George Crent's words touched O'Neal, who felt that this was a coach who really looked out for the long-term interests of his players.

"So George, should I change my style? Seriously, I don't think I'll have an advantage. "O'Neal is used to the way he plays now, and if he is asked to make a change, there will always be some resistance.

"No, Shaq, I'm not saying that you should change your style of play, but I hope you can control your weight and be able to further strengthen your speed, now the Lakers have a good lineup, there is Liu's containment on the outside, you can play as much as you want on the inside, and at the same time, if your speed can go further, you can also make more cooperation with Liu, you should believe in Liu's passing ability, he is not a particularly unique player." George's words were particularly sincere, which made O'Neill a little moved.

"Thank you, George, but losing weight is too painful for me to imagine how much less fun it would be without food. Do you have any good advice for losing weight? "Apparently O'Neill has taken George Clent's advice.

"Haha, you have to go to Liu to help you solve this, the person who brought him to the United States is my classmate, that guy has many good ways to exercise, Liu will definitely not be rejected if he goes to him." George recommended Li Rui to O'Neal, and through his own study and understanding of traditional Chinese medicine, Li Rui summed up many training methods suitable for basketball players, many of which are used to control weight.

"Are you talking about Safina's sister's husband? I really can't see that he still has this hand, and seriously, I think he's more like a Hollywood star, so handsome. Apparently O'Neill was a little jealous of Li Rui's appearance.

O'Neill finds Li Rui through Liu Han and invites Li Rui to become his trainer, and O'Neill follows George Clent's advice.

Li Rui did not refuse the other party's invitation, but the short training during the holiday will not affect Li Rui's work at Inglewood High School.

Li Rui also joined the training camp, he designed a training program for O'Neal for his physique, including yoga, traditional Chinese health philosophy and a lot of ball training, O'Neal was a little resistant to eating some strange Chinese food every day at the beginning, but after a short week of training, O'Neal's weight has decreased significantly, and his strength has increased, which makes O'Neal very excited, he feels that this program can be used as his secret book to keep well.

Liu Han and others are still in the training camp to accept the new training added after Li Rui joined, while the management of the Lakers is worried about the new head coach, on the one hand, because the current Lakers are the new defending champions, and on the other hand, because of Liu Han's particularity, although many coaches are very hopeful to coach such a Lakers, but the management of the Lakers team has always been a little worried, worried that these coaches who are not familiar with Liu Han will make the Lakers into chaos.

As a legend of the Lakers, Abdul-Jabbar has dedicated most of his career to the Lakers, and his influence on the Lakers management is also very huge, when he learned that the Lakers were looking for a new head coach, Abdul-Jabbar recommended George Krent, who is still coaching the UCLA Bruins, to the Lakers management.

"Jerry, George is very suitable for the Lakers coach, although he is not very old, but Liu is trained by him, he is very familiar with Liu, and George's basketball philosophy is also very suitable for Liu's play, when he took over the coaching whip of the Bruins from Jim Harrick, he won two NCAA championships in just three years, which proves his coaching ability." Abdul-Jabbar recommended George to his former teammate Jerry West, who, in Abdul-Jabbar's opinion, is the most suitable coach for the Lakers at the moment, although he is not too famous.

"Karim, I'll find out what you said, but thank you for your advice, Liu is very important to the Lakers right now, and we don't want to find a coach who won't use Liu." Jerry West didn't directly say in person that he would hire George Clent, but Abdul-Jabbar's suggestion still made Jerry West take it seriously.

However, what Jerry West didn't expect was that O'Neal also recommended George Krent to the management, and after a short contact, George Krent's novel basketball philosophy and sincere way of doing things made O'Neal feel that this would be a very suitable coach for the Lakers, and when he learned that the management was worried about the new coach, O'Neal recommended George to the management.

George's back-to-back recommendations have allowed Jerry West to finally take the 40-year-old coach seriously, which is not too young for an NBA coach, but for the Lakers, if George is hired, it will be their youngest head coach to date.

After a detailed review and observation, the Lakers' management extended an invitation to George Krent, officially inviting him to become the head coach of the new defending champions.

Liu Han, who learned the news, was very happy that he could finally work with Coach George again, while Paul Pierce looked a little lost, he felt that Coach George had given up on them.

George Krent didn't think about it long before agreeing to the Lakers' invitation, which was a new challenge for George, but this is not one of George's goals in basketball, rather than dominating in the college arena, it is better to go to the NBA to prove himself.

After the Lakers announced their new head coach, there was some media uproar, after all, George Krent is still a newcomer to the NBA, although he has proven himself in the NCAA, it is not so easy to produce a defending champion head coach in the NBA.

Fans in Los Angeles were a little upset that the team gave up Del Harris, but George still won the support of some fans, and the UCLA Bruins' NCAA two-game winning streak made George known to many fans.

George Krent's first thing after becoming the head coach of the Lakers was to invite his old classmate Li Rui to be his assistant coach, but Li Rui refused George's invitation, he couldn't let go of the Inglewood High School team that he had been trained for three years, Li Rui hoped that he could establish a good basketball system for Inglewood High School before leaving, so Li Rui refused the invitation of his old classmates, but he also said that he would join George's team at the right time.

Liu Han is very welcome to George as the head coach, but he still insists on his training in the training camp, with the help of his agent Helga, Liu Han gradually organized his own team, Liu Han also invited his compatriot Shi Lei to serve as an analyst in his team part-time, Shi Lei is still studying for a doctorate, there is no way to work for Liu Han full-time, but he can provide a lot of advice to Liu Han part-time, after all, in some ways, Shi Lei is the person who really knows the secret of Liu Han's physical talent. (To be continued.) )