Because today is media day, the Lakers' coaching staff has not arranged any technical and tactical training.

Today's main content is to take pictures, chat and see if everyone has practiced hard in the summer.

When the whole team took a group photo, Xu Xuan stood in the middle without a doubt, making his debut in the C position.

This is a makeup photo, a makeup photo of the Lakers for the new season.

This can be regarded as officially establishing Xu Xuan's position as the core of the family and officially announcing it to the media.

Yi Jianlian and Nick Yang stood beside Xu Xuan left and right, Yi Jianlian was a little embarrassed, but Yang Shaoxia was very happy.

In the past two days, Yang Shaoxia has basically figured out Xu Xuan's character, and he is very concerned about what Xu Xuan told him, and he will introduce him to the way to make a fortune in the future, so he almost swore to take Xu Xuan as his eldest brother.

Nick Young doesn't make trouble, and the new "tattoo brother" Barnes is also honest, and others don't dare to blow up the stab.

In the past two days, Xu Xuan also chatted with Barnes, this guy has really many tattoos on his body, and the most talked to Xu Xuan is also about all kinds of tattoos on his body.

According to himself, the left upper arm was his first tattoo and was an AndOne basketball player, which means "King of Sasa City" because he is from Sacramento. ”

The right upper arm is his favorite, and he's Californian, so this tattoo contains the Sacramento State Capitol, the Bay Area's Golden Gate Bridge, the Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB team) logo and San Diego's beaches and palm trees, which signify 'California love'. ”

Right forearm it was a panther, his favorite animal.

The left forearm is a symbol of eternal life, and there are many places where there is a saying about eternal life, like Chinese mythology or something. Here is an image of the Grim Reaper holding a scythe, which is a sign of the contradiction and conflict between the two. This one (on the inside of the right arm) is a cross, which means 'only God can judge him.'

He also has the words 'hope' and 'faith' on his wrist, and images of angels and demons on his chest.

......

With so many tattoos, Xu Xuan felt quite speechless anyway, with so many tattoos, it really didn't hurt at all?

After the group photo, the reporters surrounded Xu Xuan.

Xu Xuan simply answered the questions of the media, although the Lakers finally traded Xu Xuan, many media still look at the declining angel city.

After all, not everyone is a traverser.

On paper, this Lakers team really sucks.

Role players account for 95%, just Xu Xuan alone, although the Lakers played the slogan of "reviving the Zijin Dynasty", the outside world is generally not optimistic about the Lakers.

This year, ESPN gave the strength forecast table.

The first place is the Warriors, the second is the Clippers, the third is the Spurs, the fourth is the Trail Blazers, the fifth is the Mosaics, the sixth is the Jazz, the seventh is the Mavericks, the eighth is the Thunder, and the ninth is the Lakers......

That's right, I don't know if it's deliberately disgusting or what, ESPN put the Lakers in an unbiased just ninth place.

Lower than the Thunder, that is, ESPN doesn't even think the Lakers can make the playoffs.

It's funny to say that the single-core Thunder ESPN is optimistic, but not the single-core Lakers......

It's clearly discrimination.

But no one cares about this thing, just treat him as a fart.

Hearing that the intra-team competition was about to begin, Jeanne Bass also came, standing aside with her arms crossed and not speaking.

Jeanne Bass is very happy with the current team, and in addition to a little regret that all the money prepared has not been spent, there are also some slight worries.

New coach, new core, new lineup, she doesn't have the bottom now, can this Lakers team play well, if not...... Then something happened, and although her brother had been ousted by him, she didn't dare to be careless, and Jim Bass waited for her to make a mistake so that she could come back to power.

Xu Xuan was chatting with the Lakers' chief assistant coach Wharton Jr.

The two are chatting about the latest "2K17" player stat rankings.

It can be said that this is the thing that gets the most attention and discussion at this time of year.

There's no way, this hanging thing makes your ability value into data, and there is a comparison at this time, but who wants to be lower than whom?

No one wants to be lower than anyone else, they all want to be the boss, and this is a contradiction.

Every year, as soon as the 2K ability value comes out, it will be criticized, and many stars don't buy this account at all.

