My Name is Kobe Bryant

After the game, O'Neill attended a press conference.

"What do you think of your 18-year-old teammate? He had an outstanding performance of 25 points and 8 assists in this game." The New York media didn't wait for Kobe, so they had to ask O'Neal.

"He is a natural strongman, and Penny didn't have such a performance in his rookie season." O'Neal started to shoot with his big mouth. He likes to say something to attract the attention of the media.

The New York media is excited, they like to watch the off-court battle between the players. And O'Neill, who just left Orlando, has a lot of news that can be revealed. Only they know how the relationship between him and Penny is.

This year's Penny urgently needs to prove himself, he can independently support the team after O'Neal left. The media will tell Penny about O'Neill's intentional or unintentional comparison. The New York media even thought up the next day's newspaper headline "O'Neill admits that Penny is not as good as an 18-year-old rookie".

The media continued to ask, "What do you think of the goal Kobe dunked Ewing?"

"Oh, you know. That's amazing. Few people can accomplish such a feat among the top four centers." O'Neal was beaming, and his blood boiled a little when he thought of that dunk.

This is the impact of Kobe's style of play on people. He can boost the morale of his teammates and hit the opponent's morale. Maybe the efficiency is not as good as some other players, but his murderous style of play will indeed bring great help to the team.

The same two points, jump shots and dunks have completely different effects on the team. The opposing coach won't care if he hits a jumper, unless he hits consecutively or makes a three-pointer. And dunking can change the defensive strategy of the opposing team. Whether a star can make the opponent change his defensive strategy is very important.

A kind of star is purely good-looking statistics, they can not bring qualitative changes to the team. The other is to attract the defense to yourself, and you can still play well or let your teammates play well.

Ewing, who was seated on one side, turned green, and not only lost to his junior, O'Neill. He was also dunked by a rookie. Misfortunes never come singly. The ball he was dunked by Jordan caused a great sensation, and the consequences of this ball are simply unimaginable.

The New York media didn't like Ewing the gorilla. They felt that Ewing's appearance was too vulgar and not worthy of the style of the Big Apple. These uncrowned kings of New York have not been waiting to see Ewing, they are counting on the team to have a handsome and capable player.

And Alan Houston, who joined the team this year, met their needs. In this game, the CIC leader who scored 19 points in 3 of 5 three-pointers is the object they want to praise. As for Ewing, they didn't want to talk to him at all.

Ewing watched the media in New York question O'Neill repeatedly, but there were very few reporters in front of him. Winner and loser, so obvious.

After the press conference, the Lakers and his team quickly boarded the team bus. They need to go to Charlotte immediately, and they have a back-to-back game with the Hornets tomorrow.

On the bus, O'Neill quietly found Kobe.

"Hey, buddy. I'm letting it out, rookie Penny is not as good as you. Keep this performance, we will surpass what I achieved in Orlando." O'Neal beat Jordan in Orlando and reached the finals. He believes that he and this Lakers will definitely win the championship in the future.

"Shaq, we will be the best in history." Kobe and Shaq high-fived.

"I believe in you, brother." Shaq's face was serious, and he couldn't help but look awed in front of Kobe's words even though he was not upright all the year round. He thought that Kobe was a player similar to Penny, but now he slowly discovered that Kobe's heart was much stronger than Penny. Kobe gave him a very dependable air that Penny didn't have.

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At this time, in the Bulls locker room, Jordan, who led the team to a 96:73 victory over the Vancouver Grizzlies, was leaning on the seat.

"Hey, boss, you have to watch. The No. 13 rookie of the Lakers dunked Ewing." Steve Kerr called Jordan to the TV, and a group of Bulls players were watching Kobe's performance.

"This kid's body shape and movements are a bit like Jordan when he was young." Scottie Pippen took a look, and dunked the wonderful goals of the four major centers, even they were very shocked.

Jordan was noncommittal, but he remembered the name of Kobe Bryant, a rookie. Ewing has been his opponent for many years. He tried to dunk Ewing and succeeded once. He knows how difficult it is to dunk on the top four centers.

For this goal alone, Kobe's name is worth remembering. The league has promoted several Jordan successors, such as Penny Hardaway and Grant Hill. Jordan believes that the style of play has nothing to do with himself.

But this kid's domineering breakthrough dunk made Jordan feel a little interesting.

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The game between the Detroit Pistons and the Philadelphia 76ers at the First United Center in Philadelphia entered a decisive moment.

81:81 tie, the last 15 seconds left.

Grant Hill had the ball in midfield and suddenly got low and dribbled past Jerry Stackhouse. Jumping up from the mid-range, the ball flew from his fingertips and went straight into the hoop.

Whistle! Go in! Grant Hill beat the 76ers. In this game, Hill's super performance of 22+14+9 made the Philadelphia 76ers who worked hard all night get nothing.

Allen Iverson returned to the locker room, scoring 24 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, he still couldn't bring the team a victory.

He looked up at the TV, where Kobe's dunk on Ewing was being played over and over again. He knew that the No. 13 rookie born in Philadelphia, Kobe overwhelmed his 30-point limelight with 31 points in the first game. And in this game, he beat himself again with a dunk and 25 points.

Allen Iverson stared at Kobe on the TV, and he wanted to keep this rookie in his class in mind.

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Los Angeles, in the high-end villa area of ​​Beverly Hills. Dr. Buss looked at Kobe's performance with delighted eyes. He really didn't expect that the rookie selected by West would be able to take on important tasks so quickly.

"Jerry, your vision is really good." Bass picked up the red wine glass and handed it to Jerry West who was watching the game with him.

"No, I didn't expect him to grow so fast." Jerry West thought that Kobe would need two to three years to become an All-Star player, and he was willing to spend this time waiting. But Kobe's performance in every game now has reached the level of an All-Star or even a superstar, which surprised Jerry West.

"Then let's toast to our talented rookie, the Chosen One." Bass knew that the championship he wanted might not be far away.

"Jerry, go ahead and do what you want, I support you."

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At Lauer Mayne High School in Philadelphia, Joe Sr. and a group of players were watching the tapes of Kobe Bryant's games repeatedly.

"See, this breakthrough is learned from me. This dunk is also learned from me. This three-pointer has 70% of my power. If you want to play in the NBA and become a star, you must learn from me, understand."

All the players in the seats looked at the old Qiao who lashed out at Fang Qiu with admiration. They didn't expect that this usually funny middle-aged fat man would have such a powerful son. It seems that we have to learn from him.

Old Joe proudly looked at a group of players who were stunned by him, and looked up at the TV. The ball that was dunked by Ewing is really similar to himself when he was young.