After chatting for half an hour, Guo Xu called four new friends to have a dinner together in the evening.

The invitation letter for the summer league uniformly stated that the team is responsible for all the food and accommodation of the players and does not stipulate what to eat. They pay the players every day in the form of subsidies and buy them by themselves.

This is a tradition in the NBA league. As we all know, NBA teams are relatively wealthy in finance, and the bosses of each team are very generous to the players they like. Food and accommodation can make players feel respected.

Cote Lambis was a little surprised to see these five people gathered together because they were the key targets of the Lakers' league in this league, and the starting lineup he was going to arrange.

Guo Xu knew that his teammates were a benefit for the rebirth, and he had an impression of the names of these four people. During the meal, he asked everyone about their specialties, discussed tactical cooperation, and promised to pass the ball to them as long as they had an opportunity.

The players are not familiar with each other temporarily, so the coach can only arrange basic tactics, and the quality of cooperation depends mainly on the ability of the point guard. Everyone gives Guo Xu a face and pleases the commander on the field.

On the morning of the 5th, the team held a simple training session, and in the evening, the Lakers vs. The Suns.

The summer league is held in the training hall and cannot accommodate many fans. The significance lies in inspecting the players. As a result, the Lakers' first game is full of stadiums and the sidelines are particularly crowded. There are many Lakers fans in Long Beach. They are inconvenient to watch the game at Staples Center, and they pay more attention to the performance of rookies, especially wanting to see Guo Xu's performance.

After the draft, Guo Xu's exposure rate remained high and he was ranked among the top five rookies. Many media called him the "craziest rookie", which attracted a large number of people who were obsessed with melons.

Lakers starters: Guo Xu, Pan Pessi, George, Madson, Medvedenko.

Suns starter: Joe Christine, Paul McFeinson, Ben Davis, Ruben Gathers, Jack Chakalidis.

The Suns are also composed of some NBA rookies, nominated rookies, and weak NBA fringe people.

Such a temporary team is of course not as strong as the NBA preseason that started in October, but the competition is more cruel, ruthless, and unreasonable than the NBA regular season. Because there is a question in front of you, what level can you play in the summer league to get a basic salary contract?

The answer is that only the best in the summer league are worthy of a basic salary. Here, the player data is not valuable. Some NBA marginal players can compete for the scoring champion, rebounding champion, assisting champion, and MVP in the summer league.

Even if you perform well in the summer league, you may not be able to get a contract, because it is more of a stage for players to show their personal abilities and does not have too many tactics. In the NBA regular season, each player must perform his duties and abide by his duties. Therefore, how to change his role is also the key to whether he can finally stay in the team.

For many players who have made their mark in the summer league, what they get is not a stepping stone to enter the NBA, but more of it is to prove themselves to overseas leagues. As the top of the basketball hall, the NBA has very few players who can climb to the top of the tower every year. On the contrary, there are thousands of players who have a dream of professional basketball. Even if they are marginal people in the NBA, they are still the ones in a million.

The Suns attack first and the game begins.

The player pulled away and Paul hung the ball from the side to Chakalidis on the lower post on the right.

The 21-year-old center was selected by the Suns in the first round, 218cm tall and weighed 129 kilograms. The team's purpose of choosing him was very clear, which was to defend O'Neal's meat shield blue-collar worker.

Last season, the Suns eliminated the defending champion Spurs in the first round and were eliminated by the Lakers 4-1 in the second round. The Suns had no choice but to use fouls to stop him from raging the penalty area. In this era, because of O'Neal, the bulky blue-collar centers have received unprecedented attention.

Chakalidis is very tall, but lacks explosive power. He turns slowly and cannot jump up. He has no dominance at the basket. He is average in his low position and has no range, so he is just an ordinary blue-collar worker. After receiving the ball at low position, he pushed the ball to 113 kilograms of Medvedenko twice, and was embarrassed and didn't squeeze, and passed the ball out of the periphery.

The ball ended as soon as Ben Davis got the hands of the game. He chose to play George alone. Under interference, he stopped and missed the jump shot and missed the basket. Madson grabbed the backcourt rebound.

Ben Davis is a 14th second round rookie in 1996. He spent four seasons in the NBA and made a total of 40 appearances. His characteristic is that he thinks he is very comprehensive. No matter who defender is, he dares to attack with the ball. To put it bluntly, his shooting choices are very poor. His NBA average data is 1.4 points and 1.3 rebounds, and his shooting percentage is 35.6%.

The Suns lineup seems to be a group of NBA-level players, but in fact, except for two defenders, they are all blue-collar workers and have poor offense.

The Lakers attacked and Guo Xu dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.

Suns point guard Joe Krisbin is 183cm tall and weighs 84 kilograms. He unfortunately lost the draft at the age of 21 this year and came to try his luck in the summer league. As an NCAA player, he will of course pay attention to the finals. After witnessing Guo Xu's terrifying performance, he is now panicking.

Guo Xu's relaxed eyes and smile on his lips were exactly the same as in the NCAA finals. That kind of defender was not something he could fight against...

Guo Xu didn't play hard in the middle, and when Medvedenko pulled out to cover Christine, the little guard encountered cover and was not good at chasing defense, he would be a black hole in the NBA.

Chakalidis stood in a position near the penalty area, and Guo Xu made a quick stop and jump shot within the three-point line, making a steady shot. 2 to 0.

He doesn't like to shoot mid-range shots from a long distance, but he doesn't mind occasionally having one shot if the chance is too good. If the big man doesn't change defense, the point guard will easily get an empty space at this distance and get a phone out of the phone.

When the Suns attacked, Christine took the ball to the frontcourt. Facing Guo Xu, he did not dare to fight alone. He passed the ball to the side, and Paul once again lobted the ball to the low post.

The Suns' focus is on Chakalidis, hoping that he can take more responsibilities on the court in the future, and the coaching staff will try to develop his offense.

Chakalidis squeezed his back twice, turned to the baseline and shot. He used his height advantage to create a mobile phone opportunity. His huge body could squeeze the opponent so that his opponent could not jump up, but his shooting range was too close, and it would be in vain if he couldn't make the final shot. Madson grabbed the backcourt rebound and handed it to Guo Xu for positional battle.

Coach Lambis did not arrange a fast attack, so Guo Xu forced himself to fall into the position. If he was in the Spartans, he would definitely advance at full speed and his teammates would run wildly together.

Now the Lakers can fight back. Except for Medvedonko, the other three teammates on the field are not slow, especially George, who only looks like LeBron James.

Guo Xu felt that George was a bit useless in the Lakers. He was good at fast attack and had very strong strength. If he focused on the No. 4 position, he would be a violent monster when he rushed, and he looked like a gorilla. If he debuted in a fast attack team, he would have a better career.

In Guo Xu's previous life, the Lakers were optimistic about George's physical fitness. Even though he usually signed a middle-class contract with data, unfortunately he was injured quickly and his quality declined.

Guo Xu played pick-and-roll with Medvedenko again in the middle. Chakalidis came out to block it. Guo Xu lowered his center of gravity and swept past Chakalidis with a change of speed, easily entered the basket, and scored with his right hand. 4-0.

When he returned to defense, Guo Xu did not make a celebration move, so it was too easy to score.

He even suspected that the opponent did not play seriously, and that the defense was terrible, and it was not as good as the defensive intensity in the semi-finals. If he faced this kind of defense in the whole game, scoring 50 points would be like taking a puppet!
Chapter completed!