The Lakers completed the reinforcement in August, and the Suns finally couldn't sit still and began to sit down with the Rockets to negotiate seriously, and tried to fool the Houstonians into forming a big three-sounding roster. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, the Suns saw that Barkley was declining last year, but they have been doing the opposite, trying to sell their big butts high, which is a bit of a deception to deceive people to deceive themselves first, but they have really succeeded in fooling many teams.

Jerry West was also fooled, otherwise he wouldn't have put Barkley in his first plan.

Fortunately, the Rockets have been competing with the Lakers and have helped them bypass a trap.

On August 12, the Suns finally traded Charles Barkley and a second-round pick to Houston in exchange for Sam Cassel, Robert Horry, Chaki Brown and Mark Bryant.

The U.S. media believes that the Rockets made a bold decision, which was a shocking gamble by the Space City, and they gave the Suns all four of the team's main players in exchange for only one Barkley and a second-round pick, which was a dangerous gamble.

If Charles Barkley can't maintain at least a quasi-superstar level in the new season, or if the Big Three can't help the Rockets win a championship, it will be a complete losing trade and a stupid one.

The Rockets gambled for Barkley for at least the next five years this time, and if the big ass can't achieve the expected results, the Rockets will sink, and I'm afraid there will be no chance of a comeback in five years.

When the news was exposed, Zhang Wei was holding a celebration party with his father in the hotel chartered by the Dragonborn Company.

This time the Dragonborn company celebrated the first profit of the ICQ division in the last quarter, and although it didn't make much, at least it didn't lose money anymore, and that's the best news.

Next, Zhang Fu has to start to calm down and continue to polish his skills.

In these two months, he must increase his ability value to more than 92, otherwise how can he compete with O'Neill at the peak?

Zhang is working hard, and the Lakers' main rotation players, including the likes of Mutombo, Anthony Jr. and Starks, will be on vacation, but it's almost the end.

Usually by the end of August, most players should end their off-season vacations and start preparing for the new season.

Zhang Mao started training a month early, which is considered to be very hard.

At the end of July, the NBA's summer league began.

While the key rotation players on their respective teams can go on vacation, the rookies and benches don't have that luxury, they have to work hard for their future, and they have to work harder than others to get a guaranteed contract.

In the Lakers' eight summer league games this year, the main test was the quality of the three rookies, and the results disappointed many Lakers fans.

The main criticism of O'Neal Jr., which is what Lakers fans call Jermaine, is nothing more than hoping that he can get closer to the shark in his neighborhood.

But it's embarrassing that this high school student, who was originally favored by many people, not only made an ugly appearance in the trial in June, but also performed even more unsightly in the summer league at the moment.

In the entire eight games, O'Neal Jr. has not won even one matchup, and has been beaten by unnamed draft picks and low-post shows from all walks of life.

The worst time was against the tandem show Sherif Abdul Rahim, O'Neal Jr. played less than 20 minutes of playing time, allowing the latter to play 10-of-10 shots, but he didn't score a point, and because he was angry, he finally pushed Rahim and was sent off.

Lakers fans are completely disappointed in him, Zhang Qi was silent in the summer league last year, and even Garnett, who is much inferior to Zhang Qi, seems to be much better than O'Neal Jr. at this time.

The Los Angeles Times originally wanted to comment on it, but then felt that the words were too heavy, and they simply didn't bother to report on O'Neill Jr.

"ESPN" has no such concerns, and they unceremoniously evaluate O'Neal Jr.: 17 and a half years old Jermaine is in excellent physical condition, good at running and jumping, 6 feet 10 and a half inches tall, although he is born with narrow shoulders, and his 7-foot2 arm span is also excellent. However, the age of less than 18 years old makes him immature, not strong in handling the ball, lack of enthusiasm in defense, will not be able to top people, will not be stuck in position, will not be able to pick up teammates, his close to zero ball quotient, not only limits his defense, but also seriously restricts his technical play, making him unable to master the timing of the attack, unable to play athletic. In addition, this little guy also has problems with his attitude, it is difficult to control his emotions, he is unable to cooperate with his teammates, and all the flaws of a basic high school student are present, which once again proves that entering the draft too early has a high chance of becoming a tragedy.

