With Wei Guo joining the team, the Lakers have become the biggest favorites to win the championship.

The alliance was still outmaneuvered by the Weiguo...

If Wei Guo had joined the Lakers earlier, other teams would have sought to trade for him, ideally to build a super team and cause some trouble for Wei Guo's retirement season.

Now, only injuries can stop the Lakers from winning the championship. The Celtics, who formed a Big Three in the summer, don't even have a sure chance of winning against the Lakers' lineup... In terms of fame, Gasol and Paul are not as good as Garnett, and even less so than Ray Allen and Pierce.

However, Garnett and his teammates' careers were declining, and their performance was getting worse season after season.

Gasol and Paul, however, are rising stars. Gasol averaged 20+10 last season and is already the leader of the Grizzlies, while Paul has unlimited potential. If the Celtics and the Lakers face off, it's really hard to say who will win.

As for other teams, which team can cause trouble for the Lakers?

The Spurs with the GDP duo?

The Nuggets with their golden duo?

Nash leads the run-and-gun Suns?

The Pistons, whose "Five Tigers" have long since disbanded?

It seems that... any team is quite a bit behind the Lakers.

The older generation of players valued loyalty highly and thought that staying with one team was a very cool thing. Unless they were traded by the team, they rarely chose to leave voluntarily, and the phenomenon of star players forming super teams was almost non-existent.

Not talking about a very distant era...

Barkley, Pippen, and Drexler once teamed up on the Rockets, but they didn't win a championship.

In the 21st century, there have been instances of a team having multiple star players, such as the Lakers' F4. However, at that time, Payton and Malone were both in the twilight of their careers, and their roles on the court could barely be considered as those of a qualified starter, having long lost their peak dominance.

After that...

Because Weiguo is too strong, some teams are trying to recruit star players in hopes of defeating Weiguo.

The Miami Heat are a prime example.

They acquired Kidd and Miller in a trade mid-season, making the Heat a formidable force. However, there are differences. Wade is still on his rookie contract, and Miller is nearing the end of his career. Just like the Lakers this year, if it weren't for Wade's arrival, the addition of Gasol and Paul wouldn't be considered a super team.

after all...

Paul is just a second-year rookie.

When it comes to truly forming a super team, the Celtics' Big Three stands out: Garnett, Ray Allen, and Pierce. These three are the star players of their respective teams, even All-Star starters, with abilities and fame far exceeding those of ordinary players. Even if ranked by player rankings, all three would be in the top fifteen.

This is a true super team, even comparable to the Miami Heat.

But...

Wei Guo went to the Lakers!

Defend the country + Kobe...

Without exaggeration, if this had happened in the 2007-08 season, it would have been the combination of the league's number one and number two, even more explosive than Wei Guo + Nash!

The fans don't understand!

Why did Wei Guo do this...?

Think back to the 2005-06 season, and then think back to the 2006-07 season. How manly Wei Guo was back then! He single-handedly carried the Knicks and Trail Blazers to the championship. He was a true lone hero. He has become a legend in America. Although this was the last year of his career, what Wei Guo did was a bit of a disgrace to his reputation.

The happiest people are undoubtedly the Los Angeles fans, as the Lakers will have another championship trophy next year if nothing unexpected happens.

Only Kobe knew...

Wei Guo was exhausted in the first two seasons!

He even won the Sixth Man of the Year award once. Wei Guo has won every honor in this league. Single-game scoring record, assist record, rebound record, steal record, block record... more than half of the historical records belong to Wei Guo. He truly has the reputation of being there wherever there are records.

He had no attachment to honors or records; he just wanted to enjoy basketball in his final season.

By the way...

Create an undefeated record for a single season!

......

October 27, 2007.

Three days before the start of the regular season, Wei Guo finally arrived in Los Angeles to meet his teammates for the first time.

The Lakers' roster is basically complete...

Gasol joined as a free agent, and in order to acquire Paul, the Lakers traded several players, including the experienced Fisher.

The Lakers today have a wealth of talent in every position.

Point Guard: Paul, Farmar, Cummings

Point Guard: Kobe, Vujacic

Position 3: Walton, Turiaf, Ariza

Position 4: Lamar Odom

Center (Poor): Gasol, Bynum

Wei Guo and some role players are not included in the statistics. Role players have fewer opportunities to play, while Wei Guo is a player who can play from position 1 to position 5.

With such a group of teammates, Wei Guo can have a much easier time, but Gentry will have to suffer. Phil Jackson was unwilling to become Gentry's assistant coach and resigned before Gentry arrived. Resignation does not mean that Jackson will leave. After Wei Guo retires, Jackson will return to the Lakers.

Teaching and defending the country is a happy thing.

The Zen Master certainly wanted to enjoy this kind of happiness, but he really couldn't bring himself to be Gentry's assistant coach, even though he was a top coach.

They were all excellent players... Wei Guo had met many of them before, and perhaps even been dunked on or blocked by him, but he didn't have a deep impression of them. When they became teammates for the first time, everyone looked at Wei Guo with great enthusiasm. This enthusiasm was not the worship of fans for idols, but more like the awe of mortals for gods.

Weiguo was easier to approach than they had imagined...

At their first meeting, Wei Guo challenged each of them to a one-on-one match, except for Kobe.

Gentry and Cummings knew that Wei Guo had a habit of going one-on-one with his teammates when he came to a new team.

To others, it was an honor for Wei Guo to be willing to play one-on-one with them. It was like every summer when some NBA players would go to China to participate in events, and one-on-one matches would be arranged on site. For internet celebrity players to be able to play one-on-one with professional players was something they could brag about for half their lives; the outcome was no longer important.

After being beaten 7-0 by the Weiguo team, Famar immediately shared the good news with his mother.

The teammates' meeting ended in a pleasant one-on-one match. In the 7-point one-on-one game, the teammates served first, but no one could defeat Wei Guo. Getting 3 points against Wei Guo's defense was the limit.

......

The 2007-08 season opened on October 30th, and the Lakers did not have a game on the first day.

This competition schedule was also designed to defend the country.

There was another event on the opening day: awarding championship rings to the Trail Blazers' championship-winning players.

Everyone knows...

This is Wei Guo's farewell season.

To ensure Wei Guo's farewell season wouldn't leave any regrets, the league specifically set aside a day for him to fly to the Trail Blazers to receive his championship ring.