"Should I give Kobe Bryant more opportunities to accelerate his growth?"

Harris watched the game between the Timberwolves and the Lakers off the court, and watched the martial arts that shined on the court, and secretly thought in his heart.

Harris's excellence in martial arts makes Harris can't help but reflect, he is the kind of coach in the league who belongs to the older school, when selecting players, Harris will give priority to the kind of players who have played in the league for a year or two, have some achievements or have some statistics.

Young players are not so trustworthy for him.

But in terms of strength, Kobe, who is now in his second year, is indeed a starter on many other teams. Even with the Lakers, Kobe Bryant's offensive power on the outside is among the top on the team.

Even when the players trained with each other in private, Kobe Bryant was able to suppress Eddie Jones. In the Lakers' nearly half-regular season from the beginning of the season to the present, Kobe Bryant's game statistics when he came off the bench were also quite eye-catching.

If he is in another team, the young Kobe Bryant is undoubtedly a player with more superstar image and more development value than Eddie Jones.

But Harris doesn't think so, even if Kobe Bryant shows such and such value, he still trusts Eddie Jones more, for no other reason, because Eddie Jones is older, and in Harris's "feeling", older people are more worthy of being entrusted with important tasks.

It's just that the appearance of martial arts has caused Harris to waver a little.

The leader of the Timberwolves is too young, he landed in the NBA as a high school rookie, and it was only his first season, but he had already overtaken Tom, who was an All-Star substitute in the team, and became the team leader with high-pick rookies Garnett and Marbury.

This kind of thing is really unimaginable to Harris.

But the annoying thing is that the Timberwolves' record after using these youngsters is really good. And Wu Dao, who was pinned on by the Timberwolves management, did not live up to the team's expectations, and played a supernatural performance in dozens of games in a row.

is at the top of the scoring list this season, and the MVP list is also ranked in the top three, before Wudao, there are only Jordan and Ma Long.

If it weren't for Wu Dao's rebounding statistics being one notch lower than these two, this first-year rookie might also be able to rank first on the MVP list.

The prominence of martial arts also made more people pay attention to the young people in each team. In fact, after the performance of martial arts, many teams in the league have made some 'reforms'.

The young players who used to be only able to sit on the bench have been given a lot of opportunities in recent times.

Obviously, the coaches of those teams also want to reconfirm the quality of the newcomers in the team, for fear that there are dusty "pearls" on hand.

It's just a pity that those teams don't have any pearls on hand.

But the Lakers are different, Kobe Bryant is really that pearl, it's just that he lacks the opportunity to perform!

In the middle of the court, the game between the Timberwolves and the Lakers continues.

Just as Harris was thinking wildly, Kobe Bryant in the court finally scored on the head of Wu Dao.

Kobe Bryant, who received the ball on the outside, revealed his intention to hold the ball alone, and this time, O'Neal, who was used to squatting, actually ran to the high post abnormally and made a block for Kobe.

The third position of the martial arts has the figure of the fourth position or even comparable to the fifth position, and in one-on-one, his size, his strength, and his speed can provide him with terrifying combat power.

But such a large body type is not completely without shortcomings, and his size will make him easy to eat cover, after all, the body frame is large, and there is no way to "drill" through the gap between the screen and the ball carrier.

When facing the opponent's cover, Martial Arts can only go around the cover or get close in advance, or squeeze the cover to create space for himself.

If it is a "little weak chicken" like Fisher who blocks Kobe Bryant, with his strength and figure, Wu Dao can easily fly the opponent and then pursue Kobe.

But at this time, the person who covered for Kobe was O'Neal, who was nearly 300 pounds, and the martial arts who wanted to pursue Kobe were directly "hung" by O'Neal, and he couldn't keep up with Kobe at all.

After Bryant crossed the defense of the martial arts, he went to the basket of the Timberwolves, and then "twisted and twisted" under Garnett's supplemental defense, avoided Garnett's block in an extremely twisted posture, and pulled the ball into the basket for a layup.

The Lakers fans who watched the difficult layup were enthusiastic, and as the basketball entered the net, the cheers of the fans also poured into the court.

"Hey, you're so powerful!"

Wu Dao watched Kobe Bryant cross himself into the basket and score, and his face couldn't help but sink.

