film production industry, is the third largest production center in North America after Los Angeles and New York, and is known as the "Hollywood of the North".

The American professional basketball team set the Grizzlies here, which is also influenced by these factors, and Stern is very optimistic about the local ball market in Vancouver. However, so far, ticket sales and souvenir sales have not been satisfactory. One is because there are no stars in the league, and the other may be that Canadians in the North naturally prefer ice hockey.

After all, basketball is a fun sport that can only be played outdoors by wearing a vest, and the cold wind of Canadian winter will freeze a large number of vest grandfathers, which is very detrimental to the development of basketball.

The Grizzlies use a small arena in the heart of downtown Vancouver.

The Lakers are quite relaxed facing this game, and they don't think this new team can bring them any challenges.

The Vancouver Grizzlies starters are PG Lee Mayberry, SG Anthony Peeler, SF George Lynch, PF Sheriff Abdou Raheem C, and Bryant Levi.

The team's leading scorer was this year's No. 3 pick, Sherif Abdul Rahim, who was given unlimited firing rights and established himself as a complete core from the moment he entered the team.

The second scorer was their center, Bryant Levi. is the No. 6 pick in 95, averaging 16.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game this season, which is considered a potential center.

In addition, the team's shooting guard and small forward have some ties to the Lakers, and the shooting guard Anthony Peeler is the No. 15 pick in '92 and spent the first four years of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers, averaging 14.5 points per game with the Grizzlies this season.

Small forward George Lynch was the No. 12 pick in '94 and spent the first three years of his career with the Lakers. He averaged 8.3 points and 6.4 rebounds per game this season.

But both of them were eliminated by Harris, who eliminated a large number of players who didn't meet his needs after Harris took over the Lakers in '94, including these two. And immediately gave the Lakers a new look, jumping from 33 wins the previous year to a 48-win team.

Anthony Peeler and George Lynch had planned to give the Lakers a good look before the game!

If it weren't for the Lakers, if it wasn't for Harris! How could they be reduced to playing in Canada, a cold place where birds don't lay eggs! Isn't the warm California sun fragrant!

"Campbell, promise me not to be beaten by rookies today." In the pre-game warm-up, Kobe Bryant found the biggest colander of the Lakers' season, known as Campbell, who can be beaten by a starting power forward.

"Kobe, what are you talking about? How could I be blown up! I'm just left-handed! Only three points of effort! Raheem is no match for me! Today, Uncle Ben will give the 96-year-old Tanhua Show a good look! ”

Let's hope so, Kobe Bryant sighed.