"Lee, next season I hope you can return to the No. 1 position" The moment he saw Li Hao, Luke Wharton's eyes lit up.

As Kerr's first assistant coach, Luke Wharton knows too well that Kerr likes Li Hao, but unfortunately, it is useless for Kerr to like it, because Li Hao belongs to the Lakers, and now he has the opportunity to coach Li Hao.

So as soon as they met, Luke Wharton couldn't wait to say that all the Lakers' tactics in the new season only revolve around Li Hao, and the core of the Lakers is only one.

"I'm also ready to return to the No. 1 position next season" Li Hao obviously prefers the No. 1 position to the No. 3 position, and likes to control the ball in his own hands.

Although the ball was in Li Hao's hands for most of last season, the feeling was completely different.

"Coach, I still have to train in the afternoon, so I'll go first" Li Hao still hopes to go back to training than chatting with Luke Wharton here.

"Okay, you go to training first" Luke Wharton naturally won't force Li Hao to stay.

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In the next few days, Li Hao's mind was all about training, occasionally abusing Russell, Booker and other rookies, not to mention, the day was quite freehand.

If there is really any shortcoming, it is that his girlfriend is not around, and when Li Hao is busy training, Jin Xuexuan from Asia has already returned from Japan, and is even about to go to China.

The two basically have a video call at least once a day, and the voice is never interrupted, and as long as they have time, they will send each other all kinds of messages.

In addition to being in constant contact with Kim Seo-hyun, Li Hao and Lee Ji-eun have also been in contact, and since Christmas that year, contact with each other has become a part of their lives.

However, during this period, there was always someone waiting for his call, but he never waited for Li Hao's call.

At this time, the league announced the major awards for the 15-16 season.

The best rookie was won by Downs, and the champion Lang performed very well last season, so this best rookie was also the most unsuspenseful, and he was unanimously elected.

The best sixth man is the veteran Crawford, who is 36 years old in 80.

Then came the regular season MVP, and Curry also had no suspense.

The second is Lao Zhan, Li Hao is third, and the gap with Lao Zhan is very small, the Lakers' record is poor, ranking at the bottom of the league, but the average triple-double per game in the first season for more than half a century is too dazzling.

Tenth last year, third this year, Li Hao can no longer be described as progress, but as a rocket.

Then the best defensive lineup, Li Hao was selected for the team again.

Burst: Paul, Li Hao, Leonard, Green, Jordan Jr.

Li Hao's performance on the defensive end last season was not bad, averaging 1.8 steals and 1.5 blocks per game was no worse than Leonard, the best defensive player.

Even in the block, Li Hao has 0.5 more than Leonard, although the defense does not only look at steals and blocks, but even in the game, Li Hao can explode with Leonard.

Second Team: Bradley, Butler, Paul George, Millsap, Whiteside.

Best Defensive Player: Leonard.

In addition to the best team, all other awards were released, and according to Li Hao's performance in the past season, it is inevitable that Li Hao will be selected for the best team.

However, Li Hao's inclusion in the All-Star team does not affect his signing of a contract with a maximum salary, because he has been selected as an All-Star twice as a starter and has met the conditions to trigger Rose's clause.

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With the announcement of this series of awards in the league, Li Hao once again appeared on the front page of the media, no way, who is called Li Hao is just a second-year rookie.

A sophomore rookie playing at MVP-level level performance is something that hasn't been seen in the league.

And just when Li Hao was on the hot search and occupied the front page, the person who couldn't wait for the phone took the initiative to appear in front of Li Hao.

"Hey, how did you know you're coming?" Li Hao looked at Howard who suddenly appeared.

"I'm here to tell you good news," Howard said with a proud face.

"Welcome to the Lakers," Li Hao, who heard Howard say this, directly opened his hands and hugged Howard.

"Dwight, you must be extremely glad for this choice," Li Hao said again after the hug.

"Lee, are you happy too soon, if the Lakers can't give me a satisfactory annual salary, I can't join the Lakers," Howard said.

"The contract matter is handed over to the team and your agent" I think the Lakers as a giant should not be too stingy.

Li Hao immediately called Jim Bass, the president, and then Kupchak, telling them that they could negotiate a contract with Howard.

"Dwight, if you officially sign a contract, I want you to do two things" After hanging up the phone with Kupchak, Li Hao turned to Howard again.

"What's the matter?" Howard asked.

"Go for back surgery, I hope you come back healthy" Howard had a serious back injury when he first joined the Lakers.

Although he later underwent surgery, Howard made an early comeback before he fully recovered from that surgery, and Howard has been plagued by back injuries for several years.

"Lee, you know, it's a very long process to recover from a back injury," Howard said.

"Of course I know, but Dwight, we need a healthy you, I'd rather you miss some games early in the regular season than miss the playoffs with a back injury, we have big goals," Li said.

"Lee, thank you" Howard took the initiative to hug Li Hao.

"What's the second thing?" Moved by the emotion, Howard asked.

"Lose weight, now the league is getting faster and faster, I've met with the head coach and talked about some tactics for next season, so next season you have to lose weight and speed up, and weight loss is also good for your back injury" Howard will indeed lose weight in the future, and Howard at that time had to lose weight because of a serious back injury in addition to adapting to the small-ball era.

"Are you sure?" For a center forward, tonnage is very important.

"Believe me, Dwight, if you don't lose weight and speed up, you won't be able to keep up with the team's offense next season, and I also believe that even if you lose weight, no one in today's league will be able to take advantage of you," Li Hao continued.

"Besides, you should experience it most after just playing the playoffs" Howard's Rockets were eliminated by the Warriors.

"I'll think about it" Howard not only has his own brokerage team, but also his own training team, so Li Hao said that Howard needs to discuss with his team before making a decision.

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"He agreed?" After Howard left, Bryant came over and asked.

"The next thing is to see what kind of contract the team gives," Li Hao replied.

"If Dwight had thought about it earlier, would you have more than one championship ring?" At that time, the Lakers lineup was not bad, Howard, Gasol plus Kobe.

"There are no ifs in this world," Kobe Bryant said angrily.