In mid-July, the Lakers' 15-man roster for next season was decided.

Centre-forwards: Ivica Zubac, Steven Adams, Andrew Bogut.

Power forwards: Davis Belstein, Al Horford, Montrez Harrell.

Small forwards: Vince Carter, PJ Tucker, Kevin Durant.

Shooting guards: Andre Roberson, Devin Booker, Dwyane Wade.

Point guards: Guo Xu, Raymond Felton, Jason Terry.

The Lakers' 15 have their own characteristics, and they all have a role to play. Next season's fringe players will definitely be Zubac and Baelstein, who will have to go to the Development League for a while.

Guo Xu, who was filming, talked to Kupchak on the phone after seeing the news, saying that he was very satisfied with the operation of the team. He didn't recommend anyone other than Adams, and Kupchak had a pretty solid eye.

Kupchak smiled and asked: "We will definitely be able to defend the title next season, right?" ”

"No kidding, your ambition is just to defend your title? With Durant, Wade, and Adams on board, my goal is to win them all, including the playoffs. I don't think any team can beat the Lakers, just wait to see the record. Guo Xu said confidently.

In his opinion, the Lakers next season are the All-Star team, the strongest team he has partnered with since entering the league, stronger than the Suns who have won five consecutive championships, and it is impossible for other stars to beat the Lakers combined.

Some veterans were very depressed after looking at the Lakers lineup, and they were rejected for wanting to join.

For example, Paul Pierce, who was so poor with the Clippers last season that no strong team could look up to him.

Al Jefferson's attempt to take a pay cut to join the Lakers failed because of his style of play, which is strong offensively and weak defensively. After the Lakers were full, he joined the Bucks for 3 years and 30 million. Next season, the Bucks' "Great" Embiid will return, with Jefferson as his backup, and the Bucks will not renew Bogut's contract.

A veteran like David West, who has rejected the Lakers, and then wants to hold his legs, Kupchak won't even give him a base salary, so he can stay cool. West had no choice but to go for the next best thing and chose to join the Warriors for 1.3 million in 1 year.

It's even more useless for Roy Hibbert, a "high round" like Roy Hibbert, to join the Lakers, and he joined the Nets for 3.5 million in 1 year.

The Nets, who were swept by the Lakers last season, fell apart and began to rebuild. Jammy's evaluation has finally come true, the team has gone three starters in one go, and LeBron James will lead the team on his own next season.

Now the most vicious scolding of the Nets management on the Internet is Jammy.

"Is Nets management a bunch of SBs? Vacating so much salary space is not even digging superstars to assist James. Aren't Durant, Westbrook, DeRozan, and Drummond all free men? Wouldn't it rise next season if you dig two casually? ”

Jammy's thinking is so strange, these people have never said that they are willing to join the Nets and join forces with James, but they feel that as long as the team has salary space, they will definitely be able to poach people to "assist" James. They thought it was a real emperor, but James was just their emperor.

What's even more bizarre is that James scolded Howard, saying that he was not loyal enough and was a three-surname house slave.

"Howard is too lacking in virtue, he can sign and then trade if he wants to go, and as a result, he directly joined the Hawks and left nothing for the Nets. If it weren't for James, he would have made it to the Finals twice? He doesn't even want his face! ”

Howard jumped out of his final year of contract and accepted an offer from the Hawks, but Nets management didn't match. You don't even match the contract, sign it first and then change your claws?

If this contract is matched, it is impossible for the Nets to exchange Howard for a strong player. Howard is already a blue-collar center with a serious decline in form, and other teams have to be a brain-dead Jamie as a manager to trade him for a star.

The most bizarre thing is that James also scolded Wade.

After Wade's departure, James gave an interview, expressing the turmoil of the Nets and also talking about Wade. He made it clear: "With Wade leaving the Nets, we will definitely drop significantly next season, and the situation will become even more difficult." ”

James said a word, and Wade, the waste who dragged his feet last season, was hated by Jammy again. Someone said: "Wade abandoned his brother, he didn't even have the courage to continue to compete for a championship with James." Even if this kind of person goes to the Lakers to win the championship, what's the big deal? ”

Well, the huddle team has become the Lakers, and the James despise the huddle.

But doesn't Wade have the courage to compete for a championship with James? He knew that he would definitely lose, and James's top salary was blown wildly, and he took the base salary to take the blame for the loss.

The most bizarre thing is that James also scolded Durant.

The reason is that some media have published news predicting that Durant is likely to join the Nets and James to fight against the Lakers. The reason is that since Durant is unwilling to stay with the Thunder, the only ones he can choose if he wants to join a team to compete for the championship are the Warriors and the Nets.

At that time, everyone didn't think that Durant would choose the Lakers, and when he was teammates with Guo Xu, he could only be a younger brother, not an equal status. teamed up with James as teammates, that is, brother basketball, although they don't know each other very well and won't play together during the holidays.

James is a brother all over the world, and so is the parallel world. Even if he was shaved by the Warriors, he didn't forget to call Durant and Draymond Green brothers, maybe one day they can form a team.

Durant's closest reporters also chanted on social media: "Durant is very likely to join the Nets." So everyone believed it, even though Durant never thought of it that way.

The Jammys were out of anger. "Durant is so sinister, he hung the Nets without saying NO clearly, and suddenly joined the Lakers without warning. The Lakers are champions without him, and even if he successfully defends the title after he shoots the enemy, how much credit does it have? This kind of star who joins the team in the same district and throws himself into the enemy is resolutely black. ”

They didn't watch Durant's news, and the example they gave when they voted for the enemy was James, and without James going to the Nets to set an example, he really couldn't make up his mind.

James also jumped out of the contract, which is a free agent, no matter what contract other teams offer, the Nets will match, he can't go, and he won't let him go if he wants to sign first and then exchange.

The Nets need him to attract fans and maintain home attendance. Since his arrival, the Nets have received more attention than the Knicks, who are at the bottom of the table.

Of course, the Nets can't let James go it alone, and they signed Warriors center Brook Lopez for 100 million in 4 years. The management felt that this signing was more cost-effective. Lopez has won two consecutive championships with the Warriors and has a lot of experience in the playoffs.

Among star centers, Lopes is not too expensive because he has weaknesses. He has excellent offensive range beyond the three-point line and can also carry the ball to the basket, but he is too slow and difficult to defend against pick-and-rolls.

In order to stabilize James, the Nets know that Lopez has flaws and has to sign, otherwise they don't even have a qualified center, and it is a question of whether James can make the playoffs next season.

The Nets dug into the corner of the Warriors, which made the depth of the Warriors' roster also drop, not to mention offending Warriors fans, and indirectly helping the Lakers play a better regular season record next season.

Another strong team, the Spurs, did not make a big move in the summer, but signed David Lee with a base salary. Veteran Duncan announced his retirement, David Lee is obviously not as strong as Duncan, and he has always been a black hole on the defensive end.

The Spurs had a reinforcement option on the outside, and Bryant's desire to join was rejected by management, despite the obvious decline in their outside strength. ** Vicky doesn't know how to arrange Kobe's possession, and it seems that he is not suitable to play as a starter or as a substitute.