Before the start of Game 4, Lakers owner Jerry Buss personally called the coach who led the team, Kurt Rambis, and asked him to guarantee Guo Xu's playing time.

Since the elder Buss joined the Lakers in 1979, the Lakers have quickly grown into the league's most commercially valuable and successful team, and his vision is very bright, with Abdul-Jabbar, Magic, O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and others all shining on the Lakers. Now, the old Bass has become interested in Guo Xu again and is optimistic about his commercial value.

Part of Guo Xu's commercial value comes from his Chinese identity, and the other part is the title of the last rookie he wants. He has attracted a lot of media with these two auras, and he has become the most exposed rookie in the class of 2000, surpassing Kenyon Martin, who is recovering from an injury and did not play in summer league.

Old Bass is willing to help Guo Xu further enhance his business value and achieve a win-win situation.

Data shows that in the United States, more than half (57.6%) of Chinese live in New York (19.2%) and California (38.4%). Although not all Chinese are in Los Angeles, this does not prevent them from liking Guo Xu and supporting the Lakers.

As long as Guo Xu plays super data in the summer league and the management promotes him in the summer, the Lakers will be more popular in the new season, and in addition to the OK combination, there will be new highlights.

Guo Xu has absolute privileges, and it is difficult for others to be in the limelight.

John Selesstand, who averaged only 15 minutes per game, left Long Beach in a rage and refused to play the next two games for the Lakers. The Lakers coaching staff didn't say polite words to keep them and left them to fend for themselves.

In fact, John was lucky, but he didn't know how to be satisfied and grateful. He didn't make the playoffs last season and won a championship ring, an honor that most players struggle to get in their lifetimes.

In the fourth game, the Lakers defeated the 76ers 101-85.

Guo Xu played against Spid Claxton, a rookie with the 20th pick in the first round, and played 36 minutes to score 30 points, 11 assists and 3 steals.

Speedy only had a pathetic 7 points and 3 assists, and he was not only entangled by Guo Xu with nothing to do, but also left the court in the third quarter because of a sprained knee. He was in pain unable to stand after a forced layup and was taken straight to the hospital.

What's even more sad is that no one cared about Speedy's injury after the game, and the sports media and online fans all raised a question - why did Speedy rank ahead of Jason Guo in the draft?

Compared with age, Speedy was born on May 8, 1978, three and a half years older than Guo Xu.

Compared with the figure, Spid is 180CM tall and weighs 75 kg, which is similar to Guo Xu, but he is obviously at a disadvantage in the confrontation.

Compared with technology, Spid is known for his speed, a little faster than Guo Xu, but his offense relies on breakthroughs, medium and long-distance shooting is not scored, Guo Xu puts two steps away from the main defense to break through, and he can't shoot three points casually, he doesn't even dare to shoot.

In this year's NCAA tournament, Speedy's Flying Dutchman team was eliminated in the first round by the University of Oklahoma.

After the comparison, people found that Guo Xu was only at a disadvantage in skin color, and Speedy was black and shiny, which made the scouts think he was very good.

The next day, the 76ers officially announced that Speedy had a serious knee injury requiring surgery and that his rookie season would be reimbursed. The two sides have signed a 4-year, 4.68 million rookie contract, and 76ers fans have expressed their dissatisfaction and feel that they have lost a lot.

In the Lakers' final game against the Spurs, Rambis arranged for the whole team to help Guo Xu create opportunities and let him play.

Guo Xu lived up to expectations and ruthlessly cleaned up the Spurs' two second-round rookies, Corey Hightower and Chris Caravel.

Hitawa is an international player, a point guard with a height of 190cm and a weight of 88 kilograms. He averaged only 6.3 points and 4 assists per game, rarely took shots, and was too selfless on the offensive end. Defensively, he moves slowly, can't keep up with small defenders, and has obvious weaknesses.

Chris Caravell is a top student at Duke University and was voted the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year this season. He has a range and can grab boards, but he moves very slowly, and the anti-blocking and dismantling is a colander, which was suddenly turned into a sieve by Guo Xu.

Guo Xu scored 37 points, 10 assists and 2 steals to lead the team to a 101-82 victory over the Spurs, ending the summer league journey with a winning record.

He played an average of 36 minutes per game, scoring 35.4 points, 1.6 rebounds, 11 assists, 1.6 steals, 4.2 fouls and 3 turnovers while shooting 56.4% from the field, 46% from three-point range and 90% from the free throw line.

His points per game set a record in summer league history, with 45 points, 42 points, and 37 points in the top three individual points scored in a single game in summer league history. He was unabashedly elected as the MVP of the Long Beach League, leading the All-NBA team.

Reporters who follow the Lakers game have a feeling after knowing Guo Xu's statistics - is there a mistake?!

Iverson failed to play an average of 30+ per game in the summer league, and Guo Xu did. He's not the top pick, he's not a lottery pick, he's the last rookie, is this the rhythm that wants the scouts of the other 28 teams to resign en masse?

Guo Xu's data is caused by many factors.

First, he has the strength, dares to shoot, and is in good shape; The second is that his teammates are not good at attacking with the ball, no one grabs the ball with him, and he has an average of more than 40% of the ball possession per game; The third is luck, there are no masters in this year's Long Beach League, and the overall level is a lot worse than in 96, and the data is good.

Regardless, he set a terrifying record, which is enough to become a household name in Los Angeles.

Guo Xu did not accept an exclusive interview with any reporters after the game, briefly talked about his thoughts on this game, and then said according to the requirements of the management: "If everyone wants to interview me, wait for the press conference for me to officially join the Lakers, and I will answer every question carefully at that time." ”

The Lakers are ready to sign contracts with a number of newcomers, and then they will show their new season jerseys together, and Madsen, Medvidenko and others can rub off on Guo Xu's record-breaking popularity and facilitate publicity.

The next day, the major media in North America were full of Guo Xu's news. Los Angeles was the most positive, and he made headlines in the Los Angeles Sports Newspaper, describing him as the "last star", saying that he completed the comeback in five games.

There was a lot of discussion among fans online, with some saying he was going to be a big deal, some saying he was just a data brush, and some mocking the Hornets for missing out on another star.

Kupchak took the data sheet and reported to owner Jerry Buss in the morning, sighing: "I'm ready to offer Jason Guo a 1+1 contract, a team option for the second year. I'm sorry I made the mistake of using the No. 29 pick in the first round so I could sign him to the longest four-year rookie contract. ”

Jerebus shook his head and smiled, "It's not your fault, who would have thought he would be able to do this before?" If he wasn't aiming to join the Lakers, we wouldn't have picked him at all, and since he likes the Lakers, we can keep him in two years. ”

Kupchak nodded, analyzing: "He's very financially savvy, he has more business value and exposure in Los Angeles, and I'll use that to figure out how to figure it out." ”

Renewing players is not a simple job, and the overall salary of the Lakers is already very high with an OK combination, even if they want to keep Guo Xu in the middle class, they have to trade Derrick Fisher away in the future.

Buss smiled: "Let's do it first, now you have to think about bringing in reinforcements to help the Lakers defend their title and build a dynasty, what Jason Guo is confident to do, we have to complete it." ”