On the day of the Lakers' seven-game winning streak, the Trail Blazers renewed Batum's contract, and the Grizzlies renewed Mike Conley's contract, both of which had a contract amount of more than 100 million, which caused a lot of discussion around the world. www.biquge.infoBarkley, O'Neal and others lamented that the current NBA dollars are as worthless as paper, and a big contract makes them want to return to the court to play with their old arms and legs.

Although this is a bit of a joke, it can also reflect the current situation in the NBA, that is, the income of players is really skyrocketing. It can be said that every NBA player will become a billionaire, which makes players all over the world want to play in the NBA. At the same time, many college players have also set their sights on the '16 draft, hoping to make a lot of money in the NBA sooner. Among them is Zhou Qi, who played in the NCAA in his second year, and Zhou Qi has already played the starting lineup this season, and his performance is close to a double-double, and his blocking ability is unique, which gives him a good draft prospect. In a recent interview, Zhou Qi said that it is very likely that he will choose to run in 16 years.

Many college players are scrambling to join the NBA, and the draft is the best way to go. With such a boom, the quality of the '16 draft is also considered high. In this way, the 16-year draft pick is more valuable.

On the 13th, the Magic, who are the bottom team in the East, chose to make a trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves. In this trade, the Timberwolves sent their main center Pekovic and two first-round picks in '16 (one of which came from other teams), and got Gallinelli and first-round picks from the Magic in '17. It's a good deal, and with a big man who averages 22 points per game, the Timberwolves have a lot of roster strength, and the prospect of a rebuild is considerable.

After the Timberwolves were strengthened, their first opponent was the Lakers, which was a good opportunity for them to test themselves.

The game was played at the Staples Center, and the Lakers had home-court advantage. However, the Timberwolves played a commendable game in this game, and the starting lineup of Rubio, Vitesse, Gallinelli, Millsap and Dean was a very suitable and tacit team. The Timberwolves' offense played very beautifully, which put the Lakers in a difficult situation for a while, and the two sides were locked until the last minute to separate the winners, and finally the Lakers won the offensive battle 135-126. However, the Timberwolves have lost, but the team's rebuild has clearly been very successful. At least it's the first team to play the Lakers to that extent this season.

Gallinelli scored 37 points in his Timberwolves debut and took just 15 shots. But sadly, the Timberwolves couldn't win. In addition, Vitesse scored 25 points, and he and Gallinelli are the two Timberwolves who average 20+ points per game. Then Millsap, who the Timberwolves focused on recruiting this summer, has been able to contribute an average of 13.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game so far, and the core point guard Rubio is still a stable output for several consecutive seasons, maintaining an average of 11 points + 9 assists + 2 steals per game.

In this offensive battle, the meeting of Kobe Bryant and Garnett, two veterans of the 90s, is not a small focus. However, the career situation of the two people at this time is obviously completely different. Also a high school player, the 39-year-old Garnett played only 10 minutes in this game, scoring 5 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. The 37-year-old Kobe Bryant played his strongest game since the new season, with 33 points, 10 assists and 5 rebounds.

It is worth mentioning that after Kobe Bryant handed out 10 assists in this game, the total number of assists in his career came to 7,008, that is, he became the only player in NBA history with "34,000 points + 7,000 boards + 7,000 assists + 2,000 steals". And considering Kobe Bryant's career regular season total score of 34,706 points, it won't be long before this record becomes "35,000 + 7,000 + 7,000 + 2,000".

In addition, Bryant's current career total has reached 12,085, ranking fifth all-time, and Jordan's 12,192 ahead of him.

With 1,884 three-pointers, he now ranks sixth all-time.

His career regular-season minutes were 50,932 minutes, the third-most all-time behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone.

With 8,652 free throws made, it ranks second all-time behind Karl Malone.

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As praised by the outside world, today's Kobe Bryant is making history with every step, and his greatness is destined to be difficult to tell completely. But sometimes, data can tell a lot of things intuitively.

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Kobe Bryant is old and strong, and he exists on the Lakers like an ivy League, which also overshadows the young people, and even can't see the future.

In this way, various rumors have also appeared, saying that the young people of the Lakers want to leave the Lakers and get a broader space for growth.

Chu Xuan didn't believe this kind of rumor at all, because he understood that in today's NBA, there are too many teams that covet the talent of the Lakers' young players. And the rumors are obviously that these guys are just playing tricks.

Just like after the game with the Timberwolves, Garnett personally went out to chase Towns for the Timberwolves, and he praised Towns in front of the media, claiming to see the future from Towns. Towns played 18 minutes against the Timberwolves, scoring 13 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks, and was completely unfazed against the Wolves' main team, so it's no wonder that he was so favored by Garnett. The important thing is that Towns is a center who can shoot three-pointers, which is perfectly in line with the future development trend of the NBA.

However, it seems impossible for the Wolves to poach Towns from the Lakers. After all, for Chu Xuan, who is the head coach, in his record book, Downs's name is still relatively high.

"Carl has a very high position with the Lakers, he's the team's sixth man, and I'm going to give him more minutes in the future."

In a phone interview with ESPN, Chu Xuan made it clear that in the next game, he would let Downs get more opportunities.

Chu Xuan's commitment made Downs quite excited, and he gradually gained a lot of trust in Chu Xuan and the Lakers. In fact, if you put aside the reason for the Lakers' crowded interior, Towns is definitely very eager to play under Chu Xuan, after all, the success of Noll and Whiteside is a particularly obvious example. However, as Chu Xuan gave him more playing time and a higher team positioning, Downs also began to slowly accept the role of the sixth man.

The Lakers' tenth opponent in the new season is the Raptors, a well-balanced Eastern Conference powerhouse, and before the Lakers, the Raptors had a 5-3 record and were at the forefront of the East. This time against the Lakers, the Raptors are also very eager to give the Lakers a defeat. After all, from the beginning of the season to the present, this has formed a default situation, that is, no matter which team, is proud to beat the Lakers, who have won two consecutive championships.

However, the Raptors clearly did not have that kind of luck, and the Lakers ushered in a 10-game winning streak with a big win.

Chu Xuan did what he said, in this game, he gave Downs 28 minutes of playing time, and Downs's performance was perfect, 7 of 7, 4 of 5 free throws, and contributed 18 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks. Obviously, he has all the hard things to be the best rookie of the year, and ESPN also called him one of the best three rookies after this fight, the other two being Joel Embiid in '14 and Stanley Johnson in '15.

In the game where the Lakers won 10 in a row, Kobe Bryant once again refreshed his personal scoring for the new season, he made 17 of 27, including 5 of 9 three-pointers and 9 of 11 free throws, contributing 48 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks. His 48 points are also the second-highest in NBA history for a 37-year-old player. At the top of the list was Jordan's 51 points, which occurred in a game between the Wizards and the Hornets on 12/29/01. However, Jordan made 38 shots in that game. (To be continued.) )