I’m Really Playing Basketball

Historically, the opening game of the 2017-2018 NBA regular season started very early, on October 17th.

Because NBA players complained that the schedule was too tight, NBA officials made compromises on the schedule, starting early and making the schedule less dense.

Do you want to say this is useful?

Of course, taking off your pants and farting is of no use.

Starting the game 10 days earlier and ending it three days earlier will give you an extra week in total. How much help will it have to the players?

Therefore, after seeing the joke that the president is still unwilling to shorten the schedule for the benefit of the NBA, the players have learned to be smart. Since you capitalists have become known, then we, the players, are not to blame.

Since then, NBA players have no longer been secretive about taking breaks.

When David Stern was here, it was actually shady for players to rest, and they always needed to find some excuse. David Stern really punished players for resting maliciously.

After all, David Stern’s attitude is very clear. It is for the benefit of the NBA. Please bear with me. The interests of the NBA are not only the interests of the capitalists but also the interests of your players. You guys are very tired. I know, but think about your own profits. I won't sympathize with you. If you want to ruin your job in the NBA, then I will punish you.

But after the joke president came on stage, he put on an attitude of "I am with your players. You see, I am very considerate of the hard work of you players, so I stood with you and extended the game time for you for a week." , you see, my behavior of taking off my pants and farting is very humane, right?

The players didn't feel any humanity or understanding. They just felt that this guy was weak and could be bullied.

Since you sympathize with us, you won't punish us if we take turns to rest, right?

If you don't give us a break, then why can't we give ourselves a break?

Therefore, after the opening game was advanced, injuries to NBA players continued to increase, and players took more and more rotations. The Joke President and the NBA's binding force on the players was almost completely lost.

In this time and space, because the person who takes over as president is Jordan, as the president of the NBA, Jordan certainly will not do things like taking off his pants and farting like a joke.

As a player, he knows very well that there is only one policy that can truly relieve players' pressure, and that is to shorten the schedule.

As long as your schedule is 82 games, it doesn't matter how you play.

But can the current NBA shorten its schedule?

Of course it's impossible. NBA owners won't do it alone.

Therefore, in this case, the only option is to maintain the status quo.

Players' tiredness from work can be used as a bargaining chip for workers to increase wages in labor negotiations. This is the last reason that bosses cannot refuse during labor negotiations.

On October 24, 2017, the NBA opening game between the Warriors and Lakers started on time.

This year's NBA opening game will pit the Warriors against the Lakers again. Even though David Stern has retired and Kobe Bryant has retired, the opening game between the Lakers and the Warriors still seems to be the hottest show in the NBA.

In fact, this is the case. The opening game between the Warriors and the Lakers is not at the Oracle Center, but at Staples.

Because of this game, Lakers legend Kobe Bryant will retire his jersey.

This is the respect the league gave Kobe when arranging the schedule.

NBA championships come once a year, but Kobe, in the entire NBA for so many years, there is only one. He is the NBA's total scoring champion, and he does deserve such courtesy.

Therefore, on the day of the opening game, Staples can be said to be full of superstars.

Jordan, O'Neal, Magic, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and even the former commander-in-chief of the United States came.

Therefore, when Kobe's awareness of retirement was going on before the game, feeling the glory at this moment, even Kobe, who had always been as steely as heart, felt tender for once, his eyes were red, and he kept wiping his tears.

After all, he really values ​​this respect. Except for the deceased Chamberlain, all the other nine players in the top ten players in NBA history are here.

The 6 retired are Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic, Larry Bird, Russell, and O'Neal (Duncan).

The three currently on duty are Chen Xiao, Ron Howard and Wade.

How could this card not make Boss Ke moved?

Therefore, when Maizi, who was the commentator of this game, saw his good friend’s expressions of emotion, he also smiled and said: “This is the most glorious moment of Kobe’s basketball career. Any NBA player will hope to have something like this when his jersey is retired in the future. This is an honor, and the ten greatest players in the NBA gave him on-the-spot applause and blessings for his jersey retirement."

"This will become the threshold for the greatest player in the NBA!"

