ebonymovies Chapter 722 722. Take down Thompson!
Chapter 722 722. Take down Thompson!
Chapter 722 722. Take down Thompson!
"I said boss, you are not injured enough to be used as a wheelchair, you can do without pressure shoes, and boss, why do you buy these basketballs and hoops? And you have to check them back. Cleveland's balls are bigger than ours. Is the ball good in Los Angeles?" Nick Young started driving as he spoke.
"It's none of your business, just watch it for me, if I lose one, I'll ask you to train for another day when my foot is healed." Liu Ren was upset when he heard about these basketballs and hoops.
He was ready. During his injury, he trained at Cleveland Central Hospital, rented a vacant warehouse, and installed the basket. Even if he couldn't move his feet, he could sit in a wheelchair to practice shooting and maintain his touch. .
Then when they came back, it was almost the tiebreaker, and then Liu Ren came out to turn the tide, won the championship, won the O'Brien Cup, and was crowned the championship MVP.
How touching, how beautiful, how dedicated, how... I think too much.
Originally, Liu Ren wanted to create an inspirational myth. You see, even if his foot hurts, he still needs to practice shooting.
Who knew that Kobbit would still accomplish that miracle after all, and it was the finals where he eliminated his opponent, and then snatched away the championship MVP just like that.
Now the things that Liu Ren bought are really eye-catching. Fortunately, other people don’t know the reason. Liu Ren’s reason is that these things were bought by a little lolita who was paid to play while visiting the supermarket. Guan was excited and didn't care, Liu Ren wasn't so ashamed...
But there are still short-sighted, such as Nick Young.
Seeing that Liu Ren was so fierce, Nick Yang thought that Liu Ren was still in the grief of losing the championship MVP, so he shut up quickly. It is not a good thing to offend the boss at this time.
In fact, in fact, Liu Ren just expressed that he was very shy and afraid of losing face and was a bit picky. He bought all these things and asked him to throw them away. He was reluctant, and then he came back.
Liu Ren watched his teammates talking happily about tonight's celebration banquet and the two-day championship parade, Liu Ren said: "Xiao Ai, let's go home first."
Big Lolita asked suspiciously: "Isn't the master having a celebration banquet tonight? Are we not going?"
Liu Ren rolled his eyes: "I have a limping leg, how can I drink with them, and this is not me being the protagonist, I don't want to go."
The big loli glanced at Kobe who was surrounded by reporters at the exit of the airport. This time, at the age of 38, Kobe won the second playoff 60+ in modern basketball, and it was also the first 60+ in the finals of modern basketball. Won the championship MVP, reached the peak again, such a dazzling degree, attracted the media much more than someone in a wheelchair.
"Oh...Master, don't give up, it will definitely be your turn next time!" Big Lolita seemed to be encouraging Liu Ren.
"..." Liu Ren was speechless, the uncle was just too unlucky to be injured, okay!Originally, seeing that in the fourth game, he could win the MVP by playing casually, who knew that he would not be able to play due to injury!
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The 2016 championship celebration banquet belonged entirely to Kobe alone.
This is the same as Howard used to be the king of popularity in the Eastern Conference. After coming to Los Angeles, he felt completely ignored, but he had to bear the pressure of Los Angeles. In the end, he chose to escape. When Kobe was in a dazzling state, others It's all a foil.
This is the popularity accumulated over the past 20 years, even the current Liu Ren can't compare it, and no one even noticed that Liu Ren was not present.
After drinking round after round, Kobe finally managed to deal with the celebration banquet that was all fired at him.
Early the next morning, Kobe came to the honor exhibition room in his home.
There are six huge display cases in total.
The first one is the countless honors I got when I was in high school after returning to the United States, which is the starting point of my glorious career.
The second locker is the focus of Bryant and the other three of the four shooting guards having completely different career trajectories. Inside is a stack of All-Defensive Team trophies.
The third cabinet represents the proof of Kobe's great and long peak period. There is a new table inside. On it is the third team of the best team he won in the season that just ended, that is, the No. 20 season. trophy.
The fourth cabinet is the All-Star trophy, 20-year career, 18 All-Star weekend selections.
The fifth cabinet is a pile of MVP trophies, among which the All-Star MVP trophies are the most, with a total of five, the championship MVP has 3, and the regular season MVP has only one.
Then the innermost cabinet is very different from other honor exhibition cabinets, completely different.
Because the inside...is a counterfeit product, in other words, it is a counterfeit product.
Inside are the championship trophies of all the years when Kobe asked the Lakers management to help him find someone to imitate.
Seven O'Brien Cups, seven championships.
Kobe looked at all this and thought of what Liu Ren once said to him: You have worn No. 8 for 10 years and No. 24 for 10 years. Don't you want to do something special?
Kobe thinks about it now, these two jerseys have been worn for ten years...
After Kobe won the championship, he surpassed Jordan in the number of championships. Jordan won four consecutive championships, and he also won four consecutive championships. There is no need to consider surpassing other mvps. It should be said that all that can be done has been done.
At this time, the biggest question people have is after this year is over, will Kobe still play?
At the celebration dinner last night, those old friends and some celebrities in Los Angeles also asked the same question.
"Are you going to retire?"
"Your career is perfect now, you won't play in the future! Don't be abused next season."
"Already surpassed Jordan! In my heart, Kobe, you have indeed surpassed Jordan. Do you want to rest?"
"..."
Most of them are questions like this, and some people are very familiar with them, so they can speak very heart-to-heart.
