Coach Rivers chatted with Guo Xu for a few words, asked about his identity and background, and allowed him to participate in the Magic training class.

Guo Xu is talking about himself who was reborn in his memory and stayed in East Lansing. Even if there are differences, the deviation will not be very big.

The Magic team had a game at night, so the training intensity was not high. After the players warmed up, they started to fight in groups after running a few tactics.

Guo Xu was assigned to the substitute team, with his teammates being Bogans, Kirisek, Pat Gariti and Zaza Pachuria.

The lineup of the opponent's Blue Team is extremely luxurious, including Bibby, Adrian Griffin, McGrady, Malone, and O'Neal.

Since the Magic have three very high-salary stars, O'Neal's annual salary has reached more than 20 million, and other positions can only be composed of basic-paid players and rookies.

Even so, the Magic's lineup is still quite deep, because they are a championship team. O'Neal's thick legs have attracted many people. Players who are willing to cut their salaries and compete for the championship in the free market are given priority for Magic. They don't want them to consider other teams.

Malone was able to score 20+ last season. Griffin is an excellent blue-collar swingman, but his offense is too poor and he can't sign a big contract. Garrett is a power forward who can pull out and shoot three-pointers, while Bogans is a second-round rookie from the Bucks, a blue-collar shooting guard.

"Unintentionally planting willows and willows to form shade" is very suitable to describe the Magic. Although the general manager is an idiot, the team's salary space has exploded after renewing O'Neal's high salary in 1996, resulting in the management having no chance to make mistakes.

Even so, manager Gabriel had thought about choosing Grant Hill back then. Everyone else opposed the management meeting, so he changed to signing McGrady. The Magic almost fell into a huge pit. Hill stayed with the Pistons and was also seriously injured and reimbursed again and again, causing the Pistons to lose the opportunity to rise. Now they are just ordinary playoff teams.

Hill's tragedy was not accidental, it was caused by his playing style. He suddenly changed direction while running at full speed, which caused great damage to his knees. Later, Wade, who had a similar style to Hill's play, also suffered from injuries and declined early. Hill's previous life did not change to jump shots and attacks with the Suns until he got old, and thus ensured his attendance rate.

Rivers arranged this to examine Guo Xu's organizational ability to see whether he can lead the substitutes to attack. If he is the point guard height and the shooting guard's style of playing, no matter how good his skills are, he can only be the sixth man, and the upper limit will not be too high.

The tactic he arranged for the White team was pick-and-roll attack, and Guo Xu had absolute ball rights.

The Blue Team supports the inside and adds a triangle offense. Bibi and Malone play pick-and-roll in the middle, choose to break through, stop and jump shot, or pass it to Malone in the middle; Malone supports the pass if he doesn't shoot, pass it to McGrady who is active on the wing, or pass it to O'Neal who is in the basket; McGrady can take the ball and play singles with the ball, or attract defense and give O'Neal a lob to the low post.

After two seasons of running-in, the Magic's core offensive cooperation was very tacit. Without the Pistons in the East, the chance of the Magic defending the title is very high even without Guo Xu.

It is precisely because of their strong strength that Magic O'Neal, Malone and others will not take the substitute seriously.

Except for Bibi, he didn't want to play against Guo Xu anymore, and he would definitely be abused by the "amateur players". Not many people just saw him, but now he is watching everyone.

If it is the regular season, Bibi will warn the inside teammates to change defenses more actively. But Guo Xu's identity... He really can't speak up and asks for help from inside teammates, so he feels so uncomfortable.

The White team attacked first, and Guo Xu took the ball.

Bibi already knew that he was fast and had a sharp breakthrough. He didn't dare to press close to his body anymore, and kept a distance to prevent breakthroughs.

Guo Xu brought him to the frontcourt, waved to Pachuria for cover, Zaza pulled out, blocking Bibi in the middle.

Zaza is not the "scratch" who will be in the future. He is a heavy insider with a height of 211cm and a weight of 125 kilograms, and an aspiring young man who is about to release his ideals in his rookie season.

