After 5 consecutive wins, Guo Xu's popularity has risen to the highest in the league, and the all-star vote surpassed Maddie, Carter, and Yao Ming to lead the league in one fell swoop, and is expected to become this year's "vote king".

Recently, the Suns players have dunked too much, and fans hope that Guo Xu will organize an offense at the star game and have more wonderful dunks.

The NBA's outside superstars are usually super popular, and their style of play is more agile and elegant than that of interior players, which is suitable for the All-Star game.

With the increase in popularity, Guo Xu's commercial value has increased, and his annual salary and advertising endorsement have been able to rank among the top ten in the league.

In terms of drinks, Guo Xu changed to Gatorade sports drink, and the annual endorsement fee of 4 million is not high, but it is earned in vain, because the price of NBA player endorsement drinks is not high.

The league requires that no matter what drink a star endorses off the field, only Gatorade can be drunk on the sidelines during the game. This is the only designated drink in the NBA league and Major League NFL.

Gatorade has an 85% market share in the U.S. sports drink industry with the slogan "Quench your thirst, quench your thirst." If they really don't like it, the players can only pour their favorite drink into a Gatorade cup and take out a Gatorade cup to drink another brand of drink during the break.

Guo Xu does not intend to fight against the league, Gatorade's monopoly will only become more and more solid, and in the previous life, in the 2017-18 season, the NBA Development League officially changed its name to the NBA Gatorade League, and they became the first title partner of the American professional sports league.

In terms of diet, Guo Xu endorsed KFC, although he hardly eats this thing, but when he was with the Lakers, he had been endorsing KFC for free with "Zen Master" Phil Jackson on the sidelines for many years, and he felt that he deserved endorsement fees.

Guo Xu also endorsed Apple Computer, he bought a large number of Apple shares, and the other party knew that he was a small shareholder when he checked it, and the interests of the two parties were related, and they hit it off.

With Guo Xu's strong rise, Harpy Waters has also become a well-known agent in the league, and he is now not only responsible for Guo Xu, but also signed Amare Stoudamire and Cavaliers second-round rookie Carlos Boozer.

Smalls was a fan of O'Neal as a child, and he lived just a few blocks from the Magic Arena. When participating in the draft, he wanted to partner with Guo Xu the most, so he found Harpy as an agent, and his dream came true. In the eyes of others, Guo Xu's joining the Suns is directly related to the promotion of his agent.

Guo Xu, in turn, also helped Harpy a lot, and Boozer was the one he suggested that Harpy sign, and there will definitely be surprises in the future.

Harpy is currently in the process of building a team of brokers in order to better serve his clients. Every year on Thanksgiving, he and Guo Xu have dinner together with a lot of emotion, thinking that Guo Xu has changed his life, and he regards him as his best friend.

Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, the Lakers after losing Guo Xu are in disarray.

After losing to the 76ers, the Lakers lost 71-98 to the Nets, the team's lowest single-game score in three seasons, and no one from the Lakers scored in double figures except for Kobe and O'Neal.

Bryant played 43 minutes, shooting 8-of-29, 0-of-1 from three-point range, and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line, finishing with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. O'Neal shot 7-of-13 and 5-of-8 from the free-throw line to finish with 19 points, four rebounds and two assists.

Role players are even worse, mainly relying on Fisher, Devin George, and veteran Robert Horry, last season's fringe man Brian Shaw is starting to be reused, and Dandy Kao is completely unqualified as a backup point guard.

On the side of the Nets, star Kidd played 40 minutes, shooting 12 of 20, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, 27 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals, and all five players scored double-doubles under his organization.

After this game, the media exposed the news of the Lakers locker room fighting, and O'Neal publicly accused Kobe Bryant of being too alone.

The Lakers originally had three points in the ball, but now it has become two points and there is a contradiction, and fans feel incredible.

In fact, the number of shots of both has increased, but the distribution is uneven. O'Neal came back from a 15-game break and found that Bryant had gone crazy and couldn't stop at all. O'Neal is currently averaging only 18 shots per game, compared to Bryant's 22.6.

On November 7 this year, in the Lakers' away game against the Celtics, Kobe Bryant made 17 of 47 shots, scored 41 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 5 turnovers, and set a record that is difficult to break in the league with 30 irons in a single game. After this game, Kobe Bryant went crazy and opened the door to a new world.

In the past, when Guo Xu was in the Lakers, it was impossible for Kobe Bryant to shoot so many balls, as long as he didn't feel good, Guo Xu wouldn't pass it, and he cooperated with O'Neal more and left him aside.

Now Fisher is one of the worst point guards in the league, and he passes the ball to Kobe Bryant in the middle of the half, pulling away from the outside and letting Bryant decide the distribution of the ball.

In the past, Kobe would pass the ball to Guo Xu, believing that the opponent could throw it. Now he doesn't recognize this group of teammates of the Lakers, and he feels that whoever votes on the outside is not as reliable as himself. Phil Jackson has repeatedly failed to communicate with Kobe, in fact, Kobe's personal ability is indeed the strongest on the Lakers' outside line, and others can't attract the bag, so the "Zen Master" simply let him play casually.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Kobe Bryant competed with Maddie for the scoring title this season, and became the All-Star ticket king in the middle of the season. Now he is far behind in the vote count, and his popularity is only fifth in the league.

This is a butterfly effect, Guo Xu's argument of "no brothers, no basketball" has made countless fans begin to appreciate team basketball, and the Lakers have abused the players with individual heroism. This season, Kobe Bryant suddenly developed in the direction of personal heroism, and the Lakers went from a championship team with a record 35 consecutive wins to a weak team with a winning rate of less than half, which fan can stand it?

If there is no Guo Xu to make a comparison, it would be fine, and everyone will not think that Kobe is powerful when compared, but the data is beautiful.

On the 23rd, the Lakers defeated the Raptors 109-107 in overtime, 11-18.

Vince Carter and Antonio Davis were both sidelined due to injury, and the Raptors' top scorer was Guo Xu's college teammate Morris Peterson, who scored 27 points.

The Raptors' starting center is Jeraney McCoy, who was on the fringe with the Lakers last season, the guard is Lynch Hunter, who tried to go to the Lakers and was rejected for hugging his legs, and the power forward is blue-collar Jerome Williams. Even so, the Raptors fought with the Lakers until overtime.

In the other game played the same day, the Suns won 108-89 over the SuperSonics to make it six wins in a row.

Guo Xu suppressed the veteran Payton and played 40 minutes, shooting 8 of 16, 4 of 7 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 24 points, 4 rebounds and 12 assists.

Payton played 38 minutes and had a poor hand, shooting 5-of-18, 0-of-2 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line to finish with 12 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

With the same style of play as in the past, Payton's shooting percentage has dropped, and his stats are good, averaging 20 points and 8.5 assists per game, but he actually averages 19 shots per game, and the offensive efficiency is not high.

"Drunk" Wenbeck is a defensive black hole on the court, not blocking and dismantling at all, Brent Barry was also blown up by second-year rookie Joe Johnson, starting power forward Reggie Evans can grab rebounds, and the offensive end is equal to less man, he can dribble and trip himself.

The SuperSonics went 13-16 after the game, and at the end of the season, Payton was 35 years old, and he began to feel overwhelmed, and he was going to leave the SuperSonics in order to win a championship.

On the 24th, the Suns took a bus to Los Angeles to prepare for the Christmas game.

The media predicted a one-sided victory, and they were all optimistic about the Suns.