As a Kobe hater, he was actually teammates with Kobe!

Three years later, he will be one of the top 3 inside players in the NBA.

The final answer given by netizens is:

NO.5: Amar'e Stoudemire.

NO.4: Kevin Garnett.

NO.3: Tim Duncan.

NO.2: Dwight Howard.

NO.1: Zhou Ze.

In addition, Yao Ming, Dirk Nowitzki and Elton Brand were all nominated.

But the only one missing is Carlos Boozer.

In the Lakers' away locker room, Zhou Ze, who was being interviewed, looked calm after learning the results of the vote. He kept saying that he didn't care about this kind of ranking at all and just wanted to be himself.

However, I felt ecstatic in my heart. I have to say, netizens are quite discerning.

In this list, among the five people given by netizens, except for the two No. 5, the other three are all new generation inside stars.

Although Zhou Ze was in a good mood, the outside world was criticizing this list.

What qualifications does Zhou Ze have to be ranked ahead of Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett?

ESPN is just hyping up the news for traffic!

Even Zen Master Phil Jackson believes that the media is praising Zhou Ze too much and that his true fighting ability has not yet reached that level.

This list, which deliberately praises Zhou Ze and belittles Carlos Boozer, is also indirectly adding fuel to the fire of tonight's game.

You know, the Jazz's starting No. 4 Carlos Boozer just won the Western Conference Player of the Week last week, and his statistics are not much different from Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze and Boozer already had some grudges against each other.

Now that this list has come out, Boozer feels even more underestimated.

At the same time, in the away locker room, a reporter mentioned this matter when interviewing Carlos Boozer.

Boozer's face instantly darkened, and at the same time, he said with a firm tone: "I can't wait to play against Zhou. Hehe, let's see what this future NBA No. 1 center is capable of!"

"Pfft!"

"Ha ha!"

The reporters nearby couldn't help but laugh when they heard Boozer teasing and mocking ESPN's ranking.

These reporters are really eager to have fun.

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The starting lineup of both parties:

[Utah Jazz (away)]: Deron Williams, Ronnie Boozer, Andrei Kirilenko, Carlos Boozer and Mehmet Okur.

[Los Angeles Lakers (home)]: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, PJ Tucker, Zhou Ze and Kwame Brown.

Although Lamar Odom's injury has recovered and he appeared on tonight's roster before the game, Zen Master Phil Jackson still took Odom off the court near the game.

Odom is not Zhou Ze. His condition will be affected by his mentality. If he doesn't play well in his comeback game, he will be confused and timid in the next seven or eight games.

Of course, usually, after a star player recovers from an injury, he will first look for the weak ones to pick on.

But today's Utah Jazz ranks among the top four in the Western Conference.

PJ Tucker, a rookie for the Lakers, was pushed to the starting small forward position, but whether he can play for a few minutes depends on his performance tonight.

After all, Luke Walton is sitting on the bench.

After the game started, fans could see that the Jazz sent out AK47 to defend Kobe.

On the Lakers' first attack after the opening, the Lakers wanted to play a dribble chase and cut - the strong side forward fell into the low post.

Old Fish moved towards Zhou Ze, who suddenly broke out and passed directly by Boozer, but at this time Mehmet Okur returned directly to the basket and controlled Zhou Ze's receiving area with his long arms.

Kwame Brown was left open, Old Fish passed the ball, and Kwame Brown received the ball and made a mid-range shot.

After scoring the goal, Kwame Brown clenched his right fist and looked quite excited.

Last offseason, Kwame Brown not only practiced pick-and-rolls and rebounding, but also mid-range shots.

But this thing is not so easy to develop.

This ball was tipped in.

Soon, in an almost identical round, Kwame Brown missed the shot.

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Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer were in a high-post pick-and-roll, but Fisher didn't squeeze through Boozer's screen immediately. After Deron noticed Zhou Ze's switch defense, he didn't rush to break through. Instead, he dribbled the ball to the left and completely "sucked" Zhou Ze over. Boozer suddenly went down and created a mismatch with Fisher under the basket. After receiving the ball, he directly forced a dunk, 10 to 8, and the Jazz led by 2 points.

After scoring the goal, Boozer couldn't help but smile crookedly at Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze ignored him and said to PJ Tucker, "Man, pay attention to the help defense."

The pick-and-roll between Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer was difficult for Zhou Ze and Fisher to break through alone. A pick-and-roll was a mismatch. Zhou Ze could barely defend Deron Williams from the perimeter, but facing Boozer entering the basket, Fisher had no way to stop him.

In addition, if Mehmet Okur stands outside the three-point line, Kwame Brown will also have to stay away from the basket.

Utah's duo, in the minds of many fans, Deron Williams is the team's first core, but in fact, Boozer is the team's first core.

After Deron Williams became famous in the later period, he broke up with the iron-blooded coach Sloan because he wanted to have absolute control of the team like CP3.

But in Zhou Ze's opinion, this is completely unnecessary. Although CP3 is the one who has the final say in the Hornets, he can't even touch the floor of the Western Conference Finals.

Another pick-and-roll between Deron and Boozer.

Zhou Ze was like the "defensive commander" on the court, gesturing to Kobe and PJ Tucker.

"PJ, pay attention to the help defense!"

"Kobe, watch them cut inside."

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Old Fish was caught by Boozer again, but Zhou Ze did not switch defense. Instead, he asked PJ Tucker on the wing to assist in defending Deron and interfere with the latter's shot.

Boozer and Zhou Ze ran to the basket almost at the same time.

Although Boozer moves slowly laterally, his jumping, jumping speed and explosiveness are all quite good.

But there is no way to compare with Zhou Ze.

With a "Snap!", Zhou Ze grabbed the rebound first with a height that exceeded half of Boozer's forearm.

Zhou Ze did not pass the ball to Fisher who came over to receive the ball, but directly passed it to Kobe.

Kobe received the ball outside the three-point line and faced the entanglement of AK47. He started with a cross step. Seeing that he could not get rid of the defense, Kobe suddenly made a hesitation step and suspended the ball. He continued to accelerate the breakthrough, burst out with the ball, and forced a layup against AK47. "Beep!" The referee whistle sounded.

The Lakers teammates on the court couldn't help but shout: "and-one."

But only Zhou Ze shouted: "Nice-pass."

"Tsk!" Boozer, whose melon was picked off by Zhou Ze's head, snorted coldly, as if to say, "That's because Kobe Bryant was so good in a 1v1. Your passing is not worth mentioning."

"Man, do you know why netizens think you can't be a talent and don't select you as the future TOP5 center? You didn't even get a nomination." Looking at the dissatisfied Boozer, Zhou Ze's face was full of smiles.

Although Boozer didn't say anything, he looked straight at Zhou Ze.

"Your rebounding is too bad. Look, I already have 3 rebounds, while you have zero rebounds so far." Zhou Ze started talking nonsense seriously.

"Bullshit, the game has only been going on for less than 5 minutes. Why don't you say that you haven't scored a single point while I have already scored 1 points." Boozer said angrily.

"As a true super inside player, there's no need to score points during regular time." Zhou Ze said disdainfully.

Although Boozer knew that Zhou Ze was making unreasonable arguments, he didn't know how to refute him for a moment.

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