Chapter 162: Before the Competition

Wang Meng and Gasol, these two players are important figures for the Lakers to win the championship, and it is unceremonious to say that if either of them was no longer at that time, then it would be impossible for the Lakers to defeat the Heat.

However, after the Lakers got the dynasty, they did not hesitate to exchange Wang Meng and Gasol for Paul and West, without caring about the old feelings, saying that the NBA is a trading field, but this is a bit too much.

Although the current Lakers have Paul, Kobe, Howard's super triumvirate combination, but the reputation is not as good as before, after winning the championship, the Lakers have successively sent Wang Meng, Gasol, Odom, Fisher, Bydam, the Lakers' most important players, including three starters, a best sixth man, and a five championships with the Lakers, without any emotion. Especially sending Wang Meng away, many Chinese fans have a lot of resistance to the Lakers, but fortunately, the appeal of Paul Howard and the two people is extremely terrifying, plus Kobe, who won three consecutive championships to tie Jordan, barely maintained his popularity.

This game is regarded by many fans as a revenge battle between Wang Meng and Gasol, and the league also attaches great importance to this game, not only inviting Barkley and Smith, but also inviting the bluffing famous Magic Johnson to explain the game. At the same time, the match was also broadcast live on TV5 in China.

"After nearly half a year, Wang Meng finally returned to this place, the last time he played here, he won the Finals MVP, the scenery is incomparable, but he was ruthlessly traded by the Lakers to exchange for Paul, I don't know if he has a little hatred in his heart, I am curious about how he will play in this game." Smith said lightly.

Barkley, who was listening from the sidelines, smiled when he saw this and looked at Johnson who was sitting next to him, "I remember that you coached Wang Meng in the offseason, did you think that Wang Meng would leave the Lakers at that time?" ”

Johnson shook his head and exclaimed, "Seriously, I didn't expect that at all. Wang Meng's potential is obvious to all, and the Chinese market behind him has become a dominant company after Yao Ming announced his retirement, I felt that no team would give up Wang Meng, his value is too great, even higher than the Lakers boss Kobe. It's a pity that the Lakers really surprised me, Wang Meng and Gasol exchanged for Paul West, this deal doesn't seem to be a big problem, whether it is salary or player ability, it is very suitable for this contract, but I personally think that this deal is still a loss. ”

"Although Paul is now at the peak of his strength and can be counted as the league's No. 1 point guard, he is 26 years old, his technique and style of play have been set, and with his height problem, he has nothing to improve in the future. But Wang Meng is different, Wang Meng is very young, only 21 years old after 12 years, he still has a lot of room for improvement, and he is now 1.93 meters tall, compared with other point guards, he also has a lot of advantages, it can be said that the future is promising. ”

Saying that, Johnson sighed regretfully, "I have coached him, naturally I know his characteristics and strengths, his offensive ability is very comprehensive, and his assist awareness is also very good, and he will definitely be one of the strongest players in the league in the future." ”

"Elwin, you're wrong." Barkley shook his head and said calmly: "I can tell you unceremoniously that Wang Meng is now one of the strongest players in the league. ”

Before the game started, Wang Meng and Gasol chatted with Kobe Bryant for a while, and Howard and Paul also came over to join in the fun.

"Wow, do you two want to come back for revenge!" Howard, an optimist, is happy all day long, and since O'Neal left the NBA, Howard has taken over O'Neal's position as the league's No. 1 funny player, often amusing the audience.

"A little bit of that idea." Wang Meng nodded, as if agreeing with Howard's guess. "I've been holding back my strength for a long time, and I'm going to kill you in a while."

"I'm not going to let you get away with it so easily." Howard smiled, "Leaving Orlando, my reputation is worse than James's, and if you are allowed to bully me again in this kind of game, I really have no place to mix in the league." ”

Wang Meng said indifferently: "Don't tell me this, I don't oppose you." ”

Howard glanced at Okafor, who was shooting on the side, and couldn't help but smile even more.

I think that Okafor was still Howard's competitor, and the two of them competed for the top spot in the draft, and finally Howard had the last laugh, and it turned out that choosing Howard was correct, although Okafor is not a parallel product, but it is indeed a little bad, as a tanhua, he has not developed a strong and effective offensive ability for so many years, and the scoring also relies on the second offense of grabbing rebounds or dunking under the basket, although Howard does this most of the time, but it is obviously much more beautiful than Okafor.

By now, Howard is rightfully the league's No. 1 center, but what about Okafor? Although he also has a contract of 10 million, let alone the first center in the league, even if he lists the top ten centers in the league, it is difficult to have Okafor's position.

"We saw that Howard was talking to Wang Meng, and Howard was still laughing, and laughing very happily, what were they discussing?" Smith asked curiously.

"I guess Howard was definitely talking to Wang Meng about yesterday's prank by that guy from Justin Bieber." Buckley's thinking spans a very wide range of surnames, and he can immediately think of Wang Meng's troubles yesterday.

As soon as Barkley said this, the three people in the live broadcast room immediately looked at each other and smiled.

"Seriously, I used to think that I was a bull in the league, even if O'Neal was a dead fat man, I would have dared to fight at the beginning." Barkley shook his head and said, "But if you change Wang Meng to the era when I played, I wouldn't dare to fight with Wang Meng even if I borrowed two guts." It's good to give some medical expenses when others fight, this girl directly wants your life, I can't imagine it, is the guy who was thrown out by Wang Meng's back still alive? ”

Smith: ""

Johnson: ""

The audience listening to the live broadcast suddenly burst into laughter, indeed, Wang Meng's back fall was too classic, and later even some fans flattened this in it when they made Wang Meng's personal top ten balls, and even Wang Meng's various kinds of people-splitting violent buckles were ranked behind, ranking this back fall in the first place.

"That's right!" Howard suddenly thought of something, and said to Wang Meng very seriously: "If you can't score points if you are prevented by Paul for a while, don't fall him on your back, just his small body, I'm afraid that you will fall him to death directly, and then I won't be able to find someone to pass the ball to me."

Paul, who was smiling on the side, seemed to be reminded when he heard this, and immediately looked at Wang Meng worriedly, although he didn't say anything, but the resentful eyes had explained everything.

Wang Meng: ""