In the past few days, Lakers players have only been asked about two things by the media. One is whether the Lakers can enter the playoffs this season, and the other is what they think about Kobe and Howard and who they support. And most of them
Everyone was hesitant and secretive about these two issues. Only Ci Shiping spoke a little more bluntly, saying: "Of course, because we have a lineup that is the envy of the entire league. As long as we eliminate injuries and complete the
If we work together, we will definitely become a strong team at the championship level." But when the reporter asked the second question, Ci Shiping stopped talking, because it was not convenient for him to express his position directly on this kind of question.
He really wanted to support Kobe, but Kobe's words made him doubtful.
The current record of the Lakers is so ugly and they are far away from being eighth in the Western Conference. Can they really rise strongly in the remaining schedule?
Ci Shiping's doubts are well-founded, because the Lakers currently have only 17 wins. If they want to enter the playoffs, they must maintain a winning rate of more than 60% in the second half. And what does the 60% winning rate mean? What does it mean that the team needs to achieve
The strength standard of the top five in the Western Conference means that the team needs to reach the strength standard of the top three in the Eastern Conference. There is no way, this season's Western Division is extremely miserable. The regular season winning rates of the top five are currently more than 68%, and the lowest among them is
The Memphis Grizzlies also have a winning rate of 68.3%. In this case, the Lakers' promotion risk is very high.
So to a certain extent, he also felt that Kobe was talking big words and talking nonsense.
Only by being in the maelstrom of the Lakers can we clearly understand to what extent the team has dispersed.
These 17 wins were actually very mysterious and not reliable at all.
Therefore, in order to win at least 28 games in the remaining 42 games, Ci Shiping felt that he was not very confident.
He is not an outsider, so he feels even more helpless and powerless when it comes to the problems inside.
Faced with this kind of external pressure and the atmosphere within the team, the expression of Lakers No. 24 was too gloomy all day long. Apart from practicing or practicing, he was unwilling to say a word. But at this moment, someone stood up,
He opened his mouth and said: "This is definitely not a problem! Kobe is right, we will enter the playoffs, and we will definitely enter!"
As soon as Tang Qian's words came out, everyone from all sides began to discuss heatedly. Some people thought that he was trying to please the public, deliberately trying to gain popularity and attract attention. Some people thought that he was overestimating his abilities and that the common people were trying to worry the nobles.
Arrogant and arrogant, speaking without restraint, not knowing how high the sky is and how thick the earth is.
T.N.T TV's basketball program "T.N.T Team" also had a big discussion, talking about the Lakers, Kobe Bryant, and Tang Qian.
The final result is that no one is optimistic about the Lakers, Kobe, and Tang Qian, including Charles Barkley, who has always been pro-Don. He also remained neutral tonight and did not speak much. ESPN's famous program First.Take also did
There was a special discussion about whether the Lakers can enter the playoffs. Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless rarely agreed. They both believed that the Lakers have completely failed this season and are falling apart internally. This is the final
A fatal blow.
A team that is not united can never win the championship!
This is a famous saying in the history of North American sports. It doesn’t mean how good your personal relationship is. For example, the Bulls’ Iron Triangle, Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman seemed to have a perfect understanding on the court. In fact, according to their own answers,
, the relationship off the court is just ordinary friends, even Dennis Rodman bluntly said in an interview with "NBC Sports" in 2011 that he and Jordan Pippen have never talked off the court. This is of course a "big bug"
It's an exaggerated trick, but after drying up the water, it can still be seen that their private relationship is definitely not particularly harmonious. In addition to the Bulls Iron Triangle, there is also the O.K group in Los Angeles, who also have an off-court relationship.
They may not be good, and they may even be on the same page, but they become tacit teammates as soon as they take the field.
To paraphrase Rodman, I joined the Bulls to help the team win, so I only need to speak with victory, and there is no need to communicate with my teammates off the court.
This is also true. As long as you can cooperate sincerely and have a tacit understanding on the field, it doesn't matter what you do off the field.
For example, the O.K combination during the three consecutive championships was like this. The conflicts off the court did not bring on the court, so they won the first three consecutive championships in the new century and started the first NBA dynasty in the new century. But later, they
Gradually, they could no longer control this attitude and began to bring their personal emotions to the competition. In this way, the "duo", which may have been the strongest in history, suddenly collapsed.
Therefore, the "unity" mentioned above is not unity outside the field, but unity inside the field.
If we are not united off the court but united on the court, we can still become a strong team and win the O'Brien Cup.
If there is no unity off the field and no unity on the field, then this team is definitely hopeless.
As for unity off the court and lack of unity on the court, this situation has never occurred in the NBA for more than 60 years, so it cannot be referred to and discussed.
In this one-sided situation, the Lakers gradually became the "Titanic" that attracted much attention. People were talking and discussing, when did it hit the iceberg? When did it completely sink?
