Chapter 102 NBA Summer League

While the teams that have won tickets to the Rio Olympics are actively training and training, the NBA is the busiest time for rookie players. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In this draft, the Lakers not only selected Ingram and Zhao Wei in the first round, but also selected Ivica Zubac with the 32nd pick in the second round. The 19-year-old from Croatia.

After being selected, Zhao Wei and the three of them have been in the Lakers' arena. Here they met the rest of the Lakers and other veteran players. Most of the Lakers left behind the season are youngsters, even the oldest ones like Lou Williams and Nick Young are 31 years old. So everyone is young and they all get along very well. Within a few days, everyone was in a fight. Stay together every day and train.

And the summer league is about to start at this time. Zhao Wei: They knew that they had to participate in the summer league, and the veteran players in the team usually sent some sophomores to participate together.

Sure enough, not long after, Zhao Wei saw three sophomores D'Angelo Russell, Anthony Brown, and Nance Jr. in the team's list of players who played in the summer league, and the rest of the players were some undrafted or NBDL players and some overseas league players. Immediately after the announcement, the Lakers announced the summer league schedule.

Zhao Wei found out that the Lakers participated in the Las Vegas Summer League. The three games that are now clearly scheduled for the Lakers are July 8 against the Pelicans, July 9 against the 76ers, and July 12 against the Warriors.

While the Lakers' rookies were preparing for summer league, the Lakers' top brass was starting to turn the tide on the trade market. After they tried to meet Durant twice, Durant directly did not give the Lakers a chance to meet, so they did not focus on super players in the previous two years, and decisively changed direction. Otherwise, they will be empty again. They quickly made the league's first trade after the trade market opened, signing Russian center Timofey Mozgov who played for the Cavaliers for 64 million in 4 years, and then re-signing their potential star Jordan Clarkson for 4 years and 50 million, and quickly took Ruel Deng, who played for the Heat last season, for 4 years and 72 million before everyone could catch their breath. Lul Deng is an African player who played for Derrick Rose during his time with the Heat and was a two-time All-Star.

Lakers management quickly and aggressively completed their own team reinforcement strategy. Although the outside media has given great doubts about their signing strategy, especially Mozgov's signing, believing that the white center has not matched the strength of 64 million at all, and has even been included in one of the five premium contracts this summer. Premium Contract: The contract given to a player is far higher than the value that the player can contribute to his team.

Of course, the Lakers have been questioned, but this summer is undoubtedly a crazy summer, basically every team will be questioned by the outside world and the media, and countless contracts of 100 million yuan that have not been seen are flying all over the sky. For example, Mike Conley, a point guard for the Grizzlies who has never been selected as an All-Star, won the largest five-year contract in NBA history for 153 million. At this moment, there may be countless retired celebrities who will shed sad tears in the dim corners of their houses.

This is all due to the super broadcast contract signed by the NBA before, which has brought the NBA's salary cap to 90 million this year.

The madness of the outside world, Zhao Wei didn't have time to pay attention. Because the Lakers have already made their summer league debut.

Leading them is Jesse Melmus, a booster coach who just joined this year. The players who played included himself were also drafted by Russell, Brown, Nance Jr., Ingram, Zubac and Zaci August.

When he walked into the Thomas Mark Center, Zhao Wei looked at the arena with a sigh and shouted in his heart: "NBA, I'm here." ”

The opponent against the Pelicans is also a relatively strong lineup, with this year's No. 6 pick Buddy Hield. Buddy Hield is a very good shooter, some have even called him the next Curry, and Kobe Bryant has praised the rookie in public, but the Lakers chose Ingram anyway. They also have another rookie, Sheikh Diallo, and last year's summer league star for the Pelicans, Larry Drew II. Although such a lineup is strong, there is still a gap in strength compared to the Lakers.

