Chapter 1043 [Out of the Blue, Lost in Philadelphia]
Philadelphia is Kobe Bryant's second home, and when he was drafted, he wanted to play for his hometown team, but the 76ers management was not so bold to pick Kobe Bryant with the first pick, and they chose Iverson.
Now Kobe Bryant has joined Philadelphia with an appropriate salary cut of 20 million in 2 years, which can be regarded as returning home.
At the press conference of the franchise, Kobe Bryant chose the No. 24 jersey and said that he would work hard to help the 76ers achieve better results.
Soon the preseason began, and the media vigorously promoted the two super teams, and several media said that even if Guo Xu came back, he would not be able to beat the Nets and the Warriors now, and the two teams had super strong lineups.
This is a not clever method arranged by President Xiao Hua, and he wants to use this way to attract Guo Xu to make a comeback. Don't you think you have no opponent? I've been promoting new stars all season to make you an opponent.
If the fans don't believe it, this trick won't work, and the league has nothing to lose, and the new star will be picked up by the way.
As for the strong team stars huddle, Xiao Hua has no way to restrict it, and some team owners are willing to spend more money. The league can't force free agents not to join a certain team, and it's a matter of your willingness to sign and then trade, as long as it complies with the rules.
In the preseason in October, the top two in the east and west were really powerful, and they both achieved a complete victory, ranking 1st and 2nd in the first official power list.
The Warriors are ranked No. 1, and their tactics are unchanged from last season, mainly adding a strong mid-range singles point like Nowitzki.
Guo Xu feels that their strength is similar to that of the Warriors in the parallel world in the 2016-17 season, Nowitzki is a mid-distance master like Durant, he is older, he is a weakened version of Durant, and the advantage is that he can better help his teammates cover.
It doesn't matter if you're weak, Nowitzki's tactics play a big role, he played a cameo center with Green at one point, and his height and weight can also defend most of the interior. When he and Lopez are on the court together, mobility is poor, and both can pull outside the three-point line.
The Warriors are terrible inside, and Scola has one year left on his contract and can only be a marginal man, because his height is flawed in the No. 4 and No. 5 positions. The other insider, Andre Blatche, is also not gone, he is reluctant to play on a weak team and likes to lie down to win. He occasionally plays as a center forward for a while and can also make a difference.
The Nets had an eye-catching preseason performance, and James' heads-up was an opportunity, as he attracted the ball and his teammates could shoot three-pointers.
As the season approached the start of the season, the Nets signed James Jones and Sean Marion to strengthen the team, one offense and one defense.
James can also occasionally make cameo appearances as power forwards, and the Nets' forwards are in vague positions, and can pull away and play inside passes with Howard, and the defense is better.
Although the point guard position is a bit weak, there is no problem with the organization of the Nets, James and Joe Johnson can organize the offense, and Blake is also very fast in addition to catching and shooting three-pointers.
James has his own system, as long as there is a reasonable lineup of pitchers around him, he may not be able to win the championship, but the team's ceiling will be very high, and few teams can compete with his team.
The Nets' bench is not weak, Nate Robinson can shoot suddenly, and Plumlee has practiced for a season and learned the style of play from the inside. Disappointing is Kirilenko, who is completely useless and has probably spent the season recovering from injuries.
In fact, he can play, but the Nets know that he is in poor condition and don't want him to play, and he is absent to a certain extent, and the insurance company can be responsible for part of the salary.
The worst performance in the preseason was the 76ers, 0-7.
God, the 76ers, who didn't have a superstar to make it to the second round of the playoffs last season, immediately became the bottom of the East after adding the star Kobe.
Louis Williams switched to the Raptors after his contract expired, and now the 76ers' starting point guard is Tony Roten, who is not good at shooting, and the backup is Ismael Smith, who is not good at shooting.
Garnett has one year left on his contract, his form has declined seriously, and he can't play at all, averaging 6+6 per game in the preseason, and he is completely a soy sauce player.
Until now, Garnett still has a large number of fans, who think that a "yin-yang contract" squandered Garnett's 12 years of good time, and if he had been in his prime, he would have won the championship in other teams.
Although fans of other teams think that Garnett is just a brush, and he can't even brush up the data without leaving the Timberwolves, let alone have a dominant power, but hardcore fans don't believe it. They said that Garnett's poor play now is due to his age, and secondly, because of the toxic tumor in the team, which makes him unable to play.
Jokic, who was drafted in the 76th round, has a contract in Europe and cannot join for the time being, but the team signed Kobe, and the lineup should be a little stronger than last season.
However, the 76ers suddenly didn't cooperate and became Kobe Bryant's singles team, Kobe Bryant attracted the ball in the bag, and his teammates did not give him enough support to shoot.
Turner, who averaged 17.4 points, 6 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game last season, Thaddeus Young, who averaged 17.6 points, 6 rebounds and 2.3 assists, shot 40.1% from three-point range, and Jordi Meeks, who averaged 11.1 points per game, all became CBA teammates.
The first two played well with the ball last season, Meeks played without the ball and could run to catch the ball, but now he is standing as a fixed-point pitcher and has lost his rhythm.
Last season, the defender held the ball and played the inside to block and dismantle, and the formation was very open, with breakthroughs, empty cuts, and several routines. Now the 76ers have become a triangle offense again, pulling away from Kobe Bryant's perimeter singles and low-post singles.
As he got older, Kobe Bryant's offense became easier and easier after 2012, because he didn't have enough speed to break through, and he was prone to being caught in the low post. He shot 69% of his shots in the middle distance last season, and this season will be about the same number.
He averaged 5.4 shots per game on 2-point shots last season while shooting 40.2 percent from the field. He made 5.2 three-point shots with a shooting rate of 32.4%, and a relatively stable 50% shooting rate from mid-range, averaging only three shots per game.
As in his youth, Bryant is shooting more often the closer he gets to the basket, and other teams know this, forcing him to pass the ball near the box, and the perimeter is dominated by single defense to break through and interfere with shots.
Although the game that Comey watched was different from others, he often saw the opponent wrapping Kobe Bryant, who was not allowed to shoot three points on the periphery, and said that Kobe Bryant was caught because of the bag. But the 76ers fans are already very dissatisfied, they don't see the bag, they see that the iron and the team can't win.
And fans know where Kobe Bryant is losing, the only thing that remains unchanged is that his data is very beautiful, and he got it in exchange for a high shot.
Kobe Bryant was not well received with the 76ers, and online fans said that signing him was a mistake, and if he didn't sign Kobe, maybe Lowe would have renewed his contract.
Kobe Bryant is not even as popular as Iverson. When the 76ers lost 91-111 at home to the Celtics in the preseason, Iverson came to the scene to watch the game, and the "answer" was still super popular, receiving a standing ovation from the fans.
Iverson made a very cool appearance, with a baseball cap and sunglasses, diamond stud earrings and a big gold watch, and he still looked like a superstar sitting on the sidelines. When Iverson arrived, the 76ers naturally did not slack off, and the big screen on the scene quickly gave him a close-up, and the fans immediately boiled.
In stark contrast to Iverson, Kobe Bryant was in a hurry by Tony Allen in the third quarter, and when he forced a break to open the way with an elbow and was whistled for a foul, the home fans booed Kobe Bryant and turned against him.
In this case, both the management and Kobe Bryant felt that the cooperation between the two sides was a mistake.
Kobe Bryant was very dissatisfied with the operation of the agent, and he felt that it was better to negotiate with the Clippers earlier for a price of 20 million for 2 years and strive to take a salary cut to join the Clippers.
Then he would have two All-Star partners, and of course they could also be CBA teammates......