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"Rookie, you don't have to come to see me.……"

In the VIP ward of a famous private hospital in San Antonio, Parker, lying on the bed with an IV drip, said to Joey who came to visit him.

Joey didn't say anything, but just silently put down the supplements and Tokyo Hot's latest work in his hand.

The"romantic Frenchman" who was originally a little moved, suddenly brightened up.

"Boy, how do you know I like to watch... No!"

Parker's expression changed, and his cheeks suddenly turned red:

"Damn Manu!"

Joey's expression remained unchanged, but he was somewhat speechless: the No. 1 scumbag in the NBA, the French sports car, the playboy who conquered one of the sexiest women in Europe... would actually be interested in some art films that study the structure of the human body...

It's really weird!

""You little brat, don't think I won't hold you responsible for stealing my starting spot just because you gave me a gift!"

Feeling that he had lost face in front of his juniors, Parker wanted to regain some"face" in other ways, and said in a dignified manner.

"Give those guys a good kick. I don't want the team's performance to decline during my recovery period. Do you hear me?"

The sports car, posing as a senior,"scolded" Joey.

Joey didn't say anything, but nodded silently.

However, Parker may not realize how much"influence" his words will have in the next week's NBA Western Conference regular season."

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On January 7, the new week of the NBA regular season began. The Spurs challenged the New Orleans Hornets away. The"Kentucky brothers" once again faced off.

This game was another carefully arranged national broadcast by Stern. The hot topic was"the brotherly battle between the No. 1 and No. 3 picks". This pair of"Crouching Dragon and Phoenix" from the same class will be the"23VS24" of the new era in the future planning of the president. They are likely to become another pair of faces in the league after James and Durant!

In fact, this regular season game did not"disappoint" him."——

Joey started the game and played for 36 minutes, contributing 17 points, 12 assists and 5 rebounds, leading the team to win from New Orleans with a score of 95:88.

On the defensive end, he was even more difficult, almost single-handedly defending the Hornets' outside breakout players led by Eric Gordon. In this game, he got a total of 4 steals and 3 blocks, becoming the first outside player in the history of the Spurs since"Iceman" George Gervin to get"15+10+5+3+3" in a single game.

In this game, Duncan of the Spurs was old and strong, taking turns against the new era"Sons of the United States" thick eyebrows and Anderson, beating the old and young combination to a loss, cutting the first 30+ of the season, contributing a large double-double of 34+15, and at the same time there were 3 blocks.

The Argentine demon sword is really"weak teams are submissive, strong teams hit hard", facing the Hornets' weak outside defense, playing 26 minutes, and actually 11 shots 3, barely got 11 points.

Manu: 11 points in 11 shots, 50% of my shots in two-point shots, a tribute to the Black Mamba at Staples!

On the Hornets side, compared to the experienced Duncan and Popovich who has basically studied the strengths and weaknesses of this year's rookies, the undeveloped thick eyebrow did not perform as well as in the first regular season game, and was severely restricted by Duncan and the cunning Dio.

He had to suffer from the double-teaming of Joey and Leonard on the front line from time to time, and struggled throughout the game.

He played 32 minutes, suffered from"foul trouble", and contributed only 12 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks.

"As the top scorer of the Hornets,"Round Face Deng" is a top scorer in the league who can score 18.4 points per game. He was guarded by Joey throughout the game. He was directly blocked on both offense and defense. He played for 37 minutes, made 5 of 21 shots, scored 13 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, and at the same time, he had 5 turnovers and 4 fouls. This surprised many New Orleans fans and commentators of major TV stations who were explaining the game.

People were once again shocked by the strength of the Spurs'"death striker lock line" combination. At the same time, they also found that the third overall pick named Joey had"evolved" again. On the defensive end, he was as ferocious as a wild leopard staring at its prey, making the opposing players worry all the time whether the ball in their hands would be"snatched" away in the next second!

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On the 9th, the Spurs will return to their home court in the Holy City to face the Los Angeles Lakers in their second match.

