Arriving at the Toyota Center an hour before the meeting time, Byron Scott also wanted to see who was the first to arrive.

Whether you attend the training camp on time, or whether you arrive early, this simple detail can see a lot of things.

If a player is late, it is a lack of attention to the team and disrespect for the manager's orders. Such a player is a player who will ruin the atmosphere of the team and should not be part of the rebuilding plan with the team.

That's why Scott came early today, to pick out players who should be eliminated from the rebuilding plan.

Unexpectedly, the earliest one who came was not the Lakers symbol Kobe, nor Randle and Clarkson, who insisted on training in the summer, but Yi Feng, the new champion who had just entered the NBA league as a pink rookie.

And when Yi Feng came, the movement was not small.

He came with a convoy of Kia cars, all of them, a full 20 of them!

Except for himself, who drove one in front to take the lead, the next 19 cars were all driven by employees of Kia Motors.

If it weren't for Yi Feng's greetings and saying that he would give him a car, Scott wouldn't have thought that Yi Feng would have such a purpose!

It seems that every player in the team has one, and as the head coach, he is also on Yi Feng's gift list. Scott couldn't help but praise the first paragraph of Yi Feng's communication.

Eat people with a soft mouth and take people with short hands.

This is an eternal truth.

As a newcomer to the team, Yi Feng has just arrived and sent a welcome gift, as a member of the team, it is not easy for either the coach or the players to accept it. And once he has this gift, he will have more or less special care for Yi Feng.

And the purpose of Yifeng is not only that. With the care of the team's elderly, Yi Feng will not be excluded in the new environment. Gift-giving will also bring the relationship closer to each other, allowing Yifeng to integrate into the new environment more quickly.

The Lakers players arrived one after another, and on the first day of training, they received a surprise - that is, Kia cars sent by Yifeng.

Although many people in the team have their own cars, and many of them still have luxury cars. But this is cheap for nothing, and no one will push it away.

Naturally, the players who received Yi Feng's gifts became amiable. In the face of Yi Feng, many times they are smiling.

After Yi Feng, the first to arrive were Randall and Clarkson, they actually came at the same time, I don't know if there was any communication. After that, Nick Young, Roy Hibbert, Brandon Bass and others all came to the training gym ten minutes early, and even the playful Louis Williams came a few minutes early.

With two minutes left before 9 a.m., only Kobe Bryant, the leader of the team, did not come.

As the leader of the team and the soul of the Lakers, Kobe Bryant naturally has considerable rights. For such a team training camp, needless to say, he is late, and even he can be absent.

Therefore, Scott did not have any surprise that Kobe Bryant still did not appear at this time.

Moreover, in Scott's plan, Bryant is not a member of the Lakers' rebuilding plan. On the contrary, his presence has largely hindered the development of young players.

On this point, Scott and some Lakers management are on the same page.

Just as Scott was about to give a training speech, Kobe Bryant suddenly came!

Kobe's appearance not only surprised Scott, but also surprised many players on the Lakers. Of course, these players do not include the trio of Yi Feng, Randle and Clarkson. Because they know exactly what kind of effort Kobe Bryant has put in this summer.

"(*@ο@*)Wow~"

"Am I right?"

Louis Williams screamed, "Let's see who's coming?!" ”

“17――times――NBA――AllStar，the――3rd――highest――score――in――NBA――history，the――2008――MVP，2――times――NBA――final――MVP，5――times――NBA――champion，a――6-6――guard――from――Lower―― Merion――High――School，where――it――won――the――title――in――1996，No.24，KOBEB-RYANT――”

Louis Williams has always been more funny, and although he was a little surprised to see Kobe Bryant's arrival, he immediately expressed his welcome to him in this way.

Bryant reacted quickly, immediately raised his hand, pretending to be the same as when he entered the stadium as the starter, waving his arms to the non-existent audience around him.

Next is the Lakers players one by one high-fives Kobe Bryant, who trotted over.

Byron Scott thought to himself: Now it seems that the atmosphere of the team is clearly good, and everyone is unanimously supporting Kobe. In this case, it will undoubtedly be very difficult to reduce Kobe's right to shoot, unless Kobe himself is willing to voluntarily give up some opportunities.

If it had been placed in the past, the young and vigorous Kobe Bryant would definitely not be willing to do this. But this time is different from the past, Kobe Bryant is now old, and judging from his actions before the draft, it is likely to take the initiative to help the young people on the team grow, especially the new champion Yi Feng.

If that's the case, with Kobe Bryant, the young people on the team will definitely grow faster and smoother. As for how fast and smooth it is, it still depends on how far Kobe can go.

While thinking about it, Scott saw that all the players had already stood in line, so he began his own training speech.

