When Min Congda showed up to speak, the scene was in an uproar.
Many people recognized Min Congda, and Kobe also recognized him. Unexpectedly, there was a Clippers spy hidden in the parade.
After being stunned for a while, Kobe picked up the speaker and replied to Min Congda: "It's a deal! I will come back to get what I lost!"
Kobe's voice spread throughout the audience, and Lakers fans and Kobe fans cheered. They all looked forward to the King of Los Angeles returning to Los Angeles in the finals to start a fateful showdown with the Clippers.
Such a scene is really strange. No player will receive so much expectation when he leaves a city, expecting him to come back with another team.
Not when Garnett left Minnesota, because Minnesotans knew that teams like the Timberwolves had no chance of meeting the Celtics in the playoffs.
When O'Neal left Los Angeles, he wanted to return to Los Angeles for revenge. Unfortunately, the Finals between the Heat and the Lakers were missed, and O'Neal also fell from his peak. The grudge between them could only be resolved through the regular season.
The only person in history who can truly come back is Wilt Chamberlain. He originally played for the San Francisco Warriors and later moved to Philadelphia. He met his old team in the 1967 Finals and won the first championship trophy of his career in San Francisco. There must be a different feeling in my heart.
Lakers fans also expressed dissatisfaction with the Clippers spy after recognizing Min Congda.
"The finals will be Nets vs. Lakers!"
"The Clippers' luck has run out!"
"Don't even think about winning another championship. Things are changing. Next season is the Lakers' season!"
Fans are still very confident in the Lakers. People are sometimes very realistic. Emotionally they really want Kobe to stay, but rationally they believe that Kobe's departure may be a good thing for the Lakers.
Kobe's performance in the playoffs in the past two years was really unsatisfactory. After sending Kobe away, the Lakers also added two positions: shooting guard and center. Following the Lakers, they successfully renewed the contracts of Paul and Andre Iguodala. .
In terms of lineup, the Lakers are more balanced and younger than last season.
Although Joe Johnson is far behind Kobe at his peak, his performance at critical moments in the playoffs in the past two seasons has been impressive, and he has earned the title of "Contemporary Jordan" among fans.
Kobe Bryant for Jordan, this is a big improvement!
Of course, Min Congda didn't bother to argue with these fans, pinched his nose, and then called Sloan and asked him to send a car to pick him up.
Sloan quickly arranged for bodyguards, and then personally drove to Staples Center to pick up Min Congda and leave.
Before leaving, Min Congda and Kobe hugged and shook hands. Without saying anything more, one left in a helicopter and the other in a Hummer.
The parade has come to an end, everyone's emotions have been vented, and since it's late, everyone goes back to their homes to find their mothers.
The black boys who harbored evil intentions and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to purchase supplies failed, and the police also left.
The Staples Center Plaza, which was bustling just now, quickly returned to calm, leaving only garbage and debris.
In the car, Sloan sat in the passenger seat and asked about Min Congda's condition, "Mr. Smart, are you not injured?"
Min Congda shook his head and said: "I'm fine. I haven't scratched my skin at all. I just suffered a little mental damage."
Sloan expressed his confusion, and Min Congda told Sloan a story. He said: "There were two great people in ancient China. Both of them went to the capital of the empire and met the first emperor in Chinese history. One of them said, 'That's what a man should be like', and the other said, 'I can replace him.' These two men later destroyed the empire together and competed for the position of Emperor of China."
After hearing this, Sloan seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to quite understand. He said: "Kobe is no longer the king of Los Angeles, nor are the Lakers, but the Clippers are."
Min Congda smiled and said: "But many people still think he is, which makes me... very unhappy."
Having said this, Min Congda took a deep breath and reminded himself to calm down. Why was he so obsessed with winning or losing?
He didn't care at all before. The more the Clippers lost, the better. He also fully supported the Lakers and hoped that the Lakers could defeat the Clippers.
In order to complete the task, these are necessary steps and sacrifices. How can I become obsessed with victory, championship and historical status?
But just now, Min Congda just couldn't hold back his breath. My defeated opponent was blocked from the finals twice. I drove him away from Los Angeles and went to Brooklyn to reunite with his old rivals. How can you have the nerve to say that you want the return of the king? Want to meet in Los Angeles in June?
There are also these Lakers fans, each of them dragging out 2,580,000 yuan. The 10-year championship is already the last afterglow. They have seen the Clippers being beaten again and again. Basically, there is no suspense at all.
