On September 26, the Lakers will appear at the new season media day.

Reporters rushed to Los Angeles for interviews, and no team can match the overall popularity of the Lakers. The better the Lakers, the worse the Clippers became, and after Chris Paul left, he was almost reduced to the point where no one cared.

Maybe Paul won't be able to lead the Clippers to the Western Conference Finals, but what about without Paul? The Clippers may have to fight for a playoff spot. Griffin was definitely not a qualified leader.

Five Lakers players took core makeup photos together, Guo Xu, Devin Booker, Durant, Horford, and Adams.

From this point, it can be seen that those players who want to wait for Guo Xu to leave and join the Lakers with a high salary will definitely fall through. This is the third season of Booker's career, and the team will talk to him about an early contract extension next summer, and it is impossible to let him go.

The Lakers' main gimmick is the last season of Guo Xu's legendary career.

In an interview, Guo Xu reaffirmed this. "I'm going to retire, and even if the Lakers might have four or five in a row, I'm not going to be involved. I don't want to repeat what has already been done, the future belongs to young people. ”

The reporter asked, "Which team do you think the Lakers' biggest rival is this season?" ”

"The Warriors, the Nets, the Spurs, the 76ers, the Bucks, all these teams have a chance to beat us. I mean, if we win one game in the regular season, there's probably no competition in the Finals, and unless we don't have any injuries on our team, we can't lose four games in a series. Guo Xu said confidently.

He's not bragging, he's very low-key compared to last season's all-round win.

Other players were interviewed and expressed their belief that the team would successfully defend the title and establish a dynasty. After winning a season in a row, they forgot what it was like to lose and were full of confidence.

In the preseason, the Lakers players showed invincible strength, and they won easily against anyone. Guo Xu's team can still score a lot of points if he reduces his shots, and Durant can also drive his teammates with the ball.

New kid Tyrek Evans is better than Wade last season in the Lakers system, playing 31 minutes in the preseason, averaging 19.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game, shooting 47.2% from the field and 40% from three-point range, looking like an All-Star.

He's certainly not an All-Star, and he's playing well because he's facing less defensive intensity. When he comes off the bench, he has the ball, can hold the ball and go heads-up, and he is often the target of being released when he plays with Guo Xu and Durant.

Once air-defenseed, most of the NBA's players shoot accurately.

Calderon and VanVleet are also excellent outside the three-point line, shooting more than 40% from the field.

Horford and Durant casually put on a bench lineup, plus Evans and Calderon with organizational skills, the Lakers ball is very fast and can play a pass and cut cooperation.

In the preseason, the Lakers won all 7 games and ranked first in the official power rankings.

Guo Xu didn't shoot much, only playing an average of 20 minutes per game, scoring 14.3 points and 7 assists. After the game, none of the media questioned his strength, everyone knew that he was not serious, just looking for feelings.

ESPN announced the player rankings for this season, and Guo Xu is still ranked first, and everyone believes that as long as he gets serious, he will be the MVP.

The Lakers' home opener in the regular season was against the Warriors, and Adam Shaw felt that this arrangement was a gimmick. Anyway, the Warriors have lost badly in the playoffs for two consecutive years, and it doesn't matter if they lose more in the regular season.

In second place is the Nets, who have also won all seven preseason games. After Paul joined, the outside strength of the Nets has improved significantly, with two pitchers on the wing, and Gallinari and James can pull out to shoot at the front.

It's not a big problem for the Nets to be weak inside, as long as the players can block and eat the cake in the air. Aaron Baines was not a simple blue-collar when he came out, he could occasionally catch the ball and shoot after covering, and the shooting percentage was not low.

In third place is the Warriors, who have gone Green and Mirotic, who has a longer range. Gobert could fill the void left by Green's departure. The trade was made because they overlapped defensively. Gobert defends the box better, and Green defends more well-rounded.

The 76ers are in fourth place with a 6-1 record, and Gallinari has little impact away, with Joe Ingles shooting better from the field last season. After a season of workout, Jaylen Brown is time to step up, and Gallinari has to give up the starting line-up.

The biggest decline was the Spurs, with 3 wins and 4 losses in the preseason. After Guy joined, he took fewer shots and focused more on the defensive end, with a mediocre performance.

The Spurs' core Kawhi Leonard is still recovering from an injury and has not played in the preseason. Recently, teammate Ginobili said in an interview that Leonard has never completed training with the team so far, and his return date is undecided.

After reading the news, Guo Xu understood that Leonard was going to be unlucky, and he would take a whole season off like a parallel world, and then fall out with Spurs management and be traded.

In the parallel world, the Spurs sent Leonard to the Raptors, which is still a competitive team. Now that DeRozan, the trade chip, is not in the Raptors, he was just traded to the Pelicans by the Hornets, and God knows where Leonard's next stop will be.

Before the opening game, online fans discussed that they were all optimistic about the Lakers to win. As expected, the Lakers won 133-112, and the Warriors didn't lead once from start to finish.

As in the case last season, Guo Xu broke through Curry again and again. The positional battle warriors can still defend it, and the counterattack is to watch Guo Xu's performance, and Curry's one-on-one is like a defensive black hole.

Curry is also not very efficient on the offensive end, and the Lakers will wrap him up and put role players to shoot. He finished with 21 points, five rebounds and four assists on 8-of-18 shooting, 3-of-9 three-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws.

Guo Xu played 34 minutes, shooting 12-of-18, 4-of-8 three-pointers, and 6-of-6 free throws, scoring 34 points, 2 rebounds and 11 assists.

There was no practice throughout the holiday, and Guo Xu's shooting touch was indeed not as good as last season, but he will adjust and increase his breakthrough to play two points and pass. Six Lakers scored in double figures, and the others did not score 20+.

Durant has an advantage, he is selfless and will not fight for the boss, even when Guo Xu is not in good shape, he will control the number of shots, just strive to play efficiently. He and Guo Xu can both help each other brush the hit rate, which is a major feature.

At the post-game press conference, reporters asked the core of the two teams to evaluate each other, and also specifically mentioned Curry's age. At the end of the season, the baby-faced Curry will also be 30 years old.

This successor is really sad enough, he will become a veteran in a few years, and he still can't compare with Guo Xu.

The reporter asked Guo Xu: "You are about the same age as Jordan when he retired for the second time, and you are in better condition than him, how did you do it?" ”

"Practicing Chinese Kung Fu for health, with some breathing and breathing, is really effective and can delay aging. Megan and Alex also learned this from me, and I think they will look younger in the future without botulinum toxin and hyaluronic acid. Guo Xu smiled.

He deliberately revealed a little information, because he did age very slowly. If he still looks like a young man at the age of 50, he will certainly be in the spotlight as a public figure. At that time, he plans to push all of this to Chinese kung fu, which has health secrets anyway.

The reporter asked: "How are you going to spend the last season?" ”

"I'm going to try my best to play every game and try to be worthy of every fan who supports us. In practice, I'm going to pass on the experience to the young players and help them get stronger, and hopefully after I retire, the Lakers can continue to win consecutive championships. ”