Chapter Seventy-Eight: Meet the Demigods Again
Pat Riley and O'Neal walked into the courtyard, both of them were tall, but O'Neill was taller and larger, and Pat Riley looked very thin next to O'Neal.
Pat Riley walks slowly, he is already an old man who is almost 60 years old, but his eyes still shine with the sharpest and clearest light, he knows that he is no longer a player or a coach, but he can continue to pursue glory and achievement in his current position.
Shaq O'Neal yawned, not as energetic as Riley, who was almost 60 years old, and Pat Riley said as he walked forward: "Dr. Buss has been in contact with me, and next season, he wants to ask me to come back to the Lakers to coach." ”
O'Neal continued to pretend to be listless, he knew that Bass was not only unhappy with him, but also looked down on Phil Jackson, and Phil Jackson's contract extension with the Lakers has not been settled so far, and he has not even talked about it, it seems that Bass is really planning to abandon the Zen master.
O'Neal said calmly: "Congratulations, you can go back there again, it seems that the SHOWTIME era is going to return to the Lakers again." ”
Pat Riley said: "I do have a lot of emotions and ambitions for it, but I don't think Dr. Buss really wants to ask me back, and I'd love to ask, can you and Kobe Bryant continue to get along next season?" ”
"If I separate from Kobe, you're not going to come, are you?" O'Neal guessed Pat Riley's thoughts, "You see the Chinese player sitting next to me just now, he has a better future than Kobe, if I stay in the end, I hope you can come to the Lakers to coach." ”
Pat Riley smiled and said, "I won't leave Miami unless you stay with Kobe Bryant, Sun is full of too much uncertainty for me, I just believe what I've seen and what I can control." Also, I think you and Phil expect too much from Sun. ”
In fact, Pat Riley doesn't think Sun Zhuo is a great rookie, and in this rookie class, he still thinks LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are the best, and even thinks Chris Bosh is more useful than Sun Zhuo.
"By the way, I'd love to ask, did Phil or Bass ask Sun to deliberately get on good terms with Dwyanwade?" Pat Riley asked such a question out of the blue.
O'Neill found the question inexplicable, "Why are they doing this?" I don't know, and I don't think it's necessary. ”
Riley thinks about the problem O'Neal doesn't understand, since Bass has contacted Riley, it means that the two teams have the possibility of trading, since the Heat want to get O'Neal, they have to pay a lot of players, Riley is afraid that Bath will fall in love with Wade, in Riley's place, Wade is absolutely not for sale, at least for now.
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After returning to Los Angeles from Miami, Sun Zhuo was soon surrounded by reporters, because their next opponent was the Toronto Raptors, and the last time the Lakers played against the Raptors, Vince Carter dunked 8 dunks in a single game, which was interpreted as the strongest dunk in history against Sun Zhuo, a rookie, and now, Sun Zhuo showed that he also has super bouncing and dunking talent, and the reporter wants to know whether Sun Zhuo will choose revenge in the next game.
"Sun, Vince Carter dunked 8 in front of you last time, did a lot of big windmills and mid-air spins, this time you fight again, will Vince Carter learn your dunk ability? How many are you going to deduct in the next game? The reporters came to the training hall to ask Sun Zhuo questions.
Sun Zhuo doesn't want to answer this question in front of the media now, because at present, his ability can't take revenge on Vince Carter, all he has is a double-turn dunk bug, but he can't just do such a dunk in the whole game, right? Moreover, if you do more in a single game, it is easy to be discovered by the system, and there is a danger of repair.
However, reporters and fans don't know this, they all feel that since Sun Zhuo has exposed his dunk talent, there is no need to hide it in the face of Vince Carter, and he has a good fight, even if he is not as good as Carter, he must show his strongest dunk strength.
Sun Zhuo was reluctant to respond, but in the end, he was forced to have no choice, so he replied: "Tomorrow is just an ordinary regular season, it doesn't matter how many I can deduct, the most important thing is that the team wins." However, if someone does provoke with a dunk at the Staples Center, I don't think Kobe Bryant or I will sit idly by. ”
Hearing Sun Zhuo's answer, the reporters were very happy, what he said was actually obvious, that is, he planned to take revenge on Carter, but every player had to speak in front of the media with a high sound, so he did not explicitly say that he wanted to deal with Carter.
This passage soon reached Vince Carter's ears.
The Raptors are also training, and after Carter saw Sun Zhuo's interview, he said: "This guy can really forbear, he watched me deduct so many in front of him in the last game, and he was able to hold back and not respond to me, it seems that he should still be very friendly to me, by the way, Chris Bosh, I didn't deduct any special actions in the last game against the Lakers, right?" ”
Chris Bosh heard the boss's call, stepped forward and said, "Boss, the last time you played the Lakers, every time you dunked, it was quite special...... It's either a big windmill or a 360-degree turn, and Sun didn't want to expose his abilities at the time, but I think Sun must be waiting to take revenge on you now. ”
How could Vince Carter show timidity in front of his younger brother, "Sun's double-turn dunk is a good dunk, and the bounce is not much more than mine, but he wants to take revenge on me with a dunk, and it will take another two years, I don't worry about him alone, what I'm worried about is that he and Kobe Bryant will join forces, and it will be difficult." ”
Carter didn't know what Sun Zhuo thought he was doing, was he an enemy or an idol?
But Carter knows what Kobe Bryant thinks of himself, and Carter knows that Kobe wants to prove that he is better than Carter all the time.
Kobe and Carter met at a very young age, they also participated in AAU training camp together, and most importantly, Kobe's high school coach once said to Kobe: Carter is better than you!
How could Kobe Bryant put up with such an assessment?
Kobe Bryant didn't go to college, but if he chose to go to college, his first choice would be North Carolina, not Duke University with Coach K, because North Carolina had Carter, and he wanted to go to North Carolina to prove that he was better than Carter, and even had to find Carter every day to go head-to-head.
Both of them are currently at their peak, so to this day, every time the two meet, it is a proof of strength, and it is no wonder that Carter will have a lot of psychological pressure when he comes to Los Angeles this time, just one Kobe Bryant is enough for a headache, and now there is another Sun Zhuo, Rao is a flying demigod, I'm afraid I can't bear it!