Malone is 40 years old, although he is still in good shape, but who said that he can play for a few more years.

At this stage, Ma Long, in addition to the championship, can be said to have no desire.

After coming to the Lakers, Malone was even ready to sacrifice.

For example, the Lakers' starting lineup is the first in the league on paper, but the bench lineup is quite thin.

In order to ensure that the bench lineup would not be too dragged down, Malone even considered going with Payton to lead the bench lineup.

It's just that after discussing with Payton before, Payton wasn't happy.

Now, discover the new man selected by the Lakers, Doane, has a lot of potential.

Whether it's the summer league or the preseason, it's all done quite well.

Malone doesn't know how Doon will play in the next regular season, and he doesn't know if Doon will pull his hip in the playoffs for the first time.

What Malone was able to see was that Doon was training almost every day.

Obviously, the coaching staff did not force Doon to do too much training, but Doon would take the initiative to stay and train even after the preseason game.

Such a young man who wants to improve, Malone has played in the NBA for 20 years, and he has never seen a few.

Malone himself is like this, pushing himself to the limit every day and getting stronger little by little.

is also the draft pick, the same unicorn arm, and the same hard training, which makes Ma Long's good impression of Doon increasing day by day.

In fact, it's not just Malone, Kobe Bryant, who often met with Doon at the Toyota Center in the offseason, and subconsciously agreed when he heard Malone mention Doon.

It's just that Kobe Bryant didn't open his mouth to continue mentioning Doon.

Because, there is no need for it.

"My love for basketball will never change.

However, there are so many things that my family and I have been through that we still can't get out of.

Basketball is already second to me, and my family is the most important thing.

You know, basketball is my job, I still have work to do, and that's why I'm back.

I'm not going to hide at home, I'm here to play the ball well. ”

At the media day on October 10, Bryant said this in public.

Compared with the sharp and confident Kobe Bryant in the past, Kobe Bryant is a little cautious and taciturn.

In the face of questions from media reporters, Kobe Bryant did not respond too much to questions such as Lakers F4 and winning the championship in the new season.

On the contrary, the newcomers Payton and Malone are full of confidence in winning the championship in the new season, and O'Neal also boasted about it at the media day.

As for Doon, he naturally did not participate in the Lakers F4 interview.

Doon is the future of the team, and he is the main player of the Lakers' ticket sales, but he can't be on the table for the time being.

On the Lakers' first media day, the marketing was still Lakers F4.

Of course, the on-site reporter is more concerned about Kobe, but Kobe Bryant is under a lot of pressure, and the whole person feels very sad and a little jade.

Kobe Bryant was saying that I didn't run away, I came back to play. But as soon as he heard the keen question, he pretended to be deaf and dumb, wandered out of the world, and remained silent.

The words are divided into two ends, when the Lakers F4 was interviewed, there were also more than a dozen media surrounding Doon's side to accept their interviews.

This is naturally arranged by the Lakers and Nike!

The video of Doon's post-race training has been processed, and it is ready to be put on Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and other Chinese-populated cities, as well as major economically prosperous cities in Asia.

The vast majority of the reporters present this time were not local reporters from the United States, but from many Asian countries and regions.

After this wave of interviews, Doon basically confirmed the identity of Asia's No. 1 defender, even if Doon did not play a single international match......

After the media interview, the Lakers officially flew back to Los Angeles to prepare for the next preseason.

After three days of running-in, the Lakers finally welcomed the second NBA team in the preseason - the Phoenix Suns at the Staples Center.

Although after Kidd and Marbury swapped, the Nets took off and the Suns collapsed.

However, last season's Suns were also "led" by Marbury and made the playoffs.

Facing playoff-level opponents, Zen masters still attach more importance to this preseason game.

Whether it was the pre-game warm-up or the pre-game tactical arrangement, the Zen master gave the players a good advice.

One thing to say, the Lakers' starting lineup is extremely strong, and the Suns' are not bad.

Point guard Marbury, point guard singles Joe, small forward Marion, power forward Smalls, and only center Jake Wascool is a second-round pick in '00.

However, considering O'Neal's absence due to injury, there is no one in the Lakers' center position, and they all play fake starters with Cobra Grant.

And because Payton is reluctant to play a triangle offense, and occupies a lot of the ball, it is equivalent to the elderly Marbury playing the peak Marbury.

The Lakers are at a loss because of the point guard and small forward positions, and relying on Kobe Bryant and Malone C alone is indeed a little unable to withstand the firepower of the Suns.

Although it is a preseason, the main forces on both sides of the first quarter are basically full, if it is not for Malone's good condition, the current strength is still far above Xiao Si, and the Lakers may have to fall into the disadvantage.

"Doon prepare, it's time for you to warm up."

