In recent seasons, the Lakers have had a very bad time, since the team's leading player Magic Johnson retired from AIDS, this former king is no longer the courage of the year, and now the league is under increasing competitive pressure, as one of the best teams in NBA history, the Los Angeles Lakers are now under great pressure.

Moreover, as the general manager of a team like the Lakers, Jerry West knows very well that Los Angeles fans not only need the team's results to go up, but also need the team to be able to play beautifully, and more importantly, the team needs to have enough popular superstars, and now?

Since the retirement of Magic Johnson, the Lakers' performance has plummeted, and the winning rate of the regular season this season has not reached 5o%, and the number of wins is less than 4o, if such a winning rate is placed in the East, it will not even enter the playoffs, although in the West, the Lakers have entered the playoffs this year, but it is clear that in the face of the Suns who have just brought the most powerful forward in the league, the league's new regular season MVP Barkley led the team, the Lakers will not look good.

And in the end, the Lakers were indeed swept out of the playoffs by the Suns in the first round of the playoffs, and this is the second consecutive season that they have been swept away in the first round of the playoffs, and they have been ranked eighth in the regular season for two consecutive seasons, which is definitely a huge shame for the Lakers who have dominated the entire NBA for so long.

Of course, now the Lakers' results are not expected, the most important time, now the team does not have an absolute star player, and the appeal is also declining, if three years ago, the focus of the entire league, the focus of the whole world is still in Los Angeles, and it is still on the Los Angeles Lakers, then now, the focus of the entire NBA and the whole world is all to Chicago, to the Bulls, there are very few people who remember that the Lakers were the overlord of the league and the center of everyone.

In this case, what Jerry West needs to do is to find a second Magician, and then let him find this second Magic can lead the Lakers to take off again, and he also has a good goal, that is, to cut an average of 37 points, 1o rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks per game in high school, and when he graduated from high school, Anfernee Hardaway was voted the best player in the United States by many big media as a high school player.

For this rookie, he has been staring at it for a long time, this guy not only played the strongest number in history in his high school career, but in college, in the NCAA, this guy can also average 23 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game, and just like high school, this guy has also been voted the best player in the United States for two consecutive years after coming to college.

During last year's Dream Team training camp, this guy was handpicked by Jordan as the successor after defeating the Dream Team with the NCAA United, and in Jerry West's view, Jordan said that Hardaway was his successor at that point in time last year, and a large part of the reason was that he was too embarrassed to continue to belittle the young man who beat him. If he can meet him on the court, Jordan will definitely teach these so-called successors a little lesson, Jordan is a very proud person, and the first step to get his approval is to beat him.

Therefore, in Jerry West's view, Hardaway is definitely not Jordan's successor, but should be Magic Johnson's successor, and judging from the current all-around appearance of this young man, he has this qualification.

It's just that Jerry West is extremely embarrassed that he has been seeking the possibility of trading the top three draft picks recently, because he knows that Hardaway can't fall out of the top three, but whether it's the Magic or the Warriors or the 76ers, these three teams with the top three picks don't want to trade him at all, after all, people from other teams are not stupid, the Lakers' Divac, Byron Scott, and the veteran James Worthy are all good, but they don't need to, at least these people and Webb, Hardaway and Bradley can't compare, not even Mashburn.

It can be said that the Lakers are now very embarrassed, the team is not strong, they need to rebuild, and they can't find a chance to rebuild, if they are directly rotten, they can't pull the face of the former NBA overlord, so the current situation of the Lakers is very bad, and even some people within the Lakers have begun to clamore for the Magic to stabilize his condition, and then come back and continue to play.

And Jerry West knows very well that the return of the Magic will not really be able to change the status quo of the Lakers.

After cleaning up his bad mood and putting down the scouting report in his hand helplessly, Jerry West sighed, got up and prepared to leave the training camp director's office, and Wood on the side immediately followed.