Zhang has also been keeping an eye on his three rookies in training, and he was disappointed by O'Neal Jr.'s dismal performance, ESPN said that "this is a consequence of not going to school", but he felt that it was completely a problem of low double quotient, and even if he went to college, he might not improve much.

This is him treating others with himself again, some people are born mature and can easily adapt to the new environment, this kind of person does not make much difference if he doesn't go to college, society is a university, he is such a person.

However, some people are like Guo Jing, they are not really stupid, they are just a little slow to learn things. In other words, these people need to make mistakes to progress, they need to be abused to improve, they need to go through the baptism of time to grow, and they belong to the type of late bloomers.

O'Neal Jr.'s performance was extremely bad, and Ben Wallace's performance was just as embarrassing, but the Lakers' assistant coach was to blame, he actually used Wallace to play the No. 2 position at the beginning, so of course his performance was very urgent, and it can be described as a disaster; Later, the assistant coach of the Lakers asked him to play the No. 3 position a few more times, and the performance was still tragic; It wasn't until the last three games that the Lakers remembered to move him to the No. 4 spot, and while it wasn't a good performance, at least it wasn't that hard to see.

The Los Angeles Times' assessment of Ben Wallace is: Ben has to play forward to survive in this league, he can learn from Rodman, but he has no potential, no digging on the offensive end, no foot advantage when defending the No. 3 position, awkward height when defending the interior, poor help defense, and no rebounding ability, he is difficult to reach a higher level. And don't expect him to shoot the ball in from 5 feet out, he'll just drop the basket.

Such an evaluation is biased, the Lakers did not give Wallace the opportunity to show a single defense, but instead assigned him a bunch of defensive tasks, but in fact, he is not bad in this regard, but you must know that he is partnered with O'Neal Jr., which is a real disaster, and Mutombo can only cry without tears, not to mention Ben Wallace, who is still inexperienced and not trusted by his teammates.

The most painful thing is that the Lakers didn't want Wallace to defend the opponent's center at all, and even let him play the No. 4 position in the last few games, but this is still not his best position, and he doesn't have much time to perform, and he is partnered with O'Neal Jr., and it is really difficult for him to play.

In fact, Ben Wallace's rebounding is at least one of the best among rookies, but it's still that problem, he only played a few inside games, and he didn't have enough time to perform, even if he grabbed some rebounds in those games, it was difficult for people to fully impress him, but his height is easy to make people have preconceived prejudices and ignore some of his wonderful performances.

But either way, Ben Wallace at least has some merit, unlike O'Neill Jr., who is a complete disaster.

Finally, the Lakers coaching staff also commented on Fisher: the 22-year-old senior player has a mature mind, steady passing and control, knows how to control the tempo, has excellent confrontations, and has a selfless style of play. The flaws are low breakthrough ability, inability to make fouls, lack of stability in three-point shooting, inability to defend against fast opponents, and a sense of powerlessness in blocking and pick-and-roll. Derrick needs to work on three-pointers as quickly as possible, but he lacks potential and is best positioned as a backup point guard.

This evaluation is much fairer, Fisher's technical style has been finalized in college, and everyone can see his skills and flaws, as long as he strengthens his strengths and improves his flaws in the NBA, he can at least play a substitute role.

Zhang Zhu did not have much hope for these three rookies, this year their more complete starting lineup and several veterans on the bench are the Lakers' reliance on the siege, and these rookies believe it will be difficult to keep up with their pace of attacking the championship.

Jerry West was also unhappy with the performance of the three rookies in Summer League, and if O'Neal Jr. and Ben Wallace couldn't be relied upon, their interior line would not be enough with a Magic man, and another interior backup would have to be brought in.

