Chapter 64:

After talking for half an hour, Guo Xu called four new friends to dinner together at night.
The summer league invitation letter uniformly stated that the team bears all the board and lodging of the players, does not stipulate what to eat, and pays the players every day in the form of subsidies to buy it themselves.
This is a tradition in the NBA league. As we all know, NBA teams are financially wealthy, and the bosses of each team are also very generous with their favorite players.
Kurt Rambis was a little surprised to see the five people get together, because they are the key investigation object of the Lakers this league, and he will arrange the starting lineup.
Guo Xu knows the strength of his teammates and is the welfare of the rebirth. He has an impression of the names of these four people. At dinner, he asked everyone's specialties, discussed tactical cooperation, and promised to pass them whenever there was an opportunity.
The players are temporarily unfamiliar with each other. The coach can only arrange basic tactics. The coordination depends mainly on the ability of the point guard. Everyone gave Guo Xu a face to please the commander on the field.
The team conducted a simple joint training on the morning of the 5th, and the Lakers VS the Suns at night.
The summer league was held in the training hall. The number of fans could not be accommodated. The significance was to inspect the players. As a result, the Lakers' first battle hall was full and the sidelines were particularly crowded. There are many Lakers fans in Long Beach. They are inconvenient to watch at the Staples Center. They pay more attention to the performance of rookies and especially want to watch Guo Xu's performance.
After the draft conference, Guo Xu's exposure rate remained high, ranking among the top five rookies. Many media called him "the most mad rookie", attracting a large number of melon-eating people.
Lakers starting: Guo Xu, Pampeixi, George, Madsen, Medvedenko.
Sun starters: Joe Crispin, Paul McFairson, Ben Davis, Ruben Gathers, Jack Chacallides.
The Suns are also composed of some NBA rookies, unsuccessful rookies, and weak NBA marginalists.
The team of such a temporary patchwork is certainly not as good as the NBA preseason game that started in October, but the competition is more brutal, more ruthless, and more unreasonable than the NBA regular season. Because there is a question before us, in the end what level of play in the Summer League, in order to fight for a base salary contract?
The answer is that only the best players in the summer league deserve a basic salary. Player data here is not valuable, some NBA marginalists can compete in the summer league scorers, rebounders, assists, MVP.
Even if they perform well in the Summer League, they may not be able to win a contract, because this is more a stage for players to show their personal abilities, without too many tactics. In the NBA regular season, each player has to perform his duties and abide by his duty. So how to change your role is also the key to staying in the team.
For many players who have emerged in the summer league, what they get is not a stepping stone to enter the NBA, but more to prove themselves to overseas leagues. As the pinnacle of the basketball hall, the NBA has very few players who can climb to the spire every year. On the contrary, there are tens of thousands of players with professional basketball dreams. Even if they are marginal players in the NBA, they are also one of the best.
The sun is on the lead and the game begins.
The player pulled away and Paul lifted the ball from the side to Chacalidis in the low position on the right.
This 21-year-old center was selected by the Suns in the first 25 rounds. He was 218cm tall and weighed 129kg. The team's purpose in choosing him was very clear. It was to defend O'Neal's meat shield blue collar.
The Suns eliminated the defending champion Spurs in the first round last season, and the Lakers were eliminated 4-1 in the second round. The Sun couldn't get O'Neal at all. He could only stop him from violating the penalty area by fouling. In this era, because of O'Neill, the bulky blue-collar centers have received unprecedented attention.
Chakalidis is tall, but lacks explosive power, turns slowly, cannot jump, and has no dominance in the basket. He has low footsteps and no range. He is an ordinary blue collar. After receiving the ball from the low post, Medvedenko scored 113 kilograms on the back of his body. He was embarrassed and did not squeeze, and passed the ball out.
The ball ended in Ben Davis's hand. He chose singles George. After a disturbance, he missed the jumper and missed the rim. Madsen grabbed a rebound in the backcourt.
Ben Davis was 14 rookies in the second round of 1996. He has played in the NBA for four seasons and played 40 times. His characteristic is that he thinks it is very comprehensive. No matter who the defender is, he dares to attack with the ball. To put it bluntly, the shooting choice is very poor. His NBA average is 1.4 points and 1.3 rebounds, and his field goal percentage is 35.6%.
The Sun lineup seems to be a group of NBA-level players. In fact, except for the two defenders, they are blue-collar players and their offense is bad.
The Lakers attacked, Guo Xu took the ball to the frontcourt.
Sun point guard Joe Crisbin is 183cm tall and weighs 84kg. He was unfortunately lost in the 21-year-old draft and came to the Summer League to try his luck. As an NCAA player, of course he will pay attention to the finals and witnessed Guo Xu's horror play. He is now in a panic.
Guo Xu's relaxed eyes and smile on the corner of his mouth are exactly the same as in the NCAA finals. That kind of strong guard is simply not what he can fight ...
Guo Xu didn't play hard in the middle. When Medvedenko came out to cover and blocked Chris Bin, the small defender encountered a cover. If he was not good at chasing and defending, it was a black hole in the NBA.
Chacalides was standing near the penalty area. Guo Xu made a one-stop jumper within the three-point line and made a steady shot. 2 to 0.
He doesn't like long-range CIC, but the opportunity is too good and he doesn't mind coming one occasionally. The big guys don't change defenses, and the point guard can easily get a free mobile phone meeting at this distance.
When the Sun attacked, Crispin took the ball to the frontcourt. When facing Guo Xu, he dared not go heads-up and passed the ball to the side. Paul once again dropped the ball to the low post ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The Suns focused on Chakalidi Sri Lanka, I hope he can take more responsibility on the field in the future, the coaching staff should try to develop his offense.
Chacallidis squeezed his back twice and turned to the bottom line to shoot. He used the advantage of height to create a mobile phone meeting. His opponent with a large body can not squeeze, but his range is too close. In the end, he will be in vain Too. Madsen grabbed a rebound in the backcourt and handed it to Guo Xu for the position battle.
Coach Rambis did not arrange a fast break, Guo Xu pressed his temper and landed on the position. If in the Spartans team, he must be pushing this ball at full speed, and his teammates will also run wild together.
Now the Lakers can fight back. The teammates besides Medvedenko are not slow, especially George, who only looks at his size. He has a match with LeBron James.
Guo Xu feels that George is a bit out of practice in the Lakers. He is good at fast breaks and is very strong. If he plays the 4th position, it will be a violent beast that looks like a gorilla. If he makes his debut on the fast-breaking team, he will have a better career.
In Guo Xu's previous life, the Lakers were also optimistic about George's physical fitness. Even if he generally signed a middle-class contract, it was a pity that he soon suffered frequent injuries and his quality fell.
Guo Xu again played a midfielder with Medvedenko, and Chakalidis came out to block it. Guo Xu lowered his center of gravity and swiped past Chakalidis with a speed change. He easily entered the basket. Right hand layup to score. 4 to 0.
Guo Xu did not celebrate when he returned to defense, and scoring was too easy.
He suspected that the opponent did not play seriously, the defense was terrible, and it was not as good as the defense intensity of the semi-finals. If he defends against this kind of defense all over the scene, he will score 50 points.
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