So I am the god of basketball?

Meng Lang turned around and left without hesitation. Kobe's eyes flickered and were full of contradictions, which showed the complexity of his heart at the moment.

He really wants to learn the "Dream Step"!

But he really couldn't bring himself to call Meng Lang "Master".

He now had three thoughts in his mind:

The first is to defeat Jordan; the second is to prove that he has the ability to be the boss after helping Meng Lang win the championship that he lost; the third is to defeat Meng Lang!

Of course, it is clear that the latter two things are actually the same thing.

If Meng Lang was called "Master", then how could he... rebel?
However, one thing is also obvious:
After Meng Lang used his "Dream Footwork", Kobe could no longer defend against Meng Lang.

Meng Lang was originally bigger than him, and in terms of strength and tonnage, Kobe could not compare. Now Meng Lang also had the mysterious "dream footsteps". He could not guess the changes in Meng Lang's movement.

Take today's bullfight for example, the final score was 11-2 both times.

You know, starting this year, Kobe has been able to hold out a little against Meng Lang.

In the closed training camp, he was in the best condition in a bullfight, where he fought with Meng Lang to a score of 5 to 11.

This is his best result so far.

He was very happy at that time.

Now it seemed that Meng Lang was just teasing him and was not trying his best at all.

If he used the "Dream Step", he would be no match for Meng Lang.

If he wants to defeat Meng Lang, he must learn the "Dream Footsteps".

This is called "learning advanced foreign skills in order to defeat them"!
but……

He really couldn't say it out loud!

The game between the Lakers and the Pacers is coming.

In the first round of the game, the Lakers had the first attack right.

Meng Lang crossed half court with the ball, and the greenhorn Artest approached him, looking as if he wanted to test Meng Lang's ability to fight.

He said before the game: "Larry gave me the task of defending Dream, and I will definitely complete this task successfully!"

Artest is most confident in confrontation. Even though he is only a rookie, he believes that his confrontation ability is no weaker than any other NBA player. This is also true after watching the many games he has played so far.

In terms of confrontation, he has not yet encountered an opponent that he finds difficult.

This time facing Meng Lang, he was full of confidence.

After just the first confrontation, he felt something was wrong...

How come this guy...

It's like a big drill!

Barkley has retired, and there is no "flying pig back play" in this league anymore. Only Meng Lang has 7 points. But because of his height, he cannot fully exert the power of his "big butt back play".

But Meng Lang has his own advantage, which is that his body shape is really domineering on the outside.

"Bah!"

After two consecutive confrontations, Meng Lang turned around quickly. Artest had just stood firm when he saw Meng Lang jump in front of him and completed a "turnaround jump shot".

Artest is 2 meters tall!

His height is definitely enough for the small forward position, but he has just entered the league and is not that strong. However, even with such a weakness, he could not withstand Meng Lang's "back-to-the-basket" attack, which he did not expect.

This was the first time a player had completed a turnaround jump shot against him so easily.

However, this course titled "Welcome to the NBA" has just begun.

Meng Lang took out all kinds of weapons in his "arsenal" and taught Artest a good lesson.

Artest, who was full of confidence at the beginning, gradually became distracted.

When the game ended, he looked completely dazed and had no idea what he was doing!

Meng Lang finally scored a season-high 46 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists. It is worth mentioning that at least 46 of his 26 points were scored against Artest in singles.

Otherwise, why would Artest's eyes become dazed after being beaten by him?

After the game, the media asked him to comment on Artest's pre-game rhetoric. Meng Lang said, "These are rookies. They don't have so many concerns. They just want to challenge the strongest. These are things I experienced back then, so I know very well what they are thinking. If they just want to perform well and prove themselves, I won't take such remarks to heart. I also hope that they won't lose their fighting spirit because of this. This is the most precious thing for a rookie!"

As for the Pacers, Artest was beaten badly, while O'Neal Jr. was the best performing player on their team.

Since being traded to the Pacers last season, O'Neal, who entered the league in 96 and is entering his third season in his professional career, can finally have a fixed time to play like a normal rookie.

