With 27 wins and 55 losses, he ranks 12th in the West and ranks 25th in the player rankings. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

That's how ESPN ranked the Lakers before the start of the preseason.

When he saw this ranking, Liu Ren felt very honored because he was also on the list.

238th ......

Well, Liu Ren admits that ESPN's prediction is hell accurate this time, the Knicks, who were second in the East last season, predicted that the Knicks would not make the playoffs and be outside the top ten in the East, and the results were accurate in Liu Ren's memory.

Kobe Bryant came back in a hurry, and the rupture of the Achilles tendon in his left foot caused him to use his right foot to use crutches during the recuperation period, which caused the muscles of his left foot to lose a lot of weight after not being used for several months, and then before his left foot did not recover to be strong enough, he was worried that something would go wrong with his left foot, and he used his right leg too much, and after playing six games in his comeback, he suffered a knee injury in his right leg and was reimbursed for the season.

In those six games, Bryant had no shortage of key shots, and in general, he was about 20 in the league.

ESPN's own people all said that it was really hell, they ranked the Lakers according to what happened in reality, and the Knicks really wanted to get the news out, who knew if it really came true, they wondered if they really looked at who was pregnant?

However, although Liu Ren knew that ESPN's curse to see who was pregnant this time was really accurate, he was very unhappy with the ranking of 238!

It's full of unhappiness!

Although he had long expected that he would not be ranked very high, what young man who had just become an NBA player would not want to be the first in the league? Although Liu Ren has the memory of this body before, he is really just a newcomer to the NBA.

Liu Ren knew that the ranking would not be high, but he was still angry.

It's just that when he saw Whiteside next to him, Liu Ren was happy all of a sudden.

438, four, three, eight, Whiteside didn't say anything when he saw this ranking, but almost crushed the water glass in his hand. Liu Ren almost didn't squirt out a mouthful of water when he saw the ranking of 438.

"Eun, there are still children who are more unlucky than me." Liu Ren thought maliciously.

By the way, Liu Ren suddenly remembered something and asked Whiteside: "Hassan, I heard that you like to play 2K?" ”

Whiteside hummed and looked at Liu Ren, he had a good impression of Liu Ren, he saw that Liu Ren was a veteran player of the team who liked to take care of newcomers, and the house he rented was the apartment that Liu Ren rented before, which Liu Ren introduced to him when he first came.

Whiteside is a face-loving person, and in his rookie season, he advanced his salary to buy a sports car, and invited guests to eat and drink everywhere. Later, he played without ball in the NBA and almost went bankrupt, and those friends who usually called him brothers and sisters ran out, which made him see the warmth and coldness of people.

Now although he doesn't have the habit of spending lavishly, he still loves face, but he is only generous to himself and friends who really recognize, which is relatively economical. Renting a house in a prosperous area, and the rent of 10,000 US dollars a month is not too expensive for him.

Whiteside asked, "Liu, do you like it too?" ”

"That's right, but my ability value is only 72, my shooting is not accurate, and my speed is not fast, so I will increase my ability value every time."

"I'm lower than you, only 56." Whiteside said depressedly, "But I won't tune it, I'm going to let 2K tune it for me!" Let them know on the field that I'm not a 56 stat player! Let them turn up my stats! ”

"Not bad idea, I'm just like you, the two of us want them to take a good look at our strength, the twelfth in the west? I want to know which eleven teams are better than us! ”

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On October 6, 2013, the Lakers' training camp ended, and seven preseason games began.

They have played against the Warriors, Nuggets, Kings, and Jazz, and they are basically teams from California and nearby states.

Kobe Bryant naturally won't play in these seven games, but he also traveled with the team, the injury has healed, the rehabilitation has been completed, and he has begun to do recovery training, and he has not played for half a year, so it is inevitable that his hands will be rusty.

In the first four games, the Lakers were working on the players they had just signed, and the three starters Liu Ren, Gasol, and Jordan Hill were all replaced just to warm up, and they were more looking at the problem of the main bench.

There are 13 Lakers who can really play, that is, there is one person who will be on the inactive list for a long time in the regular season.

The Lakers are the protagonists of this year's preseason China game, and they will have to play the Warriors in BJ and SH.

The Lakers have always been the most popular team in Chinese, and even the Rockets are slightly inferior, which is inexplicable to many Americans, but that's it.

The Warriors have been on the rise since last year, and Curry has also become a superstar, becoming a key team in the league, which is already very popular in the United States, and the league wants to promote them to the world, and the first stop is naturally the Chinese market.

On the plane to BJ, Kupchak was discussing the starting line with D'Antoni.

After these four games, D'Antoni basically determined that the Lakers' starting list before Kobe's comeback is ready to start this China game until Kobe's return.

"Mike, is that all right?" Kupchak asked hesitantly.

"Mitch, Drummond is a great young man, he can do almost everything, even the three-point shot has a hand, don't look like he doesn't look like he's fast enough to play small forward, not high enough to play big forward, but he's very good at using his strengths, and most importantly he defensively, he's like a combination of Marion and Dio! And he can still control the ball, develop him and Hassan more, and he will definitely become the pillar of the future inside, and it would be better if he could keep Paul! D'Antoni said passionately, speaking of which he regretted a little, in order to please Howard last season, he offended Gasol to death, so this year he decided to start as long as Gasol played.

Kupchak took the starting list and said: "I know what you said, Mike, Drummond is very good, small forward and big forward can be competent, but you are a center for him!" ”

"Center?" D'Antoni was surprised and asked, "Wasn't the center removed from the center?" The All-Star voting is only in the frontcourt and backcourt, and Liu, Paul, and Drummond are all just frontcourt players. ”

Kupchak glanced at D'Antoni speechlessly, he seemed to sense that this guy wanted to make trouble! When he was in the Suns, he dared to use Dior plus small bully Stoudemire and Marion to start the inside, on the surface, Dior played small forward, Marion played big forward, and Stoudemire played center, but in fact, it was Dior who responded as a center, Stoudemire big forward received the ball and shot in the air, and Marion small forward ran for three points.

This is not the most critical, the most critical thing is that D'Antoni actually occasionally lets Dior go to the high ball control organization!

That is, there is no concept of place in this girl's eyes at all!

If Pat Riley was the originator of the no-position concept, and later Kerr used the Warriors' roster to develop this concept in another way to produce the best record in history, then D'Antoni was the first pioneer of this concept!

Kerr can play the Death Five lineup, and the most important point is not Curry and Thompson, the two super three-pointers, but Green! Green's all-round skills in offensive and defensive organizations are the key!

"Mitch, I even want to try to have Drummond and Liu partner inside, put three pitchers, and run to the death." D'Antoni had madness in his eyes.

Kupchak saw D'Antoni's eyes, as if he saw the crazy man of the Warriors back then, but he is not like many management, he will not interfere with the head coach's arrangement unless it is time to put it in order, what if it succeeds? He dares to believe in the current head coach, this is the confidence accumulated by the Purple and Gold Army for so many years, how can he succeed if he is afraid of losing?

So, Kupchek asked weakly: "Liu is only 6 feet 6 (1.98 meters), is it too reluctant?" ”

"Oh? Mickey, don't you know? Liu has grown taller again this year......"