Jesse Melmus stood up and shouted, "Russell, Ingram, Nance Jr., Zubac, Zhao Wei." You five starters. ”

Zhao Wei and Ingram glanced at each other, this was the second time that the two good friends fought together, and this time they stepped onto a higher stage. Zhao Wei was placed in the position of shooting guard. As for Anthony Brown, he didn't start, after all, he is a sophomore, and the main purpose of the summer league is to train first-year freshmen like Zhao Wei, and second-year students can be said to be here to impart experience to newcomers.

The moment Zhao Wei stepped onto the court, he found that the number of viewers of their game was much higher than that of the previous game, and there was more media. Zhao Wei knew that these guys were all coming for Ingram. As this year's top pick, but still the Lakers, a brilliant division who is regarded as the core of the future, he will definitely be tracked by countless media. What Zhao Wei didn't notice was that there was a middle-aged man in a red tracksuit mixed in among the media audience. There is also Tencent Sports because of Zhao Wei, who also conducted a live broadcast of their game.

Shout!!! At the beginning of the game, Zubac, who was wearing the No. 40 jersey, and the opponent's No. 13 player played a jump ball.

No. 13 was faster than Zubac, which was relatively easy to help the Pelicans gain possession.

In the first wave of the Pelicans' offense, Zhao Wei didn't participate too much, because his defender fell directly to the bottom corner of the three-point line on the left side, where he seemed to be rooted and motionless, and Zhao Wei had no choice but to stay there. However, the rest of the Lakers players are very excited and very strict defensively. Although the Pelicans passed the ball twice, the ball couldn't get into the three-point line at all. No. 24's Buddy Hield dribbled twice, but Russell forced him so hard that he had no choice but to pass the ball back to center forward No. 13. No. 13 took a big step and chose a breakthrough directly from the three-point line. Zubac was like a wall with his arms high in front of him, and No. 13 had no choice but to choose a small throw, but unfortunately hit the back edge of the basket. The rebound was grabbed directly by Nance Jr.

Nance Jr. grabbed the rebound, didn't pause, and rushed to the front court with the ball himself. The pace of the game was brought fast by Nance Jr.'s quick attack. However, Zhao Wei and Ingram did not feel uncomfortable. Because when I played under Coach K before, Coach K paid attention to pressing defense, counterattacking defense, and playing fast. Zubac, on the other hand, is one of the slower centre-forwards, and movement is obviously not his forte, and Zubac is left behind.

Zhao Wei and the three fell to the left, while on the right side were Russell and Nance Jr. formed a 2vs2. Nance Jr. passed the ball to Russell in the midfield position at forty-five, and he went down the trend, Russell didn't stick the ball and passed it directly to Nance Jr. Nance Jr. catches the ball again and is in his range.

Nance Jr. walked the bottom line to break through the inside line, wanting to rely on strength to strengthen the opponent, but the strength of No. 12 was not bad, and he resisted Nance Jr. to the death. When he got to the penalty area, Nance Jr. almost dropped the ball, but fortunately he controlled the ball again. Nance Jr. didn't play hard, and when he walked outside, he suddenly saw Russell, who ran to forty-five degrees, and passed directly to Russell, who shot three points directly. Unfortunately, the ball didn't go in. But the ball bounced to the right.

I saw Zubac's two long arms pass through the two opposing players and grab the offensive rebound. Nance Jr. seized the opportunity to cut the inside line, the man got to the ball, and Zubac lost it to Nance Jr. Nance Jr. lays a backhand.

Shout!!! The referee's whistle blows, foul. The ball rolls twice on the basket and rolls out. Two free throws.

Two free throws were made, and the Lakers opened the door. The Pelicans' offense, the ball is in the hands of Buddy Hield, a very good outside shooter in college who has been able to continue to grow incredibly in his senior year. This is one of the reasons why he was able to get the lottery pick. Because at the time of the draft, the draft pick of a senior in college is generally not too high. The NBA is all about potential, and in your senior year, you're generally around 22 years old. Therefore, the NBA generally needs immediate combat power to choose senior students.

Russell's defense has been very good, and at first glance it looks like a lot of improvement from last season's defense. Last season, Russell's defense was the most criticized, basically who he defended and who hit him.

