Chapter 395 The new season situation

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

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

   In terms of offense, he has a large attacking area, can be pulled apart, and can even shoot three-pointers. The low-post singles are also good.

   In terms of defense, the current standard of single defense and cooperation has been very similar, and the defense area is very large.

   Overall, both offense and defense match him well.

   And Rasheed Wallace's style of play is good, not alone, not sticking to the ball, likes to pass, plays very well as a team, and has a big picture, which is liked by his teammates.

   In the main lineup, Wilkins and the new Rex Chapman take turns at No. 2. It can be seen that the coaching staff has not decided on the main No. 2, but Kobe is definitely a substitute.

   Chapman, the new teammate, is a white man. He suffered a serious injury last season and has a glassy physique. After entering the free market, no one cared, so he was copied by the Suns and signed in with a basic salary, and it was two years.

In fact, he has just turned 28 years old, and his strength is still at a normal level. As long as his body remains healthy, it is no problem to be a middle-class player, but whether he can stay healthy is a problem that is likely to occur. Anyway, it is a basic salary, and the Suns do not care too much.

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

   Among the new substitutes, Kidd, as an organizer, performed really well, and can be trained as a lightning successor.

   In the No. 1 position, he has a wide field of vision, no dead ends in 360 degrees, a strong ability to organize fast breaks, a strong ability to control the overall situation, and a strong overall view.

In the case of a player being double-teamed, it is very accurate to predict the vacancy of other teammates and will not miss any vacancy, which is very important for the Suns, because the old K is often double-teamed in the low post, and the vacancy rate of other positions Tall, he can play to his strengths at spotting open spots.

  However, the offensive efficiency is really bad, barely 40%. He really doesn't like this kind of efficiency, so he strictly limits Kidd's shot right, and he will go down if he dares to make waves.

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

  The last rookie, Kobe, this guy is cold on the outside, full of basketball fanaticism on the inside, obsessed with offense, but also very **** the defensive end.

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

  …

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

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

   "In the East, the Bulls, Knicks, and Pacers all belong to the first-tier teams, and they will form a triwizard situation, followed by the Magic and Heat.

   In the West, the Suns and Jazz belong to the first team, and the Mosaic and the Spurs, Warriors, and Sonics are the second team. "

"What about the Lakers? The Lakers have big dreams. Eddie Jones, Van Exel, Ceballos. They are all very good star players. There are also many good role players on the bench. I think the Lakers should also belong to the West. What do you think of the first-tier team, Erwin?" the reporter asked.

"Ah ha ha…"

  Magic Johnson laughed dryly, the first gear is a ghost, the old man and West are going to take Duncan, can I demolish their stage?

   He quickly quibble: "No, Da Meng is old, I just received the news that he was injured in the morning training, and has knee problems. He is currently undergoing an injury assessment, and the situation is not optimistic..."

   Then he talked a lot about the problems of the Lakers. In short, the Lakers are dead, they are broken, they can't make the playoffs, they are about to collapse, and the reporters are speechless.

   Sure enough, at noon, the Lakers announced to the media through the team reporters that Da Meng was injured in the team training and would be sidelined for two months.

   "Lakers, you have no bottom line!"

  Spurs, Popovich is going crazy. My Spurs haven't started to rot, and I'm still hesitating whether to let David Robinson get a serious injury. I didn't think you would be so shameless for the Lakers?

   Now he has some headaches, the Lakers are the first to rot, and if he hurts David Robinson right now, it will be too obvious, so it will take a while.

   However, the admiral can't get hurt now, someone can get hurt. Sean Elliott has a backache recently, so let him get hurt once.

   In the afternoon, the Spurs announced the injury news. The team's main star small forward Sean Elliott suffered a back injury, and also released a video of Elliott going to the hospital to check his body. The preparation work is still good.

   "Greg, it's not good..."

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

  Sean Elliott really discovered kidney disease, and it was not too light. The doctor even suggested a kidney transplant.

   "Is God going to kill my spurs?" he couldn't help but lamented.

  …

  ESPN has given the prediction probability of winning the championship in the new season according to the practice of previous years. The top five are the Bulls and Pacers, the Suns, the Knicks and the Jazz.

  Because of his love for Jordan, the Bulls still rank first, with a predicted chance of winning the championship as high as 25%.

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

  ESPN also gave its own analysis of the top five: "The strength of each strong team in the new season is relatively average, and there is no such a unique team.

  According to media reports, His Majesty the Flying Man still carried out brutal training in 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 already 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's inside line 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 Posen. Wilkins does not match the old K, and Chapman Another glass man, with a 20% chance of winning the championship, purely because of the strength of the old K. But with the introduction of the K-law, it is a huge question whether the power of the old K can still be maintained.

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

  Jazz, after bolstering the No. 5 position, this fully mature team should begin to radiate its power and launch the most powerful impact on the championship. In particular, the introduction of K-law is a huge benefit to the Jazz. The postman will no longer consider the terrifying lethality of the old K, which will help him to exert all his abilities. "

  …

   On the afternoon of the 27th, Zhang Heli and his party of five 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 hall taking martial arts classes, and one of them is a very tall young man among ordinary people, which makes Zhang Lili feel very familiar.

   "Hey, is this... Kobe No. 7 show?" he said in surprise.

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

   "He doesn't practice ball, but runs here to practice martial arts?"

   "People were beaten up on the field, and they shouted that they want to practice fighting. I asked him to practice the basics here first." Pharaoh laughed.

   "Haha..." Lao Zhang was startled first, then laughed.

   "Old K, you made me $150,000 today, and you pay me back my hard-earned money." Kobe shouted at this time.

