Chapter 204: Mamba Spirit, Draft Suggestion (Lore Failure, Cross-Day Update Brought!) )
Successfully won the eighth crown of his career, Wang Shuo's mood at the moment can be described as Europe after the signing of the non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Germany - there are no "waves" at all.
In this life, with the increasing number of championships, the championship ring is no longer Wang Shuo's only pursuit.
In Wang Shuo's view, cultivating young players who are still half-finished products step by step into superstars, and even historical stars, is his biggest source of happiness at present.
Admittedly, most of the players Wang Shuo has coached so far would have had a successful career, even without his own presence.
However, looking back on Wang Shuo's coaching career, it is not difficult to find that many players who originally had the ability to attack a higher historical status, but failed to reach the other side due to various reasons, have achieved more brilliant achievements under his wise leadership.
For example, Iverson, who no longer has regrets in this life.
For example, Xiao Yao, who has become the ceiling of the center forward world.
In Wang Shuo's eyes, the only fly in the ointment is that even as the head of Zhan Mi, he is always thinking about His Majesty the Great Emperor......
James also failed to fully calm down and evolve himself as he thought.
But in Wang Shuo's mind, this can't be all blamed on James.
Because to blame......
I can only blame myself for not beating him hard enough!
As the saying goes, failure and beating are the best ways to grow.
In Wang Shuo's opinion, James's life in this life is still too smooth.
Otherwise......
How could he still miss his broken excel all day after so many years have passed?
At the Staples Center, while defending the title, Garnett, who just joined the Lakers last summer, is undoubtedly the most excited person.
This iron-clad South Carolina gentleman can't help but shed the "heroic sweat" after all the hardships.
After 16 years of career, he finally won the first championship.
Sixteen years......
Sixteen full years of youth!
At this moment, no one knows what Garnett's mood really is.
But one thing is for sure, for the rest of his career, Garnett has recognized that he must hold Wang Shuo's thigh.
As for the big book that mixed up a championship ring before retiring......
Ahh
How can the championship be called a mixed champion with his ability?
On the court, in the crowd of Lakers celebrating, except for Garnett, it is definitely Big Ben who is the most excited at this moment.
This season, don't look at Big Ben not getting much playing time with the Lakers.
But as the captain of the Lakers' sideline cheerleading team, if it weren't for Big Ben's relentless towel waving every night......
So how could the Lakers make it all the way to the end?
Among the members of Wang Shuo's coaching staff, Schneider and Vogel, who were fortunate to learn from Wang Shuo's side this season, also benefited a lot.
In Wang Shuo's memory, Schneider and Vogel are the kind of coaches who have goods in their stomachs.
It's just that compared to Wang Shuo at this moment, they still lack the ability to control the game.
In addition, following Wang Shuo's side, Vogel and Schneider gradually understood the importance of prestige and seniority to a head coach.
In Wang Shuo's previous life, many NBA coaches often restricted their coaching talent in the early days of taking charge of a team, and it was never their tactical theory reserves that restricted their coaching talent.
It's about whether the stars in the team are willing to obey their arrangement.
Mike Malone, who returned to Cleveland this season, is a prime example.
Compared with when he first coached the Cavaliers, a large part of the reason why Malone was able to succeed this year is precisely because as Wang Shuo's status has become higher and higher, he has been stabbed back to Wang Shuo's side, and he is no longer the same as the mediocre championship assistant coach back then.
Therefore, on this night, in addition to celebrating the championship with the players, Vogel and Schneider also believe that they will definitely have a brighter future in the future after being gilded by Wang Shuo's side.
After all......
There was James, who thought that the best coach in the NBA (Mike Malone) was not as good as he knew the ball......
In the future, even those who are famous in the NBA, under the suppression of the halo of "Wang Shuo Coach", they will have to weigh the consequences of offending "Wang Shuo Coach" in the NBA.
And in the past two years, in order to further expand his influence in the coaching world, Wang Shuo will acquiesce to Brown, Malone and others to teach under his own banner every summer.
For example, Vogel had previously participated in the "God of Coaching Training Camp" held by Ma Long.
Generally speaking, the main purpose of holding a coach camp in the NBA is to provide a way for young coaches to rise through the camp.
It's like in a global village, no matter where you don't have connections, you can't move an inch.