He also proved himself, averaging 9.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game in his first year with the Pacers.

For a rookie who wasted two years on the Trail Blazers' bench, this is his real "rookie year". The Pacers are very satisfied with such a result.

After all, the price of getting him is not high.

This is considered a second prize in a scratch lottery ticket.

After a summer of hard work, O'Neal's performance this year is obviously better. So far, O'Neal is averaging 20.4 points and 8.6 rebounds per game. He is already the "scoring champion" of the team.

His skillful footwork around the basket, coupled with his mobility, makes him a beautiful sight at the Pacers' power forward position.

In this game against Ben Wallace, he still scored 21 points and 11 rebounds.

There are not many players in the entire league who can perform like this in front of the Lakers' "Twin Towers".

It now seems that O'Neal Jr.'s "second prize lottery ticket" can be called a "first prize".

Moreover, O'Neal, who entered the league as a high school student, is only 22 years old now. Some "older rookies" entered the league at this age. As long as he does not encounter injuries, he will be the pillar of the Pacers for the next 10 years.

Most importantly, Reggie Miller, Olajuwon and other veterans are still here, so they don't have to wait for a long time and can still look forward to it. For example, so far this season, the Pacers are ranked 7th in the Eastern Conference with a record of 4 wins, 1 losses and 4 loss.
Compared to last season, they have clearly returned to the ranks of the Eastern Conference powerhouses this season.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the Pistons' demise.

The departure of Grant Hill and Alan Houston has turned Detroit into a shabby team again.

Unfortunately, next year is generally recognized as a weak year for the draft, so there is no hope for Detroit to tank.

After defeating the Pacers, the Lakers easily defeated the Pistons, extending their winning streak to 12 games.

Next they will travel to Phoenix to challenge the Suns.

The Suns got Jason Kidd the summer before last, and this summer they got Grant Hill. The combination of these two has brought back the Suns' "Speed ​​Fighter" style. Both Hill and Kidd can serve as the engine of the team.

Moreover, the two players' ability to handle the ball in fast breaks was extremely outstanding, and the scene was extremely exciting.

In the regular season, fast-paced teams often achieve good results easily. Take the Suns for example, they successfully launched a wave of fast breaks, using continuous fast breaks and fast breaks in defensive counterattacks to impact the opponent's formation.

At the beginning they won 5 games in a row.

At this time, the Suns suddenly made a deal and acquired Ray Allen from the Timberwolves, who was going to renew his contract at the end of this season.

Currently, Jason Kidd's annual salary is 6 million, and Grant Hill's is a little higher, about 1 million. Even if Ray Allen's contract expires next year, the Suns' salary space will definitely be able to accommodate his contract.

Moreover, on the Suns, Ray Allen would definitely not be so unbalanced.

You know, even if he only gets half of Kevin Garnett's salary, it would be as high as 700 million.

This is a higher salary than Jason Kidd on the Suns.

If Ray Allen is happy playing here, he will naturally not change teams easily, nor will he necessarily ask for an annual salary of 1 million.

This is just like what happened with Klay Thompson later.

He could accept a low salary in the Mavericks, but he could not accept a contract that was less than 100 million in the Warriors. Because he is a veteran, he does not think there is any difference between himself and Curry, especially with Green.

The main reason is that Green opted out of his contract early and signed a contract extension that was enough to leave the Warriors with no salary space.

This, to a certain extent, is the main reason for the dismantling of the "Ku Zhui Tang" combination.

This is the same reason why Kevin Garnett must get the highest salary.

He could have asked for 2 million less per year to leave some for his brothers, but he didn't want to and just maxed it out. -- This year Kevin Garnett's salary is as high as 1600.

Even if he doesn't want his brothers to get the benefits, Ray Allen is not someone who can be bullied. He has already applied to the management for a trade to change teams.

The management tried to coordinate several times but to no avail, so they finally chose to trade.

