That night, the Lakers threw an all-night celebration party at the famous clubhouse in Los Angeles. Players who didn't make the playoff squad also participated, and Tyrone Lue won the championship strongly, and he was indispensable if the ring was ready.

Tyrone Lue played for the Lakers for two seasons and didn't even attend much workout, recovering most of the time at home. In the key game, he sat on the sidelines in a hip-hop suit and combed "braids", which was particularly eye-catching. He said that he was cheering for his teammates, but he was actually rubbing exposure at COS Iverson.

Such teammates are certainly not welcome at parties, and the stars have ignored Tyrone Lue, and even the new general manager Kupchak finds him a bit of an eyesore. Spending more than 800,000 salaries is a trivial matter, wasting a spot is a trouble, without Tyrone Lue, the Lakers can at least sign a veteran in the free market who wants to impact the championship and has the strength and is willing to take a salary cut.

"Corpse vegetarian meal" is used to describe people like Tyron Lu, and more colloquially, "occupy the pit and don't".

Kupchak specially called Phil Jackson to a quiet corner to chat and asked, "When are you going to let that Chinese rookie come to tryout?" As long as he can play in the NCAA finals, he is much better than Tyrone Lue. ”

"On the 22nd, I hope he will really refuse the trial of all teams, otherwise there should be many teams interested in him." Jackson laughed.

The NBA gives people the impression that everything is professional, training system, tactical execution, team security, media literacy, and so on. The NBA's scouting of players is also more professional, although scouts of various teams often look away, but a player with outstanding strength rarely looks away from everyone.

Scouts have watched the NCAA finals, if Guo Xu hadn't refused the Hornets tryout, he would have been rendered as a "thorn", it was not easy for the Lakers to select him, and the Hornets helped crookedly.

"I think he'll do it, this kid is very confident, he's got a lot of personality, he looks assertive, he's the kind of person who dares to take risks," Kupchak said. ”

What Guo Xu said in the interview won the favor of all Lakers supporters, and Kupchak felt that a young man who took joining the Lakers as his goal would definitely be very obedient, and he would play hard and help the team.

Jackson is also optimistic about Guo Xu, many coaches like small point guards, who can enrich the team's tactics in a certain period of time. Back then, the Lakers exchanged for Tyrone Lue in order to find a replacement for Van Exel, but unfortunately Tyrone Lue was far behind offensively and couldn't go crazy on the defensive end.

Guo Xu won the competition without playing against Tyrone Lue on the court, and the only obstacle to his joining the Lakers was that the management only wanted to trade for a relatively late second-round pick, and the team's current salary was too high.

Last season's NBA salary cap was $34 million, the Lakers' total salary reached $55 million, and with O'Neal and Kobe's salary increases, the team's total salary will increase to about $60 million next season.

The Lakers management did not have any hope for Tyrone Lue, in Guo Xu's previous life, Tyrone Lue's playing career was not worth mentioning, most of the time was as a substitute and marginal person, the only highlight was in 2001, he played 15 games for the Lakers in the playoffs, played an average of 8.7 minutes per game, cut 1.9 points, 0.7 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 0.8 steals, and shot 34.5%.

Tyrone Lue is so bad, but he mixed in the NBA for 11 seasons and was well known to fans, and later became the head coach of the Cavaliers, coaching the "emperor" LeBron James. Where did the person who averaged 2.3 points per game in the playoffs come from to be so famous?

The turning point in Tyrone Lue's life was the 2001 Lakers vs. 76ers Finals, where he became famous against Iverson.

Some fans have analyzed, it is no exaggeration to say that five games have changed Tyrone Lue's life, Chinese fans know him, give him the nickname "Lu Yuanwai", how powerful it sounds, I don't know that he thinks he is "a good martial artist, and there is no right stick in the world", in fact, he is not qualified as a role player.

To put it bluntly, facing Iverson in the finals is a shortcut to fame, and now Guo Xu is going to grab the opportunity of Tyrone Lu.

Admittedly, it may be better for him to be reused in a weak team, but he can't get on the big stage of the finals in the early part of his career, let alone a championship ring. No matter how good the data of the weak team players is, the evaluation cannot be high, at most it is a brush and a tumor, there are too many such examples.

On June 21, the Lakers held a championship parade in Los Angeles. After Jordan's retirement, the Lakers became the most popular team in the league, as evidenced by the size of the parade, the last time the Lakers won the championship was 12 years ago, and Los Angeles fans have waited too long for this day.

O'Neal stood on the roof of the car with the trophy in his arms, and the cheers he got were ten times as loud as when the mayor of Los Angeles marched, and the streets were crowded, and many fans didn't go to work to celebrate the Lakers' victory, not only young people, but also fifty or sixty-year-olds, children around ten years old, many people wore O'Neal's No. 34 jersey and Kobe's No. 8 jersey!

Due to the high bus ride of the players, some fans even climbed the telephone pole in order to see the stars, and many people waved to the players on the roof, including a few fat people over 200 pounds, who were not afraid of collapsing the roof.

Guo Xu and Harpy arrived in Los Angeles in the evening, and did not join in the excitement to participate in the parade, stayed in the hotel they had booked, and recuperated to prepare for the trial on the afternoon of the 22nd.

The Lakers management did a very comfortable job in some small details, they arranged the hotel in advance, although it was just a normal standard room, but it was close to the training ground, saving the players the cost and some hassle to be able to participate in the training at their best.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, Harpy urged Guo Xu to go to bed and rest, and he lay down when he couldn't sleep. At eight o'clock the next morning, Hapi woke him up on time and went to the nearby open-air court to practice shooting.

Success belongs to those who have dreams, and opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.

Guo Xu practiced shooting for two hours and went back to the hotel to take a shower and rest, and at two o'clock in the afternoon, he and Harpy arrived at the training hall on time and met the members of the Lakers coaching staff and sparring partners.

Guo Xu immediately saw that the Lakers were very interested in him, because Phil Jackson, who was like the grandfather of KFC, was there in person today, and the Lakers had a party yesterday and played late, and the "Zen Master" was still willing to come to see him.

The two shook hands, and Jackson smiled: "Guo, I watched the NCAA finals, your performance is very good, this is just a physical test, don't be nervous, try to play your best." ”

Guo Xu smiled: "Coach, please rest assured, I have been training since the holidays in order to join the Lakers, and I have practiced shooting this morning." I often imagine that I'm playing in the Lakers system, and I can definitely understand every play you order. ”

It's not bragging, no one in this era has watched more Lakers games than him, it's all the experience of his previous life.

Jackson asked, "You didn't go to other teams for tryouts, did you?" ”

"Of course not, even if I don't make the cut, I will apply to represent the Lakers in the summer league and preseason to prove myself."

"Then let's see what you're capable of." Jackson's impression of Guo Xu is better, and his face is pleasant.

Guo Xu's consciousness is too high for Jackson to find fault. He likes to work hard, and he has a lot of practice when he was with the Bulls, and he often practices twice a day when he comes to the Lakers. It is precisely because of the coaching factor that Kobe Bryant is so much like Jordan, and the two are trained in the same way.

Now, Jackson is also optimistic that Guo Xu can quickly integrate into the triangle offensive system, but he is not clear about his ceiling.