Wang Shuo knows that in the NBA, only enough apprentices and grandchildren can help him keep his title as the No. 1 coach in history in the future.
Therefore, as his reputation grew, in addition to constantly leading the team to establish feats on the field, he also continued to expand off the field.
At the Staples Center, after the players were lively for a while, Kobe Bryant also personally lifted the O'Brien Cup, which symbolizes the highest team honor in the NBA, for the Lakers for the second year in a row.
It was the fourth championship of Kobe's career.
Previously, Kobe Bryant, who was worried that he might not be able to win a championship in the future, once again mentioned Wang Shuo's positive impact on him in his acceptance speech.
'He changed me, he taught me how to win.'
As the unyielding leader of the Lakers, the biggest difference between Kobe Bryant and the Kobe Bryant in the same period of history in Wang Shuo's memory at this moment is undoubtedly that he gradually changed from being strict with himself and treating others to being strict with himself and treating others with leniency.
In Wang Shuo's previous life, many of Kobe's teammates have said in the future that Kobe is a team leader who has strict requirements for his teammates' game and training attitude.
In the NBA, such personalities can be both good and bad.
The good thing is that for a player like Odom who knows you strictly for his good purposes, he can be as fragrant as he is by Kobe's side.
But the downside is also obvious.
Because in the NBA, a league full of giant babies, who can stand Kobe's paranoid demands?
Historically, Kobe's style has gradually changed, precisely because he gradually changed the way he got along with his teammates in the later years of his career.
At the same time, with the passage of time, many teammates who had conflicts with Kobe Bryant before gradually understood that if they could listen to Kobe's teachings......
Then there are quite a few of them who have the potential to reach even greater heights.
And......
Kobe Bryant has many shortcomings, you can't deny that in his 20-year career, it has never changed, as long as he is on the court, he will definitely devote himself to both offensive and defensive ends, and you don't let him take the blame, he will even take the initiative to play 20 or 30 times to catch the pot of the "Mamba spirit".
At this point, Wang Shuo really didn't understand why the Kohei in his memory could say such crazy words as Kobe Bryant's abolition of teammates......
Because aren't Kobe's teammates all "supergiants"?
For example, in Wang Shuo's memory, Derek Fisher, who has been blown into the same level as Paul by some groups.
and Gasol, whose dominance is far underestimated by the world, whose individual hard power is far above Duncan, and who has never led the Grizzlies to the second round before teaming up with Kobe.
And in Wang Shuo's previous life, the lake secrets ridiculed Kobe's teammates CBA all day long......
Is it possible that even the Lakers, who won two consecutive championships, had real CBA teammates like DJ Mbenga, Josh Powell, and Sasha Vujacic who probably couldn't even play in the CBA?
In fact, if Kobe Bryant's teammates can perform a little more normally, they can get higher ratings from people.
As for Phil Jackson, who is regarded as a god by some groups......
In this life, Wang Shuo has proved with his personal experience that Jackson's coaching ability is not as divine as they boast.
But it's also interesting to say.
That's not to look at some groups to brag about Jackson all the time, but if you really let Jackson coach their older brother......
Then they will definitely be the first to say no.
At the Staples Center, after the championship trophy was awarded, the Lord of the Rings, Bill Russell, also indisputably handed out this year's Finals MVP trophy to Kobe.
He won the regular season MVP and finals MVP for two consecutive years in his career.
On this night, Kobe Bryant has already entered the top 10 in NBA history with one foot.
In the wave of cheers of the fans at the scene, Kobe Bryant, who once again walked on the main stage to give a speech, choked up several times.
At this moment, Kobe's mood can only be described as being wrapped in happiness.
TNT TV, O'Neal, who saw this scene, couldn't help but sigh: "Kobe Bryant deserves all this, he is definitely the best player in the NBA at the moment." ”
On the side, Barkley said: "From Michael to Allen, to Yao and Tim, and Kobe Bryant at the moment......
You have to admit that Wang has a unique ability to train superstars. ”
Hearing this, Smith quipped: "Then if you hand over LeBron James to Wang Shuo for training...... Do you think he can become the Kobe Bryant he is now? ”
After a pause, Barkley said, "Kenny, as narrators, we can't always be so harsh.
You know, everyone has their own strengths. ”
Smith laughed: "Including LeBron? ”
Barkley nodded, "Even LeBron." ”
If it was in Wang Shuo's previous life, Barkley's sentence "even including LeBron" would definitely make him be sprayed on the hot search of the Internet afterwards.
