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Chapter 495 Sudden show
Ball Stealing Specialist (Bronze): Slightly increases the chance of stealing the ball from the opponent's ball handler, and slightly reduces the chance of being called a foul; slightly increases the chance of successful layup cuts.

This badge is... kind of Dior!

Judging from the badges obtained before, most of them have only one effect.

But this badge is one of the rare two.

Although functionally speaking, the two are of the same type, they are actually in two defensive forms.

One is when defending on the outside, and the other is when defending inside.

This more than a month of high-intensity training is worth it!

After successfully unlocking the badge, Sun Hao...Of course he didn't disband the training camp immediately.

I just got the badge, so of course I have to continue to adapt!
However, Durant had to go back after staying for a short time, because the training camp for the Warriors was about to start.

The Warriors' personnel changes in the summer are considered big.

Baron Davis is gone, Big Ben is here, and Calderon is added by the way.

In fact, don't tell me, Sun Hao suddenly felt that the Warriors also had a chance to make the playoffs in the West.

Calderon, Jason Richardson, Durant, Jamison, Big Ben.

The bench also includes Dunleavy Jr., Matt Barnes, Wang Zhizhi, and Biedrins.

It's difficult to play badly with this lineup.

I have to say that the old Nelson is really good at operations.

From the management's point of view, this is a lineup that can advance, attack, retreat, and defend.

It's good to play well and make it to the playoffs. If you don't play well, it's not a loss for Durant to practice in the middle of the season.

Once Durant left, Curry and Beasley suffered a lot.

Especially after Sun Hao got the badge, his defensive ability has been significantly improved.

These two gifted teenagers who have not yet "developed well" are somewhat hit.

Especially Beasley.

At the beginning, he was a little complacent. He was just a high school student, and he could score at will in front of NBA No.1.

But until now, he will often be cut by Sun Hao, which makes him doubt himself.

His style of play is very similar to Anthony, and he has strength and talent, but he is not really Anthony after all.

When the Lakers will start training camp, Sun Hao announced the end of the "Evolution House" training camp.

Both Curry Jr. and Beasley left with a tired body.

They were tortured by Sun Hao.

"Next summer, see you soon!"

Sun Hao looked at the backs of the two, and suddenly remembered something and shouted.

As a result, as soon as he finished yelling, the two of them ran away in a flash.

"Cough cough..."

Sun Hao coughed dryly.

Looks like we'll have to change the team next year.

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The training camps of each team have started one after another, and the footsteps of the new NBA season are getting closer.

When Sun Hao went to the World Championships, the Lakers had already completed their summer lineup changes.

Compared with last season, this is a big change.

After the Lakers won two consecutive championships last season, veterans have chosen to retire one after another.

Kukoc on the inside, and Christie on the outside.

Kukoc has reached his age, and he even won a championship ring before retiring, which has already been earned by blood.

Christie is a little bit special.

He is 36 years old, which is an age for a defender to play.

But he knows his physical condition, and he will be on the bench most of the time in another season.

So he retired a little earlier to make room for the team.

After seeing him make such a choice, the Lakers also reflected a wave of team culture.

Because he retired early before the end of his contract, the team not only chose to pay his salary for the remaining year, but also let him directly become the team's assistant coach.

Among other things, the human touch of this team is very strong.

Whether it is Kobe or James in history, there is no ambiguity when it is time to give a big pension contract.

The management had intended to trade O'Neal before, but they also chose to give up after consulting Sun Hao's opinion.

These things invisibly enhance their status in the hearts of players.

Including because of O'Neal's affairs, Sun Hao's current idea is to play with the Lakers until he retires.

In addition to those who retired, there were also those who left the team.

Brian Cook, the man who claimed to score 81 points with Sun Hao, but actually didn't score a single point that night, his contract expired and left.

This buddy is also because of Sun Hao's luck.

In history, he played for the Lakers for several years without winning a championship. Soon after he was traded, the Lakers won two consecutive championships.