Wait a minute, the rookies are also about to start their group matchups, and although it is difficult to get his favorite Hardaway this year, he still has a few interesting players in the scouting report just now.

"Huh? Jerry, I didn't expect to be able to see you here."

When Jerry West and training camp director Chris Wood came to the training ground, they actually met an acquaintance at this time, the head coach of the Jazz, Gerald Eugene Sloan, also known as Jerry Sloan.

"This grouping is interesting, you see"

Facing West's somewhat surprised expression, Sloan also smiled and handed the form in his hand to West and said that he and West were contemporaries and were no strangers.

And when West took over the grouping list of rookie players, he also smiled when he saw the grouping situation on it and thought of the scouting report he had just read.

"It's really a test of that little guy's ability, but if you really have that much fame, you need to match it, and it's really a game to look forward to, a best player with a group of worst players"

After smiling, West also returned the watch in his hand to Sloan, and his eyes were once again focused on the rookie who was now being noticed by the whole United States not far away

"Hahahaha, it's so funny, it's so funny, Anferne, I didn't expect you guys to have this day"

In front of the bulletin board of the training ground, all the more than 40 rookies who came here to participate in the training camp this year gathered here at this time, because the staff had just posted their grouping.

"Organizing guard Van Axel, scoring guard Linhan, small forward Anfernee Hardaway, big forward Aaron Williams, center Antonio Harvey, hahahaha, I didn't expect Hardaway, who is known as the No. 1 rookie, to lead such a team, it's so interesting"

"Van Exel, the point guard Langtou King, can average 3o points per game in his high school career, even Jordan can't compare to him, but there is no top team to ask for in college, the draft pick is predicted to be the last in the second round, and this rookie training seeded player, although he was placed in the second pot, but he was the last in the second pot"

"Aaron Williams, with empty interior height and body, whether it is offensive or defensive ability, there is nothing to be desired, the last player in the third gear, Antonio Xavi, is over 2.11 meters tall, but it is very likely to become the 7-foot inside line that was lost this year, and was placed in the fourth gear, or the worst"

"As for this Asian kid, is he really a professional footballer? Whichever group with him will probably be a four-to-five situation, I didn't expect this garbage to be assigned to Hardaway's group in the end, we are so lucky, and we should really thank our first rookie"

"Hahahaha, no thanks, maybe our No. 1 rookie can really lead such a group of strong teammates to win the championship? Hahahaha"

At this time, when all the players were grouped out, these young and vigorous talented rookies were almost excited, but a small number of them seemed to have ugly faces.

For example, Hardaway, Van Axel, Linhan, and those two bulky insiders who are in a group with these three at this time.

"Garbage? Is the garbage in these guys' mouths talking about me? ”

At this time, looking at these guys pointing at himself, Lin Han finally knew why he became the focus of attention after coming to the training ground today, yesterday's table seemed to be really bad, but no matter how bad it was, it hadn't reached the level of garbage, right?

"Say less, just watch"

Just when Lin Han was about to step forward and talk to the rookie who mocked him, Bowen on the side quickly grabbed him, this is not a good time for Lin Han to come out, obviously, although Lin Han and several other players were ridiculed, but obviously, these firepower are aimed at Hardaway, the strongest rookie.

"Your name is George Lynch, I remember you, a talented player who graduated from the University of North Carolina from a top giant, I heard that he is physically talented, the top five forwards in this year's draft, and he is especially good at defense, wait a minute, I want to score 30 points on your head, you have no opinion"

In the face of these artillery fires coming at him, Hardaway didn't say anything, just snorted coldly and left, but to Lin Han's great surprise, the guy named Van Axel was very domineering and provoked the rookie who mocked him the fiercest.

Looking at the imminent battle here, Lin Han was also a little excited, and was about to go up to help the 'madman' rookie who dared to provoke a group of people by himself, but soon, he was dragged away by Bowen again.

"Lin, the best way to prove yourself is to beat them on the pitch, Hardaway knows that better than all of you"

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