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Chapter 395 The Situation of the New Season

After a few days of running-in, Wang Tiejun has a better understanding of several of his new teammates.

Rasheed Wallace, the new inside partner, has average dribbling ability and average jumping ability, but his movement speed is not bad.

In terms of offense, the offensive area is large, can be stretched, and can even shoot three-pointers. The low-post singles are also good, the half-stop is good, and he has a hand with the back to the basket.

In terms of defense, the current level of single defense and cooperative defense is already good, with a large defensive area.

Overall, offense and defense match him well.

Moreover, Rasheed Wallace has a good style of play. He is not alone, does not stick to the ball, likes to pass the ball, plays very well as a team, and has a big picture, which is liked by his teammates.

In the main lineup, the second position is alternated between Wilkins and the newcomer Rex Chapman. It can be seen that the coaching staff has not yet decided on the main second position, but Kobe must be a substitute.

Chapman's new teammate is white. He suffered a serious injury last season and has a glass-like physique. After entering the free market, no one cares about him, so he was copied by the Suns and signed with a basic salary for two years.

In fact, he has just turned 28 years old, and his strength is still at a normal level. As long as he stays healthy, he can get a middle-class salary.

His three-pointers can be used, but they are not very accurate. His 35% shooting rate is not as good as that of Person who was traded away. The overall shooting rate is 43%, which is average.

Among the newcomers on the bench, Kidd, as an organizer, performed really well, and he can be trained as the successor of the Lightning.

In the No. 360 position, he has a wide field of vision, [-] degrees without dead ends, strong ability to organize fast breaks, strong ability to control the overall situation, and a strong overall situation view.

In the case of a player being double-teamed, the prediction of the open space of other teammates is very accurate, and no open space will be missed. This is very important for the Suns, because the old K is often double-teamed in the low position, and the open space rate of other positions is very high. Tall, and he can play to his strengths at finding open spots.

However, the offensive efficiency was so fucking poor, barely [-]%. He really didn't like this kind of efficiency, so he strictly restricted Kidd's right to shoot, and he would shoot as long as he dared.

The strongest thing is that the defense is very good, which is very important, especially in the playoffs.

The last rookie, Kobe, this guy looks cold, but his heart is full of enthusiasm for basketball, obsessed with offense, but also works very hard on the defensive end.

But there are also many shortcomings. The rationality of the current shot is not good, the technology is immature, the body is not strong, etc. It is still a piece of rough iron and needs to be honed.

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In the last few days before the start of the new season, the media and some stars also made various analyzes and predictions on the league situation.

The Lakers are going to be bad. Magic Johnson temporarily withdrew from the coaching staff of the Lakers. He joined ABC TV station as a commentator. On the morning of the 26th, he expressed his views on the new season. He said in an interview with the media:

"In the East, the Bulls, Knicks, and Pacers all belong to the first tier. They will form a three-wizard battle for hegemony, followed by the Magic and Heat.

In the West, the Suns and Jazz belong to the first tier of teams, and Mosaic and the Spurs, Warriors, and Supersonics are the second tier of teams. "

"What about the Lakers? The Lakers have big dreams. Eddie Jones, Van Exel, Ceballos, they are all very good star players, and there are many good role players on the bench. I think the Lakers should also belong to the Western Conference. The first team, Erwin, what do you think?" The reporter asked a question.

"Ah ha ha……"

Magic Johnson laughed a few times, the first ghost, the old man and West are going to take Duncan badly, can I tear them down?

He quickly quibbled: "No, Dameng is old. I just received the news that he was injured in the training in the morning. He has a knee problem. He is currently undergoing an injury assessment. The situation is not optimistic..."

Then he talked about the Lakers' problems. In short, the Lakers are failing, they are broken, they can't make it to the playoffs, and they are about to collapse, which made the reporter very speechless.

Sure enough, at noon, the Lakers announced to the media through the team reporters that Dameng was injured in team training and would have a two-month truce.

"Lakers, you guys have no bottom line!"

Spurs, Popovich is going crazy. My Spurs haven't started to play badly yet, and I'm still hesitating whether to let David Robinson suffer a serious injury. I didn't expect you, the Lakers, to be so shameless?
Now he has some headaches, the Lakers are the first to rot, and if he hurts David Robinson immediately, it will be too obvious, so it will take a while.

However, the general cannot be injured now, someone can be injured, Sean Elliott has a back pain recently, let him be injured once.

In the afternoon, the Spurs released the injury news. The team's main star small forward Sean Elliott had a back injury. He also released a video of Elliott going to the hospital for a physical examination. The preparations were done well.

"Greg, it's bad..."

But two hours later, Popovich was dumbfounded and received a very bad news.

Sean Elliott really found that he had kidney disease, and it was not serious. The doctor even suggested a kidney transplant.

"Is God going to kill my spurs?" he could not help lamenting.

