"You're not going to fool me with the money to buy something cheap, are you? Or simply laxatives or something like that. Guo Xu covered his face with one hand.

"How could I possibly do such a thing?" Megan pouted.

"Think about what you like to talk to me the most?" Guo Xu pinched his waist with both hands, learned Megan's tone, and said in a sharp voice: "You will regret it." ”

Megan frowned and said flatteringly: "I was wrong, I promise you will definitely not regret it this time." ”

Guo Xu thought about it, she will be a star in the future, although she is not yet famous, how can she be worth $1,500 as a child labor......

He felt a pang of relief. "Okay, this is your voluntary cooking, don't say I'm bullying you in the future."

"Well, I volunteered, what do you want to eat at noon? Now give me the money and I'll go buy something. Megan's fake smile turned into a real smile.

Meghan wants to earn some pocket money on her own, but she is too young to find a part-time job.

American restaurant waiters have a base salary, but it's low. The hourly wage depends on the city specifically, and the income mainly depends on tips. The normal tip in a large restaurant is basically 15%-20% of the waiter's bill, and 4%-10% in a small restaurant.

Megan wants to work in a regular restaurant but has no chance, and goes to a small restaurant to work as a waitress, she will definitely not earn 1,000 yuan a month just from her spare time, and she will be very tired. It is much simpler for her to only cook for Guo Xu, and she can still eat and drink with her, and make a net profit.

The two looked at the problem from different angles, and they both felt that they had earned it.

Guo Xu happily ordered her 1,500 cash, thinking that she was idle, and proposed: "Let's go to the supermarket together, I don't know what to eat, you can also make some suggestions." ”

"I'll put the money away first, I don't have to take so much out, roar." Megan clutched the banknote in her hand, with a pair of big eyes smiling and charming, the corners of her mouth slightly curled, and she bounced back to her room.

As soon as he said go, Guo Xu drove and Megan to the nearby "Costco" supermarket. He drives a second-hand Ford, which belongs to the agent Happy, who usually drives it when Harpy doesn't need it, and occasionally the fat man takes the initiative to act as a driver for him.

In 2000, supermarkets in Los Angeles were cheap, and cooking at home was much cheaper than going to a restaurant.

Pasta $0.88, sliced bacon $3.66, hind leg steak $4.11, sirloin steak $5.97...... Snacks, chocolate chip cookies, seedless grapes, brioche bread, and more are also cheap.

The two took a bunch of things and only spent more than 30 US dollars, and Meghan glanced at Guo Xu from time to time, for fear that he would think it was too cheap to buy things to cook at home, and regret asking for the money back.

Guo Xu couldn't regret it at all, he was used to spending money lavishly during the time loop. Now that he's in the NBA, he has a stable income, and he doesn't take this money seriously.

Fans have joked that NBA team owners use sacks of cash and trucks to pay their players. Even with the basic salary, Guo Xu earns more than most office workers, which is true.

The two had lunch together, Megan's cooking skills and the chef of a high-end restaurant are definitely incomparable, and in amateur terms, they are very good. Megan said that she helped cook when she was a child, and her father would hunt, and they would roast and cook what they hunted.

Guo Xu remembered himself in his previous life, he was really a poor man's child.

Talking about basketball games, Guo Xu complained that he had made too few shots recently, and the data had dropped.

Megan scoffed. "Be content, what do you want to do when you first enter the NBA and you're the Lakers' third-most scorer? Do you want to steal the ball with Kobe? ”

"What do you know about being blind? The opponent's main defense Kobe Bryant was very strong, and I had a better chance of going to the guard with the ball than he did. Guo Xu snorted.

Megan ate the grapes and smiled: "What if I'm ball blind?" Everyone knows that Kobe Bryant is much better than you, look at how beautiful he plays, and then look at how you can't even dunk, and your defense is still terrible. ”

"Who says my defense is terrible?" Guo Xu's forehead jumped with blue tendons.

"That's what the commentator says every time, oh yes, you can't hear it on the field."

Guo Xu took a deep breath and sighed, "Do you know? If you're a man, you're going to get beaten up a lot, and I've never seen a girl who is more annoying or less beaten than you. ”

People like to listen to good words, in fact, what Meghan said makes sense, and those who are content are always happy.

Guo Xu is now mixing very well, and the two first-round rookies Mark Madsen and Devin George can only be marginal people in the Lakers. Medvidenko and Pan Persi, who trained with Guo Xu in the summer, have yet to get a chance to play.

The NBA now does not have a development league, and players who don't get the chance to play can only work as sparring partners on the team, and over time, their confidence will suffer. In just two years, many people can only be role players in their lifetime.

Guo Xu is the most used rookie of the Lakers after Kobe, and his starting point is higher. Kobe Bryant averaged only 15.5 minutes per game in his rookie season and took 5.9 shots, which was simply selflessly terrifying.

Since this day, Guo Xu has lived a life in Los Angeles with food and mouth, only to stretch out his hand......

On the 12th, the Lakers played the Rockets again at home.

Jackson adjusted the lineup, Harper, Bryan Shaw, and Kobe Bryant, three 198CM guards started, the interior was a combination of O'Neal and Grant, and Guo Xu continued to be the sixth man.

In the face of the Rockets' "pseudo-joint defense", the performance of the "OK combination" is still very poor, they are caught in almost every round, the role players who distribute the ball and can't shoot, and Jackson's method of letting the stars adjust themselves is not always Turbinary.

In Guo Xu's previous life, there was always a ball blind saying that Michael Jordan should be prevented into slag under the modern joint defense system, completely ignoring Jordan's basketball wisdom and incomparable skills on the offensive end.

In fact, in the 90s, the NBA's overall defense was stronger, and a few players shrinking around the box would never be blown for a defensive violation.

In 2001, the NBA not only proposed joint defense, but also introduced reasonable collision zones.

What is a reasonable collision zone? It is to draw a red arc area under the basket, and the defender must stand outside this arc, otherwise there will be physical contact and will be blown to block the foul. When the opponent is attacking, the defender must jump up to defend if he is in a reasonable collision zone to avoid being whistled for a foul.

There is no such area in the NBA right now, in other words, offensive players will have an advantage in attacking the basket in the future.

Bryant made 1 of 6 shots and 2 of 2 free throws to finish with four points and three rebounds; O'Neal shot 1-of-3 from the field and 1-of-1 from the free-throw line for 3 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, with three and a half minutes left in the first quarter, and the Lakers trailed 16-23.

Jackson called a timeout and made substitutions, Harper, O'Neal, and Bryan Shaw rested, and Guo Xu, Ryder, and Fox came on.

The Lakers' offensive and defensive transitions were too slow, and the positional role players were too poor at shooting from a distance, and they had to adjust. The three substitutes sent by Jackson all have range, can play fast breaks, and there is no problem on the defensive end, only Guo Xu has more pressure. The Rockets' two starting interior players like to pull out to cover, catch and shoot, they rarely force the box, O'Neal is rested, and Grant himself can defend the box.

The Lakers can't afford to lose today, and neither the coaching staff nor the fans want to see a three-game losing streak.

Jackson arranged tactics for Guo Xu. "Grabbing the rebound in the backcourt can launch a quick counterattack, positional battle Hores and Jason play blocking and dismantling in the middle, Hores is in high positions and other opportunities to shoot, Jason can choose to attack by himself, or break through the ball, misplaced and bold attack!"

Kobe Bryant couldn't start the positional battle today, and the two assistant coaches suggested that Guo Xu should go up and rush up, lead the team to speed up, and it would be difficult to fight back against the opponent.

If the routine is not played well, the Lakers will fight chaotically.