Double stars shine in Los Angeles

Chapter 127
In the last season, World Peace did not make much contribution to the team on the offensive end, except for the realization of the defensive end, and the three-point shooting percentage was not very high.And just after the end of last season, some media said: Whether the Lakers won the championship again will make the world peace that wasted time in the first two summers still waste the summer time, and it will be difficult to achieve anything in the new season.Even some local media and fans in Los Angeles said that World Peace should be cut or traded, because the state of World Peace and his contract of more than 700 million US dollars will become a burden for the Lakers in the new season.

I don’t know whether it’s the media’s accusation of his lack of training in the first two seasons or the rumors that the team traded him or directly laid off staff to stimulate World Peace. World Peace did not go around this summer, but put more The time was devoted to practice, which allowed the rest of the Lakers to see a whole new world of successful weight loss in training camp.

Although World Peace's three-point shooting rate has not improved much compared to last season, he does not only have three-point shooting as a scoring method, but also has other moves, especially the singles after dislocation. See efficiency, which was an effective way for the Lakers' second unit to run into Tracy McGrady's scoring woes, making him the brightest player on the floor in the first few days of training camp. one of the players.

Another most dazzling player is Josh McRoberts. His progress made the Lakers' management sober and did not trade him during the offseason.In the last season, Josh McRoberts was just a blue-collar player who relied on the second attack after grabbing the offensive rebound or the catch and layup after cutting to the basket as the main scoring method, and there were many excellent inside players in the team Under the circumstances, his secondary scoring ability is almost useless, so his data is not good.

In the summer break, Josh McRoberts further developed his mid-range shot and had a good shot.Moreover, Josh McRoberts also learned from Olajuwon's offense under the basket, which gave him a certain ability to create scoring opportunities under the basket, and he still did well in his personal footsteps practice. It's good, and it's used well in actual combat. At least it can be used to a certain extent when encountering opponents whose strength does not have an absolute advantage over him.

And other young players have also made some progress. No one wants to be abandoned by such a strong defending champion team. The temptation of the championship is still great.In addition, there are many big-name players here. Young players can ask these stars for advice to improve themselves. Although it is difficult to have any chance to make a head start now, but take advantage of this opportunity to improve their own strength and turn around later. Other teams can also have a relative A better choice, so as not to become a marginal player.

During the training camp, the team also organized small-scale airport competitions.In terms of the starting lineup, due to the addition of Steve Nash, the team's offense has become very smooth. Compared with last season, Lin Fengzhe's offensive ability has been released to a greater extent.On the offensive end, the problems that Lin Fengzhe and Kobe Bryant might have on the offensive end that the coaching staff worried about at the beginning did not happen. Steve Nash insisted on the principle when Lin Fengzhe was a point guard last season, even You are Kobe Bryant. If the position and opportunity are not good, I will not feed you the ball. This ensures the team's offensive efficiency at a high level. Of course, this requires actual combat with other teams. test.Kobe Bryant didn't say anything about it. After all, Steve Nash, as a two-time regular season MVP, is also older than him. It is estimated that this contract is also his last contract, so he didn't care about history. Steve Nash's dominance of the ball on the court.

But the starting lineup of the Lakers also faces a problem, that is, the defense at the position of the point guard is very problematic. After all, Steve Nash's reputation for defending black holes is not for nothing, so Steve Nash On the defensive end, you always need the help of your teammates.

As for the second team of the Lakers, after Li Yifeng returned to the team, after running-in, the cooperation between Li Yifeng and Tracy McGrady has more tacit understanding, and Tracy McGrady did not give up his own in the off-season. Training, although the breakthrough ability has been greatly reduced due to the increase of age, but the jump shot has been significantly improved, just like Michael Jordan in the latter part of his career, he began to use experience to shake opponents and use jump shots to solve the problem. question.

At the same time, an action of the Los Angeles Lakers also attracted widespread media attention, all because the former team head coach who single-handedly built the Zijin Dynasty once again accepted the invitation of the Lakers management to come out again and serve as the team leader. deputy head coach.

