Chapter 141 The New Triangle (6/10)
Phil Jackson heard about the farce between Weisha and Kobe, and heard the old security guard say that they had had a fight all night and immediately expelled them from the Toyota Center.
Before leaving, Kobe raised Wei Xia's hand like a referee who raised the winning boxer: "I declare that he is the 'working Laker'. He can stay in the Toyota Center for victory. I feel ashamed of being with my family."
From then on, in addition to "wish" and "Visa", Wei Xia also added a nickname for "the hardest-working Lakers".
Wei Xia and Kobe's friendship also began to make breakthroughs that night.
On October 10, the 25-day preseason training camp ended.
Jackson read out the names of eighteen people, and they will compete in the preseason with the team. When the preseason is over, then select the most suitable 15 people to welcome the new season.
The Lakers' first preseason game was in Las Vegas, and their opponent was the Golden State Warriors, the team that Wei Xia once wanted to go the most.
When the Lakers intercepted Wei Xia, the Warriors wanted to get the signing right through a transaction.
For Wei Xia's signing rights, they are willing to give Jason Richardson, the team's scoring champion, last season.
Although this person averaged 20 points per game, his position was the same as Kobe and his functions were similar, so the Lakers were not interested. Unless the Warriors took Byron Davis, they would not get the signing right.
Chris Mullin likes Weisha very much, but he can't trade the best players on the team for a lottery that has not been opened yet.
They regretfully missed Wei Xia, gave up their original trading plan, and chose Nigerian Aike Diogu with the draft pick.
This person's arm span is commendable, but he will never open the door to potential. In the future, he will go to CBA and follow the Guangdong team to win the championship.
No one on the Warriors can see the future. They believe that Diogu has a very high upper limit, but they also need patience to fish for big fish with long lines.
Wei Xia, who just finished training camp, only had one day off.
The next day, the whole team will fly to Las Vegas and play the game the day after tomorrow.
Upon hearing the news of the disbandment of the Lakers' training camp, Jim Buss immediately called him and Bynum to the manor for a party.
This time, Wei Xia is no longer single, he has his own companion.
"Wish, who is this?" Buss didn't expect Wei Xia to have a companion so soon.
"My girlfriend, Selinda Swan...she is an actress." Wei Xia introduced her to her friends on the scene in the British way.
Little Buss' face conveys the lewd smile between men.
His smile had no disrespect, but he felt that he knew people but not his heart. Before Bynum could become an adult, Wei Xia found a girlfriend.
"Thanks to Mr. Bass' party, I wouldn't have had the chance to meet Felix." Swan naturally told Bass that she and Wei Xia had successfully held hands.
Little Bus was overjoyed and made them delicious and then took Bynum, who accidentally became a light bulb.
For most of the month, Wei Xia was trapped in training camp and competed with Kobe for most of the time. Even if the competition was over, he had no time to go out for a date. He and Swan could only keep in touch on the phone.
Now that the training camp is over, they are free before tomorrow arrives.
After the party, Swan took Wei Xia to her apartment. A single apartment that is not much better than ordinary office workers. She is currently just a young actress who acts as a passerby and has no money to choose a good residence in Los Angeles.
Wei Xia originally wanted to take her home, but when she thought that she had her brother and sister at home, it was not convenient for in-depth communication, she came to her home.
That formation was unforgettable to Wei Xia.
As soon as he arrived at the door, the key was inserted into the keyhole, Swan turned around and sneaked into Wei Xia. Wei Xia was like an inside line that was completely unprepared to accept the back hit. He was defeated step by step. Seeing that the penalty area was about to miss, he turned around and broke through, and drove the ball into the apartment and closed the door.
For the next story, you need a little bit of colored imagination.
October 11
The Lakers team arrived at the Casino, and the preseason will start here tomorrow.
There are constant interviews from reporters, and Kobe is the most dazzling star.
Wei Xia has no interviews because the reporter will not interview other shrimp soldiers and crab generals if he has the opportunity to interview Kobe.
Kobe's teammates successfully boarded the bus.
Kobe was the last one to get on the bus. He looked very impatient. Perhaps another reporter asked him how he viewed Shark's remarks.
O'Neal has been away from Los Angeles for almost two years, but he usually takes advantage of the Lakers' popularity. Last season, the Lakers missed the playoffs, and he said this was "the curse of the Sharks' fate."
Riley gave him an unreasonable maximum salary, and he called Miami the best city in the world.
