Legend of Tomorrow

After the game, the Internet was full of news about Guo Xu. Experts who are good at being a loser all said that Guo Xu's personal ability is invincible and that the Lakers as a whole are also good.

Other Lakers players also received high evaluations. Al Horford averaged 8.5 assists in three games. Suddenly, he went from being the Thunder's third leader holding back Durant and Westbrook to becoming the league's top support insider.

Devin Booker, who scored in double figures in three consecutive games, has become a rookie with unlimited potential. Many experts expressed their optimism that he will become a star. They forgot that he only averaged 10 points per game in college. When he was selected with the 12th pick in the first round, many people said It's a miracle.

Nurkic, who scored 16 points and 12 rebounds against the Trail Blazers, has also become a potential center. Last season, people said that he was a loser who could not run fast or jump high and had a good body.

Coach Tyronn Lue's popularity has increased significantly. All fans around the world know him because the media always mentions his trade for Guo Xu when introducing him, which has become a funny joke.

Tyronn Lue is very humorous and said in an interview: There are two things in my life that I am very proud of. One is that I replaced Jason alone, and the other is that I coached Jason.

When one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. This happened to Guo Xu's team again, once by accident and twice by invincibility.

Not only does Guo Xu bear the heaviest responsibility on the court, he is also very generous at ordinary times. He gave his teammates high-end Apple laptops as gifts and treated them to dinner twice.

The Lakers' locker room is unprecedentedly united, and everyone is willing to pass the ball to Guo Xu and cooperate with his offense.

After Guo Xu scored a high score, he did not forget to praise his teammates. He would not say that his teammates were not strong enough. He only said that he wanted to improve his data and his teammates made sacrifices. And he made it clear at the dinner that he would only play this season and promised to help his teammates perform in the future.

In this case, no one had any problem with him and was dissatisfied with his taking too many shots.

The players who rejected the Lakers in the summer were unlucky. Many veterans became the targets of ridicule by the insiders.

The first person to bear the brunt was Josh Smith, who rejected the Lakers with a tough attitude. He played very poorly with the Clippers and couldn't find the feeling at all. Whether he was playing small forward or power forward, he had offensive and defensive problems.

Not only did Smith have no chance to win the championship with the Clippers, he was also criticized by Clippers fans. Everyone believed that he was seriously overrated.

Followed by David West, he jumped out of his contract and took a significant salary cut, and then joined the Nets after rejecting the Lakers' invitation.

He accepted an interview after Guo Xu scored 80 points and said: I don't regret joining the Nets.

Because the lineup is deeper, the Lakers only have Jason as one star in the summer. I think joining the Lakers to compete for the championship is a risky thing. What I have to do now is try my best to help the Nets win.

The one most mentioned by the gossips is power forward Ed Davis. This man is very good. He played 79 games for the Lakers last season and averaged 8.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.6 steals and 1.2 blocks in 23.3 minutes per game. , shooting 60.1%.

The management really wanted to keep Davis, who was extremely efficient in rebounding, but he chose to skip the second year of his contract and refused to renew with the Lakers. He signed with the Trail Blazers for 20 million in three years. This is completely blind.

If Davis does not break out of the contract, although he will only get an annual salary of 1 million this season, his value will skyrocket by 80% next year after Guo Xu plays well. The annual salary of 10 million is a guarantee. If he goes to a weak team, he may get an annual salary of 15 million.

This is entirely possible. The Pacers renewed the contract with blue-collar Tristan Thompson, who has a similar style to Davis and averages 10+9 per game. The contract is 82 million for 5 years.

When everyone knows that the NBA salary cap and player salaries will soar next year, he actually signed a three-year contract to go to a weak team?

If this is the decision of Davis's management team, he should fire his agent as soon as possible. If this is his own decision, then it is quite suitable for him to partner with Cousins, just like the combination of Charlotte and Dashachun.

Dashachun! What are you going to do?

I don't know what I'm going to do either!

The Suns flew to Minneapolis to have a day off before playing against the Timberwolves away from home on the 2nd.

Guo Xu won the best player in the Western Conference in the first week. In the second official strength list, the Lakers have risen to fourth in the league. No one thinks this game is suspenseful.

Many people are worried about the new No. 1 pick Karl-Anthony Towns. He played very well in the first three games, averaging 20+10 points per game and seems to be a star insider.

The Timberwolves' 2-1 record is worthy of praise, but the fourth game against Guo Xu's team was too early for the newcomers. Timberwolves fans were worried that Towns would be abused. Guo Xu especially likes to play pick-and-roll and misplaced breakthroughs, and big men can't defend him at all.

Guo Xu has become a nightmare for all inside players. No one is afraid of being mismatched against him. He will shoot a three-pointer without switching defenses. He will be passed or fouled when changing defenses. It is not common to successfully defend against him.

No one can help Towns share the defensive pressure. The Timberwolves' starting point guard is Ty Lawson, and the substitute is veteran Andre Miller. They also don't want to face Guo Xu.

Sure enough, Guo Xu showed off his power on the night of the 2nd, scoring 23 points, 2 assists, and 5 three-pointers in the first quarter.

Guo Xu didn't break into the paint very much in this quarter, and rarely looked for cover. During the counterattack, he hit 180cm-tall Ty Lawson with a three-pointer. In Zhang Lili's words, this is an unreasonable three-pointer, and the opponent will score before he can cover it.

Ty Lawson was once considered one of the best guards in the Western Conference, with sharp breakthroughs and accurate shooting. It's a pity that such a quasi-star has fallen into alcohol and cannot extricate himself.

Last season, he got drunk many times during training and fell unconscious, which made the team management very dissatisfied. Drunk driving even made him almost face jail time. The Nuggets couldn't bear it and sent him to the Timberwolves. He was in a mess again in the preseason and the opening period.

In the summer, Ty Lawson completed a 30-day compulsory alcohol treatment, and many people were optimistic that he would return to his peak. This is a luxury hope. His physical fitness has already begun to decline, and Guo Xu can easily squeeze him away for a layup when he counterattacks.

In order to strengthen the defense, Timberwolves coach Sam Mitchell could only let shooting guard Oladipo guard Guo Xu, while veteran Miller guarded the shooting guard and was responsible for organization on the offensive end.

As a veteran without a championship ring, it was a tragedy that Miller had no choice but to join the Timberwolves when no strong team took him in at the end of his career. He actually had to misplace and defend young people. How could the defensive end not be a black hole?

Guo Xu can easily break double teams, he can distribute the ball, run to catch the ball or single out Oladipo, which is still a good opportunity.

The Timberwolves were not beaten quickly and entered garbage time. Oladipo and Towns, Garnett, Gorgui Dieng, Bjelica and others were very powerful in the pick-and-roll, and the Lakers could not defend well.

All the Timberwolves' interior players have shooting range, and Kevin Martin and Shabazz Muhammad are on the bench to lead the offense.

The poor pick-and-roll defense can be said to be the Lakers' Achilles' heel. Tyronn Lue tried a variety of combinations when arranging his troops, and the inside line was always easily passed by defenders. In particular, Nurkic can hardly leave the penalty area, and his lateral speed is a tragedy.

Towns' performance was eye-catching, mainly catching and shooting, supplemented by attacking the penalty area, and defeated Nurkic. He played 33 minutes and scored 22 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.

In order to enhance mobility, Josh Richardson, Andre Robertson, and Harrell received a lot of playing time. Boozer was waived and was not included in the lineup for this game.

In the end, the Lakers won by 8 points. Guo Xu played 43 minutes and scored a double-double of 61 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

The Timberwolves couldn't do anything against Guo Xu. He scored 60+ in three consecutive games...