Who gave you the courage? Who gave you confidence?
No matter how much Min Congda thinks the Clippers will go bankrupt and lose, he is still a fan and has feelings for the Clippers.
Four years is really not a short time. If he didn't have feelings, he wouldn't have risen up in the finals and made suggestions to help the Clippers win.
To put it bluntly, quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes. Min Congda's identification with the Clippers is getting stronger and stronger, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to let go.
There is a saying that in the process of pursuing success, people will always forget the original goal halfway.
This is what is called forgetting the original intention.
Black eight, regular season champion, two consecutive championships, market value doubled... These blows made Min Congda gradually lose his mind.
Sloan sent Min Congda home. When he got out of the car, Sloan looked at Min Congda's eyes and back, thinking that Mr. Smart seemed a little different from the past.
The next day, Min Congda stood up to respond to the Los Angeles parade and Kobe's speech, and the news quickly broke out in the media.
There were overwhelming news reports and a battle between Clippers and Lakers fans.
In the past, Lakers fans in Los Angeles always suppressed Clippers fans, crushing them.
Now that the Clippers have the confidence to win the championship, and the Lakers have lost Kobe Bryant, the Clippers have to reckon with their old and new grudges, and naturally they have to fight back crazily.
On July 14th, the Clippers officially released the team's fourth season documentary, titled "King of Los Angeles," which means the Clippers were crowned the King of Los Angeles.
It was originally a documentary about the Clippers' championship, but in the comment area, a large number of Lakers fans flooded the screen with "The Lakers are the kings of Los Angeles."
As a result, it naturally attracted a large number of Clippers fans to fight back. The two sides quickly changed from simple communication to greeting each other's families, and then into a crazy scolding war, which spread from YouTube to Twitter, and from the United States to the Chinese Internet.
You must know that if one party is dominant, there will be no conflict between the two parties. The strong will crush them and they will not care about the weak at all.
Therefore, during the more than 30 years that the Clippers have been in Los Angeles, Clippers fans and Lakers fans have always been at peace with each other. In the final analysis, the Clippers are too weak and the Lakers are too strong.
Now the situation has reversed. When the Clippers won a championship last year, Clippers fans were still able to hold back. After all, they were in conflict with Lakers fans right after they won the championship, which felt a bit like a nouveau riche.
However, the Clippers won another championship and swept the Lakers 4:0 in the Western Conference semifinals. There is really no need for young Clippers fans to endure it any longer. Regardless of whether they are fans of the 30-year-old new ship or the fans of the 2-year-old ship, they are all starting to fight for it. Clippers and Lakers fans get into a fight.
In terms of numbers, Lakers fans still have an absolute advantage. After all, their decades of heritage are not fake, and the NBA's largest club is not built on one or two championships.
Although the number of Clippers fans is small, there are many new forces and strong combat effectiveness. In addition, the Clippers have been strong in the past two years. From statistics to honors to direct dialogue, the Clippers are better than the Lakers.
Coupled with Kobe Bryant's "defection" incident, Clippers fans have a small number of people but strong firepower. They are pursuing Lakers fans on all major platforms and are bound to beat up the former basketball aristocrats.
Although fans are making noise online, it does not affect the normal activities of the players.
Kobe flew to Brooklyn on the 15th, completed his physical examination, attended the new jersey conference, and officially announced his joining the Nets. The press conference room at Barclays Center was packed to the rafters.
In the Brooklyn Nets basketball peripheral store, the black No. 24 jersey was sold out, which shows Kobe's influence.
On the 16th, at the Barclays Center, Kobe, Garnett, Pierce, and Deron Williams appeared at the same time wearing Brooklyn Nets jerseys.
The Big Four of the Nets are as powerful as the Miami Heat last year. Once again, a team in the East has formed a Galaxy Battleship to try to challenge the Los Angeles Clippers' gradually forming hegemony. This drama has been staged for three consecutive years.
However, compared to the Lakers in 2012 and the Heat in 2013, this year's Nets are even worse than the previous two in terms of the luxury of their lineup.
Kobe and Garnett are both extremely popular superstars at the MVP level. As early as the summer of 2007, they had the opportunity to join forces in the Lakers.
It's just that Kevin McHale, the general manager of the Timberwolves, is a pure Celtic, and in the end he took advantage of his old club.
Otherwise, if Kobe + Garnett teamed up, the Lakers would really have no rivals in the league at that time.
