The Lakers' first opponent was very interesting, the Shanghai men's basketball team, and the venue was the Staples Center.

Yao Ming also appeared at the Staples Center in this game, and in order to become the president of the Basketball Association, Yao Ming was really ready to dispose of his team's shares.

Although the Lakers have not traveled to China to play in the preseason, this game against the Shanghai men's basketball team can be regarded as another compensation for Chinese fans.

Luke Wharton is also very good at doing it, the starting Chinese elements are full, Li Hao and Yi Jianlian are on the field, Li Hao returns to the No. 1 position this season, No. 2 is Wade, No. 3 is Ingram this year, No. 4 Randle, and Yi Jianlian is the No. 5 position.

Facing the Shanghai men's basketball team, Yi Jianlian played the No. 5 position more than enough, and at the beginning of the game, Li Hao and Yi Jianlian completed a wonderful cooperation.

After Li Hao crossed the half court with the ball, Yi Jianlian pulled it out to block the demolition, and after the block, Yi Jianlian went down, Li Hao threw it high when he saw this, and Yi Jianlian jumped high.

Air relay, "good cheap" connection.

Today's Staples Center Chinese almost filled half of the court, so after Li Hao and Yi Jianlian connected, there were huge cheers at the scene.

After giving Yi Jianlian an assist, the next wave of Li Hao completed a signature performance, holding the ball directly after half the court, and the basketball hollowed into the net.

"Huh~~~ It seems that Li Hao feels very good today", how could the national sports station let go of this preseason game full of Chinese elements.

Li Hao really felt good today, but he didn't hold the shot in his own hands, this is only a preseason, compared to himself, the rest of the team needs to score more.

In the next period of time, Li Hao focused on creating opportunities for his teammates, but even so, Li Hao still scored 16 points at the end of the game, shooting 6 of 6 in the game.

There's no way, in the case of a big vacancy, Li Hao can't help but vote, isn't this looking down on others?

In the first preseason game, Li Hao played 24 minutes and scored 16 points, 10 assists and 3 rebounds.

Most players in the preseason can get certain opportunities, and whether they can grasp it depends on him, and there is no need to worry about Li Hao and Wade at all.

Yi Jianlian performed well, scoring 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 assists, which can already rank second on the team, second only to Li Hao's 16 points.

The Lakers' starting five scored all double-doubles, and finally won the Shanghai men's basketball team by nearly 40 points, and this is still the Lakers' closing and playing, so that the Shanghai men's basketball team cannot score 90.

Although the opponent is weak, it is a happy thing to win, and this wave of Lakers in China is directly full.

Not only has a Chinese player as the core boss of the team, but also signed another Chinese player, although Yi Jianlian's strength is limited, he is indeed the best inside line in China after Yao Ming, and once carried the banner of the men's basketball team.

However, on the American side, most of them are not very optimistic about Yi Jianlian, in fact, this is normal, if Yi Jianlian's strength is enough, then he will not return to the CBA in the past few years.

"I'm not optimistic about Yi in the Lakers, but I'm optimistic about Lee's progress, and I'm really looking forward to the new season now, and I want to see what kind of energy Lee will burst out without Kobe," said Barkley in TNT Studios.

Barkley is notoriously loud-mouthed and notoriously straightforward, and Barkley has commented on the signing of the Lakers this summer.

Barkley should see Wade the most, in Barkley's opinion, Wade still has the strength to fight, because he can become Li Hao's helper, and Wade also has rich playoff experience.

For Howard, Barkley is a little more pertinent than O'Neal, Barkley said that if Howard is willing to do the dirty work, then the Lakers will be of great help to the Lakers, after all, the Lakers have been notoriously weak in recent years.

"Last season, Li entered the top three in the regular season MVP, and I don't know if I can go further in the new season" The outstanding performance in the first two seasons made everyone look forward to Li Hao's third season.

"Kenny, what do you mean Lee has a chance to win the regular season MVP?" Speaking Ernie Johnson, before O'Neal entered TNT, he was the TNT Big Three with Kenny Smith and Barkley.

"Of course, as long as the Lakers' record goes up, Lee has every chance to compete for the regular season MVP" Last season, Li Hao's difference between Curry and James was the team's record.

"I agree with that," Barkley and O'Neill nodded.

"But the question is whether the Lakers can improve their record, to be honest, the Lakers now have too many young players on the team" Starting from Li Hao, Randle, Russell, Nance Jr., Ingram, Caruso, Zubac, Brown, there are as many as eight rookies in the past three years, you must know that the NBA team can only have a maximum of 15 official players.

"Too many young players is a problem, but if Lee can lead this young team to a good record, it should be even more scored" so it's a double-edged sword.

TNT does this every year before the start of the season, the regular season MVP rankings, speculating on the playoff teams, and even the league championship.

Although most people think that there will not be much suspense about the championship in the new season, not everyone has this problem, just say Barkley: "The Warriors are really strong on paper, but they have to solve one thing, and that is the compatibility between Curry and Durant. ”

This is also the most worrying problem for Warriors fans, Durant is the boss of the Thunder and needs a lot of shots, and the Warriors are Curry's team.

This should be the most desirable situation for the rest of the NBA, where superstars are not compatible and the team falls apart.

So there is a certain danger in signing Durant, but Li Hao, who has Tianyan, knows that this is a very successful signing, although the final ending is not perfect.

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It's too early to talk about MVPs and championships, and the most important thing for teams right now is to finish the preseason and get ready for the regular season.

Three days after the end of the game with the Shanghai men's basketball team, the Lakers welcomed their second opponent, the Sacramento Kings.

In this game, Zubac became the starting liner, and the young Zubac obviously couldn't stop Cousins, but Cousins played more than ten minutes on the Kings' side.

Although Cousins originally had no chance with the Lakers, after having Li Hao, Cousins estimated that he would not even have the fate with the Lakers in the future.

Because the Lakers with Li Hao don't need Cousins, and in a few years, Cousins will fall from the altar, and when Li Hao's soul is worn, Cousins has long had no ball to play.

What's more, the Lakers' future center Li Hao has already been selected, coupled with the existence of Howard, the Lakers will have a minimum guarantee for the No. 5 position in the next few years.