Chapter 84: I Want Chamberlain
Shirley's alcoholic father and the Indian were handed over to the local police station, and now the tricky matter is Shirley's custody and her follow-up arrangements.
These things are not under the control of the police department, and the latter is not interested in taking care of them, so they directly kicked the ball to the National Social Security Bureau and the Minor Child Protection Center of the United States, but it is impossible to deal with custody transfer related matters now, and the public service units in the United States usually leave work at half past five in the evening, when the building is already empty.
The first thing is Shirley's accommodation tonight, Li Qun lives in a hotel, and there is only one bed, of course, he can't take Shirley with him. Chamberlain now lives in a big villa, with more than a dozen rooms in it, even if there is a dozen more Shirley, it can be arranged, but this is obviously not appropriate, Chamberlain is now a public star, and there are a dozen paparazzi staring at the door of the house every day.
The only candidate is Winnie, but fortunately, although Winnie is short-tempered, she likes Shirley, so Shirley lives with her temporarily, anyway, Eddie Gottlieb's villa is bigger than Chamberlain's.
After such an incident, of course Chamberlain can't invite Winnie and Li Qun to the cliff house for dinner, who is still in the mood? They went to Thurmond's Veteran's Restaurant and had a nice steak dinner.
Winnie was right, Thurmond's previous performance had already indicated that he was willing to be Chamberlain's defensive trainer, and the next day he came to the training gym and signed a contract with Chamberlain to become his defensive trainer with a weekly salary of 1,800 yuan - a weekly salary of tens of thousands of dollars in star trainers, which is an extremely low price.
Thurmond had an advantage over other trainers in training Chamberlain, that is, he could go directly to the field, use bright hand-to-hand combat to train Chamberlain, and use actual combat to teach Chamberlain.
The happiest person about Thurmond's arrival is not Chamberlain, but blue-collar interior Reggie Evans, who has just arrived with the Warriors.
Reggie Evans is only two meters and three meters tall, and his attacking prowess is limited, and there is no other position to play except to play inside. But fortunately, he weighs more than 110 kilograms, has a pair of steel and iron bones, plus excellent jumping, courage, and outstanding rebounding ability, relying on this trick he got a chance to survive in the NBA.
However, because of his ability, Evans' development potential is limited to this, although his rebounding skills are excellent, and he even played a perverted statistic of 0 points and 20 rebounds against the Toronto Raptors last season - only Rodman has played similar statistics in NBA history, but no team values him, and he can't get an important position in any team, let alone starters, and even important rotations can't take his turn.
This can be seen from this trade, all the Warriors need is a point guard, and the center doesn't matter, Chamberlain is a standard 48-minute man per game, and anyone who plays him as a substitute doesn't have many opportunities to play.
But Evans has a strong sense of initiative, he knows his shortcomings and always wants to improve his abilities. He doesn't have the ambition of Chamberlain, who wants to develop offensive means to make up for defensive deficiencies in order to blow up the league's dominant basketball box, he just wants to strengthen his poor defensive ability, so that with his rebounding ability, maybe he can become the second generation of Ben Wallace.
Thurmond's appearance undoubtedly gave him this opportunity, you must know that the old man's defensive level is the best in NBA history, otherwise Winnie, who is above the top, would not have invited him to come out of the mountain to train Chamberlain.
While Thurmond was resting, Evans went up to serve tea and water, shh
Evans also has a nickname, but it's called 'joke', which is quite insulting.
Thurmond ignored Evans' overtures, drinking the water as it came, and wiping the sweat as soon as the towel arrived, as if Evans was just a waiter and should do it.
After a short day of rest, on Nov. 24, the Warriors welcomed their second opponent, the Los Angeles Lakers, who had won the opening game.
The Lakers have had a really bad time this season, relying on just one Kobe Bryant, they really can't bring the team up, and the Lakers have only won 4 games in 11 games since the start of the season, which is almost the worst start for the Lakers in the past 20 years.
Against the Warriors again, Kobe Bryant held back his strength to give his opponent a little color in this game, so as to avenge the shame that the Warriors left him in the opening game.
Kobe's personality is very similar to Jordan, not only is he as self-motivated, but also has a strong sense of revenge, anyone who has brought him shame, he will try his best to get revenge, no matter how long this opportunity for revenge will wait, as long as it appears, he will not let it go.
However, there is also a big difference between the two, that is, Old Man Qiao is super capable and can always find a way to complete revenge. And Kobe, hehe, at least he failed to complete his revenge on the Warriors in this game.
Kobe's determination to get revenge in today's game is not groundless, he has this confidence, because Odom, the second leader of the Lakers who has been absent, came back two days ago, and he believes that with Odom's help, it is difficult to win the next Warriors, but it is not impossible.
At the beginning, Chamberlain picked off the ball, Ellis broke through and wanted to play a fast break, but was capped by Kobe. Bryant showed his aggressive attitude from the first second of the game, hitting Ellis with his back and turning and jumper in the left free throw area, and scored two points steadily.