23-19, the first quarter was not over, the Lakers had fallen behind by 4 points, and at this time, the Zen master suddenly opened his mouth to remind Dhorn.

It wasn't until the last minute of the first quarter that Doon finally got the chance to play, bringing Fisher and other substitutes to the court.

Because the point guard was Fisher, Doon quickly got the ball and went straight to singles Joe.

"Well, that's kind of interesting!"

Doon saw that singles Joe was not strong, and heard that singles Joe was known for his skills, so he took the initiative to play high back, trying to use his strength advantage to suppress singles Joe.

But I didn't expect that after taking the initiative to fight, I found that the confrontation of singles Joe was okay.

However, singles Joe lacked some defensive experience, Doon hit singles Joe twice, singles Joe did not take the initiative to retreat to leave defensive space, Doon took the opportunity to turn his back and pass singles Joe directly to the basket.

Xiao Si came to help defend it, Doon shook his posture to shoot, Xiao Si's defensive habits were not good, and he was flown by Doon, so Doon jumped up again to meet him, and threw his hand after the confrontation.

"Two plus one! Doon played smart, was about to get to the free throw line, his free throws were accurate, and he would take three points for his team in one round. ”

Lakers' home commentator Bill McDonald said excitedly.

The home commentator will definitely have a bit of a subjective factor, even if it is a preseason game, Bill McDonald wants the Lakers to win, and hopes that the Lakers' rookies can perform better.

Doon didn't let him down, playing at the Staples Center for the first time, without stage fright at all, adding free throws and hitting a solid shot, and scoring 3 points as soon as he came up.

The Lakers fans at the scene had already listened to Doon's news for a summer and were about to test Doon's quality in person.

Now seeing Doon's mature performance, he immediately cheered.

"Doon, Doon, Doon!"

Listening to the cheers of the fans, Doon naturally played more vigorously, even if there was less than half a minute left, Doon had to perform better.

In the next round, Singles Joe wanted to hit one back on Doon's head, but Doon was indifferent to Singles Joe's change of rhythm dribble.

Singles Joe prefers to shoot rather than break through, and in the end chooses to step back to open up space and shoot backwards for a jumper.

Doon pounced with excellent bounce speed, and although he didn't touch the ball, he still interfered with Joe's shot in singles.

Coupled with the mid-range shooting rate, it is not high, and the peak Jordan is only 50% shooting.

Singles Joe shot iron, and the Lakers grabbed the rebound and immediately passed the ball to Fisher, allowing him to move forward quickly.

Because time was running out, Fisher immediately passed the ball to Doon after half-time.

Playing at home is really different, stimulated by the fans, the enthusiastic Doon is full of confidence after getting the ball.

In the last 3 seconds of the first quarter, after Doon got the ball, he forced a three-pointer to meet the defense of singles Joe without saying a word.

Real men never look back at explosions!

After shooting a three-pointer, Doon confidently turned back.

Hearing the tsunami-like cheers erupt from the audience, a smile appeared on Doon's cool face.

In other words, after Doon made a three-pointer, he also gave the Suns 1.4 seconds to attack.

Singles Joe immediately rushed to the front court after receiving the ball, and under Doon's entanglement and interference, he forced a three-point shot at the buzzer, but did not put the ball into the basket like Doon.

"Doon, Doon, Doon!"

The sound of singles Joe's iron mingled with the cheers of the Lakers' home fans, who saw Doon off the court and returned to the bench.

"Brother, your ball just now is so handsome!" O'Neill took the towel and came to greet Doon in person.

After Doon sat down, O'Neill, who was accustomed to playing treasures, still learned the posture of Doon's physiotherapist and pinched Doon's shoulder.

O'Neal seems so close to Doane, and the relationship between other Lakers players and Doon is naturally not too bad.

During the break, a number of role players came forward to compliment Doon on his wonderful performance in the first quarter.

After 1 minute on the court, he scored 6 points!

Based on Doon's performance in the previous two preseason games, he could casually score a dozen points in the second half.

So after the whole game, take more than 20 points, and it's not a hand-holder?

Doon's performance today is indeed similar to the previous game in Hawaii.

started in the second quarter and played more than 4 minutes, suppressing the Suns' first-round pick last year, Casey Jacobson, on both offensive and defensive ends, and cut down 7 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 1 steal.

In the second half, Doon played steadily, only playing 15 minutes, and scored 14 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.

At the end of the game, Doon played 20 minutes and accumulated 27 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals.

In terms of turnovers and fouls, Doon also controlled better, with 2 turnovers and 3 fouls, respectively.

If the level of dribbling and passing can be further improved, Doane can also get a lot of improvement in controlling errors.

After playing the Suns, the Lakers are about to welcome the second team to visit the Staples Center - the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Doon has been looking forward to James for a summer, and will finally appear in front of him as an opponent.