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According to the practice of previous years, ESPN gave the predicted probability of winning the new season. The top five are the Bulls and Pacers, the Suns, the Knicks and the Jazz.

Out of love for Jordan, the Bulls still rank first, with a predicted probability of winning as high as 25%.

The second is 21% of the Pacers, the third is 20% of the Suns, the fourth is 19% of the Knicks, and the fifth is 14% of the Jazz.

ESPN also gave its own analysis of the top five: "In the new season, the strengths of all the strong teams are relatively average, and there is no such thing as a single outstanding team.

According to media reports, His Majesty the Flyer still carried out brutal training during the offseason. He is almost 34 years old, but his condition is better than that of 24-year-old young players. This is the most important reason for our confidence in the Bulls.

The Pacers are a first-class team with a very solid lineup. The addition of Ewing will form a huge chemical reaction. The combination of him and Reggie Miller will push this team to a higher level.

The Suns selected a high school student who is temporarily unavailable. His future is uncertain. In terms of lineup, they traded last season's main shooting guard Person. Wilkins is not a match for Old K, and Chapman is a glass man. The 20% chance of winning is purely because of Old K's strength.However, with the introduction of the K law, it is a huge question whether the old K's strength can still be maintained.

The Knicks, with a strong lineup and another behemoth, only rank fourth because the first three teams are indeed stronger.

Jazz, after strengthening the fifth position, this fully mature team should start to show its power and launch the most powerful impact on the championship.In particular, the introduction of the K law is a huge benefit to the Jazz. The postman will no longer consider the old K's terrifying lethality, which will help him to exert all his abilities. "

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On the afternoon of the 27th, Zhang Lili and his party from CCTV arrived in Phoenix, and went to the martial arts hall for dinner in the evening.

There are many people in the martial arts school who are taking martial arts classes, and among them is a young man who is considered tall among ordinary people, which makes Zhang Lili feel very familiar.

"Hey, is this...the No. [-] pick Kobe?" He asked in surprise.

Old Wang came over and said, "Who is it?"

"He doesn't practice ball, so he comes here to practice martial arts?"

"He was beaten up on the field and shouted to practice fighting. I asked him to practice the basics here first." Lao Wang laughed.

"Haha..." Old Zhang was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed out loud.

"Old K, you earned me 15 dollars today, you pay me back my hard-earned money." Kobe shouted at this time.

"Practice your basic skills." Pharaoh reprimanded.

Not 2 minutes later, Kobe shouted again: "Old K, can you give me a discount for the broiler chicken? It's really unaffordable to eat one every day!"

"Shut up! That will be of great benefit to you, and you will live forever."

"Old K, you exploiter! My hard-earned money will be sucked away by you." Kobe's voice sounded again 2 minutes later.

"Damn it, you traitor, Master can earn some hard money, why don't you come to support these two thousand brothers and 1 family members in the martial arts hall?"

"Master, don't talk about it, and I'm going to go bankrupt."

"Haha..." Zhang Lili and others had already laughed and fell beside them.

That night, after the last medicated bath and medicated oil massage, Wang Tiejun completed 200 times in the first phase, and his physical potential has been raised to the limit of 105. His physical fitness is still at 101. He needs physical training to continue to improve, and his injury resistance and potential have been raised to 97/105.

At this time, a prompt appeared in the system: "The host should know that the effect of medicinal baths on improving physical potential has reached its limit. From then on, the host should take medicinal baths at least twice a week to keep the potential from declining. You can continue to use medicinal oil massage to improve your ability to resist injuries."

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On the 28th, the media meeting day for the new season of the Suns will be held in the media hall of the American West Arena.

The attention of the team is very high, there are many media reporters, plus photographers and their assistants, the number is close to 300.

There is a change. There are more overseas media. At least half of the media are from overseas. There are at least [-] media in East Asia, and there are also more than [-] media in other regions such as Europe.

There is also a very obvious change. Nearly ten domestic media have also come. Last year, there was only CCTV, but this year there are many more.

The main interview target of these media is Lao Wang, especially the overseas media, he is the only one.

This is the influence of the Olympic Games. Although the Chinese team failed to make it to the finals, Wang Tiejun's performance was obvious to all, and he was not ordinary.

"Crack clap..."

When taking a personal photo, the cameras of all the media flashed wildly at him alone.

Kobe is envious, the No. [-] pick is here, what are you shooting for an undrafted pick?
Next, take a family portrait. Pharaoh stands in position C, with Lightning on the left, Horry and Kidd in the past, Wilkins on the right, two veterans in the past, and Kobe and some fringe people in the past.

After the photo shoot, there was a question and answer session.

This time the Suns arranged free interviews, the players were separated, and the media could interview whoever they liked.

The reporters around Lao Wang surrounded him on the inner three floors and the outer three floors. The media reporters who couldn't squeeze in outside put twenty or thirty microphones on the brackets and stretched them out in front of him from all over the world.

