After the Lakers finished the press day, the whole team came to the training center to start the new season.

Zhao Dashao met Brother Sun with a normal face at the training base, he was different from the original plane who received a guaranteed contract after playing in the Olympics, and the Lakers have not yet considered whether to execute his rookie contract.

This can be regarded as the butterfly effect caused by him, and now the Lakers have three point guards in Fisher, Zhao Dashao, and Farmar, which is completely enough for the new season.

Brother Sun can also play the No. 2 position, but his offensive ability cannot satisfy the Zen master, and it is better to use him to let Ariza play the swingman.

Five days later, the Lakers narrowed down the 24-man roster to 15, and among the nine eliminated were poor Brother Sun, and there was really no place for him in this Lakers.

On October 1, the Lakers will play their first preseason game against the Clippers, after which they will play a total of seven games against four NBA teams and two NCAA teams.

This year, the Lakers' preseason schedule is relatively relaxed, they did not choose to play preseason overseas, this season due to the impact of the Olympics, the Lakers coaching staff insisted on reducing the intensity of the preseason, especially not being able to play overseas.

The Zen master previously said at the press conference: "This two-month 'overtime' has seriously overdrawn Kobe and Gasol's physical strength, Kobe looks a little tired, and I have been telling him that if he feels he needs to rest, I will approve him not to participate in the preseason." ”

Kobe Bryant naturally did not choose to rest, but the Zen master still decided to save Kobe and Gasol's physical strength, and the preseason will reduce the playing time of the two.

The main training and inspection objects of the Lakers in these 7 games are Zhao Dashao, Bynum, and Ariza, three young players.

In the first game against the Clippers, Zhao Dashao did not start, although he showed a surprising tactical execution in the team's training, and seemed to be more familiar with the Lakers' offensive and defensive system than Famar, but he was still not ready to let Zhao Shaoye play the starter.

However, in terms of playing time, Zhao Dashao obviously felt that his status was not low, and he was afraid that he was a fake substitute!

In the first game against the Clippers led by Davis and Carman, he got 26 minutes of playing time and handed over 12 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

If you only look at the data, it is not very high, but even Lakers fans think that Zhao Dashao performed well, because his offensive efficiency in this game was very high, shooting 4 of 8 in the game, including 2 of 5 three-point shots.

Of course, this has to do with the lack of defensive pressure he suffers, and although Kobe and Gasol have only played more than 20 minutes, Bynum and Odom, who are in excellent form, including Ariza and Famar, have shared a lot of defensive pressure, and most of his shots are open, so it is logical to achieve such a performance.

Zhao Dashao is quite satisfied with his performance, Davis has been declining extremely fast this year, he could have had a chance to hit 20+, but in order to make a good impression on the Zen master, he played more selflessly.

As for the outcome of the game, there is nothing to say, this year the Clippers can't even get 20 wins, and they have no resistance in the face of the Lakers.

In the second game, the Lakers faced the Timberwolves, which were also a rookie team with only a little more than 20 wins.

Zhao Dashao's performance in this game was even better, he faced most of the main Timberwolves in the summer league, and now the only difference is that there is one more peak Al Jefferson, but in the face of the Lakers' twin towers, there is still no suspense about the outcome of the game.

In this game, Zhao Dashao played 28 minutes, and once again faced Foye, who had played in the summer league, and shot 6 of 12 from the field, 4 of 7 from three-point range, and scored 19 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

This performance was better than the first, but he continued to play as a substitute for the old fish, but the playing time of the two men was not much different, which gave him a rough idea of his position in the team, and the Zen master probably wanted him to play the sixth man position in his first season.

In the third game, the Lakers faced the Phoenix Suns.

It was arguably the Lakers' most serious preseason matchup, and even Kobe Bryant played 30 minutes because the opponent was the shark swimming around.

O'Neal has been less aggressive when he mentions Kobe Bryant in the past two years, because he won another championship in Miami, and Kobe Bryant at that time had a hard time even making the playoffs.

This also made the media public opinion and wind direction completely define the matter of "Kobe Bryant hugging O'Neal's thigh", thinking that Kobe Bryant without O'Neal is nothing.

In this case, even if O'Neal wants to reconcile, can Kobe accept it?

People who are really familiar with the boss will never believe that he will let go of his grudges, he will only think that it is a kind of humiliation of changing direction!

At this time, O'Neal was actually a little uneasy, he thought that Kobe Bryant was unlikely to win the championship, but he didn't expect that last season's sudden change in the situation would make Kobe Bryant find a sister-in-law to come over.

This made him soften his attitude, and he hoped to go to a strong team to win another championship, and then he could completely suppress Kobe Bryant.

So one of these two secretly held back his strength, and the other put his emotions on his face, and the result was that this battle was no different from the regular season, and the playing time of the main players of both teams was about 30 minutes, and the defensive intensity was also very high.

But even in such a game where everyone showed seven or eight successes, Zhao Dashao still got 28 minutes of playing time, and even substituted Kobe for a period of time, and finally scored 16 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, and his performance was still good.

The Zen master deliberately let him play the No. 2 position for a period of time in this game, and the effect was not bad, even in the face of the best sixth man, Barbossa, known as the "Brazilian Lightning", Zhao Dashao still broke in, and also showed excellent running ability.

Of course, Zhao Dashao also has nothing to do about this kind of guy who has three points, has medium and long-range shots, and can pass himself as soon as he lowers his head, and the defensive end has also been blown up.

But that doesn't mean he really can't do it, he just has to cooperate with his interior teammates, and he needs to use the assistance of his interior teammates to guard against this guy.

But no matter how serious you play in the preseason, you won't be so targeted, so Zhao Dashao can attack in the second position, but he can't prevent Barbossa at his peak.

After narrowly beating the Suns, the Lakers will face two NCAA teams next, the University of Southern California and Arizona State University.

No matter how strong the NCAA team is, it is vulnerable to the weakest NBA team, let alone facing last season's runner-up, so there is no suspense or highlight of the outcome.

Zhao Dashao attaches great importance to these two games, because the focus is on him, and many people want to see his jokes.

The core of USC is DeRozan, and the core of Arizona State is the bearded Harden, both of whom are hot for the top three picks in next year's draft.

Zhao Dashao, the second-round younger brother, will face these two NCAA players who are older than him, whether he will have an outstanding performance or lose face, American fans actually want to see the second scene.

The Zen master was very reasonable, and although he didn't know Zhao Dashao's true background, he still let Zhao Dashao play the first game in these two games.

The Lakers players are also very considerate of Zhao Dashao, and even Kobe Bryant took the initiative to give up the ball, otherwise Zhao Dashao would not be able to get good data in the face of NCAA teams, which would be too unscrupulous.

But they still didn't expect that Zhao Dashao, who was full of firepower and had the team's cooperation, would be terrifying!

The University of Southern California is not very strong in the NCAA, the Lakers simply let Gasol and Kobe Bryant play one quarter, Odom and Bynum also played two quarters, and the highest playing time in this game was Zhao Dashao, who played a total of 36 minutes.

Zhao Dashao has plenty of playing time, the most important thing is enough ball, and finally finds the feeling of summer league, and at the same time proves that as long as he has the ball in his hands to control, he can immediately transform into the most handsome horse on the grassland

In the face of the boos of the Southern California students today, he still played a performance that overshadowed DeRozan, shooting 16-of-26 from the field, 5-of-9 from three-point range, and cutting down an astonishing 46 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, crushing the next year's lottery pick who is a year older than him from head to toe.