The rest is just noise

Rodman, who said he would play every game for the rest of the season, had a rough time in the Lakers' first game after the All-Star break.

In that game, the Lakers played against the Timberwolves away from home.

Rodman was immersed in the joy of teasing Juwan Howard, but he forgot that he had a home whistle.

When Howard is unable to redeem himself with his performance on the court, the referees will use appropriate force to help the new star.

After Rodman was called for several blocking fouls, he became unconvinced and contradicted the referee on the spot.

The result was no suspense and Rodman was ejected.

Coach, you can’t blame me, that dog referee, he...

Rodman kept pointing at the referee before leaving the game.

Louis, who had nothing to say to him, really wanted to kick him out. Stop talking nonsense and get out of here!

In fact, Louis would not be disgusted by Rodman being expelled like this.

Putting aside the matter of being expelled, Rodman's role is very obvious.

In 23 minutes, he scored 2 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block. When he defended Huo Erdi, the opponent simply stopped doing anything, as if he was invisible.

This is something Louis values.

Rodman may not be as powerful as he was in his prime, but he is still a useful blue-collar player.

In addition, another new Lakers player, Wang Mukong, also appeared in the game against the Timberwolves.

This old friend needs no introduction. After being traded by Louis in New York, he won a championship in Miami, and then moved to Portland and Vancouver. Although he didn't have much chance to play, he can clearly see the water cooler.

Marginal people are not common either.

Louis rested Buck Williams today to give Wang Mukong a chance, and he also performed well in a few minutes of playing time.

He made 2 of 4 shots and scored 4 points relying on his best mid-range catch and jump shot.

Xiao Wang, if you behave like this in every game, I will directly ask Bean to help you look at the water dispenser.

When Wang Mukong came off the field, Louis made a joke with him.

As the bottom of the team, Wang Mukong is always full of desire to survive.

That won't work. The water dispenser is my forever home. No one can rob it from me!

Is this any good stuff? Buckley laughed.

Kobe is also trying to fit into this atmosphere. Don’t worry, I won’t compete with you.

Liu Yuqing said the truth in a sarcastic tone, you can't steal it anyway.

The Lakers easily defeated the Timberwolves.

However, they can't relax yet because they have to fly to Denver to play a back-to-back game with the Nuggets the next day.

Recently, the Nuggets have not been peaceful.

As his rookie contract comes to an end, Nuggets star Jason Kidd has grown disloyal.

Although Kidd brought the Nuggets back to the playoffs in his rookie season, this is the best he can do without a genetic mutation.

Kidd is a person who guarantees a minimum limit. The stronger the team's lineup, the higher the minimum limit for him to lead the team. However, the Nuggets have been unable to recruit players. After several years, they still have the same number of players.

Kidd watched Hill, who was at the same level, gain a foothold in Boston, holding Sampson's thigh with his left hand and Malone's arm with his right hand, easily entering the championship group, and felt unwilling to do so.

From the beginning of the season, Kidd has been talking about signings.

But until the end of the trade deadline, the Nuggets made no moves.

Externally, they expressed that they are very satisfied with the current lineup.

Internally, they told Kidd that there were no good trading opportunities at the moment.

The management's rhetoric instantly made Kidd furious. In an interview, when a reporter asked him whether he would renew his contract with the Nuggets.

Kidd said, "I don't know."

All rising stars who are in charge of weak teams have basically said that they will always stay on the team, but after a few years, they will not remember this. Some people will leave, come back, come back, and leave again.

There are also people who dream of leading a weak team that no one cares about to dominate, but after being severely beaten by reality, they often act contrary to their expectations.

The original choice.

However, Kidd doesn't even pretend anymore.

Fans don't expect you to come up with a LeBron-style sweet talk about "I have always believed that I will end my career with the Cavaliers." You can at least come up with a Leonard-style one, with vain eyes, no sincerity, and a robot-like "I will."

Leave.

Then, the Nuggets began to explode.

Fans wrote letters accusing Kidd, and extreme fans began to insult his family, but the team did nothing in the face of this public opinion.

Originally, Louis expected the Nuggets to give them some competition, but as a result, Wilson got a triple-double in 20 minutes, and Kobe Bryant, who came off the bench, scored 22 points.

What's even worse is that it makes Kobe further believe that he can take on more responsibilities.

After three days of rest, the Lakers defeated another weak team at home - the SuperSonics.

Then we ushered in a team that was relegated this season-the Heat.

In the summer of 1994, superstars gathered in Miami to form a team that could compete with the strongest team in history.

They won the championship in a landslide the following season.

Then, like all teams that join forces for glory, they collapsed due to internal reasons.

