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Chapter 135 The Lakers Undercurrents (please subscribe~)

"Boy Dongfang, you did a good job, you have beautiful blocks and assists." After the game, Steve Nash came over and said to Tang Qian.

"Mr. Nash, you're flattering me. I only have more data, and it's not worth mentioning." Tang Qian replied politely.

"Not worth mentioning? Haha, young people should not be too modest~" Nash said with a smile.

"But whether I can stay in the NBA now is a question. How dare I be proud." Tang Qian said this sincerely.

"It doesn't matter. Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared. I believe you are a person who is prepared." Steve Nash had a good impression of this Oriental, so he encouraged him.

"Well, thank you, Mr. Nash, I will work hard." Tang Qian said, and added in a mysterious way, "Maybe in the future, we can still be teammates, sir."

"Teammates?" Nash laughed and said, "Maybe, who can tell the future except God?"

The next day, ESPN's basketball section headlines.

Kobe Bryant 36 points, Pau Gasol dunk lore Suns!

TNT basketball section.

The Spaniard makes a fatal dunk, and the Lakers shoot down Phoenix!
Fox basketball section.

Pau Gasol ends Phoenix!
Los Angeles Times.

"The Awakening of the Spanish Matador, the dunk in the final game, the lore beats the sun!" "

bleachers.

"The man standing behind the Spaniard, China Hot, the hero behind the Lakers' reversal!" "

……

"Congratulations, some people have been featured in the newspaper." Taylor Swift said on the other end of the phone.

"It's just half a line, more than ten words, what's the newspaper? Don't bury me." Tang Qian replied.

"This is a good start, isn't it? As long as you perform well in the next game, I think you will definitely be able to stay on the team!" Taylor Swift said.

"You have confidence in me." Tang Qian said with a wry smile: "Actually, if you watched the game carefully, you would know that my performance last night was very average. If I hadn't made some contributions in the end, I might have lost The data on the whole line will be zeroed."

"Hi, Don, don't be too demanding. The road has to be taken step by step, right? Anyway, I think you are absolutely fine." Taylor said while thinking, you are my death knight, if this problem If it can't be solved, then Master Eugene must have made a mistake! ! !
"Okay, I will work hard." Although he didn't know why the other party had so much confidence in him, this kind of encouragement still warmed Tang Qian's heart.

"Oh, by the way, Don, remember to pick me up at the airport tomorrow. I should arrive in Los Angeles at noon." Taylor said into the phone as if he had remembered something.

"Okay, I'll go, don't worry." Taylor is his first friend in the United States, and he is usually very good to himself, so he has no reason not to pick her up.

"It's just... no reporter will see it, right? It's not good for you." Tang Qian asked quickly, thinking of the other party's identity.

"No problem, those idiots thought I was in New York and would come here at night, Lucy specially booked two plane tickets for me, one at noon and one at night, just to avoid these annoying guys, so you There is absolutely nothing to worry about."

Hearing what Taylor said, Tang Qian dispelled his worries, nodded and said, "Okay, then it's settled like this, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

……

"Bryant, how do you feel hot?" Matt Barnes found Kobe and Paul Gasol and asked.

"ah? Matt? What do you mean?" Bryant looked at Matt Barnes with some puzzlement.

"Nothing, just a random question, Paul, what do you think?"

The Spaniard thought about it for a while and said, "It feels pretty good, he's a nice person."

"What? Paul, I'm not asking this, I want to ask how it feels to play with him?" Matt Barnes immediately explained clearly when he saw that the other party would make a mistake.

"Oh, it's this aspect." Gasol slowed down for a few seconds, and then said: "It feels okay, and there is nothing uncomfortable about cooperating."

"How about Andrew and Troy?" Matt Barnes continued to ask.

"eh?" The Spaniard hesitated this time, because the answer was a little sensitive.

"Matt, are you here to speak for China?" Kobe is an "old Jianghu" after all, telling the truth.

"That's right." Matt Barnes said without embarrassment at all: "I just came to speak for him."

"What did he do for you?" Bryant asked, because he knew what Matt Barnes' background was.

"Benefits? There are no benefits at all." Barnes also replied cheerfully.

"Then you..." Kobe was also confused at this moment, and couldn't help asking.

"He saved my life." Matt Barnes was straightforward, and he didn't hide much when he spoke.

"Saved your life?" Kobe was surprised by this answer, but he didn't ask for more details, but just showed a clear expression and said, "No wonder you care so much about him recently, it turns out that's the case."

"Hey~ Although I, Matt, is not a good person, I will never forget the kindness of saving my life. Besides..." Matt Barnes seemed to have thought of something, and said, "I have already worshiped him as a teacher, so I said he It's my business."

"W, what? Did you worship him as a teacher?" Today's news is too much, and even Kobe Bryant, who has always been "numb", was slightly moved.

He is very clear about Matt Barnes' "crime", the core of the Southsiders gang in Los Angeles, and most people dare not mess with him.And such a person would actually be convinced and worship another person as a teacher?No matter how you think about it, Kobe feels a little incredible.

