lakers championship

Chapter 289

For Tianyang's text message, Kobe only replied with a 'wow' emoji, and there was no further follow-up.

Obviously, Bryant's own attitude is relatively flat.

Tianyang can also understand, after all, fan requests for stars to come back are basically seen every year.

After Kidd retired as a coach, he served as the head coach of the Nets and the Bucks respectively. Whenever the starting point guards of the two teams performed abnormally, some fans always joked that they hoped that he would take off his suit and go into battle.

It sounds interesting and thoughtful, but it's almost impossible.

……

About 10 minutes later, Kobe updated his Twitter and wrote: Dear fans, @天洋 told me about your voting just now, for which I would like to express my heartfelt thanks.

Seeing Twitter, many fans commented and expressed their disappointment, but some fans pointed out that this sentence can be interpreted in many ways, which can be understood as "won't come back" or "will come back".

This explanation has been recognized by a large number of fans, who speculate that Kobe seems to have scruples.

As a result, the fans started a discussion about what Kobe was worried about.

After two hours of argumentation, the fans came to the same conclusion: Kobe was worried that he would not be able to control the wind and rain like before. It is better to keep the memory on April 16, 4.But if the Lakers can design a suitable tactic to keep him playing around 13 minutes, then there will be no scruples.

After all, Carter, who is also one of the four major shooting guards, is still playing in the league at the age of 39, and often plays brilliant performances, relying on reducing playing time.

Tianyang also saw this conclusion and thought it was quite reasonable.

……

In the evening, Tianyang had dinner and was going to exercise at home.

As soon as I got down and started doing push-ups, the phone rang again.

Jiang Rulan asked him to go to Lync (chat software) to discuss matters related to the training camp.

He had no choice but to suspend the plan and return to the computer. After logging into Lync, he found that Aaron, Plum, Cui Ren and others were all in place.After the group he was in showed that he was online, two messages floated out on the public screen immediately.

Jiang Rulan: "After the video collection of the training camp was released today, the feedback has been amazing. As of 7:100 p.m., the total number of views on YouTube has reached 20 million, and the number of reposts and likes on Twitter has exceeded [-] times. Now there are [-] brand manufacturers Seeking to cooperate with us, after I tentatively offered the Lakers regular season home advertising offer, all the thirteen brands accepted.”

Jiang Rulan: "So, in this meeting, we need to discuss two issues. First, whether to accept brand sponsorship, and if so, quickly determine which ones. Second, I suggest changing the venue of the training camp and putting it directly on the State Stadium At the same time, it is no longer a closed training, but a global simultaneous live broadcast."

When the two questions were raised, Tianyang didn't feel anything, but other people in the group complained.

The reason for the complaint is simple, the sudden change of the plan requires a huge amount of work.

Sponsors contact VIPs, discuss cooperation VIPs with the Staples Center, notify players participating in training camps, discuss VIPs with live broadcast platforms...

In short, people are needed everywhere, and the entire core team is only 8 people, which is completely overwhelmed.

Jiang Rulan ignored the 'protest' from Plum and others, but directly asked Tianyang for his opinion.

Tianyang didn't agree with it at first, thinking that there was no need to make it so complicated. After all, the original intention of holding the training camp was not to make money, but he suddenly thought of one thing and agreed immediately.

The boss made the decision, and the younger brothers no longer struggled.

Soon, everyone discussed the results, and SkyOcean personally identified two brand manufacturers.

The first is Adidas, its own endorsement, nothing to say.

The second company is BodyArmor, a beverage brand invested by Kobe. It can be regarded as a thank you to Kobe financially, because when it was decided to hold the training camp, Kobe said that he would not want a penny.

The rest of the brands will be handled by Jiang Rulan and Aaron.

In addition, Jiang Rulan's second proposal was also discussed and approved. The venue of the training camp will be changed to the Staples Center, and the global broadcast will be broadcast simultaneously.

After making up his mind, Tianyang called Kobe to ask if he minded.