On August 24, the Lakers signed Greg Anderson, who played for the Spurs last season, on a one-year contract of $600,000, but only a part of the salary is guaranteed, and it will not be converted to full security until November without being cut.

Greg Anderson has no ability, his free throws are comparable to O'Neal, and the offensive end is better than the big instinct, but he has a good set of rebounds, and the defense is okay, but the physical decline is more serious, and he can only play a substitute role.

The Mavericks also contacted the Lakers again, this time with a proposal to trade Kidd + '97 first-round picks for Van Exel + Finley, which was decisively rejected by Jerry West.

If the Dallas had proposed the trade last season, the Lakers would have agreed to it.

At that time, Finley's potential had not yet been shown, and Fan Maniac had a bad relationship with Zhang Zhu, so if these two people could be exchanged for Kidd, it would certainly be a very good deal.

But now it's different, everyone knows that Kidd has serious flaws on the offensive end, and he also has a tumor attribute, and now he has a lot of conflicts with the Mavericks management and teammates, which is a good opportunity to take advantage of the fire. Even if this factor is removed, Kidd is not worth the price now, even if the Mavericks want to use Kidd and Van Exel for a single exchange, the Lakers have to think about it and then decide, two for one is simply a dream.

Speaking of Finley, the sophomore rookie ended his vacation early and started summer training immediately after Cebaros was traded. He clearly knew his chance had come. Next season, he'll be sure to be the starting guard for the Lakers. Finley has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and of course he has to redouble his efforts to improve his strength.

It's not just Finley who is working hard, there is another person on the Lakers team who is more diligent than Finley, and that person is Ben Wallace.

Jerry West originally gave O'Neal Jr. and Wallace a bad review, who called the two of them too bad in the summer league, and the Lakers' coaching staff also agreed to send the two to the development league in the new season and leave them to fend for themselves!

But Ben Wallace's hard work has made West look a little different from this meaty-looking and introverted guy. He heard from the doorman that this guy would wait at the door before the training hall opened every morning, and finally couldn't stand the fact that he could not start training until eight o'clock every day, so he asked the team for the key to the door of the training hall, and then he would open the door by himself before seven o'clock every day to start training.

At first, West thought that the little guy might be playing tricks, and that many rookies would pretend to be very diligent to win the team's favor, so he deliberately found a rainy day, and drove to the training gym before seven o'clock, only to see Wallace opening the door.

West was satisfied, but instead of going up to say hello, he continued to observe secretly.

A week later, West drove to the arena at six o'clock this time, but this time it was early, and the Lakers legend himself was a little sore.

But he didn't have to wait long, and after 20 minutes, Wallace was running to the training gym; Finley arrived at seven twenty o'clock, the second; Fisher arrived at the training gym at 8 o'clock on time...... As for O'Neal Jr., the guy didn't come to the gym until ten o'clock, and West didn't see him training in the gym all day on several occasions.

It's the offseason, and the team doesn't force players to train, so O'Neal Jr.'s attitude is obviously problematic, and West has a plan in mind.

In a blink of an eye, the time came to October, and the Lakers' preseason training camp officially began.

Zhang Zhu's training has also lasted for two months, and now it's time to report to the team, although he still feels that this kind of training camp has no effect on him, he has fully understood his teammates in virtual training, but after all, it is the material of last season, and he does not know how these teammates will change this season.

What's more, it's not enough for him to know his teammates, he also has to let his teammates know about him, so pre-season camp is a must.

Zhang Mao's training results in the past two months are still very significant, and when he went to the training camp for the first time, he also deliberately checked the team information that the system had just updated, and the list on it did not start to be updated until today......

Centres: Mutombo (86), Jermaine O'Neill (59), Greg Anderson (68).

Power forwards: Anthony Mason Jr. (86), Elvin Johnson (80), Ben Wallace (69).

