You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 336 The Best Quality Guarantee

Although the Odom family clarified Wei Xia's drag racing, his driver's license was still revoked, but "excusable", no one thinks Wei Xia is an irresponsible public figure.

On the contrary, he was unanimously elected as the "offseason MVP" by the media because he saved the life of Jayden Odom, who was less than half a year old.

Wei Xia can make a fuss without a game, and the Lakers, after a season of returning to the playoffs, the media, fans, players, and coaching staff all expect the management to work hard this summer.

Take advantage of the Lakers' history and geography to recruit some great players.

This summer, several things still happened.

Veteran Devin George, who has played for the Lakers for many years, has left the team.

The inside pillar Chris Mim, who was reimbursed due to injury last season, has not improved after a long period of recuperation.Although he has never been considered a great center, the injuries he suffered are similar to those of the talented centers in history who are jealous of talents.

The Lakers' medical team is pessimistic about his return for the new season.

Then, veteran Brian Russell retired.

Toni Kukoc announced his retirement after the season.

"Madman" Latrell Sprewell lowered the standard of supporting his family. He stayed with the Lakers on a one-year, 1 million contract.

In terms of signing, the Lakers were very eye-catching on July 7 and July 12.

They first signed Kyle Lowry and Ryan Hollins to rookie contracts.

Then, he signed the 2005 rookie Ronnie Turiaf who returned from injury.The Frenchman, whose body is as strong as a beast, has been absent for a whole season due to injury, and now he returns from injury. His athletic ability is bound to add a certain depth to the Lakers' inside line.

The Lakers, who lack depth inside, need to find a good inside in the free market.

Among this year's free agents, the biggest insider is undoubtedly the soul of the Pistons, Ben Wallace.

The Lakers should go all out to chase him.

The Pistons gave up keeping Wallace because the latter's stature and gradually increasing age are no longer worth keeping with a long-term contract of tens of millions.

The Lakers lost the bidding war to the Bulls for the same reason.

Wallace signed with the Bulls.

The Lakers are neither arrogant nor impatient, Jackson suggested to Bass that the next best thing is to pursue Reggie Evans, who is also a free agent.Although this person is not tall and has a wretched appearance, he is a rare rebounder.On the rebounds, he has Rodman's demeanor.

In the Nuggets last season, he averaged 23 minutes per game and grabbed 8.7 rebounds per game. He has the most attractive rebound rate in the league and an underestimated individual defensive ability.

Although compared with Rodman of the same type, it is equivalent to the gap between the poor and the rich, but what other bicycles do you want?There is no better choice.

As a result, the Lakers made an offer to Evans.

Competing with them is the Nuggets with Evans last season.

Since the Lakers did not make a higher offer, Evans was not attracted by the Hollywood charm, and he decided to stay with the Nuggets where he was more comfortable.

The Lakers once again lost in the bidding war.

The "New York Times" immediately published an article: "Shame on Los Angeles, there is a team that is completely unattractive to free agents!"

Not to mention being laughed at by New Yorkers, even the Lakers themselves feel ashamed.

In the two days when they were ridiculed, the Lakers seemed to do something to save face, and they completed two signings in retaliation.

First of all, they unexpectedly signed Vladimir Radmanovich, who played for the Clippers last season, at a price of 6 million in six years.

The Lakers have a reason to sign him.

He is a versatile insider. As a substitute, he averaged double figures per game for the Clippers. He has outside range, can grab a few rebounds, and can support the ball at a high position. He is very comprehensive.

Taking him down, although not satisfying everyone, but judging from the situation at the time, it was not a disadvantage.

Then, the Lakers signed a free agent Maurice Evans (Maurice Evans SG/SF), who is the same height as Weisha, and even has a similar position.Can play the [-]nd and [-]rd positions.

Choosing him is like finding a spare tire for Wei Xia, but the most important thing for the Lakers is the wing.

After the two signings, the Lakers returned to silence. They seemed to be satisfied with themselves and did not seek more.

So much for their voices, 2006 wasn't an offseason worth talking about, because there weren't any major events.

The most notable renewal of the 2003 generation, James sparked some controversy.

He signed a four-year contract extension with the Cavaliers, and the third year is a player option. That is to say, the Cavaliers have to face the dilemma that the chosen son may leave them one year in advance.

