() Adrian has nothing to do. Yes, he has nothing to do. Faced with the embarrassing situation where his commercial value has begun to decline, Adrian has nothing to do. As long as he is still with the Lakers, there is nothing he can do.
He couldn't take it out. He had no doubt that as long as he had the slightest intention to attack the Lakers management, Buss' ability to control the Lakers could immediately brand Adrian as the Lakers' sinner in front of the media.
He has this ability!
O'Neal knows it all too well, and Kobe knows it all too well.
Even if Adrian and Phil Jackson teamed up, the result would be the same. Didn't O'Neal naively think that he could sit back and relax as long as he linked up with Phil Jackson? In the end, he still left the Heat in despair. This was because of O'Neal.
After being immersed in the alliance for many years, both the network and the power have expanded to a certain level before he is qualified to compete with old Bass. If he were replaced by Adrian, the result would only be worse.
Although in the long run, Adrian firmly believes that he can eventually reverse all this with his own strength, and will not be like Artest, who was abandoned by the Pacers, and will never be able to turn over, but in a short period of time, such a scandal will have a negative impact on Adrian.
The impact on its own commercial value will be huge.
Adrian, who has huge ambitions, does not want to waste several years on rebuilding commercial value. So Adrian can only swallow his anger and transfer to the Lakers this year after winning the championship. For Buss,
This is a choice that can maximize the Lakers' profits. For Adrian himself, this is also a choice that can minimize his losses and even increase his profits and commercial value.
After defeating the Jazz at home, the Lakers continued to sit at home and faced the challenge of the New Orleans Hornets two days later. This year's New Orleans Hornets started with equally impressive momentum. After two years of NBA experience, New Orleans
The core "Queen Bee" Chris Paul's sting has finally fully grown. A group of strong players who have been underestimated at this stage, such as David West and Tyson Chandler, have also matured.
Just like the Lakers, who won three consecutive victories in the new season, the Hornets also started the new season with three consecutive victories that no one expected. Although their victory was less valuable than the Lakers, the Kings, Trail Blazers and Nuggets obviously couldn't compete with the Rockets.
Comparable to the Jazz. But this undoubtedly shows that the Hornets are in excellent condition. For the Lakers, it is undoubtedly very disadvantageous for the Lakers to continuously collide with strong teams at the beginning of the new season.
The Lakers lost this game, and they lost at the point guard position. Chris Paul scored 20 points and sent 19 assists in the game. He also had as many as 5 steals, knocking Fisher out of the game.
- Completely blown away. Laoyu is indeed very strong. Such a strong body allows him to achieve very good results against those powerful point guards, but if the object of defense is Chris Paul, who has both speed and skill.
When he was the best dexterity type, his strength actually became a drag on his footsteps. During the game, everyone could see Fisher dragging his heavy footsteps. However, he could not keep up with Chris Paul no matter what.
footsteps.
"I don't understand what Mr. Phil thinks? Fisher may be good, but he obviously does not have the ability to become the starting point guard of a championship team. He is a bit too old and too slow.
His footsteps make it easy for him to be stunned by the brilliant footsteps of young people when facing young people. Moreover, the Lakers already have a top point guard, oh... he plays small forward. But
We can see that Adrian did not perform well at the small forward position. Maybe he has very good power in the low post. But in order to let him play in the low post, his most powerful organizational ability was wasted. In doing so,
Isn’t it too much of a loss? As for defense, on the defensive end, he can also play the small forward position when needed. Wasn’t this something that often happened last season?”
"Playing Adrian at small forward is proving to be the ultimate waste. The Lakers are not rich enough at the point guard position to push Al Horford to center like the Hawks are at the swingman position.
Location wise.”
Although arguments like this are rampant in the outside world, Phil Jackson still implements his triangle offense concept during team training. Because he knows very well that if Adrian returns to the point guard position, not only will the Lakers start small
The intensity of the forwards will be greatly reduced, and it is expected that Adrian will continue to give up possession of the ball after returning to the point guard position. Phil Jackson would rather believe that gorillas do not eat bananas.
In that case, what the Lakers will face is an intense competition for ball rights, which will lead to all kinds of chaotic situations. It is absolutely impossible for Phil Jackson to leave the Lakers with a successful image and a championship ring as a farewell gift.
Let this happen unless he is willing to give up the triangle offense he has insisted on for many years and change it to a pick-and-roll offense with Adrian as the core. With Pau Gasol's ability, his performance may not be better than in the triangle offense.
Bad, but what is Kobe going to do? Nothing else, the competition for the ball will definitely become more intense.
However, in the next game, the Lakers' performance made some good people shut up.
On November 10th, the Lakers continued to sit at home and slaughtered the Minnesota Timberwolves, who lost their wolf king Garnett, 110:83 with a score difference of 27 points. The Timberwolves' new wolf king Al Jefferson made 12 of 24 shots and scored
He scored 24 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, a huge double-double. However, except for Al Jefferson, only Ryan Gomez of the Timberwolves scored in double figures, while the Lakers had 6 players score in double figures.