Xu Xuan remembered that his ranking was not high last time, and he changed it later, but Xu Xuan didn't pay attention to it.

Who still cares about the change? Everybody's focused on the one that came up for the first time.

This time, Xu Xuan's ranking is not low, with 96 points, the same as James, tied for first place.

Xu Xuan was also a little surprised when he saw this ranking, this time the 2K company actually gave him 96 with such a conscience.

He hadn't thought of it beforehand.

Ranked above 90 points, in addition to him and James, Curry is second in 94.

Du Lao Er, Kawaii and Wei Shao are all 93, tied for third.

Chris I cannon 91, in fourth place.

For the rest, James Harden, Pickled Peppers, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, DeMarcus Cousins, and Anthony Davis all scored 90 points.

A total of 13 people were ranked above 90 points.

...... A bit too many people.

Below.

2 people with an ability value of 89 - Irving and Lillard.

5 people with an ability value of 88 - Carmelo Anthony, John Wall, Downs, Butler, Aldridge.

Four people with an ability value of 87 - Blake Griffin, Andre Drummond, DeMar DeRozan, and Dwyane Wade.

The Warriors have 4 players with 90+ stats, Curry, Durant, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.

"The Warriors are really strong, 4 90+, and Andre Iguodala seems to be 81, Zaza Pachulia is 76, Sean Livingston is 76, and David West is 75......" Wharton Jr. sighed.

According to the standard of 90+, or even 88+ is an all-star player, four 90+ is four all-star players, plus such a large number of high-quality role players......

Xu Xuan glanced at him, then nodded.

Unexpectedly, the Lakers' chief assistant coach turned out to be Wharton Jr.

Although this guy didn't become the head coach of the Lakers, he became the head assistant coach to assist Frank.

In Xu Xuan's opinion, this is just right.

Wharton Jr. grew up under his Hall of Fame father, then played under Hall of Fame coach (Phil Jackson), teamed up with Hall of Fame-caliber players like Kobe and O'Neal, served as an assistant coach under Steve Kerr, and even led the Golden State Warriors to a 39-4 record in the absence of Coach Kerr last season.

This guy still has the ability, but Xu Xuan doesn't want him to be the head coach of the Lakers, and his personality is incompatible.

It's okay for him to be an assistant coach, but the head coach is not sensitive.

Xu Xuan raised his eyebrows: "What?" Want to go back? ”

"Haha"

Little Wharton smiled: "How is it possible, that is, they are very competitive." ”

Xu Xuan nodded, yes.

In comparison, on the Lakers' side, in addition to Xu Xuan 96, Russell is 79, Ingram is 78, Julius Randle is 77, Louis Williams is 77, Larry Nance Jr. is 75, and Yi Jianlian is 74......

There is no 80, and it is simply impossible to look at it compared to the Warriors...... There are four 90 people and one 80, and the average score doesn't know how much they pulled.

For example, the current Warriors and Lakers are like top students and scumbags in the same class, and they can't even touch the side of others.

"Have you watched the schedule? Five of the top six of our opponents for the new season are teams that made the playoffs last season (including the Houston Mosaics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Indiana Pacers, Atlanta Hawks and Golden State Warriors), while the remaining one is the Utah Jazz, who are said to be in the top four in the West in 2016-2017. In addition, four of the six games mentioned above have been away ......"

Little Wharton spread his hands and looked helpless.

The Lakers' schedule this season is quite friendly, but the previous six games are not very friendly.

"What are you afraid of? What you do is a strong team" Xu Xuan patted him on the shoulder, only a strong team has the pleasure, isn't it?

Little Wharton smiled bitterly, yes, it's because my realm is not enough.

"By the way, when the confrontation comes, I'm the head coach of the blue side, Xu, start lightly, don't let us lose too badly." Wharton Jr. laughed.

"That's not going to work, Luke." Xu Xuan smiled and waved his hand, "I won't show mercy to my subordinates, otherwise Mr. Frank will suffer if he doesn't let me appear." ”

The two of them chatted for a while, and the energetic Reed also came over.

The best sixth man in the 14-15 season has changed a little after coming to the Lakers last season, not that his statistics are not good, but he played 35 starts last season, and finally lost the qualification to select the best sixth man.

