Although O'Neal has left the Lakers, the Lakers' leadership battle does not seem to end there, will it evolve from the OK battle to the Kobe Bryant and Sun Zhuo battle?

Kobe Bryant promised to renew his contract with the Lakers and did not ask the Lakers to trade Sun Zhuo, which already shows a problem, that is, Kobe feels that he can suppress Sun Zhuo, at least in the next three years, Kobe believes that Sun Zhuo cannot threaten his position.

But Kobe underestimated Sun Zhuo's growth rate, and now Sun Zhuo may not be as good as Kobe, but once Sun Zhuo is promoted to the full level, coupled with those game bugs, he has the strength to compete with Kobe Bryant.

O'Neal was forced to leave the Lakers because of Kobe, and now he has a grudge against Kobe, so he is looking forward to seeing Sun Zhuo grow up quickly, and then snatch Kobe's Lakers boss over, and then he will laugh in Miami.

After talking to O'Neal on the phone, Sun Zhuo dialed Phil Jackson's phone again, although Phil will not be Sun Zhuo's coach next season, but in the past season, Phil trusted Sun Zhuo very much and used it very much, and Sun Zhuo knew that Phil would return to the Lakers in a short time.

The two greeted each other, Phil knew that Sun Zhuo was specially calling to care about him, after all, Phil won the championship for the Lakers, but he couldn't get a contract extension, which made anyone feel unhappy for Phil.

Phil smiled heartily on the other end of the phone, and didn't seem to be in a bad mood, "Legendary coach Cotton Fitzsimmons said that you don't really know what type of coach you are until you're fired." Sun, don't worry about me, I'm ready to retire from basketball, I'm going to find something to enrich my mind, I'm going to finish "The Last Season" now, and after I'm done with this book, I'm going to leave Los Angeles and travel to New Zealand, Australia, and the islands of the South Pacific. ”

"You're always looking for ways to improve yourself." Sun Zhuo admires Phil very much, maybe it is the relationship between Zen and Zen, Phil treats the results of things very freely, and he will always find something to do for himself.

Phil smiled and said, "I've only been with you for one season, but I think we've built a relationship that we might have a chance to continue in the future." ”

Sun Zhuo was very happy: "This is also what I want to say, you will definitely come to the Lakers again, I will wait for you, let you lead us to win another championship!" ”

Phil didn't promise Sun Zhuo, but said with a smile: "Frankly speaking, I'm not interested in saving a terminally ill team, I hope I say this, you won't mind, but next season's Lakers situation is not optimistic, in addition to personnel changes, the key is that the backcourt combination of you and Kobe Bryant, can it have the effect of 1+1 greater than 2?" I've coached Jordan and Pippen in positions like you to win six championships, but both of you, Jordan. ”

Even Phil Jackson is not optimistic about the Lakers next season, especially the backcourt combination of Sun Zhuo and Kobe, it seems that Sun Zhuo's second season may not be as easy as the first season.

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The days of training with the national team passed quickly, and a month passed in a blink of an eye, and Sun Zhuo went to Athens to participate in the Olympic Games with the Chinese men's basketball team.

The Games will be held two days ahead of the opening ceremony, starting on 11 August, which will be the opening ceremony of the Athens Games.

At the opening ceremony, Greek actors showed the romance of the Aegean Sea and the civilization of ancient Greece with a poetic and dreamlike performance, and the unique flame lighting ceremony pushed the opening ceremony to a climax.

It is difficult for Sun Zhuo not to be excited in such a grand and gorgeous scene, the Olympic Games is a stage that every athlete dreams of, and Sun Zhuo is proud of himself as a professional athlete!

At the entrance ceremony, Yao Ming, the tallest, was the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation, Yao Ming was a head taller than everyone else, so it was easy to find the Chinese team on the spot.

Sun Zhuo's first game in the Olympic Games was on the 15th, the Olympic men's basketball team has 12 teams, divided into two groups A and B, and the Chinese team is in Group A.

The opponent of the Chinese team in the first game was very strong, it was the Spanish team with Pau Gasol!

Don't look at the previous life, the Spanish team only won the seventh place in this Olympic Games, only one place higher than the Chinese team, but Spain won all the group stages! Only one loss in the entire Olympics is the highest win rate of any team, and even Argentina, who won the championship in the end, lost two games, one of which was to Spain!

Argentina, who won the championship, lost to Spain, you can imagine how strong Spain is, but one thing drops one thing, they are very unlucky, in the quarterfinals they met the United States, that Marbury exploded, so in the end can only finish seventh.

The first opponent of the Olympic Games is so strong, so that everyone in the Chinese team has a little headache, although the group stage can be lost, but everyone still wants to pursue a good start, at least the first game can't be played very badly, right?

Coach Harris has also been talking about Spain as an opponent in the past two days.

Coach Harris, known as the "Silver Fox", also has a study on the Spanish men's basketball team: "Speaking of the Spanish men's basketball team, I have to mention that the 1999 U19 World Youth Championship, which was the core of the World Youth Championship, carried the powerful Spanish men's basketball team today, and in the World Youth Championship that year, they defeated the United States U19 men's basketball team and won the championship trophy, which was also the starting point of their glory." Pau Gasol, Navarro, Jose Calderón, these three guys are very difficult to play and they are also the heart of Spain, so they will be the ones we will focus on defending on the pitch. ”

Pau Gasol and Jose Calderon, until 2017, are still active in the NBA, which shows that they are really strong, especially Pau Gasol, who has not been injured by the metatarsal bone in 04, Gasol is extremely athletic this year, Sun Zhuo has a little impression of the showdown between Spain and China in 04, I remember that this year, Yao Ming was blown up by Gasol.

"I remember that even in the face of the United States team, Gasol is unstoppable on the inside, Gasol will definitely cause a lot of trouble to the Chinese team, and the rules of the FIBA are different from the rules of the NBA, the Olympics game does not have a defense of three seconds, which will be more beneficial to an inside player like Gasol, and the three-point line position of FIBA is not as far as the NBA's three-point line, Gasol can even pull out and shoot three points, it seems that if you want to win Spain, the key is how to limit Gasol's play."

Pau Gasol is now on the Memphis Grizzlies, and if he meets the Grizzlies led by Gasol in the NBA, Sun Zhuo will not have a trace of fear, even if there are no strong opponents like Kobe Bryant and O'Neal around him.

However, I don't know why, when he arrived on the international stage, Sun Zhuo felt that Gasol was like a big demon king, more terrifying than Iverson and Duncan of the American team.

Sun Zhuo remembered what Kobe Bryant had said to Gasol after the 08 Olympics.

"He's the best in the world!"