"I promised to play for another year, you said to take me to win the championship..."

"I thought the Lakers traded me back to help Aix..."

No one noticed that O'Neal worked so hard every day. After knowing this, many people on the Lakers went to watch the surveillance video curiously and found that it was true. O'Neal was the one with the largest training volume in 12 days of training!

However, although he was injured, O'Neal's physical strength surprised everyone with a weight of 132 kilograms. He could actually practice like this!

O'Neal was injured, there was nothing he could do about this.

Barkley was thick-skinned and had no choice.

Zhang Hao is indeed not a core style of play, but a puzzle player, and there is nothing to refute this.

The Magician and Kenny Anderson are speechless now, they are both overwhelmed!

The next morning, Del Harris held a team meeting and announced the adjustments to deal with O'Neal's absence. Unfortunately, the two saw that they had indeed become the absolute tactical core.

When Del Harris made adjustments, he considered Barkley's idea. If no one else was available, then Barkley must be the core of tacticality. Barkley has averaged 4.1 assists per game so far in his career, and it is absolutely no problem to use him as the core of tacticality in the interior.

But there are other players who can serve as core players, who hold Barkley's thighs with confidence, and who is 34 years old in four months, and O'Neal was just injured. Del Harris decisively chose Kenny Anderson as the tactical core and the Magician as the second tactical core.

In the tactics, Zhang Hao is the one who cooperates with his teammates, keeps running, catch shots, second pass assist control, and catch shots...

With Zhang Hao here, if you have a little brain, you can play better if you have a teammate, but Zhang Hao is not the core of the tactical strategy.

This is very important for Zhang Hao. He is better at playing this way, rather than having to drive the ducks on the shelves.

Not everyone will become a superstar if they accidentally drive themselves on the shelves like McGrady in the future.

...

O'Neal may be injured for up to one month in the regular season. This situation has made the Lakers' training camp contract players very excited, and they feel they have a chance!

For players on the edge, the best opportunity they can expect is that the main player is injured.

However, on the morning of October 6, the Lakers announced that they would terminate all training camp contracts in advance.

Then, the Lakers signed a Washington Bullets training camp contract player with a base salary of 1+1 with a starting salary of 250,000 US dollars, a contract with a base salary of 1+1 in the second year, with a total of 580,000 US dollars.

Originally, Ben Wallace had entered the Washington Bullets training camp and received a 10-day short appointment.

But last night, the Lakers gave such a full guaranteed basic salary, and the Bullets did not choose to match.

Although it was announced that Ben Wallace was signed this morning, which was later than before getting in touch with the training camp contract in advance, the decision was actually made earlier.

O'Neal's injury must have caused a decline in overall strength. O'Neal still has to go through a period of pain after returning, so he must play better in the early stage of the season.

As the saying goes, wealth and honor are in danger. Del Harrisbon is an old fox who likes to try. He is going to start the formal running-in stage in the preseason to avoid the formal running-in beginning in the regular season. As a result, O'Neal came back and started running-in again.

The main lineup will be played directly in the preseason. It is possible that the opponents can understand their playing style at the beginning of the regular season. There is also the problem of the adaptation period being too short, and there are hidden dangers of injury...

But Del Harris chose to take a gamble.

At worst, young players are used more, such as Kenny Anderson, Zhang Hao, George Lynch, Jason Williams and others...

Then, in another team meeting on the morning of October 6, Kenny Anderson's discovery finally became the absolute core of the team again, and in a team surrounded by stars like the Lakers, why did he feel so miserable?

But there is no way. Judging from the strategic arrangement of the preseason and the initial decision of the tactical framework of the regular season beginning stage announced by the coaching staff, Kenny Anderson can really shout: "I am the core of the five All-Stars of the Lakers!"

...

...

"Elwin Johnson, 37 years old, 206 cm, 110 kg, 85 abilities... If you didn't miss the game for a few years due to illness, the Magicians could be stronger, right? This state is simply maintained. Many people don't remember that the Magicians just led the team to the finals when they retired, and they also averaged 12.5 assists per game in the regular season, right? In the previous two seasons, two consecutive MVPs..."

"Kenny Anderson, 26 years old, 183 cm, 77 kg, 89 abilities... Oh, Boss Kenny can do it this year! He didn't become a little fat man like last year, and he was still a little bit short of it. I wonder if he has the chance to become a top star, it depends on his talent."

"Charles Barkley, 34 years old, 198 cm (?), 120 kg, 94 abilities... What should I say? The original Rockets really are the thighs."

"Shake O'Neal, 24 years old, 6 cm, 134 kg, 96 ability evaluation (80 ability evaluation during injury)... Two kilograms gain weight in two days? Is this considered talent? But, if you are injured, you should gain weight well."

"Doug Christie, 26 years old, 198 cm, 91 kg, ability evaluation 82...Defense 91, our best defensive player on the outside! When we enter the peak period, we make progress quickly, and we can defend the 1-3 position, and we are bad at speed point guards. It seems that I still have to defend the point guard... Doug and George are three-man defending the outside, and playing positional and defense is enough."

With him, Mr. Zhang, Zhang Hao looked at the core combination of these five major + sixth people, so he was simply too explosive!

Although there has not been a practical battle in team cooperation, the teammates' personal competitive status is online due to the start of training camp in advance and the training efforts.

Next is cooperation!

