The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 363 362. Su Jiu plans to retire? !Still planning? !
Dec. 12, 25:7 p.m., Orlando Arena.

Today, the NBA Christmas game finally came as expected by the fans, and this game will also be broadcast live across the United States.

Although the strength of the Lakers this season can no longer be compared with last season, the Lakers' own gold-absorbing ability can still rank among the top in the league.

After all, in this part of Los Angeles, with the golden signboard of Kobe, it is even more difficult for the Lakers to not attract popularity.

At the same time, the entire Orlando arena in this game is also full of seats. Even before this game, the support rate for the Magic to win has reached a terrifying 87.9%.

But for the fans of each team, no matter what the game will be like, in the special game on the day of the Christmas game, as a fan, if you don't come to the scene to support, then you will never dare to say that you are a die-hard fan.

Of course, on this day, there are many die-hard fans who are completely powerless about grabbing tickets.

After all, in the United States, not everyone's economic income is booming.

So for those who can't get tickets and are reluctant to buy tickets in the hands of scalpers, they can only sit at home and watch the whole game on TV.

But even so, for this kind of game on Laomei's side, it is definitely a great thing for a few good buddies to sit together and watch the game while drinking.

So when Su Jiu came to the United States and really experienced the basketball culture in the United States, he understood.

The decline of Chinese basketball is not only due to the limited level of the players themselves, but also has a lot to do with the general environment of basketball.

When Chinese children are young, parents only care about their academic performance, and all the free time of children is basically arranged by various supplementary classes.

In addition to remedial lessons, parents will force their children to choose one of the things they think is more advanced, such as piano and violin, to learn.

Although nominally they want their children to receive higher education, they don't consider their children's feelings at all.

They will only let the next generation make up for their regrets.

For children who like basketball, there are very few parents who can really support their children on the path of basketball.

Even if you can't say that this kind of thinking is a mistake, after all, if you want to get a job through basketball, the difficulty is indeed a bit bumpy.

However, regarding this point, the education of children in the United States is very different from childhood.

Playing basketball here in the United States is not an idle job, it seems to be a great way to make people jump over the dragon's gate.

Even though most people can only live in some low-level leagues without strong gangsters, they have the right to chase their dreams along the way.

Regarding this point, Su Jiu often sighed helplessly. No matter what he said, he was also a Chinese, so he certainly hoped that Chinese basketball would get better and better.

But Su Jiu also understands that what he sees is still too one-sided. After all, the family happiness index in the United States is far less popular than in China.

Even in the eyes of most Chinese, the education in the United States is very free, and everyone's work is very easy, but in fact the environment and quality of life they live in are really inferior to those in China.

Especially when you get older, a contrast between China and the United States will be exposed in a gesture visible to the naked eye.

Only then will the Chinese know what happiness is.

To put it in a word, maybe our life is just plain and mediocre, but the good news is that our little family is warm enough, and all of us are strong enough! !

Before the start of the game, players on both sides were warming up for shooting in their respective halfs. Before the game, the players on both sides did not have much conversation.

After all, in last year's finals, the Lakers have always been worried about losing the finals.

Even the "old fish" Fisher at the time publicly stated in an interview that if it weren't for the conflict between Bynum and Kobe that caused some problems within the Lakers themselves, then the Magic would not be the Lakers' opponent at all.

Although Fisher's remarks were sprayed by some fans on the Internet at the time.

But at the same time, it also gave Lakers fans an excuse, an excuse to make assumptions.

But no matter how the outside world views this matter, one thing is true, that is, from then on, the relationship between the Lakers and the Magic will be closed.

At least when the two sides meet again, players from both sides rarely communicate before or after the game.

Only Bryant and Howard would occasionally have a few conversations between the two.

Although Su Jiu didn't know the content of this conversation, Su Jiu guessed that Kobe probably wanted to lure Howard to go to the Lakers to join forces with him for the championship.

But as Howard's life trajectory has changed, whether Howard will go to the Lakers to join forces with Kobe in this life, Su Jiu can't guess about this kind of thing.

After all, after the butterfly effect happened quietly, it was difficult for Su Jiu to infer from the development path of his previous life.

However, Howard in this life wants personal honor and personal honor, and wants a championship to have a championship.

Under such circumstances, I am afraid that if something too outrageous did not happen, it would be basically difficult to go to the Lakers to join forces with Kobe.

Of course, Su Jiu is not very interested in this matter at the moment, because besides putting all his focus on the present, Su Jiu finds that he seems to be a little tired of life in the NBA.

At least in terms of personal training on weekdays, Su Jiu found that he was not as attentive as last season.

It can be said that when Su Jiu just traveled here, Su Jiu still thought that he must become the most legendary star in NBA history.

After all, with the system in place, Su Jiu is fully confident that he will grow into a superstar in his personal career history.

Even if it is not No.1 in NBA history, it is definitely a card in the league at the very least.

However, as one season passed, Su Jiu wanted to be famous and rich. At this time, Su Jiu found that he still couldn't escape a law of human nature, that is, he started to become lazy and passive.

Even in the personal communication with Yao Ming not long ago, Su Jiu also had the idea of ​​planning to retire.