The Warriors immediately reciprocated, Petrus missed a jumper, Chamberlain burst out to grab the rebound, and then jumped twice to complete the dunk in front of Bynum. This made Kobe very dissatisfied, and Chamberlain's self-grabbing and self-deduction really hurt the team's morale.
Bryant started the single again, and Barnes came up to help Ellis cover him, only for the Black Mamba to immediately transfer the ball to Odom. Odom has just returned, eager to show himself, and apparently in the locker room Kobe Bryant said something to him, knowing the importance of himself in this game, after getting the ball, he went straight into the penalty area, and raised his hand to be a one-armed windmill.
The windmill was destroyed halfway through, Chamberlain slapped him out of the box, Luis, who started for the Warriors for the first time, ran quickly down, Ellis finally found a chance for revenge, Kobe Bryant defended Louis, who gave the ball to Ellis outside the three-point line without a quick break, and the latter completed the first long shot of the game so far.
As it turned out, Odom's appearance did not bring much help to Kobe, the former's potential and ability are unquestionable, and the reputation of 'left-handed magician' is not something that anyone can get. The problem is that he doesn't have the attitude of Magic Johnson, let alone the aggressiveness of the opponent, he obviously didn't train well during the two-month break some time ago, and after returning to the court, he was in terrible shape.
Fisher used his strong body to suppress Luis, and the breakthrough attracted Chamberlain's attention before distributing the ball to Odom, but Odom didn't know what he was thinking at the time, and the ball flew out of the field in front of him. At that time, Fisher directly hugged his head with both hands, his face full of disbelief.
What's even more unbelievable is that a minute later, Odom attacked again with the ball, and after being outflanked by Chamberlain, he threw the ball directly to the referee. As the referee of the game, the bald Crawford was dumbfounded when he was holding the ball.
Of course, Odom couldn't use this, and the equally angry Phil Jackson couldn't sit still anymore, and from the opening he was restless as if he had hemorrhoids, completely deprived of his 'Zen master' stability, and roared and changed Odom to the bench.
With or without Odom, it won't make much of a difference to this game because they lack a strong interior line, a strong interior line that can defend against Chamberlain.
Bynum was most favored when he first entered the league was his defensive ability, but in the face of Chamberlain's tough and iron-like play, this guy was stunned, since the last game was tragically dunked by Chamberlain, he had a shadow on the latter in his heart, when Chamberlain hit the hoop again and again, Bynum's defense was like a screen.
Winnie's offensive training is still very effective, although Chamberlain does not know how to have his back, hook, or jump shot, but he is very good at cutting off the ball now, and he can always find opportunities to rush into the box and occupy no man's position, so that the other players have to do a simple thing, just throw the ball to the hoop.
"All you need to do is throw the ball within two feet of the rim and I'll take care of the rest!" Chamberlain's domineering declaration, Bynum should have been ashamed to hear it, but the latter had not heard it.
As before, Kobe Bryant can only play singles, but with Barnes, Jackson, and Petrus taking turns to play, how much power can Kobe Bryant's singles retain?
However, the Warriors did not limit Kobe Bryant's singles, because no one person, no matter how strong he is, cannot win a team of five. And Kobe Bryant is an outside player, his singles rely more on breakthrough and projection, with Chamberlain sitting on the inside, his breakthrough power is greatly reduced, and he can only rely on shooting.
Shooting can never kill a team, Kobe Bryant occupies so many shots, even if he shoots a lot of balls, but misses more.
The result of such a game was a foregone conclusion at the end of the first quarter, and the revenge-hungry Kobe Bryant returned home again, and the Lakers lost to the little brother in the same city by 30 points 78:108!
In the NBA, there is only one ace team in California, and that is the Lakers, whether it is the Clippers or the Warriors, these teams have always lived in the shadow of the Lakers' glory, and the gray face has never been looked at by the financial aristocracy.
As a result, feng shui takes turns, this time the emperor throne is the turn of the Warriors to sit, and the Warriors fans finally have a chance to raise their eyebrows, while the Lakers fans are now only annoyed and sluggish, facing the triumphant Warriors fans, in addition to being able to complain a few words sourly, the rest is anger.
Even angrier was Kobe, who was furious on the spot after the team lost to the Warriors again, and couldn't even wait to return to Los Angeles, slapping the table at the post-game press conference and roaring: "If Buss can't bring me a good helper, a good helper like Chamberlain, then just trade me!" I want a championship, I want a helper to help me win the championship! ”
The reason why Jordan has been able to complete revenge many times is not only because of his own genius, but also because he has a group of genius assistants such as Pippen, Rodman, and Kukoc around him, and now he Kobe Bryant? Except for one Fisher who can give him some help, the rest of the lineup is really unbearable to witness!
In this game, Kobe Bryant scored 38 points and 12 assists on 12-of-32 shooting, and made 11-of-12 free throws, and his performance was really impeccable. However, against Chamberlain, who scored 18 points and 20 rebounds on 7-of-9 shooting, this result is really not good.
"Either give me Chamberlain or trade me." Kobe Bryant told reporters categorically that his behavior is a prelude to the first cut and then the prelude, which is to force the team to make changes.