He also wants to try to get a clean sheet for Nag, so that when his fans brag about it in the future, he can provide fans with material to brag about.

But unexpectedly, O'Neal, a "lazy man", actually came out to block Kobe Bryant, which was beyond his expectations.

O'Neal's "Lao Tzu's biggest" character would actually block and dismantle the small substitute, instead of squatting in the pit to ask for the ball, which is really a bit abnormal.

But that's the stereotype that Martial Arts has of O'Neill.

Although O'Neill is indeed the kind of "Lao Tzu is the best in the world", his desire to win will never lose to anyone.

During the Lakers OK period, no matter how explosive the relationship between O'Neal and Kobe Bryant was in private, on the court, the two were able to work together for victory.

After leaving the Lakers, when O'Neal, who is used to being the boss, goes to the Heat to join Wade, he will also say to Wade "This is your team, I will be your bodyguard, I want you to carry the banner, I plan that we win 1, 2 together. Probably 7 overall titles. ”

The Timberwolves led by Wu Dao not only put huge pressure on Kobe, but also put huge pressure on O'Neal, completely arousing O'Neal's desire to win.

Wu Dao tilted his head slightly, looked at O'Neill, who was pretending to rub his chest and say teasing words at this time, and was speechless for a while.

"Annoying guy."

The Lakers players began to retreat, Wu Dao muttered, and ran briskly towards the Lakers' frontcourt, the power of the OK combination has begun to appear, and he needs a goal to help the team stabilize its position.

Marbury entered the front court with the ball, saw Takeshi asking for the ball, and was about to play the ball when Fisher in front of him slid and blocked the passing route between Marbury and Takemi.

Although the pass was blocked, Fisher's defense against Marbury was also a huge hole.

Marbury quickly collected the ball, dropped the ball in front of him, started quickly with the ball in his left hand, quickly crossed Fisher's side, and when he was about to approach the free throw line, he saw O'Neal who was "squatting" revealing his intention to make up for the defense, and immediately slammed his body and made a quick shot with a small throw.

The basketball smashed on the edge of the frame and bounced back, and the backcourt rebound was caught in O'Neal's hand, and the offense and defense were easy to turn.

The Lakers' advance speed was not fast, and Fisher actually handed over the ball to Kobe Bryant after landing on the ground. Seeing the basketball fall into Kobe's hands, Wu Dao couldn't help but turn his head slightly, and looked at O'Neal's position.

However, at the moment when Wu Dao observed O'Neal's position, Kobe Bryant started with the ball, Wu Dao started half a beat slower, and quickly blocked Kobe, the two of them walked a few steps, and the corner of Wu Dao's eyes suddenly noticed that a huge figure had fallen on his travel route.

In a moment of footsteps, Martial Arts quickly stopped in front of O'Neal, and at the same time, Kobe Bryant also quickly passed by Martial Arts, and directly opened Stanley Roberts, who was chasing O'Neal to the front of the position, with a jump in the ball, and then hit the board with a small hook in his left hand at the basket position.

"Smack!" The basketball hit the rebound lightly, bounced back into the basket and made a soft noise.

The stadium was suddenly overwhelmed by the cheers of the Lakers fans.

Kobe Bryant scored consecutive points on the head of Wu Dao, igniting a fire in the hearts of fans. Lakers fans watched Kobe Bryant a few balls, and suddenly felt that Kobe Bryant's kid was so pleasing to the eye.

Aren't you Minnesota Timberwolves just shit lucky to pick up a young superstar? Don't we Zijin Lakers have our own young superstars?!

At this time, Kobe's performance on the court seemed to fans to be a "fight" with the Timberwolves' martial arts.

"Well done!"

"Little brother is really good, he didn't waste my blocking and dismantling cover." O'Neal saw that the Timberwolves' defense was breached, looked at Kobe Bryant, who scored continuously, with a bright smile on his face, and stretched out his hand towards Kobe.

Although he didn't like O'Neal's "little brother", Kobe Bryant still high-fived O'Neal after scoring the goal.

He knew very well that he was able to score so easily in these two balls, thanks to O'Neal's blocking and dismantling.

If he is allowed to attack the defense line of the martial arts by himself, not to mention whether he can score or not, even if he makes a shot, I am afraid that he will suffer a very serious interference.

The fans cheered.

