"Hao!"

I received a notice from the Lakers last night that I can report it at noon the day after tomorrow. Starting from the afternoon of the 17th, the training hall will be open to players for use.

Zhang Hao was excited that there was another game to play. Although there were 1,691 destiny left, only if there was a game to play could you save more lives.

But today I learned that the league has announced two new rules that have a great impact on his playing style!

The rule of not allowing advance pinch is cancelled, that is, in the future, he requires his opponent to directly pinch and block his ball from receiving!

The "elevator door" tactic played in the finals last year, once this rule was introduced, it can be regarded as a moving pick-and-roll.

Fortunately, the impact is not very big. His size and athletic ability can be dealt with, so the tactic is smart and won't last long.

The most important thing is to introduce three seconds of defense...

Last season, who is the most popular player who squats in the three-second zone when playing in the center position?

It's not Mutombo, Campbell, Ostag, or even O'Neal, but him, Mr. Zhang!

Although he doesn't have much time to play center, once Zhang Hao plays center, he can be more than 16 seconds and he can't squat in the three-second zone without coming out after 20 seconds of defense.

Unfortunately, O'Neal is the ninth-ranked one.

The most favorite inside combination in the league is the two of them.

"I'm so popular, shouldn't the league praise me?

It shouldn't be that if I don't score a goal, I'll post it to the opponent, and I'll give me a whistle to the free throw line and give me a score?

I shouldn't have been unable to beat the opponent when he was shooting, stretched his foot over, lay down and got an FMVP?

It shouldn't be that I broke through and caught the ball at the basket and found that it was blocked. Can I run out of the position after taking a few more steps?

It shouldn't be that I took a step back and found that I didn't have the opportunity to withdraw and I wouldn't be blown away if I took another step back?

It shouldn't be..."

After Zhang Hao whispered wildly, he felt that he was actually fine. He had very little time to play center now.

The fat man is miserable!

The frame guard was cut, the singles were cut...

"As long as you give Dapang a regular season to adapt to your new weight, there is no big problem, I..."

"Special signing player: Zhang Hao.

Age/Date of Birth: Year/January 7, 1977.

1 cm height, 222 cm wingspan

Weight: 108 kg.

Position: Forward

Team: Los Angeles Lakers.

Ability evaluation: 91

Physical fitness: speed 90, strength 92, bounce 94, flexibility 96, physical strength 95...

Shooting: 87 three-pointers, 93 mid-range shots, 96 layups...

Techniques: 84 ball control, 79 pass, 94 catch shot, 90 jump shot, 88 high back-body skills, 71 low back-body skills, 85 cut, 64 jump step, 86 turn, 90 change direction, 79 emergency stop jump shot..."

During this long offseason, the biggest improvement in physical fitness is the explosiveness, and I didn’t practice it specifically. As I grow older, the natural growth brought by high-intensity exercise will not drag down my legs. I did not gain weight this offseason. I practiced the basic defensive skills mainly in terms of movement and directional pursuit. The flexibility has returned to the best 96, and my physical strength has also increased slightly.

The shooting has steadily improved, and the three-pointers are close to the changes in the three-point line specifications a year ago. After practicing in the mid-range shooting for half a year, it should be not far from 94.

In terms of technology, the biggest improvement this summer is still the catch-and-shooting shot. Both the catch-and-shooting shots and the catch-and-turn jump shots have reached the top level. Others still need to be improved. Zhang Hao's offensive end strengthening direction is very clear. Others have not yet been on the round, but there are more or less improvements, such as emergency stop jump shots and high-level back-playing, both have clear improvements.

In addition, the basic skills of single defense have been polished, and the most basic things have been well trained...

"I want to be a coach, but what if I play basketball too well?"

...

...

On January 17, the NBA resumed operations, and the players began to get busy, and the team management was also busy.

Since January last year, the league teams almost completely stopped the renewal. According to CNN, the suspension was the end of last season. The 29 teams, including the first round rookie, had only 287 players with contracts. According to NBA regulations, the conditions for a team to register for a new season are that there are at least 14 players, which means that each team has 119 to 148 vacant players.

After the Players' Union and the League officially announced that they had reached an agreement, the League and the Players' Union had already allowed the management and players of each team to contact. At 12 noon on January 17, the first time the league officially resumed operations, the Lakers held a press conference and signed 83rd veteran point guard Derek Harper for a year of 1.1 million US dollars.

