The regular season is over, Kobe has retired, and Li Hao's second season has officially come to an end.
With the end of the regular season, the players' statistics have been officially settled. There is no doubt that Li Hao is the king of the 15-16 season in terms of statistics alone.
Although Li Hao's scoring average has dropped compared to last year. Last year, Li Hao averaged 26.9 points per game, but this year, Li Hao averaged only 26.7 points per game, a decrease of 0.2 points.
However, this does not mean that Li Hao's strength has become worse. In fact, Li Hao's strength has made great progress this season. This year, Li Hao has taken fewer shots than last year, and his hit rate has become higher.
This season Li Hao officially joined the 180 Club, shooting 53.5% from the field and 50.3 from three-pointers, becoming the third player in NBA history with a season three-point shooting percentage of more than 50%.
Compared with those two, Li Hao took more three-pointers, almost twice as many as them, making 261 of 516 shots.
Free throws have improved the most among the three categories. Last season, Li Hao's free throw shooting percentage was only 80.6, but this season it is as high as 93.7, ranking first in the league.
All the data show Li Hao's progress this season, but everyone is most concerned about Li Hao becoming the second player in NBA history to average a triple-double per game.
26.7 points, 10.7 assists, 10.7 rebounds, 1.8 steals, 1.7 blocks.
Averaging a triple-double per game this season also makes Li Hao the first active player. After all, the last player to achieve this was half a century ago.
The award will take some time, but Li Hao's data alone is enough to put him in the best team.
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"Take the two bodyguards away," Holtz said at Li Hao's home.
"Is this necessary?" Li Hao resisted. The season is over. Li Hao promised Kim Seol-hyun that he would go to South Korea to find her after the season.
"Of course, you have to know that this summer, you will be the focus of the world's attention." This summer, Li Hao will sign a maximum salary with the Lakers, and it will be the maximum salary that triggers Rose's clause.
Regarding the maximum salary, the two parties actually quickly reached a consensus, because with Li Hao's performance, the maximum salary is inevitable, and it is impossible for the Lakers to block Li Hao.
140 million in five years, with a starting price of 24.33 million US dollars, and a player option in the last year. According to Li Hao's request, the contract also included the right to veto transactions.
The contract matter has basically been decided, but Li Hao still has to meet with the president and general manager. Kobe has retired, and the Lakers are truly Li Hao's team.
"Don't worry, they won't stop you from dating," Holtz joked.
"Take it with you. The time is up. Let's go meet the president and general manager first." As he said this, Li Hao drove out of his newly customized large pickup truck.
The price of this pickup truck is several times that of the original one, but if you only look at the outside, it is difficult to tell the difference between it and the other one. As for the previous one, it was driven away by George Haydon.
"By the way, how many rookies have you signed this year?" Holtz is no longer what he used to be.
"Two" Holtz held out two fingers.
"So few?" Logically speaking, with Holtz's current reputation, it shouldn't be difficult to sign college students.
"I'm on the elite route," Holtz said.
"Who are those two people?" There seem to be quite a few rookies who came out in 2016.
"You know Jaylen Brown at Cal-Berkeley and Pascal Siakam at State-Mexico?" Holtz said two names.
"I'll go, are you so vicious?" Although there was no change on his face, he was surprised in his heart.
Not counting these two who are about to participate in the draft, Holtz has Li Hao, Devin Booker, and Norman Powell. Needless to say, among the three, Booker will also be known as the league's number one shooting guard in the future. The only one who is close is Powell, but even if he is close, Powell can still get a big contract.
"I haven't heard of it, but you can bring them to the training camp to have fun." Bullying newcomers is Li Hao's favorite thing to do.
But now Li Hao is a little curious. The Lakers have won 12 more games than before, and they will definitely not be able to draw the second pick. Then which team will the second pick fall on, and will the change of the second pick change the draft order.
No, it's not absolute. There is still a chance that the Lakers will be drawn, but the chance is smaller than before. And don't forget that historical inertia can compete with butterfly wings.
Maybe the Lakers got the second pick and selected Ingram like they did.
"This seems good." If everything goes well in the summer, Li Hao will return to play the No. 1 position, so that the No. 3 position will just be vacant, and Ingram can directly fill it.
Although Ingram did not perform well in his rookie season, this is not necessarily a bad thing. After all, according to Li Hao's plan, Ingram is just a small cog in the team in the new season and does not need him to do anything.
And with Li Hao in front, Ingram's growing environment will be better, but it seems possible to replace him with Jaylen Brown, but all this still has to wait for the lottery results to come out.
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"I want to know the team's next recruitment plan," Li Hao asked President Jim Buss and General Manager Kupchak in the president's office.
"I know what you're worried about, don't worry, Lee, we're chasing one of the best players in the league," said general manager Kupchak.
"Kevin Durant?" In the upcoming free market, the biggest fish is Durant. Although Durant has not made it clear that he wants to leave the Thunder, even so, teams in the league have begun gearing up.
"Mitch, do you think Durant will choose the Lakers if he really leaves the Thunder?" Li Hao knew that Durant finally chose the Warriors this summer, and there was only one reason why Durant chose to join the Warriors, and that was to win the championship.
In fact, Durant is no longer young. In 1988, he was 28 years old and at his peak, and Durant knew this very well.
Surrender to the enemy? No, they just made the best choice. In fact, Durant's choice was not wrong. After joining the Warriors, he finally won the championship, twice.
"Why, we have the second largest ball market in the United States. If Kevin comes, he can maximize his business value," Pukuchak said.
Li Hao didn't speak, just looked at Kupchak.
"And we have you, Lee, if you and Kevin team up, it's definitely the most terrifying combination in this league," Kupchak continued.
"Shouldn't we bring in an insider?" Li Hao directly interrupted Kupchak's unrealistic delusions.
"Of course, we actually have a target inside, Kings center DeMarcus Cousins." During this period, the Lakers absolutely loved Cousins and had been chasing him for several years.
The Lakers' obsession with centers is actually understandable, because if you look at the history of the Lakers, you will know that the Lakers' glory is all thanks to super centers. George Mikan, Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, O'Neal, each of these super centers' names are engraved on the Lakers' honors. on the book.
