In mid-July, the Lakers' 15-man lineup will be confirmed next season.

Center: Ivica Zubac, Steven Adams, Andrew Bogut.

Power forwards: Davis Bellstein, Al Horford, Monterres Harrell.

Small forwards: Vince Carter, PJ Tucker, Kevin Durant.

Scoring guards: Andre Robertson, Devin Booker, Dwyne Wade.

Point guards: Guo Xu, Raymond Felton, Jason Terry.

The Lakers' 15 players have their own characteristics and can all play a role. Next season, the marginals will definitely be Zubac and Bellstein, and they have to go to the Development League to train for a while.

Guo Xu, who was filming, called Kupchek after seeing the news and said that he was very satisfied with the team's operation. Apart from Adams, he did not recommend anyone else, and Kupchek's vision is quite reliable.

Kupchek asked with a smile: "We will definitely defend the title next season, right?"

"Stop kidding, your ambition is just to defend the title? With Durant, Wade, and Adams joining, my goal is to win the championship, including the playoffs. I don't think there is a team that can beat the Lakers, wait and see the record." Guo Xu said confidently.

In his opinion, the Lakers will be the All-Star team next season, and the strongest lineup he has ever partnered with since entering the league. It is stronger than the five consecutive championships of the Suns. Other stars combined will not be able to beat the Lakers.

Some veterans were very depressed after watching the Lakers lineup. They had previously been rejected for joining.

For example, Paul Pierce, his performance in the Clippers last season was too poor and no strong team could look down on him.

Al Jefferson failed to join the Lakers because his style of playing is strong and defense is weak. After the Lakers' quota is full, he joined the Bucks for 30 million in three years. Next season, the Bucks' "Emperor" Embiid returns, and Jefferson is his substitute, and the Bucks did not renew their contract with Bogut.

A veteran like David West who refuses the Lakers, if you want to hold on to the legs, Kupchek doesn't even give him a basic salary, so he can stay wherever he wants to cool down. West had to go and choose to join the Warriors, with 1.3 million in one year.

"Gao Yuanyuan" like Roy Hibert is even more hopeless to join the Lakers. He joined the Nets in 3.5 million in a year.

The Nets, swept by the Lakers last season, fell apart and began to rebuild. James and his comments finally became a reality. The team left three starters in one go, and LeBron James will lead the team independently next season.

Now the most fiercer person who scolds Nets management online is Zhan Mi.

"Is the Nets management a group of SBs? Isn't it possible to dig superstars to assist James Durant, Westbrook, DeRozan, and Drummond? Are they all free agents? Isn't it easy to dig two times and rise next season?"

James's thinking is so weird. These people have never said they are willing to join the Nets and join forces with James, but they think that as long as the team has room for salary, they will definitely be able to "assist" James. They think this is a real emperor, but in fact James is just their emperor.

What's even more bizarre is that Zhan Mi scolded Howard, saying that he was not loyal enough and was a slave of the three surnames.

"Howard is too immoral. If he wants to leave, he can sign first and then change. As a result, he directly joined the Hawks and left nothing for the Nets. If it weren't for James, he could have reached the finals twice? He didn't want his face!"

Howard jumped out of his last year's contract and accepted the Hawks' offer. After accepting the Eagles' offer, the management of the Nets did not match. Do you even sign and then change your claws?

If this contract is really matched, it is impossible for the Nets to exchange Howard for a strong player. Howard is already a blue-collar center with a serious decline in form. Other teams must be brainless Zhan Mi as manager before he can get the star for him.

The weirdest thing is that Zhan Mi even scolded Wade.

After Wade left, James was interviewed and expressed the turmoil of the Nets and also talked about Wade. He made it clear: "Wade left the Nets, our strength will definitely decline significantly next season, and the situation will become more difficult."

James said something, Wade, the trash who was dragging his legs last season, was hated by James again. Someone said: "Wade abandoned his brother, and he didn't even have the courage to continue to compete for the championship with James. What's so great about such a person even if he went to the Lakers to win the championship together?"

Well, the team that has been grouped together has become the Lakers, and James and others despise the group.

But did Wade not have the courage to compete with James for the championship? He knew that he would definitely lose, and James was pissed off with his maximum salary, so he took the blame for his failure with his basic salary.

The most bizarre thing is that James even scolded Durant.

The reason was that some media posted news that Durant was likely to join the Nets and James to join forces to fight against the Lakers. The reason was that since Durant was unwilling to stay in the Thunder, he wanted to join a team to compete for the championship and the only choices he could choose.

At that time, no one thought Durant would choose the Lakers. He could only be a younger brother and not an equal position when he was a teammate with Guo Xu. He would be a teammate with James. That would be a brother basketball. Although they were not very familiar with each other, they would not play together during the holidays.

James is brothers in the world, and the same is true in the parallel world. Even if he was shaved by the Warriors, he would not forget to call Durant and Draymond Green a brother. Maybe they can form a group one day.

The closest journalist around Durant also shouted on social media: "Durant is very likely to join the Nets." So everyone believed it, although Durant never thought so.

James and the others were angry. "Durant is so sinister. He hung the Nets and said no clearly, and suddenly joined the Lakers without warning. The Lakers are the champion without him. How much credit will he do if he successfully defends the title after he surrenders to the enemy? This kind of star who joins the teams in the same region and joins the enemy will be determined to be a lifelong black."

They didn't read Durant's news. The example they gave when they surrendered to the enemy was James. Without James joining the Nets to be a role model, he really couldn't make up his mind.

James also jumped out of the contract, which was a restricted free agent. No matter what contract other teams offered, the Nets would match it. He couldn't leave and he would not let him go if he wanted to sign first and then change.

The Nets need him to attract fans and maintain home occupancy. Since he joined, the Nets have received better attention than the Knicks, who are at the bottom.

Of course, the Nets cannot let James fight alone, signing Warriors center Brooke Lopez for 100 million in 4 years. The management feels that this signing is more cost-effective. Lopez has won two consecutive championships with the Warriors and has rich experience in the playoffs.

Among the star centers, Lopez's price is not too expensive because he has weaknesses. He has excellent offense and has a range of three-pointers, and he can also hold the ball and attack the basket, but his speed is too slow and it is difficult to defend against pick-and-roll on the defensive end.

In order to stabilize James, the Nets have to sign even if they know that Lopez is flawed, otherwise they don’t even have a qualified center. It’s a question whether James can make the playoffs next season.

The Nets have dug up the Warriors' corner, which has also reduced the depth of the Warriors' lineup. Not only will it offend the Warriors fans, it will also indirectly help the Lakers achieve a better regular season record next season.

Another strong team, Spurs, did not make any big moves in Xia Tian, ​​but signed David Lee with a basic salary. Veteran Duncan announced his retirement. David Lee's strength is obviously not as strong as Duncan. He has always been a black hole on the defensive end.
Chapter completed!