After the Olympics, Xu Xuan was empty.

However, he was not in a hurry to return to the United States, Kobe Bryant went back, saying that he was going to prepare for training in advance, which really regarded Xu Xuan as a personal heirloom and made him more concerned than Xu Xuan himself.

After Xu Xuan put his parents on the plane back to China, he took Lin Yun on a trip.

Honestly, it's been a long time since the two of them have hung out together.

Both of them have things, Xu Xuan usually has to compete and train, and Lin Yun is also in Dali, which is getting bigger and bigger.

During the Olympic Games, Lin Yun was no easier than Xu Xuan every day, and he was busier than Xu Xuan every day for all kinds of negotiations and cooperation.

At this time, it is just a good time to take a break and go out to relax.

After playing on August 22, Xu Xuan and Lin Yun set off, first to Berlin, Germany, then to Paris, France, and Rome, Italy......

It wasn't until September 5 that both returned to the United States.

At the same time, Xu Xuan's second round of training is about to begin.

Yi Jianlian didn't let Xu Xuan wait longer, when he was still in Paris, his agent had already announced his latest news, he would join the Los Angeles Lakers in the new season, and the two sides signed a 2+1 contract, which was fully guaranteed for the first two years and had a team option for the third year.

Xu Xuan looked at the amount, it was not bad, 8 million a year, the same as in the previous life.

However, in the contract in the previous life, only 250,000 out of 800 were guaranteed, not like this one, 8 million was fully guaranteed.

Xu Xuan didn't spend much effort on this contract, mainly because Yi Jianlian played well in the Olympics, averaging 32.8 minutes per game, contributing 20.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists, and 1.0 blocks, shooting 43.9% from the field and 74.2% from the free throw line.

That's better than some of the U.S. players.

No longer paying attention to domestic affairs, Xu Xuan set his sights on personal training.

Kobe's movements are still very fast, so he didn't mention it for the time being, and found a training team for Xu Xuan.

The team's chief trainer is called Mike Prokpio, a bald fat man, and Xu Xuan met this bald fat man in Los Angeles.

"Hello, Xu Xuan, it's a pleasure to meet you." Mike Prokpio is tall, slightly chubby, with a white T-shirt on the top and sports trousers on the bottom.

Xu Xuan greeted him with a smile: "Hello, Mike, it's also a pleasure to meet you." ”

"Then let's talk about it, what do you mainly want to practice?"

"It's mainly about defense, but Kobe Bryant thinks my defense is too rigid and wants to integrate other defensive methods."

Changing personal trainers, Xu Xuan certainly needs to know some information about trainers.

This Mike Prokpio, who looks unremarkable, is a personal trainer who once helped Kobe train Bryant, but Prokpio had some scattered work before, and this time he was recruited by Kobe Bryant to do Xu Xuan's long-term business.

"Defensively? It's no problem, you know, I used to be a personal trainer for Kobe Bryant, and although I didn't do it for long, I still know a lot about the defensive side. ”

Xu Xuan nodded, Prokpio's resume must be fine, so there is no problem with what he said.

In terms of salary, Kobe Bryant introduced that Prokpio's asking price was not high, and the two sides negotiated for a long time before the final salary was set.

500,000 annual salary.

This price is a lot, and it's no wonder that only superstars can afford to hire a personal trainer, if Xu Xuan didn't have this plug-in, his salary for a year would be so much, this is still a salary without tax deductions, and he can't afford to rely on his salary alone.

But considering that he has to be responsible for Xu Xuan's affairs for a year, and all kinds of training things have to be handled, it is not as high as imagined.

Xu Xuan started preseason training, and the Lakers' preparations for the new season are also progressing in an orderly manner.

With Xu Xuan's participation this time, some of the Lakers' brain-dead transactions did not happen.

The signing of Yi Jianlian can be regarded as making up for the gap of not signing Ruhr Deng before.

At the same time as training, the Lakers' tentative roster for the new season was also handed over to Xu Xuan.

