In mid-September, Wei Xia will participate in the preseason training camp held by the Lakers Toyota Center.

Training camps are a place where players can work together and establish their personal status.

If a rookie performs well in the confrontation with the old birds, he can lock in the team faster. On the contrary, if he plays poorly, his playing time in the new season will also be affected.

A year later, Phil Jackson took power again, and Weisha didn't want to leave a bad impression on him.

Although they had some unexplainable frictions in the trial training before the draft, Wei Xia was well aware of the principle that his fingers could not beat his fists, and he could not have been able to go against the Zen master as soon as he came.

Wei Xia came early and late, and half of his teammates arrived first.

The person in charge of the statistics is Gary Witty, an old Lakers trainer. He nodded slightly to Wei Xia. Friendliness is not considered friendly, and he has no malice. He just nodded gently.

Wei Xia entered the locker room with useful things and found his cabinet.

There are still people here.

He was tall and thin, bald, and had purple arm guards on his forearms on his left and right arms.

Although he is not a superstar, he is one of the biggest gains in the Lakers' business of trading Sharks into Miami - Lamar Odom.

Wei Xia’s first impression of him was that he was omnipotent.

Data such as 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists per game should be his standard. What he lacks the most is concentration and the driving force that continues to ignite himself.

If he could ignite himself like Kobe in every game, he might not be the top ten players in the league, but he is undoubtedly a special star. At least when we mention the left-handed magician, we think of not his brainless collection, but his well-deserved reputation.

"It's you, you're that~~ that~~" Odom's hand pointed at the prisoner paraded in the street like a gossiping woman, "It's that~~~ Vaughan Weaver!"

Wei Xia's face was about to become brighter.

Orlando laughed infectiously: "Just kidding, please don't mind, you must know who I am, Lamar, you can call me a lama, how should I call you? Visa? Or Felix?"

"Whatever you like." Wei Xia put down his stuff and quickly changed into a sports suit. He had no other equipment, only clothes and pants, so he changed his clothes quickly.

Bynum is adjusting the distance between the two arm guards.

In his eyes, it seemed that it was not an arm guard, but a couplet. If it was stuck in a crooked manner, something ominous would happen.

"Visa, I read the news today and laughed to death..." Then he couldn't tell Wei Xia the funny thing about the news. He laughed for a long time.

Wei Xia admired his shocking laughter, and then asked politely: "Is that so, where is it funny?"

"It's like this..." It might be really funny. He was about to tell Wei Xia that funny news, and the story imprinted in his heart was rubbing his laughter with clever means.

Then he didn't hold back, let Wei Xia look at him inexplicably for a long time and laugh.

"That's right! The Los Angeles Daily News said that when the Lakers traded Shaq and the Heat, they exchanged Caron and me, and now they exchanged Caron for two draft picks and got you, so in fact, the Lakers exchanged one Shark and two draft picks for you and me... Hahaha, isn't this funny? The first time I found that I was so valuable!" Then he laughed wildly for nearly a minute.

Maybe it's quite funny, but Wei Xia can't laugh.

Odom was the first Lakers he knew, and many people came one after another.

Wei Xia didn't see Kobe, so he was sure he had already arrived.

He didn't believe Kobe would be late. He didn't see him now, which is the ironclad evidence that he came to the training camp early.

Waiting for a while, Weisha and Odom walked to the Toyota Center training ground together.

Jackson was still wearing loose short-sleeved shirts and shorts, and his tight face seemed not to notice the arrival of Weisha and Odom.

The team gathered, and there were about 22 people.

Most of them have locked in the big list.

In addition to Wei Xia and others, the Lakers have some ridiculous gains in the free market this year.

Their litter-picking behavior is described by New Yorkers as "cleaners."

Who did they pick up?

Sprewell, who claims to be unable to support his family without ten million.

The Lakers are not stupid either, so they gave Sprewell a one-year, 10 million multi-term contract. The madman needs to do many things during the new season to get his full salary.

There is also the famous Byron Russell (bryon                                                                                                                        

That's right, Russell may be the most famous unknown person in NBA history. He was honored to be a highlight of Jordan's career. NBA wants to make promotional videos to the outside world. Jordan's century shooting is indispensable, so Russell's appearance opportunities are also indispensable.

Even later, Jordan focused on thanking Pat Riley, Jeff Van Gundy, Danny Angie and Russell in his Hall of Fame speech.

