Chapter 1176 [The young man does not work hard, and the boss is sad]
After being rejected by the Spurs, Kobe Bryant didn't know where his next stop was, and neither did his agent team.
This summer, Kobe's team was tasked not with signing him as big as possible, but with a team that was competitive and could give him some balls. The reality is that Kobe Bryant has nowhere to go if he wants to take the veteran's base salary, and no strong team will be interested in a player who has a shooting percentage of less than 40% and an average of 20+ shots per game.
Kobe Bryant wanted to return to the Lakers the most, but unfortunately he looked for Kupchak the previous season, and the Lakers without Guo Xu rejected him at that time.
Secondly, he wants to join the Clippers, which is also a team based in Los Angeles, where he lives.
Back then, Paul and Griffin invited Kobe, but he wanted a high salary, and the Clippers management didn't mention it. After he led the 76ers to the bottom of the league for two consecutive seasons, he once again offered to join the Clippers, but the management refused without asking him what annual salary he wanted. What the Clippers lack is a defensive center and small forward, not a blacksmith.
What's even more embarrassing is that two days after rejecting Kobe, the Clippers traded from the Bulls to bring Rohr Deng, the "Warriors Pig teammate" who was complained about by Cormi. The Bulls began to rebuild, and not only Rohrdeng, but also Rose, the core of the perimeter, was gone.
In the press conference, coach Doug Rivers praised Rohr Deng, believing that he will definitely strengthen the team's weak wing defense after his arrival, and the Clippers will be stronger next season. He also highlighted the comprehensiveness and selflessness of Rohrdeng and his lack of messing around.
Kobe Bryant also asked his agent to contact the Thunder, who had just lost Durant, and they also directly refused, not thinking that Kobe Bryant could replace Durant's role. What they are good at is cultivating newcomers and giving them privileges, and they are not good at raising privileged veterans.
Durant is the guy who has a constant 50 percent shooting percentage from the field, and his regular season true shooting percentage has exceeded 60 percent for five consecutive seasons. He is shooting 60.8 percent from the field in the regular season and 59.1 percent in the playoffs, and there is no small forward in the league to replace him.
Kobe Bryant's performance last season was also unique, but it was the other extreme.
The Thunder are preparing to build a team around Westbrook in the new season, and it is impossible to let a veteran like Kobe Bryant share the ball, and Wei Shao can finally burst his full energy.
The Komies on the Internet are much more atmospheric, and some people said: "I think even if (crazy) Kupchak asks Kobe Bryant to come back to the Lakers, he won't go, the Lakers have too many swing people, and he goes to reduce the ball, which will affect him to break the historical record." β
"Without unlimited shots, may Kobe Bryant still play as a substitute? He has his own pride. β
"I'll never be a substitute!"
The hardcore Cormitry directly made the decision for Kobe, they think they know Kobe Bryant very well, how can the boss be as "really fragrant" as Iverson when he returned to the 76ers? After watching the news, Kobe really wanted to kill these mentally retarded people who shouted slogans and ruined his big business.
He hasn't said anything about his reluctance to play as a substitute this year, and if he insists on starting the line-up position, how can any strong team dare to ask for him? He's been in the league for 20 seasons and knows all too well how much a team can be hurt by a player with an ultra-low shooting percentage.
He has to keep a low profile before signing, and even if he wants to make more moves, he has to join the right team first. It's like he's always saying he's willing to switch to playing without the ball and then letting his new teammates go without the ball, and he has to package himself as more attractive first.
Kobe Bryant, another strong team that may compete for the championship, can't go. He has played for the Warriors and Nets before, and when he left, he had a bit of an unpleasant quarrel with his teammates and management. And as soon as Kobe Bryant left, the two teams rose, and the Warriors immediately entered the Western Conference finals and won the championship the following year. The Nets immediately reached the Finals and successfully recruited James in the summer of 2014 to reach the Finals for the third year in a row.
With this kind of immediate negative effect, it is impossible for the two teams that Kobe Bryant is willing to get the base salary to ask him, and he didn't let the agent ask, and it was boring to ask.
