This summer's player changes have sparked a huge change in the league's landscape, and the birth of five super teams has made next season very interesting, and everyone can't help but look forward to it in their hearts, hoping that the new season will come sooner. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

But the off-season is a long time after all, the players need to rest, and many teams need to re-grind.

This time is an opportunity for basketball players around the world to achieve their NBA dreams.

Summer league is a very short event, but players with excellent performance undoubtedly have the possibility of getting NBA contracts, so every year in the summer league, many excellent players from all over the world come to the United States to represent NBA teams in the summer league. However, the number of spots is limited, because for the 30 NBA teams, they also need to ensure that there are enough spots for rookies or fringe players to work out in the summer league, and also to facilitate the coaching staff's scouting. So, in this case, the number of spots that can be made available to non-NBA players is very limited.

However, this year, two Chinese players were invited to the NBA team's summer league, Guo Allen and He Tianju, and the two teams were invited to the Rockets and Pelicans, which is quite a surprise. Obviously, the situation of many Chinese players such as Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhelin playing in the NBA has brought more attention to Chinese players, making NBA teams willing to visit China and give some players they think are excellent. Of course, there is also the reputation effect caused by Chu Xuan, and in general, this is a very good sign, at least if Chinese players can go abroad, they will always be improved. Over time, China's overall basketball level will also rise.

However, for the time being, the level of Chinese basketball is still far behind that of the United States. Take Guo Allen and He Tianju as examples, although they can represent NBA teams in the summer league, they still don't have the strength to play in the NBA.

Allen Guo played 5 games for the Rockets, averaging 9 minutes per game, contributing 4.2 points and 1.6 assists, of which he shot 5 three-pointers, which attracted a lot of attention. Rockets general manager Morey said after the end of the summer league that they will continue to look at Allen Guo and look forward to seeing Allen Guo wear the jersey of the Rockets in the NBA in the next three years.

It seems that for Allen Guo, although this trip to the United States did not win him an NBA contract, it has greatly increased his self-confidence, at least he sees the gap with the level of American basketball, which will also help his future development.

He Tianju only played three games for the Pelicans, the first game was 5 minutes, hit 1 three-pointer, and got 3 points and 1 board. In the second game, he played 7 minutes and got 2 points and 2 boards. In the third game, he played 3 minutes, 0 points and 1 assist...... Overall, He Tianju's performance is not as good as Guo Allen, but the Pelicans coaching staff has a very high evaluation of him, believing that he is the most likely Chinese big shooter to play in the NBA.

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In addition to the two, Wang Zhelin played for the Rockets in the summer league, averaging 5.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, and his performance was remarkable. Zhang Yang, who was traded to the Hawks, ushered in a big explosion and became the scoring leader of the Hawks Summer League, averaging 11.8 points per game and shooting 45.2% from three-point range. Then there was Jeremy Lin, who joined the Spurs with a big contract, and the team's main players were suspended, and Jeremy Lin led the team to the summer league as the leader of the Spurs, and eventually became the MVP of the summer league, averaging 17.2 points, 6.3 assists and 2.5 steals per game.

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As for the Lakers, Nash, as the coach of the team, led the Lakers to a 6-1 record in the summer league, but it was only a little imperfect when they lost to the Spurs in the finals. The Lakers' summer league squad is mainly composed of five contract players: Towns, Booker, Thackeray, McAdoo, and Fraser, while Yi Jian United was busy with business activities in China and the Asian Championships two months later, and finally did not play in the summer league.

As the top pick, Towns' performance in the summer league was quite amazing, playing 25.5 minutes, averaging 20.6 points, 10.4 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game, shooting a terrifying 63.9% from the field, including 38.7% from three-point range...... Everyone can't help but understand why the Lakers spent so much money to get this so-called draft pick from the Grizzlies. Obviously, Towns is absolutely talented, and he can be developed as a starter in his rookie season. However, with the Lakers, it was difficult for him to make the starter. This made many general managers who coveted Downs' talent take action to get Downs from Kupchak, but how could Kupchak, who was happy with Downs' performance, agree. What's more, Chu Xuan has told him many times that Towns' potential is no less than that of any young man on the current Lakers team. Considering Chu Xuan's magic in the past two years, Kupchak definitely believed what Chu Xuan said.

