Chapter 28 Make the Lakers great again

As soon as the game ended, Zeke Hearn shouted at Li Wan: "Man, you are really great, keep it up, I look forward to more crazy performances from you!"

The Lakers commentator, who is on every Lakers home night, has not been so excited by the performance of a rookie in a long time.

Li Wan smiled and nodded, but there was a bit of seriousness in his eyes. His data performance in this game was okay, but from Jeff's defensive strategy and the matchup with Gerald Wallace with the ball, he

Two problems were still exposed.

The first question is that as he gradually becomes famous, the coaching staff of other teams in the league are already paying attention to his game and studying him;

The second problem is that his ball-holding ability is not enough when it comes to players who are physically better than him, such as Gerald Wallace.

It seems necessary to study your own video and spend more time studying the off-ball movement.

This is the solution Li Wanneng thought of.

His current progress is fast enough, but his foundation is too poor. Now that the regular season is about to come, it is impossible for his ball-holding ability to improve by leaps and bounds in just these three to five days.

Then you can only think more about how to better combine your strengths.

After playing two more preseason games on the 22nd and 24th, the Lakers finished all games before the regular season.

The team's preseason record was 3 wins and 3 losses, which was evenly divided, and no one cared.

In 6 preseason games, Li Wan averaged 28.6 minutes per game, scoring 16.5 points, 3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1 steal. He shot 43.5% from the field, 39.7% from the three-point range, and 86.6% from the free throw line.

Among them, he averaged 16.5 points per game, surpassing Kevin Durant and other talented players, and ranked first among the rookies in the 2007 class.

This performance allowed ESPN to rank him fourth in the 2007 class when predicting the "Rookie of the Year" for the new season. On this list of players most likely to win the "Rookie of the Year", the top four were only

Li Wan is a rookie who was picked after the 15th pick in the first round. His position is higher than Mike Conley.

It can be seen how much attention his performance attracted during the league's preseason.

Six preseason games later, Phil Jackson found Lee Wan again.

"As I said before, I will use you as the sixth man of the team in the new season. In addition, I can tell you clearly that 20 minutes is just the beginning, not the end. How much time can be given depends on

It's your own, you know, "Soul Train" only provides a stage, whether you can become a star depends on your own efforts!"

"Okay, Coach Phil, I think I won't let you down either!"

Li Wan expressed his attitude very confidently.

It's not that he was blindly confident after playing the preseason. He knew that the intensity of the NBA preseason was completely different from that of the regular season, and his test had just begun.

But this alliance has always been like this, the winner survives and the loser retires.

Li Wan is not afraid of competition.

Phil Jackson said nothing more. He re-emphasized these things, which was nothing more than expressing his position.

In the past two days, many media have gradually noticed that Kupchak continues to accept trade offers from other teams for Li Wan. They believe that the Lakers still have the possibility of trading Li Wan. Phil Jackson must choose himself out.

Li Wan was quite excited to receive this guarantee.

Of course, he himself will not be satisfied with the position of the team's sixth man. Whether it is from his personal goals or the tasks that need to be completed for system upgrades, the team's sixth man is just the beginning!

Arriving at the arena as usual, Odom saw him and handed him a few newspapers.

"You're famous man, now you have a nickname, Trash Talker!"

Li Wan took a look at the newspaper. He knew the news. The source was ESPN's edited video. They cut out all the conversations between Li Wan and his opponents in 6 preseason games. They found that he was a "language master". They then

I went through Li Wan's conversations with his opponents on the NCAA court, and they were equally outrageous. His wise words were comparable to "If it were basketball, I would be several times better than you" and "Villains die from talking too much" and so on.

The nicknames "Trash Talker" and "Dirty Talker" spread like wildfire.

I didn’t expect that my first nickname after entering the NBA would be this...

He didn't know how a few words of trash talk could trigger such a reaction. There were many "trash talkers" in the league, and few of them got similar nicknames for this.

Is it because he is a newcomer? Or is it because he is a Chinese player?

After all, among the Chinese players in the NBA, he is the only one who can chatter with his opponents endlessly.

In the end, Li Wan came to the conclusion that no matter what, it might have some impact on his image. Cursing and cursing is not a positive image.

But if he wanted to rely on his reputation, he had already become a trainee, and he has been practicing for almost two and a half years now.

There is one less person in the locker room today.

After all six preseason games were over, the Lakers traded Maurice Evans in exchange for a small amount of cash.

Morris was taking a shower when he learned the news, and he calmly packed up his locker. When Li Wan played brilliantly, he knew he was gone.

He had nothing to complain about losing to such a newcomer.

Or he didn't have a chance to complain.

The name tag on his locker was taken off by staff after he left.

There is no trace of Morris in this room. Even though Morris started 10 games for the Lakers last season...

This is the NBA.

The other two rookies, Marcus Williams and Karl, have both stayed on the team. Their contracts are only partially guaranteed, worth only about 200,000, and are mainly used to fill out the lineup. In addition, the team also needs someone to keep an eye on the water cooler.

The Lakers have officially determined their thirteen-man roster for the new season:

“Point guards: Fisher, Jordan Farmar, Karl;

Shooting Guards: Kobe Bryant, Li Wan, Vujacic, Marcus Williams;

Small forward: Luke Walton, Radmanovic;

Power forward: Odom, Ronny Turiaf;

Center: Bynum, Kwame Brown;”

The two vacated positions are Kupchak's preparation for subsequent reinforcements, mainly to give Kobe room for imagination.

This list unexpectedly caused a "war of words" in China.

Some "Li Hei" said that Li Wanneng was able to play mainly because he was lucky. He encountered no one on the Lakers' back line, so he was reused by Phil Jackson. Compared with him, Yi Jianlian was at the fourth position of the Bucks.

The competition is much greater.

But it can be seen from this list that Li Wan's competition in the Lakers is not small. The solid starters Derek Fisher Jackson and Kobe Bryant have Jordan Farmer standing behind them.

Er and Vujacic, these are actually players competing with Li Wan for playing positions.

Li Wanneng won the position of "Sixth Man" of the Lakers, not because "Phil Jackson is useless" as "Li Hei" said, but because he actually relied on his own strength.

Before the official start of the regular season, ESPN listed a strength ranking list. The Lakers are currently ranked 16th. That is, eighth in the Western Conference, barely entering the playoffs.

Most ESPN experts are not as optimistic as the Los Angeles media. They do not believe that "Baby Shark" Bynum will undergo a qualitative transformation this season.

In addition, the sense of surprise brought by Li Wan was not enough to elevate this team to a higher level.

"He will be a very good newcomer, but that's all!"

They believe the best-case scenario for the Lakers this year is to stay put.

Due to ESPN's disapproval, the Lakers shouted their slogan for the new season: "Make the Lakers great again!"

As soon as the slogan came out, it made the Lakers fans get goosebumps all over their bodies. This slogan was so morale-boosting that they could not wait for the opening game to start immediately, and then shout this slogan in the Staples auditorium!

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