But now, he was selected by the Lakers in 2003, but he was given up after the Lakers fulfilled his three-year contract.

But when he went out, he wore two championship rings, which were already covered with a layer of gold.

In addition to Cook, Damon Jones also left the team after the contract expired.

When someone leaves, someone will naturally come in.

Millsap is a rookie. Although Gortat was a rookie last year, he just won the Bundesliga championship and ran immediately when he heard the call of the Lakers.

This is different from the history, but it is easy to understand.

If you come here, you will have the opportunity to compete for the NBA championship, and it is obvious that you have the opportunity to enter the rotation, so no fool will come.

In addition to two rookies, the Lakers also signed two immediate players in the free market.

They first used a 1+1, and signed James Posey with a full mid-level contract for the player option in the second year.

Posey played well in the Heat last season, especially impressive defense and three-pointers.

With a $640 million player option, he opted out of his contract and signed with the Lakers instead.

At this time, the special case of the middle class is not as exaggerated as it will be in the future, and the annual salary is only about 500 million.

With Posey's performance and the market, he can choose to continue to implement the original contract, or he can jump out and sign a bigger fat contract.

But he finally chose to cut his salary to join the Lakers, and his purpose was very clear: to sign a bigger contract in the coming year.

The Lakers are a bigger stage, and there is a shortage of forwards and guards, so he has room to play when he goes.

Coupled with Hill's potential injury, he has a chance to start.

Even Hill's big contract expires next year, as long as he plays well, he doesn't have to go out to find a new contract, he can just renew his contract with the Lakers.

It seems that he lost money, but in fact this wave of operations is very smart.

Another player is Kelana Azubuike, who signed a two-year non-guaranteed minimum salary contract with the Lakers.

This player is not very famous, but Sun Hao is familiar with him.

Without him, because the pinnacle started with rookie Curry.

He is also a 3D ruthless guy, a bit like Bell.

It's just that he was not as lucky as Bell. In his best season, he directly tore his ligaments, a career-destroying injury, and faded out of the league early.

Although, he is still a player who has never played in the NBA.

The reason why he is said to be an immediate combat power is because he played well in the NBDL last season, and the preseason game played on behalf of the Houston team was also very good.

And if you compare them carefully, you will find that Posey and Azubuike are both the same type of 3D players.

This shows that Kupchak is also growing in learning.

Last season, he signed a lot of well-known veterans to enrich the team's playoff experience. As a result... like Kukoc sat on the bench directly, from the beginning of the season to the end of the season.

He is also belatedly aware that the Lakers have enough experience in the playoffs.

With this realization, he began to change his mind.

Don't choose the famous one, choose the right one.

The Lakers have Sun Hao, Payton, Hill and even Lou Williams on the outside. They no longer need to hold the ball. What they need is this kind of 3D player.

Ever since, the Lakers lineup for the new season is ready to come out:
Point guard: Sun Hao, Payton, Lou Williams
Shooting Guard: Grant Hill, Azubuike

Small forwards: Ariza, James Posey, Zhu Fangyu
Power forwards: Antawn Walker, Anderson, Horry, Millsap

Center: O'Neal, Mourning, Gortat
This lineup may look a bit top-heavy, but Horry is a swinging forward, Posey is a swinging forward, and Louis Williams is a combo guard.

Taking these into consideration, the lineup actually makes sense.

On the first day of training camp, all the Lakers arrived.

This includes "Shark" O'Neill.

And on the first day, this guy showed a rare positive training attitude.

Although he was uncomfortable with his appearance in the trade rumors this past summer, the Lakers' subsequent statement still made him really fragrant.

And what happened in Xia Tian seemed to give him a sense of crisis.

This is unexpected good news for the Lakers.

Then, Sun Hao also met Hill in a suit for the first time in the training camp.

Look at it, it fully embodies the word "gentleman" in the American National Dictionary.

Elegant demeanor, generous conversation, even that warm smile.

No wonder this guy was appointed by Stern as Jordan's successor at the beginning, because he is really gentleman!