During the pre-match warm-up, reporter CJ Walter, who interviewed the Lakers' starting center Howard, asked a question that made him"embarrassed":

"Will you have another conflict with Spurs rookie Joey in this game?"

"According to the FOX Sports YL podcast, you mentioned this matter at the pre-game party and angrily accused Joey of being a jerk who didn't know how to respect his predecessors. Is this true?"

"How is your jaw injury healing? Are there any sequelae, Dwight?……"

""One-click triple combo" directly broke the defense of Happy Beast, and the originally smiling face of a sunny boy suddenly became gloomy.

The wife and Artest who noticed something was wrong hurriedly stepped forward to stop Happy Beast who was about to get angry.

Joey was also interviewed by the beautiful FOX Sports reporter Christine before the game:

"Joey, we know that you got a near triple-double in the last game against the Lakers. So in today's home regular season game, also against the Lakers, do you think you can get a real triple-double in this game?"

Joey's eyes did not linger on the hot and sexy female reporter, his face was very serious:

"We take winning as the first priority. Any personal data before winning is false.……"

Joey's answer in front of the camera made Popovich very satisfied.

And the game was indeed as the female reporter"predicted".

At the beginning of the game, Joey used his super long wingspan and body size to steal the ball from Nash to Gasol in the interior.

The timing and speed of the steal on the court brought by Silver Death Wrap were very eye-catching!

The giant hand that covered half of the basketball, the wingspan that exceeded his height by nearly 20 centimeters...

He grabbed the ball from the air, and Nash"drooled" at the sight of his beastly static talent.

Joey, who got the basketball, quickly launched a defensive counterattack.

Thanks to Joey, the old man has been pairing Leonard and Joey in the backcourt in the past few games. The combination of"death striker lock line" has caused headaches for many teams' outside players. The combination of two young"beasts" with long arms has injected a strong youthful vitality into the aging Spurs.

According to the data analysis of the open-air sports experts, when Joey and Leonard started together, the Spurs' points lost per 100 possessions dropped to an unprecedented 95 points, temporarily ranking first in the league.

It's stronger than the Memphis Grizzlies, who are known as the"iron wall". The two evil stars guarding the paint area are equivalent to wearing Okamoto's three-layer thickened and Durant's latest mace - it's really safer than wearing it!

The front court formed a local one-on-two situation. Joey stepped into the three-point line and passed the ball. He used his physical advantage to force Nash to make a layup. Kobe behind him was already ready.——

"Bang-Shua!"

The sound of bodies colliding and the sound of the net hitting the net rang out almost at the same time, and there were waves of incredible shock in the ATT Arena.

From Joey's perspective, the bronze and silver badges of the terminator rang out, and he folded his body into"Z"With amazing air-staying and waist and abdominal strength, he was knocked into the air by Kobe who came in from behind, slid for a distance, and finally used his long arms to pull the basketball in!

"This kid... has such amazing waist and abdominal strength?!"

Kobe, who had just landed, was dazed for a moment. The first thing he remembered was the discussion between him and his big brother Michael Jordan on the court about whose finishing ability was better.

The basketball almost brushed Kobe's fingertips when he shot - just a little bit short!

Kobe came to his senses and realized that the rookie's palm was almost two dimensions larger than his!

Damn!

This was the Nth time in his career that Kobe complained about his disappointing"little brother"."……

"Is there no whistle?"

The old man clapped his hands and roared on the sidelines. The referee on duty at Staples today subconsciously wanted to blow a technical foul on the old guy, but thinking of the story between a certain bald referee and the Spurs'"No. 21 rookie"...

Forget it, let this bad old man go!

Joey was pulled up by Leonard without any extra movements.

Kobe is really old...

As a person who experienced the ball just now, he felt the"powerlessness" of Kobe's physical condition firsthand.

That's right, powerlessness!

If this ball was put on Kobe in his prime, such as in the 05-06 season, not to mention blocking the ball, at least he could destroy this offense... Even Joey couldn't rush into the Lakers' frontcourt, Kobe could stop him with his abnormal speed of returning to defense.

