He thought about Colangelo's problem just now, thought for a moment and said: "Even if Kobe is arranged to start, he should only be a pseudo-starter. He cannot afford the main position now.

But in fact, I think there is no need to encourage others to grow. He is still too young, his personality is a bit too confident, his body has not grown up yet, and his skills are also very immature. It will not be good for him to be too high up at once. He needs to be polished and polished.

Let's work from the bench and slowly increase his playing time and ball rights. At his current age, he won't be able to improve without about three years of hard work."

Colangelo Jr. nodded, thinking that what Old K said was reasonable. The expectations for Kobe should be during the second contract period. He should not be of great use during the rookie contract, at least in the first three years.

He went on to analyze: "A lot of transactions took place in the offseason, and there will be several very strong teams in the new season that can be called championship level.

In the Eastern Conference, the Bulls' lineup has not changed much, but their strength is still championship-level. Without Ewing, the Magic should be replaced by the Pacers, which will pose a threat to the Bulls.

In addition, O'Neal's Knicks should continue to be strong. They have introduced Alan Houston, John Starks has entered the substitute lineup, and the strength of the main and substitute lineup has been strengthened."

"Bulls, Pacers, Knicks?"

Lao Wang thought for a moment, nodded, and said: "The Heat should not be weak, but they are indeed one level behind these three teams."

Colangelo Jr. nodded and continued: "In the West, the Lakers traded Divac and let go of Babel. What was their plan? Now the whole league knows that they went there for the No. 1 pick.

Haha, they are really desperate. With such a big sports market, they are full of confidence. Aren't they afraid that the sports market will collapse? I hope their failure will not cause the league to lose too much profit."

Lao Wang laughed. It seemed that Colangelo was very dissatisfied with the Lakers' mess.

Indeed, once the Lakers get a good signing next year, the Lakers' market and financial resources, as well as their luxury attraction to stars, will be the Suns' most powerful opponent.

Colangelo Jr. added: "The Jazz have introduced Campbell, and with the thickness of their lineup, they will be very strong in the new season.

In addition, Mosaic may not be able to do it anymore. Although they still have Barkley and Glider, they still have the strength, but they will not play hard. This team has lost its competitiveness.

The Spurs have not made many moves, not many reinforcements, and their strength has not changed from last season. They should be at the same level as Mosaic.

Old K, our main opponent in the Western Conference in the new season should be the Jazz, which is very beneficial to us."

Lao Wang nodded. The situation in the East-West League in the new season should be that the East is strong and the West is weak. The Mosaic Big Three collapsed and the Lakers failed, which contributed to this situation.

This situation is certainly very beneficial to the Suns' regular season schedule.

Colangelo Jr. suddenly said: "I just saw Lightning yesterday. His body is not out of shape and is in good condition. He said he has practiced extra and doesn't want to waste the team's precious salary space. Haha, I am very satisfied with him."

, I hope to retire his jersey one day."

"Kevin is really working hard. This season we should be good. The substitute lineup will be stronger than last season." Lao Wang said with a smile.

"By the way, Old K, my father said he wanted to get you involved in the Rattlesnake project. Did he talk to you just now?" Colangelo suddenly asked.

Lao Wang nodded and smiled: "Yes, I just talked with Mr. Colangelo. He invited me to join the Diamondbacks Investment Group. I chose to invest 10% of the shares. Becoming a small owner of an MLB team should be the same.

A great thing.”

"Yes, the Suns have performed very well in the past four years. The sports atmosphere in Phoenix and the entire state of Arizona is very good. The entire market has been stimulated. I believe that sports investment will have great prospects, and you, Old K, have a great contribution to this.

Old K, you have made a good investment decision, and this is the reward from our Colangelo family." Colangelo Jr. smiled.

The two chatted for a while longer, then Lao Wang said goodbye and went directly to the martial arts gym.

As soon as he entered the martial arts hall, Wang Tieshan immediately introduced the situation of the fighting hall and said: "Tie Jun, those guys have gone out to play some competitions in the past few months, but they did not win the championship. The best result was the 60kg class in the Japanese K competition.

The third place.”

"Not bad, they have only been practicing for a year, let them continue to work hard." Wang Tiejun said happily.

At around eleven o'clock, Lightning arrived, together with his family.

Lightning has four children, two boys and two girls, the oldest is eleven years old and the youngest is only two years old. Lao Wang has made preparations in advance and made a total of five cans of medicinal food, which the children enjoyed very much.

After lunch, the children played in the martial arts gym. Ling Liang's wife was here to accompany them. They often came to the martial arts gym and were familiar with the place. Ling Liang also bought some martial arts lessons for them.

The two came to the building above the martial arts school, found a cafe, and sat down to chat and spank.

"Old K, our lineup for the new season should be pretty good. I went to watch a preseason game. I heard that the rookie named Rasheed Wallace performed well in the preseason. Kidd's performance was also very good.

Great, Kobe also showed some good things, what do you think?" Lightning said excitedly.

"Hopefully, I hope their performance can meet the team's expectations. I have just been to the headquarters and talked with Brian about the lineup. Our main opponent in the Western Conference this time should be the Jazz. If we can enter the finals, the Eastern Pacers, Bulls
Chapter completed!