   "Practice your basic skills." Old Wang reprimanded.

   After two minutes, Kobe shouted again: "Old K, can you give me a discount for a brood? It's really unaffordable to eat one every day!"

   "Shut up! That's very good for you, immortal."

   "Old K, you exploiter! You will **** all my hard-earned money." Two minutes later, Kobe's voice rang again.

   "Damn, you disobedient disciple, Master can earn some hard money, why don't you come to Yangwu Hall with two thousand brothers and ten thousand family members?"

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

   "Haha..." Zhang Lili and the others were already laughing and fell to the side.

This evening, after finishing the last medicated bath and medicated oil massage, Wang Tiejun completed the first phase of 200 times. His physical potential has been raised to the limit of 105, and his physical fitness is still 101. He needs physical training to continue to improve, his ability to resist injuries and potential. Raised to level 97/105.

At this time, the system prompts: "Please know that the effect of medicated bath on improving physical potential has reached its limit. From now on, the host should take medicated bath at least twice a week to keep the potential from declining. You can continue to massage with medicated oil. Improve injury resistance potential."

  …

  28th, the media meeting day of the new season of the Suns, is arranged 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 two dozen East Asian media, and other media such as those in Europe also have more than two dozen.

   There is another very obvious change. There are nearly ten media outlets in China. Last year, there was only CCTV. This year, there are many more.

   The main interview target of these media is Pharaoh, especially 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 is obvious to all, not ordinary.

   "click, click..."

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

   Kobe is envious, the No. 7 pick is here, what are you shooting for an undrafted pick?

   Next, take a family photo. Pharaoh stands at C, 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 taking pictures, it is time to ask questions.

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

  The reporters around Pharaoh surrounded 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 stand and stretched out in front of him from all over the world.

This season, CCTV still arranged Zhang Heli and Su Qun as partners, plus the photography team, a total of five people. At this time, Wang Xunbian did not go to join in the fun. They have been here for a few days, and the meal that should be eaten has also been eaten. The interview should have been interviewed earlier When it's over, the content is sent back.

   "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. Zhang Lili brought people over.

   "Hey, Kobe."

   "Hey, Zhang, hey, Su."

   Kobe saw Zhang Lili and Su Qun, and greeted him with a smile.

   "Kobe, today I will take you to the fighting hall in K Martial Arts Hall?" Lao Zhang said with a smile.

   "Really? This one can." Kobe said excitedly.

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

   I am currently gaining weight. Old K has allowed me to gain three kilograms every year. It takes two or three years to achieve the weight gain goal, which is exactly my growth period.

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

   As for the future…”

When it comes to the future, Kobe Bryant's eyes immediately showed a kind of brilliance and self-confidence, he said firmly: "I will be the main shooting guard of the team, I am confident to be the core of the team's perimeter offense and defense, and I will be with the old K. Fight for the championship."

  …

   This morning at the end of the month, the Suns management team held an internal meeting.

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

   Our team has completed a complete preliminary reconstruction. The uncertainty of the No. 2 rookie Kobe Bryant will not affect our reconstruction. If his development does not meet expectations, the management needs to make a decisive disposal and make timely reinforcements. Before that, try to give him the opportunity to exercise.

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

   Everyone, wish us all the best in the new season. As the old K said, I hope 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' opener was an away game against the Lakers.

  After the team arrived in Los Angeles, Pharaoh received calls from Da Meng and Ceballos one after another, saying that they wanted to invite him to dinner. He simply made an appointment, and Da Meng signed a big contract and asked him to treat him as a guest.

  After meeting in the restaurant, he found Ceballos looked a little gloomy.

   "Da Meng, are you still so happy when you are injured?" Pharaoh asked Da Meng first.

   "Cut, a little injury, it will be fine for two months." Da Meng said shamelessly.

"Ha ha!"

  Pharaoh sneered twice, let's play it badly, be careful that you won't get anything in next year's draft, and the Lakers will sink.

   "What about you, looking so ugly, you're going bankrupt?" He turned around and asked Ceballos.

  Cerballos sighed: "Yesterday the team notified my agent that they were ready to trade me and let me see if there is any team I want to go to.

  Old K, I just don't understand, obviously the big dream has been introduced, the Lakers are going to be able to reach the championship, why should they trade Divac, and now Babel has also given up, and still wants to trade me, why should it be rotten? "

   Old Wang pouted, Ceballos, your brain is broken, Da Meng is young, and his condition will only get worse, how many years can he last?

   He comforted: "Forget it, you can still play 21+7 All-Star stats last season, don't worry if the team wants it, just trade it, the Lakers are not good enough for you."

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

He was very helpless. After leaving the Suns, he got the position of the main small forward with the Lakers and played an All-Star performance for three consecutive seasons. However, although his second contract was five years old, he still had two years to end. But the amount is very small, the annual salary is only two million US dollars, and I wanted to finish the next two seasons with the Lakers and win a big contract with the third contract. Now everything is in vain.

   Through the Ceballos incident, Pharaoh is sure that the Lakers are really going to rot.

   "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 NCAA Player of the Year title last season. He is a talented, mature, and extremely stable insider, but he can attract a luxury team like the Lakers that never fails. , but he did not expect it.

   But he did not expect that the reason why the Lakers made up their minds to play bad 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 rot.

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

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

He knew that the Lakers were going to rot, so he was injured, but the Lakers management didn't reveal anything to him. As an outsider who was not really valued, he didn't know any inside information at all, but he didn't care at all now. , the injury will hurt, anyway, the salary will be taken.

  …

   (end of this chapter)