Kobe looked at the No. 23 Bulls jersey hanging on his back, and the No. 23 Wizards jersey that few Jordan fans would choose to collect...
Kobe made a decision...
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On June 2016, 6, the Lakers officially announced that Mike D'Antoni, the head coach of the team's two consecutive championships, chose to resign due to personal reasons. Jenny Buss said that Mike D'Antoni is one of the greatest coaches in the history of the Lakers. He has achieved great achievements in his four-year coaching career with the Lakers, but the management respected his opinions and agreed to his resignation request.
The news came a bit suddenly. D'Antoni left the Lakers just after winning two consecutive championships?Don't hit a wave of three consecutive championships?
If D'Antoni says he wants to stay with the team, the Lakers can only give a new contract, and it will not be low.
D'Antoni also said that the Lakers are the most perfect place in his coaching career. The management will never interfere with his coaching. Regardless of whether the record is good or bad, he still allows him to take full control. This is something he has never done in his career. , but now he has new things he wants to do. Although he is very reluctant, he still chooses to leave the Lakers.
Immediately afterwards, the Lakers announced that former Warriors assistant coach Luke Walton returned to the Lakers as the head coach of the Lakers and signed a four-year 4 million contract.
Then Bernie Bickerstaff renewed his contract with the Lakers for four years, a total of 4 million in four years, and continued to serve as the first assistant coach of the Lakers.
The salary of the coaching staff of the Lakers is also intoxicating. Luke Walton's salary is 4 million in 2400 years. This is a good rookie coach's salary. Then the old Bickerstaff's 4 years and 2000 million... This is an assistant teacher!They are all higher than the salaries of the head coaches of most teams in the league.
Look at the normal assistant coach, Mark Madsen, the Lakers responsible for player training review and various chores, the salary is $50...
Mark Madsen saw the salary of his colleague, the old Bickerstaff with the same status as him, and said that it was a big deal, isn't it ten times his salary... Let me go to the toilet and cry for a while.
The Lakers found a new head coach very quickly, and then D'Antoni found his next home very quickly.
On June 6, the Rockets officially announced that they would not implement the current team coach Bickerstaff Jr.'s team option for next season. At the same time, he would like to thank Bickerstaff Jr. for being with the team during the most difficult time. Spend it, and then announce the signing of Mike D'Antoni, who has just led the Lakers to two consecutive championships, with a super contract of 13 million in five years that ranks among the top three in the coaching salary list!
And then...the Rockets compensated the Lakers...
The Rockets have become accustomed to compensating the Lakers. The Rockets and the Lakers reached a deal to send Corey Brewer and the No. 12 pick in the first round of this year to the Lakers in exchange for the Lakers' two-way contract veteran Metta Shiping.
Then the Rockets and Ci Shiping terminated the contract, Ci Shiping slipped around, no team claimed it, and then he went back to Los Angeles to play...
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The shock of the coaching staff of the Lakers and Rockets has just caused a huge heated discussion, and then another transaction that has been discussed from the first game of the Western Conference Finals to the present finally happened.
The Lakers and the Warriors made a trade, and the Warriors sent Klay Thompson in exchange for the Lakers' CJ McCollum, Bismack Biyombo, Larry Nance Jr. and the Lakers' first-round picks this year and 2016 right!
For this transaction, people think it is a win-win situation.
The Lakers are too crowded inside. Both Biyombo and Blake have the ability to rebound and block shots at the basket. Compared with Biyombo, it is a waste to stay with the Lakers. He has full starting strength.
Although McCollum's statistics this year are far inferior to Thompson's, he has already shown his potential at the All-Star level. Even when he was in the starting position in the few rotations, he scored more than 20 points in the first game at the airport, and he also has what Thompson does not have. The ability to hold the ball and break through to score, but he can't play this in the Lakers, because the three point guards all want the ball, the small forward also needs the ball, the power forward and the backup center Pau Gasol both want the ball Right, the Lakers' style of play is also the overall style of play. He can only be an off-ball shooter who is not good at it. On the contrary, the Warriors happen to be a shooting guard who can score independently to help Curry release Curry's ability to catch and shoot.
So the Lakers exchanged McCollum and Biyombo for Thompson, and people didn't think the Warriors were at a disadvantage.
As for Nance Jr. and the two first rounds, those two first rounds were what the Magician had long promised the Warriors would give them, and Nance Jr. was Bob Myers’ malicious request, who made him a victim of being bullied Well, the magician can only reluctantly give Nance Jr., who performed very well as a substitute, to the Warriors.
No way, the Lakers are making money after taking away their All-Stars and best-team players, so give Nance Jr. as compensation.
Thompson is too important to the Lakers' current style of play. After Luke Walton came to the Lakers, he made it clear that he would continue D'Antoni's successful style of play. Of course, there will be five small lineups to join, but that is In the second team.
Therefore, after Kobe has developed a shooting guard without the ball for the Lakers, McCollum is extremely unsuitable to replace Kobe in the starting lineup. The arrival of Thompson is completely an enhanced version of the current Kobe. For the Lakers Talk about a perfect upgrade!
And Thompson's defensive ability is what makes the Lakers drool. McCollum is strong on the offensive end. The defensive ability of the best defensive lineup!It makes up for Kobe's weakness that he can only defend against opponents with the ball alone.
Just when people exclaimed that the Warriors and Lakers both upgraded their weaknesses, the two strongest teams were further upgraded, a transaction that made the league confused happened!
(End of this chapter)