To be honest, even I spent a lot of energy in order to calm down the opponent. How did he do it as an oriental person?Kobe was also a little curious.

"Sorry, Kobe, I can't disclose the details of this matter to you, but I admire hot money from the bottom of my heart. I'm not even afraid that you will laugh at me, even the title of this named disciple is mine. It took a lot of effort to get it. SO, I have to help him with this matter!" Matt Barnes said seriously.

Kobe is not the kind of person who likes to "get to the bottom of it". When he heard that Barnes was unwilling to speak, he didn't force it. He just opened his mouth and said: "If what you said is true, then you should help him. I have no comment."

"Really? Really?" Barnes knew the character of the man in front of him, and usually he would not easily go back on what he said, so he couldn't help but happily said: "Kobe, you agree?"

"I don't care." Kobe replied to Matt Barnes: "Matt, you know me, I just want to win, I just want a championship, as long as anyone can help me, I am willing to accept .”

Don't look at what Kobe said so easily and simply, but in fact it is not an ordinary difficulty to get his approval.

In the entire Lakers team, plus some inactive players who can't officially play, there are about 15 to 16. With so many people, Kobe's approval is no more than one palm, and Kobe's trust is even rarer. .Because in this league, most players play for dollars, not for victory, so it's not surprising that they don't match Kobe.Furthermore, Kobe himself is a paranoid man. He wished that all the Lakers players would be like him, training hard day and night, but this situation is simply unrealistic. Most people just regard playing in the NBA as a high salary. It's just work, almost no one wants to train "self-harm" like Kobe.Thinking back to the OK combination of the Lakers back then, do you dare to say that as a professional athlete, as the number one boss in the league, "Shark" O'Neal didn't train hard?For most people, O'Neal definitely trains hard, but for Kobe, he doesn't think so.In his consciousness, he obviously set the limit of hard work extremely high. The "big shark" once called him a "tool dog", which is a clue.

It seems to be a compliment but a derogation.

So for a long time, he felt that Kobe was an unreasonable lunatic, and he couldn't get on line with him at all.

"Paul? What's your opinion?" Although Matt Barnes is straight-tempered, he is not an idiot. It is a manifestation of his emotional intelligence that he brought Kobe and Gasol together today.He knows very well who is Kobe's "trust" in this team, so as long as these two people are settled, the team's side is tantamount to a certainty.As for Mike Brown, it’s not in Barnes’ consideration at all. In his own words, this guy is just a fool, and he’s one fifth avenue away from “Zen Master” Jackson. Don’t look at the former as a member of the Lakers. Coach, wait until next season, maybe who will be with whom?
Don't think that Gasol is a mild-tempered person, and he will "let others push him down". In fact, if the Spaniard doesn't have a super high EQ and IQ, how can he get along with a paranoid like Kobe?After seeing the team boss express his attitude, he opened his mouth and said: "I personally think that it may be more comfortable for me to cooperate with Tang Qian. Although his offensive firepower is slightly weaker, his defensive attitude is far better than that of Tang Qian." This is especially important when dealing with strong teams." After a pause, the Spaniard said again: "Last night's game against the Suns is an example. I think it might be better to replace Andrew and Troy. The Lakers can't win."

"By the way, Kobe, speaking of which, how is Andrew's injury? Has the team doctor come out with results?" Gasol asked Kobe.

"I heard from Gary Vitti that there is no ligament injury, it's just an ordinary ankle sprain, and a week of rest is enough for a full recovery." As the boss of the Lakers, Kobe Bryant, the source of the news, has a natural spiritual channel.

"One week, so you can't play immediately, right?" Gasol asked.

"Yes, that's what Gary said. Although the ligaments and bones were not injured, the soft tissue around the ankle was still damaged to a certain extent, so rest is a must, and you can't play with the injury." Kobe said, slightly twitching the corner of his mouth Leaving aside, he said: "Of course, with his character, even if he can go into battle with an injury, he will choose to rest at home."

Kobe's confidence in the nun master has been lost. It was fine a few years ago. Since he signed a 2008-year 4 million dollar contract in 5720, the latter has been lazy in an instant. , completely turned into "arrogance".I think Kobe is the master who dare not even get used to "sharks". Don't despise a mere Bynum. In Kobe's later words, compared with Bynum, O'Neal is definitely hardworking.From this we can see what kind of "good image" the nun master left in Kobe's heart.

"Then Kobe, can you talk to Coach Brown and let me do it..." the Spaniard suddenly said with difficulty.

"No problem." Kobe nodded without waiting for Gasol to finish, "You are my brother, I know what to do, don't worry. And Bynum, I have already disliked him, right? If it's on top, I'll definitely let him go!"