Such a move shocked the media greatly, let such a meritorious coach join the coaching staff again, and raised his own doubts: Is it because Mike Brown's coaching level has not been recognized by the management, but it cannot be denied that Mike Brown Brown led the team to the best record in the regular season and the best record in the playoffs in the class season; will this cause Mike Brown's rights to be emptied, because the Lakers have announced that they will be in the new season. The main exclusive will return to the triangle offense; does this mean that Mike Brown will face the question of being fired, because Phil Jackson's contract reached 600 million US dollars, exceeding Mike Brown's 450 million annual salary.These are the three major issues that the media are most concerned about at present.

Soon the Lakers also responded: First of all, as the team's head coach, Mike Brown's rights will not be emptied, and Phil Jackson will not do so.Secondly, Phil Jackson is just to let Mike Brown better understand his triangle offensive system, which is equivalent to a tactical consultant.Again, Phil Jackson's salary issue is because the team wants to express respect for this meritorious coach (of course, this point is directly ignored).

Regardless of the reasons, this matter has been hyped in the media for nearly a week and it has passed.Because there is never a lack of news in this league, there are all kinds of news every day that will attract the attention of those media whose noses are more sensitive than dogs.

Time always flies, the preseason of the new season is about to start, and the fans who have been waiting for months can finally quench their thirst. Although the preseason is just an appetizer before the main meal, it is better than nothing.

The Lakers will play eight preseason games against the Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers, Utah Jazz (two games), Sacramento Kings (three games), Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas Mavericks.

The Los Angeles Lakers will play their first preseason game on October 10th.Before the holiday on October [-]th, the team made it clear that the main force will play at least [-] minutes in the first three preseason games to adjust the new starting lineup, and this is mandatory, no matter who do it.

On October [-]th, the first preseason game of the Lakers came as scheduled, and the starting lineup was the one that appeared most frequently in the previous team training: center Andrew Bynum, power forward Pau Gasol, Small forward Lin Fengzhe, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, point guard Steve Nash.

In the first quarter of the game, the Los Angeles Lakers showed a strong offensive strength.On the offensive end, Andrew Bynum is looking for opportunities in the low post at the basket, Pau Gasol is in the high post as the center axis, Steve Nash is in charge, and Lin Fengzhe and Kobe Bryant are on both sides of the court to prepare to receive. The ball breaks through or shoots directly.

In the first quarter of the game, the Lakers had Steve Nash pass the ball to Pau Gasol as the center to shoot directly or pass the ball to Andrew Bynum inside.And when Steve Nash passed the ball to Lin Fengzhe or Kobe Bryant broke through to attract the defense, he would pass the ball to Andrew Bynum to attack at the basket.And when the basketball is passed to Pau Gasol, if no one is double-teaming, he will shoot directly if he has a chance, and if he has no chance, he will call it to another person (Kobe or Lin Fengzhe) and Steve Nash.It will be miserable if the opponent shrinks the defense at this time, because it will bear the Lakers' outside three-point blow.After the Lakers introduced Steve Nash, the team's offense became more diversified.

In the first quarter, the Lakers scored 30 points, of which Kobe Bryant scored nine points alone, all of which were three-pointers (three of six shots), Lin Fengzhe scored ten points, Mistaking the fans watching the game for a thinner LeBron James, Steve Nash efficiently sent out five assists in a single quarter.

In the second quarter, the second lineup of the Lakers also showed impressive offensive power. World Peace made use of misplaced singles to score many times.When defending, Tracy McGrady also worked hard and regained his original defense.

At the end of halftime, the Los Angeles Lakers had already led the Golden State Warriors by [-] points.In the second half of the game, the Los Angeles Lakers had no intention of stopping at all, and once again sent the starting lineup to hone their own tactics.And the consequence of this is that all the people in the Golden State Warriors burst into tears-the bullying is too miserable, everyone is just training, why are you the Lakers bullying people like this!
When the game ended, the Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors by 44 points. After one game, the Golden State Warriors only scored 78 points.After the game, the head coach of the Golden State Warriors expressed dissatisfaction with the Lakers, but the Lakers said that they should hone the new lineup and new tactics, and the others will not be considered for the time being.

(End of this chapter)