That's right, he intends to retire with Yao Ming after this season, even if this is only his second season in his career! !

Maybe this idea sounds crazy, because Su Jiu is currently on the rise in his career.

Similarly, in the history of the NBA, no rookie player plans to retire at such a young age without any injuries.

But when this idea began to appear in his mind, Su Jiu found that whenever he was free, he couldn't help but start thinking about retirement.

Even at the scariest moment, Su Jiu had already figured out what he should do after retiring.

That is to return to China and take the tens of millions of wealth in your own hands, use the advantage of foresight to invest in something, and become a "rent collector" in a cool and unrestrained manner from now on! !

After all, it has always been the ultimate dream of Su Jiu in his previous life to buy two buildings and live by collecting rent.

So under certain conditions, Su Jiu really wanted to try it out, to try what it was like to be a rent collector...

But Su Jiu also knew that his thoughts were too negative.

Let's not talk about whether it is right or wrong to choose to give up playing in the NBA at its peak and then return to China to invest smartly.

At least planning to enjoy life at such a young age sounds somewhat salty! !
But after all, these things are things that will be chosen in the future. For Su Jiu, at this moment, he is putting all his focus on winning this season.

Even after winning the championship last season, Su Jiu found that he was obviously a little swollen.

At this time, the NBA championship ring can no longer meet his personal needs. This season, Su Jiu is already planning to hit the three batches of honors: All-Star Game MVP, Regular Season MVP, and Finals MVP! ! !
After all, three batches of this kind of glory are really cool...

Although the difficulty in this can be said to be a bit huge, and even somewhat daydreaming, dreams are still necessary.

Especially when this season is very likely to be his curtain call, Su Jiu can't find a reason not to fight hard at all.

As the game is about to start, the two sides announced the starting lineup for the game respectively:
Magic:
Su Jiu, Carter, Lewis, Marion, and Howard.

Lakers:
Fisher, Kobe, Artest, Gasol, and Ben Wallace.

That's right, during the previous period of time, the Lakers signed Ben Wallace to make up for the lack of inside center.

In the offseason of this season, Ben Wallace was sent to the Suns in the trade between the Cavaliers and the Suns about O'Neal.

But the Suns chose to lay off Ben Wallace directly, and did not keep him after the start of the game.

Because although Ben Wallace was strong at his peak, he can be regarded as a nightmare for all inside players in the league, even if his height is relatively limited.

But Wallace is already 36 years old this year. Under such circumstances, Wallace's athletic ability has dropped to a very impressive level.

As we all know, even Wallace at his peak, his lack of height is his biggest disadvantage.

At that time, the reason why Ben Wallace was able to play his own name in the era of tough guys as a center was because of his strong physique and excellent fighting speed.

However, as he gets older, these two advantages completely disappear, so in this case, Wallace's shortcoming of height will be infinitely magnified.

But the Lakers have nothing to do. At least Wallace's body is not as agile as when he was young, but his defensive experience is still there.

Therefore, the Lakers can only temporarily sign Wallace for emergency at this time, hoping that Ben Wallace can play a good performance.

Otherwise, relying on the two center players Thomas and Mbenga, it may become very difficult for the Lakers to even enter the playoffs.

As for the Magic, since Iverson missed the game due to injury, Lewis was mentioned by Van Gundy as the starting position.

And since Lewis was mentioned as a starter, Van Gundy found that the team's offensive end has become more fluid.

This is not difficult to understand, after all, Iverson's off-ball ability is absolutely incomparable with Lewis.

And Lewis' shooting ability can largely help Su Jiu and Howard to open up space.

After the game started, the Lakers gave the ball directly to Kobe for singles at the beginning of the game, and Kobe played very resolutely on the offensive end.

It is not difficult to see from Kobe's facial expression that Kobe obviously attaches great importance to this game.

Even though the overall strength of the two teams is somewhat different, Kobe still wants to do his best to take away the victory in this Christmas game.

On the other hand, the Magic are much more relaxed and calm than the Lakers.

After all, the Magic have only lost two games so far this season, and the cooperation between them has become smoother.

So after the opening game, the Magic played more team-based, which was very different from the Lakers' Kobe playing alone.

However, although Kobe played very resolutely on the offensive end, the overall strength of the Magic this season is obviously stronger than the Lakers.

In fact, with the starting players from both sides on the court at the same time, the disadvantage of the Lakers is not so obvious.

Relying on Kobe's excellent personal offensive ability, the Lakers have been in a tight position with the Magic in points difference.

However, after all the main players of both sides left the field for rotation, the disadvantages of the Lakers became apparent at once.

Even though the Lakers have the "left-handed magician" Odom on the bench, in comparison, the Magic's bench lineup is obviously better, and the match between each other is more reasonable.

In particular, Odom is not the kind of player who can score for the team as soon as he comes on the court. Odom's strength must be based on the ability of his teammates to cooperate with him.

So in this case, the Magic team, which entered the rotation stage, immediately widened the point difference on the field.

In the end, after halftime, even though Kobe scored 26 points in the half against Vince Carter's defense, the Magic at home still played with:

56:45
Leading the Lakers by 11 points, the contest between the two sides ended in the first half.

(End of this chapter)