This made him very chagrined.

In the NBA, players have different pursuits.

There are those who pursue the championship, those who pursue the regular season MVP, those who pursue big contracts, and those who don't want anything, just want to have fun, there are also rich second generations, official second generations, and handsome second generations......

The pursuit is different, and Lu Wei has no special needs for what regular season MVP or big contract, even if it is a championship, he can get it, and if he can't get it, forget it.

But the only thing he wants is the best sixth man.

He had sworn that it was his goal to become superior to an old hanger in this regard, but now he was only the best sixth man once, and that old hanger was three times.

There was no way last year, but this year Xu Xuan came......

"Xu, can I play more minutes during the regular season?" Lu Wei asked seriously.

He's also a thorn, but he's not a pen, he knows who is in charge of the team.

"Absolutely."

Xu Xuan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You guy, you don't think I have to play all the games in the regular season, right?" I'm not that good. ”

Lu Wei touched his head and smiled at Xu Xuan.

He was a little worried that after Xu Xuan came, he would occupy all the playing time, after all, in the playoffs last season, Xu Xuan played too hard.

But after hearing this, he felt a lot more relieved.

In the past two days, Xu Xuan first gave a watch, a mobile phone, and then a dinner party, which invisibly increased his prestige.

Two o'clock in the afternoon.

The Lakers' first intra-team game of the new season.

"Luke, I pick seven players, you pick seven players, five starters and two substitutes, let me see if your coaching level is improving." Frank Vogel was in a good mood, patted Luke Wharton on the shoulder and said, "To be honest, I'm going to take a long vacation, if you beat me, I should have seventy or eighty games, what do you think?" ”

Little Wharton smiled and said cheerfully: "That's okay, I'm afraid that when the time comes, the best head coach is not mine, then it will be in vain, hahahahaha." ”

In the intra-team competition, there was no pressure, and everyone made jokes.

Soon, the selection was completed.

On Frank's side are Xu Xuan, D'Angelo Russell, Ingram, Julius Randall, Yi Jianlian, veterans Marcelo Hertas and Ci Shiping.

On Wharton's side are Louis Williams, Nick Young, Matt Barnes, Larry Nance, Zubac, Thomas Robinson, Wesley Matthews, Tariq Black.

The first five are starters, followed by substitutes.

Others also know that the five starters on Frank's side should be the lineup he is going to use in the regular season.

Frank was also a little emotional at this time, especially when he saw that guy named Ci Shiping was honestly following the assistant coach to warm up.

When he first came to the Lakers, he was still a little stunned, the Lakers team has a lot of thorns, Ci Shiping, Lu Wei, and Nick Young heard that they are all thorns...... Especially when Matt Barnes was traded, it always felt like the Lakers had become a rampaging old man's rallying place.

Unexpectedly, in just two days, all the things Xu Xuan had worried about him disappeared.

"This guy is such a natural leader." Frank praised Xu Xuan.

can sort out such a complex giant team, a team full of thorns, so perfectly, not to mention Xu Xuan, a third-year rookie, even James may not be able to control the factory.

You ask Ci Shiping, you can ask him, see if he is afraid of James......

Now Xu Xuan can convince him...... Not easy.

After dividing the people, both sides called the people aside and began to arrange tactics.

There was no perfunctory meaning on the bench team's side, they actually wanted to see what kind of strength Xu Xuan was now.

If you don't get it right, you can win?

Especially a rookie like Zubac, he doesn't want to beat the starting team, but if he can perform a little better, maybe he can replace Yi Jianlian as the starter?

In terms of speaking, he is the true center.

Once the tactics are arranged, the training match begins.

The game is arranged according to the regular game, but the time is slightly reduced, 10 minutes per quarter, and the whole game is 40 minutes, which is 8 minutes less.

Marco Nunez, the lead athletic trainer, and Miles Simon, the fourth assistant coach in charge of the draft, served as referees.

The major media in the training hall who were present to watch were all cheered up, and they wanted to see if Xu Xuan was really as strong as rumored.

After all, whether it's a video or a news, it's not as good as what you see with your own eyes!