After knowing that Tang Shuai sacrificed a salary of 25 million for the team, even Cousins took a 2 million salary cut on the original basis, and finally renewed the team with a starting salary of 28.45 million and a 5-year contract of 166 million. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Similarly, Mike Dermott also opted for a contract extension with a starting salary of 17 million and a three-year contract extension of 56 million.

In this way, the team's salary is basically controlled at the salary cap line, and then the middle-class exception is used to sign back Grant, and Gasol also decided to renew the team for another year, and the team's lineup is finally determined.

Compared with last season, Norris Cole and Landry have been removed, but Ibaka has been obtained, and the strength of the team has improved significantly compared to last season.

And more importantly, the renewal of Cousins and Mike Dermott has also determined the main structure for the next few years, and Tang Shuai will renew the contract next year (although he also has to pay luxury Rui, but for Tang Shuai to pay luxury Rui, I believe that all bosses are willing, according to statistics, in the two years that Tang Shuai has been in the Lakers, Buss Jr. has gained more than 500 million income because of his influence, and this data will only increase in the future), and the Lakers can maintain their dominance in the next five or six years.

This series of operations of the Lakers team also made other general managers helpless, they planned to watch the Lakers' jokes, but they didn't expect Tang Shuai's choice to solve the problem perfectly.

However, the Lakers are not completely without opponents, because this offseason, there are still teams that have made crazy moves.

The Cavaliers, after the Lakers completed a series of contract extensions, also made a heavy punch, they gave up the team options of Smith and Frye, and instead signed James' former teammate Wade with a two-year 35 million contract, and then signed Chris Bosh, who was previously cut by the Heat with a one-year 10 million contract, but has been allowed to play after a one-season recuperation.

In this way, the Cavaliers formed an unprecedented six-big lineup, starting Irving + Wade + James + Anthony + Thompson, and the super team of substitute Bosh + Shambaugh + Dunleavy + Chalmers was officially established.

When such a team comes out, it really scares other teams, how can this be played?

Either way, the new season kicked off with two superteams in the East and West.

In the preseason game, the Lakers' big three were all on the sidelines, and Billups gave more training opportunities to others, including the run-in of newcomer Ibaka and other teammates.

After several preseason games, Ibaka showed his excellent competitive state, averaging 13.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game, although it was only a preseason, and the Big Three did not play, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that Ibaka's strength is still there, and his marginalization in the Magic team is more related to the direction of team building.

After the preseason, the Lakers' mediocre record of 5-2 also shows the strength of the rest of the team.

After the end of the preseason, the team also ushered in the 2018~2019 season.

The Lakers' opener opponent is still the same as last season, the Warriors, and the league may have deliberately created a bunch of old rivals, so such a game was scheduled again.

The Warriors' reinforcements in the offseason can only be regarded as average, except to fill the gap of the team's interior bench with a mid-range signing of Tyson Chandler, who was cut by the Suns, but for them, these are not the keys to determining the outcome of the game, and the performance of F4 is what determines the team's ceiling.

And as long as there's F4 around, they have the strength to wrestle with any team.

Unlike last year, this year's opening game was held at the Warriors' home stadium, Oracle Arena in Oakland, which also attracted the attention of a large number of Warriors fans, and many people called this game "revenge battle", expecting the Warriors to avenge last year's elimination at home.

The Warriors' F4 also made a bold statement before the game, saying that the team had a summary and crazy training in the offseason, hoping to make a comeback in the new season.

Compared to the ambitions of the Warriors, the Lakers' reaction to this game was much more low-key, with the Big Three claiming that it was just an ordinary regular season, and Ibaka also said that he wanted to run into the team as soon as possible, and did not pay so much attention to the outcome of the game.

It was in these two very different atmospheres that the match between the two sides was officially played out in Auckland.

Fans frantically poured into the stadium to cheer on the home team.

It's just that at the beginning of the game, they had a shock in their hearts, and the person who made them shock was Tang Shuai.

After averaging 40+ per game in the finals last year and successfully defending Anthony and James, Tang Shuai's strength has also been recognized by everyone, including Warriors head coach Kerr, who also made targeted defenses in the game.

But what Kerr and everyone else didn't expect was that Tang Shuai was promoted again after an offseason!

Especially the move of playing with his back in the low post, he pressed Thompson several times, and the height difference seemed to exist in front of him, coupled with his inexplicable strength and passing, Tang Shuai became a nightmare in the real sense.

Because of the lack of play in the preseason and the attention of the fans in this game, the visual impact of the game on the fans is absolutely shocking.

After Ibaka joined the team, the team's overall defensive strength on the inside, coupled with Tang Shuai's elusive defense, the team's defense has also improved a notch as a whole.

32-16, this is the result of the first quarter of the game between the two sides, the Lakers easily tyrannized the Warriors for more than half a quarter, and only after coming on the bench, the two sides were evenly matched.

This result shocked the fans, and the fans were unwilling to expect the home team to stage a Jedi counterattack, but the reality is that Tang Shuai's continuous strong attacks in the second quarter caused Green and Durant to double and triple foul, and the Lakers also took advantage of the momentum to play another wave of offensive climax, and at halftime, they widened the difference to 62-40.

The relentless crushing continued, the Warriors couldn't defend against Tang Shuai, and F4 was also lost on the offensive end, with no advantage at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and they could only lose in the end.

The Lakers' best performance is still Tang Shuai, who only played 30 minutes in the whole game and scored 30 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals, and his shooting percentage of 12 of 16 shows that he played quite easily.

Westbrook and Cousins also contributed 20 points each, and the consistency of the Big Three was the key to the team's victory.

It's just that the most exciting thing for fans is Ibaka, in the first official game of joining the Lakers, he contributed 10 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks, and also had a wonderful empty dunk in the second quarter, which completely dispelled the so-called "preseason performance doesn't mean anything" doubts, and successfully justified himself.

(To be continued.) )