, Kobe 28 points, Adrian 23 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block, Gasol 17 points and 7 assists, Lamar Odom 21 points and 11 rebounds, Radmano was
With 11 points, Andrew Bynum had 10 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks.
After the home game, the Lakers went to Texas and challenged the two giants, the Spurs and Rockets, and achieved a record of one win and one loss. During the expedition to San Antonio, the Spurs core Tim Duncan suffered a shoulder injury before the game, which allowed the Lakers to pick up a
Cheap, without Tim Duncan, the Spurs obviously have no one else who can compete with the advantage created by Gasol in the paint. In this game, Pau Gasol, who fought almost in a pressure-free environment, scored 33 points and 13 goals.
With rebounds and 8 assists, a luxurious near-triple-double, Kobe Bryant contributed 27 points. The Lakers defeated the defending champion Spurs by 15 points, and then dragged his tired body to Houston to face the Rockets.
Although Kobe's performance was not good, Gasol continued his high-energy performance. Adrian also frequently moved to the low post to score in singles. Before the final whistle sounded, the Lakers still maintained a 1-point lead, but Barcelona
Till's buzzer-beater woke the Lakers from their dream of two consecutive away wins, and they had to leave Texas with a one-point defeat at 93:94 and return to sunny Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Lakers, who return to their home court, will usher in a wave of five consecutive home games. Immediately afterwards, there will be a wave of four consecutive away games flying across the United States.
After returning home, the Lakers were the first to face the challenge from the Detroit Pistons.
In the past few years, the Detroit Pistons have maintained their identity as a strong team. After failing to defend the championship, they have reached the Eastern Conference finals for two consecutive years. Although they failed in the Eastern Conference finals, every year, the Detroit Pistons still insist on winning the championship.
The probability of winning the championship is at the forefront.
The first three quarters of the game were very boring. Although Big Ben and Larry Brown left the Pistons, most of the Pistons' suffocating defense was still retained. In the first three quarters, the Lakers were restrained by the Pistons.
Amid Forest's suffocating defense, Adrian tried to open up space in the low post, but the Pistons' mature defensive system would not leave Adrian too many opportunities in transition. Although he could score in the low post,
But it is quite difficult to set off a scoring Chao in the low post like it is for ordinary teams.
Especially when they are unable to defend Adrian. Pistons players, whether it is Prince, Rasheed Wallace, or even Hamilton, will not hesitate to give Adrian a hard hit on the arm.
When it comes to fouls, they may not be as dangerous as the Spurs, but they are more rough and tough.
However, this kind of defense must pay a price. Although it successfully contained the Lakers' offense in the first three quarters. By the end of the third quarter, the Pistons still led the Lakers by 6 points 60:66, but the problem of too many fouls has become an unresolved issue.
With the Sword of Damocles above the Pistons, Rasheed Wallace committed four fouls. Prince had to sit out for five fouls, Hamilton had three fouls, and Billups had three fouls.
The result of such a large number of common fouls was that at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Pistons' defensive strength plummeted. Kobe made 4 of 4 shots and scored 11 points in a row to kick off the Lakers' counterattack in the fourth quarter. Adrian
Following the continuous singles in the low post, after Prince came off the court, it was difficult for the Detroit Pistons to find a figure in the low post who could cause Adrian trouble defensively.
He succeeded in three consecutive singles in the low post, including two resulting in 2+1. He also scored eight points in a row after making two free throws. He led Kobe to create a 19:4 offensive shock wave. In the fourth quarter,
The Libra, which reversed the outcome from the very beginning, overtook the Pistons by 9 points, 79:70.
The Pistons had to replace Prince again, but Prince, who had committed five fouls, had too many defensive concerns and was still unable to successfully block the Lakers' offense in the low post. Even more so in the eighth minute of the fourth quarter.
, after another defensive foul caused by Adrian, the sixth fouler left the field and reluctantly returned to the locker room. Rasheed Wallace also picked up his fourth and fifth fouls and was forced to return.
Off the field.
78:86, there are four minutes left in the game, the eight-point gap is not big, but the Pistons' foul problem is too serious. Their lineup is fragmented due to too many fouls, and it will be difficult to resist the Lakers' offense. In the end
The Lakers won the home game with an eight-point advantage of 100:92. Kobe did not perform well in the first half, but scored 8 points in the third quarter and 11 points in a row at the beginning of the fourth quarter. The total score at the end of the game
He also reached 30 points, in addition to 3 rebounds and 4 assists. Adrian scored 24 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, continuing his all-round performance. Gasol performed slightly worse.
He only scored 16 points. He had a big problem with his shooting sense today. He only made 4 of 16 shots, the lowest shooting percentage in the game. He relied on free throws to score more than double digits. But Lamar Odom came off the bench.
But he performed extremely well, with 25 points and 15 rebounds, including 8 offensive rebounds. His performance was amazing.
After defeating the Pistons with difficulty in the last quarter, the Lakers continued to sit at home and welcomed the Chicago Bulls. After reaching the second round of the playoffs last season, the Bulls' performance at the start of this season was extremely poor.
Their performance of 6 losses and 2 wins in eight games is difficult to associate with last season's performance of sweeping the defending champion Heat.
