After five consecutive victories, Guo Xu's popularity has increased to the highest level in the league. The All-Star vote surpassed McGrady, Carter and Yao Ming in one fell swoop and led the league and is expected to become the "vote king" this year.

Recently, Suns players have dunked too many times, and fans hope that Guo Xu will organize the offense in the star game, and there will be more exciting dunks.

NBA's outside superstars usually have super high popularity. Compared with inside players, their playing style is more flexible and elegant, suitable for star competition performances.

As his popularity increases, Guo Xu's commercial value is his annual salary and advertising endorsement, and his income has already ranked among the top ten in the league.

In terms of beverages, Guo Xu changed to Gatorade Sports Drink, and the endorsement fee of 4 million yuan per year is not high, but it is a waste of money because the price of endorsement beverages of NBA players cannot be high.

The league requires that no matter what beverage the star endorses on the field, he can only drink Gatorade on the sidelines during the game. This is the only designated beverage for the NBA and the NFL.

Gatorade occupies 85% of the market share in the sports beverage industry in the United States, with the slogan "relieve thirst and quench thirst". If you really don't like to drink, players can only pour their favorite drinks into Gatorade's cups, and take out Gatorade's cups to drink other brands of drinks when you rest.

Guo Xu does not intend to fight against the league, and Gatorade's monopoly position will only become more and more stable. In the 2017-18 season in the previous life, the NBA Development League was officially renamed NBA Gatorade League, and they became the first naming partner of the American Professional Sports League.

In terms of diet, Guo Xu endorsed KFC. Although he hardly ate this thing, when he was in the Lakers, he had been on the sidelines with "Zen Master" Phil Jackson for free for many years. He felt that he deserved the endorsement fee.

Guo Xu also endorsed Apple Computer. He bought a large number of Apple stocks. The other party found out that he was a small shareholder. The interests of both parties were related and hit it off.

With Guo Xu's strong rise, Hapi Watles has also become a famous agent in the league. He is not only responsible for Guo Xu, but also signed Amare Stadamire, Cavaliers' second round rookie Carlos Boozer.

Xiao Si was a fan of O'Neal when he was a child. He lived only a few streets away from the Magic Arena. When he participated in the draft, he wanted to be a partner with Guo Xu the most, so he found Hapi as an agent, and his dream came true. In the eyes of others, Guo Xu's joining the Suns was directly related to the promotion of the agent.

Guo Xu in turn helped Hapi a lot. Boozer suggested Hapi to sign, and there will definitely be surprises in the future.

Hapi is currently working on forming an agency team to better serve customers. Every Thanksgiving Day, he feels very emotional when having dinner with Guo Xu, thinking that Guo Xu has changed his life and he regards him as his best friend.

At the same time, in Los Angeles, the Lakers have been in chaos after losing Guo Xu.

After losing to the 76ers, the Lakers lost 71-98 to last season's defeated the Nets, creating the team's lowest score in a single game in three seasons. Except for Kobe and O'Neal, no Lakers scored in doubles.

Kobe played for 43 minutes, made 8 of 29 shots, 0 of 1 three-pointer, 5 of 5 free throws, and scored 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists; O'Neal made 7 of 13 shots, 5 of 8 free throws, and scored 19 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The role players performed worse, mainly relying on Fisher, Devin George and veteran Robert Horry, and the marginalist Brian Shaw of last season, all began to be reused, and Dandy Kao was completely unqualified as a substitute point guard.

On the Nets side, the star Kidd played 40 minutes in the game, made 12 of 20 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 27 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals. Under his organization, the team's five players scored in double digits.

After this game, the media revealed the news of the Lakers' locker room strife, and O'Neal publicly accused Kobe of being too independent.

The Lakers were originally divided by three players, but now they became divided by two players, and there was a conflict, which made the fans feel incredible.

In fact, the number of shots of both of them has increased, but the distribution is uneven. O'Neal came back after 15 games and found that Kobe had made a fuss and could not stop at all. Currently, O'Neal averaged only 18 shots per game, while Kobe had 22.6 times.

On November 7 this year, in the away game against the Celtics, Kobe made 17 of 47 shots, scored 41 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 5 turnovers, and 30 irons in a single game set an unbreakable record in the league. After this game, Kobe went crazy and opened the door to a new world.

When Guo Xu was in the Lakers, it was impossible for Kobe to make so many goals. As long as he felt bad, Guo Xu would not pass it. He cooperated more with O'Neal and left him aside.

Fisher is now one of the worst point guards in the league. He passed the ball to Kobe after halftime, and pulled the ball away from the outside, allowing Kobe to decide the distribution of the ball.

In the past, Kobe would pass the ball to Guo Xu, and I believe the opponent could make a shot. Now he does not agree with this group of Lakers' teammates, and feels that no one is as reliable as he is to make a shot to the outside. Phil Jackson asked Kobe for communication many times but failed. In fact, Kobe's personal ability is indeed the strongest on the outside of the Lakers, and others cannot attract double-teams, so the "Zen Master" simply let him play casually.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Kobe competed with McGrady for the scoring champion this season, and his popularity in the middle was extremely high and he became the All-Star vote king. Now his vote count is much behind, and his popularity is only fifth in the league.

This is a butterfly effect. Guo Xu's argument of "no brothers, no basketball" has made countless fans begin to appreciate team basketball. The Lakers have tortured the players of individual heroism. This season, Kobe suddenly developed in the direction of individual heroism. The Lakers have changed from a championship team that has broken a record 35 consecutive victories to a weak team with less than half of the winning rate. Which fan can bear it?

It would be fine if Guo Xu didn’t do the comparison. After comparison, everyone would not think Kobe is better, but the data is just beautiful.

On the 23rd, the Lakers defeated the Raptors 109-107 away overtime, 11 wins and 18 losses.

In this game, Vince Carter and Antonio Davis, both of the Raptors stars were absent due to injuries. The Raptors scored the most was Guo Xu's teammate Morris Peterson, who scored 27 points.

The Raptors' starting center was Gerani McCoy who was the marginal man in the Lakers last season, the defender was Lynch Hunter, who was rejected when he wanted to hug the Lakers, and the power forward was blue-collar Jerome Williams. Even so, the Raptors fought with the Lakers in overtime.

In another game on the same day, the Suns beat the Supersonics 108 to 89 and achieved six consecutive victories.

Guo Xu suppressed veteran Payton, played for 40 minutes, made 8 of 16 shots, 4 of 7 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 24 points, 4 rebounds and 12 assists.

Payton played for 38 minutes and felt very poor. He made 5 of 18 shots, 0 of 2 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

With the same style of play as in the past, Payton's shooting percentage has dropped. His data performance is good, averaging 20 points and 8.5 assists per game. In fact, he averaged 19 shots per game, and his offensive efficiency is not high.

"Airodor" Winbeck plays as a defensive black hole and does not defend against pick-and-roll at all. Brent Barry is also beaten by sophomore rookie Joe Johnson. Starting power forward Reggie Evans can grab rebounds, and the offensive end is equal to few people. He can dribble and trip himself.

After the game, the Supersonics won 13 and lost 16. After the end of this season, Payton was 35 years old. He began to feel overwhelmed. In order to win the championship, he planned to leave the Supersonics.

On the 24th, the Suns took a bus to Los Angeles to prepare for the Christmas battle.
Chapter completed!