Chapter 92: Embark on the Journey!
"Kobe, are you playing against a newcomer? ~" The big shark is shouting there again~
"I can play against any player in the team!! It's not necessarily bad for them! If you don't accept it, you can come and try it? See if I don't break you! After Kobe Bryant finished speaking, he glanced at the Zen master.
And Jackson nodded cooperatively when he saw Kobe's gaze...... What Zhou Yang may not know is that in this team, what Zhou Yang may not know is that the players are basically uninhibited.
They can say whatever they want. Especially the regular season! The Lakers have mostly spent their lives in a relaxed atmosphere. And when it comes to the playoffs, the players have to listen to the Zen master!
The coach's approach to management is very different from other coaches in the NBA. But who's to say? After winning the championship with Chicago, the Lakers won the championship.
Jackson felt that Kobe Bryant was like this, and Zhou Yang did have some limelight when he was in college. Taylor, who had just debuted not long but was very popular, also publicly congratulated him. The media's perception of the Asian player is very subtle at the moment.
He and the (American) public have a somewhat different impression of Asians. Under normal circumstances, except for a few individuals, those who appear in the public media are basically not very talkative and do not like to behave.
But Zhou Yang was different, he was sometimes on the pitch on the Nitany Lions and suddenly yelled at his teammates how to play. I charge directly into battle in many times and break through quickly!!
In some of the games after the game, when I saw a reporter coming, I would immediately walk over to give an interview. Even some of the American players were a bit shy in college.
Zhou Yang's ability and the maturity of his character are gradually adding points to his public image! A search of previous news is basically all criticism and unfavorable comments.
But now? From time to time, the media compares Zhou Yang with Yao Ming. Every time the Zen master sees this, he thinks it's ridiculous. Zhou Yang is a player who can play the forward swing, but if he plays the center, it should be more difficult!
and Yao Ming are players in two positions. The height difference is 20 cm (Note 1).
Kobe Bryant heard the big shark talking for Zhou Yang, and a nameless fire rushed out!
Now the first team is a little embarrassed, the game is played for a while, and they get 2 points. These 2 points are still scored by the newcomer......
Odom motioned for Zhou Yang to pass the ball over at this time...... Just now, they also felt a little like they were going to be broken by the other party's mentality...... I want to see Zhou Yang make a fool of himself in front of Kobe, and then they will symbolically score some points today.
But no one expected that this Asian player would actually break through and score in the second team of three!! How are you going to mix in this team in the future?!
Although Zhou Yang wanted to attack a little, he still passed the ball over in embarrassment and politeness in the end.
Odom forced a layup and was forced down by Chris and Stanislav!
At this moment, Zhou Yang quickly went to the basket and pulled it out after getting the ball! Kobe, Aaron and Stanislav just now were all near Zhou Yang at this time, and they immediately pressed up to see what this kid was capable of! Can we still get past them?!
Odom was a little angry and thought that this Asian player could really steal the limelight, but the basketball came out of the crowd......
The person who passed the ball was Zhou Yang, and Odom didn't think much about it at this time, and immediately scored a 2-point jumper to score easily! 12:4!
"Don't you dare to attack? Looking around for help from teammates? Kobe Bryant only needs to shake his head hard at this time to hit Zhou Yang's face...... The distance between the two people is particularly close. But Zhou Yang looked at Kobe Bryant without any fear and did not speak.
"Dumb? You can't win the game," Kobe Bryant saw that the other party didn't react, and walked over after saying it angrily.
"Hey! I said, the ball was passed beautifully just now," Odom felt a little guilty, just now he thought about Zhou Yang so much. It was the young man's big attacking moves that immediately attracted multiple players to defend him!
"We're teammates~" Zhou Yang said. But in my heart, I was recalling Kobe's words just now, and it was indeed difficult for them to catch up with such a score in today's game. But you can try it with the second team!
Black Mamba is not the young young man under 20 now, and he is no longer an NBA young man in his early 20s! At this time, his physical condition has reached the peak level!! Rich experience in the arena, strong desire to fight, and strong personal breakthrough ability!
