Chapter 31

On the 31st, the Lakers faced the Jazz in a back-to-back game.

This season, Kobe wanted to challenge for the regular season MVP, so the Lakers had to ensure he played enough games.

Therefore, how to allocate Kobe's stamina during games became a subject Coach Lu had to study in the new season.

Fortunately, after further optimizing his playing style in the summer...

Kobe's "walking style" on the court was similar to Messi's on the soccer field in the future.

In addition, when promoting Kobe in the new season, the Lakers cleverly avoided a series of issues such as Kobe's declining running ability and reduced running distance on the court.

Instead, they focused on promoting how Kobe could always drive his teammates through organization and excellent passing.

Online, Kobe fans were happy to call Kobe's current position on the court "organizing shooting guard."

Moreover, when praising Kobe, Kobe fans also put forward a series of new concept words such as "effective passing is greater than direct scoring," "assists are more valuable than dunks," and "Kobe didn't run much because he doesn't need to run to control the game."

However, no matter how the Lakers and fans promoted it...

Whether Kobe could successfully challenge for the regular season MVP ultimately depended on himself.

After all, just like Su Feng's career of 40,000+ points was earned one point at a time, not by typing on a keyboard.

At the Staples Center, facing the Jazz, the Lakers continued their starting lineup from the opening game.

The Jazz's starting lineup was led by Jefferson, Milsap, Paul George, Randy Foye, and Deron Williams.

This summer, the Jazz signed Milsap in the free agent market with a two-year contract worth about 5 million.

Because as the pace of the current NBA version became faster and faster, Jefferson's weaknesses on the defensive end became more and more obvious.

Therefore, Hornacek, who was Sloan's successor, took a fancy to Milsap, who had assisted LeBron James in Cleveland.

Originally, Milsap, who planned to ask for a high-paying long-term contract this summer, also chose to listen to the advice given by his agent because the NBA's salary cap was about to rise sharply.

That is, first find a strong team to play for two years to prove his worth, and then consider the future.

Compared with the original short and stout rebound monster, since LeBron's westward journey, Milsap had gradually cultivated a stable mid-to-long-range pull-up jumper during his time with the Cavaliers.

Plus, the Jazz had Deron Williams, the league's best pick-and-roll point guard. (Chris Paul:?)

Therefore, after carefully analyzing the prospects of the teams that extended olive branches to him, Milsap finally chose to entrust his body and soul to the Jazz.

As for Foye, who originally planned to ask the Clippers for a five, six, seven, or eight million annual salary, but ended up in a situation where no one cared about him, his situation was obviously different from Milsap, who was focused on the future.

In the 11/12 season, Foye, who averaged 16.4 points for the Clippers, thought he could stay in Los Angeles with a high salary this summer.

But...

Who would have thought that the Clippers management would decisively reject his request for a maximum salary?

So, Foye, who was furious, became anxious on the spot.

However, what Foye never expected was that after he chose to test the free agent market...

The teams that were interested in him would immediately blacklist him and his agent when they heard the salary he wanted.

Obviously.

Foye and his agent overestimated the value of the data he had produced for the Clippers.

As everyone knows.

In the NBA, the data you produce on a strong team and a weak team are not the same.

Therefore, when you choose to test the free agent market, how could those always shrewd team executives not consider this?

In addition, it was precisely because they knew that the NBA's salary cap was about to rise sharply...

So at the moment, most teams would only be more cautious when choosing to renew or sign contracts with players.

Just looking at the score, Foye was indeed a good player.

But the awkward part about this guy was that his height of "193" centimeters and his not-so-excellent static talent destined him to be unable to become an excellent defender...

Plus, Foye was not an excellent player with independent offensive ability.

And his history of injuries was also thicker than that of ordinary players...

Therefore, after carefully analyzing Foye's resume and playing style, Foye naturally became a "chicken rib" that everyone could eat, but could also not eat.

And just at this time...

After personally communicating with him for two days, Hornacek also touched Foye with his "sincerity."

Not five million, six million.

Not even seven million or eight million.

With a salary of only less than 2 million for two years, Hornacek recruited a good outside shooter for the Jazz.

After joining the Jazz, because Foye could help the Jazz spread out the space on the offensive end, Su Feng even believed that Foye's data would look better than when he played for those weaker teams, provided he could stay healthy in the future.

But...

To be honest.

Even so.

It would be difficult for Foye to become a popular player in the free agent market like Milsap after his contract with the Jazz expired.

Because those people who only know how to criticize Curry for only knowing how to shoot...

If Stephen Curry's shooting ability didn't far exceed that of similar players...

