The world's best combo guard

Chapter 178 [Visible talent]

In addition to seeing the new head coach Rudy Norwich at the Toyota Center, Li Hao also met some new faces.

For example, Lamar Odom, Brian Grant, and Caron Butler, all three of them were traded from the Miami Heat to the Lakers by Shaq O'Neal. Except for the three of them, in O'Neal's deal, As far as Li Hao knows, the Heat seem to have given away some draft picks. It can be seen that the Heat spent a lot of money in order to get O'Neal.

Lamar Odom seems to be a carefree person with a good personality, so he soon got into hot fights with the Lakers players, including Li Hao, who had a very good first impression of this big man.

As for Li Hao, he may have a deeper impression of Lamar Odom.

In the Christmas game that made him famous last season, although he had a certain advantage in the duel with Dwyane Wade, to be honest, Odom, who was guarding the Heat, left a deep impression on him .

Especially on the offensive end, Odom is a very comprehensive big man. He can finish at the basket and shoot from mid-range. Although the three-point line is not very accurate, it is not without three-pointers Ball ability, in addition, his support ability is definitely the very best among inside players.

I remember that in that game, the ok combination did not plan to play [-]% in order to fulfill themselves, especially the inside O'Neal, who played very casually. In this case, this Odom played like a fish in water on the offensive end.

In Li Hao's view, Odom should be that kind of organizational insider, which is very similar to his national team teammate Yao Ming.

Therefore, Li Hao feels that the 24-year-old Odom this year has the opportunity to become a top insider. After all, as the No. 1999 pick in 4, Odom definitely does not lack talent.

In fact, Odom played very well in the Miami Heat. The reason why the Heat were able to enter the playoffs with No.4 in the Eastern Conference last season was due to the rise of Dwyane Wade. One of the very important points.

Even Pat Riley, who has always been harsh on players, has publicly stated that Odom is the future of Miami.

It's just that, compared to Shaquille O'Neal, the Miami Heat can only reluctantly give up.

From the bottom of his heart, of course Li Hao doesn't want Shaquille O'Neal to leave, but since that has become a fact, what he needs to think about is who will be the top insider for the Lakers in the new season?

Maybe this Lamar Odom can do it. In addition, there is also the veteran Brian Grant who was traded with Odom. Although Grant is 34 years old, his experience will help the team. Young players, such as Brian Cook, who was selected by the Lakers with Li Hao last season.

Strictly speaking, Brian Cook got a lot of playing time last season, and he has grown rapidly. In the absence of Shaquille O'Neal and Karl Malone, Brian Cook once started consecutively.

Averaged 6.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.

Not bad for Cook.

In the new season, he is destined to get good playing time. In this case, as long as he can keep improving, his statistics will be further improved.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Lakers' inside line in the new season must be supported by young players, which is also the key to whether they can successfully defend their title.

In other words, because of the presence of Li Hao and Kobe on the outside of the Lakers, almost no one in the league can fight against them, but this is not the case inside, so this requires Odom, Cook and the others to quickly grow up.

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Because there is another week before the preseason, Li Hao and the others quickly put themselves into the training camp.

The morning is physical recovery training, and the afternoon is the training game.

And the state shown by everyone in the training game undoubtedly delighted Rudy Tom and Norwich.

In addition to the two points of Li Hao and Kobe who maintained a high level as always, the biggest surprise came from the point of Lamar Odom.

Surprisingly, Odom and Kobe Bryant and Li Hao on the outside can form an unbelievable tacit understanding.

In addition, in the case of Rick Fox's departure, the young player Caron Butler, who was originally traded with Odom and the others to replace Rick Fox, also performed very well.

This gave Rudy Tom and Norwich even the idea of ​​mentioning Caron Butler as a starter. After all, Devin George has been a little unstable since last season.

Li Hao, Kobe, Caron Butler, Lamar Odom, Brian Cook!

Rudy Tom and Norwich have the rudimentary idea of ​​such a starting lineup in mind.

"Pat Riley, I admit that until now, Shaq is indeed the number one center in the league. From your point of view, it is worth paying such a price to get Shaq, but from my point of view, maybe the Los Angeles Lakers are not not bad"

For a while, Rudy Tom and Norwich thanked Pat Riley from the bottom of his heart.

Look at the current lineup of the Lakers, there are three generations of old, middle and new generations, with an average age of less than 27 years old, full of youthful vitality, and talent visible to the naked eye!
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"Derek, you have been in Los Angeles for so long, you must know what are the fun places here?"

After the training session in the afternoon, when Li Hao and Fisher walked towards the parking lot together, Lamar Odom's voice came from behind.

"Lamar, you have so much energy"

Li Hao turned around and slapped Odom's ass. After getting along for a few days, they are already very familiar, and this kind of joke is casual.

"I've heard that you, Lamar, are a restless prodigal son. Now it seems that's true. However, you chose to ask me, and you made a wise choice."

Don't look at Derek Fisher's very mature face, but in fact, this guy is also known as a restless master.

Therefore, the next thing was simple, Li Hao was forced into the car by two people, and then walked towards a racing club together.

It was exciting and passionate, even Li Hao enjoyed the atmosphere of this professional racing club.

Li Hao did not expect that Fisher was still a member of this club, so in the end, he also had the opportunity to experience this feeling of letting himself go.

Li Hao felt that maybe he should also set up a membership, this way of relaxation seems to be very suitable for him.

"Both, this is where I've been coming from time to time. Whenever I'm stressed, I come here to vent," Fisher said.

"Derek, I have to say, you still know how to play"

(End of this chapter)