Sometimes his jump shot is so lethal that he scores as if he has no solution! The presence of such a player in front of them does cause a lot of pressure. At this time, among the five of them, only Zhou Yang wanted to fight with such a team.
The rest of the players are thinking about how to get some stats and that's it. Want to compete with Kobe's team to win the game? Hehe.
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Kobe Bryant, who went to the front court, dribbled the ball himself and still hit a three-point shot under the defense of two people! 15:4!
Odom told Jackson at this time that such a game could not be played at all, and their guards and small forwards were all newcomers! Zhou Yang is the youngest! Vujacic is only 1 year older than Zhou Yang...... Wharton is only a third-year student in the new season...... You let them go to Kobe Bryant?
But the Zen master's response was the same as his response to the big shark. It's useless, keep playing.
Because of the pass just now, Odom spoke to him when he served to Wharton this time, and when he came to the frontcourt, he immediately took Wharton's pass! Kobe Bryant was two steps away from Zhou Yang at this time!
And when Zhou Yang immediately took the ball and jumped, he was still touched by Kobe!
When the basketball was falling, Zhou Yang grabbed the basketball and suddenly passed the ball to Wharton, who instinctively passed the ball back again!
Just when everyone thought that Wharton was going to shoot, Zhou Yang didn't use his body to block Kobe Bryant after taking the ball, so he quickly got off the basket! Instead, when Kobe Bryant was separated from him, he still made a big backward jump shot and hit a long-range 2-point shot! 15:6!
"He's smart...... His cleverness brings out your stupidity and unresponsiveness!! Did you just let him go like that? Cook, are you standing and watching the show...... "Everyone thought that Kobe Bryant wanted to praise Zhou Yang, but immediately Black Mamba counted his teammates around him.
Kobe Bryant ignored the dissatisfaction of other players, and took the ball himself in the front court, and threw it past the defense of Brown and Odom to score!
This kind of intra-team competition seems to have become Kobe's personal show. He scored a lot of his own! And Jackson was just there quietly watching the game. He knows that the second team is risky in the NBA, especially in the playoffs, where one person scores like crazy and the rest of the team doesn't score much, basically such a team is not easy to win.
But he felt that everything he had to say had already been said. And more than once. But the team immediately reverted to their "self-made" state when it came time to play.
Odom will play a bigger role in the team this season. That's a good player! And Zhou Yang will make him the team's fourth scorer if he can!
Now the Lakers' performance in both the regular season and the playoffs is O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, who are crazy about scoring! O'Neal has a strong rebounding advantage! He can score quickly after grabbing a rebound right away!
Kobe Bryant is different, Kobe Bryant prefers to be a scoring guard in terms of choice of organization or scoring!! Today's fans would love to see a star score like crazy on the field!
But it's cheaper for the opponents in the playoffs! They can use some means to force Kobe's shooting percentage to drop! And Kobe Bryant at this time will go crazy! It's okay to score crazy, but if you hit iron crazy......
You let O'Neill go up, and now the opponent can use the "shark slashing tactic" too. And now when Kobe and O'Fat are not on the court, Odom's offense is not bad, and the rest of the players usually don't even have many opportunities to touch the ball!
Zhou Yang also began to call him under Kobe's provocation! I know that they may not be able to win this intra-team match, but they can't let Kobe be too rampant!! And the rest of the Lakers' roster is now used to Kobe Bryant's appearance......
What can they do? They are desperate at times. Playing time is sometimes the same as Kobe, but Kobe can get more points and more stats, steals, rebounds!
The data on the field is not as strong as his, and the intra-team competition can't be beaten. In such a situation, who will the team's manager give more playing time?
Due to the presence of Kobe and O'Neal, the rest of the team's players have also been "weakened" a lot to a certain extent! That's why Zen Master wants to let two teams with very different strengths play together today.
It stands to reason...... As long as the first team effectively guards Kobe, they still have some chances. But then came the problem, the players on the first team didn't trust each other very much. What can Zhou Yang, a newcomer, look like?