Small forwards: Zhang Mao (93), Jeromy Corsi (72).

Shooting guards: Michael Finley (83), John Starks (80), Ricky Pierce (75).

Point guards: Nick Van Axel (84), Derrick Fisher (71).

It is clear that some of the players' attributes have dropped from last season, while others have gone up.

The Magic's ability value has dropped to 80, Starks, Colsey, and Ricky's attributes have declined slightly, Finley has risen by 3 points, Van Exel and Fisher have also improved, and Ben Wallace's attributes in the fourth position are also much higher than his in the third position, and the improvement can be said to be very obvious, even O'Neal Jr. is not standing still, after all, the physical talent is there.

"Not bad, but who can hang me!"

Zhang Qi is entitled to be proud, although he and Finley both rose three attribute points in an offseason, but the rise from 80 to 83 is certainly not comparable to his rise from 90 to 93.

He has now touched the threshold of superstardom, and Finley has only touched the threshold of All-Star, and the difference between the two is still two notches, but the gap is actually even bigger.

In the past two months, Zhang has maintained his weight to about 240 pounds, although it did not reach the expected 245 pounds, but in fact it is not much worse, he can still feel that his strength is stronger than last season, and his ability to fight has also increased significantly.

In virtual training, when he was head-to-head with Grant Hill, he could clearly feel the effect of increased strength, he was more comfortable in the confrontation, his feet did not drop, and the already perverted impact became more buggy.

Zhang Zhu also took this opportunity to have a clearer understanding of his body, and now it seems that when he weighs 240 pounds, his footwork will not be affected, and his confrontation ability is enough to "crush" 80% of players in the same position, reaching the average level of players in the fourth position; When the weight increases to 250 pounds, his footwork should be slightly affected, but he can still reach the ranks of the best players in the same position, and the ability to fight will "crush" 90% of the players in the same position, reaching the excellent level of the player in the fourth position; If he continues to weigh 260 pounds, he will probably drop to the upper middle of the same position, but his ability to fight will "crush" 99.9% of players in the same position and more than 80% of the number four players.

Those three weights equate to three schemes, each of which will affect his technical style, and he will have to decide early how he wants to play in the future, whether he wants to choose lightweight, middleweight, or heavyweight.

Well, the lightweight division in his eyes has long been a heavyweight in the eyes of others, even if he has maintained a weight of about 240 pounds all the time, his confrontation ability is strong enough, but it is not against the sky, and some people can still resist his strength.

Therefore, Zhang is now leaning towards the second option, and he wants to maintain his weight at 250 pounds in the future, which should be the most reasonable choice.

This weight will not make his footwork advantage disappear, but also crush 90% of the players in the same position in terms of confrontation ability. Coupled with the fact that he is still fast, he will always have the advantage of dislocation, and no one should be able to compete with him alone.

Even if Pippen and Hill had gained about 240 pounds, they would be able to resist one or two in their counter-ability, but at that time their pace would be much slower than their own, and it would be useless to have their counter-ability up.

But if he gains more than 260 pounds, then his footwork advantage will disappear, and many techniques will have to be abandoned, such as stop-and-go pulling, backward shooting, and so on. Moreover, if the opponent sends a fast-paced guy to close the guard, he will not be able to get rid of the opponent's entanglement at that time.

"Pippen, Hill and the others have increased their weight to a maximum of 230 pounds, and no matter how high it is, it will affect their flexibility, and the gains outweigh the losses. Unlike me, I can go up to 250 pounds and I'm only going to lose a little bit of flexibility, but the slight cost is enough for me to overwhelm my opponents, so I don't need to increase my weight any further, and that would be more than worth the loss. ”

This is Zhang's plan for his future, this season he plans to maintain his current weight of 240 pounds, increase it to 250 pounds next offseason, and then maintain it until he is about 30 years old, and then wait until his body starts to decline, and then drop back to 240 pounds, which can reduce physical wear and tear and increase athletic life.