Under Nike's constant publicity, in just one or two days, Duan's stunning debut performance aroused widespread attention and discussion among North American fans.
Everyone knows that the Lakers are an OK team.
However, without the OK combination, the Lakers actually won the Western Conference strong team Dallas Mavericks under the leadership of Payton, Duan, and Malone!
You know, the Mavericks were the team in the Western Conference Finals last season. In order to strengthen the championship, they introduced two great players in the offseason - Walker and Jamison.
The core of the Mavericks' original team, the troika, were all All-Stars.
Walker is also an All-Star, and Jamison is also a quasi-All-Star.
The Mavericks' five-star configuration met the Lakers' two-star configuration. Not to mention a sure win, at least they shouldn't have lost as much as 13 points.
It can only be said that Du En, a rookie who was not originally under everyone's consideration, performed most brilliantly in the opening game.
It's the X factor that surprised everyone and helped the Lakers win!
However, Du En is a Chinese player with yellow skin, which makes Du En even more eye-catching and very topical.
It was also Duen's debut performance that was so explosive. After getting the news, Wade and Anthony, who had not been in contact for a while, also called Duen one after another.
He not only wanted to congratulate Du En, but also wanted to learn from Du En.
They are all rookies in the same class, and their NBA debut is about to begin, so everyone is still a little nervous.
Du En imparted a little bit of his own experience to the two brothers, but Du En's own personality was relatively shameless and he was not very affected by outside influences.
For example, in the face of the current uproar of public opinion, Nike arranged some interviews for Duen after training.
Whether it was praising, questioning, or slandering, Du En would set out to participate.
After all, black and red are also red. Not only can they gain fame, but they can also earn advertising fees.
In fact, after hitting 35+8+7+3 in his debut, not many media could bear to blame Doon.
Even if most media will retain doubts about Du En, it is only because Du En performed too well, raised his tone too high, and did not return to normal levels.
Duane also knows that with the return of Kobe and the decline in ball ownership, his data will inevitably decline. If he can maintain the scoring data of 20 points per game, thank God.
In addition, because his performance is too eye-catching, he will inevitably be studied by the coaching staff of other teams just like the team's star player.
When the coaches of other teams have thoroughly studied Duen's style of play, Duen's scoring efficiency will drop again when faced with targeted defense.
If Duane cannot constantly adjust his condition and make progress in the game, he will inevitably hit the rookie wall like most rookies.
Some rookies hit the rookie wall because of their playing style, some because of physical fitness and injuries, and some because of mental problems due to excessive exposure to public opinion.
Duane mainly plays the triangle offense in the Lakers. As he has a better understanding of the triangle offense tactics and becomes more integrated into the Lakers' offensive system, the problems with his playing style can basically be solved over time.
In terms of physical fitness, Du En began to use external objects to replenish energy again. As long as you don't get raped, the chance of getting injured is relatively small.
In terms of mentality, as a time traveler, Du En naturally thinks that he is relatively mature.
For example, right now, there are more Yingying Yanyan who want to be friends with Du En, but Du En has maintained a good composure.
Closer to home, time came to October 30 in the blink of an eye. Du En picked up his luggage for the first time and went to the away game with the team.
It is worth mentioning that before getting on the plane, Du En received a red envelope from the tour leader. When he opened it, he saw that it contained 80 US dollars.
After listening to O'Neal's introduction on the plane, I realized that this was the meal allowance for away games.
The meal subsidy allowance is stipulated by the league, and the team cannot give more if they want. Of course, the vast majority of owners want to save this expense...
As long as players travel with the team to away games, even those like O'Neal who are recovering from injuries and not playing, will receive meal subsidies.
If it is a special holiday like Christmas, the meal subsidy will be ten times the original amount, which is $800.
By the way, since it was a chartered flight, the flight was fairly smooth.
However, after flying in the air for two hours, it is inevitable that you will feel a little tired after arriving at your destination.
When they arrived in Phoenix, the team had booked a hotel in advance. Like other teammates, Duan did a little exercise, listened to music, did some meditation, and then simply fell asleep.
Of course, there are some players in the Lakers team who find it rare to come here and go out to find a familiar friend and have a passionate ballroom dance...
"Duen, do you want to eat something together?"
"Kobe, you also eat in hotels? Shouldn't big-name stars like you have dedicated nutritionists?"
Early the next morning, Duan met Kobe in the hotel restaurant, but he didn't expect Kobe to take the initiative to chat with him.
"Well... I broke up with my nutritionist, and I don't have time to find a new nutritionist, so that's it for now.
What do you want to eat? Whatever you want, my treat.
Thank you for helping the team win games during my time away from the team.
Are you going to train after dinner? If so, do you want to challenge me? "
Perhaps because he had just returned from the hearing, Kobe, who had accumulated a lot of anger, was eager to find a place to vent.
Du En remembered that Kobe seemed to have a rule for rushing to the scene. He just came back from the hearing and was in a particularly strong state.
Even though he arrived at the arena during the start of the game and didn't warm up much, he was still in incredible hot shape, with super high scoring efficiency and the crucial buzzer-beater...
"Looks like he was whipped! Would you like to treat me to a meal before being beaten? No wonder you are so polite to me..."
Du En said that Kobe had been very indifferent before, with a posture of rejecting people thousands of miles away. Today, when he saw him, he not only took the initiative to say hello, but also treated him to dinner.
"You don't get it for free!" Duen also wanted to try Kobe's so-called one-on-one ability to keep pace with Jordan.
After breakfast, he first rested for half an hour, and then spent another hour warming up. After being fully prepared, Duan started a one-on-one duel with Kobe.
"Holy shit, just move your elbow?"
"Are you expecting me to show mercy? Rookie!"
In the 2002 offseason, Kobe gained weight and wanted to take over O'Neal's position as the team's boss, so he transformed into Malone.
It was also because of the weight gain that I had knee problems, and then I went for surgery, which happened to be a big trouble like the Eagle County incident.
Due to the troubles this offseason, Kobe not only failed to lose weight, but even gained some weight.
The back fight directly raised the elbow, and there was really nothing Duen could do against Kobe.
After two confrontations, he knew he couldn't take it hard, so Duen took the initiative to give up half a step. As a result, with just a little space, Kobe turned around and shot a fadeaway jumper.
That is to say, Kobe didn't know that Durn bounced very fast, and Durn successfully interfered with Kobe's shooting at first.
Later, Kobe knew the general physical condition of Duen, so he just relied on the strength of his waist and abdomen to stay in the air. He waited until Duen was about to hit the ground before taking action. After all, Duen had short hands and average ability to stay in the air.
For more than half an hour, Duan and Kobe played a total of three games, and the best one only scored 11 points.
You know, this is Kobe who didn't practice enough in the offseason and hasn't adjusted his condition!
At Duan's current level, he is really not qualified to compete with a top ten superstar in the league like Kobe Bryant.
But so what, Kobe is Duane's teammate, not his opponent!
Besides, how many points can Kobe score in a game? It's not like Duan can't score like Kobe on the bench!
"There is a game tonight, so let's do this for today! It's almost noon, I'm going to eat first."
After understanding the gap between him and Kobe, Du En stopped looking for abuse and found an excuse to escape in advance.
It's better to save Kobe's anger and release it in the evening game against the Suns. It's more important to lead the team to victory.
Du En wanted to run away, but Kobe didn't hold him back and continued practicing in the gym without saying a word.
It wasn't until the warm-up session before the game that Duan met Kobe again, but Kobe returned to his cold demeanor.
"You are treating me like a drug scum, right?"