Who will pass the ball to Vucisic? Wharton's words just do his organizational work. As a result, Odom and Brown thought like this while neither of them scored...... That's embarrassing.
Zhou Yang held the ball to the front court and played for a while, at least 6 points were scored by him, and 4 points were scored by him. Everyone thought about it like this, and passed it on to him a little more often.
Except for Zhou Yang, the other players are now thinking that they can't win anyway, so come on~ It's acceptable to play anything.
In the game, Zhou Yang also felt Odom's personal ability! He's still doing a good job of scrambling under the basket!
So Zhou Yang quickly hit the ground and passed to Odom at Kobe's place! The latter scored with a quick dunk! 17:8!
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"It's okay, I thought the first team wouldn't even be able to score 30 points~" The Zen master said to Benson next to him while turning off the video of the game he was watching in front of the computer. The few pieces of paper he was holding at this time were printed on (Note 2) and were the relevant data for today's intra-team match.
"At 12:26 of the first quarter, I really didn't think they could score 30 points like you said."
“37:59! Such a score is already good. The first team still adjusted well in the back. If Odom is the core instead of working with each other, they will lose badly."
"That newcomer Zhou Yang is very calm! He could have passed so many balls. Look at how many times a team made a mistake after receiving Zhou Yang's pass...... If Zhou Yang hadn't been there and kept passing, I guess he scored more than 20 points today, and I'm not surprised."
Benson said with some pity at this point. It was because of his multiple passes that Odom's stats were gradually coming up.
"I think this is a rare point for Zhou Yang, he knows in his heart how to play the game at that time. The team needs more players like that. ”
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During this time, Zhou Yang did not feel that time passed slowly. The daily training sessions and the occasional intra-team rivalry made him think in the evening that another day had passed. It's early October!
Now a lot of fans are already excited! Because it's almost pre-season! In addition to the Spurs, the first day of preseason will feature a game between the Lakers and the Pistons!
At the '04 Finals! The Pistons finally defeated the Lakers with a score of 4:1 to win the championship that year!! In addition to the team's attacking speed and coordination, they have continued their previous style of play!
All kinds of collisions and light and dark body movements make the Lakers basically helpless in the Finals! O'Neal committed 6 early games, and the "Jordan's Rule" of the year also came in handy. Aren't you Kobe Bryant able to play?
I'd rather let the Pistons' unimportant players go off than let you score in athletic battles!
In this regard, the Lakers at that time were basically disrupted in the rhythm of the court! "Shark slashing tactics" and "Jordan's rule" are used, and the Lakers are basically in a "semi-paralyzed state".
The Zen master has a particularly deep memory of this competition! The former Lakers dynasty team now has times when people are tied up hand and foot! And after this game, the other teams also know how to deal with the Lakers!
No matter how strong O'Neal is, he can't make free throws, no matter how good Kobe Bryant is, their teammates are not strong~
"One of the most important things I want to say in pre-season is not to get hurt. O'Neal and Kobe Bryant just go up and mean it, Kobe, hey! Pass more to the newcomers, and they have to buy themselves more playing time in the playoffs."
"It's just pre-season, I know how to play"
"Good, for the Lakers' new additions this season. You just need to relax and play. The numbers are important, but the results are even worse if you suddenly lose the season......"
This season, due to Jackson's sudden "ruthlessness", the state of O'Neal and Kobe Bryant has changed a lot. Even when meeting with the media, the tone of the two men was very different from last season. No more "attacking each other".
Both of them seem to be in a good mood now. A new season has begun, and the Lakers are on their way again!
Zhou Yang called Linda, Bude, and Colin the day before departure. All three of them are important to him.
In his previous life, he was alone, but in this life, he has a relative. is already a girl, and Linda is still in Pennsylvania at this time. She has come out on her own and no longer needs to be cared for.
Negotiations have been made between the orphanage and the Children's Protection Society. Linda, due to her age and her personal ability, already has the ability to do what an adult can do.
Both coaches Bude and Colin told Zhou Yang to gain a foothold in the NBA in the near future! On the plane from Los Angeles to Detroit at night, Zhou Yang slept soundly.