Since everyone knew that Ray Allen was leaving, the Timberwolves did not get any suitable chips in exchange.

After the Suns acquired Ray Allen, their firepower became even more fierce. The "Suns artillery group" led by him, Jason Kidd, Grant Hill and Shawn Marion averaged more than 100 points per game. Like the Lakers, they are one of the most powerful teams.

This game is the last away game of the Lakers' four-game road trip.

Cumulatively speaking, they flew nearly 4 kilometers in 8 days for the 5 away games.

It made them all dizzy.

The Lakers were in poor form, and the Suns had the final laugh with 110 to 102, winning the "firepower PK" and giving the Lakers their first loss of the season.

In the end, the Lakers ended their entire journey in November with a record of 15 wins and 1 loss.

They are ranked first in the league with a strong posture.

孟浪场均36.5分8.5篮板10.5助攻1.5抢断1盖帽的数据，拿下了本月的“月最佳球员奖”。

The media are all saying that Meng Lang is making a strong push towards his third regular season MVP in his career.

In fact, this season we can clearly see many new forces emerging.

Let’s start with the Western Conference. After the Lakers is the Warriors. The Warriors, who have further honed their Princeton system, had 11 wins and 13 losses in November, ranking second in the Western Conference after the Lakers.

This was a position they had never been to so early before.

The "93 Generation" has become the "core players" of the two giants in the Western Conference.

As Meng Lang said at the beginning, the brilliance radiated by their generation is no weaker than that of the "84 generation" at that time.

The media now calls them the "golden generation".

In third place are the Suns, with 12 wins and 4 losses, just one game less than the Warriors.

The fourth place was not the Supersonics, but the Spurs who got Brand.

The Admiral still has some strength left, and Brand himself has entered the league relatively maturely. Of course, the more important point is that the gap in the Western Conference is too serious. Except for the top three, the other teams have not played well at the beginning. The fourth-placed Spurs have only 9 wins and 7 losses.

The Lakers have already opened up a 6-win gap.

Fifth in the Western Conference is the familiar face, the Seattle SuperSonics.

The reason why they had a bad start this year was that the status of a bunch of wings in the team declined, and they had no money to renew the contract with new strong wings, so George Karl's tactics simply couldn't work. They could only rely on Gary Payton and Mourning to fight.

But without the support of the system, the hard-solving abilities of both of them are actually quite average.

So it slipped to this position.

This is the situation in the West.

In the Eastern Conference, the Philadelphia 76ers are ranked first with a record of 14 wins and 2 losses.

But the second team was not the Heat.

The Heat, who lost two starting players, obviously had a longer run-in period in the new season, starting with only 11 wins and 5 losses, ranking third in the Eastern Conference.

The second place in the Eastern Conference belongs to the Chicago Bulls.

Everyone thought the era was over for the Chicago team, but without a major overhaul in the summer, they stood up again and are now ranked second in the Eastern Conference with a record of 13 wins and 2 losses.

Michael Jordan, who was plagued by injuries and his form declined last season, has recovered well after a summer of adjustments.

After all, in previous years he had to rest until June, but in the past two years he has rested in May.

This helped him recover well.

So far this season, he is averaging 26.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5 assists per game.

Of course, this is normal. After taking a two-year break, he was still averaging 3 points per game three years later. Now that his body is not rusty and has recovered for a while, his performance will naturally improve.

更重要的是，麦迪真的兑现了他的天赋。进入职业生涯的第三个赛季，他场均可以拿到20.6分7.5篮板5.3助攻1.5抢断以及1.5盖帽的数据。

He is just like that man on both offense and defense!

Do not……

He is much better than that man!

要知道斯科蒂-皮蓬在公牛队的所有赛季里，都没有拿到过21加7加5加1.5加1.5的数据。

The closest year was the 93-94 season when he was the team leader, but his average blocks per game was still 0.4 less!
No one expected that McGrady would make such great progress in his third year. The Chicago media was ecstatic. McGrady said, "I am just fulfilling my promise to Michael!" (End of this chapter)