"Kobe's back-up play looks a bit like an iron army." Zhang Li said with a smile.
"It's a bit similar. Especially the perimeter is not restricted by K's Law. But if Kobe really learns it and causes damage to his opponents, will the league expand K's Law to the entire court?" Su Qun said curiously.
Zhang Lili was stunned, then quickly shook his head and said: "That's definitely not the case. Kobe can't have the lethality of Tiejun. The difference between strength and tonnage is too far. It's amazing to be able to knock over the opponent. If you want to break the opponent's bones, only Tiejun can do that."
It’s only possible for giant beasts.”
"It's true that I'm overthinking it," Su Qun said with a smile.
Next, the two sides continued to make substitutions, replacing the main lineup and replacing them with substitutes.
Kobe became excited. His shots were less restricted on the bench, but Kidd still controlled the ball, and he still played without the ball.
After running repeatedly, he got rid of his defender, saw the opponent's basket was empty, and immediately cut inside to the basket.
Kidd, who was outside, had already predicted the opening he was about to appear when Kobe was running back. At the same time, he also saw the emptiness under the opponent's basket, and immediately passed the ball in front of Kobe.
When Kobe cut into the paint, the ball arrived. He caught the ball with both hands and flew directly towards the basket. With a bang, he dunked the ball into the basket.
Lao Wang was sitting on the bench, thinking about other things in his mind and not focusing on the court.
Now he is 23 and a half years old, this is his fifth season, and he has already won two championships. His thoughts on chasing championships are different now, and he has become the same as Jordan.
Yes, striving for consecutive championships or even building a dynasty is what he wants most now.
It's a pity that even Jordan has played until he is in his thirties, which is just one consecutive championship. There is no dynasty. Now he doesn't even have the chance to win consecutive championships. How can we talk about a dynasty?
The most important thing about a dynasty is a stable lineup that can last for many years.
This lineup, which has a core, role players, a good head coach and a general manager who builds the lineup, is very difficult to succeed, so historically, dynasties have rarely been played in the league.
The Suns' current lineup is definitely stable this season, but what about the future?
Kobe's potential is obvious to all. What's more important is that this kid has a strong will and practices regularly. He seems to see a smaller version of himself in Kobe. It is almost inevitable for such a person to become a star player in the future as long as nothing happens.
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Kidd is also good and has the potential to be a top point guard.
Rasheed Wallace is also good and has the potential to become a first-class power forward.
Robert Horry, who was looked down upon in the past, has stabilized in the past two seasons and performed well. He is a high-quality role player.
These five young people, occupying exactly five positions, should be the Suns' stable main lineup in the future.
But Horry only has this season's contract left, and he will be a restricted free agent after playing. Without a decent contract, there is no way he can keep anyone.
Rasheed Wallace only has two years left on his rookie contract and his contract expires. Given his strength, he will probably need a big contract with an annual salary of tens of millions to stay.
Now that the Suns' space is full, even if they clear out the basic salary contracts of a few marginal players, it won't be enough. Horry probably won't be able to retain him next season. And after next season, can Rasheed Wallace stay?
In other words, apart from this season, there are still great variables in the Suns' lineup in the following seasons.
As for Kobe, he is a kid who is unwilling to be inferior to others. After his wings are hardened, he will probably fly away. Even if the league implements a luxury tax at that time, and the Suns are willing to pay the luxury tax, Kobe may still choose to leave.
Unless, after four years, his strength declines and he gives way to Kobe? Is that possible? Yes, unless he is seriously injured.
Of the four young people, only Kidd is limited by his rookie contract and has a chance to stay with the Suns for a long time.
So in summary, this year is the most stable year for the lineup. Starting from next season, key players will leave.
He has also calculated clearly that this season and next season, the lineup is relatively stable, and Horry is not an indispensable figure, so these two seasons have the greatest possibility of winning the championship.
After this season, Horry should leave. After next season, the Lightning may choose to retire. At the same time, Rasheed Wallace may also leave, and then Kobe two years later.
"What the hell!"
He cursed a bit dejectedly, saying that after all calculations, he could not maintain a stable enough main lineup for three to four years.
This is also a weakness of the rebuilt team. During the training period of rookie players, their contracts are small but their strength is not enough.
