Double stars shine in Los Angeles

Chapter 208 The Journey Begins Seeking Recommendation

The Los Angeles Lakers successfully renewed the contract with the team's backup power forward Josh McRoberts during the holidays, and signed a five-year contract with Josh McRoberts with an average annual salary of 920 million US dollars.Josh McRoberts' improvement and stable performance last season got the team's attention and finally gave enough trust.

Although there are other teams that have offered Josh McRoberts a higher contract, such as the basketball god Michael Jordan’s Bobcats and the Cleveland Cavaliers, they have offered Josh McRoberts respectively. Big contracts of $100 million and $200 million were proposed.However, in consideration of the influence of the team, the size of the market, and too little off-court income, Josh McRoberts decided to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers after discussing with his agent, but the salary is limited. The previous US$850 million has been increased to US$920 million.

The current Los Angeles Lakers are just like the Houston Rockets at the time. Various sponsorships from Chinese domestic manufacturers emerge in an endless stream, and almost all the players on the team who can play the ball have one or two commercial contracts from China.For Josh McRoberts, an important member of the Lakers lineup, the favor of the manufacturer is naturally indispensable, so Josh McRoberts will earn far more by staying in Los Angeles than going to other cities.

In addition, the management of the Los Angeles Lakers has not released any news. Andrew Bynum announced that he will not renew his contract with the Lakers. The reason is that the management of the Lakers does not value him. About the renewal thing.

I have to say that Andrew Bynum feels really good about himself.Because the entire league knows that the Lakers have Li Yifeng, who is better than him, and the former top center Yao Ming as a substitute, and Robert Thackeray, who has a certain degree of plasticity, there is absolutely no need to have a future with him. Players who are unclear and have emotional intelligence problems renew their contracts, not to mention that Andrew Bynum wants a maximum salary. The Lakers will not renew him no matter from which point of view.

By not renewing Andrew Bynum, the team can be said to have saved a lot of wages. It happened to use the renewal of Josh McRoberts. At the same time, it also re-signed a three-year contract with Yao Ming. The team option is a contract with a total value of 100 million US dollars, which is probably Yao Ming's last contract in the NBA.

Since the Los Angeles Lakers have won the championship for two consecutive years, the team's draft picks are very low, and it is not a big draft year, and a few players who are not bad have already been drafted by other teams.So the team's draft picks for this year have all been foregone. (As for the issue of draft picks, Muran only remembers that the second-round picks can be given up. It’s not clear whether the first-round picks are like this, so let’s just treat them as can be given up.)
The Los Angeles Lakers only renewed some players whose contracts expired during the offseason, ensuring the stability of the team's championship lineup.At present, the Los Angeles Lakers lineup has a total of [-] individuals, namely center Li Yifeng, Yao Ming, Robert Thackeray, power forward Paul Gasol, Josh McRoberts, small forward Lin Fengzhe, Charity World Peace , Devin Ebanks, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, point guard Steve Nash, Steve Blake, Darius Morris, Chris For Duhon, the back line seemed a bit crowded.If there are no accidents, the Lakers will use this lineup for the new season.

The management of the Los Angeles Lakers specially invited Abdul-Jabbar to conduct special training for the team's third center, Robert Thackeray. The main training items focused on the offense and defense at the basket and mid-range shooting. Too much improvement, but the stability of shooting has been greatly improved.

For the Los Angeles Lakers in September, there is another big event, that is, Phil Jackson will serve as the team's head coach again, and Mike Brown, the meritorious coach for two seasons, will become the team's chief assistant coach.When this news was officially announced, the media from all walks of life seemed very calm.When Phil Jackson reappeared on the team's coaching staff last season and had no less rights than the head coach, people had already expected this day, but this day came much more than people expected.

The preseason of the new season will start on October 12th. Fortunately, the first preseason game of the Los Angeles Lakers is NO.[-]. However, the official website of the Lakers has released news that Lin Fengzhe will not Participate in the preseason game, and the team also announced in advance the main lineup of the team in the preseason, Robert Thackeray, Josh McRoberts, Devin Ebanks, Darius Morris And Chris Duhon will be the team's starters in the preseason.

