Chapter 49: The Best Defensive Player of the Future
The lama naturally wants to try to play Totoro a few more balls, but Kobe and Zen Master will not allow Odom to continue to be willful, you are the second leader of a team, and you want to turn the world upside down like this?
However, the latter is where Totoro shows a strong sense of defense........
No one told Totoro that he should do this, the old coach didn't call a timeout, and the old players didn't come over to teach him face-to-face, but this Chinese seems to have seen through his opponent's Odom seems to have lost the trust of his teammates by his defense, and he can't catch the ball for a short time, and he always leaves Odom at the right time to help defend others in the next few rounds, which makes the Zen master look up to him.
"How good is the defensive awareness?"
When Totoro once again decisively entered the inside line to help Randolph wrap Gasol, and the two of them worked together to force Gasol to walk, Phil Jackson also helped his eye socket and felt that this rookie was evil.
"Confident bag, believe me, few players in the rookie season can be as decisive as Totoro, even if you count those long-established ancient gods, this is a player's natural defensive awareness, the top 6 teams in this year's draft are blind, his defensive ability is enough to fight for a top-three spot, believe me, I have a hunch that he can become the best defensive player in the next 3 years."
Barkley couldn't help but applaud a little when he saw Totoro's bag in the live broadcast room, others may be like them in God's perspective and think that this time is just a bag clip defense, but only those who have really played in the NBA can know how much this defense can reflect.
"Haha, it's rare to hear you have such a high opinion of a rookie player, how about we make a bet if he can't be the best defensive player?"
Kenny Smith was smirking wickedly, clearly preparing to pit his old partner.
"Hahaha, gambling or something isn't good, let's focus on watching the game."
As soon as he heard the word bet, the big ass subconsciously trembled, as if he saw himself again who kissed the donkey's buttocks, and Barkley, who said that he had suffered a loss, immediately diverted the topic, so that Kenny Smith's conspiracy did not succeed.
My Neighbor Totoro's extensive running on the defensive end made the Lakers players feel sad, after all, although he is a small forward, his strong physical fitness makes him a player who can jump up and kiss the basket.
But Totoro didn't pay a price for this kind of defense, not to mention the consumption of his physical strength, he also carried 4 fouls after being substituted in the third quarter, if he didn't pay attention in the fourth quarter, it could become a rookie who graduated with 6 fouls in the debut of his rookie season........
Led by him, the Rocket's defense rose sharply to a level, and the offensive end was led by Yao Ming Beast, and the main players successfully chased the difference back, and the game was tied at 78:78.
Coming off the bench, Battier was transferred to the small forward position, while Brooks, who had been pressed off the court, played as a shooting guard, and as for the poor white soft-bastard Steve Novak, who had been completely abandoned by Adelman, his clumsy performance just now not only pleased the home fans, but also deeply angered himself as a head coach........
He really doesn't know why the former coach Fan Bald chose the other party, and why he still grabbed Novak not to trade, and now the Clippers want to trade Steve Novak with a second-round pick, and Ah Shuai has agreed to the deal and is waiting for Alexander's nod.
In the eyes of the old coach, Steve Novak is really not worth a second-round pick, especially when rookie Totoro joins the team, this contrast is particularly obvious........
But even if Totoro is not there, as long as there is David Lee, Battier Little Steel Cannon and Little Black Bean, this group of benches of the Lakers cannot be the opponent of the Rockets.
This year's NBA's soft salary cap is $56.8 million, and the trigger for extravagant marriage proposals is $58.68 million, just look at the Lakers' starting lineup salary.
Kobe Bryant 21 million, Gasol 16 million, Bynum 12 million, Odom 11 million, these four people alone have exceeded the luxury tax by more than 2 million US dollars, according to the regulations introduced by the NBA, a team has to pay an extra dollar for every dollar that exceeds the luxury tax, which means that the Lakers have paid more than 2 million US dollars for these four people, although the old Bass is rich and has said that he is not afraid of the luxury tax, but people are not stupid, no matter how much money there is, they can no longer pay those luxury taxes for the substitutes........
In addition, 2008 coincided with the financial crisis, the number of unemployed people in the world is increasing, and even the old Buss who sits in Staples Arena has been impacted, and the Lakers are even less likely to make any money, so you can imagine what level of players the Lakers' bench is composed of.......
The third quarter of the game ended with a three-point shot from Battier on the wing, and when there were only 2 minutes left, the Rockets bench bandits played a wave of 9:2 at once, among which this year's second-round show Gasol performed the most eye-catching, he was in the face of the discovery of the league's interior line, and regained the feeling of dominating the interior in the Olympic arena, sending a hot pot in 2 minutes, two frontcourt rebounds and 4 points, which made the sister-in-law who watched his brother off the court hurt for a while.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lakers could only take the lead in replacing the main force.
There is no way, the only way for the Lakers to win this year is to manipulate Kobe's main team, or to disassemble the main lineup, like what to let Odom go to be the sixth man to lead the Lakers to score off the bench, and the Zen master also has a plan in this regard, but that is also a matter of the future game.
In today's opening game at Staples Arena, they will win everything!
Kobe Bryant received the ball on the wing, and saw that it was Brooks, who was defending himself, who was actually a little bit in his early 1.8 meters, and immediately didn't even bother to make a fake 3-point shot, and the basketball went into the net.
Adelman frowned off the field and didn't call a timeout, there is a physical black hole Yao Ming in their team, this big Yao dragged a height of 2.26 meters and a weight of 290 pounds to play the first three quarters on the field, the physical exertion is far from what ordinary people can imagine, and now it is enough to squeeze out another three or five minutes of rest for him.
On the offensive end of the rocket, Gasol Jr. received the ball, but the back single was not able to shake the little shark, and the strong shot was hatted by Gasol Jr.!
The current little Gasol is far from growing into a big white bear, what kind of younger brother abused his brother in the game, and now he is still the existence of the inner line of the sister-in-law deterrence alliance!
But luckily, the unguarded David Lee picked up the basketball under the basket again, and a quick one-handed split dunk picked up the leak, which gave the Rockets a 2-point life.