"Thanks, Kobe." The Spaniard said happily, because this season, he was suppressed a little too hard. Although Gasol's shooting data this season has not declined but has increased, this is not his wish.The increase in the number of shots is not attractive to Gasol himself.why?Because he knew very well that this was Mike Brown's tactic. It didn't seem to weaken his team's status, but in fact, it weakened by more than 10.0%?This can be seen from the Spaniard's offensive WS. Last season, his offensive WS was still 5.2. So far this season, he has only 32 left. What is WS? win.share, commonly known as victory contribution value.Is there anything more telling than a season in which offensive win shares have nearly halved?I am not yet [-] ​​years old, how could the offensive WS decline so quickly?This is clearly the head coach Mike Brown playing tricks!
Sacrifice me in order to cultivate my cronies in the Lakers?Do you really think I'm a fool, can't you see it?
For the silent sacrifice of the Spaniard, Kobe saw it in his eyes. Just a few days ago, he took the time to look at the player data analysis table, and a data of Pau Gasol surprised him.The Spaniard's average shot distance has directly changed from 7.9 feet last season to 9.7 feet this season, a difference of close to 2 feet, which is really surprising.Everyone knows that as an inside player, of course, the closer to the basket, the better. According to the NBA's shooting distance, more than 10 feet is a mid-range shot. Let Gasol, a big man with 213 cm, hit the mid-range. One can imagine.

So before the Spaniard finished speaking, Kobe directly agreed, because for him, the nun master is not a fart, but Gasol is a real bro.It is clear at a glance which is more important.

"Well, since you all agree, the hot thing..."

"Barnes, I understand what you mean, but we are just players, can we control the affairs of the management? I heard that Kupchak, he dislikes players intervening in team management." Paul Gaso Er was clear-headed and asked a big question.

"And I vaguely heard that the team's intention is to continue to renew the contract with Troy Murphy. In this way, I'm afraid the team's center position will be a bit crowded."

"Really, really? Did Kupchak break his head? Troy Murphy has played like an egg this season, can't he see it?" Matt Barnes became angry when he heard it Big rise.

"Well, I've heard about this too." Kobe nodded his stern face and said, "Kupchak is unwilling to fail, so let's continue to gamble."

"Unwilling to fail? Take a gamble? Kobe, what do you mean?" Barnes was taken aback and opened his mouth to ask.

"Do you know what Troy's salary was last season?" Bryant asked without answering.

"How much? How would I know that!" Barnes said.

"$1197 million." Bryant spit out slowly.

"What? How much?" Barnes didn't pay special attention to Murphy's salary, so he was stunned when he first heard it, and said, "1197 million? Kobe, are you kidding me?"

"Do you think I'm joking?" Kobe glanced at Barnes and continued: "Kupchak finally signed him for only one-tenth of the price. , Definitely a career highlight. To tell you the truth, I was very relieved when I received the news. I thought, finally someone can fill Lamar's vacancy. But the fact, you have all seen it. "

"So Kupchak doesn't want to admit his failure, and stubbornly believes that Troy Murphy can recover? Kobe, do you mean that?" The Spaniard said immediately.

"Yes." Kobe said: "In this alone, he is far from Jerry."

"Did Phil really leave because he was tired, so he wanted to change his life?" Paul Gasol couldn't help but said, he has always had a special feeling for "Zen Master".After all, without the "Zen Master", he would not be able to experience the feeling of being a champion, and he was always erratic in his position in the NBA before. These problems were all solved by the "Zen Master" who helped him fix his attention and help him solve them one by one.Therefore, for Phil Jackson, the Spaniard has always been grateful.

Furthermore, now that the new coach is "lukewarm" towards him, Gasol will inevitably feel unhappy and feel "nostalgic".

"Of course...not." Kobe was silent for a while before he opened his mouth and said, "Do you know why I strongly recommended Brian Shaw when choosing a new coach?"

Gasol shook his head.

"Because only in this way can Phil return to the team smoothly." Bryant said something that shocked Gasol.

"What, what? Return, return to the team? Is it for Phil to return to the team smoothly? Why, why?" The Spaniard was a little confused.

"Perhaps none of you know that Phil chose to leave temporarily in order to undergo surgery."

"Surgery? What kind of surgery?"

Kobe's voice sank, and he said, "Cancer surgery, prostate cancer."

"Cancer? Cancer?" Another "blockbuster", the Spaniard slowed down and asked, "This, when did this happen?"

"Probably at the end of the regular season last season." Kobe replied: "But this prostate cancer can be cured. Before Phil left, he had already scheduled the operation time."

The Spaniard is so smart. After piecing together these pieces of information, he immediately said, "No wonder you strongly recommend Brian Shaw. I wondered at the time. This is all to prepare for Phil's smooth return, right?"

Kobe didn't make a sound, but nodded anyway.

"But in the end, Kupchak still rejected you and chose the young coach Mike Brown. I understand, I understand..."

Paul Gasol suddenly sighed and said, "It seems that I was thinking too simply before. I'm afraid the pool of water of the Lakers has already been undercurrent?"

Kobe fell into a long silence again, and after a long time, he slowly said: "The above matters are their business. As Lakers players, our only goal is to win, to win the championship again, and other redundant things. It’s useless to think about it, but it’s easy to distract your energy, you understand this, Paul.”

"Well, you're right." Gasol responded in a low voice.

"Matt, I will help you with this matter. After all, that Chinese man is more useful than the Trojan horse, isn't he?" Kobe looked at the words on the training hall and said in a low voice.

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