Chapter 97 Take the old road of OK combination!
Only players like Jordan can understand Kobe.
Kobe asked the Lakers that he wanted to be traded. The news was like dropping a deep water bomb at the Lakers' top management!
"What, Kobe asked to be traded!" Old Bass almost couldn't get up in one breath.
Kupchek feels like he is going crazy. If he trades Kobe, he may not dare to go out, for fear of being beaten to death by Lakers fans when he goes out.
When Phil Jackson heard the news, he was a little disappointed.
Old Bass, Kupchek, and Phil Jackson held an emergency meeting and ordered the blockade of the news, but there was no airtight wall in the world, and the news was spread.
The entire league was in an uproar!
When the article was first published, the opponents were just watching jokes. They didn't think that an article could disintegrate the Lakers, but they just thought that maybe it would be enough to make something happen, at least it could make the Lakers make a fuss for a while, but it was a big fish that exploded at once, which was too surprising!
The media is best at telling stories. Some media of all sizes have begun to invite basketball celebrities to come on TV to do shows, including people like Reggie Miller and Pippen. Some people also invited Jordan, but Jordan refused.
The show is Charles Barkley of TNT. He invited Reggie Miller and Pippen. These two have always been big and active. If you want to make some news, just find them.
"The topics to be discussed today are clearly stated that Kobe proposed to be traded, and the introduction is the article [New Lakers King] a few days ago. The protagonists of this incident are Kobe and Lakers rookie Zhou Mubai. Both of them will tell you what you think."
Charles Barkley Road.
Reggie Miller sneered: "This is very simple. Kobe is such a narrow-minded person. He can't stand someone better than him. He doesn't want to leave, he uses this method to force the management to trade Zhou Mubai! I don't know him yet."
Charles Barkley's mouth moved, and he was already smiling.
Reggie Miller’s so-called understanding of Kobe is because these two people had fought. In 2002, they really started to do it in a regular season, so it is very normal for Miller to say that Kobe is narrow-minded. Miller’s mouth is already poisonous, and he quarreled with Jordan and Kobe.
Pippen doesn't like Kobe very much. To be honest, he is jealous of Kobe. During the three consecutive Lakers championships, Kobe was also the second leader, but Kobe quickly became the leader through the revolution, and won his championship last year as the leader.
For Pippen, who has been the second in command all his life, he is very jealous.
"This is Kobe's style. He has always been so naive. If he wasn't so naive, the Ok group wouldn't have only one three consecutive championships, but he broke up the Ok group. This time, he repeated the same trick and wanted to force Zhou Mubai away. It's so sad. With Zhou Mubai here, it would be easy for the Lakers to win another three consecutive championships!"
Pippen looked regretful.
I don’t know what TNT was thinking, so I asked the two gangsters to serve as guests, so it was obvious that I would not bother to watch the fun.
In fact, not only TNT, but other media have also pointed their finger at the Lakers, and they have the spirit of not giving up until they are separated. They seem to analyze it fairly and justly, but they are clear in their hearts and don’t know which opponents support it.
The Los Angeles Lakers senior executive recalled that there were only three people participating.
Old Bass, Kuppchek and Phil Jackson.
"How should we solve this problem now?" Old Bass looked calm, probably not having a good sleep, and his face was as pale as a dead person.
Kupchek was sad and lost his attention.
Old Bass looked at Phil Jackson, who looked very bad, but still looked confident.
"Phil?" Old Bass asked.
Phil Jackson said: "I don't think it's time to despair."
"Um?"
"Um?"
Old Bass and Kupchek looked at Phil Jackson in question.
"Do you remember what happened before the ok group disintegrated?"
Before the ok combination disintegration?
Old Bass' memories go back almost ten years ago.
Kobe and O'Neal fell out completely after 2003, before the small farce turned into a grudge blockbuster, and 2001 was the climax of the ok soap opera.
After experiencing his first championship journey, Kobe began to look at the entire Lakers again and decided to make a revolution. Of course, the purpose was not to overturn the original situation, but to fight for more power and higher status for himself.
Since 2000, Kobe has made three more shots per game than O'Neal, and has been in the team's scoring leader for a long time and once ranked first in the league's scoring list.
O'Neal was very dissatisfied and even said in an interview: "A team like ours should allow everyone to integrate into the offense. At least I will do this... You have to understand that it is right to give me the ball. I have a 60% shooting percentage, I can attract double teams, and then let him shoot easily on the outside."
But Kobe immediately fought back: "Many people want me to play the same ball as last season, but that's not me. You see, I have two ways: one is to play simple basketball as the public said, 20 points and 7 assists per game. Or, I can show aggressiveness and go straight to my limits."
After all, it's the question of who is the master and who is the second.
This incident was once very fierce, and the ok dispute was widely publicized, as if it was a split in the country. The two rarely communicated on the court, and even played their own games. The team seemed to be divided into two halves.
But at the end of the 2000-2001 season, O'Neal averaged 28.7 points per game and Kobe averaged 28.5 points per game, satisfying Kobe and not offending the Sharks.
The Lakers played the ultimate superstar tactics.
That is the most extreme manifestation of superstar tactics and the most extreme manifestation of Lakers' style.
In the playoffs, the Lakers proved that this extreme is actually a manifestation of absolute domination.
——In the playoffs, the Lakers swept the West!
The game is completely one-sided, without any suspense!
"You mean - we don't need mediation at all, let them split and let them solve the problem by themselves. Even if they play on the court, the Lakers can sweep the world like they did during the three consecutive championships?" Old Bass hesitated.
Phil Jackson nodded.
"But, the ok combination, one inside and one outside, can allow Fisher to pass the ball, but Kobe and Zhou Mubai are both outside, if they don't communicate..."
Phil Jackson also frowned. This problem is very big.
Kupchek tried: "Or, let Zhou Mubai and Kobe play time completely staggered?"
Chapter completed!