Due to Kobe's reasons, the Lakers and the Chinese team's summer league match became a feud.

The 17-year-old genius wants to have a real showdown with his teammates in front of the head coach.

But in fact, he really found the wrong partner.

Liu Yuqing is not the kind of player who can bring fun in one-on-one games.

In fact, the player that the Chinese team can really compete with Kobe in competitive strength is Hu Weidong.

Gong Shuai asked Liu Yuqing to stand for two defenses and three defenses, while Hu Weidong stood for three defenses and two defenses.

When Kobe kept looking for Liu Yuqing to face off, he inadvertently let Hu Weidong make a breakthrough in himself.

In any case, Hu Weidong is also a player who can average double-digit points in the NBA. In the national team, he has been given a higher tactical position, so he has exerted more powerful strength.

Unlike Hu Weidong, Liu Yuqing is basically the way of playing a role player.

He was on the outside and was fixed three points;

Running through the cover of teammates and then receiving the ball and shooting;

Even the occasional ball-holding attack is done on the premise of calling pick-and-roll for small and big shots.

The only single-handed match he played in the game was that the Lakers defended the Chinese team until they couldn't turn around and someone had to be forced to get the ball when they broke the deadlock.

In that round, Liu Yuqing misplaced Nash and directly used her back to swallow the Canadian's defense, and then took a standard turnover jump shot to score for the Chinese team.

Liu Yuqing is the kind of coaches' favorite player.

Playing ball reasonably, not selfish, and you can also make it work when you need to work hard.

Louis really wondered why he was marginalized in Atlanta, so it made people mistakenly think that he was a locker room bomb and parallel cart that would cause trouble.

Due to Liu Yuqing's lack of aggressiveness, Kobe gradually focused on Hu Weidong. The arrogant high school student immediately had a duel with the outside core of the Chinese team that was regarded as a classic by later fans.

In the end, Kobe scored 35 points, and Hu Weidong also scored 30 points.

At the same time, Liu Yuqing quietly scored 25 points.

The Chinese team lost to the Lakers by 12 points.

Although their outside line is strong, they cannot cooperate with the inside line, and everyone is playing their own ball.

Gong Shuai's control method of paying attention to factions and strictly preventing the emergence of small hills in the national team has obviously affected the team's chemical reaction.

The players from Lu Academy Department and several other local elites from the national team cannot cooperate.

Even people from the road and department have limited understanding of each other.

Like Kang Chengbiao, who was in the third phase of the United States, and Hu, who was in the first phase of the United States, they would not call.

Although it has the most active NBA players in the world except the United States, the Chinese team with severe internal friction can play at most 70% of its strength.

Such a team is often difficult to achieve results that match strength.

After the game, the young genius defender Lin Junwu publicly complained that he had no ball rights.

Gong Shuai naturally had to strictly stop this behavior: "Young players always want the ball. They have a personality, but as a group, we cannot only consider ourselves."

Seeing such a national basketball team, Louis felt that the goal of maintaining eight and fighting for four may be at the slogan level again.

This made him feel a little angry.

It's so unhappy to see such a team that is obviously very strong but cannot exert its full strength due to various reasons.

Louis, who cannot change this situation for the time being, can only turn his attention to the Lakers.

Kobe is undoubtedly the star of Summer League.

Today is his first game as a Lakers player, and the media and fans gathered at the game.

During the game, people kept shouting his name.

In contrast to Kobe's popularity, Nash and others are ignored.

Also as a rookie of the Lakers, fans and the media simply ignored their existence.

On the one hand, this is a good thing.

Without excessive media attention and excessive expectations from fans, they can help them exert their strength.

On the other hand, it also reflects the public opinion community's disapproval of the Lakers' newcomers.

Kobe at least has the gimmick of the first high school student. Are there any other outstanding features like Nash, Ross, and Crazy?

A white Canadian who can't defend against anyone and is still very old?

A short blue-collar four-position with a body of energy but seriously insufficient size?

