As a Kobe hater, he was actually teammates with Kobe!

As last year's champion, they only achieved a record of 4 wins and 4 losses in the preseason, which inevitably caused some doubts from the outside world.

Are the Lakers capable of defending their title?

Who will lead the Lakers' bench?

In the four games they lost, the bench averaged 4 points less than the opponent.

The Lakers' bench depth is seriously insufficient!

After the baptism of his rookie season, Rajon Rondo's organization and defense have improved to a higher level, but his shortcomings have been magnified infinitely because he is on the Lakers, who are the favorites to win the championship. The opponent defends 5 against 4 on the defensive end, completely leaving Rondo open.

Of course, when the team loses the game, the first blame is naturally the main player's problem.

Zhou Ze was obsessed with mid-range shots in the preseason. He could have rushed to the basket and caused great damage, but he had to go to such lengths and chose to shoot from mid-range.

However, more people still choose to believe in the Lakers.

After all, the preseason is just an appetizer for the new season, and serious big-name stars will not go all out in the preseason.

The main purpose of the preseason is to run in the new team lineup.

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The NBA preseason games all ended on October 10.

The NBA regular season will kick off in two days.

Before the regular season starts, ESPN released a list of NBA team strengths for the new season.

No. 1. The Boston Celtics. Their Big Three, still at their peak, was a first in NBA history, and naturally drew widespread acclaim. After all, nothing like it existed before the Celtics' Big Three.

Barkley was already at the end of his career when he clung to Olajuwon's thighs. However, after joining the Rockets, Barkley discovered that his thighs were even thicker than Olajuwon's.

No. 2. Cleveland Cavaliers. James, who was swept 4-0 by Zhou Ze in last year's Finals, has made a comeback this season. But ESPN's ranking them second is truly intriguing.

No. 3. Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers' elbows have dominated the league, but Zhou Ze's preseason obsession with mid-range shooting has led the media to speculate whether he suffers from "anti-mysophobia." Furthermore, there's been speculation about whether Zhou Ze is injured.

After all, in their eyes, "Asians" cannot possibly have such strong endurance.

Zhou Ze's performance in the preseason caused the Lakers to be ranked third by ESPN.

No. 4: The San Antonio Spurs. They have the league's top two power forwards, a renowned coach in Zhuge Cunfu, and Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, who are entering the prime of their careers.

No. 5 Utah Jazz: A classic pick-and-roll team with a wing presence like AK47.

No. 6 Detroit Pistons: A lean camel is bigger than a horse.

No. 7 Houston Rockets. This season, Rockets owner Alexander has publicly stated his desire to improve the team's roster, even though the team's new general manager has spent his days navigating the Development League and overseas markets.

Yao Ming is gradually entering the peak of his career, and the American media is very optimistic that he can retain his spot on the All-NBA First Team.

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Make sense.

Zhou Ze's performance in the preseason was indeed a bit bad, but he took a lot of mid-range shots, which is what the Zen Master required.

The Lakers are different from those teams that are in a bad state. It is difficult for him to get sufficient training opportunities.

Since Zhou Ze joined the Lakers in his first season, the management has been like a fairy, trying to ensure the results, train the rookies, and...

In this case, the Zen Master wanted to let Zhou Ze fire as much as he could in the preseason.

The Phil Jackson, who has been coaching for many years, keenly discovered that Zhou Ze had opened the door to "mid-range shots".

He can complete a sudden stop while holding the ball at high speed, and can jump and shoot without much adjustment, and his shooting hand shape in mid-air is also very beautiful.

He is simply a muscular version of Kobe, so beautiful.

The only flaw is that the hit rate is unstable.

If Zhou Ze can develop his mid-range shot, even if he can only master a stable catch-and-shoot mid-range shot this season, the difficulty for the Lakers to defend their title will be reduced.

at the same time...

After 8 preseason games, Zhou Ze also gained a lot of peak values.

Peak Value: 2/100

In addition to being able to perform ten consecutive draws, Zhou Ze can also obtain new athlete templates.

Zhou Ze first draws a new athlete template.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a new player template - Peak Bill Russell.]

This?

A Lord of the Rings template? Or at its peak?

Regarding this...

Zhou Ze was no longer as excited as the previous three times.

Even thought that was the case.

As the NBA player with the most championship rings.

The Lord of the Rings can be said to be synonymous with "defense".

But Zhou Ze actually hopes that the athlete he draws will have a kidney shaped like a little sun.

[Fusion! 】

Zhou Ze reluctantly integrated the player template of the peak Lord of the Rings.

After all, after the templates are fused, the attributes are improved preferentially.

[Host]: Zhou Ze

[Basic Information]: Barefoot height 208cm; arm span 229; weight: 125kg.

【Player Attributes】:

突破上篮97（107）；背身勾射109（116）；背身后仰95（117）；原地近距离投篮77-82-87（111）；中投78-83-88-90（113）；三分119（119）；罚球103(105）；

传球视野97（121）；精准传球80（122）；控球94（94）；

防守篮板118（118↑130）；进攻篮板118（118↑130）；抢断100（100↑110）；外线防守61（96）；内线防守116（116↑130）；横向移动96（96↑110）；盖帽103（103↑130）

弹跳高度115（123）；弹速120（125）；速度110（120）；爆发力104（110）；力量138（138+）；体力123（123）；抗伤120（120↑124）

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This talent upgrade is primarily focused on defense. Defensive rebounding, offensive rebounding, interior defense, and shot blocking—these four attributes have been maxed out, reaching NBA limits.

Injury resistance and lateral movement have also increased slightly.

Overall, it's not bad.

However, the next fusion of athlete templates will take more time.

You need to reach a peak value of 20 to participate in the lottery.

Zhou Ze was also curious!

Who will be the next athlete's role model?

never mind!

No matter who he is, I hope his endurance can last longer.

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Next, it’s ten consecutive draws.

9点随机属性，防守篮板+5，提升到123（130）；进攻篮板+4，提升到122（130）。

New badge - [Back Punisher (Bronze)].

With 3 free attributes, Zhou Ze chose to strengthen [Mid-range Shot] and raised it to 93 (113).

Well...

As the current attributes get closer to the talent limit, the effect of training becomes smaller and smaller.

You still have to cheat.

【Back Punisher (Bronze)】Function Introduction:

1. When posting up in the low post, you get +3 for a fadeaway shot and +3 for a close-range shot from the spot.

2. To advance to the next level (Silver), you need to complete 5000 successful post-ups.