I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 60
The Lakers' second team didn't last long because the offense was so poor.

Soon, Phil Jackson took advantage of a dead ball to replace Powell with Artest and Farmar with Fisher.

The arrival of Artest is definitely an extremely important supplement for the Lakers. He not only made up for the defensive vacancy in the third position after Ariza left, but more importantly, his offensive ability is unmatched by Ariza.

He has the ability and experience to lead a second unit offense on his own.

After Artest came on the field, the Lakers had a backbone in offense. Artest received a pass from Shannon Brown, forced Davis in the low post, turned over and forced a layup, avoiding Camby's block.

The score between the two sides came to 31:39, and the Lakers still led the Clippers by 8 points.

The Clippers called a timeout, and Dunleavy replaced Gordon with Ricky Davis.

Ricky Davis didn't look very happy. He came off the bench and played more than three minutes and made a three-pointer.

The rest of the time is either running back and forth, or defending, with very few touches, and it is clear that he is being marginalized by Dunleavy.

His ball-handling star style of play, when his personal ability is at its peak, can be a third-rate star with an average of 20+ per game in a weak team, and a third-rate or sixth man in a strong team.

Once their personal ability starts to decline, they lose their ability to attack, and they will be abandoned by the team due to lack of functionality. They will go to some low-intensity overseas leagues to carry, and there are no tigers and monkeys in the mountains to be kings.

Davis is now in such a period of decline. In fact, he is only 31 years old this year, one year younger than Kobe.

Davis, who sat back on the bench, dropped the towel. He thought he could play longer, but Dunleavy wouldn't give him a chance.

Gordon came on the field and formed a younger backcourt combination with Curry. The two partners have a better understanding of the summer league run-in, and the Clippers have a more reliable ball-holding point outside.

As soon as Gordon came on the court, he received a pass from Curry, dribbled the ball under his crotch, and went straight to the basket.
Fisher's footsteps were obviously worse in front of Gordon, and he missed a breakthrough.

The referee still gave the Lakers face with the ball and did not call Mbenga's defensive foul.

Gordon has to complain, and it is difficult for Ricky Davis to do this kind of ball now.

On the sidelines, Min Congda's head started to hurt again.

"What the hell is this No. 2 bald guy defending against? Even a wooden stake on the field is better than him? Was Gordon just so random?"

"If I were the general manager of the Lakers, such a player would be laid off directly! What's the use of keeping a full body?"

Subsequently, Artest stormed the basket and hit again. On the Clippers side, Camby received a pass from Curry and dunked back at the basket.

The two sides played all the way to 36:42, and the Lakers' lead narrowed.

Halfway through the second quarter, the main players of both sides re-appeared.

Curry replaced Baron Davis. His performance in five or six minutes on the court was remarkable, with 6 points, 2 assists, and 2 turnover.

The statistics are not very good, but when he is on the court, he controls the team's offensive situation.

And the defensive end is so-so and not bad, and it has not become a super big hole.

It is a pity that after Curry was replaced, Kobe appeared on the stage, and the face-to-face contest between the two seemed to be postponed.

After the main players re-appeared, the Lakers did not immediately take the initiative on the court as the fans thought.

Instead, it was the Clippers who took the initiative, because no one in the Lakers could handle Randolph in the paint.

Randolph is in very good form tonight. Since he was locked up for beating someone last time and caused a storm, he has calmed down a lot when he came out of the police station.

On the sidelines, Randolph's mother sat in the audience watching her son's game. She came from Marion, Indiana to visit after his son's accident. On the night Randolph came home from the police station, he directly Give him a slap.

"You've grown up enough to stop messing around, Zach."

The mother only said this to him, and then ignored him again. She just stayed with her son in Los Angeles until the start of the regular season. Season ready.

Facing the Lakers Odom's defense, Randolph was not afraid at all. In the first quarter, he even scored 8 points with penalty shots.

In the second quarter, Randolph first received a pass from Davis on the outside and hit a mid-range jumper.

Then, he grabbed an offensive rebound in the offense, scored and caused Odom's defensive foul.

For a swingman like Odom in the third and fourth positions, it is really difficult to defend a pure fourth position like Randolph, and even a player whose tonnage exceeds many fifth positions.

Extra penalty hit, Randolph unmatched inside, his state is excellent.

In fact, Randolph also averaged 20+ per game last season, and there is no problem with his competitive state.

The Clippers want to trade him away just because they want to choose Griffin to make room for the No. [-] pick.

At the same time, they are not optimistic about Randolph's future development. This guy's cancerous attributes are indeed a bit serious.

But people will always mature, the so-called thirty-year-old, 28-year-old Randolph wants to mature.

The difficult years in his childhood made him feel inferior, so after he became famous and rich, he indulged himself wantonly, using alcohol and misbehavior to vent the bullying he received in childhood.

At that time, his family was really poor, and his mother took care of four children by herself. While receiving relief from the government, she had to work several jobs to support them.

In order to reduce the burden on his mother, Randolph did not hesitate to steal things and sell them for money, but he was caught and sent to the reformatory school for more than a month.

It was an indelible stain in his life.

Fortunately, basketball saved him and gave him money and status, but these things made him lost.

Portland, New York, feasting and feasting, he wants to eat everything he didn't eat when he was a child, buy everything he can't buy, and play with women who can't reach him once, so that he is happy and willing.

He knew his teammates didn't like him, thought he was a poor guy from rural Indiana, a redneck, and he couldn't fit in the big cities, Portland, New York, and Los Angeles, where people were hypocritical, exaggerated, flashy, money worshipers .

When he learned that he might be traded, he didn't miss it at all. He wanted to change places, go to a small city, go to the south, go to a place with a lot of black people. Memphis is a good place, and Chris Wallace had contacted him.

But everything changed, all plans changed because of the arrival of that man, Smart-Min, a funny guy.

He is different from many NBA general managers. He has no airs at all, and he is always so happy and informal.

There are too many bitter and bitter people in the NBA, those coaches, managers, and assistant coaches, who frown every day to analyze this command and that, and think hard, making everyone very tired.

Smart is different. He is lively, assertive, never hesitates to speak, always confident, always unexpected, and it is a joy to hang out with him.

After the nightclub beating incident, Randolph did not expect Smart to be the first to come out to support them. In his impression, the management will never stick to the pan, and he will issue a condemnation as soon as something happens to clear the blame.

On the player's side?Unless it is absolutely beneficial to them.

Although a few white people said racially discriminatory words that day, their mouths were not clean.

The situation can be reversed later, thanks to the timely arrival of Sloan and his agent, which is said to be arranged by Smart.

Smart's strong support minimized the price they paid, and Randolph also deeply felt that this could not continue like this.

It's time to play well, realize your own value, and return to basketball.

"Zach Randolph, got a pass from Davis, got a pass from Odom, hit a hook! Randolph scored seven points in a row! This guy has a soft touch, it's unbelievable, Odom Dom couldn't guard him at all."

The commentators at the scene all admired Randolph's delicate technique under his rough appearance.

Min Congda looked at the scoreboard. The first half was almost over. The Lakers only led the Clippers by 47 points at 45:2!
"What the hell is the defending champion? Even our Clippers can't beat us, just kidding me!"

(End of this chapter)