The Lakers and Jazz each had what they wanted, and the deal went very smoothly.

PJ Tucker was overjoyed when he was notified of the trade and medical exam, and he was smiling all the way to Los Angeles. He feels that playing with the Jazz has no future, and joining the Lakers may lead to winning the championship, and the position is still in Los Angeles, and the exposure is higher.

Tucker arrived in Los Angeles on the 5th and underwent a medical examination on the same day.

His body is very healthy, but he is a little shorter, his bare feet are 193CM tall, and his weight has reached 111 kg. In the small-ball era, Tucker was simply deformed, and he was heavier than many centers in the league.

Lakers management felt that Tucker was a bit unreliable, and he was traded anyway, so he had to fight for his life.

Clarkson was also happy, packed his bags and went to Salt Lake City to report.

Since Deron Williams left, the Jazz have been weak for many years and don't have an All-Star at the helm.

The team's focus is on developing Jabari Parker, a forward who doesn't clash with Clarkson. Parker still has injury concerns, which were reimbursed last season, and it is unknown how long he can play this season.

With the Jazz lacking a scoring point, Clarkson is sure to have a lot of possession, and that's in his interest.

Many experts on the Internet analyzed the transactions of the two teams, saying that they couldn't understand why the Lakers wanted Tucker, there are already a lot of swingmen in the team, and it seems that the most missing is the bench playmaker.

As long as Guo Xu is off the No. 1 position of the Lakers, no one can be responsible for the organization, but this is exactly the result that Guo Xu wants, so that he has more reason to play more, so why do you rest early?

Mo Williams and Seth Curry were responsible for dribbling the ball through the half, and then they looked for opportunities to catch the ball and shoot on the perimeter, and the task of attacking with the ball was completed by Guo Xu and Devin Booker.

At this time, no one was optimistic about Tucker helping the Lakers strengthen their defense, thinking that he was just an ordinary player who was messing around on a weak team.

How could it be useless? This is Guo Xu's handpicked teammate, and he has always been impressed by Tucker.

It was only after he retired two years ago and Tucker was under contract that he didn't propose that the team trade him as a teammate. This summer, the Lakers will also have a problem with who to use as a bargaining chip. In addition, he didn't expect the Lakers to be so poor in blocking and pick-and-roll in the summer, and only played four games before exposing their weaknesses.

Tucker's greatest strength is his ability to play against each other, which leads to him often playing better in the playoffs than in the regular season.

In the parallel world, Tucker is the toughest man on the Rockets, he relies on his body to fight, and in two playoff games he has limited Durant, who is a head taller than him, which is incredible.

In the 2018 playoffs, the Rockets and the Warriors played seven games, and Tucker performed eye-catching on both offensive and defensive ends and almost eliminated the Warriors. He had 8.9 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.8 blocks in that playoffs while shooting 48.1 percent from the field and 46.7 percent from three-point range.

Tucker's role is a bit like the Warriors' Draymond Green, who is so desperate on the defensive end that he's the only player with the Rockets who is full-time without injury. This is a Predator who has had a very high attendance rate since 2012, missing only nine games, all due to rotation rather than injury, which is also a staggering statistic.

Guo Xu believes that when the team plays small-ball tactics, Tucker's cameo appearance as a power forward will definitely be better than the Lakers' existing players, and he can also play on the offensive end, with a high three-point shooting rate in the bottom corner, and the best 3D.

Tucker reported to the team for the first time to participate in training, and chatted with Guo Xu in the locker room, and the topic revolved around sneakers.

"Jason, I've collected every one of your sneakers, can I wear your boots during the game?" Tucker asked.

Guo Xu smiled: "Of course you can, don't buy the next sneaker, I'll give you a pair of autographed ones." ”

"Really? Thank you. ”

Collecting sneakers from stars is a hobby for Tucker, who is known as the "Shoe King" and has been featured in the media.

