At 11:15 noon on December 3, 1995, the Lakers held a press conference at the Great Western Forum Arena, officially announcing Zhang Hao and Jason Williams to join.

The logo man was dealing with the media's tricky questions at the press conference. Zhang Hao, who was waiting to appear, felt a rare tension in the interview.

Before the training started this morning, from 7:30 to 8:30, he accepted an exclusive interview with the imperial court and Xinhua News Agency. It was very relaxed that the domestic media was very excited about him joining a big city team like the Lakers. The treatment he received was beautiful.

However, now listening to the verbal battle between the logo man and the reporter, Zhang Hao knew that the first day he officially joined the Lakers, he would start to experience dire straits.

Jason Williams has no pressure at all in this regard. As far as public opinion is concerned, he is just the one who matches his salary.

Just like Zhang Hao didn't know that Jason Williams was so good at rebounding before he joined the Nets, even though he averaged 5.7 rebounds per game last season, he did not make his rebounding famous among fans.

Fans will not blame Jason Williams for losing Eddie Jones and Devac at all, so he naturally has no pressure.

Zhang Hao guessed that if the fans really blamed Jason Williams, this guy would not only not feel uneasy, but probably would also be very proud...

"Yes! Why do I have to be under pressure? The Lakers trade me with such chips. I should be happy that they value me so much.

It was because they valued me that they agreed to Schultz's request, otherwise the Bass family would not have promised me to start and play at least 24 minutes because of the sponsorship fee...

The media doesn't have to worry about them, but the fans... They have spent money to watch the game and have to play well, otherwise I'm sorry for my conscience...

However, should I still be low-key in this interview? This is not New Jersey, and low-key will be regarded as weak..."

The logo man is very good at confronting. After dealing with the most confronting reporters, he began to introduce two new players: "I am very grateful to Vlad and Eddie for their contribution to the Lakers. They are a very important part of the Lakers' revival. Unfortunately, we cannot continue to cooperate. We should also look forward. I am very happy that Aix and Jason join. The ability they showed in the game made me extremely eager to get them. Today, they finally became part of the Lakers."

Hearing this, Zhang Hao and Jason Williams walked into the press conference together.

The huge interview room, the cameras, cameramen and reporters from major media are full of memories.

Looking around, there are all first-tier media, and second-rate media are not qualified to come in.

This hostile atmosphere is no weaker than the hostility of 20,000 people away!

The microphones, cameras, and guns and cannons in their hands are no different.

Zhang Hao still chose the No. 8 jersey, and Jason Williams also chose the No. 55 jersey that he wore during the 76ers and Nets.

The two sat in the seat, and the logo man turned off the microphone in front of him. He dispelled the reporters' arrogance, but Zhang Hao himself was the one who really had to face the reporters.

As for Jason Williams... no one cares about it.

Zhang Hao sat down and asked the question immediately began.

The first question is quite simple: "Zhang, why did you choose the No. 8 jersey?"

"Someone asked me this question before, maybe you don't know, so I'll say it again. This time I can say it with more confidence.

Because I'm the 9th pick, I really want to figure out why there are 8 players ahead of me who are selected first."

Jason Williams and the logo man next to him were surprised. They knew Zhang Hao's strong confidence, but they had never seen him so high-profile.

Jason Williams knew that Zhang Hao had a sulky personality. He didn't like to talk outside of professional basketball and liked to use practical actions to be high-profile in the game.

The logo man also learned this through investigation and observation.

The same is true for the reporters. They are not really hostile to Zhang Hao... Maybe they are biased because of various reasons such as skin color and nationality. However, they do not hide their hostility to Zhang Hao at all, mainly because Zhang Hao is in the forefront of the storm. Popular teams like the Lakers exchange them for two quasi-All-star players, which is very popular. After all, they are here to take advantage of the popularity.

Since you want to gain popularity, you have to conduct a good investigation to accurately gain popularity and create topics.

Before they could fire, Zhang Hao pulled the trigger first!

But this is easy to deal with, just start doing it!

"Do you think you deserve the Lakers to exchange you back with two All-Stars?"

"They think it's worth it, and what I have to do is try to make myself worthy of playing under the eleven championships."

This time, Zhang Hao's answer eased a lot, but the reporter chose to strengthen his firepower: "The Nets will send you away without hesitation when they get two All-Stars. Do you think they have made a lot of money, think you are not as good as those two players, and think the Lakers are fools?"

This problem is really tricky. Faced with tricky problems, Zhang Hao chose not to play the silly and directly responded: "I don't know what the Nets think. I got 40+ twice in 13 games. Kenny, Jason and others helped you to help the top team in your eyes win a record of 7 wins and 6 losses... These are nothing more important.

As you said, the Nets traded me without hesitation, I didn’t care, I didn’t choose my team firmly, and I didn’t want to continue playing there.

The Lakers are willing to exchange me for such a great price, which means they have a firm attitude towards getting me. All I have to do is to play hard."

It's a bit difficult! The reporter found that Zhang Hao was not just an ordinary 18-year-old child, but he was very logical when answering. When facing the problem, he looked very tough, but he avoided some pitfalls.

Another reporter emerged and continued to fire on the topic just now: "The Lakers value you very much, but can you do it? Do you think you deserve such high attention? Can you lead the Lakers to win?"

Lead the word... At this time, Zhang Hao knew that no matter how he answered, he could not answer... so he could only be a stubborn person: "I can't do it? You can do it, you can go!

