0160: [Newcomers in Los Angeles]
After an inconsequential preseason game, the battle over the 'new generation of magic' in Los Angeles has intensified.
The media always likes to create such a gimmick, they are keen to compare players in the same position and then list groups of lifelong enemies.
Obviously, in the Southern California region.
The media is like a Lalang match, who has killed Li Zhen's 'lifelong enemy', Sean Livingston.
However, it is not difficult to see from public opinion. More basketball pundits believe that Shaun Livingston has a better future because he has a clear size advantage and his shooting is more accurate. And in this past game, despite the Clippers' loss, the overall media commentary was in favor of third-year Livingston far better than first-year Bruce, who couldn't play the full 20 minutes, couldn't help the team with scoring, and most importantly... His defense also looks terrible.
Under the boiling media coverage, the Clippers owner even went down in person, and the nottorially stingy guy said rather disappreciatively: "We don't need a box office player who is good at causing gimmicks, we need superstars who can win, and Sean is such a guy." ”
But everyone could tell the sour taste in Sterling's mouth.
According to internal sources, the owner of the Clippers even personally encouraged his players to go to Hollywood to develop scandals, because Bruce's recent news with Lindsay Lohan and the Olsen sisters really stole the limelight. As a result, Bruce's commercial value has risen dramatically, and even the tickets with the Lakers have been raised by a notch or two.
Raheem Sterling doesn't really care about the team's record, he just needs the team's income to continue to increase and all kinds of sponsors line up to come to his door.
But now, while that gang of basketball pundits thinks Shaun Livingston is better. But it didn't bring money to the Clippers... Although Bruce has been criticized by various people, no one can deny that his commercial value is among the top in the NBA, and he has even started to sell his own sneaker brand. And now the response is not bad, at least his granddaughter has been waiting for the release date in her heart, ready to snap up a pair as soon as possible... Become the brightest cub on campus!
He actually made basketball shoes trendy and entered the campus.
That's what other brands want.
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Li Zhen is very immune to the remarks in the media that 'praise Livingston belittles himself'.
What really frustrated him was that Margety of the Clippers actually complained in front of reporters: "Bruce Lee should do his own thing and make himself more physical." Instead of running over to influence Sean, instigating Sean to return to the bench to rest. Sean managed to get enough playing time on his own, and he should take it a step further and keep it under control even more firmly. Instead of going back to the bench to recuperate, as he said. ”
These words are clearly accusing Li Zhen, and it is also revealed that Bruce is inferior in skills, so he instigated Livingston to rest more.
In this regard, Clippers fans are quite boiling, and they have accused Bruce Lee of being a sinister villain, bringing their little magician to make himself dominant in Los Angeles.
In this regard, Li was really depressed, obviously he was kind-hearted, he caught the danger message from the positive energy, and told Livingston as soon as possible, and he was actually interpreted like this.
Let it go.
Li Zhen didn't want to speak.
In addition to being beaten by the Clippers with the heart of a villain, another frustrating thing about Li Zhen is that he now has a 10-point talent space, but... But he didn't absorb the talent.
Perhaps because they have just entered the new season, the NBA players who have wasted enough in the offseason are cultivating themselves. Therefore, all the physical indicators are stuck in the state after the game against the Timberwolves, and I don't know which naughty degenerate will provide his new talent energy next.
After the final preseason game, Lee ramped up his training and spent all his time in the gym and training gym.
Even though the signature shoes are about to go on sale nationwide on November 1, he knows better than anyone. The temporary gimmick is short-lived, and the driving force that can really make the sales of sneakers better and better comes from itself, and only when they play better and better on the court can the road become wider and wider.
So, what could be more important than training hard to actively expand the 'gifted weapon' in your body?
At present, the values of Li Zhen's various physical talents are: strength 46 (the limit can reach 50 because he got a little high energy from Kwamei), speed 93, coordination 56, flexibility 86, agility 72, physical strength 44, and bounce 46 (but the speed of the bullet is extremely amazing, the terrifying speed copied from Rodney Carney).
In general, the implicit (flexible) talent is extremely outstanding. But hard (explicit) talent is still visibly bad. According to the barrel theory, it is no wonder that those expert commentators have disparaged and sung about it.
However, Li Zhen is not worried about the future at all.
He is very confident. As long as you work hard, sweat can irrigate talent.
Isn't it just practice?
Kobe Bryant was all given a clean suit by Li Zhen, and he had never seen a player more diligent than himself. In the past, he used to spray the players on the dog's head at the team's training games, and often said, 'Have you weak chickens ever seen Los Angeles at 4 a.m.', but now, he has to exclude Bruce and say: Except for Bruce, which of you weak chickens has seen Los Angeles at 4 a.m.?
In a sense, this 'rhetoric' of the Black Mamba creates a different feeling within the team that Bruce Lee is becoming the No. 2 man for the Lakers.
It sounds ridiculous, how can a guy who has a tight control of his playing time become the number 2 person.
However, there are many clues that show this signal. Bruce has the team's joint-third-most tactical route, and he was given the privilege of leading the team in rotation on his own in the preseason. Phil Jackson looked at him with loving eyes, and Jenny Buss ran to the training ground every once in a while to remind Bruce to rest more and still grow his body. Even the manager of the PR department smiles at him and always arranges various interviews for him.
There is also Magic Johnson, who even offered to come to the team to train Bruce Lee.
He's a Magician, and he's the only meritorious player in Lakers history to get an equity. Much better than the treatment of Godfather Jerry West, Abdul-Jabbar and others.
Regardless of his capacity to make such a statement, it means... Bruce is quickly becoming the new darling of the Lakers club.
This... Of course, it will make the original darling Andrew Bynum feel depressed. Although he now has as much play as Bruce, and the coaching staff has promised to give him more playing time this year.
But he's still not happy.
Originally, the Lakers club was 'spoiled by him', but now Bruce's status is visibly improved. Can he not feel the crisis? And Kobe Bryant also gave him a bro, even gave him a car, and invited him to train at home in the locker room repeatedly.
Can this be tolerated?
Kobe Bryant had never been so gentle with him.
So, when he trains, he always targets Bruce in various ways.
When Bruce speaks, he also deliberately makes a screeching sound.
He made the contradiction known to everyone, and now everyone knows that there is a gap between the two newcomers.
Interestingly, though. Phil Jackson doesn't deal with it right away, he's a very balanced head coach who is good at using internal conflicts between players to create momentum and make both players better.
When the Bull Dynasty was established, there was also internal competition.
Later, when the Lakers dynasty came, the two team cores attacked each other.
But that doesn't affect the team's success.
So... His approach was to let it go.
Let them grow.
And Li Zhen was quite calm about Bynum's 'troubles', and even felt that Bynum's behavior was quite naïve. Perhaps, it would be nice to wait for him to grow up a little bit.
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