Before the fourth game began, Lakers boss Jerry Bass personally called the team coach Cote Lambis and asked him to guarantee Guo Xu's playing time.

Since the old Buss joined the Lakers in 1979, the Lakers have quickly grown into the most commercially valuable and successful team in the league. He has a very clever vision. Jabbar, Magicians, O'Neal, Kobe and others have shined in the Lakers. Now, the old Buss has become interested in Guo Xu again and is optimistic about his commercial value.

Some of Guo Xu's commercial value comes from his Chinese identity, and the other part is the last rookie title he wants. With these two auras, he attracted many media and became the most exposed rookie in the 2000th class, surpassing Kenyon Martin, the No. 1 pick who is recovering from his injuries and has not played in the summer league.

Old Bass is willing to contribute to the fire, helping Guo Xu to further enhance his commercial value and achieve a win-win situation.

Data shows that in the United States, more than half (57.6%) of Chinese live in New York (19.2%) and California (38.4%). Although not all Chinese are in Los Angeles, this does not prevent them from liking Guo Xu and supporting the Lakers.

As long as Guo Xu plays super data in the summer league, the management will promote him in the summer. The Lakers will be more popular in the new season. In addition to the OK combination, there will be new highlights.

Guo Xu has absolute privileges, and it will be difficult for others to show off.

John Celestander, who averaged only 15 minutes per game, left Long Beach in anger and refused to play for the Lakers in the second two games. The Lakers coaching staff did not say polite words to keep him and let him fend for himself.

In fact, John is lucky, but he doesn't know how to satisfy and be grateful. He didn't make it to the playoffs roster last season and won a championship ring, which is an honor that most players will never get in their entire lives.

In the fourth game, the Lakers defeated the 76ers 101-85.

Guo Xu faced the 20th pick in the first round rookie Spidy Clarkston, and played in 36 minutes to score 30 points, 11 assists and 3 steals.

Spidy had only a sad 7 points and 3 assists. Not only was he entangled by Guo Xu and he also left the court due to a sprained knee in the third quarter. After a forced layup, he was in pain and could not stand and was sent directly to the hospital.

What’s even more sad is that no one cared about Spidy’s injury after the game. Sports media and online fans all raised a question - why is Spidy ranked ahead of Jason Guo in the draft pick?

He is older than his age. Spidy was born on May 8, 1978, three and a half years older than Guo Xu.

Compared with his figure, Spidy is 180cm tall and weighs 75 kilograms, which is similar to Guo Xu, but he is obviously at a disadvantage in the confrontation.

Compared with skills, Spidy is good at speed and is a little faster than Guo Xu, but his offense relies entirely on breakthroughs. He has no idea about mid- and long-distance shooting. Guo Xu makes two steps away from home and defends the breakthrough. He can't make any three-pointer, and he doesn't even dare to take action.

Compared with the record, the flying Dutch team led by Spidy was eliminated by the University of Oklahoma in the first round in this year's NCAA Championship.

After comparison, people found that Guo Xu's skin color was at a disadvantage, and Spidy was shiny, which made scouts think he was awesome.

The next day, the 76ers officially announced that Spidy had a serious knee injury and needed surgical treatment and the rookie season was reimbursed. The two sides had signed a rookie contract of 4.68 million for 4 years. The 76ers fans expressed their dissatisfaction and felt that they had lost a lot.

In the last match between the Lakers and the Spurs, Lanbis arranged for the whole team to help Guo Xu create opportunities, allowing him to let go of the game.

Guo Xu lived up to expectations and dealt with the two second-round rookies of the Spurs, Cory Hightower and Chris Caraville.

Hightower is an international player, 190cm tall and 88 kilogram point guard, he can do any skills and is not outstanding. He averages only 6.3 points and 4 assists per game, rarely makes moves, and he is too selfless on the offensive end. He moves slowly on the defensive end and cannot keep up with the small defender, and has obvious weaknesses.

Chris Caravelle is a top student at Duke University. He was elected the best player in the Atlantic Coast League this season. He has a range and can grab the board, but he moves very slowly. He is a colander to prevent pick-and-roll, and was hit by Guo Xu.

Guo Xu scored 37 points, 10 assists and 2 steals, leading the team to defeat the Spurs 101-82, ending the summer league journey with a complete victory.

He averaged 36 minutes per game, scoring 35.4 points, 1.6 rebounds, 11 assists, 1.6 steals, 4.2 fouls and 3 turnovers, shooting percentage of 56.4%, three-point shooting percentage of 46%, and free throw shooting percentage of 90%.

His average scores set a record in the summer league history, with 45 points, 42 points and 37 points winning the top three individual scores in the summer league history. He was elected as the MVP of the Long Beach League without any suspense and led the best team.

The reporters who follow the Lakers game all have a thought after knowing Guo Xu's data statistics - are you wrong?!

Iverson failed to average 30+ in the summer league, and Guo Xu did it. He was not the No. 1 pick, not the lottery pick, but the last rookie. Is this the rhythm of letting scouts from the other 28 teams resign collectively?

Guo Xu's data was produced by many factors.

First, he has the strength, dares to take action, and is in good shape; second, his teammates are not good at holding the ball, and no one competes with him for the ball, and he has an average of more than 40% of the ball possession per game; third, luck, this year's Long Beach League has no masters, and the overall level is much worse than in 1996, and the data is easy to beat.

In any case, he set a terrifying record, and with this achievement, he was enough to become a household name in Los Angeles.

Guo Xu did not accept any exclusive interviews from reporters after the game. He briefly talked about his thoughts on this game, and then said according to the management's requirements: "If you want to interview me, wait until I officially join the Lakers' press conference. I will answer every question seriously at that time."

The Lakers are preparing to sign contracts with several new players and show off their new season jerseys at that time. Madson, Medvedenko and others can take advantage of Guo Xu's record-breaking popularity to facilitate publicity.

The next day, the major media in North America were full of news about Guo Xu. Los Angeles reported the most positively, and he made the headlines of the Los Angeles Sports News, and the article used "last star" to describe him, saying that he completed a counterattack in five games.

The discussions on the Internet were very lively. Some said that he would become a great player in the future, some said that he was just a data brush, and some laughed at the Hornets, saying that they missed another star.

Kupchek took the data sheet to report to his boss Jerry Bass in the morning and sighed: "I am going to provide Jason Guo with a 1+1 contract, the second year team option. I'm sorry I made a mistake. I should choose him with the 29th first round so that I can sign the longest four-year rookie contract with him."

Jerry Bass shook his head and smiled and said, "It's not your fault. Who would have thought he could do this before? If he was not determined to join the Lakers, we wouldn't have chosen him at all. Since he likes the Lakers, we will have a way to keep him in two years."

Kupchek nodded and analyzed: "He is very economically savvy. He has greater commercial value and higher exposure in Los Angeles. I will use this to find a way."

Renewing a player is not a simple job. With the OK combination, the overall salary of the Lakers is already very high. Even if they want to keep Guo Xu in the middle class, they have to trade Derek Fisher first in the future.
Chapter completed!