Except Kobe and Tang Qian.
Except for the two of them, they still hold on to stubborn hope.
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On January 24, Tang Qian followed his agent Zhou Zhiru to Hollywood, Los Angeles, to prepare for filming an advertisement for the endorsement contract GOAT.
This is Tang Qian's first time shooting an advertisement, so he is inevitably a little nervous. And according to Zhou Zhiru, he is not alone in today's advertisement. There is also a female model who will be shooting with him. Think about it, in Tang Qian's
In my memory, GOAT seems to have always focused on women's clothing. Although it also has men's clothing, it is extremely niche and not its main product. So to be on the safe side, it would be most appropriate to use a man and a woman to shoot the advertisement, which would have a buffering effect on the audience.
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But as soon as he entered the scene, Tang Qian was stunned because he actually knew the female model he was going to shoot an advertisement with.
"Hi~Tang, long time no see, do you miss me?"
Look at this tall figure, slender figure, and fashionable clothes, who is it if it’s not Karlie Kloss?
"Why are you? Wait...you didn't ask GOAT to sign this advertising contract with me, right?" Tang Qian seemed to have thought of something and opened his mouth to ask. "This is a way of repaying you. Thank you for letting me see it clearly in advance.
That man’s true face, and..." Karlie Kloss smiled mysteriously and said, "Didn’t Taylor say that you and Bill Sagat are competing? I’m trying my best." "Taylor, that’s all.
Did I tell you?" Tang Qian was a little surprised at first, and then he remembered that these Victoria's Secret models were Taylor's close friends, and it was only natural for her to tell them this.
"Then why didn't you tell me the last time you had dinner?"
"Lol~" Karlie Kloss stuck out her tongue and said: "There was an emergency last time, so I forgot about it. It's not too late to tell you now, just treat it as a Surprise~"
The process went smoothly. Because the subjects were acquaintances, Tang Qian was not as reserved and nervous as before. In addition, Karlie Kloss explained many things he didn't understand in detail to him, including how to do it.
Posing, how to make concave shapes, how to face the camera, etc. really opened up a new world for Tang Qian that he had never encountered before.
However, there were a few movements that Tang Qian still did not perform smoothly, such as some intimate and caressing movements. Doing this in front of dozens of people, he was inexperienced and it was inevitable that it would be a little unnatural. But Carly.
Rouse still led him hand in hand, letting him gradually enter the state.
After nearly 5 hours, Tang Qian finally finished shooting the 1 minute and 39 seconds of the commercial. For the first time, he began to admire these actors and models. As expected, there were bitter tears in every line. It took 5
It took him several hours to complete a shot of less than 2 minutes. Tang Qian asked himself whether he could do this kind of thing.
In the evening, Karlie Kloss invited him to have dinner together, but because there was a game tomorrow, Tang Qian politely declined.
"Okay, it's hot, but there is another advertisement. I must not refuse it next time." Karlie Kloss looked up at Tang Qian and said, honestly speaking, this man can make her put on high heels and still raise her head.
, rare in this world. And Tang Qian is also the tallest and largest man among the men she has worked with. Women are born with the dependence of a bird, and with their invincible height and domineering skills, Carly
.Klaus somehow seemed to have slightly changed his initial attitude of gratitude.
But she also knows that her best friend Taylor Swift likes this man, so...
This is something for later, so let’s not mention it for now. After shooting the commercial, Tang Qian received a call from Kobe.
Yes, it was Kobe Bryant's phone number. You should know that although he saved Kobe's phone number, there was basically no separate contact between the two parties. Moreover, this call was made by Kobe on his own initiative, so Tang Qian felt that there was something wrong.
Incredible.
"Hello~" Tang Qian answered the phone and said.
"Is it hot?" Kobe's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Well, it's me, what's the matter?" Tang Qian asked.
"The Buss family is hosting a banquet tonight, and I want to take you with me." After Kobe finished speaking, he added: "It's a private banquet, so not every Lakers player can go." "Private banquet?
The Buss family? w, what?" Tang Qian was confused when he heard this and thought: The Buss family? The Buss family? Are they the real leaders of the Los Angeles Lakers? Are the Buss family?
"But, Kobe, why did you call me? I'm not familiar with the Buss family." Tang Qian thought for a while and held back a sentence. "No reason." Kobe still spoke concisely.
: "I just think I should take you there to see what it's like. Do you want to go?"
Should you go? Isn’t this nonsense? Of course I want to go! Jerry Buss, the famous Buss family, the legendary head of the North American sports world, has always wanted to see it with his own eyes. So Tang Qian talked on the phone
Said: "Okay, I'll go, when and where?"
"The time is 8 o'clock in the evening. I won't tell you the location. You tell me where you are now and I will ask someone to pick you up." After saying that, Kobe added: "Remember to dress more formally."