"This upcoming season is my second season as coach of the Lakers, and I'm sure everyone has a lot of goals like me in this season."

"We've only had a measly 21 wins in the last season, maybe we haven't had a very strong squad, but it's not that bad. As many people know, we are in a rebuilding period and the poor results are also a requirement of the team management. ”

"But that's not a reason for us to lose with peace of mind!"

"Every season, there are a few teams in the league that are rotten. They want to take a gamble in next year's draft and select a talented rookie to build on. This kind of rebuilding process may be long, 10 years, 20 years is possible, but it can also be short, as long as a rookie like Tim Duncan is selected, it can rise in one day! ”

"But there's only one Tim Duncan, and there's only one for the Spurs. Many teams are still struggling with the rebuild. ”

"As you all know, in this year's draft, we got the best player in this rookie class - Yi!"

Speaking of this, everyone's eyes looked at Yi Feng, who was standing beside Kobe.

The Lakers are in a line, and the further down the center is, the higher the status of the person on the team. And Kobe Bryant is naturally the middle person, but I didn't expect Yi Feng to be by Kobe's side!

Maybe it's because of the gift he gave, maybe it's because everyone agrees on his strength, in short, he seems to have a very high status in the team now.

Scott looked at Yi Feng with a meaningful look, "I don't know if he can take on the responsibility of building the team, and I don't know if he can lead the Lakers to maintain this competitiveness for the next ten years, just like Tim Duncan did." ”

"But our great leader, Kobe, believes that Yi can do this!"

Scott directly named Kobe, "I believe everyone is very clear about the Lakers' trade in the draft, the Lakers used the second-round pick in the first round plus $5 million in exchange for Yi, and it was Kobe Bryant who made the deal happen." If Kobe Bryant didn't believe in Yi's talent and potential, he would never make such a trade. ”

"I'm sure everyone will be very curious, what is Yi's ability to make our Lakers spend such a huge price to trade him?"

"So, let's move on to the first part of the training camp - practice matches."

"Let's see for ourselves what kind of level Yi is!"

Scott knows that the current news reports are largely equated with gossip. So, as a manager, he doesn't just rely on the news to judge his players, he needs to see it with his own eyes.

At the same time, it can also allow the Lakers to personally see the level of Yi Feng in the game. In this way, perhaps the doubts that have existed in their hearts for three months about "whether Yi Feng is the champion of parallel goods" have been resolved.

The Lakers will be divided into two teams, Kobe Bryant and Yifeng after a full warm-up.

Kobe Bryant's team has Kobe, Nick Young, Meta Waldpis (Ci Shiping), Randle, Clarkson, Ryan Kelly, Robert Thackeray, and Tariq Blake 8, all of whom are veterans who have been with the Lakers for more than a year.

The Easy Wind team has 7 players, including Easy Wind, Louis Williams, Roy Hibbert, Brandon Buss, Larry Nance Jr., Anthony Brown, and Marcelo Hultas, all of whom just came to the Lakers this summer.

Yi Feng, Nance Jr., and Brown are this year's rookies; Louis Williams and Brandon Buss were free agents signed by the Lakers in the summer; Roy Hibbert was traded from the Pacers by the Lakers for a future second-round pick; And Hurtas is an international player from Brazil, although he is 32 years old, he is also a rookie and an old rookie.

Scott's detachment like this is also well-intentioned. On one side is the old man of the team, and on the other side is the newcomer to the team.

Practice begins.

Kobe Bryant's starting five: Kobe, Nick Young, Randle, Clarkson, Ryan Kelly.

The starting five of the Easywinds: Easywind, Louis Williams, Roy Hibbert, Brandon Buss, Marcelo Hurtas.

Roy Hibbert won the jump ball as a big center with a height of 218CM.

Huertas pushes forward with the ball and is a defender with a steady style, although he has occasional flashes of inspiration, but he is very cautious on many occasions. And as a man over 30 years old, he knows how to judge the situation.

When he came to the front court, he immediately gave it to Yi Feng.

As the protagonist of this practice match, Yi Feng should be the person with the most balls in the team.

Because of the limited lineup and Yi Feng's excellent height, he is now in the No. 3 position. And it just so happened that on the opposite side of the small forward position, it was Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant's face was serious, "Boy, although I received your gift, you must not expect me to show mercy to your subordinates!" ”

Yi Feng was also extremely serious, "Although you are much older than me, and I call you the boss because of this, I have never needed your subordinates to show mercy, because I can defeat you with dignity!" Even in official competitions! ”

Kobe sneered, "Boy, in the official game, I have teammates, don't think that the game will always be one against one!" Next I'll let you know what a great teammate fit is! ”