Hield didn't make a shot of his own, and the inside breakaway ball was given to the mid-range No.13. The number 13 did not throw the ball in.

It was still Nance Jr. who won the rebound. Nance Jr. still controlled the ball directly on his own through the half court this time. It seems that Nance Jr. has been practicing this aspect specifically this summer. The point forward position has been on the rise in the past two seasons, and the most prominent representative is undoubtedly the Warriors' Green.

Nance Jr. controlled the ball at the top of the arc, and Ingram lifted it down the three-point line. Nance Jr. passes to Ingram while running to Ingram for a cover. Ingram turned around and walked back to the bottom line. In the face of No. 12, Ingram slowed down, and then suddenly accelerated, and the bottom line position, a distance of more than three meters, directly stopped and made a sharp stop. The ball goes into the net cleanly.

The entire arena burst into exclamations. Commentators from major media outlets unanimously said: "Just one minute into the opening game, Ingram scored with his first attack with a mid-range shot. Not only is his size, but his shooting and running are too similar to Durant, like carved out of a mold. ”

When Zhao Wei heard the cheers, he couldn't help but look up at the audience and look at the excited faces. Zhao Wei couldn't help but admire that this kid Ingram had such a big reputation so quickly. The first two offenses Zhao Wei didn't get offensive opportunities, because Russell played point guard, and Zhao Wei's task was mainly to help open up space on the other side. Regarding the relationship between Russell and Zhao Wei, the young man's temper comes and goes quickly. Zhao Wei took the initiative to invite Russell for breakfast, and the two went into the stadium together.

The Pelicans continued to pass the ball from the outside, the ball passed from the right side to the left, and No. 12 David Pretty Jr. was just beaten by Ingram directly against his defense, and he was not convinced. Straight to the break, because Ingram was defending his left side, so he chose his right side. Bang bang bang, although Ingram is sideways to follow the defense, but his stride is big, and he is not behind No. 12 in a few big steps. No. 12 underestimated Ingram too much, and Zhao Wei doubted that their coach had emphasized to his team that Ingram's arm span was 2.21 meters. actually wanted to lay down his hand in front of Ingram, but he was directly fanned out of the bottom line by Ingram with a big hat.

With a big hat, the momentum of both sides rose. Summer league was originally set up to train players, and it doesn't usually have the intensity of the NBA regular season, but at this point the physical confrontation between the two sides began to increase. The two sides went back and forth, and the intensity increased, but the pace was not slow at all. After a few rounds in a row, Larry Drew II, who had been defending Zhao Wei, went to switch to Russell, and Zhao Wei became the No. 6 pick this year, Buddy Hield. Such an adjustment should be that the Pelicans want to take some pressure off Buddy Hield. Against a sophomore who played a season and a rookie, it was definitely a different feeling.

Hield faced Zhao Wei to control the ball and observe the situation on the field. Zhao Wei saw that Hielde's expression when he faced him was obviously relaxed. I sneered in my heart: "Do you think I'm a bully?" Zhao Wei's center of gravity was lowered, and his strength was accumulated to his legs, like a cheetah waiting for its prey, staring at Hilde closely.

Hield suddenly began to speed up, continuous body dribbling, Zhao Wei smiled at the corner of his mouth, although Hield has excellent shooting skills, but dribbling is obviously not his strong point, even if he sped up the speed, his dribbling speed is still a little slow. Zhao Wei slammed the ball on the ground at the moment when he struck it like a poisonous snake, Heard was startled and hurriedly wanted to control the ball, he touched the ball earlier than Zhao Wei, but in a panic, the strength was not adjusted well, and the ball was knocked out of bounds.

"Well done. Brothers. Ingram walked over and patted Zhao Wei and praised.

"But it's not as popular as you. I break the ball, you block, you look at the cry of the two of us. Hey......" Zhao Wei sighed at the end.

"Haha. Who made me the leader? Ingram said narcissistically. (To be continued.) )