Yes, after Kobe, when the greatest players in history retire their jerseys, the highest honor will be the blessings from the top ten stars in history.

The more top ten players in history who attend, the more prestigious the player will be, and the more the NBA will value it.

There is no doubt that Boss Ke is definitely treated at the highest level.

A player's career can receive such an honor, which is what Kobe deserves, but no matter how impressive a player's career is, he is no longer a legendary NBA player, but a rookie head coach.

Because Joe served as the NBA president, he resigned as the Bobcats' president and head coach, and even transferred the Bobcats' shares to his two sons. The Bobcats' current head coach is a former Bobcats assistant coach. Old Curry.

Therefore, because of Joe's departure from the NBA head coach position, Branch has become the most watched head coach in the NBA.

By the way, Boss Joe has not resigned as the head coach of the US team, so there is no need to avoid suspicion.

As the head coach with the most traffic in the NBA, many pairs of eyes are watching the show in Ko's coaching debut.

Anyway, for these troublesome reporters, the team led by Kobe's boss suffered a disastrous defeat in this game. They had news that in this game, Kobe's team led the team and defeated the dynasty team. They were also the first Warriors to lead the team in history. There is news to write.

No matter how they deal with it, they won't lose money.

And the Lakers' performance this season is still very worth looking forward to.

Not only the head coach of the Lakers, Kevin Ko, is worth looking forward to, but the three superstar players led by the Lakers this year are also worth looking forward to.

Leonard, Jokic, Paul George.

These three people are really interesting.

Especially when playing the Warriors.

Why do you say that?

Because Leonard was Ron Howard's younger brother and student.

And Paul George was once Wade's younger brother and student in the Heat.

Jokic is Chen Xiao’s younger brother and student on the Warriors.

The eldest of the three came together on the Warriors.

The three of them came together in the Lakers.

You think, can this not be interesting?

Because of the great achievements of Chen Xiao, Wade and Ron Howard, many people are actually looking forward to whether the gathering of Jokic, Leonard and Paul George in the Lakers can also stage a great legendary journey.

But in fact, this year's Lakers have more than just these three players.

Although in order to get Leonard, the Lakers gave away most of the team's chips.

But the Lakers still have some good players.

For example, Nick Young, Jordan Clarkson, Caruso, or Kuzma, a rookie player who performed very well in the preseason this year.

Another example is Lowry, who was signed in this year's free market.

These players are actually worth looking forward to.

The starting players for the Lakers in this game are center Jokic, power forward Kuzma, small forward Leonard, shooting guard Paul George, and point guard Lowry.

I have to say that Ko's starting lineup is quite bold. Kuzma, a rookie in the second half of the first round, became the team's starter as soon as he came up.

Compared with last season, all five starters for the Lakers have been replaced.

On the Warriors side, the starting players for this game are Jarrett Allen, Chen Xiao, Wade, Luo Ge and Devin Booker.

Because he had to face the big center Jokic in this game, Chen Xiao did not play the center position, but played the power forward position. Naturally, Wood, who started in the Fed Cup, was not able to appear in the starting position. superior.

Of course, the Warriors' first month of games will be without Klay and Big Eyebrow, two players who are now trying to lose weight, so there will be many opportunities for other Warriors players.

After all, the Warriors have a total of 14 players, two players who need to lose weight plus Matt Barnes who basically has no fighting ability. Now the Warriors actually only have 11 players who can play and rotate.

This rotation of numbers ensures that everyone has a chance.

On the court, rookie Allen and Jokic jumped the ball. With the cheers of the fans in the audience, Jokic won the opportunity for the Lakers to attack first.

Lowry dribbled the ball through halftime, but the Warriors did not press the whole court. If Devin Booker was asked to do such a task, he would definitely not be able to do it.

And Lowry didn't take the opportunity to break quickly.

This 31-year-old veteran point guard who used to be Chen Xiao's younger brother in the Bobcats was once very green, but now he is really mature.

Although he has not been a first-line player throughout his career and is not that famous, his ability is very good.

