The Lakers will participate in the Las Vegas Summer League this year. Currently, the team's general manager has signed a number of undrafted rookies to prepare for the upcoming Las Vegas Summer League.
Li Hao will definitely participate. For the Lakers, the most important thing for them now is to see Li Hao's quality. Although the summer league is still far behind the NBA, it is much more intense than the NCAA.
Because in addition to the rookies in the past two years, the players participating in the summer league are mostly players who have not yet found a team, and they hope to compete through the summer league.
Let’s talk about the Lakers’ recent signings. They have signed four undrafted rookies this year. Two of them are point guards. Keith Appling, who has played in college for four years, and super-aged undrafted rookie DeAndre Kay. kindness.
This is not only to reserve the point guard, but also to put some pressure on Li Hao. Although the Lakers coaching staff is optimistic about Li Hao and Kobe Bryant has also approached Kupchak, the quality still needs to be proven in the game.
Furthermore, the Lakers don't have many options at point guard this season. Although Nash has returned to health, Nash is 40 years old after all, and as far as Nash's back injury is concerned, the so-called health is not really healthy.
Mafal already belongs to the Clippers. In order to return to the Lakers last season, Mafal bought out his contract with the Turkish team Efes with his own money, and then signed a veteran's minimum salary.
In the new season, the Clippers recruited Mafal with a two-year special offer worth US$4.2 million over two years. With a basic salary of US$420, everyone knows what to choose.
Under this situation, the Lakers' only real point guards are Nash and Li Hao. Nash is old and Li Hao's quality is unknown. The Lakers will definitely strengthen their point guards in the new season.
Li Hao is confirmed to participate, but Randall is not yet sure. This year's No. 7 pick is rumored to be injured, and it has not yet been determined whether he will play in the summer league.
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Before the summer league really came, Li Hao still trained with Kobe. The top trainers did not waste time. Besides, Kobe took the initiative to invite Li Hao. Naturally, this kind of good thing cannot be missed.
After officially signing with the Lakers, Li Hao also received rewards from the system. He has not yet used the 10 attribute points. Under the guidance of a top trainer, Li Hao's attributes have grown very quickly, and there is no need to use attribute points to strengthen them for the time being.
Four brass badges have been clicked.
Final Badge:
Giant Buster: Facing players who are taller than you, increase your layup chances and reduce the chance of being blocked (Bronze).
Shooting Badge:
Difficult shots: Increase the success rate of difficult shots such as turning over, leaning back, stepping back, and emergency stops (brass).
Organization badge:
Playmaker: A player who increases the offensive capabilities of his teammates while on the court (Brass).
Defensive Badge:
Stealing Specialist: Increased ability to steal from ball handlers (Bronze). .
In Li Hao's view, badges and attributes are additional rewards, and the most important thing is the body of steel.
Injuries are the natural enemy of athletes. Look at the history of the NBA, how many talents have been destroyed by injuries. Not to mention this year's rookies, several high-ranking rookies have been destroyed by injuries.
The most regrettable among them is undoubtedly the second pick Jabari Parker. Although the summer league has not officially started yet, some people have already begun to speculate on this year's best rookie.
Well, Li Hao's name is definitely not included in this Rookie of the Year award. As a second-round pick, Li Hao is not worthy even if he is the first pick in the second round.
The general view among American expert media is that the Lakers are unwilling to give up on the Chinese market, especially under the current situation. It has been several years since Yao Ming retired, and Yi Jianlian has been getting worse and worse. After returning to the CBA, there are no Chinese players in the NBA.
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"What do you want to say about yourself being selected with the 31st pick?" Li Hao was finishing an exclusive interview with the National Sports Channel at Toyota Sports Center.
This is what Li Hao promised before. Due to the busy schedule in the past few days, the interview has been postponed until today.
"Based on the actual situation, it is ahead of my own prediction." This is Li Hao's true thought.
"Isn't that reality?" Director Zhang asked.
"I'm looking forward to the new season." When Li Hao said this, Coach Zhang could feel the confidence coming to him.
"What do you want to say about the upcoming summer league?" Director Zhang decided to skip this topic.
It is a good thing for young people to be confident, but overconfidence turns into arrogance, especially when someone like Li Hao did not play a second-round pick in a game.
So Yao Ming felt that something was wrong with Li Hao's mind. Although this guy was telling the truth, there would be problems with what he said to others.
"I'm looking forward to it" Li Hao's answer left Director Zhang speechless.
"Is it so difficult for young people to interview these days?" Director Zhang couldn't help but think to himself.
"I heard that the Rockets invited you to try out before the draft but you rejected it?" Director Zhang thought of the news he heard from Yao Ming.
"Yes" The most attractive thing about the Texas team is that there is no state tax. This is one of the important reasons why many players choose the top three teams in Texas.
"Can you tell me the reason?" The Rockets cooperate very closely with China because of Yao Ming's relationship, so in the eyes of many people, Li Hao going to the Rockets is the best choice.
The real reason "I feel like the current Rockets are not suitable for me" is because of the Rockets' general manager, but Li Hao certainly couldn't say that if that didn't happen.
"Uh~~~" Director Zhang was speechless again, because judging from the Rockets' selection in the draft, the Rockets need a point guard, and there is news that the Rockets have put Jeremy Lin on the shelf, and the Rockets do not want to pay Jeremy Lin's last... high annual salary.
However, it is almost impossible for the Rockets to completely get rid of this poisonous contract, so the Rockets are preparing to find a team to pay for Jeremy Lin's final year.
According to the original development, the person who finally helped the Rockets eat more than half of the annual salary was Li Hao's Lakers. In order to make the Lakers willing to eat more than half of Jeremy Lin's annual salary, the Rockets gave away two draft picks for next year.
The Rockets are anxious to clean up Jeremy Lin. In addition to not wanting to pay for the high annual salary, they are also because of the dissolution of the Heat's Big Three. After the failure of the third championship, the Heat's Big Three have reached the point of falling apart.
The contracts of the Big Three all expire this summer. James is planning to play basketball in his hometown. In order to bring James back, the Cavaliers did not hesitate to send this year's No. 1 pick to the Timberwolves in exchange for Kevin Love.
The Rockets' goal is the former Dragon King Bosh. The Rockets are actually preparing to form the Big Three. The Rockets boss has already had the idea of selling the team, so he wants to give it a try. If the Rockets can form the Big Three and win the championship, then the Rockets' market value You can get a huge improvement.
But the Rockets boss is not a generous person. He does not want to pay the luxury tax. In this case, if he wants to pursue Bosh, he must clear out Jeremy Lin, whose annual salary ranks only behind Howard and Harden.
