The Godfather of Basketball

"Don't get me wrong, LeBron doesn't know about this, it's just something I want to say." Seeing Tang Tian's expression, Paul realized that he had misunderstood, and immediately opened his mouth to explain.

Tang Tian nodded to indicate that he understood.

"I think coach you can increase LeBron's tactical status in the team and make him the biggest core of the Cavaliers' Big Three." Paul said with a smile.

Tang Tian was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Paul to say such a thing.

He was a little angry and a little funny.

At the end of last season, James mentioned this to him, and now his agent is here?

"Is this what LeBron meant?" He looked at Paul lightly.

"No, coach, as I said before, this is my personal opinion." Paul continued to maintain his smile.

After Paul finished speaking, Tang Tian's expression changed suddenly.

"It's not something you should care about." He pointed at Paul and said, ignoring the latter's reaction, and went straight out of the study.

What a joke!

An agent actually asked him to increase the tactical status of his players in private. Do you really think he is a puppet coach?

"Taylor, let's go."

Seeing Tang Tian's bad face, Swift knew he was in a bad mood, so he reached out and hugged Ying Short.

Yingduan also felt that the atmosphere was a bit wrong. Although she reluctantly turned her head and kept looking in Muyingduan's direction, she didn't struggle.

"damn it!"

After Tang Tian and Swift left for a while, Paul slapped the table angrily.

"What's wrong?" Swift asked after coming out of Paul's house.

"It's okay." Tang Tian put aside what happened just now, and said with a smile, "Let's go back quickly, Auntie and the others should be ready soon."

Swift nodded, Tang Tian didn't want to say it, because she didn't want to spoil the festive atmosphere of Christmas, and she didn't need to delve into it.

The Rich Paul thing was just a Christmas blip.

Eating Christmas dinner, making wishes, inviting the choir, the atmosphere of the whole festival is still very strong.

After Christmas was over, Tang Tian stayed with his uncle and aunt at home for a period of time, and it was also considered to be with Hathaway.

The Cavaliers have a Christmas game against the old rival Lakers.

The Lakers still maintain the core lineup of previous seasons. The biggest move during the offseason was to send away Odom and trade for Barnes.

Calculated, the two teams are competitors, but because they are in different divisions, they have become one of the few partners.

Kobe is still the core of this Lakers team. His desire to win has not declined because of his age. On the contrary, he has become stronger because he has not made the playoffs for several consecutive years.

It was also under his strong performance that the Lakers tied the Cavaliers at 55 in the first half.

In addition to Kobe's excellent performance, it is also obvious that James's performance is not good.

The shooting percentage of 5 of 11 shots is not bad, but the problem is that many of them are storms outside of tactics.

In his previous life, Cole was always criticized by fans for not letting Curry do it alone and always letting him share the ball and play as a whole.

A very simple logic, a problem that can be solved with the personal ability of a star, why do you have to play tactics?

But in fact, the integrity of a championship team is very important. If you rely solely on individuals, it is very easy to be targeted, and it is difficult to mobilize the enthusiasm of other players. This is a disadvantage in the long regular season.

Back in the second half, James' offensive desire was still strong, but the Cavaliers still failed to open the score.

In the end, Kobe scored 6 points in a row before the end of the game and scored 42 points in the game, helping the Lakers beat the Cavaliers 108 to 105.

The Cavaliers' 13-game winning streak came to an abrupt end.

James made 14 of 32 shots and scored 38 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. However, the role players other than the Big Three made a total of 2 of 10 shots. This is obviously not a normal level.

After the game, Tang Tian originally wanted to chat with James, but when he returned to the locker room, he found that James had left without taking a shower.

Asked other people, do not know why.

Tang Tian frowned slightly, he felt something was wrong.

In the next week, James still maintained a large number of shots, and the Cavaliers' record was 2 wins and 1 loss.

James has averaged 36.6 points, 9 rebounds and 6.5 assists in the past 3 games. The statistics are quite gorgeous. He successfully squeezed out Paul and became the best of the week in the new week.

Because in the weak Eastern Conference, the record is still insignificant, but the fans can more or less feel that the Cavaliers' game is far from being as easy as it was at the beginning of the game.

On January 2, 2012, the Cavaliers ushered in back-to-back games. The first opponent was the San Antonio Spurs.

The Spurs' GDP is old and strong, coupled with the outstanding performance of the selected Leonard, the record of 13 wins and 3 losses so far this season is not worse than that of the Cavaliers.

James continued to shoot high, but he didn't feel good tonight. He only hit 2 goals in the first 9 shots.

This point was caught by Popovich, and the targeted defense and layered offense opened up the score bit by bit.

Tang Tian couldn't sit still, and yelled at James twice during the timeout.

Back in the second half, James regained his touch, but he was still out of the tactical system. The Cavaliers struggled to chase points to no avail, trailing the Spurs by 15 points in three quarters.

Tang Tian finally had enough, and put James on the bench in the fourth quarter.

The Cavaliers fought back frantically in the fourth quarter under the leadership of Paul and Yao Ming, once closing the score to 5 points, but Ginobili's two consecutive three-pointers at critical moments gave the Spurs the final victory.

After 13 consecutive victories, the Cavaliers have 2 wins and 2 losses in the past 4 games. This is a bloody experience for the Cavaliers to explain the primary and secondary importance between the individual star and the team.

On the second day after the competition ended, Tang Tian finally got angry.

The ability of top stars is indeed much higher than that of ordinary players, but even the Heat team in the previous life, when they first formed, they lost three games in a row and lost four games in a row. It was only after the Big Three made their own sacrifices that they gradually entered the winning mode.

After all, a basketball game is for 5 people, and there are 48 minutes in the game. Stars can build an advantage, but no matter what level of star, after leaving the team, it is impossible to win easily.

"Casey, LeBron is here and called him to my office!" Tang Tian was furious as soon as he arrived at the office that day.

After more than half an hour, Casey knocked on the door and came in, but James was not behind him.

"Everyone else is here, LeBron doesn't know why he hasn't come yet, and I called his private phone but he didn't get through." Casey said with a frown.

"Not here?" Tang Tian was taken aback for a moment.

Just then, Ryan, the team's chief team doctor, walked in.

He glanced at Casey, then at Tang Tian.

"I just got a call from Rich Paul."