Point guards: Xu Xuan, Luis Williams, Jordan Clarkson, veteran Marcelo Hertas

Shooting guards: Nick Young, D'Angelo Russell

Small forwards: Ingram, Ci Shiping

Power forwards: Julius Randle, Larry Nance, Thomas Robinson

Centre-forwards: Zubac, Mozgov, Yi Jianlian, Tariq Black

A large list of 15 people.

Among them, Xu Xuan and Yi Jianlian are newcomers, Ingram and Zubac are rookies, Mozgov is signed in free agency, and most of the others are former old men who have renewed their contracts.

This list is somewhat unreasonable in Xu Xuan's eyes, especially in the position of small forward and point guard, one is too much and the other is too little.

Ingram has talent, and in the new season, Xu Xuan also wants him to start, but he can't rely on him alone.

As for Ci Shiping, this guy can't move anymore, and it is unlikely that he will be expected to serve as the first substitute for small forward.

Kobe Bryant led Ci Shiping to see Xu Xuan once before, and this guy was not unruly to Xu Xuan, especially after the two of them fought each other once, Xu Xuan's fierce physical fitness collided with Ci Shiping's eyes.

Directly convinced.

In Xu Xuan's vision, three point guards are enough, and there are more centers, and at the same time as the UAE is transferred to the No. 5 position, Mozgov is obviously a little redundant, this deal was signed when Xu Xuan played the Olympics, and Xu Xuan was not discussed.

Mozgov reached a deal with the Knicks to join the NBA in 2010, but only played half a year before being traded for Anthony as an add-on. After the Nuggets gradually developed into a starting center, in the middle of the 2014-15 season, the former disciple was able to join the Cavaliers at the recommendation of then-Cavaliers coach Blatter, for which the Cavaliers gave away two first-round picks, while Mozgov was only on a three-year, $14 million contract.

In the Cavaliers, Mozgov quickly filled the last shortcoming of the Cavaliers' starter, after the Cavaliers served as the starting center, he averaged 10.6 points and 6.9 rebounds per game, setting a new career high in scoring, but in the Finals against the Warriors, Mozgov did not play a reliable performance, and was scolded by LeBron on the court.

This person Xu Xuan is not very familiar with him, but Xu Xuan is more willing to sign Shaq than to sign him...... Is Shaq weaker than him?

Xu Xuan didn't think so.

And now with the UAE as a better option, Mozgov is a bit redundant.

Mozgov is a bargaining chip that Xu Xuan is ready to trade, but this 4-year contract of 64 million is ...... It's a bit disgusting, and it doesn't necessarily have to be someone to pick it up. 8090 Chinese

Xu Xuan was a little tired, he was not there for a while, and the bad things were done by the management of the Lakers.

Now we have to figure out if we can pick up a leak from a nest.

If it really doesn't work, then you can only consider the play of three defenders or three strikers, but this kind of tactical arrangement of compromise for the sake of compromise is really not the first choice, and it is very easy to target.

Targeted...... Not a good thing.

Winning the championship last season does not make Xu Xuan proud to the point of conceit.

He is well aware that there was a fluke in winning last season.

Especially in the finals, if the Warriors are replaced by the Thunder, Xu Xuan really doesn't know how they should win, unless Wei Shao is always iron, iron to the point of hopelessness, otherwise, the Pacers will definitely lose.

There is no way, the Thunder is to restrain the Pacers.

Ibaka, Durant, and even the muscle-filled Willis are better than Curry and Klay to beat the Pacers.

That's the difference between the teams.

The Pacers can win the Warriors by feeling, and the Warriors lost to the Pacers because Curry has a bad hand in several consecutive games, but if you want to replace an unreasonable person like Durant, Ibaka is unscrupulous on the inside in the low post, how can the Pacers win?

Can't win.

It's not that simple.

Of course, winning the Cavaliers was really desperate, and in the end, it took seven games to decide the winner, but if Xu Xuan was asked to fight again, he didn't dare to guarantee that he could still replicate this miracle.

With a thin tactical lineup and matching system, you may not be able to see anything in the regular season, but it will be very fatal in the playoffs, and Xu Xuan doesn't want to leave this weakness for others to target.

So it's best to find a way to adjust it.

At the end of the day's training, Xu Xuan flipped through several quotations on the table.