In addition to Towns, No. 9 rookie Devin Booker is also doing quite well, averaging 13.7 points per game, shooting 45.6% from the field and 40.8% from three-point range. Although he is only less than 260cm tall on the feet, Booker has also proved that he can adapt to the NBA game...... It is worth mentioning that Nash's evaluation of Booker is still very high, and he said that he saw Kobe's shadow from Devin Booker, and he is very similar to Kobe Bryant in terms of technical fit and posture in the game. In this regard, LaVine may be more physically gifted, and he is constantly learning from Kobe, but Devin Booker is more like Kobe Bryant at heart.

The two first-round picks had excellent performances, and Fraser, a second-round pick, also put up a performance of 8.6 points and 4.6 assists, allowing him to have some results and avoid the risk of being cut. Then there's McAdoo, who was drafted by the Lakers in '14 and played as a small forward this summer, playing pretty well, averaging 7.6 points and 4.9 rebounds per game and shooting 33.5% from three-point range. Obviously, McAdoo has improved during his year with the Lakers, at least he has developed his three-point ability, and at the same time, his skills are becoming more and more complete, and he also has the possibility of staying with the team.

In addition to the starters, a big man the Lakers found from Europe has attracted a lot of attention in the summer league. This big man from Serbia is called Boban Marjanovic, he is 221cm tall, has an arm span of 234cm, and has a terrifying standing touch height of 295cm. You must know that Yao Ming, who is as terrifying as 229cm, is only 292cm tall and tall. What does this mean for Boban, which is full of tonnage? Absolute static height, huge defensive area under the basket, you can dunk on tiptoe, and you can block while standing. And as it turns out, in Summer League, that's exactly what happened. But Boban has the disadvantage of being a big man, and that is that he moves slowly. In the fast-paced summer league, where there are very few positional attacks, Boban's role is minimal. However, after a few preseason games, Boban only relied on offensive rebounds to score, averaging 3.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 5 minutes per game. After the end of the summer league, the Lakers signed a one-year 2 million contract with Boban, which made some teams interested in Boban have no chance to take advantage of it. As a result, the Lakers have 16 players under contract. That means that at the start of the new season, the Lakers need to cut one player or relegate one of them to the NBDL.

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Chu Xuan, who traveled around the world with his fiancée Adeline, was in an extremely happy mood, and this off-season, he didn't want to think about anything, he was just enjoying life.

Happy times always pass quickly, in the blink of an eye, August has passed, and the time has entered September.

On September 1st, Chu Xuan received a call from China, asking him to come to China to lead the national team to play this year's Asian Championships, which means that his easy time this year is coming to an end, and then he will start to be busy.

Because at the end of the Asian Championships, the time is October 3rd, when the NBA preseason is almost about to start. Then Chu Xuan will go back to lead the team to prepare, and then the new season will begin, so the long and busy schedule will last until June next year.

After Chu Xuan sent Adeline back to Los Angeles, he rushed to China on the 7th, and then took the Chinese team to train for two weeks.

This year's Chinese team lineup is relatively good over the years, with 3 NBA players alone, namely Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhelin, and Zhang Yang. Coupled with Guo Allen and He Tianju, who have just played in the summer league, there is not much suspense in this year's Asian Championships.

Of course, the most important thing is that Chu Xuan, the founder of the Lakers' two championships, picked up the whip of the Chinese team, which is the biggest reliance. For Chinese fans, everyone feels that there is no suspense for the Chinese team to win the championship this time, and the key is how strong the Chinese team can play.

When interviewed by Chinese media on this issue, Chu Xuan said: "I can't take any opponent lightly, but I am still 100% confident in getting a ticket to the Rio Olympics." As a coach, I'm actually more concerned about the chemistry of the team, after all, they can't play together often, and this Asian Championship is a good training opportunity. (To be continued.) )