On the morning of the 4th, Guo Xu practiced shooting, rested in the afternoon, and went to participate in the team's open training class in the evening. He planned to do his best and show off in front of the fans.

The result was beyond Guo Xu's expectations. Phil Jackson did not give him a chance to show off, and he was abused.

The Lakers allowed 1,200 season ticket holders to enter the players to watch the Lakers' internal training. The next day, when introducing this training, the Los Angeles Daily News used "They have come, they have seen, they have almost fallen asleep" to describe the atmosphere of the fans on the scene, which also reflects the dullness of the training class.

A staff member introduced the training of each group to the fans on site, as well as the reasons for the training, how to perform these contents and how to complete them. These are boring and fans can't get interested. It was not until the end of the training that the fans started cheering, which was one of the few highlights.

Guo Xu failed to fight Fisher, and they changed their playing time and were in the same team.

Jackson let Guo Xu, Ledel, George, Horry, and Medvedenko go together to fight against the OK combination, Harper, Grant, and Fox.

This is the substitute starting lineup, and Guo Xu and others are completely unable to compete. If he could lead the team to play in a quarrel with OK, he would be a superstar now.

Jackson also specially arranged for Kobe to defend Guo Xu, and Harper to defend Liddle to restrict Guo Xu's performance.

Kobe is always very serious when training and is focused on defense. Guo Xu is difficult to get rid of this recognized defensive strongman without relying on inside cover. Even if he gets rid of it, Grant is not vague in the pick-and-roll defense, and he is left to O'Neal alone in the penalty area to protect him.

Since Grant wears goggles all year round to participate in the game, the Jianghu people are nicknamed "Cobra". He is a very traditional inside player. He shoots accurately in mid-range but does not shoot three-pointers at all. His value is mainly reflected in screens, defense and rebounds. Although he moves slowly, his awareness of defense is very good. He can stand at a distance that makes Guo Xu uncomfortable to defend himself. As long as he blocks him for a second, Kobe will bypass the cover and chase him up.

Kobe started as a defensive player. Because he was neglected by his coach when he first entered the league, Jerry West encouraged Kobe to practice defense first, so he worked hard on the defensive end and asked "Gloves" Payton for advice.

Last season, the 21-year-old Kobe became one of the most comprehensive outside players in the league with defense. His defensive attitude, physical fitness and oppressiveness were recognized by people.

Guo Xu hasn't played such a frustrating game for a long time and has been disturbed by Kobe. He can only find a quick shot or pass the ball. Even if it is not easy to take it forcibly, it is difficult to catch it after passing the ball.

Guo Xu's highlight is the rapid advancement in offense and defense conversion. During the counterattack, he assisted Leidel twice to score, once to George score, and once to force a breakthrough and Harper made a layup.

He also played outside the three-point line, making 2 of 5 shots, and made a quick move after pick-and-roll, making Kobe's slower pursuit and blocking.

After playing for 20 minutes, Guo Xu scored 8 points and 4 assists. He was very dissatisfied with his performance, but he didn't know that the coaching staff was already surprised by this.

The difference in defensive strength between NCAA and NBA is huge. Although the NCAA often scores only 5 or 60 points in a game, the small score does not mean that the defense is strong. Instead, most NCAA players have rough skills and poor scoring abilities.

For example, Guo Xu's parallel-made Nanhua Adam Morrison, in his previous life, averaged 28.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game in the NCAA 2005-2006 season, with a shooting percentage of 50%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 43%. He was called "Big Bird" II in the draft.

As a result, Morrison retired after playing 161 games in the NBA, averaging 20.4 minutes of playing time, scoring 7.5 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists, shooting percentage of 37.3% and three-point shooting percentage of 33.1%. He was defended as a blacksmith.

It takes some time for most NCAA newcomers to adapt to the NBA rhythm, and some can never adapt to it and are tragically eliminated.

After Grant and Fox entered the starting lineup, the Lakers' defense was stronger than last season, and the famous guards in the league would also feel uncomfortable. Guo Xu could steadily protect the basketball and bring it to the frontcourt and dare to take the ball to attack. At first glance, it was instant combat power.

Afterwards, Jackson arranged training to focus on running tactics, and the groupings were not long, so Guo Xu and Kobe were allowed to play against each other every time.

There was no chance to play in the matchup, Fisher often asked Guo Xu to fight alone to show his personal ability. He was stronger than Cliffs and could shoot. Guo Xu was indeed not good at guarding him, but he could beat him with his own advantages. Fisher was 185cm tall, 95 kilograms in weight, and was close to round, and he was able to make a living in a straight line. He could not move sideways quickly. This weakness accompanied him throughout his career.

Guo Xu was completely defeated against Kobe. Kobe's defense was too tight, so he couldn't take action easily. He could only keep looking for cover to get rid of it, misplaced and forced a breakthrough in the inside or pass the ball to his teammates.

When counterattacking, Guo Xu was more difficult to defend against Kobe, and the figure gap between the two was obvious. He could defend against the face frame and break through, but Kobe turned around and broke through or jump shot in one step. Kobe had no choice but to make a breakthrough or jump shot. Kobe had strong strength and shot too high. He couldn't even interfere with the eye blocking, so he could only hope that Kobe had a bad touch and turned into three irons.

When facing Harper, Brian Xiao and Guoxu are not afraid. Although these two are 198CM tall, their advantages are mainly used for passing balls and their singles are average. As long as someone interferes with each other, the shooting rate will be reduced.

Seeing Guo Xu forcibly breaking through and making a layup by O'Neal who was slapped by the defense, assistant coach Cork Lambis whispered on the sidelines: "Phil, although you want Jason to be the sixth man in the team, will you be too much practicing like this? Are you not afraid that he will lose confidence in being hit?"

Lanbis knew that Jackson wanted to reuse Guo Xu, so he put pressure on him to compete with Kobe. However, Guo Xu was only 19 years old more than a month away. Lanbis was worried that the young players would have problems with their mentality and would help them grow.

Jackson had never told Guo Xu what he thought, and Lambis was also afraid that Guo Xu would have some bad emotions.

Jackson was very confident in Guo Xu and smiled and said, "Different players have different ways of practicing. Kobe was just a substitute in his rookie season, but he dared to challenge all the stars as soon as he appeared. Jason is not the kind of person who is willing to be a role player. He will not lose confidence easily. If you don't believe it, ask him to go to the sidelines. Ask him what he thinks about Kobe?"

During the timeout, Lambis called Guo Xu by his side and asked, "Jason, we have always arranged for you to be on the bench and let Kobe guard you. What do you think?"

"I'm so happy, thank you, there's no better exercise than this. I've felt like I've learned a lot of new things in the past few days." Guo Xu said excitedly.

"Perform well, attracting the defense to shoot faster." Lambis patted Guo Xu on the back and encouraged.

This is indeed a good exercise. If Guo Xu can play against Kobe's defense during training in the team, and his opponent uses ordinary players to defend him during the game, he will be much less pressure and will play very firmly.

If you face players such as Harper and Fisher who have poor defense breakthroughs, Guo Xu won't have a sense of accomplishment in the team. He is the kind of person who likes to play the highest difficulty in challenging himself when playing games.
Chapter completed!