The same thing he said when he arrived in Orlando in 1992 and traveled to Los Angeles in 1996.
By the way, calling his partner Dwyne Wade the best player in the world, this is the third time he has said this.
"I will protect Dwyen."
To be fair, this is the first time he has openly expressed his intention to be a green leaf.
But he used to be unhappy with pennies and despise Kobe. Now, Wade, in his third grade, is not better than the "best defender in the world" who was wholesale by the previous two Sharks, but he is willing to be his younger brother. It really makes people wonder if there is something inexplicable in the Sharks' brain.
The next day, the Lakers' first preseason game.
This is the first game that Wei Xia played in the official game against the Warriors who also came from California.
After Wei Xia warmed up, she sat on the bench without any surprise.
He was not on the starting list.
The Lakers' starting points are Kobe, Smash Parker, Sprewell, Odom, and Chris Meeme.
The Warriors' starting lineups are: Byron Davis, Jason Richardson, Troy Murphy, Mike Dunleavy, Adonal Foyer.
Judging from the starting list, both sides are serious in their attitudes and have not sent substitutes to deal with the situation.
Since it is a preseason, both sides will not play too seriously, so they will do whatever they feel comfortable.
Jackson's second entry into the Lakers naturally needs to promote the triangular offense that helped him establish three dynasties. This time without Jordan and O'Neal, he needs someone to support the triangular offense system.
Kobe seems to be the most suitable candidate. He has a strong offense and is very good at low posts. He can start the game at critical moments. As long as he wants, he can pass a comfortable ball.
As the saying goes, I am willing to buy a lot of money.
Kobe's frequent unwillingness to pass the ball is the most distressing thing for Zen masters.
But today, the situation seems to have changed a bit.
Ke, like O'Neal, is a low-poster axis, and his offensive ability is well-known. Although the Warriors do not regard the Lakers as a life-and-death enemy, as a respect for the league's strongest offensive player, at least double-teaming is still necessary.
Their double-teaming against Kobe often allows Kobe to pass the ball to other teammates.
The ability of teammates who get open spaces to seize opportunities is regrettable.
Smash Parker decisively made two three-pointers, all missing.
"Bryant's eyes are so scary. I can't make it even if I'm the one who's there." Vaughan Weaver whispered to Wei Xia of the same class, Bynum.
Bynum cut inadvertently.
Wei Xia's judgment was that Kobe was not angry with him, but that he did not repent even though he was not accurate in the shooting, and he looked like "What if he just shot?"
Why do people who missed the open ball have arrogance?
The new triangle offense with Kobe as the core has somewhat limited his performance.
At his peak, Kobe's offensive range was all-round. He could pose threats at any position, but his current positioning trapped him at a low post.
He must treat himself as O'Neal and join his teammates.
When O'Neal sat in the low position, although double teams were following him, he looked closely and saw that Kobe was standing at the bottom corner, and Fisher was on the top of the arc, so he was not worried about his passing being useless. Now Kobe is attacking at the low post, with no one in the bottom corner, and Parker is standing at the top of the arc. He also wants to stand at the bottom corner, but his bottom corner accuracy is too poor and he can only stand at the top of the arc.
Tonight, he lost two consecutive three-pointers in the arc.
Parker not only failed to make a shot, but the impression points lost on the offensive end were earned back on the defensive end.
Against Byron Davis, two players who are not in the same dimension create a fierce spark.
Parker's active defense actually made Davis, who was too relaxed, make a mistake, and he launched a steal counterattack and scored a fast break.
What Jackson likes most about Parker is his oppressiveness on the defensive end.
At its peak, the Bulls also do not have the strong perimeter projection threat, and rely on suffocating defense to create defensive counterattack scoring opportunities one after another.
Parker has the shadow of an old-school defender, and the oppressiveness of the defensive end is visible to the naked eye.
Davis, who was cut off the ball face to face by Parker, was furious and pulled it head-on, returning one goal.
Kobe played three at a low post, and missed the board with a very difficult hand-changing hand-pull at the basket. Odom grabbed the rebound and threw out a Magician-level back pass at the left hand. Sprewell took the ball and shot a three-pointer and made an in-game.
When the physical strength is high, the madman can still perform efficiently on both offense and defense, otherwise he will not have the confidence to ask for an annual salary of tens of millions of yuan for the Timberwolves.
His embarrassment is that he is not worth a long-term annual salary of tens of millions, so the Lakers offered a one-year contract of 10 million, and they like to sign and don’t sign.
Chapter completed!