Chapter 52 - [The opportunity is reserved for those who are prepared]
That night, the Lakers held a celebration party overnight in a famous Los Angeles club. Players who did not make the playoff roster also participated, and Tyrone Lu lay strong to win the championship, and he was the one to complete the ring.
Telunglu played for the Lakers for two seasons. He did not even participate in training many times. He spent most of his time at home to recuperate. In the key game, he was sitting on the sidelines in a hip-hop outfit and wearing a “ditch braid”, which was particularly eye-catching. He hailed cheering for his teammates as he called them, but in fact, he was exposed in COS Iverson.
Such teammates are of course not popular at the party. The stars ignored Tyron Lu and even the new general manager Kupchak felt that he was a bit obtrusive. Spending more than 800,000 salaries is a trivial matter, and wasting a quota is trouble. Without Tyrone Lu, the Lakers can at least sign a veteran in the free market who wants to hit the championship and has the strength and willing to reduce the salary.
“Vegetarian meal” is used to describe people like Tyrone Lu, a more popular saying is “occupies that pit does not shit”.
Kupchak specifically asked Phil Jackson to chat in a quiet corner and asked, “When are you going to let the Chinese newcomer try out? As long as he can play the NCAA finals, he is much better than Tyrone Lu.”
“On the 22nd, I hope he will really refuse the trial training of all teams, otherwise there should be many teams interested in him.” Jackson laughed.
NBA gives people the impression that everything is professional, training system, tactical execution, team support, media literacy and so on. NBA scouts are also more professional in scouting players. Although scouts from various teams often have glances, one player has outstanding strength and rarely everyone looks at them together.
Scouts have watched the NCAA finals. If Guo Xu refused the Hornets trial training, it was rendered as a “thorn”. It is not easy for the Lakers to choose him. The Hornets help with a crooked attack.
Kupchak said: “I think he will do it. This kid is very confident and has a personality. He seems to be a kind of person who is assertive and dares to take risks.”
Interview with Guo Xu won the favor of all Lakers supporters. Kupchak feels that a young man who targets the Lakers will definitely be very obedient and play hard to help the team.
Jackson is also optimistic about Guo Xu, many coaches like small point guards, can enrich the team’s tactics in a certain period of time. At that time, the Lakers traded for Tyronlu in order to find a replacement for Van Exel. Unfortunately, Tyronlu had a far worse offense and could not go crazy on the defensive end.
Guo Xu and Tyrone Lu won the competition on the court. The only resistance for him to join the Lakers was that the management only wanted to trade for a more recent second-round pick. The team’s current salary is too high.
Last season the NBA salary cap was $ 34 million, and the Lakers ’total salary reached $ 55 million. With the increase in the salary of O’Neal and Kobe, the team ’s total salary will rise to about 60 million next season. Kupchak must Careful calculation of recruitment, to prove that he has the ability to sit in the manager’s seat.
The Lakers management has no hope for Tyrone Lu. In Guo Xu ’s previous life, Tyrone Lu ’s player career was not worth mentioning. Most of the time he was a substitute and a marginal man. The only highlight is in 2001. He was a Laker in the playoffs. Played 15 games, averaging 8.7 minutes per game, scoring 1.9 points, 0.7 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.8 steals and shooting 34.5% from the field.
Telunglu is so bad, but has been mixed in the NBA for 11 seasons and is well known by fans, and later became the head coach of the Cavaliers, coaching “Emperor” LeBron James. Where does the average score of 2.3 points in the playoffs come from?
The turning point in Tyrone Lu ’s life was the 2001 Lakers VS 76ers Finals, and he became famous by playing Iverson.
Some fans have analyzed that it is no exaggeration to say that five games have changed Tyrone Lu ’s life. Chinese fans knew him and gave him the nickname “Lu Yuanwai”. It sounded so powerful, and I did n’t know he thought he was a good martial artist. “There is no right in the world,” in fact, he is not qualified as a role player.
Frankly speaking, Iverson in the finals is a shortcut to fame, and now Guo Xu is going to grab the chance of Tyrone Lu.
It is true that he may be better to use a weak team to be reused, but he could not reach the stage of the finals early in his career, and he did not get the championship ring. No matter how good the weak team player data is, the evaluation can’t be high, at most there is a brush, a tumor, there are too many examples of this.
On June 21, the Lakers held a championship parade in Los Angeles. After Jordan retired, the Lakers became the most popular team in the league. The scale of the parade can prove this. The last time the Lakers won the championship was 12 years ago. Los Angeles fans waited too long for this day.
O’Neill stood on the roof of the car holding the trophy. The cheers he received were ten times that of the mayor of Los Angeles. There were many people on the street. Many fans did not go to work to celebrate the Lakers’ championship. There are not only young people, but also fifty or sixty years old , Children around ten years old, many people wear O’Neill’s No. 34 jersey and Kobe’s No. 8 jersey!
Because the players take a very high bus, some fans even climbed on the poles to see the stars, and many people waved at the players on the roof. Among them, there were a few more than 200 pounds of fat people, and they were not afraid of crushing the roof.
Guo Xu and Happi arrived in Los Angeles at night, and did not join in the excitement to participate in the parade. They stayed at the booked hotel and prepared for the trial training on the afternoon of the 22nd.
The Lakers management is very comfortable with some small details. They arranged the hotel in advance. Although it is only a standard room, it is close to the training ground, saving the player’s expense and some trouble. Take part in training.
At 9 o’clock in the evening, Hapi urged Guo Xu to go to bed and lie down ~ www.mtlnovel.com ~ At eight o’clock the next morning, Hapi set him up on time and went to the nearby open-air court to practice together Shooting.
Success belongs to those who have dreams, and the opportunity is reserved for those who are prepared.
Guo Xu practiced a two-hour shot and returned to the hotel to take a shower and rest. At two o’clock in the afternoon, he and Hapi arrived at the training hall on time and met the Lakers coaching staff to accompany the training.
Guo Xu immediately saw that the Lakers were very interested in him, because Phil Jackson, like KFC’s grandfather, was present today. Yesterday the Lakers had a party and played very late. “Master Zen” was still willing to come to see him.
The two shook hands, Jackson smiled and said: “Guo, I watched the NCAA finals, your performance is very good, this is just a physical examination, don’t be nervous, try to play to the best level.”
Guo Xu smiled and said: “The coach please rest assured that I have been training after joining the Lakers on vacation. I have practiced shooting this morning. I often imagine myself playing in the Lakers system and I can definitely comprehend every tactic you give.”
This is not bragging. No one has watched the Lakers more than he did in this era. They are all the experience of previous life.
Jackson asked: “Did you go to other teams’ training?”
“Of course not, even if I lose, I will apply to play for the Lakers in the summer league and preseason to prove myself.”
“Then let us see your strength.” Jackson’s impression of Guo Xu is better, and Yan Yuese.
Guo Xu’s consciousness is too high for Jackson to pick out the fault. He likes hard-working players. When he was in the Bulls, he arranged a lot of training. When he came to the Lakers, he often practiced twice a day. It is because of the coaching factor that Kobe is like Jordan, and the two are trained in the same way.
Now, Jackson is also optimistic that Guo Xu can quickly integrate into the triangle offense system, it is not clear his upper limit.