And once they grow up and become excellent at the same time, and the team reaches the stage of producing results, disadvantages will also appear at the same time, that is, the team does not have enough space to accommodate them, and they have to be let go after they are trained.
Of course, there is also a chance to keep Rasheed Wallace. The Lightning retires, Horry leaves, and the team makes room to renew the contract. Even if Kobe leaves, he, Kidd, and Rasheed can still support each other.
A team.
But at that time, Kidd's annual salary was less than 10 million, and with Rashid's annual salary of 10 million, outside of the contracts of the three of them, the team should not have much room to match them with a set that is sufficient.
A good lineup.
And the lineup of the three of them is also flawed. They don't have a strong scorer on the outside. This is definitely not going to work. The lineup has too many flaws.
What if Kobe can be kept? Forget it, Kobe will have grown up by then. How can he possibly renew his contract without a multi-million-level contract?
Even if a luxury tax is introduced, it is impossible for a team to accommodate so many tens of millions of annual salaries at the same time, not even the Knicks and Lakers.
Moreover, relying on a five-star luxury lineup to win the championship is not very valuable. You get more than ten points, I get more than ten points, and no one can produce luxurious data. In the end, everyone will share FMVP equally?
Also, after a few years, they have grown up and are all stars. Just distributing the ball rights may break their heads, and there is a high probability of internal strife. If the team's heads are broken, how can they compete for the championship?
He was just thinking wildly, the first quarter of the game was over.
After Kobe came on the court, he made 3 of 4 shots in 6 minutes and scored 6 points. It was a small burst and he seemed very excited when he came off the court.
After running off the court, he squeezed next to Lao Wang and shouted: "Old K, I was very efficient today, right? If you give me twenty shots per game, I can give you 30 in return."
"Little blacksmith, can you average 30 per game?"
With just one sentence, Lao Wang instantly wiped out Kobe's excitement. No matter how confident he was, he was not arrogant to that extent.
"Go, where's the rookie's position?"
Lao Wang pointed to the water dispenser at the end of the bench and said.
"Just go."
Kobe got up angrily and sat there, turning around and glaring at Lao Wang from time to time.
The second quarter started with both teams still on the bench. Kobe came on, but Kidd played the whole quarter and the point guard was replaced by Lightning.
When the Suns attacked, Kobe ran with all his strength. He knew that if he couldn't get out of the open space, the Lightning wouldn't give him the ball. In order to get the ball, he had to run with all his strength.
Finally, using the pick and roll, he ran out of position, cut outside to the left wing three-point line, and received the lightning pass, and then...
"Bang!"
The ball was too long, hit the basket and hit the board, and was taken down by the Knicks.
"It's just luck, I will hit the next ball." While quickly returning to defense, Kobe shouted to the lightning with a firm face.
"Rookie, you're a little in the way, get out of my way."
On the right wing's three-point line, John Starks was holding the ball and was caught by Kobe Bryant, who began to talk trash impatiently.
"I know you, old bird, you were spanked by old K." Kobe shot back.
"..."
John Starks was stunned for a moment, then instantly became furious.
Shet, Fake Oil, your grandma's, your uncle's, damn rookie, I can't handle it, old K, how can I handle you, a rookie?
As soon as he threw the ball to the side, he pounced on Kobe. Kobe was unprepared and was pounced directly. Then he got on top and pumped his fist.
"Beep!" The three referees' whistles sounded at the same time.
Suddenly a fight broke out, no, it was a beating. Lao Wang quickly stood up and stared at the field in shock.
On the other side, O'Neal and Oakley also stood up, but it was their teammates who were beating people, so they were all smiling.
"Pull him away."
After reacting, Lao Wang pointed at John Starks and shouted.
Before he finished speaking, Starks, who had just punched a few times, was already hugged by Lightning and pulled away.
"You dare to hit me? I've practiced before."
Kobe got up, his nose was bleeding, and his left eye socket was black again. He angrily waved his fist at John Starks and hit him twice in the face. Then he was also beaten.
The others pulled away.
John Starks's arms were hugged by Lightning, and he was beaten passively. He cursed angrily: "Lightning, let me go."
"Don't be angry. Why are you angry with a rookie? It's not worth it." Lightning let go of his hand and continued to persuade.
John Starks said angrily: "Well done to you, Lightning, Barkley has learned how to break up fights, you are really good at it!"