Then there would be a dime a dozen of players like him with a height of around 190 centimeters, not excellent defense in the early stages of their careers, and who like to shoot from the outside.

Although in Su Feng's previous life, Foye's slightly bleak experience compared to outside players of the same period was related to the injuries he suffered...

But in the NBA...

The prerequisite for getting a high salary must be that you have advantages in the same type of "competing product" that others do not have.

And the "competing product" category you belong to is a rare commodity on the market.

For example, Yi Jianlian, who still appeared with Gordon as the Jazz's sixth man tonight.

Because Ah Lian's current contract with the Jazz was about to expire next summer...

So tonight, on the stands of the Staples Center, God knows how many "undercover agents" from other teams were staring at Yi Jianlian.

Just looking at the data.

As of now, Yi Jianlian's career data was only 9.7 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.

But at present, there were countless teams willing to give him a ten million annual salary.

Because this "high-position artillery" that Su Feng had personally cultivated since he was a child, was not only faster in terms of movement ability than competing products of the same type, but also his "consummate" hit-and-retreat style made him win the illustrious name of "brutal" and "iron-blooded" at this year's London Olympics.

Thanks to Ibaka for opening the "Emperor" for Ah Lian!

On the court, affected by the back-to-back games.

The Lakers were unable to play the smooth offense in the first quarter like they did when they hammered the Hawks, and pull away the score in one fell swoop.

Of course, apart from the Lakers' own reasons...

During the second quarter, when he was substituted off the court to rest...

Su Feng highly suspected that the reason why the Jazz players played so desperately tonight was because the blonde, long-legged mascot wearing the Lakers' No. 23 jersey was too eye-catching at the Staples Center.

On the court, every time Su Feng scored, it would almost always elicit bursts of screams from Abby Hornacek, the "President of the Los Angeles Feng Mi Support Association."

And if old Hornacek, who had a panoramic view of all this, could bear it...

Then how could Su Feng feel his back constantly chilling tonight?

Fortunately, facing the Jazz's bench surge, the experienced Billups and Livingston once again controlled the situation for the Lakers.

At the Staples Center.

The Lakers fans who were booing Billups before felt as if their faces had been splashed with chili peppers after nearly one and a half games.

But looking at my Lakers' new aid's outstanding performance...

In their hearts, these Lakers fans believed that if they could help the Lakers win the championship just by washing their faces with chili peppers...

Then they would even wash the other "face" on their lower bodies with chili peppers.

In the second half of the second quarter, Su and Kobe, who returned to the court, began to exert their strength.

And just at this time...

Gasol, who wanted to regain the face he lost in London tonight...

Never expected that he would actually help Yi Jianlian raise his value once again!

Hornacek, who was single-mindedly wanting his beloved daughter to see his coaching talent, left Yi Jianlian on the court in the second half of the second quarter.

And paired him with Milsap.

As a result, facing these two great "hit-and-retreat" war gods...

Even if Gasol's athletic ability had recovered to its peak level...

How could this fat man weighing nearly 125 kilograms...

Escape the fate of being embarrassed?

In order to boost the data...

Ah, bah!

In order to better help the Lakers on the offensive end, Su Feng, who had fought fiercely with the Hawks last night, couldn't help Gasol with double-teaming every game.

Plus, worried that Kobe's assist data wouldn't go up...

Ah, no!

Plus, worried that the Lakers' offense wouldn't open up...

So Su Feng naturally had to keep his stamina on the offensive end.

So...

When the second quarter of the game was 2 minutes and 15 seconds away from the end...

The most exciting scene of the night of the 31st was thus reflected in people's eyes.

On the court, the Jazz attacked.

After Deron Williams pick-and-rolled with Milsap, because Kobe blocked his path to continue moving forward in the first time, and Milsap failed to run to the established position, after observing the situation, he found that Yi Jianlian's position was good, so he immediately passed the ball to Ah Lian, who was standing on the right baseline at that time.

On the Lakers' side, Gasol, who was single-mindedly wanting Yi Jianlian to see his brutal side, also blocked forward in the first time.

But suddenly!

Just in this instant, Ah Lian, who was "soaring into the sky," used a technical move similar to Nowitzki's turn to wipe past Gasol.

Due to losing his balance.

At the moment when he was wiped past by Yi Jianlian, Gasol fell to the floor of the Staples Center.

Immediately afterwards, after scoring the ball with a two-handed dunk...

Yi Jianlian, who realized that he might have inadvertently played his best highlight of his career, was also pounding his chest, stamping his feet, and overlooking the aggrieved Gasol on the floor after landing.