Because the Lakers are a brand new team, the entire team basically has no tacit understanding at all.

If Kobe Bryant can put together a system for the Lakers in just two or three months, then Kobe Bryant will not be a rookie head coach, but a god.

In Chen Xiao's basketball career, the strongest rookie head coach he has ever seen is Bucks head coach Ray Allen.

Although Ray Allen has won two runner-ups in the past three years, let's put it this way, in these two runner-up trips, Ray Allen's coaching highlights are more than Cole's three consecutive championships as head coach.

Ray Allen can build a team, responds well on the spot, and makes adjustments after the game very well.

Compared with Ray Allen, Cole is also a team-building type, and his post-game adjustments are also very good, but his on-the-spot response during the game is indeed worse than Ray Allen.

Of course, the Warriors don't need Cole's on-the-spot response. After all, the Warriors, with Chen Xiao, Wade and Luo Ge, are most in need of on-the-spot response.

Therefore, after Lowry dribbled the ball through half court, he did not try to cooperate with his teammates. Instead, he motioned for his teammates to pull away. Then facing Devin Booker's defense, he hit the ball into Jokic's hands. , let Jokic single out Allen, a rookie.

When a team has no system, the best singles is to play singles.

Especially when the Lakers still have strong offensive points, this is the reason why the Lakers did not use P.J. Tucker at the power forward position but rookie Kuzma.

Kuzma can attack and open up space. All five Lakers players on the court can attack, which can create space for Jokic, Leonard and Paul George to play singles.

It can only be said that although Mr. Ke is a rookie head coach, he still has ideas for his starting lineup.

And facing the Warriors, the defending champion, the Lakers' Jokic is indeed the strong point.

Allen wanted to guard Jokic, but he was a small rookie with a thin body. He was simply a lightweight center in front of Jokic.

And now Jokic's offense has reached an extremely high level.

Although there is some gap between his singles ability and Yao Ming's, it is much better than when he was in the 2016 Finals.

When Jokic became the target of Ray Allen in the 2016 Finals, Jokic was deeply ashamed.

Although Jokic often played as a substitute in 2017, this was not because he was not strong enough and the team's tactical arrangements required it.

Therefore, in this game, Jokic, as the Lakers' main attacker, beat Allen, a rookie, as easily as he beat Doudou.

Of course, for the Lakers, Kobe used Jokic to target Allen.

As for the Warriors, they naturally used Chen Xiao to target Kuzma.

To be honest, the Warriors actually don't have any tactical system.

Ko's singles system is obviously copied from the Warriors. The team has three singles strengths, so there is no need to be so entangled in the tactical system.

Just attack and that's it!

But relatively speaking, the Warriors' defense is also very good.

But it's very exciting. Without Klay and the thick-eyebrow Warriors in this game, the defense is actually just like that.

So in this game between the Warriors and the Lakers, the two teams really fought an offensive battle.

In the end, the Warriors defeated the Lakers 128-120 in an away game, handing Ko the first regular season defeat in his coaching career.

In this game, Jokic, Leonard and Paul George, who represented the Lakers in their debut, all performed well. Jokic and Paul George both scored 30 points, while Leonard scored 28 points. The three of them scored 28 points. The game scored a combined 92 points.

Quite outstanding.

The Lakers' rookie, Kuzma, who was trained by Chen Xiaojun throughout the game, made 4 of 8 and scored 8 points. Although the defense was a mess, the offense was still very distinctive.

For the Warriors, Chen Xiao scored a game-high 48 points, which was a tribute to the great No. 24. The great No. 24 retired two jerseys, but it was just 48.

After defeating the Lakers in an away game, the Warriors and Lakers came to Oracle Arena for another battle on October 25.

In this game, it was Ko's turn to lead the Lakers to applaud Chen Xiao and the Warriors' dynasty.

I have to say that the alliance really knows how to play.

No, it should be said that Boss Qiao really knows how to play!

At the same time, as a meritorious player of the Warriors dynasty, Lakers player Jokic also received the third championship ring of his career amidst the cheers of the fans.