"Chris Paul has no shortcomings other than his height!"

"He is hailed by countless basketball experts as the hope for the future of point guards, and many even feel that his ceiling is higher than that of today's two biggest point guards, Jason Kidd and Stephen Nash."

Coach Winter Sr. patiently explained Chris Paul's strength to Li Zhen: "He can dribble wherever he wants, although his ball control is not fancy enough and the amplitude is not large. But I think he's one of the two players with the most explosive ball this season, the other being Arenas. His explosiveness, speed, bounce, coordination, big-picture outlook are top-notch, including strength, he has the power that doesn't match his size at all, and he can even hold up a small forward who weighs more than himself in a defensive position. Moreover, he has a whole philosophy of 'creating offensive opportunities'. ”

"I also think he's going to be the No. 1 point guard in the NBA. He is far more terrible than Delon Williams! ”

Old Winter was definitely not alarmist.

This also made Li Zhen burn with more fighting spirit, and he even went to ask Phil Jackson to start. He didn't want to suffer the same grievances as he did last time.

After all... This year's Hornets aren't weak either. They have built a very competitive squad of players. In addition to the highly-anticipated point guard hope Chris Paul, Tyson Chandler, David West, Stojakovic, Mason and other elite players have also been assembled.

Kobe Bryant has to be injured for a day tonight, relying only on Lamar Odom to lead the group of starters, incompetent in attack and disorderly in defense. How to play?

Phil Jackson did not agree to Lee's request.

The Lakers, who are still in first place in the West, do not have an urgent record pressure, in fact, before the start of the season, the Lakers management set the task of only keeping the playoff spot.

Phil Jackson is very patient with Lee's growth, and in fact, the Lakers have always been a team that has been very patient with rookies. They rarely do things to squeeze rookies, and usually give them enough time to grow and adapt.

Therefore, he didn't want Li Zhen to start without Kobe Bryant's escort and lead the team to fight the Hornets with bayonets.

He can understand Li Zhen's desire to have an all-out confrontation with Chris Paul, and this will to fight is commendable and encouraging.

But, now is not the time.

Phil Jackson actually has other plans, he wants Andrew Bynum to play a little longer in this game. He's been training well in the last few days and he's working hard. As the team's key training object, he should be allowed to play a leading role in some games.

Therefore, when Chris Paul led the Hornets to constantly cut the defensive system of the starting lineup at a fast pace, Li Zhen could only sit on the bench and watch the game.

To be honest, Bynum had a decent performance in this game. He scored some beautiful goals against Tyson Chandler. Tyson Chandler is a very good defensive player, but he is more proficient in helping defense. And Bynum played the old center tonight and played against him.

However, while Bynum has shown some performance on the offensive end. But on the defensive end, he struggled and was fouled by Paul before halftime.

After the start of the second half, Li Zhen finally came on the court.

He got the chance to face Chris Paul.

But Paul didn't fall in love with the fight, but still took his course of action, handling the ball with a quick tempo of attack and defense.

The same is true for Li Zhen.

He even showed a higher level of playmaking, and his counter-attacks were swifter and more efficient.

He played a classic V-block with Eddie Griffin, and he and Kwame Brown completed back-to-back aerial relays. Then there's Radmanovic and Vujacic, two mediocre European players who have made the New Orleans eager to grow wings under his ribs with a defensive threat under his pick.

Li Zhen played 7 minutes in the third quarter.

He helped the team go from trailing by 15 points to trailing by 6 points.

In those seven minutes, he also had seven assists, although he didn't score. But the screams of the crowd have proven his worth.

If Bynum's performance in the first half can be called an occasional bright spot, it is exciting. So Li Zhen's 7 minutes are completely at the level of an all-star, and it is no longer a question of whether he is bright or not, he is the brightest star of Stamps, and he is the super engine of the Purple and Gold Army.

You must know that Paul only got 3 assists in these 7 minutes, although he also scored 5 points.

"He's grossly underrated."

After the game, Chris Paul said very seriously in front of the camera: "He's an elite point guard now, but he can't keep himself on the court longer." The high-speed running back and forth, and the confrontation with me, caused his fitness to drop rapidly. ”

"If it weren't for the Lakers head coach to make a quick substitution for him. I'll do a back-to-back single on him, and he's out of breath and won't be able to carry me. I weigh a lot more than Hilary Daf, and it's hard for him to resist my movements. ”

At the end, Chris Paul didn't forget to tease.

The news of Bruce's refusal to kiss Hillary Dafso last night has already spread throughout the basketball circle.

The players' first reaction to the news was very real: this is not rushing? Crazy?

Obviously, these hey buddies can't understand Li Zhen's upright gentleman's style, but instead of them, the paparazzi estimated that the photos of the missing points were taken.

However, the thing that frustrates NBA players is that even if Li Zhen is so uncherished, so violent, and so untaken as an American sweetheart.

After the match with the Wasps, the paparazzi still took pictures of Princess Sweetheart and Li Zhen. Only this time, both sides were more restrained. Even Li Zhen had dinner with Hilary Duff. But the disappointing thing for the reporters was that after dinner, they drove home separately, and there was still no follow-up story!

There is still such a good man in the NBA?

Lee Jin's image in the minds of female fans is getting taller and taller.

This is a once-in-a-century Prince Charming, and I really hope his final destination is me.

Female fans are flooded with all sorts of things.

"So, you're really not going to have anything to do with Hillary Duff?"

Back at home, Kobe Bryant, Scissorhands, couldn't help but call and ask, he was like a reader chasing a book at the beginning: "I've been suppressed for so long, it's time to reach the climax, right?" ”

"Uh..."

Li Zhen didn't know how to explain to Kobe Bryant at all. He could only say one thing: "I don't have a plan for love now." While I know Hilary Duff is a good girl, we had a great chat tonight. But that doesn't mean I'm going to have something to do with her. She agreed with me. And will come to the stadium the night after tomorrow to cheer us on! By the way, the night after tomorrow, you should pay, right? I've heard that Washington's Arenas is speaking badly of you. ”

"He's a madman, and I wouldn't treat him as an opponent." Although Kobe Bryant said so, he then gave a positive answer: "I will definitely come back." That guy wants to conquer Stamps, it's a fool's dream! ”

Li Zhen raised an eyebrow. "It's not early, you still have to get up in the early morning to practice, good night."

After ending the call, Li Zhen habitually looked at the video of the Washington Wizards' game.

This is the Lakers' opponent the night after tomorrow, and the Washington Wizards, led by General Arenas, are coming in a big way. The most arrogant two-round pick of all time, who declared himself the best scorer on the planet a week ago, will prove that he is better than Kobe Bryant with a smashing performance at Staples Arena.

He often says such nonsense.

Except for Kobe, no one took this sentence to heart, and for most Lakers players, their biggest emotion now is: After back-to-back games, the Lakers finally have a day off.

Li Zhen also chose to take a half-day off to attend Nike's press conference, but at this time, he didn't know that a big event would happen tomorrow that shocked him.

Of course, there is also a signing press conference that made the whole basketball circle earthquake.

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