What the hell is a little heartbeat!

But it's actually normal, because Hill is actually very different.

In the United States, whites and blacks are two opposing groups with great distinction.

Blacks like hip-hop, and they are always talking non-stop, and they are very familiar with each other, and they are brothers when they speak and shut.

White people are very independent, and they pay attention to principles, etiquette and interests in doing things.

However, Hill is a very white black man, that is, the "white heart of black people" in the mouths of black Americans.

Because of this incident, Hill was rejected and even discriminated against by the black team when he first entered the league.

But it was in this situation that Hill used his behavior and personal charm to win back the respect of black people.

Especially at this age, his charm has been invisible.

You must know that this person in history has won the Moral Style Award 3 times, which is unprecedented and probably will never come again.

Not to mention Sun Hao, most people on the Lakers instinctively like him.

Well, Sun Hao thinks he can develop more in this direction in the future.

Then he can just say: My damn charm that has nowhere to rest...

Well, the picture came out.

Wait, as if that wasn't the point.

The point is, why did Hill still wear a suit after training!
It doesn't matter if you don't ask, but this question turned out to be a bit disappointing.

Hill's injury has not completely healed.

According to the team doctor, it is the safest choice for Hill to return to play after he is fully healthy in December.

Good guy, Sun Hao is directly good guy.

This is different from the history he knows!

I don't know if Kupchak is cursing him by drawing circles in his heart now.

However, the matter has come to this point, Sun Hao didn't think about it any more.

In fact, when Kupchak accidentally signed Posey, he knew that the Lakers' forward and guard strength was guaranteed.

Posey wasn't Hill's gifted type, but he was practical.

In history, he was the starter for the Heat in the 05-06 season and the sixth man for the Celtics in the 07-08 season, all of which helped the two teams win the championship.

And Sun Hao now has a "ten cents" badge, a Posey, Ariza, and two top 3D players.

Hill's ability to play is icing on the cake, and his inability to play will not be a big problem.

And not long after the training camp started, Phil Jackson fell into a kind of happiness trouble.

All of these Lakers players are in surprisingly good condition, especially the perimeter players.

Not to mention Sun Hao and Zhu Fangyu who played in the World Series this summer, Posey who just joined, Williams who was in the second grade, and even Azubuike who came from the Development League, each one is braver than the other.

How to rotate in the regular season is really enough for him to have a headache for a while.

After the training, Sun Hao and O'Neal sat on the sidelines and chatted again.

There was a long period of rough grass between them, and there were too many things the two of them could talk about.

Sun Hao talked about the World Championships, while O'Neill talked about his busy life in the past summer.

As a prolific "actor", he completed a very important film in his acting career this summer: "Scream 4".

Scary Movie is the only series he cares more about than Saw, and it could be a milestone for his acting career.

In addition, he has recorded a new rap song, although it is not as good as the platinum record when he debuted, but the sales are not bad.

That's not all, he finally realized his dream this summer, he became a policeman on the streets of Los Angeles and directed traffic once...

"That was very important to me, and while I found directing traffic to be a terrible thing to do, it made sense."

When O'Neill said this, his eyebrows were beaming, and he was indescribably happy.

Sun Hao also nodded with a smile.

O'Neal has been much busier than him this summer.

That is, the busy place is a bit misplaced.

If he continues to be so busy, O'Neal may consider retiring before the contract is finished.

If that's the case, it wouldn't be a good thing if he stayed with the Lakers and didn't meet Riley.

"Shaq."

Sun Hao looked at O'Neill seriously.

Although he felt that it was still unlikely to succeed, Sun Hao still decided to give it a try.

Seeing Sun Hao's expression, O'Neal put away his smile and looked back at him seriously.

"Lose weight, it's for your own good."

Sun Hao originally wanted to say some reasons, but he thought that he had tried so many times in the past and failed.

How could O'Neill suddenly change his mind if he said something at this time?

"it is good."

O'Neill nodded seriously.

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