Kobe Bryant's face did not show any smug expression, he was a pure person, he didn't think that he was defeating martial arts in this way, young Kobe Bryant also had a kind of "chivalry", what he longed in his heart was to be able to defeat martial arts "alone" and "head-on".

The Lakers' scoring streak has already brought the team's momentum out, Kobe's goal made the scores of the two teams close, and the Lakers' players have worked the defensive end.

Fisher seems to have found a way to defend Marbury, standing slightly sideways, focusing on blocking the pass tandem between Marbury and Takemi, and his right side of the defense area is wide empty, letting Marbury break through.

And the person who makes up for Fisher's defensive holes is O'Neal on the inside, and O'Neal's presence makes it impossible for Marbury to score under the basket even if he can break through Fisher's defense.

The Timberwolves' Roberts doesn't have what it takes to pull O'Neal out of the line.

"Stephen!"

At this time, Garnett quickly lifted the position and asked for the ball in the near basket near the side of the paint area, and after hearing Garnett's shout, Marbury quickly accelerated and rushed forward, flipped his left wrist during the process, and quickly passed the ball to Garnett's hand.

As soon as the latter basketball started, a "standardized" turnaround jump shot was directly made after the back of the shoulder, but under the pressure of the Lakers defenders, Garnett's shot was inaccurate, and the basketball collapsed out of the basket.

Once again, the rebound was caught in O'Neal's hands.

Garnett plays the No. 4 position, but his offensive means are actually biased towards the No. 3 position, Garnett's iron-blooded jumper is difficult to defend against many players in the same position, and when Garnett feels it, it is indeed "unstoppable".

But the flaws of this style of play in the No. 4 position are also obvious, you put aside that iron-blooded jumper at the No. 4 position, so what about rebounding?

Do you expect the team's No. 5 to grab two?

Unrealistic.

It is precisely for this reason that Garnett's style of play is actually difficult to digest a large number of shots, although his career efficiency is good, but no season of scoring can "explode".

Although he is an MVP-level player, his scoring method is destined to make him unable to become a supercore like Jordan and Kobe Bryant to lead the team to win championships, and he must be assisted by excellent outside scorers by his side.

That's why Garnett is known as "the best big boss for the second to be in charge." ”

After the basketball was started, the Lakers tried to quickly push and counterattack, and the basketball was thrown to the front court by O'Neal and held by Eddie Jones.

After the latter got the ball, he immediately sped up and rushed to the Timberwolves basket, but the moment he grabbed the ball and got up to dunk, Garnett's figure came out from the side, and a big hand pressed directly on the basketball in Eddie Jones' hand.

Admittedly, Garnett has a huge flaw if he is to attack the big core.

But Garnett's defense has no serious flaws, except for the fact that there is no way to deal one-on-one with a super center like O'Neal, Garnett is fully capable of defending from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position.

After getting Garnett, Green Kai built a defensive system around Garnett, and jumped from a team with a sparse defense to the league's top defensive powerhouse.

Chasing this kind of thing is not a problem for Garnett at all!

The basketball fell rapidly, and Wu Dao, who was also chasing Eddie Jones to return to the court quickly, was quick and directly squeezed away Kobe Bryant who was trying to grab the ball with his body, and then turned around and quickly ran towards the front court with the ball.

But as soon as Wudao crossed the middle line, Kobe Bryant chased after him from behind and quickly pressed towards Wudao. He intends to put pressure on Martial Arts and press Martial Arts to make mistakes.

For a player of Takedo's height, it is easy to make mistakes with the ball over long distances.

But

Martial arts are different from other players.

After perceiving Kobe's intentions, Wu Dao instead increased his speed, and at the moment when Kobe Bryant was close, he took the initiative to confront and directly pushed Kobe Bryant, and then the martial arts body with the ball did not pause at all, and instantly approached the three-point line.

Seeing the menacing appearance of the martial arts, O'Neill quickly stepped forward to defend.

However, what O'Neal didn't expect was that the tall martial arts were able to complete a high-quality body change of direction while traveling at high speed, and O'Neal was completely passed in an instant, passing O'Neal from the left side of the basket with his back to split the dunk, and poured the ball into the net with both hands.

And with the martial arts slam dunk score, the Timberwolves fans who had been suppressed for a long time suddenly cheered.

"OK combination, right?"

"KO you guys!"

(End of chapter)