The rest is just noise

In just 12 days of preseason training camp, a lot of interesting things still happened within the Lakers.

Louis, who has lost 75% of his weight, now views players who can't manage their bodies as enemies. Bodiloga was scolded every day, and Barkley was also in trouble. Once, Barkley couldn't bear the scolding and announced that he wanted to lose weight.

The next day he fell asleep on the spinning bike.

There was also Duncan. One day, his attitude was very inappropriate, or he was not committed enough. Louis kept calling his name, trying to get him to be more serious.

Each time, Duncan responded with a nonchalant "Oh."

After Duncan yelled three times in a row, Louis finally couldn't help it anymore: "Oh no, no more training today!" Hearing this, Duncan, who had previously acted like he was about to die, was delighted: "Is there such a good thing?"

Louis was so angry that day that he was not even in the mood to lose weight. Then came the incident of Garnett's blank homework.

During the lockout, Louis asked Kobe and Garnett to maintain meditation training, and write down their thoughts and feelings after each meditation. Kobe followed it to the letter.

Garnett said he didn't bring it last time. Louis originally wanted to punish him severely based on the principle that if he didn't bring it, he didn't do it. But thinking that it was his first offense, he gave him a chance to make up for the homework. As a result, this time he just handed in a blank.

Homework is done.

Louis criticized Garnett, and Garnett was aggrieved, saying that he couldn't concentrate when he was writing, and it was difficult to insist on writing something systematic.

This was proven true 20 years later.

Garnett's autobiography written by himself can prove that he really couldn't write a long article. When he started writing, he had no structural understanding of the content and wrote wherever he thought. Asking such a person to write his thoughts and experiences is like asking Barkley to write during the season.

Return your body shape to normal before starting.

You can't ask others to do something they can't do.

In the end, Louis only increased the time for Garnett's strength training without additional punishment. The difference between this year's training camp and previous years is that there will be no media meeting and it will not be closed.

Because there are many teams that fail to make their names known before the end of training camp.

You can fill up your roster.

Although the Lakers were full early, the lockout lasted too long and ended too hastily. Buss had already rented out the resort, so the team had no choice but to choose another location for the training camp.

Due to time constraints, the Lakers simply held training camp in their hometown - the Great Western Forum.

Because the Lakers have decided to change their home court to the Staples Center in the new season, this is their last time at the Forum. This old arena, which has witnessed the hard work of generations of Lakers players, is lucky. It will not

It will be demolished like other old stadiums. As one of the famous buildings in Los Angeles, it will be preserved and exist for a long time.

The advantage of holding preseason training camps in the forum is that players do not have to live in the training camp, but can go back home to rest, just like commuting to and from get off work.

Louis' family has recently welcomed a new member and two guests. The two guests are Xiao Yi and Lin Ziye, who are the latest batch of Luyuan students to come to the United States. Louis plans to arrange for them to attend Wuxia High School.

The new member is a dog.

This is the beagle raised by Louis’ mother, Li Xuanbing.

It is said that Li Xuanbing fell in love with it at first sight in the pet shop. It has big innocent eyes and cute big ears. It is only two and a half months old and is still in the appreciation period.

Li Xuanbing gave it a simple name: Xiaobao.

Louis, Lorraine, and the children at home are not opposed to having dogs, so everyone welcomes Xiaobao's arrival.

Moreover, Louis is very busy at work, Lorraine also has her own career, Wuxia and Wuyan have grown up, and sometimes there is no one at home to talk to their mother all day long. Having a dog can alleviate this problem to a certain extent.

A kind of loneliness.

What's more, this dog looks both well-behaved and cute, and it's not likely to break up the house. That day, while having breakfast, Wu Xia said something that made Louis very concerned. Wu Xia will compete with the high school team next month

Head to Ohio for the Urban Challenge together.

The reason why Louis was interested in this matter was because of the place they went to - Ohio.

Counting the time, dear little emperor LeBron James should already be in ninth grade at Santa Maria High School. This year of ninth grade is also the year when James becomes famous.

