Chapter 32, 1996 The leader of the golden generation
People like O'Neal, Carter, and Tracy McGrady came to the All-Star Weekend with a playful mentality, while Milicic, Arenas, Wade, and James were just like fellow townspeople who came to the city. Everything they saw was new and they were truly serious.
There were only two people beaten, one was Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers in the East, and the other was Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers in the West.
It was only during the All-Star stage that Milicic had the opportunity to meet Kobe, the future great god. In Milicic's opinion, Kobe was not as unapproachable as others said. At least Kobe took the initiative to greet him and exchanged pleasantries with him.
, the superficial skills are sufficient. But what Milicic doesn't know is that this kind of treatment has shown Kobe's recognition of him. Not everyone can let Kobe take the initiative to say hello, and even many times can not be ignored by him.
It's already very good.
At the end of his first meeting with Milicic, Kobe said: "I watched your game and you are the kind of big man I like. Come to Los Angeles and I will give you a taste of the championship."
Milicic, who knows history, knows Kobe's current predicament. Divac and Grant are old and in the last season of their careers. Odom can only be regarded as a star player, far from being a qualified second-in-command player.
Otherwise, Pau Gasol would not have been acquired through a trade later. Point guard Atkins didn’t know what he could do except for the average three-point shooting in the NBA. Even so, the proud Kobe still didn’t go.
Begging someone to come over. In fact, what he just said to Milicic has already put a lot of pressure on himself, but it still makes Milicic feel very uncomfortable. Although he knows that this is due to Kobe's competitive spirit, but
He really doesn't want to be anyone's vassal, and he is familiar with NBA history and knows that Kobe is an evergreen tree. In the end, when Milicic left the NBA, Kobe was still active in the NBA. Wouldn't this mean that he would be unable to get ahead in his life?
In this game, Kobe was like proving his ability to Milicic. Of course, it was not just proving to Milicic, but also proving to O'Neal that the winner takes all. Proving it to all those who doubted him.
And Allen Iverson over there is in a similar predicament as Kobe. Almost none of his teammates can help. They are either potential rookies or outdated veterans. If you put all these people in their peak period,
Maybe we can do something together, Eric Snow in 2001, Glenn Robinson in 1997, Korver in 2007, Iguodala in 2008 and Dalembert in 2008. But it's a pity
What's wrong is that they simply can't make it happen now.
After the opening, O'Neal took the initiative to give up the jump ball opportunity to Milicic. This time, Milicic took advantage of the jump ball with Garnett. His fingertips touched the ball 1 centimeter before Garnett.
Got it by Iverson.
Although Milicic won the jump ball, many people did not take it seriously, but Garnett did not think so. Garnett looked at Milicic in surprise. He could see that Milicic
Qi's bounce speed and bounce did not change, but what changed was his wingspan length. Then Garnett remembered that Milicic was far from reaching his limit, because he was only 18 years old just now, and his body
There will still be changes, and as the bones mature after the age of 23, people will become stronger. Take Garnett himself for example, when he first entered the NBA, his official height was 2.11 meters. At that time
He was still a high school student, but later his actual height became 2.13 meters. This means that Milicic is still far from his peak. Such potential may not even be as talented as Garnett.
People with extraordinary talents can't help but feel a little envious.
Iverson controlled the ball and moved forward. When facing Francis' single defense, he took Francis two steps away with a cross step and scored the ball directly with a mid-range shot.
The All-Stars are a paradise for little people, because they have more opportunities to control the ball. The audience also prefers to watch the performances of small people. What everyone in the All-Stars is not watching is the bloody hand-to-hand combat in the paint, and in the All-Stars, there is a single block.
There are also very few screens and supplementary defenses, usually one-on-one defense. This is why Jordan, Kobe, and Iverson always have excellent performances during the All-Star Game.
Looking back over there, Francis had just dribbled the ball into the frontcourt. When the ball fell into Kobe's hands, Kobe had no intention of passing the ball out. His body had a great advantage when facing Hill's defense.
, after shaking the ball for two consecutive times, he left Hill far behind in the first two steps. Kobe had no intention of stopping for a jumper and rushed straight towards the basket. Milicic was on the other side.
He didn't mean to cover up, because he knew Kobe's goal. Kobe was going for O'Neal. During the Christmas game between the Lakers and the Heat, there were stories of sports cars hitting the wall again and again. That time, Kobe won the show.
and data, but O'Neal and Wade's Heat won the game.
Kobe was obviously unwilling to give up and rushed directly to O'Neal. O'Neal was obviously a little unprepared for this. After all, this was the first ball that the Eastern team let go after the opening. Who would have thought that Kobe could score for the first time in this way.
As a result, O'Neal was a step slower and was directly dunked by Kobe. It was just like the kid with the afro who joked with his big brother from time to time during training five years ago, but this time the guy had already started.
Seriously.
O'Neal became the background for Kobe's dunk. After the dunk was completed, the audience cheered for a long time. Obviously, the audience also wanted to see the duel between the best duo after Jordan and Pippen.
After scoring the ball, Kobe stepped back and looked at O'Neal, pointing his finger at him, as if to say, I'm going to beat you today.
At this time, O'Neal was quite angry and wanted to give Kobe a few hard blows, but Iverson was even more angry. Kobe's performance just now completely stole his limelight.
Now is the era of the 96 golden generation. Although there are many superstars, Camby is only a blue-collar player. Marbury is not a team player. Nash is not the Nash who has won the MVP title. Ray Allen is just a scoring expert.
At this time, there were only two leaders of the 1996 golden generation, and that was Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant.
Iverson's personal performance and statistics are better than Kobe's, but Kobe's honors are more than Iverson's, so the two have been competing with each other. Just now, Kobe's dunk made Iverson's eyes sparkle and he couldn't help but throw a baseline kick.
Hill said fiercely: "Give me the ball!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please go to read