It is impossible to retire, Kobe Bryant is only 38 years old this year, he is relatively healthy, and he still wants to prove himself.
He dreamed that the final season of his career would be treated with the same courtesy as Jordan; Dreaming of every game being packed, his lifelong rivals coming to bid him farewell; Dreaming of him getting the most enthusiastic cheers every time he arrives on the road, the crowd shouting "We want Kobe" doesn't want him to leave. This is what he deserves.
People's dreams are always difficult to achieve. If there is a Supreme Mage in this world, Kobe Bryant will ask him, "Why do I feel like I've surpassed Jordan, but I can't lead the team to the championship?" β
The mage would say, "I went to parallel worlds and saw fourteen million possible endings. β
Bryant asked, "How many times have I succeeded?" β
The mage said, "Zero, you only once almost caught up with Jordan in the number of championships, won five crowns, and went on a retirement tour. β
Kobe: "What about the other endings?" β
Mage: "You snapped your fingers, I?am?" Iron manοΌ β
Of course, it's not bad to be a kobe on Earth. He is only 17 points away from Karl Malone in the regular season total, and as long as he finds any team to play, he can easily surpass Malone to become the second place on the all-time regular season scoring list next season, and he is only 1,400 points away from Abdul-Jabbar.
As for the number of shots, he has long ranked first in history, and has surpassed Havlicek by 1,200 and Abdul-Jabbar by 2,200...... Don't worry about the details.
There are only a few underdogs interested in Kobe Bryant at the moment. These teams are trying to take advantage of Kobe's popularity and gimmicks to attract fans to the home stadium to watch the game and increase attendance. Mainly the Celtics, the Heat, the Timberwolves, and they won't pay him a high salary.
If Kobe Bryant is unwilling to retire, there are only these three options, and the Hawks are not interested in him because they previously poached Dwight Howard.
If Kobe Bryant were to go to Atlanta, Howard would have to give him the middle finger directly - "try me!" SoftοΌ β
Translated into Chinese, it means "the young strong do not work hard, and the old man is sad." β
The management of the 76ers, the weakest team in the league, did not think about renewing Kobe's contract, and they began to rebuild and try to return to the top of the East in a few years next season.
The manager drafted swingman Jaylen Brown to replace Kobe, and next season's bench Gary Harris also has a chance to perform.
The 76ers' inside and outside cores last season were gone, and they traded center DeAndre Jordan to the Nuggets in exchange for forward Danilo Gallinari and shooting guard Will Barton.
Gallinari didn't have a good time in Denver, and the Nuggets management focused on developing Antetokounmpo, a big man with overlapping positions.
Gallinari plays a big forward confrontation in general, can't grab the board, and has no ball in the small forward. Playing off the ball, he doesn't have the speed to run away from the defense. Although Antetokounmpo is 211cm tall, with broad shoulders and amazing arm span, he is an inside figure, but he mainly relies on the face frame to hold the ball, which is James's style of play as a playmaker.
PATTON IS A SWINGMAN WITH A HEIGHT OF 198CM, WHO WAS DRAFTED IN THE SECOND ROUND IN 2012 AND SIGNED A THREE-YEAR, 11 MILLION CONTRACT WITH THE NUGGETS IN 2015. He was strong on offense and weak on defense, sharing playing time with TJ Warren in the Nuggets, and his performance was average. WARREN, WHO IS 203CM TALL AND WEIGHS 104 KILOGRAMS, IS ALSO A BIG SWINGMAN, WHICH IS A BIG REASON WHY THE NUGGETS TRADED GALLINARI.
The Nuggets' weakness is that they don't have a center, and last season's combination of Hixon and Tariq Black was the weakest in the league, and management was happy to have poached Jordan Jr. without much cost.
Many pundits have commented that the 76ers will be worse next season, and their restricted area will be completely unprotected. Jordan Jr., despite his poor offense, is an excellent defensive blue-collar who is good at controlling rebounds and defending people in the restricted area......