Super Legendary Superstar

On November 2, 2004, the new NBA season, the 2004-05 season officially started!

A new season, a new atmosphere. Compared with the previous seasons, this season has changed a lot.

First of all, the divisions have increased from the original four to six, and the number of teams has changed from the original odd number to an even number. The most basic competition system of the NBA that has not been changed for a long time has been completely broken this season.

The increase in the number of divisions only changes a certain appearance and has no impact on the overall pattern of the league. The New O'Neal Hornets, the Eastern Conference team under the old competition system, "moved west" this season, and its seat will be taken by the newly joined Charlotte Bobcats. succeed.

Since the end of the Bulls dynasty, the NBA has always maintained a "strong in the west and weak in the east" pattern. There are far more strong teams in the west than in the east. Just like last season, four teams failed to reach the playoffs based on their regular season record. Teams can make the playoffs in the Eastern Conference. Now, the Hornets' westward migration has made the overall strength of the East weaker again.

Of course, what can really affect the league is the transfer of superstars. People still don't know how much Shark O'Neal can contribute to the change of this pattern when he comes to the Eastern Conference, but some people have already seen some of the powerful Eastern Conference. Trend, but in the eyes of Sun Zhuo, a man from the future, the pattern of a strong west and a weak east will not change in another ten years.

At the start of the new season, the NBA also conducted a survey asking the general managers of 30 NBA teams to choose who is the best player in each position.

First of all, who is the best point guard in the NBA right now?

The first place, Jason Kidd of the Nets, received 78.6% of the votes, the second place, Nash of the Suns, 9.5%, and the third place, Cassell of the Timberwolves and Marbury of the Knicks tied .

Who is the best shooting guard in the NBA right now?

All votes went to Kobe Bryant of the Lakers!

Who is the best small forward in the NBA right now?

The first place is McGrady, who just joined the Rockets, with 52.4% of the vote. McGrady is also a swingman. He is an unprecedented player who has been selected for the first team at different positions. He is indeed qualified to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

The second place is Garnett of the Timberwolves, who won the regular season MVP last season. He is also ranked at power forward, and the third place is Stojakovic of the Kings.

It is worth mentioning that Sun Zhuo also got votes for the small forward, James also got it, and the Celtics' Pierce also got it. Maybe it was because everyone gave it to Kobe for the shooting guard, but McGrady's strength cannot be ignored, so he had to Let Tracy McGrady appear at small forward.

Even if McGrady is counted as a shooting guard, for now, in the minds of these general managers, Sun Zhuo is by no means the best small forward in the league at the moment, and Stojakovic has higher votes than him.

The best power forward in the NBA, there is no suspense, was just defeated by Sun Zhuo in the Athens Olympics, the Spurs' Tim Duncan.

Currently the best center in the NBA, 95.2% of the votes went to O'Neal of the Heat. Duncan came in second. Yao Ming did not get a single vote. It seems that in the eyes of these general managers, Yao Ming is on the court. His strength is simply not as good as O'Neal's.

After such a vote in different positions, everyone can know at a glance who is the strongest in each position in the 2004 NBA.

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Staples Center, the Lakers of the new season are ready to play their first game. Today the Lakers’ starting lineup is point guard Chucky Atkins, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, and small forward Caron Butler. , power forward Lamar Odom, center Chris Mihm.

Sun Zhuo stopped playing the first game of the regular season.

Kobe once asked rookie Vujacic to send a message to Sun Zhuo, saying that he was willing to compete with Sun Zhuo to see who has stronger leadership. The purpose was also to make Sun Zhuo more obedient to Kobe's leadership. Sun Zhuo said , let you play Kobe in the first two games, because Sun Zhuo can understand the mood of Kobe when he is released from the cage. On the first day without O'Neal, Kobe must be very happy. Sun Zhuo does not want to affect Kobe's kind of behavior because of his existence. The experience of being in charge.

Yesterday, Sun Zhuo told Kobe: "You'd better score 82 points in the first game, so that you can shock me."

Kobe laughed and said, "Are you crazy? Are you asking me to challenge Chamberlain's 100 points? Besides, I don't just score. I'm a leader. I can do anything. Do you understand?"

These words also reflect Kobe's mentality this season.

In Kobe's first season after O'Neal left, his statistics did not soar like Westbrook did after Durant left. Kobe and Westbrook had different mentality. Westbrook couldn't wait to prove himself, even to score points and rebounds. Create a sensation.

The situation faced by Kobe and Westbrook is different. First of all, Kobe's scoring ability is beyond doubt. This can be seen from the fact that the managers of 30 teams gave all SG votes to Kobe. Everyone knows that Kobe can score, and he does not need to. After O'Neal left, he scored 60+ in one game, although he also wanted to release in this way.

But now there is another problem, and that is the media and the public. Since the X assault case last season, Kobe's image has plummeted. O'Neal left the Lakers. They say it was Kobe who forced him to leave, not you. You announced that you would be a free agent. Well? With O'Neal around, Kobe will definitely not renew his contract.

Moreover, his former mentor Phil Jackson said in his book "The Final Season" that Kobe was "unteachable."

Now, everyone is accusing Kobe of being selfish. Kobe can't stand this accusation, so this season, he not only wants to prove his personal strength, but also wants to prove that he is selfless and omnipotent!

Sun Zhuo knew that Kobe in his previous life had the highest score in a single game in the 2004-05 season, and never broke 50 points in a game. This was not what a Kobe who had just left the Sharks should look like, so he told Kobe last night, you get 80 points, I like to see you like that, but Kobe is not happy.

Now Kobe and Sun Zhuo are engaged in a "leader" competition. Kobe can only completely defeat Sun Zhuo by scoring 60+, 70+, and 80+ in a single game. If he wants to perform in an all-round way, hehe, Sun Zhuo may not Will lose to Kobe.

"Today is the Lakers' first game of the new season. They are against the Denver Nuggets. I have to still classify the Nuggets' star Carmelo Anthony as a rookie. I am not worried about the Lakers in this game. .Although the Lakers are the defending champions, the core of OK has been dispersed. In my opinion, they have lost their competitiveness for the championship this season, but I still believe they can enter the playoffs."

"I have the same point of view. I am especially curious about how the two new leaders, Kobe and Sun, will change this season? Can Kobe show leadership after leaving Shaq? Can he turn this Lakers team? To what extent? And Eric Sun, his performance last season was amazing. In August, he helped China win the world championship in Athens, and even defeated the American Dream Team 6 composed of Tim Duncan and AI..."

"Hey, don't call them a dream team, they're a nightmare. Their performance in Athens was terrible, absolutely terrible!"

"Well, in any case, Sun is a player with great potential. I am very curious to how far he can improve this year."

Before the game started, the two commentators had a heated discussion.

At the beginning of the game, Kobe, wearing jersey No. 8, slowly walked onto the court. He looked up and glanced at the sky above the arena. The sky above the arena was closed, but he seemed to be able to clearly see the bright sky outside the arena.

"I'm finally leaving you, Shaq."