Derek Harper is currently 37 years old. He has played for 15 years and has spent 13 years with the Mavericks. He has averaged 14.5 points, 6.1 assists and 1.7 steals per game so far. He has been selected for the best defensive team twice. He averaged 8.3 points, 3.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game with the Magic last season. He has a 36.1% three-point shooting percentage and averaged 0.9 shots per game.

The 23-year-old rookie shooting guard Ruben Patterson of the University of Cincinnati who was selected by the Raptors in the second round with Tiny Boggs traded, and the 23-pin mark of the University of Nebraska who was selected by the Raptors in the second round with Sean Lux traded, and the 23-pin mark of the University of Nebraska, which was selected by the Nuggets in the 23rd round of the first round with Sean Lux.

Kenny Anderson and Piakowski left the team in order to get a bigger contract. The logo man quickly completed the signing of the back line after the shutdown.

Although teams are not allowed to contact the players during the suspension period, the management of each team can still negotiate transactions.

In the afternoon, after lunch time, Time Warner Training Hall, except for the players who just got the trade, there were still future reports, everyone else arrived.

"Paul, where have you been in the past few months? I can't find anyone to train for you... I've been locked up if I lure my minor?"

"You're just locked up. I'm not interested in women under 20 and over 25 years old! Didn't you go to the World Championships during the offseason? I went to play catch-up games with my college teammates."

"Lafrenz?"

"Yes, there are other people, who are also NBA players."

"You University of Kansas is amazing!"

"That's of course, there are 11 players from our school in the NBA now, but I have only three of them, Lafrenz of the Nuggets and Pollard of the Pistons... By the way, I just saw the news that Pollard was traded to the Kings, and a team with KING, and a team named Vaughan, who played a substitute for Stockton in the Jazz. Ostertag was also from our school, but I'm not familiar with it."

"Oh... by the way, why do you sign 6.32 million for 4 years? Sign 4 million for 3 years and 4 million for 3 years and 4 million for 3 years and 4 million for 3 years and 6 years and 7 years and 8 years and 9 years and 10 million for 2 years and 10 million for 2 years and 10 million for 2 years and 10 million for 2 years and 10 million for 2 years and 10 million for 2 years and

"I discussed this with Henry. We analyzed that Shaq might break out of the contract in 2002. At that time, my rookie contract expires. Maybe renewal can win a larger contract extension at that time."

"That's how..."

Zhang Hao and Pierce were chatting, feeling like they were back in high school three or four years ago. Although Pierce was no longer the Inglewood Pierley, he, Zhang, has also grown taller.

The stadium was very busy, with staff walking back and forth, coaching staff and trainers repeatedly checking training equipment, and agents coming in and out, and the players in the trial training were noisy...

I guess I didn’t have the chance to train in the team’s training hall today, so Zhang Hao and Pierce squatted together in the corner just like they did in high school, watching the busy crowd chatting.

After the end of last season, in addition to Kenny Anderson, who could not keep the Lakers because of the expiration of the contract, was signed first and then sent away, some Lakers players also jumped out of the contract. Although they quickly added the back line, the forward line and the third center still needed to be added.

There are only 50 games in the new season. February 1 is the first game day of the new season. From January 17 to January 23, a week-long free market, from January 24 to January 27, a 4-day training camp, and the teams will play a preseason game on the 29th and 30th, and the regular season will begin on February 1.

Although the actual income of players in the new season will be reduced due to the actual schedule, they can only get 60.975% of the contract in the 98-99 season, and 10% of them are entrusted to trust funds, but the salary cap and signing contracts... are normal signing.

According to the income of the 1997-98 season, the new labor-cap agreement calculates that the salary cap of the new season is $36.41 million. For the Lakers, Zhang Hao's new contract takes effect, O'Neal's off-cap contract is included in the salary cap, and the two occupy $30 million, and the Lakers' salary is directly overwhelming.

Thanks to Doug Christie's execution of the 4.5 million USD player option, there will be no star-level players on the back.

Since Brian Shaw has no bird rights, the contract renewal has become a problem after the contract expires. The biennium special case is used on Derek Harper, and he is also facing the renewal of Piakowski, Fisher, Ben Wallace...

It was a great time to win two consecutive championships, but in the third year, it was troublesome.

