Of course, in addition to Kobe's outstanding form, the Lakers can also be closely related to the team's new aid Artest.

His joining has made the Lakers' forward strength, especially defensive strength, have made a qualitative leap.

After Odom returned to the bench, the originally weak Lakers' bench suddenly became solid.

What we must mention here is Sun Yue.

Sun Yue performed well in the Olympics and successfully attracted Kobe's attention.

Before the start of the new season, the Clippers wanted to trade Sun Yue from the Lakers in the second round.

Of course, the Lakers are not blind, and of course they are unwilling to let go, let alone the mortal enemy in the city.

However, in the end, after paying for a future first round, Sun Yue was still taken to the Clippers.

Like in history, Sun Yue finally became Kobe's teammate.

But the difference is that after arriving at the Clippers, Sun Yue began to take off!

With his experience and Kobe's tacit understanding, Fisher is still the starting point guard of the Clippers.

However, with the defense, three-pointers, and the good vision brought by height, Sun Yue squeezed out Parker, Famal and others and became the first substitute point guard!

Old Dunleavy often even put him on the court at the decisive moments of some games.

Because of youth, there is a bright future!

Sun Yue's outstanding performance also has a lot to do with Kobe.

When I was in the Lakers' rookie season, I had reported several news about Sun Yue's visits and outs of nightclubs in China.

But this season comes to the Clippers, and more reports are about the news that he and Kobe practice together.

A very important difference from history is that Sun Yue often trains with Sun Hao before entering the league, and his level of hard work is completely different.

So he could withstand Kobe's encouragement and gain a foothold in the Clippers, which was no surprise at all.

Let’s talk about the performance of other teams in the East and West.

Let’s talk about the east first.

The two most competitive teams in the Eastern Conference in the new season are the Magic and Celtics.

On the Magic, Courtney Lee's joining fills the defensive problems in the backcourt as Orlando fans expect.

Arenas, Lee, Tkoglu, Lewis, Howard.

The competitiveness of this lineup is even stronger than last season.

Although it only started for one month, many fans felt that this team would once again reach the finals and win the championship.

On the Celtics, although Garnett did not complete his redemption in Beijing, his condition in the new season was obviously better than last season.

Moreover, Rondo's growth and strengthening the bench, the Boston Big Three are also very optimistic.

Then there is the Wizards.

Although McGrady's condition is better than last season, Artest's departure still caused their competitiveness to decline significantly.

Although Yao Ming still performed very well, he still couldn't stop the fact that the Wizards' overall competitiveness declined.

More and more team management believe that it is only a matter of time before Yao Ming leaves Washington.

Several other teams:

The Bulls are still strong;

The Pistons began to decline due to the age problems of core players, especially Billups and Rashid Wallace;

Brand is still very competitive when the Heat come, but overall it is a bit too difficult to get up and down;

The Pacers' youth storm continued, but it still did not solve the team's positional battle offensive problem;

The Hawks and the Cavaliers have become playoff-level teams after they have accumulated enough talent;

After the Nets lost Kidd one after another, Carter and Brand began to play ******* Sley's data was very explosive, but the Knicks' record was still as bad as ever;

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Among the many teams, there was a team's performance that surprised everyone unexpectedly and even surprised them.

The Raptors, the countdown to the East at the beginning of the season!

The rate of death is really unexpected!

Although it is clear that it is understandable if you analyze it carefully.

O'Neal Jr. stopped and stopped due to injury, and his competitive state declined significantly.

Although rookie Bayless has a certain amount of combat power, it obviously cannot make up for the gap brought about by Byron Davis's departure.

Although I have only played for a month, it can be seen that the Raptors' playoffs are in lingering this year.

The happiest thing at this time is the Warriors.

This is a lotto sign that I found in a mess!

However, this kind of thing is just a coincidence that a blind cat encounters a dead mouse.

After all, who would have thought that the team that was stable in the playoffs that last year was still the eighth and fourth, suddenly became like this!

After talking about the East, let’s talk about the West.

In addition to the most dazzling Clippers, the Lakers next door are the ones that attract the most attention from fans.

The biggest change for the Lakers compared to last season is to send O'Neal away and welcome Marion.

Although Marion cannot play as dominant as O'Neal, his victory is due to his high attendance rate and he can still play in a matching contract as a power forward.

In addition, Carter basically maintained the 20+5+5 level of the previous year, and Hibert's performance was pretty good.

Judging from the team's performance alone, the Lakers are better than last season.

But it is obvious that, let alone the championship, the maximum limit for this team is the playoff level.

This makes it difficult for Lakers fans who have passed the "rich" to accept it.

You should know that they had 6 championships and 2 dynasties in 8 years!

But now, they can't see the present or the future.

Some people are scolding Kupchek, the scapegoat, while others can no longer help but shout to make Sun Hao come back.

And it turns out that O'Neal's trade in the summer is also a losing streak.

The Suns who got O'Neal did not improve much.

After O'Neal's weight rebounded, he could no longer run with the whole game.

So the Suns' game fell into two extremes, "7-second offense" or "O'Neal".

This looks quite reasonable, but in fact, a team can only play one way of playing most of the time.

"Big Shark" was not happy in Phoenix.

Let’s talk about several other teams in the West that have attracted much attention.

The first one is the "Lucky" Warriors.

The deal at last year's draft was originally a very conventional lottery transaction for two first rounds.

After all, with the competitiveness shown by the Raptors Trident last season, the new season will be improved by running-in.

Who would have thought that Ibaka became an in-the-first round at the end of the first round, and he has been playing as a substitute in the rookie season so far this time.

Another first round is likely to become a lottery sign next year!

In addition to expressing the view of the Warriors management, we can only express that the good people have their own appearance.

And there is more than one good news for the Warriors.

After returning from a year of back off, Oden delivered 2.3 blocks per game in the first month of his "rookie" season.

Although there are problems such as rough offensive skills and excessive fouls, their talent is really visible to the naked eye.

Plus Livingston and Durant who continued to improve.

In particular, Durant has delivered an MVP-level performance of 3 assists per game in his third season.

The Warriors have now entered the playoffs.

Compared with the Pacers in the East, the performance of their youth army is even more exciting.

Then another youth army that was also rising rapidly was the Trail Blazers.

After trading Zach Randolph, Aldridge was finally straightened. So far, he has also averaged 18 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.

Plus Brandon Roy and Al Horford, who already performed well.

They showed greater competitiveness than the Warriors and had already rushed into the upper half.

Then, there are the Grizzlies, where Ross, the 2008 No. 1 pick, are located.

In fact, there are two high-quality newcomers that the Grizzlies have joined this year, one is Rose and the other is Mark Gasol.
To be continued...