Chapter 193: Preseason
As time goes on, the NBA's new season bootcamp has begun. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Wu Di took Chu Xue back to Los Angeles and participated in the Lakers' training camp, because he won the championship, the Lakers' lineup did not make too many adjustments.
It is still the thirteen from last season, Bynum, Pekovic, Bobby Jackson, Gasol, Brad Miller, Wu Di, Sun Yue, Luke Wharton, Kobe, Ariza, Vujasic, Fisher, and Famar.
The Lakers' salary has increased a lot this season, and it has reached 90 million, temporarily ranking first in the league. This is still because Wu Di and Pekovic Laker Sun Yue are still in their rookie season, otherwise the Lakers' salary can directly exceed 100 million.
Lakers management is also looking for a suitable trade partner, and some contracts within the team have some luxury. For example, Vujacic and Ariza, both of whom are on the verge of rotation, but the combined salary is as high as 9 million, which is indeed extravagant.
And this season, there is still someone who wants to join the Lakers, and that is Artest. Artest has been obsessed with Megan Fox since he gave her a position in March, wanting to come to the Lakers to play in order to get close to the water and win Meghan Fox's affection.
However, the Lakers really don't have his place now, there are Wu Di and Sun Yue in the third position, and Artest is still weak if he plays the fourth position, even if he comes, the Lakers still have Gasol and Brad Miller, and it is a waste to sign Artest, even if Artest takes a salary cut to join.
And the Lakers have no privilege to sign Artest again, so they can only let him sign first and then change, but if Artest signs the Rockets, with the relationship between the Rockets and the Lakers, the two sides will definitely not be able to talk.
Therefore, Artest can only continue to sign the Rockets without taking a salary cut. This year, the Rockets have a lot of salary space, got rid of Maddy's big contract, and Da Yao's season reimbursement, the Rockets saved more than 30 million salary space and gave Artest a 4-year 40 million contract.
The reason why it is 40 million in 4 years is because Artest is already very old, and he may decline when. So he can only get a mid-level contract, which is less than last season. After 4 years, he can basically get a basic salary, and he may not even be able to play.
After the camp opened, the players went on a recovery session. On October 8, the Lakers ushered in their first preseason game against the Warriors.
The Warriors gave Stephen Curry everyone, and although they didn't let Curry start, they gave Curry the status of the sixth man. It was the first time Wu Di had seen Curry play, although Curry was thin and weak, his offensive ability was very outstanding.
Especially his three-point shot, Curry uses women's shooting, the shooting point is very low, but the shooting speed is fast, plus he is good at running, and the speed is also very fast, often the player has already shot without getting close to him.
Wu Di couldn't help but be interesting and dignified, Curry's style of play made it difficult for the Lakers to defend. The Lakers' two point guards, Fisher's slow speed and Farmar's poor defense, don't have much to do with Curry.
Now that there are more and more fast players, it seems that the way the NBA plays will also change, and if the Lakers can't follow suit, sooner or later they will be eliminated by the times.
However, it is not so easy for the Lakers to transform, Bynum and Gasol can't move fast at all, unless they trade one, only keep a big center, and then choose a fast power forward, it is possible to raise the speed.
The Lakers and Warriors are going to play two games in a row, all of which are the home courts of the Lakers. Fortunately, the preseason is all about finding the form of the main players, and the role players are big responsibilities.
The Lakers Big Three didn't play for too long, and the Zen master let Pekovic, Sun Yue, Ariza and others play more, because after the regular season, they didn't have that much time for them to play more.
Two battles of warriors, one win and one loss. In the second game, Curry and Monta Ellis broke out, and the two of them broke through the interior in a row, causing a lot of fouls, and Bynum made six fouls, Gasol five fouls, Pekovic five fouls, and Brad Miller three fouls.
One big win and one big loss in the two games made many people feel that the Lakers' lineup has not recovered well, otherwise this situation would not have happened.
But this is not a problem with the Lakers at all, but a problem with the Warriors. The Warriors have too many nerve knives right now, and Montaelis is an extremely inconsistent player, and as long as his breakaways work, he's a super scorer. But if his breakaway doesn't work, he's just going to have a hard time scoring.
Next, the Lakers won all the way, beating the Kings on the 16th, the Hornets on the 18th, and the Clippers on the 19th. On the 21st, the Lakers played against the Warriors again, and they played the Warriors three times in a preseason, how much enmity does this have with the Warriors?
After continuing to beat the Warriors, on the 23rd and 24th, they played two consecutive games against the Nuggets.
The Nuggets have not changed much this season either, with the new duo continuing to lead the Nuggets.
In this game on the 23rd, the Zen master was regarded as a regular season rehearsal. You must know that the Nuggets were among the top few last season, and they were one of the few teams that could pose a threat to the Lakers.
So in the first game, the Zen master played very seriously, Wu Di restricted Anthony, and Fisher defended Billups. Although Billups is stronger than Fisher, the gap between the two is not very obvious, Fisher can't defend those fast point guards, but the defensive strength is still okay.
Anthony and Billups were limited, and the Lakers easily beat the Nuggets.
In the second back-to-back, the Zen master was afraid of consuming too much physical strength of the main force, so he didn't let the main force go on for a long time. But the Nuggets didn't, Anthony and Billups played for a long time, both reaching thirty minutes, so the Lakers lost the game.
Wu Di actually wanted to play, but was persuaded by the Zen master. The Zen master has the experience of leading three dynasties, and he told Wu Di that if the Lakers want to defend the title, what they want is not to win every game, but to avoid injuries, as long as they can ensure full strength in the playoffs, basically there will be no big surprises, because the Lakers' lineup is there!
Wu Di didn't force it, although he wanted to accumulate victory, but he was not in a hurry. Anyway, this season will definitely be upgraded again, and I can upgrade the legendary level Lu Bu, so there is no need to fight for this one.
And just like that, the Lakers went 6-2 in the preseason.
The first game of the regular season will be played on the 28th, so the Lakers have a few days to spare, and Wu Di is about to get his first championship ring.
For this championship ring, Nikki deliberately held a small party and brought all the good friends of Wu Di in Los Angeles, so that Wu Di had an extremely ridiculous night.
After this night's absurdity, it made Megan Fox see clearly that Wu Di did not belong to her alone at all, and Megan had plans to retreat.