2 first round picks + Magazine signing rights, exchange for the Lakers core championships in two consecutive games, Kobe s best teammate Gasol

The Los Angeles Lakers completed a deal that was enough to rewrite the league pattern in early 2008: using only two first-round picks and Mark Gasol's signing priority, they exchanged the Grizzlies for the Grizzlies' inside player Paul Gasol, who was still at the All-Star level at the time. This deal not only made the Lakers go from a struggle team at the beginning of the season to a big favorite for the championship, but also set off a legendary showdown between the "Little Shark" and the "Big Shark" in the West.

However, the first time joining hands was not ideal. Facing the Celtics "Big Three" lineup that recovered for the 18th, the Lakers finally lost 2-4 in the 2008 Finals. Kevin Garnett suppressed the whole game with iron-blooded offense and defense, and Gasol's "soft" style of play once became the focus of public criticism. Amid the doubts from outside, the label of "soft-hand center" that the media and fans keep talking about is almost covering up his offensive talent.

Kobe Bryant taught a lesson to his teammates at the beginning of 2009: he solemnly hung his gold medal in the Beijing Olympic final to Gasol's locker to encourage the Spanish insider to better implement the championship mentality. In the 2009 Western Conference Semi-Finals, the Lakers encountered Yao Ming and the Rockets at their peak. They fought many bloody battles in the series, showing the head-on confrontation between two NBA foreign players in the NBA arena.

Early in the 2008 Beijing Olympic group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to Spain led by a slight gap under Yao Ming. This showdown made the fateful confrontation between the two basketball superstars. If "Yao Yao" could win in those two intense battles, not only would the fate of the Chinese men's basketball team be rewritten, but the playoff pattern between the Rockets and the Lakers might also be changed.

What really made Gasol reshape his "hard" image was the reunion of his old rival Celtic in the 2010 finals. In the most critical game, he scored 19 points and 18 rebounds, averaging 18.6 points, 11.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.9 blocks in the entire series, which indisputably refreshed all the "soft hands" theory. That night, the Spanish man who was labeled "lightly" by his opponent completed his self-salvation with his iron blood performance and also wrote the most brilliant mark for his NBA journey.

The real champion not only relies on talent flashes, but also needs to experience frustration and being questioned. With the help of team trust and self-breakthrough, we can complete a gorgeous turn. When we look back at the glorious years of the Lakers' two consecutive championships, the "soft handball style" has been completely subverted by two rings and countless hard power data, and he has also been well deservedly recorded in the history of the Lakers.