Chapter 497: The First Giant
At the moment when Kobe Bryant shot the killer ball, the 2016 Finals came to an end, and the suspense and conjecture that had been retained for a year were finally concluded, and still no one could stop the Lakers from dominating the league, no one could get involved in the possibility of the championship, and the powerful Warriors, Cavaliers and Rockets with the Big Three could not do it, everyone could only sigh that the Lakers were too strong. Koejo is hoping to win his eighth career championship and the second triple championship of his career, which means so much to him that is difficult to put into words.
If he lived in the glory of O'Neal the big shark in the first three consecutive championships, he was more like the second leader of a team. So this time he proved himself three times in a row, and he could still win the championship without O'Neal, and won 5 championships and 5 Finals MVPs. Combined with the previous triple crown, he now has 8 championships and 5 Finals MVPs, and he has enough accolades in his hands to make him compare to Michael Jordan.
That's right, after the end of this Finals, especially when Kobe Bryant won the Finals MVP with an average of 19.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game at the age of 38, the praise from the outside world exploded like a tide. "Will Kobe Bryant be able to tie Jordan for the all-time first?" The topic has become a topic of concern all over the world. Obviously, this is a very controversial point, after all, the career of Michael Jordan, the god of basketball, is too perfect and legendary, although Kobe Bryant won three consecutive championships again at the end of his career, but it is still difficult to say that he can surpass Jordan, and only can mention whether he can tie with Jordan for the first place in history.
The first is man-made, and the answer is man-made. It's hard to have an answer to this topic, but most voices tend to favor Kobe Bryant is infinitely close to Jordan and no one can threaten his status as the second man in history. Although some people think that the 16-year FMVP should be given to Knoll or the Greek monster Antetokounmpo, Kobe's all-round performance really deserves this honor. As everyone agrees, a veteran is too precious for a championship team, after all, experience cannot be compensated for by anything else.
The frenzied celebration in Los Angeles continued half a month after the Finals, a reaction from Lakers fans to the 19th championship trip in franchise history. The balance of the yellow-green battle began to tilt because of the birth of this young dynasty, although Stevenson is leading the Celtics to rise, but Chu Xuan's magic and the strength of the Lakers have made the competition out of balance, the Celtics only have 17 championships, according to the current situation, the gap with the Lakers will only get bigger and bigger, let alone surpass the Lakers. Obviously, since this year, after the Lakers dynasty lineup has completely matured, Zijin fans can say that the No. 1 giant in the NBA is the Lakers.
Yes, the No. 1 giant, the legendary coach, the superstar, the future supergiant, the future league leader, all in all, this Lakers team has everything to make the world jealous. As long as the championship team does not disintegrate, then the road to dominance will undoubtedly continue......
Of course, this summer will not be peaceful, because for the rest of the NBA, they will not let the Lakers dynasty continue, and new turmoil and focus will definitely continue, and there is no doubt that there will be a stronger team lineup to be born against Chu Xuan and the Lakers he leads.
But now everyone in the Lakers doesn't think about these illusory things, they are enjoying the offseason all over the world with good wine and beautiful people, on a yacht. Chu Xuan still has an important task this year, that is, the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, but he is naturally not the kind of person who is super dedicated, and under the great success, he will still choose to enjoy and relax first. The news of Kobe Bryant and Chu Xuan playing together is naturally the focus, which has caused great repercussions in China. Many paranoid fans thought that Chu Xuan was not patriotic enough, and he didn't report to the national team in the first place. Of course, there are also some voices supporting Chu Xuan, they think that Chu Xuan is exploring the secret of the American team's playing style, after all, Kobe Bryant will definitely appear on the basketball court in Rio de Janeiro this year, so the old Mamba naturally has a great understanding of the American team's playing style this year.
In the first half month, Bryant gave a phone interview to ESPN, and he expressed his gratitude to his Lakers teammates. When asked who will be the new core of the Lakers, Kobe Bryant said that Noll, Antetokounmpo and LaVine will become the Lakers' Big Three and will continue the Lakers' glory after his retirement. Chu Xuan has another opinion on this statement, in his opinion, when Devin Booker and Towns grow up, the Lakers should be an All-Star starter, and no team will be able to beat the Lakers at that time. Of course, the premise is that these people can maintain harmony and play together after Kobe Bryant's retirement, and there will be no conflicts because of the position of team leader. The important thing is that the Lakers still have a strong interior line like Big White Rim, and there are a lot of potential players, and the player's future team positioning will become a new problem.
However, Chu Xuan didn't want to think about these things, because he hadn't thought about whether to continue coaching the Lakers in the new season! Nowadays he prefers to focus on his business activities and his girlfriend. Of course, no matter how it develops in the future, what Chu Xuan needs to do now is to take the Chinese team to pass the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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At the beginning of July, Chu Xuan and the national team converged, and the Chinese team started a month-long closed training.
This training session was very mysterious, and the Chinese team did not allow any media to enter the stadium where the players were training for follow-up interviews, so for a whole month, no one knew what the Chinese team was doing.
If it is placed in the past, the Olympic Games are about to begin, and the Chinese team will definitely play friendly matches with the national teams of some other countries, so as to find the state to play the competition. And this year's anomaly is really incomprehensible.
Obviously, everyone is curious, what kind of results can the Chinese team achieve in this year's Olympics with more Chu Xuan? After all, he had just led the Lakers to three consecutive championships in the NBA, and he was also named the godfather of the Lakers.
"Will the Chinese team be able to achieve the best result in history? Breaking the Olympic record of eighth? ”
This was the first question the media asked Chu Xuan after the Chinese team arrived in Rio de Janeiro. This question is obviously very difficult to answer, after all, the game has not been played, and if you can't do it, you will become a laughing stock in the world.
However, Chu Xuan seemed very calm, and answered the reporter's question very positively: "If we can play the expected performance, I think there is no problem in breaking the record, after all, the current national team is very different from the past." ”