Or is the pure fifth position with a registration of two meters and eight, which may actually be less than two meters naked?

However, as Xia Lian progressed, the brilliance of the genius point guard on Nash gradually could not be blocked.

Speaking of which, Nash was the latest rookie to join the team. He had too little time to do many things, and he didn't even have the chance to train with his teammates and started playing games. On the court, Nash played with his instinct entirely, like a little puppy who was released from his nest, running around.

With his amazing sense of ball, organizational instinct, imagination and creativity, Nash began to conquer the hearts of fans.

Lakers Summer United coach Rick Carlier praised Nash in his report to Louis: "Just watch Steve's game, you will know that he is an extraordinary genius. Unlike Kobe, Steve is already a mature player, just like an evolutionary version of Mark Pulais!"

So, a competition for the team's leadership began in the Lakers Summer League team.

Kobe is a person who never knows how to give in. Even if he wants to compete for power with an adult who is five or six years older than him, he does not retreat at all.

Nash's outstanding leadership made Kobe realize that he had to learn to dominate the ball. If he couldn't even compete with Nash, how could he compete with Benjamin Wilson and the others in the future?

Kobe started to come to the ball, actively directed his teammates, telling them what to do and what not to do.

Nash never thought of competing with Kobe. Since the opponent wants the ball, he will give it up and make contributions by shooting with one hand, even if he doesn't have the ball in his hand.

This scene made Louis frown.

He could really see the desire to control everything from Kobe's eyes.

Just like Wu Xiubo's classic look back at the wolf in "Military Advisors Alliance", just look at his eyes and you will know that this son is not a thing in the pool.

In the ranking battle with the Pistons, Kobe released his offensive firepower, scoring the highest 38 points in the game to lead the team to win, allowing the Lakers to enter the knockout round with the first place in the tournament.

"As long as I stand on the court, I just want to win," Kobe told the Los Angeles Times. "If the team needs me to be a leader, I will take on the responsibility of the leader. No matter what the situation is, whenever I see something wrong, I will tell my teammates what I think, just like Benjamin always speaks out to his teammates who have bad performances. I like to communicate directly."

Finally, he said something that made Louis laugh: "For me, the responsibility of a core player is to keep teamwork in mind at all times."

Teamwork...

These four words have nothing to do with Kobe, who averaged 22 shots per game during the summer league.

It’s not that he is very unique. He is just a typical high school student playing style. He can do everything he wants and what he wants. If he doesn’t perform well, he habitually chooses to fight alone to find the rhythm.

Like Garnett, he once dominated high school basketball. People like this skipped college and went into professional arenas, and would not be humble just because they were playing professional games.

They still have the same behavior as "I am invincible in the world".

It's just the summer league, and Carlyle won't tell Kobe what real teamwork is.

Xia Lian is the stage to test the player's level.

Players who play well here may not necessarily be stars, but if they play poorly, the opponent's own immediate combat power will have to be questioned.

Kobe's performance surprised Louis and was both happy. What was happy was that this kid had good combat power, and what was shocked was that this guy was simply the master of the selfish Generation X.

The advantages and disadvantages of this generation are reflected in Kobe.

However, the Lakers' senior executives are pleased with Kobe's performance.

The star temperament that Jerry Bass and Jerry West desperately long to see is fully demonstrated in Kobe.

In the final of the Philaxia League, the Lakers play against the Pistons again.

Kevin Garnett came to the scene to say hello to Kobe, and they had the following conversation.

"Brother, how are you doing lately?" (Garnett)

"Brother, I can do everything on the court. You should look at my game. This level of game is a piece of cake for me!"

In the final, Nash gave 12 assists to help Kobe score 30 more points. Ben Claris's inside defense is the basis for the Lakers' victory, but the applause and cheers belong to the MVP of the Phila Summer League - Kobe Bryant.

He said confidently and arrogantly: "I just did what I did in high school, and it was not difficult at all."
Chapter completed!