As a rookie, Doane's outstanding play greatly made up for the offensive firepower of the Lakers' bench lineup.

The Lakers have won four consecutive preseason games, and Doon can be said to have contributed a lot.

Originally, Lakers fans in Los Angeles were also worried that the Lakers' record would be ugly at the beginning of the regular season because of O'Neal's absence.

Now it seems that even without O'Neal, the Lakers will still be one of the strongest teams in the Wild West.

For this reason, many Lakers fans have changed their faces in advance and put on Doane's No. 31 jersey.

Supporting the rookies of their hometown teams and watching them grow step by step and become the All-Stars, superstars, and superstars that they are looking forward to will give them a greater sense of accomplishment.

Although in the regular season, Doon will not have as much ball possession as in the current preseason, but it still can't stop everyone's anticipation of Doon.

Where everyone pays attention to Doon, it's not just the data, they all watch the game seriously, who holds the data all day long?

What Lakers fans expect is that Doon will get better and better in the regular season and become an extremely reliable backbone for the Lakers, and then evolve further in the playoffs to become the Lakers' future star.

Just like in the next preseason game, the Lakers played against the Suns again.

Doon only played 19 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, but his playing time has increased to 27 minutes, but he did not play the previous 20+ consecutive wonderful performances.

Even, the Lakers lost to the Suns by 3 points.

Because the Lakers' main team did not play again after the first half, and Doon led the team in the second half, the reason for the loss should indeed be blamed on Doane.

However, in this case, most Lakers fans seemed a little unwilling, but they were not disappointed with Doane.

It's normal for rookies to be sluggish occasionally, and Doon's performance isn't bad.

If you really want to talk about it, you can only say that Doon's performance before was too brilliant.

Usually third-year and fourth-year rookies, and few people are able to make a 30+ consecutive preseason game.

It was Doon's unusual and amazing performance that gave some fans the illusion that they compared Doon, a first-year rookie, with Kobe Bryant, who had already entered the top ten in the league!

With Kobe's ability, it is indeed normal to lead the team to win at a critical moment, after all, Kobe is the highest-paid player.

Doon, on the other hand, was just a rookie who had just entered the league and didn't play a regular season game.

Everyone expects Doon to catch up with Kobe, and hopes that the Lakers can eat Doon's rookie bonus and win more championships. But he didn't ask too much of Doon, who has always trained hard.

Of course, the day after the game, some media showed a video of Doon's post-match practice.

There are also basketball commentators who commented in the media that the reason for Doon's slightly worse performance is not because of Doon's instability, but because of the schedule.

The interval between the two games between the Cavaliers and the Suns was relatively short, and Doon was because he usually trained too hard and failed to allocate his physical strength reasonably and adjust his condition, so his performance was worse than before.

Lakers fans are not watching the game on the first day, knowing the rookie wall, knowing that the rookie will play on the road, and the back-to-back will be a little sluggish.

Doon is a well-known gym rat again! In the case of lack of physical strength, you can still play 19 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, what are you not satisfied with?

The future is over!

Next, Doon really lived up to the expectations of Lakers fans.

Against the Cavaliers again, Doon's scoring stats were still a little higher than that of the top pick James, and he helped the Lakers win again.

Against the Los Angeles Clippers, Doon continued to work hard, scoring a new high in preseason minutes, scoring 35 points in the game.

However, because the Clippers are going to play the Kings the next day after playing, it is a back-to-back schedule.

Coupled with the fact that the Kings are a playoff powerhouse and have a much higher defensive intensity than any team they have ever encountered, Doon's performance has dropped significantly.

He played 31 minutes in the game, made 6 of 16 shots, 1 of 5 three-point shots, 3 of 5 free throws, and only had 16 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal.

It was also after being taught a lesson by the Kings that Doon realized that the next regular season was not so optimistic.

In today's Wild West, many teams have no bad bench lineups.

Doon wants to travel at a staggered peak and play good statistics, but it depends on how the opponent makes specific moves.

The opposing player has a strong defense, so he tries to block and dismantle as much as possible, and the opponent puts a joint defense and passes the ball to Kobe.

Sometimes, if you can use your teammates to attract the defense, you can play a little easier and more efficiently, but you don't have to play hard with the ball yourself.

Anyway, in the regular season, the playing time of the three cores of Payton, Kobe, and Malone is basically more than 35 minutes.

Doon will hardly have more than 10 shots.

With such a penalty alone, it is too difficult to score high.