At this moment.

Yi Jianlian's brutality and iron-bloodedness...

Was thus deeply engraved in the minds of the fans.

To be fair.

If the Jazz couldn't keep Yi Jianlian in the future.

Then Gasol and Ibaka were definitely the biggest culprits.

But...

What made Hornacek desperate was that...

Even though the Jazz played more exciting highlights than the Lakers on this night.

His beloved daughter...

Never looked at him from beginning to end.

Because in Abby's opinion...

If basketball games were a sport that determined the outcome by comparing exciting highlights...

Then wouldn't Su Feng's dunks have to start at 100%?

After the halftime break, the third quarter of the game.

Under Kobe's threading the needle, Su Feng's 11 shots (two-pointers + three-pointers) in the second half made old Hornacek furious and made Abby the happiest girl on the side of the court.

In the end, the score of the game was 104 to 114.

Although the overall state was not as good as the previous game...

Kobe, who had strolled all night, was very satisfied with the technical statistics he played on this night:

22 points, 15 assists, 14 rebounds.

As everyone knows, according to the Kobe fans' newly launched "Los Angeles Supreme Law," if you count Kobe's other effective passes in this game, it is roughly equivalent to Kobe creating 70 points for the Lakers in this game.

So, how can you not love such a Kobe?

Of course, even if Kobe has handed over perfect answers in two consecutive battles.

Online, there are still many crazy Kobe haters who are questioning Kobe.

And at this time...

I have to mention the bull-force of the "Los Angeles Supreme Law."

That is, whenever these Kobe haters use other stars to question Kobe, the Kobe fans, who have always been a family with the Feng fans, will directly bring out the god of basketball Su Feng.

Okay!

You like to use your brother to bully our Kobe, right?

Then if you have the ability, you have the ability to compare data with Emperor Feng!

Ha, no ability, dare not?

Then what are you shouting like a fool here?

Kobe Hater: No, what I'm telling you is that you can't brainlessly praise Kobe like this.

Kobe Fan: Yo, you guys are becoming rational and objective at this time, right? Then why don't you say that the regular season MVPs in the past few years were stolen from Su Feng by your idols?

Kobe Hater: What you said makes so much sense that I'm speechless.

To be fair.

If Kobe can really win the regular season MVP this year, then Su Feng feels that it is not too much to take half of the trophy.

And in New York, Stern, who is an old acquaintance with old Buss, how could he not know that the reason why old Buss chose to forcefully enter this season...

Was because old Buss wanted to recover the "blood debt" that the league owed the Lakers last season?

Without a doubt.

This was a remote dialogue between smart people.

What old Buss wanted to express was very simple.

If Su Feng and Kobe can really reach the evaluation standards.

Then at the very least, the league cannot impose thresholds on them when they participate in the evaluation.

And Stern's response to old Buss's debt collection was very interesting.

Because since Su and Kobe were the stars he personally supported...

In Stern's view, the two old men in Lower Merion's actions to challenge the two highest individual honors in the current NBA...

Isn't that also benefiting the NBA?

Look at the heat and traffic after the start of the 12/13 season!

On social networks in China and the United States, the Lakers, Su Feng, and Kobe have already dominated all the topic lists.

"David...

If the Lakers' record and Kobe's data are really good enough.

Are we really going to give the 'Phenomenon Award' and the 'Regular Season MVP' to Su and Kobe at the same time?" This day, Mark, who was already counting down his inauguration, asked Stern.

And hearing the words, after smiling...

Mark didn't know.

Wasn't the reason why Stern launched the "Phenomenon Award" back then because he had already foreseen today?

Brush!

If you have the ability, then keep刷 (shua - grind/farm/boost) !

As long as you swipe (shua) the script I want, then at that time...

What's wrong with me handing over the pen in my hand to you?

……

Saying goodbye to the depressed Hornacek and the Jazz.

In early November, the Lakers were still continuing their winning streak.

And with this wave of 7-game winning streak, Su Feng and Kobe were respectively selected as the best players in the Western Conference for the first and second weeks of the 12/13 season.

In the Western Conference, Durant, who had to split out 8,000 clones every day to control various alt accounts, felt uncomfortable.

Because after the 12/13 season's NBA regular season MVP rankings officially started...

He, who was determined to launch an impact on both the scoring title and the regular season MVP in the new season, ranked second in both of these lists.

On the scoring list.

Obviously Durant felt that he had increased a lot of shot attempts.

But Su Feng still led the NBA's scoring list with an average of nearly 40 points per game.

And the MVP ranking...

Although a temporary fall behind doesn't mean that Durant will be out of the running for the award.

