Chapter 60: A New Season, New Stars

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In early July 1996, Liu Han underwent a detailed physical examination after reporting to the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Lakers did not want Liu Han to be a player with injury concerns. Liu Han signed a four-year contract with the Lakers with the help of his agent's Helgarros, and the two-year player option can be said to be more suitable for Liu Han, and the annual salary of $810,000 is also a suitable price for the 24th draft player.

After the inspection, Liu Han, who was all right, went to Long Beach, California with the team's substitutes and newcomers to participate in the summer league, Kobe Bryant did not participate in the summer league, and as the team's hopeful star, he will train with many coaches.

There are six teams participating in the Summer League in Long Beach: Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets.

Liu Han had a strong summer league performance, averaging 18.7 points and 8.3 assists per game to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to the Summer League championship. He gradually returned to his previous form under the training of the summer league, and his right arm began to adjust to his current form.

After the preseason, Liu Han returned to Los Angeles, and the team arranged him to train with Kobe Bryant, and Liu Han finally got in touch with the training of the NBA's top teams. In training, Liu Han began to show his strength, and his accurate shooting and fearless defensive attitude made the coaches who trained him feel that the team was a good draft pick this year.

Kobe Bryant also showed his strength in training, although he couldn't compare with Liu Han in shooting, but his excellent physical fitness and strong desire to score made Kobe Bryant grow up quickly in hard training.

While Liu Han and Bryant were sweating through the Lakers' training camp, Lakers general manager Jerry West came to Orlando, where he will bring an epoch-making star to the Los Angeles Lakers - Shaquille O'Neal.

"Big Shark" O'Neal was hailed as the top center of the future as soon as he entered the NBA, his height and strength are the top among the four centers, the only thing lacking is experience, he was drafted by the Orlando Magic in 1992 and signed a four-year top rookie contract with the team, in the 94-95 season he led the team to the Finals with "Penny" Hardaway, and was swept by the Houston Rockets with "Big Dream" Olajuwon and "******" Drexler in the Finals, In the '95-96 season, O'Neal and Hardaway's Orlando Magic reached the Eastern Conference Finals again, but faced the Chicago Bulls, who had a 72-10 record in the regular season, and the Orlando Magic were swept again. O'Neal, who has been swept out of the game for two consecutive years, finally couldn't sit still, and he refused a contract extension with the Orlando Magic, while the Los Angeles Lakers, who are waiting to be rebuilt, offered the super center who had just finished his rookie contract a hard to refuse maximum salary contract, and the annual salary of $10 million could rank fourth in the league in this era.

The joining of "Big Shark" O'Neal instantly raised the strength of the Lakers to a higher level, but the media questioned the Lakers' draft this year, and the media believed that the Lakers dismantled the combination of Van Exel, Jones and Divac, who had gradually found chemistry, and exchanged the experienced and ghostly Divac for a high school player It was a great risk, and it was a great adventure to choose Liu Han, a yellow man with potential injuries, and Jerry West's "big gamble" would put the Lakers in chaos. The local media in Orlando was outraged by O'Neal's betrayal, believing that joining the Los Angeles Lakers at this time would be the beginning of O'Neal's decline.

Liu Han and Kobe Bryant grew up quickly in the training camp, Liu Han gradually showed the demeanor of a top point guard, he may not pass the amazing ghost pass, but Liu Han's grasp of the rhythm of the game and the team's offensive and defensive system seems to be extremely mature, and the team's assistant coach even thinks that Liu Han is much better at organizing the offense than the team's current main point guard Van Exel. As for Kobe, the assistant coach of the Lakers also expressed his feelings, this is a player who can even be said to be paranoid, his shooting can't catch up with Liu Han, so he began to practice every day, and some coaches think that the degree of extra training even exceeds the limit of the human body.

In September, the Lakers players began to report for duty, and the team gradually began to practice together. The arrival of "Big Shark" O'Neill has been welcomed by most of the team's players, except for Van Exel, who is still a little dissatisfied with the departure of his friend Divac, the other players know that O'Neill is the boss of the team.

Liu Han and Kobe Bryant, two "rookies", are inevitably "taken care of" by the old players in the team's joint practice, which is an unspoken rule of the NBA, and the rookies have to backpack and buy things for the old players in the team.

Liu Han, whose personality is gradually maturing, expressed obedience after knowing this unspoken rule, and the unruly Kobe Bryant will inevitably have some friction with the old players, but given that Kobe Bryant is more valued by general manager Jerry West than Liu Han, some players with discriminatory eyes began to focus on "taking care" of Liu Han, and Rumile Robinson is one of the old players who like to tease Liu Han the most.

