On January 3, the NBA's official website announced the best rookie of the East and West for December, and Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers and Landry Ferdis of the New York Knicks were awarded respectively.

In the December game, Ferdis averaged 8 points per game. 8 points and second in the rookie with 7 rebounds. 9 ranked third in the rookie, 1. He topped the rookie list with 23 steals, and he started 13 games for the Knicks last month, scoring in double figures in six of those games and rebounding 10 or more in five games.

Griffin averaged 23 points per game last month. 0 points at the top of the rookie list, 13. 5 rebounds also topped the rookie list, 0. 87 steals ranked third in the rookie, 3. Nine assists ranked second, 38. 5 minutes of playing time ranked first among rookies.

After that, it came out the Player of the Month for December, and Chamberlain was naturally the best player of the month in the West, because his Warriors won all of them in December, and he also scored 36 points and 17. 5 rebounds, 5. 2 capped scores.

Now Chamberlain is leading the major lists in an all-round way, All-Star voting is the vote king, and he is also the first in the MVP list, far behind the second-ranked Rose, as for last season's MVP Mr. James, now the Heat still has a series of problems to solve, so he is only ranked fourth.

The Warriors finished beating the Grizzlies, and the next thing is to meet the Mavericks.

After losing to the Warriors, the Grizzlies rushed to Los Angeles the next day and beat the Lakers, who are second in the West, 104-85 in back-to-back games on the road.

The Grizzlies led the game from the first quarter to the fourth quarter, with five players scoring in double digits, including Guy and Randolph combined for 48 points.

Although the Lakers star Kobe Bryant scored 21 of 28 points in the second half, none of his teammates could help him, and only power forward Gasol (10 points) and bench Brown (11 points) scored past double digits.

That night, Lakers fans gave a rare boo to their beloved star Kobe Bryant and his teammates.

The Lakers lost rebounds, assists, and steals to their opponents in this game, although the 46% shooting rate was one percentage point higher than that of the Grizzlies, but the number of shots was less than 19 times that of the opponent, and the turnovers were 10 more than the opponent.

Lakers coach Jackson reluctantly said: "We were beaten by our opponents in every part tonight. ”

Grizzlies coach Hollins said that although the Lakers had a few small high-ups in the game, he slowed down and disrupted their rhythm every time he called a timeout, and gradually let the game into their pace. "As long as our team plays at a high level, we can still compete with a strong team like the Lakers."

After the game, someone interviewed Hollins and asked him about the difference between the Warriors and the Lakers, the two top teams in the West, Hollins thought about it for a moment and said cautiously: "To beat the Lakers, you just need to let the players play well, and to beat the Warriors, what you need is to make Chamberlain play abnormally, otherwise it will be useless." ”

Hollins' answer can be described as adding fuel to the fire, and Bryant was really angry, and he roared at reporters in an interview: "Aren't you guys the best at writing some incendiary words? Then it's time for you to do something. The players may not read the newspapers, but the fans do, and they will put pressure on us during the game. It's a win-win, it gives us a sense of tension and you can sell more newspapers. ”

How frustrated must Kobe Bryant be to think of turning to a reporter for help? In fact, recently, Kobe Bryant has been emphasizing that he hopes to use his efforts to wake up his teammates.

"I'm a very self-encouraging person, but after talking to my teammates, I don't know what to motivate them." Bryant said, "People seem to only think about that far away goal now, but they don't know that only by fighting one game at a time can they achieve that goal." ”

Kobe Bryant is very sober, even if he once believed that he could bring victory to the team by himself, but it is by no means the reason for the crazy shot now, he understands the importance of his teammates, and he wants to wake up his teammates and get their help in his own way.

His mistakes, perhaps just after a series of defeats, did not realise that it was not the right way to do it, and it even had the opposite effect - his teammates have complained, Gasol said, "We don't always play smart", and even Bynum said: "We should let the ball go more inside".

No wonder Kobe Bryant is in a hurry, the current Lakers team does have problems, and this team is getting farther and farther away from the Purple and Gold team that competes with the Warriors.

In the last four games, the Lakers have scored less than 90 points, and their opponents have won by more than 15 points: 79-98 Bucks, 80-96 Heat, 82-97 Spurs.

No injuries or diseases, what happened to the Lakers is the hottest topic in the NBA at the end of the year and the beginning of the year.

For the championship-hungry Lakers, losing a few games in December and January is really nothing to make a fuss about. However, in these four consecutive routs, the Lakers' combat effectiveness is low, the speed of collapse, and the length of time that has lasted are rare in the three seasons since Gasol arrived.

In the past two seasons, the Lakers have also had slack, but there have been small songs, no big songs, and there has never been such a continuous collapse as this time. In addition, in the past, the Lakers could tighten after slackening, often slacking off in the third quarter and tightening up in the fourth quarter, but now the Lakers are often a thousand miles away, loose in the third quarter, and completely collapsed in the fourth quarter.

Taking the defeat to the Grizzlies as an example, the Lakers' attention in the first half was actually quite focused, and the Grizzlies were given 9 big hats defensively.