This summer, like Adrian, Kobe was once involved in trade rumors. Even the rumors were spread more deliberately than Adrian. He even found the next home, which is the Chicago Bulls. Ben Gordon, Xinli
The main players of the team such as Cino Cioni have been involved in the trade rumors with Kobe. This not only made the Bulls' main players almost unintentional to prepare for the game this summer, but also caused some conflicts that the Bulls had been hiding to explode.
Today's game was quite intense at the beginning. In the third minute of the game, Gasol was elbowed by Ben Wallace while fighting for a rebound, and his eyebrow bone was injured. Blood flowed on the spot.
After going off the court to deal with the wound, Odom immediately stepped into the field to replace Gasol at the power forward position. Then Kobe began to score consecutively. First, he hit an open three-pointer from the top of the three-point line, and then broke through from the left to
At the free throw line, he got away from Ben Gordon and then hit a fadeaway jumper. Then he broke through the inside again and slipped to the baseline for a layup, but it hit the left side of the basket. After Adrian grabbed the offensive rebound and made a dunk, Odom
Griffin hit a mid-range shot in a single.
The Bulls' Nocioni also hit a three-pointer, and Hinrich missed a breakaway throw. Ben Wallace grabbed the offensive rebound and scored a dunk. After that, the two sides alternated the lead until the end of the first quarter, when the Bulls
Suddenly there was a 9:2 shock wave, opening the score in one fell swoop, ending the first quarter with a seven-point lead at 25:32.
In the second quarter, after a simple treatment, Gasol returned to the court. The injury seemed to make him feel hotter. He frequently singled out Griffin at the free throw line, scored consecutive mid-range shots, and defended
Duan gave Nocioni and Ben Gordon consecutive big blocks, and launched a 9:0 shock wave alone. The two teams tied at 34. Kobe and Gasol temporarily took a rest, and the ball began to be concentrated in Adri.
Safe and sound.
Adrian, who got the ball during the substitute time, once again regained his character as the assist leader last season, assisting Odom to score at the basket. Then he broke through the inside to attract the defense and threw the basketball back to the three-point line. Fisher, the veteran
A cold arrow hit a three-pointer from the corner. During the bench time, the Lakers hit a 15:4 shock wave, widening the score gap with the Bulls in one fell swoop.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Bulls had to replace the main players in advance to temporarily stabilize the situation on the court. However, soon, the Lakers' main players also returned to the court. Adrian was leading the substitute players on the court.
After a long pause, he was taken off the court to rest and did not come on again until the second half of the third quarter. By this time, the Lakers already led the Bulls by 18 points, 72:54.
Since then, the Lakers have maintained their advantage on the court. The Bulls wanted to narrow the score gap, but could not find any opportunity. This score difference remained until the end of the game and even expanded further. The Lakers
The big score advantage of 108:84 slaughtered the Bulls and ushered in two consecutive home wins.
After slaughtering the Bulls, the Lakers continued to sit at home and faced challenges from the New Jersey Nets, Seattle SuperSonics and Denver Nuggets. The New Jersey Nets were seriously injured in this summer's trade, while the Seattle SuperSonics had just begun.
The rebuilt team could hardly cause any trouble to the Lakers. Facing these two teams, the Lakers won easily.
However, in the game against the Nuggets, the Lakers encountered trouble for a time.
There has always been a problem with the running-in between Anthony and Iverson. Both of them are players who need the ball to fully display their strength. Although Iverson tried his best to transform into a real point guard, he really
After transforming into a point guard, Iverson's advantages and strong points were completely gone. In addition, as his age gradually increased, his explosive power and speed began to decline, which further affected Iverson's performance.
But in this game, the Purple and Golden Guns played an amazing game. Carmelo Anthony was so hot that even if Adrian covered his face, his jump shot was still outrageously accurate.
Iverson, he seemed to have regained his youth overnight and became the little giant who could knock down Jordan!
Carmelo Anthony had 30 points and 6 rebounds, and Allen Iverson had 38 points and 8 assists. This is the luxurious data sheet handed over by the Purple and Gold Guns.
But even with such an outstanding performance, the purple and gold guns were still unwilling to lose the game. The reason is naturally because the Lakers performed even better. Kobe made 16 of 25 shots, 3 of 8 three-pointers, and 12 free throws.
Gasol scored 46 points in 11 shots, Gasol scored a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Adrian once again performed 20+10, with 28 points and 14 rebounds, including 6 offensive rebounds.
Adrian has become more and more adept at grabbing rebounds. He got stuck and fought in the paint time and time again, which made him quickly familiar with the position of small forward, and because he has to often help protect the paint or protect the ball,
When fighting for offensive rebounds, he has become more and more experienced in getting stuck when fighting for rebounds.
He now feels that the position of small forward is not as bad as he imagined.
ps: ps. I will deliberately write the content of this season briefly. After all, it is for transition. Only some important games will be written in detail. Of course, it will be different in the playoffs. My plan is to use chapters ten to two.
Chapter 10 ends the regular season, and then describes the playoffs in detail. Today’s update is 5,000 words.
