After chatting for half an hour, Guo Xu called four new friends to have dinner together in the evening.

In the summer league invitation letter, it is stated that the team bears all the food and lodging of the players, does not stipulate what to eat, and pays the players every day in the form of subsidies to buy them themselves.

It's a tradition in the NBA. As we all know, NBA teams are relatively wealthy financially, and team owners are also very generous to their favorite players, and eating and lodging can make players feel respected.

Kurt Rambis was a little surprised to see these five people together, because they are the focus of the Lakers' inspection in this league, and the starting lineup he wants to arrange.

Guo Xu knew that the strength of his teammates was the welfare of the reborn, and he had an impression of the names of these four people. During the meal, he asked everyone about their strengths, discussed tactical coordination, and promised to pass the ball to them whenever they had the opportunity.

The players are not familiar with each other in the temporary team, and the coach can only arrange basic tactics, and the quality of cooperation mainly depends on the ability of the point guard. Everyone gave Guo Xu face and flattered the commander on the field.

On the morning of the 5th, the team had a simple joint practice, and the Lakers vs the Suns in the evening.

The summer league was played in a training hall, which could not accommodate many fans, and the significance was to scout the players, and as a result, the Lakers' first game was full of arenas and the sidelines were particularly crowded. There are many Lakers fans in Long Beach, and it is inconvenient for them to go to the Staples Center to watch the game, and they are more concerned about the performance of rookies, especially Guo Xu's performance.

After the draft, Guo Xu's exposure rate remained high, and he was able to rank among the top five rookies, and many media called him "the craziest rookie", attracting a large number of people who eat melons.

Lakers starters: Guo Xu, Pan Persi, George, Madsen, Medvedenko.

Suns starters: Joe Crispin, Paul McPheinson, Ben Davis, Ruben Gassers, Jake Chacalidis.

The Suns are also made up of some NBA rookies, undrafted rookies, and weak NBA fringe people.

Such a makeshift team is certainly not as strong as the NBA preseason game that starts in October, but the competition is more brutal, more ruthless, and more vexatious than the NBA regular season. Because there is a question in front of us, what level of play in summer league can be achieved in order to get a base salary contract?

The answer is that only the best in the summer league deserve a base salary. Player stats aren't worth much here, and some of the NBA's fringe players can compete for scoring titles, rebounding titles, assists titles, and MVPs in summer league.

And even if you do well in the summer league, you may not get a contract, because this is more of a stage for players to show their individual abilities, and there is not much tactics. When it comes to the NBA regular season, every player has to do their part and abide by their duties. Therefore, how to change his role is also the key to whether he can stay in the team in the end.

For many players who have made their mark in the summer league, what they get is not a stepping stone to the NBA, but more to prove themselves to overseas leagues. As the pinnacle of the basketball hall, the NBA has very few players who can climb to the top of the tower every year, but on the contrary, there are thousands of players with professional basketball dreams.

The Suns attack first, and the game begins.

The player pulled away and Paul hoisted the ball from the side to Chacalidis, who was low on the right.

THE 21-YEAR-OLD CENTER WAS SELECTED BY THE SUNS IN THE FIRST ROUND OF 25, WITH A HEIGHT OF 218CM AND A WEIGHT OF 129 KG.

Last season, the Suns eliminated defending champion Spurs in the first round and the Lakers 4-1 in the second round. The Suns had no choice but to rely on fouls to stop him from wreaking havoc in the restricted area. In this era, because of O'Neal, the bulky blue-collar center has never been more important.

Chacalidis is tall, but lacks explosiveness, is slow to turn, can't jump, and has no dominance under the basket. He has average feet in a low position, and he has no range, so he is an ordinary blue-collar worker. He received the ball in the low post and hit the 113-kilogram Medvedenko twice with his back, but he was embarrassed not to squeeze it, and passed the ball out of the periphery again.

The ball ended as soon as it reached Ben Davis, who opted to single George and missed the basket with a pull-up jumper that missed the basket and Madsen grabbed the rebound.

Ben Davis was one of the 14 second-round picks in 1996 and played 40 times in the NBA for four seasons. He is characterized by the fact that he thinks he is very well-rounded, and dares to attack with the ball no matter who the defender is, and to put it bluntly, the shooting selection is very poor. He averaged 1.4 points and 1.3 rebounds per game in the NBA while shooting 35.6% from the field.

The Suns roster appears to be a group of NBA-level players, but in fact, except for two guards, they are all blue-collar and have a terrible offense.

The Lakers attacked, and Guo Xu took the ball to the frontcourt.

SUNS POINT GUARD JOE CRISPIN IS 183CM TALL AND WEIGHS 84 KILOGRAMS, AND HE WAS UNFORTUNATELY UNDRAFTED AT THE AGE OF 21 THIS YEAR AND CAME TO TRY HIS LUCK IN THE SUMMER LEAGUE. As an NCAA player, of course, he will pay attention to the Finals, and he has witnessed Guo Xu's terrifying performance, and he is now panicking.

Guo Xu's relaxed eyes and the smile on the corner of his mouth are exactly the same as in the NCAA finals, and that kind of strength guard is not what he can fight against at all......

Guo Xu is not strong in the middle, and when Medveddenko comes out to cover and block Crispin, the small guard encounters cover, and if he is not good at chasing defense, it is a black hole in the NBA.

Chakalidis stood near the penalty area, and Guo Xu made a one-step pull-up jump shot inside the three-point line and hit it steadily. 2 to 0.

He doesn't like long-range shots, but the opportunity is too good and he doesn't mind the occasional one, the big man doesn't change the defense, and the point guard is easy to get an open shot at this distance.

The Suns attacked, Crispin took the ball to the frontcourt, and in the face of Guo Xu, he didn't dare to go heads-up, passed to the side, and Paul once again dropped the ball in the low post.

The Suns are focusing on Chacalidis and hope that he can take on more responsibility on the court in the future, and the coaching staff will try to develop his offense.

Chakalidis squeezed twice with his back, turned to the baseline to shoot, he used his height advantage to create a shot, and his huge body could squeeze the opponent can't jump, but his range is too close, and the last shot will be in vain. Madsen grabbed the rebound in the backcourt and handed it to Guo Xu for positional battle.

Coach Rambis did not arrange a fast attack, Guo Xu forced his temperament to fall into position, if he was in the Spartans, he would definitely push this kind of ball at full speed, and his teammates would also run wildly together.

Now the Lakers can play counterattacks, and in addition to Medvidenko, the other three teammates on the court are not slow, especially George, who only looks at his size, and he and LeBron James have a comparison.

Guo Xu feels that George is a bit useless in the Lakers, he is good at fast attack, his strength is very strong, if he plays the No. 4 position, he will be a berserk monster when he rushes, and he looks like a gorilla. If he had debuted on a fast-break team, he would have had a better career.

In Guo Xu's previous life, the Lakers were also optimistic about George's physical fitness, even if he generally signed a middle-class contract, but unfortunately he was frequently injured soon and his quality declined.

Guo Xu and Medvedenko played blocking and dismantling in the middle, Chakalidis came out to block it, Guo Xu lowered his center of gravity, and swept past Chakalidis with a change of direction at speed, easily entered the basket, and scored with a right-handed pick-up. 4 to 0.

Guo Xu didn't do a celebration when he returned to defense, and it was too easy to score.

He suspected that the opponent didn't play seriously, and the defense was terrible, and it was not as strong as the defense in the semifinals. If he faces this kind of defense all over the court, scoring 50 points is like picking up something!

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