unfinished glory

Chapter 292 New Team

2016 is another Olympic year. Head coach Gong Luming took Li Chongxiao, Yi Jianlian, Zhou Qi, Wang Zhelin, Zou Yuchen, Li Muhao, Guo Ailun, Zhao Jiwei, Zhou Peng, Zhai Xiaochuan, Ding Yanyuhang and Li Gen to Brazil. .

There are only four players on the team who participated in the last Olympic Games.Domestic players are always replaced very quickly.

According to the results of the last Olympic Games, the Huaxia team was placed in the second tier and belonged to Group A with the US team.In the group stage, they only lost 13 points to the US team in the second game, and won the rest of the games. They successfully ranked second in the group and entered the quarterfinals.

In the quarter-finals, they faced the Lithuanian team, relying on the outstanding performance of Li Chongxiao and Yi Jianlian, and won a victory.

But in the semi-finals they encountered the Spanish team, facing a lineup of 8 NBA players, Li Chongxiao scored 48 points but was powerless, and missed the finals.

The tacit understanding that Gasol has cultivated in the team all the year round has given the team great help on both offense and defense.In this Olympics, there is no way for any team to compare with it.In the final battle, they only lost to the US team by 6 points.

In the competition for the third and fourth places, the Huaxia team defeated the Croatian team, won a bronze medal, and completed the task of entering the semi-finals set before the expedition.

After a short rest, Li Chongxiao went to Los Angeles and lived in a mansion he had never seen before buying.After resuming training for a few days, it was time for the team to assemble.

Li Chongxiao came to the Lakers, making the local fans ecstatic, and began to look forward to the next championship.The famous people of the Lakers also sent blessings one after another. From Jerry West, who had conflicts with the Lakers management, to the new famous Kobe, no one spoke ill of him. Everyone expected him to continue the glory of the Lakers.

Yao Ming, who was specially invited to give a speech at the welcome ceremony, even joked that if he had known that Li Chongxiao was going to join, he would have retired a few years later, and he could still get a championship ring with him.

When many media and fans booed him to come back, he stood up and waved his hands, pointing to his big belly and saying that it is really inconvenient now.

Yao Ming does have a mission now. During the year of retirement, he used his influence to do a lot of things that are beneficial to the promotion of basketball.Originally, he planned to buy the professional basketball team in Shanghai, but Li Guoqiang failed to buy the Clippers, and his interest shifted. He urged him to change fundamentally and participate in the next election for the chairman of the Basketball Association.

Now the two of them are working on this matter, and from the current point of view, it is likely to be successful.When Chairman Yao takes over, not to mention how much can be changed, at least at the level of the national team, it will be no problem to be invincible in Asia.

Yi Jianlian can last for a few more years. Ding Yanyuhang and Zhou Qi were selected by the NBA again this summer, and the national team is also counted as successors.

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For the Lakers in the new season, the personnel changes are very huge. In order to speed up the running-in, they determined the lineup very early.

In the summer, most of the players in the current lineup were not confirmed, and they were all slowly recruited by the team.

Li Chongxiao renewed his contract with the Lakers, so that the team doesn't have to worry about him leaving and can deal with it calmly.But for a team like the Lakers, it's not enough to recruit a star to sell tickets. The championship is what they have always pursued.

The Lakers have rebuilt very thoroughly this season, with only five players under contract.They calculated that Kobe was about to retire, and the contracts for some veterans were limited to this summer.As for the rookies, their picks are relatively low. People like Reggie Baroque and Jordan Adams did not implement the team contract. Only Larry Nance Jr. stayed in the second year of his rookie contract.

The salary space occupied by these five players is about 7200 million, which means that the Lakers still have about 2200 million salary space, and they can sign players freely.

The money is enough to sign an All-Star player, but if it is spent like this, the bench lineup will be useless.The Lakers' plan is to spend about 1000 million to sign a point guard, and the first target is Conley.

After Conley's contract with the Grizzlies expired, the team did not renew it at all.Facing the four-year 4000 million contract offered by the Lakers, he felt that it was too low, and asked for a four-year 4800 million.The Lakers hesitated for a while, and the Spurs came to intercept Hu, bidding 5600 million for four years, and took him away.

The backup option Jeremy Lin was also taken by the Nets first, and took away 3600 million in three years.Among the remaining free agents, there are no good point guards.The Lakers had to lower their requirements and did not require organizational skills, just a player who could dribble the ball across the half court.

Jennings entered the team's field of vision, 1100 million in three years.The unspent money was used to sign Joe Johnson for 2400 million over three years.

With the main frame set up, the rest is easy.Anyway, the Lakers didn't put their hopes in this season, just sign some players at will.

Nene earns 500 million for two years, Josh and Terrence Jones both have two-year base salaries, James Johnson earns 1100 million for three years, Brandon Rush earns 350 million for one year, Seth Curry earns 600 million for two years, Prigioni has a one-year veteran base salary, and then two rookies Siakam and Zubac.

In this way, the roster of 15 people is complete.

The head coach this season is still Scott, who took office the season after Kobe was injured and signed a 4-year contract with the team.This season is too hasty, and the Lakers just want to transition, so there is no rush to change coaches.

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Li Chongxiao often watched Lakers games with his grandfather when he was a child. Affected by this, he has been a Lakers fan since he was a child.By the time he can understand what's in the game, even though the league belongs to the Bulls, his love for the Lakers has been deeply ingrained.

Every child who loves basketball has longed for the NBA arena. When Li Chongxiao saw Jordan's figure, he once praised: "A man should be like this!".During his sophomore year, he had fantasized about being able to play in the NBA.It's just that this fantasy is more pragmatic. The first goal is set on Fox of the Lakers, and he shouts "he can replace him".

Buss Jr. and Kupchak showed him around the Lakers' practice facility, just as Heisley and West had done for the Grizzlies.The locker left by Kobe after retiring now belongs to him.

This locker room is full of players selected by the Lakers.There are veterans and newcomers. In the next season, everyone will fight together on the same court.

Although the team does not have any requirements for the record, the playoffs must be the minimum goal.Moreover, Li Chongxiao has a face, he has never failed in the first round, and the second round of the playoffs is his personal minimum requirement.

In the next month, the team repeatedly practiced various tactics, and the running-in between Li Chongxiao and his teammates became better and better, and the tacit understanding rose sharply.

As the regular season approaches, he is also ready to meet new challenges.

Attached team list:

Horford, Nene Hilario, Zubac
David West, Josh Smith, Terrence Jones
Jabari Parker, James Johnson, Siakam

Chongxiao Li, Brandon Rush, Joe Johnson

Jennings, Seth Curry, Pablo Prigioni

(End of this chapter)