Even the logo man didn't expect that when O'Neal and Barkley arrived in the 1996-97 season, Zhang Hao won the championship with a strong helper, otherwise the preparation would be relatively more complete.

This is pretty good for the Lakers, the Wizards are just miserable. Originally, Zhu Wan Howard's 6-year, 100 million yuan contract was an outside-cap salary, and now it is included in the salary cap. They still have three years, $30 million contract, and Rhode Strickland, whose salary has just taken effect, and Chris Webber, who has a $11 million salary in the new season...

The Wizards also impulsively renewed their contract with Tracy Murray, a character player who scored 50 points in a single game during the All-Star weekend last season.

The key is this group of players, Zhu Wan Howard's contract premium, and although Rhode Strickland just won the assist king, he is already 32 years old and has a salary of tens of millions of yuan and cannot trade at all.

Although Tracy Murray is at his peak at the age of 27, averaging 15.1 points per game last season, a career high, a pure scoring role player with a net worth of 5 million is too expensive.

After the free market began, the Wizards were forced to send away Chris Webber, who had three years and $36 million left in the contract, and sent him to the Kings with a salary of $18 million. The trade was made for Mickey Richmond, who earned $2.5 million in the new season. The Kings used space to earn a salary of $7.5 million. The Wizards got a deal of $7.5 million. However, the Wizards completed a deal purely to reduce salary pressure, and this transaction was impossible to use.

After the Lakers traded Kenny Anderson, they got a trading exception of $5.01 million, but this can only be used for trading as a salary space and cannot be used for signing contracts. Moreover, the Lakers cannot block the space now. Their ambitions have just begun and they have to consider the future...

...

The team resumed operations, and the coaching staff required the gathering on the 23rd and the training camp began on the 24th, but on the 19th, Zhang Hao began to train in the training hall.

This morning, Zhang Hao learned about the Wizards sending Chris Webber to the Kings, and the news that the Yugoslav team's leading small forward, Peja, officially joined the Kings.

"Xiao Zhizhi is very lucky! A pitcher and a power forward. He was worried that the Kings did not organize the offense, but the salary pressure was under. This year, the salary pressure of each team felt very high...

If the Heat hadn't rejected the Bulls' two-year 20 million, and renewed their contract with a two-year 10.26 million US dollars, the Heat would have to collapse..."

After the free market was opened, all teams quickly carried out a lot of operations and were very anxious. Sometimes they seemed to be just brains, but there was no way. It might be an hour later that the target would already have a next home.

While training, Zhang Hao occasionally heard from another gossip teammate Pierce that a certain team completed a transaction and a contract appeared... the day passed.

Feeling the busyness of the staff and coaches in the arena, and watching the endless trial players... Zhang Hao liked this feeling very much, which was much better than being idle during the shutdown.

Just as Zhang Hao was about to leave, Jia Jitou found Zhang Hao.

Jason Williams said to Zhang Hao with a sad face: "Aix, I may be leaving, you owe me..."

Before Jason Williams finished speaking, Zhang Hao asked in shock: "What did you say?"

...

On January 20, 1999, former Lakers All-Star player Jason Williams accepted a 4-year offer of $44 million from the Nets and returned to the Nets!

Jason Williams, 30, averaged 6.5 points, 11 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.1 blocks last season. He was selected as the Western Conference All-Star substitute. He had a career as a Nets for more than three years. He packed a deal with Zhang Hao in the 95-96 season with Zhang Hao. After the finals last season, Jason Williams chose to jump out of his second year contract. With bird rights, he may complete a hat renewal.

According to media reports, the Nets immediately gave Jason Williams a offer after the shutdown. Jason Williams met with the Lakers management with this offer. Before, the Lakers provided Jason Williams with a three-year, $0.00 million contract extension to Jason Williams.

According to the offer provided by the Nets, Jason Williams is seeking to complete a four-year, 36 million yuan contract with the Lakers, 40 million yuan in five years, or 42 million US dollars in six years.

Obviously, the Lakers could not meet the requirements of Jason Williams' long-term contract or high-paying and short-term contracts. In the end, Jason Williams signed with Nets general manager Marx who came to Los Angeles. With a total salary of 44 million US dollars in four years, he bid farewell to the Lakers in tears.

The "Big Three Nets" in Los Angeles reached its peak, but immediately collapsed.
To be continued...