But when he noticed that the judges really included the points that Kobe created for the Lakers through effective passes in each game when writing their comments...

Durant was completely stunned like a fool who doesn't understand basketball.

So what does this mean...

The conceptual words created by the fans, you professional judges actually take it seriously?

No!

What is "creating points"?

It means that as long as the Lakers attack and the basketball passes through Kobe's hands, it counts as him creating points for the Lakers?

Then what are we even competing for?

Because of Kobe's tactical position on the Lakers this season...

Who can compare to him?

And on the other side...

James, who originally had a chance to compete with Kobe in "creating points," also felt uncomfortable.

Because in Van Gundy's tactical system, no one can compare to James in terms of ball possession.

So originally, James should have been able to fight Kobe in this aspect.

But...

After the first two weeks of the new season...

Where did this star-studded Warriors give James a chance to play the second half?

Clocking out of work in three quarters?

No...

In the case of beating the opponent in the first half, you can't let James go crazy about刷 data like some sewer professionals in the third quarter, right?

And...

Because Su Feng had already been excluded from the regular season MVP selection by the judges.

So at the moment...

When voting for Kobe, the other competitors even have to consider whether the judges will give Kobe "sympathy points" at that time.

In addition.

Although the situation has been very good so far.

However, Su Feng, who has always been steady, did not forget to敲打 (qiaoda - warn/caution) Kobe.

Because since they agreed to win the two awards that symbolize the highest individual honor in the NBA without controversy together.

Then how could Su Feng, who has always pursued perfection, allow flaws to appear in the final selection?

"Your assists should not be able to 刷 (shua - grind/farm/boost) up.

But for scoring, I feel that there is still a lot of room for improvement in the next games." This day, looking at Kobe, Su Feng smiled.

"But if I shoot too much, won't it affect your刷分 (shua fen - boost points) ?" Hearing this, Kobe was seen discussing how to 刷 data (shua data - boost stats) with Su Feng openly.

Su Feng shook his head, "David won't decide whether to give me the Phenomenon Award because my score is a few points more or a few points less.

In fact...

This season, you are the key to whether I can get the Phenomenon Award again."

Su Feng, who has always had a tacit understanding with Stern, knows very well.

As the person who has the final interpretation of the selection...

If Stern really stipulated the award selection with rigid requirements, then Su Feng would not have been able to win the 'Phenomenon Award' last season.

To put it bluntly.

The threshold for obtaining the 'Phenomenon Award' is so high.

Even Su Feng dare not guarantee that he can get the award one after another.

Because rather than calling it the Phenomenon Award.

It is better to call it the "Legendary Pure Award."

So Kobe didn't know.

From beginning to end.

He was Su Feng's biggest cheat.

This season, as long as Kobe can 刷 (shua - grind/farm/boost) MVP-level data.

Then in Su Feng's view...

He only needs to show a miracle once or twice at the right time.

Stern, who has always liked to help others, will definitely push the boat and send him the Phenomenon Award.

Because this is a very simple logical problem.

First of all, since Su Feng is the recognized number one in the world.

And the purpose of the birth of the 'Phenomenon Award' is precisely because Stern wants to exclude him from the regular season MVP selection.

Then, if someone on Su Feng's team has a chance to win the regular season MVP, and Su Feng's data is as explosive as ever...

Then Stern must give the 'Phenomenon Award' to Su Feng.

Because only in this way can Stern ensure that the "reputation system" he has carefully built can continue to be maintained.

Su Feng knew.

Regardless of whether it was in the previous life or this life.

Stern will not give you the honor because you deserve it or not.

He will only give it to you when you need honor.

Maybe.

In the eyes of some people, this approach is not "fair, open, and just."

But in this world that is not "fair" in the first place...

For any honor selection, who can guarantee absolute "fairness, openness, and justice"?

Creating stars has never been a subject that everyone can master.

And scientifically and sustainably creating stars is an even more profound topic.

Of course.

Whether it's刷数据 (shua data - boost stats) or creating stars.

In the world of the NBA, it still depends on the final results.

After the first two weeks of November.

The highlight of the 12/13 season is coming.

According to the schedule.

The Lakers will usher in the century battle with the Warriors on November 16th of this month.

Will the cosmic Warriors continue to slaughter the earth?

Or will the Lakers successfully defend the Blue Planet?

The war.

Is about to break out!

……

ps: I'm numb, I'm numb, after writing it, I looked at the time... and it was late at night again before I knew it. But this point is not too late, so I will send it. If I write to 2 or 3 o'clock next time, I will consider posting it during the day!