Chapter 44: Kobe's Invitation
"Gu, come and try this, this is Vanessa's specialty"
"Okay, I think I'll like it."
That's right, Gu Fei now accepted Kobe's invitation and came to Kobe's home, and Kobe's wife Vanessa personally cooked for them to prepare a supper.
"Gu, I've actually heard your name for a long time, and you definitely don't know when."
"I don't know, but I know one thing."
"You know what." Gu Fei's words made Kobe Bryant interested.
"What I do know is that you must not have known my name as long as I knew your name."
"Hahaha, Gu is so humorous."
Gu Fei also smiled after he finished speaking, of course not as loud as Kobe.
"Actually, I knew about you soon after your physical test, because your body measurement number jΓΉ came out somehow, and many people didn't believe it at first, thinking that a yellow person's body can't be so good."
"Do you start believing it?"
"Hehe, I don't believe it either." When he said this, Kobe Bryant did not have any twisting and embarrassing feelings, which reflects the cultural difference, if the Chinese said this, they would never be so calm.
Kobe Bryant was calm, and Gu Fei was also very calm, "Don't say you can't do it, I didn't believe it myself at first, but it's nothing, it doesn't matter if they believe it now or not, I will make them believe it in the future." β
In this sentence, Kobe Bryant heard Gu Fei's strong self-confidence, which made him seem to see himself who had just entered the league, and he was so confident and proud.
However, he also knew that Gu Fei was actually different from him, and Gu Fei would be treated more unfairly or looked at than him.
"You kid is very confident, you have the style I had back then."
"Boss, isn't that bad?"
"You call me boss, since you call me boss, then I recognize you as a little brother, what do you say?"
"You are so blatantly boasting about yourself, do you have to be humble!"
"You kid is looking for a fight!" Kobe Bryant also understood that Gu Fei was teasing him.
"Okay, you be quiet, my daughters are asleep," Vanessa had just come downstairs talking.
Speaking of Kobe's two daughters, Gu Fei had a little headache, the younger one was fortunately still more than a year old after all, and the eldest one, Natalia Daymont Bryant, was really a ghost, always asking him some strange questions, so that he didn't know how to answer, but fortunately, he didn't stay for a while under the persuasion of their mother and went upstairs, otherwise maybe Gu Fei would be scared away.
"Gu, in that case, let's go out and take a walk in the courtyard outside!" It can be seen that Kobe Bryant really loves his daughter very much, and he is afraid that his daughter will go out to play by himself because he is afraid of making noise.
"I'm fine, you're the master, you have the final say."
"Then let's go"
"You clean up here!" That's what Vanessa said.
Gu Fei followed Kobe to the yard outside the villa, not to mention that Kobe's villa is really good, there are flowers and grass, and there is an outdoor basketball court.
After walking a few steps, he came to Kobe's basketball court, but Kobe suddenly stopped.
"Gu, do you still have a body now?"
Gu Fei understood what Kobe Bryant meant by asking, "The body is there, I didn't play much in today's game, but I didn't exercise well just after eating, and I drank alcohol?" β
"It's okay, I haven't eaten anything, and I haven't drunk much wine, otherwise I can come later."
"So... Come on, I'll try how strong the scoring champion is. β
"You won't be disappointed."
The basketball was placed on the side of the court, and Kobe Bryant went over to pick up the basketball and passed it to Gu Fei.
"Let's fight ten, you come first."
Gu Fei was not polite, he knew that he was far away from Kobe, and now he would only lose more miserably if he was polite.
Gu Fei didn't say anything with the ball, looking at Kobe Bryant, who was already waiting in the three-point line, his mood now was not as relaxed as when he first played the court, after all, he was heads-up with the first person in the active service (although not everyone must admit it, but the author admits it, don't spray if you don't like it).
Gu Fei began to dribble the ball and slowly approached the three-point line, but Kobe Bryant was still in the three-point line watching Gu Fei dribble closer, without much movement.
But at this time, Gu Fei suddenly jumped up, and when there was still about one step in the three-point line, Gu Fei put himself in the air, and his fingers and wrists gently used the ball to leave the palm. And at this time, it was too late for Kobe Bryant to pounce.
There was no crisp sound of wiping the net, but don't doubt it, the ball went in just because Kobe's basket didn't have a net.
"You kid actually sneak attacked, and I carelessly forgot about your single-handedness, but next time you won't be so lucky, I will guard against you."