He has a special room for shoes, and there are about a thousand pairs of limited edition sneakers. Secondly, he also specially wears these shoes to play on the court, all kinds of limited, first year, PE, yeezy are all worn. Last season he wore a pair of AJ5 Marion ultra-limited editions, and Jordan was shocked to see them and asked him where he got them.

Tyrone Lue put Tucker off the bench as a power forward in the group, and his performance quickly caught the eye as he was able to easily resist Al Horford and keep the opponent away from the basket. The two weigh the same, with Tucker being much shorter than Horford and more stable in the lower set.

Tyrone Lue asked Tucker to defend others, except for the center whose size gap is too big to defend, Tucker can play against at the No. 1 to No. 4 positions. His speed can also prevent the swaying of the human face frame to break through, and it is only difficult for the main defense and defense.

Of course, Tucker has already met the team's requirements if he is not easily passed by Guo Xu when he encounters a block, and the coaching staff firmly believes that he is the person the Lakers need most and can make unlimited defensive changes.

Tucker was unable to play in the game against the Nuggets, and the Lakers, who were without Clarkson, were completely unaffected, winning the Nuggets by 22 points 110-88 under the leadership of Guo Xu.

Guo Xu played 38 minutes, scored 50 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and won 50+ games in five consecutive games.

Guo Xu finished blowing up Dante Essam and Emmanuel Moodier at the Nuggets No. 1 position, these two guards were so bad that Guo Xu couldn't let go of the water if he wanted to, and they couldn't score a few points in the open position.

Because of Tylawson's alcoholism, the Nuggets have selected guards in the draft in the past two years, and the two 196CM dual-energy guards are high-pick parallel goods. They didn't have range, they didn't break through, and their defense was average.

They exist as if to prove how unreliable the vision of NBA scouts is. When they entered the draft, they were all called geniuses, and descriptions such as "tall and flexible, good offensively and defensively, and sharp breakthroughs" came up one after another, as if they were all all-round fighters.

In fact, just look at their stats from last season before the draft. Essam only played in the Australian High School Basketball Championship and led the team to the championship. Moodier played in China's CBA for a year, and the data is the worst of foreign aid.

The Nuggets' number one star is Gallinari, a forward poached by the Magic, and his shooting percentage is not high. The inside line is the partnership of Mozgov and "Half-Orc" Farid, one high and one fast.

The Nuggets lineup is so bad, and the starters have no range except for Gallinari. Even Gallinari was a loser, and the Magic focused on developing Gordon Hayward and Tobias Harris and didn't want him anymore.

Due to the butterfly effect, the Nuggets of Earth One are estimated to be at the bottom of the league for a long time, they missed out on several outstanding rookies, and they didn't miss out on Nicola Jokic in the second round, who is very important.

It is worth mentioning that Jokic, who was drafted by the 76ers, also had bad luck, he was not reused and did not have many opportunities to play. DeAndre Jordan is averaging 35.6 minutes per game, and he's not fit to play with Jokic.

To make matters worse, the 76ers bench power forward is not moving fast, and Jokic has not yet had a chance to partner with Millsap. In order to strengthen the defense, Jokic's playing time has been shortened even further, and he can only play about 10 minutes per game, which is about the same as a marginal man.

The 76ers started with 1 win and 5 losses, and won the opening game with Kobe's stunner.

Comey believes head coach Brett Brown is primarily responsible. He arranged star tactics, but the role players couldn't pull away, resulting in Kobe Bryant always being trapped. Due to poor tactics, Bryant averaged only 22.3 points on 20.4 shots per game, shooting 36.3% from the field and 28.5% from three-point range.

After playing the Nuggets, the Lakers ushered in a wave of road trips to the East, first against the Nets, Knicks, and then against the 76ers, Heat, and Magic. Five consecutive road trips were undoubtedly difficult for the Lakers last season, but now fans are confident that the Lakers can continue their winning streak.