This season, CCTV still arranged for Zhang Lili and Su Qun to be partners, plus the photography team, a total of five people. At this time, Lao Wang didn’t go to find a side to join in the fun.

"Come on, let's interview Kobe."

After observing for a while, I found that there were not too many reporters around Kobe, and there were still places, so Zhang Lili led people over.

"Hey Kobe."

"Hey Zhang, hey Su."

Seeing that it was Zhang Lili and Su Qun, Kobe greeted them with a busy smile.

"Kobe, let me take you to the fighting hall of the K Martial Arts Hall today?" Lao Zhang said with a smile.

"Really? This is fine." Kobe said excitedly.

"Kobe, what position do you think you are in in the Suns? I mean the present and the future." Zhang asked formally.

Kobe said without hesitation: "Now I am a substitute, but this is only temporary. I will improve my strength through hard training and improve my status in the team.

At present, I am gaining weight. Old K asked me to gain three kilograms every year. It takes two or three years to reach the weight gain goal. This is exactly my growth period.

I still have a lot of training. I am following the old K to learn back play, as well as pace and defensive training. I want to increase my breakthrough ability and increase the stability of shooting.

As for the future..."

Talking about the future, Kobe immediately showed a kind of brilliance and confidence in his eyes. He said firmly: "I will be the main shooting guard of the team. I am confident that I will become the core of the team's outside offense and defense. I will work with old K to attack the championship."

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On the morning of the end of the month, the Suns management held an internal meeting.

Chairman and President Colangelo Sr. presided over the meeting. He said happily: "The sales of season tickets for this season are very good, and they have been sold out early in the morning. I am very optimistic about the operation of this season, which can support the continued development of the team.

Our team has completed the initial reconstruction. The uncertainty of the No. [-] rookie Kobe will not affect our reconstruction. If his development does not meet expectations, the management needs to make decisive dispositions and timely reinforcements.Before that, try to give him the opportunity to exercise.

In addition, the goal of the new season, the biggest obstacle Mosaic is no longer our strongest opponent, we will launch a formal impact on the championship.

Guys, I wish us all the best for the new season.As old K said, I hope that from now on, let our light begin to shine on the entire league. "

After the morning meeting, the team set off at noon and headed to Los Angeles. The Suns' opening game was an away game against the Lakers.

After the team arrived in Los Angeles, Lao Wang received calls from Dameng and Ceballos one after another, saying they wanted to invite him to dinner, so he simply made an appointment, and Dameng signed a big contract and asked him to treat him.

After meeting at the restaurant, he found Ceballos looking a bit gloomy.

"Dameng, are you still so happy when you are injured?" Old Wang first asked Dameng.

"Tch, a little injury, it will be healed in two months." Dameng said shamelessly.

"Ha ha!"

Lao Wang sneered twice, let's play badly, be careful that next year's draft will get nothing, and the Lakers will sink.

"What about you, with such an ugly face, going bankrupt?" He turned around and asked Ceballos.

Ceballos sighed and said, "Yesterday the team notified my agent that they were going to trade me, and let me see if there is any team I want to go to.

Old K, I just can't figure it out. The Lakers are clearly able to hit the championship after they brought in Big Dream. Why did they trade for Divac? "

Lao Wang curled his lips, Ceballos, your brain is broken, Dameng is young, his condition will only go from bad to worse, how many years can he last?
He comforted: "Forget it, you can still play 21+7 All-Star data last season, don't worry if no team wants it, just trade it, the Lakers are not good enough for you."

Ceballos is speechless, but I really want to stay on this bad team!

He was very helpless. After leaving the Suns, he got the main small forward position in the Lakers and played an All-Star performance for three consecutive seasons. However, although his second contract lasted for five years, there were still two years left to end, but the amount was very small. The annual salary was only 200 million US dollars. He originally wanted to finish the next two seasons with the Lakers and win a big contract with the third contract, but now everything is in vain.

Through the matter of Ceballos, Lao Wang is very sure that the Lakers are really going to mess up.

"Next year is a small year. Are the Lakers going for that Tim Duncan?"

He also knows Duncan, an NCAA player. Duncan just won the title of best player in the NCAA last season. He is an insider with a lot of talent, mature skills, and extremely stable performance. However, it is unexpected that he can attract a luxury team like the Lakers that never fails.

But he didn't expect that the reason why the Lakers were determined to do badly was largely because of him, not Duncan.

His presence in the West, the good lineup of the Suns, and the increasingly powerful Jazz made it impossible for the Lakers to see any hope of getting ahead, and they were finally forced to choose to play poorly.

"Dameng, what do you think the Lakers will draw next year?" He couldn't help asking.

"That's something God can decide, how do I know?" Dameng laughed.

He knew that the Lakers were going to be bad, so he was injured, but the Lakers management didn't reveal anything to him. As an outsider who didn't really pay attention, he didn't know any inside information at all, but he didn't care at all now, so let's get hurt, anyway, the salary will still be paid.

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(End of this chapter)