At the beginning of the second half, Bryant stepped up. Kobe Bryant's solo fight is always the focus of controversy, but this battle, facing the Grizzlies' strong interior line: Gasol Jr. and Randolph, Gasol Jr. and Bynum are not advantageous, and they only rely on the inside attack in the first half, and they can't open the situation, and they urgently need Kobe's breakthrough and outside offense to echo.

However, while Kobe Bryant fired and scored continuously, the other four players on the court suddenly became stakes, completely lost their desire to play, not only did not actively echo Kobe, but gave all the ball to Kobe, one did not cut in the air, two did not grab the board, and three did not retreat.

As a result, although Kobe Bryant scored 17 points in the first quarter, the Lakers only scored 23 points as a team, and the Grizzlies counterattacked again and again, and the Lakers fell apart in the blink of an eye.

After watching this game, anyone with a discerning eye can see that there are some problems in the Lakers, maybe they are problems with mutual understanding, maybe they are problems with basketball philosophy.

As he gets older and his athleticism declines, Kobe Bryant needs to adjust his playing style and mentality, and his teammates, led by Gasol, must also know that this is not the time for the Lakers to win a championship.

As for the much-talked-about Big Three, things are even worse now, and James is stunned to find out that the original one is not what he imagined it to be after bringing his talent to the South Coast.

Wade needs to be a threat with the ball in his hands, which James does not exclude, and his off-ball offensive ability is also among the best in the league, and the problem is Bosh.

The reason why James is so keen on the Big Three is that he actually values Bosh's ability, because of Bosh's technical reasons and the Raptors' tactics, every time he meets the Warriors, Bosh can play a good number - Bosh is floating outside, and Chamberlain can't go out with him, right?

Now the problem is, Bosh is positioned as a pillar of the inside in the Big Three, but he can't play inside at all now, and he doesn't play inside - James and Wade need to hit the hoop to stay intimidating, and the restricted area must have enough space.

So, Bosh took advantage of this reason to simply stop carrying it on the inside and concentrate on running to the outside to shoot.

His idea is very good, how tiring is the collision of inside muscles? And it's easy to get injured, how can it be comfortable to shoot on the outside?

This made the whole Heat team suffer, although they have Haslem and Dampier and Big Z on the inside, but Haslem is trapped by talent, he is too short, and he is destined to be unable to do anything on the inside. Dampier and Big Z? Fans can't be too harsh on the two seniors who are both over seventy years old combined.

The East is now also in a melee, the Green Shirts, the Magic and the Heat, the three most promising teams, the Green Shirts have an age crisis, the Magic team has a problem with the lineup, and the Heat is not running in well, so it is the Hawks, Bucks and other new teams that have a chance to emerge.

The Magic team has also made a lot of money in the past two years, probably because the painful lessons of the big sharks O'Neal and Maddy are still fresh in their memories, and now in order to keep Howard, the efforts made the players have to sigh that this is a conscientious owner.

Just at the start of the new year, a deal came along: the Washington Wizards made a first move with the Orlando Magic, who sent Rashard Lewis to Washington, and the Wizards sent Gilbert Arenas to Orlando.

The Wizards have been trying to send Arenas away, who has also been one of Washington's biggest headaches in recent years.

Although Arenas helped the Wizards reach the playoffs for the first time in 10 years and was selected as an All-Star along with Caron Butler, Antoine Jamison and others, Arenas was banned by the league for violating league rules by bringing guns into the Verizon Center locker room at the Wizards' home stadium last season and pointing guns at teammate Crittenton.

Arenas' knee injury has also been a big problem, and it is because of the injury that he only played 47 games in the previous three seasons, but this season, whether playing alongside the top pick John Wall or leading the team alone, Arenas has shown some of the shining points of the past.

The general's return this season, and his performance is quite good, gives the Wizards the confidence to sell him.

So far, he has averaged 17 per game. 3 points 5. 6 assists, so his arrival will also give the Magic something they have been lacking, the Magic have not been happy with the outside line against some of the league's best teams this season, and the arrival of Arenas could improve the situation.

Leading the deal was Smith, the Magic's new general manager, who said at a press conference that Arenas' 50-game suspension for gun ownership and preseason injuries are not a problem.

'The length of his contract and the injuries are probably more of a concern for me, he's still on a long contract and you always worry about the team taking on too much, that's one of the things I've always considered. I know some of Gilbert's troubles off the pitch and I know what kind of person he is. ”

Lewis is averaging just 12 per game this season. 2 points and a shooting percentage of just 41 percent, both of which are the lowest in the past 10 years.

This season, Lewis has been placed more at small forward by head coach Stan Van Gundy, and it is clear that he is not comfortable with it, while Lewis has been the team's power forward in previous seasons, and because his range is beyond the three-point line, he can switch flexibly on the court.

This season, the team has given Brandon Bass more time to play his familiar No. 4 position.

Arenas also has four years and $80 million left on his contract, having signed a six-year1 deal with the team two years ago. A huge $1.1 billion contract, while Lewis has 3 years and 63 million left on his contract, he also signed a 1 with the Magic in 2007. $2.4 billion in max contract, but only $10 million in his $22.6 million contract in the final year of 2012-13 is guaranteed, but the amount of coverage will increase if Lewis's schedule from now on can improve and fulfill certain terms of the contract.

For this deal, in fact, it can be said that two teams with garbage contracts made a deal, each gave away a garbage contract, and then signed back one.