Look, if it weren't for the honor of becoming the background of God, why would Russell enjoy such popularity with his cards?

However, Russell is not the madman who dares to challenge Jordan who is playing baseball, warning him not to make a comeback, otherwise he will die. He is old, and the Lakers have only met the needs of Zen masters and recruited veterans with experience and defense to make up for the losses of losing Caron Butler.

By the way, the Zen master also recruited his former disciple Tony Kukocchi, another twilight veteran.

This is why the New Yorkers mocked the Lakers as a cleaner.

"Just just by giving Sprewell a year and 10 million, they can be concluded that they are crazy."

Bill Simmons even went viral on his blog: "I guess, did Sprewell pinch Mickey Kupcheck's neck while forcing them to provide tens of millions of annual salary when negotiating with the Lakers?"

Two rookies, three old men who are ready to retire with one foot, and with a bad team that could not even make it to the playoffs last season, the Lakers in the new season are considered to have booked the lottery zone for the 2005-06 season before the start of the game.

Weisha and Bynum, who was of the same class, stood by, followed Jackson to the Lakers George Mumford, burned sage, and cigarettes floated on the training ground.

"I hope you can calm down completely in training camp," Jackson told the players. "The upcoming journey is long and hard, and we must have the preparation and courage to overcome difficulties."

His words contained the authority of the dynasty coach, and no one dared to speak out to break the realm dominated by the Zen master.

"Next, we train in groups and play a black and white match in 30 minutes."

Weisha is in the group with Weaver, Kobe and Kukoc.

In the group where the old, middle-aged and young are combined, Wei Xia feels that he may be the worst shot in the group.

The coaching staff provides a training plan that they need to complete within the prescribed time.

The two young guards need to keep up with Kobe's pace and practice defensive steps, and also perform 10 sets of 5 sets of confrontational layups with confrontational interference.

"We are in a group, which is faster and more convenient." Kobe's tone was not discussing with others, and he said directly to Wei Xia, "You and me are in a group."

Wei Xia asked: "Can I refuse?"

Kobe immediately turned around, his sharp eyes almost wiped Wei Xia from the center of Toyota.

"Just kidding, don't be nervous." Wei Xia explained.

Kobe smiled. If such a terrifying smile was what Wei Xia wanted, then he must have been crazy.

Kobe brought Wei Xia the most scary smile ever and said: "It's funny, I hope you will always be optimistic and always make me laugh."

The two went to the corner alone to prepare for defensive footwork training.

Seeing Kobe as if he was going to beat Wei Xia, Weaver said in a terrified manner: "Where did you get the courage to joke with Kobe?"

"I've seen this episode," Kukoc told Weaver. "Michael punched Steve because he couldn't control his mouth."

Weaver's understanding is top-notch. He listened to Kukochi's words as Kobe would punch Wei Xia today and let him be a good person.

Kobe's defensive footwork training is different from others.

He held the ball and hooked his finger at Wei Xia like a fool on the roadside: "Come and guard me."

"I'm not questioning the Lakers' training, but you just practice your defensive footsteps like this?" Wei Xia's understanding, the defensive footsteps are fast scouting training and boring and difficult but absolutely effective high-speed cross-shift training on some props that lay the groundwork.

One with the ball and the other with the defense. What kind of defensive training is this?

"Yes, just practice like this to guard against me."

Kobe continued to speak out provocation and successfully called Wei Xia in front of him.

Wei Xia stared at Kobe who was dribbling with his hands spread out.

Kobe knew how much Wei Xia was. He watched the championship game half a year ago. At this time, they had to start a single match without a basket, and they just had to break through Wei Xia and succeed in the offense.

Kobe's speed and explosive power are not the best. His victory is due to his changing rhythm. He dribbled the ball under his crotch and then swayed left and right. Wei Xia stuck his step and moved horizontally to the position. The speed was very fast, but he immediately took the elbow.

He was pushed away by Kobe with one elbow and then broke the defense.

Kobe stared at Wei Xia jokingly: "You shouldn't want to say 'foul', right?"

Wei Xia was still a little confused about the situation, one thing was certain, he did become Kobe's teammate. And their first training as teammates was a one-on-one fight with Kobe. Kobe gave him an elbow in the one-on-one fight in order to give him a move.

He will always remember this and remember what he said to Kobe.
Chapter completed!