These are all things that Kupchak has been looking for at his request for the past two days.

At the top are two Johnsons, one named Joe Johnson and the other called Wesley Johnson.

All are league veterans.

Not to mention "singles Joe", who has been selected as an All-Star 7 times and averaged 25 points per game in his peak season. In 2010, he signed a six-year, $128 million contract with the Hawks, becoming the highest-paid player at the time. But he didn't stay the "Hawk King" for long with the Hawks, and was traded to the Nets in 2012. The Nets' so-called "supership" did not succeed, and Johnson was eventually abandoned. Last season, he earned a whopping $23.18 million in annual salary with the Nets, second only to Kobe Bryant among all players in the league.

Johnson, who just turned 35, signed with the Heat for 410,000 after he was bought out by the Nets in February this year, and averaged 13.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game in 24 games with the Heat, shooting 51.8% from the field.

When the free market opened before, the Utah Jazz had reached a two-year, 22 million contract with Joe Johnson.

How to say it, this contract has returned to the market price, and now that the contract is generally at a premium, 2200 for 2 years is definitely not much.

"Singles Joe" is the most promising deal on the Lakers' side, mainly because his contract is a good match for Mozgov, plus the Jazz themselves are not short of the No. 3 position, and the main purpose of their signing of the Hawks is to help Hayward better lead the team and increase his experience, as for helping the team, it is secondary.

And the other, Wesley Johnson, is also familiar to everyone, and has been playing for the Lakers from 13 to 15 years.

Johnson played in 155 games in 2013-14 and 2014-15 with the Los Angeles Lakers, 121 of which he played as a starter, averaging 9.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 28.9 minutes per game.

Johnson, 28, was the fourth pick in the first round of the 2010 Draft, and at 6'7" tall, he can play both as a forward and a shooting guard.

Despite entering the league with the halo of the fourth pick in the draft, Johnson's NBA path has not been smooth. After landing with the Timberwolves in 2010-11, he averaged 9.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 26.2 minutes per game.

However, in the second season, Johnson's performance did not improve, but declined, and he only averaged 6.0 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 0.9 assists in 22.6 minutes per game. After this season, Johnson left the Timberwolves for the Suns. However, Johnson still hasn't been able to find his place in Phoenix.

That is, last season, the Lakers in the rebuilding period did not keep Johnson, and finally he came to play for another team in Los Angeles, the Clippers, although he could only serve as a substitute for the team most of the season, and his playing time was reduced compared to the Lakers, but his efficiency was not affected, averaging 6.9 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.

After deciding to test the free agent market, the Clippers decided to keep Johnson, who earned him an annual salary of $1.1 million last season and had a $1.3 million player option for next season, to a three-year, $18 million contract.

He was the Lakers' second choice.

It's also a very promising deal.

Now that there are no high-quality small forwards on the free market, it is difficult for the Lakers to trade for what they want.

Everyone won't look at you to make up for it, especially those teams who are eager to get Xu Xuan haven't gotten it yet, and now they can't wait for the Lakers to die, how can they still trade with you and Meimei?

Unless interest.

But now the Lakers are nothing but money.

Sadness.

......

Xu Xuan was not in a hurry, there was still a period of time before the alliance handed over the list, and there was still the possibility of operation.

Two Johnsons are the main point, others can also be considered if there are suitable ones.

As for the likes of Tony Allen, Bradley, Robertson...... Such a defensive titan Xu Xuan can only drool.

Not to mention now, even when the free market first opened, unless it was a free agent, no one would trade such a player to the Lakers, even if they would make a lot of money in any trade.

Now many people are still thinking about teaching the arrogant Xu Xuan and the Lakers fans who are playing the slogan of reviving the "Purple and Gold Dynasty" a lesson.

Just won the championship, didn't stay in the original team honestly, and started to jump, and want to revive?

Revive Peat!

Let me go and play.

There is no way, Xu Xuan, who transferred to him, is really not liked by many teams now.

You said that you just turned, didn't it smell good to go to the Lakers, to the Hornets, or to the Nets?

As a result, the Lakers wanted to make a trade that no one paid attention to.

Everyone thinks they can't see it, and it's uncomfortable.