But in this life......
What Barkley didn't know at this moment was that his words would become words of comfort and encouragement for many people in the future.
Because, as Barkley said, everyone has their own strengths.
If you feel that you have too many shortcomings in yourself, there are no advantages.
Then you might as well think about LeBron.
On the court, after the championship award ceremony and the finals MVP award ceremony, that night, at the celebration party paid by Wang Shuo, everyone also had a good time.
The next day, according to custom, the Lakers officially announced this year's championship parade plan.
Because of his health, Buss Sr. will not attend this year's Lakers championship parade.
Although, in the eyes of the New York media, the 3 million championship parade cost announced by the Lakers this year can only be described as shabby.
But in fact, in the NBA, except for the Knicks......
Which team spends tens of millions of dollars on the Championship Parade?
In addition, Wang Shuo, who knows the physical condition of the old Bass well, knows better than anyone that the reason why the old Bass did not participate in the Lakers' championship parade this year is because he hopes that Buss Jr. can cut a bigger cake at the Lakers' championship parade this year.
According to the championship parade plan announced by the Lakers, this year's Lakers' championship parade will be organized by Buss Jr.
And, in order to take care of old Buss, Jeanie Buss will not participate in the Lakers' championship parade this year.
Compared with Wang Shuo's memory, Aunt Jenny has not only been excluded from the Lakers' power center in the past two years, but also after Wang Shuo gradually taught his advanced marketing concepts to Bass Jr., the commercial operation part of the Lakers will most likely be in charge of Bass Jr. after the death of Buss Sr.
For Lakers fans in this life, they don't realize how good news this is at this moment.
But Wang Shuo, who has come over, is very clear......
Even if Bass Jr. held a grand retirement tour in history in order to give Kobe Bryant, it did cause the Lakers to have a low point for several years in a sense.
But is there a possibility......
Historically, if Bass Jr. is given a few more years, then under the operation of the logo man, the Lakers are likely to have Tatum, Ingram, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard at the same time in the future?
You must know that when Tatum ran for the election, Kobe Bryant strongly recommended that the Lakers must choose him.
In addition, Bryant also admires Ingram and often uses his spare time to tutor Ingram.
As for Paul George and Kawhi Leonard......
Wang Shuo believes that in terms of the operation ability of the logo man, as long as Bass Jr. is in power, he who has always worn the same pants as Buss Jr., even if he can't run the two brothers to the Lakers, he will use his connections to bring other stars of the same level to the Lakers.
Moreover, under the operation of Jerry West, the Lakers will definitely not say that they have only won one park championship in the end when they overdraft the future of the team.
Of course, what will happen to the Lakers next is not something that Wang Shuo cares about.
Because the day after the Lakers won the championship, a certain boiled egg kidnapped him again in Los Angeles.
And even this time......
Or the rope that Olson handed to Jordan with his own hands!
On the evening of the 16th, looking at Jordan, who tied himself to a luxury hotel in Los Angeles, Wang Shuo said speechlessly: "Michael, next time you want to meet me......
Just make a phone call, can you not engage in this kind of surprise attack? ”
Hearing this, after glancing at Wang Shuo, Jordan said, "But when did I ask you out, didn't you say that you were busy?" ”
Wang Shuo pondered in his mind for a while and then said with a straight face: "It seems to be true." ”
After a pause, while tidying up his clothes, Wang Shuo said, "Say, Michael, what did you come to me for today?" ”
Jordan said: "I wanted to ask you about the Bobcats' recommendations for this year's draft. ”
Wang Shuo: "......"
No!
Who are you Bobcats going to pick, and what does it have to do with me, the head coach of the Lakers?
Also, isn't that really a break in the rules of the NBA?
Where in NBA history has a team asked another team's head coach who to pick in the draft?
Is there any royal law and heavenly principle in this world?
But......
Don't look at Wang Shuo complaining in his heart for a while, but as long as he thinks that he can lead the Lakers to create a dynasty next year, he has to fulfill his contract to coach Charlotte......
Plus considering the difficulty of building the Bobcat into a giant......
After carefully weighing it in his mind, Wang Shuo felt that he really needed to give Jordan, who was confused at the moment, a little help.