Although James has stated on various occasions that he cannot leave Cleveland and that he will succeed there, the way he signed the contract obviously speaks volumes more than the promises.

In mid-July, Wei Xia's special training had a breakthrough.

He found his corner [-]s easier than the top [-]s.

When he practiced three-pointers at the top of the arc, it took him most of the season to stabilize his shooting percentage, and it took him less than two months to accumulate a fairly reliable muscle memory for three-pointers from the bottom corner.

At the same time, Wei Xia's weight slowly increased to 98 kg.

The weight has increased slightly, the core strength has been greatly improved, and the three-point shooting from the right corner has improved a lot. He decided to use the remaining time to develop the three-pointer from the left corner.

He's not a talented pitcher.

The hand feeling comes from hard training day after day. As long as he persists, the sweat in the gymnasium will always reward him.

Wei Xia focused on training, and at the end of July, he decided to go home.

Philadelphia, his hometown.

It seems that he has been away from home for more than a year, and he also misses his parents and friends in his hometown.

Before leaving Los Angeles, he went to catch up with Kyle Lowry and met with Ryan Hollins, another Lakers rookie of the year.

They are preparing to participate in summer league, which is a stage for rookies to show their abilities to the NBA.

Wei Xia remembers that when he came to the Lakers last year, the Lakers did not sign up for any regional summer league, so his NBA debut was delayed until the preseason.

The advantage of playing in the summer league is to allow yourself to experience a level of confrontation and intensity that is almost one level lower than the NBA, but a faster-paced game.

A rookie who can play freely in the summer league may not necessarily shine in the NBA.But if you can't even show Kyrie's full-court performance in the summer league, then you may have to put a question mark on his immediate combat ability. If he is not young, you even have reason to doubt whether he can gain a foothold in the NBA.

At the same time, the rhythm and speed of summer league is close to that of high school games.

The biggest feature of basketball leagues in the NBA and elsewhere is that they are faster and stronger.

Higher is not necessarily, but fast and strong are certain.

Especially fast, many people can't keep up with the rhythm of the NBA.If you can adapt to the rhythm of the summer league, you will definitely be able to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA.

Wei Xia met with Lowry and asked about Villanova's current situation by the way.

This year has not been a successful year for Villanova.

They made it to the Sweet Sixteen, but that's about it.

Last year's defending champions, who lost their best player to the round of [-], might not have been a success, but they were hardly a failure.

Moreover, their lineup ushered in a huge change.

Lowry, a potential rising star in the second grade, decided to enter the draft early.

And joining the Wildcats in 2002, the group of top players who are known as the top class that can lead the Wildcats back to championship glory, represented by Jason Fraser, Randy Foye, Sumpter, and Alan Ray, will graduate collectively this year.

Fraser, who was once the most promising, turned out to be the one with the worst career prospects.

Sumpter went overseas to develop. Foye was selected in the first round. Although Ray lost, he has already participated in the trial training of many teams.

The Wildcats, which almost lost a starting team, need to be completely rebuilt.

Therefore, Jay Wright is experiencing the busiest summer since taking over the Wildcats.

Lowry is always the same, very optimistic, loves to laugh, and asked Wei Xia about the internal affairs of the Lakers.

Wei Xia knows everything, after all, the situation of the Lakers is indeed a bit complicated.

Lowry is still Jim Buss' single-handed player, and in the eyes of Phil Jackson, he is still the team of Buss Jr.

Therefore, Lowry's new season will not be too easy.

When Wei Xia said that Jackson might target him for other reasons, Lowry nodded heavily.

Wei Xia hopes that he is ready to deal with difficulties.

Another rookie, Ryan Hollins, gave Wesha the feeling that he was introverted and silent, not very talkative, and more often a listener.

Fortunately, Wei Xia and Lowry are very close, and Lowry is the kind of beeping machine that will not cool down the atmosphere no matter what.

By the way, Wei Xia met with Ronnie Turiaf, who was drafted by the Lakers in the same year as him, but was not about to start his NBA career until now.

The mighty and majestic French man made Wei Xia feel that their inside line had fallen.

Although it is a pity not to win Wallace and Evans, in the new season, the inside lineup composed of Odom, Bynum, Radmanovic, Turiaf, Brian Cook and Hollins will undoubtedly provide them with better protection.

(End of this chapter)