Bryant said it didn't matter, so the 8-member team immediately began to act.

Surprisingly, the negotiation went very smoothly.

Regardless of the fact that the sponsor is a passive party, because of the relationship between the Lakers and Hollywood stars, twitch immediately agreed to the live broadcast request and agreed to prepare the server in advance.

And because Tianyang is a representative of the Staples Center, AEG readily agreed to Tianyang's request to use the venue, and took the initiative to adjust the time for him.

As for the players, everyone wants to be famous. Hearing about the global live broadcast, they agreed faster than anyone else.

There are also many other things that are roughly similar. One thing that was thought to be very troublesome was actually done quickly.

……

At 15 am on the 9th, the Staples Center, the Lakers locker room.

Kobe sat on the floor and meticulously wrapped the gauze around his ankle.

Seeing this, Tianyang asked with a smile, "What? Can't you change your professional habits?"

Kobe shook his head, "It's not that you are doing something, playing some kind of global live broadcast, those newcomers must really want to earn performance, and later a guy like Josh Jackson will pop up to challenge me. I have to first Get ready, not to mention defeating the opponent, at least make sure you don't get hurt."

Tianyang smiled and sat next to Kobe, "I believe in you, as long as you are serious, you can easily deal with a few very powerful newcomers except Mark Fultz and Jason Tatum."

Kobe sighed when he heard the words, "It's a pity that in order to get you, I sent out the first round. Otherwise, just pick one at random, and it can help you share the pressure."

Tianyang moved his mouth, and wanted to say 'You can do it too', but stopped when he reached the point of his mouth.

He felt that the timing was not right, and he didn't know what Kobe was thinking at the moment.

"Let's go! There are 60 billion people waiting for us."

……

Under the introduction of the host, Tianyang and Kobe ran out of the player tunnel, and interacted with the young fans present with high fives.

Because of the live broadcast, the host briefly introduced the two of them, and then handed over the time to them.

Kobe picked up the microphone, walked to the center of the field, and said: "Today is the second day of the ten-day training camp. Yesterday I emphasized to you the importance of self-confidence, and today I will explain the basic skills. First of all, I want to invite the newcomers on the scene The players come back to me with a question. What do you think is the thing that needs to be relied on in every aspect of a basketball game, such as shooting, breakthrough, layup, defense, and sprinting?"

"Speed ​​and power!" Fultz yelled.

"Accuracy!" Bauer also spoke quickly.

"Footsteps!" Tatum replied, standing up.

Kobe nodded and pointed to Tatum, "You are right! Footsteps are the basis of all technical movements. You should all have heard of Olajuwon's 'dream footsteps'. I, LeBron, Anthony and other players have all learned from him , Its importance is self-evident. Of course, Olajuwon’s footsteps are mostly used to attack the penalty area. When we attack from the outside, we also need to master footwork skills. Tatum, you come up to be a defender, and I will show you .”

Tatum quickly jumped out of the crowd to the top of the arc, and asked in a low voice, "Is it true defense?"

Kobe was taken aback when he heard the words, and then smiled, "Of course it's true defense, otherwise how can the role of footsteps be reflected? Are you afraid that I will feel embarrassed when I hit the iron?"

Tatum waved his hands again and again, "No, no, absolutely not."

After all, the two stood at the top of the arc, Kobe handed over the ball, and Tatum passed back.

With his left foot as the axis, Kobe lowered his shoulders and took a tentative step to the right. When he saw Tatum leaning to the right, he immediately retracted his right foot and pushed the ground with force to take a step to the left.

He faced Tatum's defense, quickly gathered his feet and took off, and made a two-stage shot.

While the basketball was flying, the host shouted: "Kobe made a three-pointer! Hit!".

Cheers erupted at the scene, and Kobe stood motionless, as if he was thinking about something.

Tianyang guessed from his eyes that he recalled every game night at Staples in the previous 20 years.

　This episode will be a little slower. I will use the training camp as the starting point to describe the whole process of Kobe's comeback very clearly.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)