On the morning of November 1, O'Neill called Guo Xu and asked him to have dinner together at noon. After training, Guo Xu drove an SUV to pick up O'Neill directly from the hotel and back to his home.

It's not interesting to go to the restaurant, O'Neill has already tasted everything, and the two may be disturbed by reporters when chatting. Guo Xu's approach is exactly what Ao Fat wants, and he only looks close when he goes home to recognize the door, he hasn't been here since Guo Xu moved.

The small villa bought by Guo Xu and O'Neill's mansion in Los Angeles with a total area of nearly 10,000 square feet are definitely incomparable, and they are warm, and they can find each other at home with a shout. O'Neill's mansion must be maintained by many servants, and he and his girlfriend Shannie can play hide and seek at home, and they will never find each other's kind.

As soon as O'Neill entered the door, the puppy Buddy shrank back in fright, rolled back, turned around and ran away. Puppies are generally very scared when they see large dogs, and when they see O'Neill, in Buddy's mind, this is a monster.

O'Neill said hello to the two sisters, and it was not surprising that Meghan had become pretty, and they had known each other since they were in Los Angeles, and it was not surprising that Meghan lived here.

At lunchtime, O'Neill was full of praise for Christie's pizza, and he kept chatting and telling jokes, making the two girls laugh. Christie met O'Neill for the first time and lamented that he was more interesting than on TV.

After dinner, the two girls went out shopping together, and Guo Xu and O'Neill were playing game consoles at home to catch up. The humorous O'Neill turned into a whiner and talked to Guo Xu about his recent bad situation.

As the saying goes, ugliness should not be publicized, but even if Guo Xu changed teams, O'Neill did not treat him as an outsider, and he firmly believed that Guo Xu would not spread what he said.

Not only does he not like Kobe Bryant now, but he has also fallen out with the management, and the conflict between the two sides has completely intensified, because he was played hard by the Lakers management.

O'Neal has always wanted a huge contract extension from the Lakers, and management may have made some commitments. They told O'Neal that if he could convince Malone and Payton to take a pay cut to come to the team, they would take care of it a little bit in terms of contract extensions. So, O'Neal started calling the two in the middle of last season to ask for the two to join.

In the summer, O'Neal fulfilled his promise, but the Lakers owner changed his mind and still did not renew his contract with a high salary.

The management also told the OK group to stop fighting and stop facing the media to sarcastically and sarcastically talk about each other, and as a result, Kobe Bryant made an interview in the preseason, saying that O'Neal was too fat and not in good shape. Said that it took too much time for him to fix his toes, and that his injuries were not that serious at all. He also said that O'Neal was "preoccupied with his own contract extension when the other two Hall of Famers played almost free."

O'Neal was so angry after watching the interview that he wanted to beat Kobe Bryant in the preseason game but was stopped by his teammates. Now the atmosphere in the Lakers locker room is very bad, "Zen Master" Phil Jackson is already impatient, and Malone and Payton are also impatient.

After listening to O'Neal's complaints, Guo Xu sighed: "Shackle, the Lakers are like this, I'll be honest with you, don't be angry, and don't blame me after this season." ”

"What?"

"The Lakers definitely can't beat the Suns, no matter what they encounter in the regular season or the playoffs, you can't win." Guo Xu smiled.

O'Neal pursed his lips, and was really displeased: "The game hasn't been played yet, so you look down on the Lakers first?" ”

"You let me know so much about the Lakers, brother, I'll give you some insight too. When we added reinforcements in the summer, it was mainly against the Spurs, and it happened to restrain the Lakers. Diop who came from the trade is a meat shield blue-collar worker, suitable for defending you and Duncan, the other interior speeds are very fast, and they run like guards, we play counterattack-oriented, can you and Malone run the whole court with their physical strength? ”

"......" O'Neill thought about it, this must not be!

Last season, let him defend against counterattacks, he had a big head, Malone is 40 years old, can his physical strength be better than him?

Guo Xu continued: "Our team's outside swing people are also very capable of running, and most of them can shoot three-point shots, you and Ma Long have to defend and dismantle in positional battles, and consume more physical strength, even if you play well offensively, your physical strength will definitely suffer in the second half." And the coaching staff is ready to use shark slashing tactics against you, and we have a lot of people in the interior rotation. ”

"Damn!" O'Neal burst into foul language: "Why is it all for the inside, why don't you go to cover Kobe?" ”

"Does he use a bag clip? Another weakness of the Lakers is the lack of three-point shooting, and we just shrank around the restricted area. Kobe Bryant scored two points single-handedly with the ball, and his shooting rate is generally only 45%, can he let you and Malone shoot two people with a high shooting rate? ”

What Guo Xu said is all the truth, O'Neal can't refute it, this season this season likes to break through and back to attack the point guard Payton joined, Fisher had to be substituted, the most reliable three-point point in the starting line is Kobe Bryant, the Lakers just look stronger on the card.

In Guo Xu's previous life, the Lakers were not strong this season, only 56 wins in the regular season, and Ma Long's injury was not an accident at all, it was caused by too much playing time, heavy defensive tasks, and fatigue.

On the offensive end, the Lakers' main tactic is heads-up. At this time, what the Lakers need most is actually Kobe Bryant to play without the ball on the outside and help open up space to shoot three-pointers. Of course Kobe Bryant won't do this, he is going to grab a low post with O'Neal to play the star.

People with a 45% shooting rate and a 60% shooting rate on two-pointers grabbed shots, Kobe Bryant was so good during this period, and then O'Neal left, Kobe Bryant played low to his heart's content, without a high shooting rate, and the interior partner who could score could not pass the first round of the playoffs.

Jackson tried to get Kobe Bryant to play without the ball, and he tried to persuade him to do so in the preseason, but it didn't work. In the previous life, Kobe Bryant never played without the ball until he retired, and then in the 2012-2013 season, the Lakers formed another F4, the situation was very similar to this time, lacking three-point shooting points, and the Lakers' adjustment method was to let Nash be a fixed-point shooter on the perimeter.

O'Neal and Kobe Bryant have been fighting together for eight years, how can he not know Kobe's character? It is indeed difficult for the Lakers to beat the Suns by playing two-point shots, just like other teams couldn't beat the Lakers with Guo Xu back then, he was on the floor and pulled the whole team away.

O'Neill sighed: "If it's like you said, I'm going to be done at the end of the season." ”

"Then go to a team you like to play healthy basketball, don't count on the strong teams in the West, Lakers management will not assist competitors, I think you will be traded to the East. Dude, don't be vindictive with Kobe, he's young, you can't consume him, anyway, you have the honor you deserve, you want to open up, make more money, and live happily. Don't go to a team that trains a lot, because the more you train with your body, the shorter your career becomes. ”

O'Neill said that he would consider it, he was in a bad mood, but he had to admit that what Guo Xu said made sense.

Last season, the Lakers began the transfer of power, Kobe Bryant's surge in shots was supported by management, O'Neal shot less this season, and Jackson did not arrange O'Neal to attack the main offense and attack the basket as he did back then.

Ao Pang doesn't have to fight Guo Xu to the death on the court, he is more concerned about whether he can make movies and play the leading role in the future, he likes the previous one very much, but unfortunately he has too few scenes and is just a cameo.

Guo Xu said: "In the future, if you have a good script, you will definitely shoot it, let's invest in making a comedy together and play the leading role." ”

Now there is no such script, except for basketball-related movies, Guo Xu can't think of anything suitable for O'Neal, he plays everything in this image, so he can only wait for Robert to rummage through the script when he receives it.