In the middle of the season, some people may continue to improve due to age, physical strength and other factors, while others may decline after insufficient reserve physical fitness.

But other teams will have the same situation, but from the perspective of stars, with all the staff in a uniform manner, except for the Bulls, Heat, Knicks, and Supersonics, other teams cannot compete with them!

"Byron Scott, ability evaluation 65...

Brian Shaw, ability evaluation 78...

George Lynch, ability evaluation 75...

Jason Williams, ability evaluation 76...

Derek Fisher, Ability Evaluation 61...

James Robinson, ability evaluation 72...

Jeromy Colsey, ability evaluation 70…

...

Ben Wallace, ability evaluation 58..."

On the morning of October 7, after arriving at the stadium, Del Harris announced the lineup for the next preseason and early regular season, and Zhang Hao received two prompts.

One is the prompt to reward 90 days for the life of the new season when entering the main rotation lineup.

Another one is the player detection system. The player detection report on the team lineup of Zhang, a special signing player, was released.

Early this morning, Zhang Hao noticed that there was one more person in the stadium, and he knew that this person was in Los Angeles last night and would come today.

Ben Wallace!

"Ben Wallace, 22 years old, 206 cm tall, 101 kg weight, 58 ability evaluation, offense-, 80 defense, 87 speed, 88 strength (90 explosive force), 92 bounce..."

The offense has not reached the system judgment line, which is below 50. It is hard to say how low it is, but the defense is as high as 80! Garnett's rookie season is not at this level.

But because the defense is difficult to see during the trial, and the school where Ben Wallace plays is so overwhelming that no one notices it at all.

In terms of tactical awareness, the ability to play and cooperate that the inside line should have is really ridiculously poor, and there are not many that can be obtained.

So, even though I see Ben Wallace having a defensive evaluation of 80 now, Zhang Hao still feels that Ben Wallace does not have the ability to play in the NBA for the time being and needs to be maintained for another two years.

However, the night before yesterday, when Henry Thomas suggested that Zhang Hao recommend Ben Wallace to the Lakers, Zhang Hao did not refuse and decisively contacted the logo man.

The logo man did not refuse this small request. First of all, he felt that Zhang Hao was not just taking a commission for the salary of 6,000 or 7,000 US dollars, and they also needed a center now.

Although, when I saw Ben Wallace, who claimed to be 206 cm unwilling to undergo a height test and weighed only 101 kilograms, the logo man regretted it, but he still signed it.

Anyway, the annual minimum salary is enough, before the team finds a really suitable substitute center, it's okay to keep it... What if it's played? It's not a loss if it doesn't play, it's considered a sacrifice for Zhang Hao.

Moreover, if you have the right candidate for center and want to sack, you can also sack fourth point guard Loomir Robinson first. The contract is guaranteed for only one month, and it is not a big loss if you sack. I don’t plan to stay for a season... Unless this No. 10 pick in 1990 explodes at the age of 30.

On the other hand, as a newcomer, Ben Wallace seemed a little out of place when other teammates had been training for nearly a month. Sitting in the corner, he didn't know where to put his hands.

And he felt that someone had been watching him...

But he felt that no one would notice his undraft. When he thought it was an illusion, a person suddenly appeared next to him.

The Lakers' newcomer king!

He was selected for the first time in the rookie season and won the All-Star vote king and the All-Star MVP super newcomer king!

Seeing the other party looking at himself with a scrutiny look, Ben Wallace really wanted to introduce himself to the boss immediately, I am a player of your company!

He thought Zhang Hao had no idea who he was, and thought he was weak and disliked him.

Just when Ben Wallace was about to introduce himself, Zhang Hao spoke first: "Ben, I think..."

What do you think? I don’t think I should be on an NBA team? I will work very hard!

Before Ben Wallace could say anything, Zhang Hao continued: "I think your hairstyle is not suitable for you. Also, it should be more intimidating to wear a beard. By the way, you are too thin and one kilogram lighter than me. Practice more muscles and be strong to have playing time. Look at you, I think I can push you away with a little force..."

“?????”

Co-worker, you just looked at me because my appearance is not up to standard? Is my muscles not fit enough?

Ben Wallace touched his chin. He shaved cleanly before leaving the hotel this morning, for fear that he would offend people because of his vicious appearance and a beard. His hairstyle... He has always been clean and neat, and the university coaches are praising him. Why is it wrong now?

Ben Wallace, whose head was down, asked blankly: "Boss, what should I do?"

"Uh... don't call me boss, just call me Aix."

"Okay boss."

"..." Zhang Hao looked at Ben Wallace, who had no beard and had no explosive head, and thought he would forget it and would not correct it. He said, "You should keep your hair long, change your dreadlocks or corn whiskers to explode your head. Keep your beard and scare the other person and practice muscles... Anyway, you may not have been spending a long time at the beginning, so you can practice boxing."

"Okay boss..."

After receiving a response, Zhang Hao left with satisfaction.

Ben Wallace came to his senses for a while... What did Zhang Hao say to him? Let him change his style, this is simple, and he also likes those exaggerated styles.

But practicing boxing to gain muscles... According to legend, Zhang Hao is a big deal on the court.

"I understand! The boss wants to find a bodyguard... It's okay. Do the bodyguard work first, stay. Let's talk about it. Are the two Davises from the Pacers also from bodyguards..."
To be continued...