"Haha!" Lightning smiled awkwardly.
The referee did not waste any time. As soon as the brawl stopped, the penalty was issued immediately. Both men were sent off and ordered to leave the field directly.
"Hey kid, why did you hit my guy?"
Lao Wang yelled at John Starks who was coming off the court.
Starks and Kobe were almost identical. His right eye socket was black and his nose was broken. When he heard Lao Wang's words, he remembered the experience of being spanked by Lao Wang a few years ago. He became so angry that he turned around and shouted: "
Go ask him, why do you ask me?"
"Hey, you're not a big person, but you have quite a temper."
Lao Wang didn't bother to ask anymore, since he didn't suffer any loss anyway.
"That kid Kobe is so bad. He talks trash and talks about his spanking by you." Lightning came over and said.
"Pfft, haha..." Lao Wang laughed.
At this time, Kobe came over and shouted excitedly: "Old K, I got beaten again... No, I won this time."
"Do you call that winning? Without Lightning helping you, how could you hit someone? From now on, you can change your name to Kobe. I was beaten again. Bryant." Lao Wang said angrily.
"Pfft, haha..." The Suns bench burst into laughter, and several people fell down laughing.
Kobe was so angry that he glared at Lao Wang and walked quickly to the tunnel.
Taking this opportunity, both sides replaced their main forces and fought again.
"Bang bang bang..."
The Knicks attacked, and O'Neal took the ball and hit Wang alone. He arched his back three times with all his strength, but the latter couldn't bear it and was knocked into the reasonable collision area.
"Button you!"
O'Neal was so excited that he turned around and dunked.
Unexpectedly, in order to avoid being dunked, Lao Wang got out of the way in advance and jumped from the side to block the shot. Unfortunately, he was half a beat too late and missed the shot.
This means that O'Neal's back-fighting skills are not as good as his. Without his power-generating skills and Xiongbu coordination, he can achieve the purpose of controlling O'Neal through continuous back-fighting, but O'Neal cannot control him.
"Bang!"
After the dunk, Shark dissatisfied and shouted at Lao Wang: "Old K, do you have the guts? Is this how you defend me? You are such a coward! You don't dare to face my attack."
"Hey, if you have the ability, just complete the dunk before I get out of the way, or shut up." Lao Wang said nonchalantly.
When his position is too close to the basket, in order to avoid being dunked, he has been doing this for several seasons. It doesn't matter if he loses a little face. Anyway, he will lose more face if he is dunked.
If there is a distance from the basket, he will not avoid it, but will use his body to form a defensive barrier in the air. He believes that even O'Neal, who is so far away from the basket, will not be able to knock his body away to complete the dunk.
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The two teams fought until the 9th minute of the third quarter, and the Suns led by 6 points. This time it was the Knicks who had the ball, and O'Neal got the ball again.
He hadn't played much for three minutes, and this time he decided to hit Lao Wang. It was best to find an opportunity to dunk him, and immediately start playing with his back after getting the ball.
After dribbling, he arched, and with a bang, Lao Wang was knocked back in the first stroke. He was so happy that he immediately dribbled the ball again, but this time, it missed.
"Damn back!"
The moment he fell backwards, he knew something was wrong and he was going to make a fool of himself.
But at this moment, his right knee suddenly hurt. He screamed in pain and fell to the floor. His ball was also snatched away by Lao Wang.
After Lao Wang retreated, he ducked to the side and just grabbed the ball. He found that O'Neal seemed to be injured, but the game was not over yet and the Suns took the opportunity to counterattack.
"Shark, your knee is injured?" He turned around and leaned down to ask.
"Damn it, I'm done, done, done!" O'Neal said in frustration.
Lao Wang shook his head. At this time, the Knicks team doctor ran over and he stepped aside.
Injuries are as severe as tigers, but he is luckier and has not been injured so far.
O'Neal was helped off the court and left the court directly.
In this game, with his dismissal, the suspense was lost, and the Suns won.
With 24 wins and 3 losses, the Suns are still first in the league.
Early the next morning, the Knicks announced that O'Neal had injured his right knee tendon and would be sidelined for at least two months, and that he would not be able to participate in the All-Star Game.
Next, after the Suns won two consecutive away games, 1996 passed and we entered 1997.