Gu Fei could see that Kobe Bryant was serious, "It really looks like what the outside world says, Kobe Bryant will win no matter what he is in the game." β
Seeing that Kobe Bryant wants to be serious, Gu Fei's mentality has not changed, because change is a loss, and Gu Fei has been abused to death since he promised Kobe.
Now that the ball is in Kobe's hands, the three-point line surgeon uses a tentative step.
Gu Fei knew that he couldn't defend himself, but he still bothered himself to defend.
didn't make too many moves, after a few tentative steps, Kobe Bryant rushed directly towards Gu Fei's left hand, and Gu Fei of course immediately straightened his chest to resist Kobe's breakthrough.
However, there is a gap between reality and ideals, and it is a big gap.
Gu Fei only felt that his chest suddenly felt like it had been hit violently, and then a burst of pain hit, and then Kobe Bryant squeezed directly past him.
In the face of an empty basket, Kobe Bryant didn't choose to dunk, after all, it was just a bullfight between friends.
Kobe Bryant picked up the basketball on the ground and passed it to Gu Fei, "Boy, you are really too thin, even thinner than I was at the beginning, you should gain weight and then turn them into muscles." β
"I'm actually trying to do it, and I'm a lot better than I was at the beginning."
While speaking, Kobe Bryant really posted it and began to defend our rookie Gu Fei, which is a treatment that few rookies can enjoy.
Gu Fei felt the pressure when Kobe Bryant really posted it, although Gu Fei had been defended by Bale, an outside defensive giant, before, but Kobe Bryant was different from Bale.
Before talking about defense, first of all, what is the purpose of defense? Some fans feel that most blocks are good defense, steals are good defense, and rebounds are good defense, which is true, but it is not the most fundamental embodiment of good defense. It's like commenting on a man, being handsome is attractive, being tall is attractive, being humorous is attractive, but it is not the ultimate embodiment of charm. The ultimate embodiment of charm is to attract people! Similarly, there is only one ultimate goal of defense, and that is to reduce the opponent's shooting rate and organize the opponent to score!
Besides, there are two kinds of defense, one is to rely on physical advantage, and the other is to rely on the mind. The best thing to do, of course, is the combination of physical strengths and mind. Among the NBA players, Artest, the representative of the defense relying on the body, has a strong physical confrontation, not slow pace, and the defense of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions all make the defenders complain; Warcraft, as the name suggests, is a phenomenal defensive figure in the NBA, not to mention it here, after all, not everyone has such a good physique. The second is to rely on the mind, and the representative is Battier. He doesn't have good jumping, no strong body, no quick speed, but he is a well-known defensive titan in the NBA.
Next, let's talk about Kobe, the defensive skills are the same as Jordan's, the reason why I say this is because Kobe Bryant relies on his mind to defend, he is smart enough, and he also has a top-level physical element, especially in previous years, when the body was at its peak, he was staring at the opponent's scoring arrows, and from the point of view of the counterpoint, he has always been the top in the league. The All-Defensive First Team for many years in a row, the experts are not blind
Today we mainly talk about Kobe's single defense: Kobe Bryant's single defense is terrifying, which is based on the fact that he is an offensive wizard, coupled with excellent physical and confrontation, agility, so that the opponent is always not so confident in front of him. Because, he is too proficient in any offensive means, he has used any feints, and he knows all the attempts to break through or shoot with feints, so the grasp of the sense of distance and the timing of the attack are very accurate.
This is also the difference between Kobe and Bale, so Gu Fei felt the defensive pressure that Bryant did not have in Kobe.
Kobe's constant interference made it difficult for Gu Fei to even dribble, and in the end, Gu Fei was pushed by Kobe Bryant's chest and his center of gravity was unstable.
And then Kobe Bryant showed Gu Fei a comprehensive demonstration of his scoring skills, none of the ten balls were scored in the same way, what backward jump shots, dry pull jump shots, jump layups, hook layups, as long as the Kobe you have seen on the court has been used by Gu Fei today; As for the defense, not to mention, it is completely impossible to prevent Gu Fei.
In the end, the bullfight ended with 10-3, Gu Fei really saw the gap between himself and Kobe, and he only knew that he was not as good as Kobe Bryant now, but he only knew what scoring was when he tried it today!
Unlike Gu Fei, who was a little depressed, Kobe Bryant was now full of excitement, and it seemed that the bullfight just now made him very happy!
Just when Gu Fei lost his mind, Kobe's voice came.
"Gu, are you interested in playing with me?"