Otherwise, we will bet and play the Bulls in any game, and you will play on my behalf. You can get 42 points under the defense of Jordan or Pippen. I will give you all the salary for the next two seasons. If you don't do it, just give me your monthly salary.

If you dare not agree, and you cannot, then shut up!”

Jason Williams and logo man, two people who know Zhang Hao from various angles, looked at Zhang Hao who was talking about the group, and his eyes were almost glaring out.

At this moment, they wanted to give a thumbs up!

...

...

At 1:30 pm, Zhang Hao came to the lounge of the home team training ground of the Great Western Forum Arena and quietly watched the Lakers' game video.

He felt that the VCD discs are too troublesome now, and he had to change the discs in twenty or thirty minutes.

He heard that DVD server-level prototypes have been made and will be released next month and will start selling in February or March next year. It will be much better in the future. Although it is not as good as the Internet cloud era, it is at least much better than four CDs in one game now.

Although individual users still cannot use it for the time being and it still takes some time to reduce costs, professional league clubs can be equipped.

At 4 pm, Zhang Hao ate some early.

At 4:30, two and a half hours before the start of the game at 7:00 pm, he began to warm up...

During this period, Zhang Hao was silent except when he had to speak.

This made it strange that Jason Williams and the logo man who saw him on the scene at noon, as well as those who had been paying attention to his teammates who had seen the news or heard about his true nature when he was interviewed.

It seems that Zhang Hao has multiple personalities.

Seeing Zhang Hao start moving his body at 4:30 pm, shooting hot hands, and simulate running training alone... doing a series of game preparations, some teammates have improved a lot of things because of this.

Even Del Harris, who has a deep prejudice against Zhang Hao, has to think that Zhang Hao is excellent in this regard.

A glimpse of the whole leopard can be seen. From the seriousness of the game and the things that I have done patiently for the game, Del Harris roughly learned why Zhang Hao was so respected by the logo man at the age of less than 19.

Of course, this is based on the fact that almost all the high-ranking rookies in the league today enter the NBA at the age of 21 or 2, so Del Harris attaches great importance to age.

Different teams and different stages should have different performances.

After playing a good performance for a month as a rookie, you should be crazy, especially in places like Los Angeles, otherwise you will definitely be underestimated.

I already have the guarantee of playing time, so of course I can feel comfortable. It is necessary to be low-key when I am on the Nets, but in Los Angeles, I have to show confidence.

And Zhang Hao knew that Del Harris would definitely not risk losing without taking advantage of his characteristics. Kobe was not reused at that time because the Lakers also had Eddie Jones and Derek Harper, but now, he had to play a role in the game.

Anyway, since the trade chips become Divac, Del Harris will definitely not like him, Zhang, so let's do it!

"I just like others who don't like me and can't do anything to me."

...

At 6:30 pm, everyone was ready to play, and Del Harris was delaying until this time when he appeared on the training ground.

The Lakers players have been waiting for a long time. Eddie Jones and Divac are both previous starters. When they leave, it means that two players will be on the top, and not necessarily one inside and the other outside. Cebaros can play power forwards. For example, the best power forward in the league in the past few years, superstar Charles Barkley who won the MVP is not as high as Cebaros.

Then there is a possibility that there will be a small forward and a shooting guard to start the top.

However, at this time, many people turned their attention to Zhang Hao. The rookie who was exchanged for two quasi-All-star starters was the biggest opponent of Lakers players who wanted to enter the starting position.

But Del Harris doesn't like using new players, and many people have known about him when he was the head coach of the Bucks.

Del Harris, the old coach who is nearly 60 years old, has no kindness at all. He said in a serious tone: "Nick, Anthony...Pierre, Cedric, Aix, Elden, you start tonight."

It was not surprising at all... Anthony Miller, a second-year marginalist, was also publicly executed. He heard Del Harris's special emphasis on it being Anthony Pier, and he felt that he was very unnecessary in the team...

Zhang Hao also guessed that the starting shooting guard should be Anthony Pierre. When he came to Los Angeles, Pelinka had already collected information outside the Lakers' players' game. He probably read it all. This is one of the best high school team in the United States in 1988. The ranking of high school students should be similar to that of Zhang when he was at the end of his senior year, but he successfully entered college and participated in the NBA draft after graduating from college and was selected in the middle of the second round.

The strength is very good. Logo Man selected Anthony Pierre at the 15th pick in the second round of the 1992 draft. He averaged 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists per game in the rookie year, and 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game in the second grade. Unfortunately, this is not as good as logo Man wants. Although the Lakers gave Anthony Pierre a three-year and 4 million contract after the rookie contract in the second grade, the Lakers no longer placed the future of the back line on him. After those two seasons, the Lakers selected Van Exel and Eddie Jones, two of the talented outside lines.

But now there is no one on the outside, Anthony Pierre can come up again.

Soon, the players of both teams are about to enter the court.

Zhang Hao and his teammates came to the entrance of the player passage.

When Pacers players entered the field, there was no big reaction on the spot, so Lakers fans were not too scarce to boo the Pacers.

Anthony Pierre approached Zhang Hao: "Aix, will you laugh?"

"What's wrong?"

"It's okay, I haven't seen you laugh in two days. You don't have to worry too much. Look, you've started, be happy."

"I'm starting in the NBA."

“…”

"But I'm very happy to say that." Zhang Hao said and smiled at Anthony Pierre.

Is it interesting to stab a knife at a second round pick?

Anthony Pierre was a little depressed, but he had a good impression of Zhang Hao.
To be continued...