It's a pity that the 35-year-old Kobe is not only old in his physical hardware, but also in the superstar teammates beside him who are"strong on the outside but weak on the inside".

Throughout the game, the"normal" Joey and Kobe at the beginning"Face to face" was the overall tone of the game.

Nash, who was old and had just returned from injury (rested for two weeks due to back injury), was constantly outplayed by Joey, and on the offensive end, he was out of the system because he could not keep up with the speed of transition and counterattack;

Howard, in front of the cunning Dio and the No.

21 rookie, acted like a child who had just learned to play basketball.

He was troubled by fouls and mistakes throughout the game.

Not to mention offense, he was a little lost on the defensive end, which he was best at; when the young and strong Leonard and Joey faced Artest and Jamison (Antoine), who only had defensive skills, the former two vividly demonstrated what it meant to"the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach";

Gasol was able to barely"explode" with Duncan on the offensive end, but in terms of rim protection, without the Happy Beast who took on half of the Lakers' defense, the rim-attacking masters led by Joey Manu almost smashed the basket crooked (don't get me wrong, free throws);

………

The remaining Lakers bench, led by Josh Meeks, was of little help. D'Antoni was so busy caring about the recovery of his little baby"Steve Nash" that he had no time to care about others.

So, in such a game tone where the winner was basically decided, the Lakers lost this regular season game with a score of 79:95.

Joey was named the best player of the game. He played for 34 minutes, contributed 23 points, 11 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 steals, and had a shooting percentage of 54.5%. With such high efficiency, he only had 1 turnover.

On the defensive end, he also restricted the performance of the Lakers' backcourt players such as Kobe, Artest, and Blake.

Kobe even missed 17 shots under his full-court defense, and scored 24 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds with 10 of 27 shots.

After the game, Kobe took the initiative to find Joey who was being interviewed by the ESPN commentary team.

""Hey Joey!"

Joey, who had just answered O'Neal's sensitive question about a female star, turned around and saw Kobe and Artest walking towards him.

"Shit, I knew it, this unlucky guy……"

Although he and Kobe had a"century reconciliation" in the 2009 All-Star Game, it is obvious that the Big Shark still has some"opinions" about his former little brother."

"You've grown so fast that I couldn't imagine!"

Kobe walked closer and hugged Joey with a smile.

The two were so close that they could even smell the sweat emanating from each other.……

"Now every team in the league has to be wary of your existence……"

Kobe gave Joey a gentle"warning"

"Thank you for your compliment, Kobe!"

Joey was stunned for a moment, then quickly came back to his senses.

"Oh my god, I knew it, some vicious old guy was going to start promoting his Mamba Mentality again……"

Not shying away from the camera, the"funny atmosphere group""——O'Neill rolled his eyes, then hugged Joey, who was two or three times smaller than him.

"Hey listen rookie, from now on, you are my disciple, um……"

The shark pretends to be"thinking hard"��：

"Oh! Got it, how about calling it the Super Invincible Hulk Destroyer Shark Disciple?"

"Cough cough cough……"

Joey couldn't stop coughing, not knowing whether he was strangled or frightened by O'Neal's nonsense.

Kobe's face suddenly darkened, and it was obvious that O'Neal's words hit the mark.

The ESPN staff behind the camera were almost laughing like crazy. As insiders, they naturally knew the daily life of O'Neal and Kobe, a pair of"enemies."

To put it simply, they quarrel when they see each other, and miss each other when they are not together.

The greatness between them made them successful, brought them a lifelong bond, and also brought them a deep"emotional""……

So, the next screen becomes:

"Danmit, Joey, do you see that fat, greasy fish head fly buzzing around?"

"What did you say? Vicious guy! You dare to call the great Shaq a fly?!"

"Damn it, this big fly knows……"

The scene was chaotic. When countless Lakers fans get old, their favorite scene is the daily quarrels between the OK combination.

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