Rumir Robinson is a Jamaican player who played for the Portland Trail Blazers last season, this player joined the Los Angeles Lakers, he is one of the few experienced point guards on the team, Liu Han has a competitive relationship with him, seeing that Liu Han is getting better and better, Robinson began to use some means to constantly harass Liu Han.

"Hey, yellow-skinned rookie, go get me a bottle of water." Once again, Rumile Robinson targeted Liu Han with discriminatory language.

Liu Han, who had just finished the three-line fast attack joint practice, was resting, he heard Rumile Robinson's words, but this time he ignored this annoying guy, when Rumile Robinson did not use discriminatory language to target Liu Han, Liu Han would also follow his arrangement, but this time the discriminatory words made Liu Han start to feel angry.

"Do you hear me, you yellow-skinned pig, are you deaf?" Liu Han's ignorance made Rumil Robinson, who was in arrears of emotional intelligence, completely lose his mind.

Liu Han stared at Robinson before getting up and walking to the water cooler.

"Hey, Rumir, pay attention to your words, this is the arena, not your hometown." The stubborn veteran Byron Scott dislikes this Rumile Robinson, who has some arrears in EQ and IQ, on the contrary, he admires Liu Han's composure and excellent potential.

Liu Han came to the water dispenser and took the water, and then walked in front of Rumile Robinson, and his seemingly weak behavior made Liu Han, who had always admired Liu Han, a little disappointed by Byron Scott.

"Your water, silly X." Liu Han directly poured a glass of water on Rumi Robinson's face.

Liu Han's behavior stunned a group of old players, they all thought that Liu Han was the weak yellow person in their influence at first, but they didn't expect Liu Han to be so brave.

"FUCK, are you looking for death?" Facing Liu Han, who was a cut above him, Rumile Robinson directly moved his hand and punched Liu Han in the face, he planned to teach this annoying yellow-skinned guy a hard lesson today.

Liu Han's next action completely made a group of veteran players who planned to continue to "take care" of Liu Han in the coming days give up this plan.

In the face of Rumir's swinging fist, Liu Han put on a very professional boxing move, dodging the opponent's attack with a flash of his feet, Rumir Robinson lost his center of gravity because he failed to hit the target, Liu Han gently pushed the opponent's waist Robinson fell to the ground.

Rumile Robinson, who got up, attacked Liu Han with consecutive punches, but Liu Han dodged his opponent's attacks one by one with very professional boxing footsteps. Rumir, who hadn't touched Liu Han for a long time, kicked Liu Han's lower body while he still had the strength, this dangerous action made Liu Han completely angry, and he planned to teach the other party a lesson.

Rumir Robinson's kicked leg did not touch Liu Han, after LaBeouf's professional boxing training, Liu Han's feet moved very professionally, and ordinary people had no way to attack Liu Han. Liu Han dodged the opponent's kick and then hit Rumir Robinson's stomach with a low left hook, Liu Han's heavy punch may not be comparable to professional fighters, but it is enough for ordinary people, Rumir, who was hit hard in the stomach, fell directly to the ground and began to vomit, and for a while there was a strong sour smell in the rest area.

"Pay attention to your words later, I can serve you, but be careful with your words, if I hear you against my skin again, I will break your teeth and let you swallow it yourself." Most of Liu Han's cruel words were learned from LaBeouf, and I have to say that they really worked.

"Hey, Liu, your boxing moves are so beautiful, haha, did you learn it from your girlfriend?" Liu's beautiful footwork and left hook caught O'Neal's attention, and the usually giggling guy watched Liu's NCAA finals, and Safina's "tough" performance left a deep impression on O'Neal.

"Shaq, my girlfriend's dad is the boxing coach, and Safina is just an ordinary girl who cares about me." Liu Han was a little helpless about O'Neill's words, and he was now often recognized because of Safina.

Liu Han's behavior has earned him some status in the team, and the old players also feel that this is a rookie who is not good to "take care of", so Liu Han will not be "taken care of" by the unspoken rules in the future, after all, no one wants to become the second Derek Anderson, this guy became famous because he was knocked down by Safina, but this is not a good reputation.

The Los Angeles Lakers' joint practice has ushered in a new season after a month, and the preseason start in October heralds a new beginning, as teams in the league begin to gear up for championship glory.

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