Now that heroes are dying, both of them have rings in their hands. They came to cooperate with the Nets not just for the championship, but more for enjoying basketball and fulfilling the unfulfilled dreams of some fans.
The media's evaluation of this cooperation is not a "team-up", but "an anticipated cooperation between two great basketball representatives of the past era."
At the press conference, Kobe was asked by reporters, "On the night of the 13th, you told the fans at Staples Center that you would meet the Clippers in Los Angeles next June. Why not play against the Lakers? What do you think? , can’t the Lakers make it to the Finals?”
Kobe smiled and said: "That's not what I said. I meant we'll see each other in Los Angeles next June. I didn't say that the opponent in the finals was the Clippers. It was Smart Min who suddenly jumped out and said six The Moon Clipper will be waiting for me. Seriously, he's like a ghost, coming out of nowhere and everywhere."
Since Min Congda was mentioned, the reporter naturally would not miss this opportunity and continued to ask: "How do you evaluate Smart Min? Under his leadership, the Clippers are challenging the Lakers' status."
Kobe shrugged and said: "We did lose to them in the past few years. I really want to stay with the Lakers, prove that we can beat the Clippers, and tell them who is the king of Los Angeles. The problem is, some people don't believe me. .”
Although Kobe lost his original dominance in the playoffs, his hard-hit ability at critical moments was not as good as before.
However, looking at the statistics alone, Kobe was still at his peak in the 2012-2013 season. His regular season scoring, shooting percentage, rebounds, assists and other statistics were higher than those in the 2010 season.
No matter how the relationship between him and Paul deteriorates, with Paul and Iguodala around, Kobe's performance is more comfortable, and he is more focused on scoring and doing what he is good at.
If they have a good relationship and the Lakers continue to strengthen in the summer, the Lakers will still be a regular in the playoffs and have championship competitiveness.
However, the Clippers are too strong and the Lakers can't afford to lose. They were beaten by the Clippers for two consecutive years, especially when their heads were shaved in the semifinals last season. There were many conflicts within the team and the damage was too great.
After leaving the Lakers and coming to the Nets, he changed into a new environment and became younger. Kobe had a great time in Brooklyn for three days, meeting with team owners and New York celebrities, attending various gatherings and parties, and There are various commercial activities, and it can be seen that Kobe's popularity is really unparalleled in the American sports and entertainment circles.
But for Kobe, such days could not last long. After staying on the East Coast for a few days, Kobe took a private plane back to Los Angeles to start his training plan for the new season.
As he grows older and suffers more injuries, Kobe, who has been fighting intensely in the NBA for 17 years, is already riddled with scars.
But in order to continue to maintain a high level of basketball skills, he still has to overcome physical and mental difficulties and torture himself with arduous training.
On the 20th, the first day after returning to Los Angeles, Kobe got up early in the morning, greeted his sleeping wife and children, and then left for the training facility to prepare for the day's training.
The famous personal trainer he hired, Tim Grover, will be waiting for him at the UCLA training center to prepare him for "inhumane" physical fitness and basketball training.
Grover is famous for having been Jordan's personal trainer. In 2007, Kobe hired him as his personal trainer and followed him for special training every summer, tailoring the content to his own characteristics and needs. .
Grover's training content has always been known as "cruel", and many professional superstars cannot bear it. For example, Charles Barkley felt that it was too much after practicing with Jordan for a while, and he had to go home and eat two hamburgers to regain his health.
Only Kobe, facing Grover's training, not only did he not feel tortured, but often felt that it was not enough. He was an out-and-out masochist.
Facing a new chapter in his career, Kobe became even more competitive and eager to win. Grover originally reduced Kobe's training in the past two years to ensure that his scarred body was protected and protected. recover.
But this time, Kobe asked Grover to continue to increase the intensity. He must be in better condition. 35 years old is not the limit for him. After all, Jordan also won the championship and MVP at the age of 35.
When the car drove to the UCLA training hall, Grover suddenly called and asked: "Kobe, there is something I want to discuss with you. One of my clients also wanted to come to training this morning. He said he wanted to talk to you. You practice together and study hard with you.”
Kobe frowned and said: "Grover, you know, I don't like to train my special content with others. Besides, who is so unafraid of death? If he can withstand the same amount of training as me, I will agree. Come with him."
Grover gave an unexpected name. He said: "It's your acquaintance, Clippers general manager, Smart Min."
Kobe was stunned for a moment, and after two seconds, he replied: "Let him come! Let him come!"
(End of chapter)