This sentence made Tang Qian understand that No. 24 of the Lakers valued tonight's banquet very much.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have said that he should wear something more formal.
After much thought, Tang Qian decided to change into a suit, tie and leather shoes, because in the United States, this seems to be the most traditional and formal way to attend a banquet.
Not long after the address was sent, someone drove to his door. After Tang Qian got in the car, the car went straight to Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
Tang Qian was not surprised at all by this direction, because as the top wealthy area in Los Angeles, the security here is the best, and it is also the most private and secretive. There is no need to worry about being followed and photographed by outsiders and reporters. With Bilaire, Huo
Mbi Mountain is collectively known as the Platinum Triangle in Los Angeles. This is the area where the top rich, stars, and celebrities in the entire United States gather.
After entering Santa Monica Boulevard, the car headed north without hesitation, because there is an unspoken rule in Beverly Hills that Santa Monica Boulevard is the boundary. The further north you go, the more noble people there are and the higher the housing prices.
It also has beautiful scenery.
After driving for about a while, the car slowed down. Although Tang Qian had been in Los Angeles for more than a year, he had never had the opportunity to enter the real interior of Beverly Hills. This place was different from the Chinese mansions in his impression.
, there is no luxury that can be seen at a glance. Instead, most villas have closed doors and are surrounded by tall trees. For example, the house Tang Qian is entering now is just like a castle, except that it is equipped with a tall black iron door, which can be closed when the door is closed.
Outsiders will never be able to see anything inside, and... there is actually a long private driveway.
This... this Nima is really low-key and luxurious.
The evil American imperial capitalism.
"Okay, Mr. Tang, you can get out of the car." After the driver stopped the car steadily, he said to Tang Qian in the back seat.
"Oh, okay, thank you." Tang Qian opened the door and said.
"It's okay, Mr. Fang, I wish you a nice night." After saying that, the driver closed the door and disappeared into the private driveway.
"Tang, are you here? Come up with me." It seems that Kobe has been waiting here for a long time. He is very similar to Tang Qian in clothes, suits and leather shoes, and his whole body is bright. If you don't know the person, you would think he is a
A business tycoon or a corporate star?
Walking through the Fountain Square, a white man who looked like a servant helped Kobe and Tang Qian open the door and led them inside.
To be honest, Tang Qian thought that the place where he lived was already very good. But compared with this place, it was like a chicken coop compared to the royal city. The gap was not that big. After walking for about 10 minutes, they gradually heard people.
After hearing the sound, Kobe subconsciously adjusted his clothes before moving on and said: "When you meet Mr. Bass, please be polite."
Kobe had such respect for the Buss family? Tang Qian didn't expect this.
However, he still thought differently, because what Kobe really respected was not the Buss family, but...
Along the way, all kinds of familiar and unfamiliar celebrities were chatting casually, in small groups. Some people greeted Kobe, while others turned a blind eye. This is the rule of a real celebrity gathering in Los Angeles.
Most of the people have high status, so it is very likely that the two parties have had grudges before. After all, the upper class circles are big and small. Therefore, in order to take care of the face of the host family, even if enemies meet, they will temporarily tolerate it.
, choose to turn a blind eye, otherwise there will be a direct conflict, and it is easy to be permanently blacklisted from high society parties.
Kobe was in Los Angeles, and there were many people who liked him and many who hated him, so the scene just now was extremely normal.
I have long been accustomed to it on the 24th.
He is now over 34 years old, and he is no longer as young and green as he was 17 years ago.
Kobe seemed to have his own destination, so he didn't stop at all along the way, leading Tang Qian around and around. He didn't slow down until he entered a room guarded by four people. Those four bodyguard-like figures,
They all seemed to know Kobe and knew that Kobe was coming, so they nodded and said something to their collars. Tang Qian's sharp eyes saw that they all had a small black object pinned to their collars. After thinking about it for a moment, he
Understand what that is.
It was such a huge battle, and even micro walkie-talkies were produced.
What's in this? It can't be a treasure map, right?
Just when Tang Qian was thinking wildly and diverging his thoughts, the door was opened, and four people made a gesture to Kobe to invite him in, and then the latter took Tang Qian and walked in slowly.
"Remember what I just said, you must be polite when meeting Mr. Bass." Kobe repeated in a low voice.
Seeing how serious "Black Mamba" was, Tang Qian immediately nodded seriously.
The two hadn't walked for long when they heard someone say: "Kobe, are you here?"
This is a voice that is old, deep, and full of gentleness at the same time.
But this voice sounded to Tang Qian as if he was out of breath, as if dusk was approaching.
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There have been a lot of things going on in the company recently. It was too late for Xiao Zi to go home and I couldn’t add more updates. After these few days, it will explode. Thank you all book friends for your support~