Taking a step back, since there are so many thighs in the Lakers, Doon does his part, and the rest is over by gnawing the old, and there is no need to be strong.

Perhaps, with the efforts of the Lakers F4, the opponent can be defeated in the first three quarters.

In this way, Doon still has the opportunity to lead the team alone in the fourth quarter and take the bench to brush up the data.

If you still have energy to consume, you can also think of more ways in marketing.

It is said that in recent times, the sneakers associated with Doon have been selling well in major cities in Asia.

To that end, Nike has begun to put Doon's signature shoes on the agenda, aiming to release the Doon generation before the All-Star Game begins.

It's the end of October in a blink of an eye, and the regular season is about to begin.

"Doon, I have good news for you."

Two days before the opener, Kupchak came to the Toyota Center and called Doon to his office.

Looking at the mysterious appearance of Kupchek, Doon thought that there was really something good.

After inquiring, I found out that it was not a good thing!

Because Bryant was going to attend the hearing and was forced to miss the opening game, someone needed to take Bryant's place.

The Lakers management and coaching staff thought about it, and they could only temporarily replace Kobe Bryant's position as the Lakers' starting point guard.

Because the OK combination was absent from the opening game, and the Lakers' bench needed someone to bring it, so Doon was just a pseudo-starter like in the preseason, the real sixth man.

In addition, Kobe Bryant will return to the team soon after missing the opening game, and Doon doesn't have to fantasize all day long about taking advantage of Kobe's absence to take the position immediately.

Kupchak asked Doon to come over and talk, hoping that Doon would not think too much about it and would calm down and play well.

Doon said that there is no problem with this, and he will definitely do his job well and will not mess around.

It didn't take long for the Zen master to talk to Doon alone for a while, which was similar to Kupchak's.

It's just that the Zen master revealed to Doon in advance that even after Kobe Bryant's return, Doon will still be the Lakers' starter.

Just like in the preseason, in the starting small forward position.

The Zen Master affirmed Doon's shooting and defense, and promised Doon unlimited fire rights off the bench.

After being PUA by the Zen master, Doon naturally nodded yes, indicating that he was willing to work for the Zen master.

For the next day, under the guidance of the coaching staff, Doon ran tactics with his teammates and played as much as possible like Kobe.

It's just that I've adapted to the 3D role of the starting small forward before, and this time I suddenly want to be the core of the team, which is a little uncomfortable.

When the time came to October 28, the coaching staff made a defensive arrangement for the Dallas Mavericks, and let the Lakers players including Doane temporarily cram, train defensive positioning, running, and strengthen defensive memory.

When the time comes to 3 p.m., the group will drive to the Staples Center and then start eating the buffet dinner prepared by the team for the players.

Most of them are high-calorie carbohydrate foods such as burgers, sandwiches, hot dogs, pizzas, burritos, rice, and of course, fish, chicken, and salads with vegetables and fruits......

Most of the players eat the buffet provided by the team, but the big stars usually arrive an hour or two late because they usually arrive an hour or two late because they eat dinner prepared for them by a private nutritionist at home.

If you are playing away, because there is no buffet prepared by the team in advance, the team will give some meal allowance and let the players solve the dinner by themselves.

After the players had eaten dinner and had a day or two of rest, it was almost 5 p.m. before the team reorganized the warm-up for the players.

It was almost 7 p.m. when the game officially began.

Before the game starts, players can eat a banana, energy bar or something in the locker room, or drink energy drinks to refuel.

If you want to drink some goji berries or something, you can do just that, but you have to put them in a Gatorade cup first.

Getting back to business, with the Mavericks' starting five Tigers - Nash, Finley, Danny Fortson, Antoine Walker, Nowitzki After the debut, it was the turn of the starters of the home team, the Lakers.

"Welcome Gary Peyton in the No. 20 purple and gold jersey!"

Under the introduction of the Lakers DJ, Payton was the first to appear.

The order of appearance in the NBA is usually exquisite, with the second oldest playing first and the eldest playing last.

Because the OK combination was all absent, Payton was scheduled to play first.

Lakers fans at the scene also cheered loudly, cheering for Payton to become a part of the Purple and Gold giants.

"Welcome to our future star, No. 31 Du-En from China!"

"Doon, Doon, Doon!"

"Doon,-"

Doon's cheers seemed louder than Payton's, during which Doon could faintly hear Chinese people in the front row cheering him in Mandarin.

After Doon played, Grant and Devin George followed, and Malone played as the big axis, and the last to play......