Chapter 180: What It's Like to Be a Leader

Los Angeles Lakers' training ground on Nov. 6.

It's been four days since the start of the new season, and the Lakers have also played two games, with a record of one win and one loss, winning the weak team and losing the strong team, and the performance is normal, and tomorrow the Lakers will continue to sit at home against the Atlanta Hawks for the third game.

Sun Zhuo will return to play in the Lakers-Hawks game.

Kobe Bryant did not appear in the training hall today, Rudy Tomjanovic said with a tired look: "Kobe is sick, it's a real coincidence, he will miss tomorrow's game against the Hawks, Sun, tomorrow's game, it's up to you." ”

In fact, Sun Zhuo knew that Kobe Bryant was deliberately absent from tomorrow's game, and Kobe just wanted everyone to see the difference between him and Sun Zhuo.

Sun Zhuo also knows Kobe's intentions, he actually doesn't want to compare with Kobe, because in the past season, the Lakers have always been in such intra-team contradictions, which is very detrimental to the health of the team, but since Kobe Bryant has decided to miss Sun Zhuo's first game of the new season, Sun Zhuo has no choice but to bite the bullet.

Compared to last season, Sun Zhuo has undoubtedly grown again, especially in the Olympics where he discovered that he can use the European step to create fouls, which he has never used in the NBA, and tomorrow, it will be his debut.

"Sun, how far have you and Jessica Alba got? It seems that there is news that Jessica is pregnant, is it true? "Kaloon Butler gossiped about Sun Zhuo and Jessica.

Sun Zhuo said with a smile: "I didn't expect the American media to be so nonsense, this is not a matter at all." ”

"Sun, when will you release a new single with Dark Citadel next time? Can I get involved as well? I rap very well, too. Lamar Odom also smiled and stepped forward to talk to Sun Zhuo.

Sun Zhuo laughed and said, "Okay, man, I know your rap prowess, I very much doubt that you can keep up with the speed of our songs." ”

"Hahaha." Odom also leaned back and laughed.

Including Lakers players like Atkins and Brian Cook, these Lakers players also took the initiative to greet Sun Zhuo, which made Sun Zhuo realize a problem.

"It looks like my status with the Lakers has changed."

It's a real feeling, last season, the team had O'Neal, Kobe, Karl Malone, Gary Payton...... There are too many big-name stars with seniority, and Sun Zhuo has just entered the NBA, so he has no status and voice in the team.

But now the Lakers have completely changed, these veteran players with seniority are gone, Kobe Bryant is not here today, Odom and Caron Butler have been in the NBA longer than Sun Zhuo, but they are newcomers to the Lakers, Sun Zhuo is older than them, and he is the object of the Lakers' key cultivation, so he should be respected higher than them.

"In this case, when Kobe Bryant is not there, I am the boss of the Lakers!"

Sun Zhuo suddenly felt very excited, although being the boss of the team has always been his goal, but until today, he really felt a little bit of this feeling.

Sun Zhuo feels that it feels great to be respected in the team, he was a little brother for a year last year, and today while Kobe Bryant is away, he has to enjoy the fun of being the boss!

To put it cheesily, it is to make good use of the identity of the boss to pretend to be forced.

But in front of whom?

Lamar Odom, who started all the games in the Heat last season, averaged 18+10 per game, and his data is even better than Sun Zhuo, which he can't provoke or pretend.

Kaloon Butler, directly passed, met Arenas and was about to have a shootout, and he was such a calm and comfortable tough guy that he couldn't be provoked......

Generally according to the NBA tradition, the team boss usually shows his majesty on the rookie.

For example, when the big shark O'Neal came to the Lakers, he asked Fisher and Kobe to buy him water, and Fisher did it obediently, Kobe didn't do it, but went directly to the Lakers general manager's office to complain, at that time, O'Neal knew that Kobe was different.

It was the same when Sun Zhuo and Payton first came to the Lakers last year, and O'Neal also used the traditional NBA way to dominate the two.

James also failed to escape the doom of the newcomer, although he was selected as soon as he was selected as the Cavaliers to be the boss, but Ricky Davis didn't know it, as soon as he came up, James also went to do the work of serving tea and pouring water, James directly replied that you are sick, right?

"Well, I have to show myself as a leader in front of the newcomers, and this season, I'm going to try to be a leader......"

Sun Zhuo played for a while, then sat down in his seat a little tired, and then looked at the Lakers' "new rookie" Sasha Wujasic and ordered: "Sasha, bring me a bottle of water." ”

Condescending, commanding, hahaha, it's still quite enjoyable!

But who knows, Sasha pretended not to hear and continued to practice shooting on the court.

At this time, the tough guy Kaloon Butler was more good at being a person, and he knew that the other boss of the new team was going to pretend to be forced, so he immediately called Vujasic, and Vujasic looked back at Sun Zhuo.

"Oh, good." After learning of Sun Zhuo's request, Vujacic didn't dare to refuse, after all, being a person is something he is better at than basketball, but Vujacic didn't do it immediately, but threw two more before coming over.

Such an attitude is much worse than when he was in the UK, in London, Vujacic arrived there in advance, ordered food for Sun Zhuo and prepared an umbrella, is it now decided to follow Kobe?

"Kobe Bryant said that the Lakers are his own team, and Sun shouldn't be able to compete with Kobe in the past two years, right?" Vujacic thought in his heart, he is now close to Kobe, and naturally he will not take Sun Zhuo too seriously, but Sun Zhuo seems to have a lot of weight on the side of the Bass family, but he doesn't dare to take it seriously at all.

Vujacic handed the water to Sun Zhuo and did not forget to say: "You didn't come to the scene in the last game against Spurs, and Popovich seems to have mentioned you after the game." ”

"Oh, is it? What did he say? Sun Zhuo took the water, and Popovich mentioned him, it must be no good.

Odom replied: "Popovich said that it was too sad not to meet you in the last game, and he has prepared a hundred countermeasures to fight you, just waiting for you to play." ”

"Uh......" Sun Zhuo was a little embarrassed, Popovich, this old guy really holds a grudge, it's really right to be absent from the game, but why is this kid Vujacic mentioning this at this time? Didn't you embarrass Sun Zhuo's boss?!

Sun Zhuo took a sip of water, then immediately stood up, stopped Vujasic again, and said, "Sasha, you come to accompany me one-on-one." ”

"One-on-one?" Vujacic was stunned, Kobe Bryant asked to be one-on-one with him when he saw Vujacic, and then beat Vujacic out, Vujacic didn't even score a goal, and now Sun Zhuo also asked to be one-on-one with him......

Since you want to be a leader, you must show the ability to make your teammates surrender, if Sun Zhuo wants to become the second leader of the Lakers other than Kobe, you must pretend to be like today, you can't show majesty in normal times, and no one will respect you on the court.

Kobe Bryant blew up Vujasic, and Sun Zhuo wants to blow him up too! 1.