Starting in the tenth grade, his name will sweep across the United States, and the way the media talks about him will also change by the time he reaches the twelfth grade. If people who don't understand read articles about James, it will make people mistakenly think that James is active duty.

's superstar.

Hyping a senior in high school like an NBA superstar is ridiculous. But almost no one thinks this hype will fail.

This vigorous hype lasted for four full years, so much so that, twenty years later, there is still no NBA player-to-be whose hype can match it.

The craziest thing about this whole thing is that James lived up to the hype, he exceeded it. "Ohio? What's going on with Cleveland?"

For Li Xuanbing, Ohio is special.

She and Louis have lived there for nearly 20 years. If Louis had not chosen to drop out of school and enter professional basketball, maybe they would still be living in their old home.

For Li Xuanbing, it is her second hometown.

"I heard it's not very good. The economy is in recession, public security is also very poor, and there is an average of one minor political scandal every week." Louis joked, "Mom, are you homesick?"

"What's there to think about there..." Li Xuanbing said, "I've been gone for so many years, but I don't know what has become of my hometown." This is obvious nostalgia.

Although Li Xuanbing grew up in China, she spent most of her life in the United States. Louis is sure that her feelings for Cleveland are deeper than her first hometown.

And an Eggman like Louie never misses any American city. He will say that Cleveland is where he grew up, but does he like that place? No. Does he miss that place?

To hell with that place!

Therefore, Louis said something that ruined the atmosphere: "I heard that the community in our hometown has now become a black community, and it is the sphere of influence of a big gang. Fortunately, we moved there early."

Li Xuanbing rolled her eyes at him: "Nonsense! Last time I said in the newspaper that it was the community with the highest happiness index in Cleveland." "So I'm just saying, don't always read the tabloid news. If the tabloid is credible, Michael...

Jackson has been in jail for copper smelting a long time ago." Speaking of this, everyone has something to say.

Bad boy Lu Wuxia smiled and said: "Then I hope Susan Luqi will continue to miss the Morning Emmy Awards." Lorraine said: "I hope Princess Diana comes back to life."

Louis was still holding back a dirty tune in his heart - if everyone wanted that, then he also hoped that Lian Zong would be found guilty in the impeachment case.

Why is it not considered as such an act to repair a sword with diligent hands and a nimble mouth? Is this fair to the little secretary? She lost her reputation, and in the end she only got the right to write the secret history of the Lian Zong.

Is it reasonable?

After that, Louis' focus remains on the preseason training camp.

Although this year's media conference has been cancelled, the Lakers are a team that cannot live without the media. Exposure is as important as oxygen to them.

Therefore, on the last day of the training camp, the Public Relations Department organized a media meeting. It was said to be a media meeting, but the specifications were no different from those of a media meeting.

The coach must attend the event in formal attire, and the players must wear their new season jerseys, receive one-on-one interviews, take personal photos, and finally the entire team gathers together to take a family photo.

The person who is least interested in the media is Duncan. He doesn't like the feeling of being surrounded by a group of people asking questions.

But with the Lakers, he has to deal with this problem every day.

The spotlight of the big city is like nectar to people like Kobe, who will go crazy for it. But to Duncan, it is bitter medicine. Although it does not affect himself, it makes him feel uncomfortable all over.

When it comes to goals for the new season, every player talks about winning four consecutive championships.

Louis is a man of structure, and his answer was: "This lockout has almost wiped out the publicity achievements of professional basketball in the past ten years. The Lakers are the number one team in the NBA, and we have the responsibility to change the image of the league. Therefore, we are

First of new season

The first thing to do is to make fans fall in love with the NBA again.

He didn't mention the defending champion.

In his opinion, it is unnecessary to mention this matter. Defending the title? Isn't that a matter of course?

If someone doesn't believe they can defend their title, his suggestion is to send that person to the hospital to get their sanity checked. Then, like many within the Lakers, reporters asked if Louis would stay with the Lakers after the season.

"I don't know yet." Regarding this question, Louis always said the same thing, "time will give the answer."

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