On the [-]th, the Los Angeles Lakers faced their first opponent, the San Antonio Spurs, at their home court.During the game, Robert Thackeray showed the Lakers fans what he had gained during the holiday, showing his left and right hooks under the basket (although the shooting rate was not very ideal), and his mid-range shots were also effective. Looks good, scored [-] points, [-] rebounds and [-] block in just halftime.

In fact, Robert Thackeray's talent is not very good. He was almost a role that no one cared about in the draft. However, Robert Thackeray's advantages are also obvious. First of all, he has a very positive attitude. It can be seen from the game that Robert Thackeray is the one who works hardest to cheer for his teammates on the sidelines of the Lakers; secondly, he works hard enough. Robert Thackeray didn't play much last season, but in the usual training But he is one of the hardest working people, and even when he was on vacation, he was notified by the team and rushed back to train with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.Therefore, regardless of Robert Thackeray's strength, at least he has the approval of his teammates.

In the game, the Lakers lineup started with defense. Every player on the field worked very hard on the defensive end, and the results were not bad. The defending San Antonio Spurs only scored 45 points in the first half. The absolute main force of the Spurs has almost no play-related.

In the first game of the season, the Los Angeles Lakers won the game at home by four points.Robert Thackeray played 35 minutes and scored a double-double of 24 points and 32 rebounds; Josh McRoberts played 26 minutes and scored a quasi-double-double of [-] points and nine rebounds. The shooting stability is still not very good. He made [-] of [-] shots in the game and scored [-] points in total including free throws.Darius Morris made [-] of [-] three-pointers and scored [-] points. Chris Duhon only took [-] shots and scored [-] points, but sent [-] assists.

The Los Angeles Lakers added two straight victories to their first preseason game, with victories over the Houston Rockets and Orlando Magic.In the three preseason games, the Los Angeles Lakers averaged more than [-] points per game, but also lost more than [-] points per game.

After the Lakers won their three-game winning streak, the fourth game will be on the road against the Clippers.In this game, although the Lakers performed strongly in the first half and kept pressing their opponents, in the second half of the game, the Clippers started a counterattack, continuously hitting the inside of the Lakers, causing the Lakers inside There were too many fouls, Robert Thackeray had five fouls before the end of the third quarter, and Josh McRoberts had four fouls.

To make matters worse, the Lakers' outside touch also began to cool down in the second half, and their shooting percentage began to decline. The Clippers focused on opportunities and played a [-]-[-] offensive climax in one fell swoop, tying the point difference and overtaking it.Later, although Phil Jackson called a long timeout, after the timeout came back, the Lakers still did not improve, and the point difference was quickly pulled to [-] points.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers sent Li Yifeng and Pau Gasol, and the team's form was stabilized.However, the Lakers' outside touch continued to be cold, which also allowed the Clippers to safely reduce the defensive range, making it difficult for inside players to score.

The sudden change of the game in the second half caused the Los Angeles Lakers to lose the game with a score of 92 to 110. The Lakers felt like two teams in the first and second half. Troubled by fouls, he only scored [-] points and six rebounds, but had five fouls.

The Los Angeles Lakers face the Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors in their next three preseason games.In the three games, the Lakers achieved a record of two wins and one loss. In the away game with a slight advantage of two points, the Denver Nuggets used a three-point quasi-lore.

The Los Angeles Lakers achieved a record of five wins and two losses in the preseason, averaging more than 97 points per game and conceding [-] points per game. The improvement in defense is still obvious.

Josh McRoberts' performance in the preseason made many teams that did not pursue him hard in the offseason regret it. In the preseason, he averaged 24 points, [-] rebounds and [-] assists per game , It is completely the level of a first-class insider.

After the preseason, the Lakers got eight days off.Lin Fengzhe, who was on vacation because of his marriage, only reported back to the team on the third day before the start of the regular season, which made other people who followed the team around envious.However, the coaching staff is not worried about Lin Fengzhe's state and whether he can integrate into the team's new tactical system as soon as possible.

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