Now that Sampson has left the team, Danny Manning has taken the top spot on the team as he wished.

But will the Heat's problems be put to rest?

However, since Sampson's departure did not bring any assets, the Heat basically lost a superstar in vain, and the introduction of the luxury tax caused them to tighten their spending.

Today's Heat are still a strong team, but they have fallen out of the ranks of super teams.

Danny Manning, Dra Petrovich, and Clyde Drexler are the main three, with John Salley, Jalen Rose, Joan Barry, Randy Brown and others.

It can be considered a fighting team.

Tonight, Louis intended to use a strong team to continue to run into the high-low tactics of Barkley and Garnett, so he lowered Wilson's tactical status.

After a year and a half of playing beautiful basketball, Wilson's game awareness has improved rapidly. Even if he is just standing in the corner smoking, the Heat would not take it lightly.

Barkley was Manning's favorite opponent.

As a superstar, Barkley's defense is not up to standard, and it is very easy to score high points on him.

Barkley's offense was not going well today, and there were also problems with defense. Louis made a decisive change in formation. Barkley, who was originally responsible for playing in the low post, was moved to the high post, and Garnett went to the low post.

The opponent suddenly changed, and Manning didn't care.

Anyway, regardless of whether Barkley or Garnett, in his eyes, they are both guys who can be blown away by raising their hands.

However, Garnett's defense clearly exceeded Manning's expectations.

When Manning wants to attack with the ball, Garnett can not only keep up with the speed, but also has a height and wingspan that is one size larger than Manning and can completely envelope him.

When Manning posts up, Garnett suffers a slight loss in strength, but he is still very talented and can cause enough interference even if he cannot completely cover him.

But when Garnett was attacking with the ball, the defensive method Manning was accustomed to lost its effect.

Garnett's post-up offense has completely lost his high school habits. Every detail of the action was taught by Bird step by step, including catching the ball, holding it up, turning and retreating with a push; catching the ball, shaking his shoulders, and turning to face the basket. Lifting and hitting high--this action can even be seen as Sampson--Manning can clearly see these two moves when facing Garnett but cannot defend against them.

Manning can also do the same moves, but Garnett has higher talent, higher quality moves, and better details.

In this case, Manning can only increase confrontation to force Garnett's hand to decline, or wait for him to have problems.

But there is no problem with Garnett tonight.

When he faced Manning's several attacks, he was as smooth as listening to Wang Zhiwen's lines.

Just two words, smooth.

Country bumpkin, look at how successful Jasmine is in back-fighting now, as much as Ralph.

Louis was very excited and asked Bird immediately.

One percent.

Just 10%

Bird said that an inside player of his size would rely too much on touch if he only played with his back. The reason why Ralph's offense is difficult to stop is because he has no offensive blind spots. No matter where he is, he has many means to complete it. Attack, and Kevin only has these few tricks now, he needs to continue to expand his arsenal.

Come on, redneck, give him some more of that Ralph shit, give him something to aim for.

If Garnett's performance after the All-Star Game was gratifying, then Kobe's performance was a bit nerve-wracking.

His performance in the rookie game built up his confidence. Since the Lakers resumed play, they were a weak team in the first few games. He maintained the rhythm of the rookie game and scored in double figures in three consecutive games.

Against the Heat, Kobe came off the bench to face Jaylen Rose.

Louis didn't know if Kobe would have the chance to score 81 points on Rose in this life, but he knew that if there was another one like this in the future, it would definitely be closely related to tonight.

Rose used playoff-level physical confrontation, dirty tricks with hands and feet, and used his body weight to crush Kobe in post-up singles, making the Lakers' No. 2 high school student have a very difficult night.

In this campaign, Kobe played 11 minutes, missed all 6 shots, had 1 rebound, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls.

At the end of the game, Ellis hit him hard: Let me tell you, there are hundreds of players at the level of Jaylen Rose, but you can't even beat him, which shows that you are not there yet. NBA average.

Kobe glanced at Ellis with a faint look, then wouldn't it be quite easy for me to hit you?

Shut up, I'm a 37-year-old man, why are you so embarrassed to compare yourself to me? Or are you saying that you only bully old men?

Okay! Louis scolded in disgust, an old man who only bullies high school students is not a good person!

I have always felt that in James’s letter in 2014, I always believed that I would return to the Cavaliers and end my career there. This sentence is very meaningful. He said that he would return to the Cavaliers, but he did not say that he would return to the Cavaliers. He returned several times, right? He said he wanted to end his career with the Cavaliers, but he didn't say he wanted to stay with the Cavaliers forever. Like Pierce did, he finally came back to Boston to sign for one day and then retire, wouldn't he end his career with the Cavaliers, right?

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