Because of his excessive weight and slow movement, Zaza was selected by the Magic in the second round and became O'Neal's substitute. Rivers believed that there must be a meat shield center on the field to protect the penalty area. Zaza did a good job in resisting people and had an advantage on the offensive end. Her huge body can help the defender create opportunities.

Guo Xu chose to dribble the ball to the weak side, quickly moved horizontally and took a three-pointer.

As he expected, O'Neal did not defend himself and was waiting for him to break through near the penalty area. O'Pang, who had three championships in the Lakers, didn't like to defend against pick-and-rolls. How could O'Pang, who had five championships, go all out in defense in training?

Malone followed three-point forward Garretti in the right corner, with only McGrady on this side, and the main defense Kirisek was in the left corner, and the distance was too far to assist in defense.

Guo Xu made a move with ease, and the basketball was hollowed into the net. 3 to 0.

The Blue Team attacked, Bibi and Malone played pick-and-roll, Guo Xu chased and defended very quickly, Bibi took only one step and completed his close body. Bibi scored the ball to Malone, who passed it to O'Neal who moved to the middle.

It’s not that you can defend O’Neal with weight. Zaza is a pure floor player. She can only resist human interference and has poor blocking ability. O’Neal pushed twice and turned to the right and threw the ball, beating Zaza to play cricket. 3 to 2.

The White Team attacked, and the tactics just now played again, but O'Neal still didn't change defense. Guo Xu moved sideways and made a jump shot, making another three-pointer. 6-2.

After entering the time loop, Guo Xu's mentality of playing basketball was completely relaxed. For him, doing anything in the loop was just a play.

In this state, it is easier for players to ensure their shooting percentage. He is not under pressure. So what if he is not accurate in shooting?

Even if he scored 17 of 47 today, it would not be embarrassing, because no one would remember this. If it weren't for the time cycle, he would have had a bad thing to beat 30, and would have been repeatedly mentioned by the dark man in his heart.

The Blue Team attacked, McGrady received the ball and hit the jump shot against Kirisek. 6-4.

The White Team attacked, Guo Xu played pick-and-roll again, and Ma Long replaced the defense.

He took the 45-degree turn around the left side, opened the distance from Malone, dribbled the ball under his crotch and changed direction to the left side.

Seeing that Bibi was about to catch up with her defense, Ma Long was about to go back to defend Zaza. Guo Xu got rid of Bibi by speed, passed by Ma Long, entered the penalty area and attracted O'Neal to make up for the defense, jumped out of the baseline and passed the ball to the right bottom corner.

Garretti got an open position and made a phone call. He practiced mid- and long-distance shooting, rarely hitting low posts, and hitting three-pointers with a jump shot. 9 to 4.

The Magic coaching staff were confused on the sidelines. Trainers Eddie and Bibi said that Guo Xu was very strong. They thought they were just a young player who was fucking Bibi and unexpectedly took advantage of the match. If the two of them played again, they might not be able to win.

This is like Garnett will be beaten by a rookie if he is not careful and fights alone. It does not mean that the rookie is stronger than the "Wolf King". In fact, he not only can't play basketball, but also can't fight. Garnett can send him to the hospital with one punch.

But Guo Xu's performance is so outrageous now. No matter how you look at it, they are all stars, and their three offensive choices are perfect.

Usually, when amateur players see top 50 superstars in the league like Malone and O'Neal, their first reaction is to go up and ask for autographs. How could they play casually like Guo Xu with a smile? He doesn't seem to be nervous, he is playing.

Bibi made a mistake, but failed to protect the basketball when playing pick-and-roll, and the dribble changed direction and was directly intercepted by Guo Xu.

Guo Xu made a quick attack alone, accelerated straight and completely threw away Bibi, jumped up with all his strength, and dunked the ball with both hands. He pulled the basket around for half a circle, almost threw his legs on the rebound, and then landed happily. 11 to 4.
Chapter completed!