One Year Left to Play

Kenny Anderson returned to Los Angeles, back to the rented villa, still very happy, and even more so after seeing the news!

In the first two games, Zhang Hao was very dazzling, but Kenny Anderson was the one holding the team together. Zhang Hao only played a role in elevating the performance. In the second half of the third game, Kenny Anderson finally felt he had a helping hand!

Among the other players, Magician didn’t need Kenny Anderson to worry, Doug Christie was a qualified assistant on the offensive end, but Brian Shaw, George Lynch, Jason Williams, Korcy, and even Barkley... all needed Kenny Anderson to drive the offense!

Now, the team finally has an All-Star who can lead the way! Not easy! ╥﹏╥...

Since Zhang Hao broke Chamberlain’s rookie debut record in the opening game of his rookie season, Kenny Anderson has had blind confidence in Zhang Hao’s talent. He was never surprised by Zhang Hao’s performances.

But for the stars of other teams, Zhang Hao’s progress in the new season has put immense pressure on them.

In a mansion in Chicago, Jordan was watching the new footage of last night’s Lakers and Hornets game, repeating it several times.

The visible talent, the ability to utilize existing conditions, and the evident progress compared to last season...

"He’s coming... faster than expected..."

Jordan had long understood Zhang Hao’s talent, a genius who can learn just by watching once.

But even for someone who can learn by watching once and quickly apply it to the game, Zhang Hao’s turnaround fadeaway learned last time was only roughly used last season.

But Zhang Hao’s ability to utilize existing techniques and physical conditions in the game is truly terrifying!

And the speed of improvement, things Zhang Hao could do last season seem to have greatly improved this season, Jordan saw Zhang Hao’s more stable mid-range shot, better top-of-the-arc threes, and more outstanding passing and control... He believes Zhang Hao’s post-up moves and turnaround fadeaway have also improved significantly.

"Talent... can actually be this good..."

Jordan inexplicably felt even more excited.

However, merely Zhang Hao’s talent and progress aren’t enough to make Jordan feel threatened. The key is that the Lakers have also acquired so many stars.

This gives Zhang Hao the opportunity to join the elite!

Jordan felt the pressure, and stars like Moning, Ewing, Karl Malone and John Houston Stockton, and Payton felt an even greater threat from this young genius.

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Returning to Los Angeles for a day’s rest, the Lakers welcomed a home back-to-back against the Phoenix Suns and the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The performances of both teams at the start were quite surprising. Their records weren’t very good, with the Suns at 1 win and 2 losses, and the Timberwolves at 2 wins and 2 losses from four games. Mainly, their young players performed very well, looking quite promising from preseason to the start of the regular season, and it seemed they had successfully rebuilt.

Especially the Suns, it was almost a seamless transition to introduce a new core as soon as Barkley left.

About to play against Kidd again, Zhang Hao felt a little inexplicably happy.

In the props section, there was also a Star Experience Card that could luckily draw Kidd, always giving an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

At 6:40 in the evening, after warming up, Zhang Hao led the way out of the player tunnel, Kenny Anderson resigned himself to fate, waiting for O’Neal to return so he wouldn’t have to sit out when the show begins.

Playing at home, the cheers from the home team players became progressively smaller, which was quite jarring!

After Zhang Hao entered the court, he was startled by the opponent he was looking forward to—blonde-cropped Kidd!

Is this to cover up the green on his head by dyeing it blonde?

A bit of an eyesore, originally intending to try getting to know Kidd again, Zhang Hao chose to give up.

Zhang Hao opted to catch up with old teammates Sibaros and Anthony Peeler, yeah, Sibaros was enthusiastically speaking while Mr. Zhang listened to kind of a reminiscing.

Sibaros is indeed an exceptionally open-minded person, sent to the Raptors, and in the offseason traded to the Suns, still full of enthusiasm for the game.

Anthony Peeler was full of resentment towards the Lakers. His career with the Lakers was quite turbulent, having finally helped the Lakers achieve 65 wins as a starter, almost a full participant in the 65-win journey, yet he was traded just like that.

In this situation, Zhang Hao didn’t have much to say. Luckily, he was never much of a talker, so it didn’t seem odd.

But without Nash on the Suns... Zhang Hao still felt a bit regretful for not being able to see the image of Nash subbing in for Kidd. After obtaining the 13th pick draft right from the Hornets, the Blazers picked Nash, and while reading the news yesterday, Zhang Hao paid special attention to Nash... barely finding a line from the rookie column—barely averaging 8 minutes per game at the start.

Nash’s rookie season was quite disappointing, but that’s one of the reasons why Nash’s breakout later was so pleasantly surprising.

"Jason Kidd, ability rating 89...

Sibaros, ability rating 83...

Kevin Johnson, ability rating 87...

Resk Chapman, ability rating 76...

Danny Manning, ability rating 78...

Anthony Peeler, ability rating 74...

Willis Person, ability rating 76...

Hot Williams, ability rating 69...

Mark Bryant, ability rating 72..."

Although the Suns lost Barkley in the trade, it was much better than losing him for nothing. Using Barkley, AC Green, and Michael Finley as three chips, they acquired quite a few good players!

Zhang Hao was analyzing the ability ratings of the opposing players, combining scouting reports to analyze how the opponent would play tonight, the likelihood of winning, and so on, while Kenny Anderson was very excited. Although the future road was still tough, he felt Zhang Hao was already starting to work hard, and could others be far behind?

Kenny Anderson saw the hope of each All-Star working hard!ヾ(◍°∇°◍)ﾉﾞ

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