inspire-indiana Chapter 824 The new season opener
Chapter 824 The new season opener
Chapter 824 The new season opener
A few days later, the Greenville summit was held as scheduled.
In terms of rookies, unlike the previous ones, the All-American predicts that the quality of this year's draft is not high.
You know, last season, the Nets, the fourth last in the Western Conference, exploded in luck, with a probability of only 4.4% to get the No. Off Kenyon Martin from the University of Cincinnati.
Although Kenyon Martin averaged 18.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game in the NCAA before participating in the draft, the problem is that he just broke his knee in the top 64 tournament and participated in the draft in an unhealthy state.
That's it... Can the Nets grit their teeth and use the No. [-] pick?
To be honest, no one knows about Kenyon Martin's later results, but the number one pick can still show the quality of the draft, so this year's draft rookies are not very interesting, at least the host Li Shengli and a few big players I don't care, after all, level 00 is really far behind the previous ones, and sometimes the circle is like this, you have to have something to get in.
But this made Kenyon Martin very depressed... Is it embarrassing for a champion to be so dignified?
Although he also talked a few words with the league bosses he admired and Boss Li, but to be honest, if Boss Li’s old teammate Kendall Gill was also in the Nets, it is estimated that Boss Li would not bother to talk to him, but For him, the new No. [-] pick, the only good news is that Jason Kidd, who is also a senior, compared his face and eased his embarrassing situation.
"Senior, Boss Li and the others..."
"Don't talk about it, Li and the others are in a bad mood!" Kidd patted the shoulder of the new top pick, and now he also has the qualifications, and continued: "Don't take it to heart, before you get the results, no matter what the number is It's worthless to Li and the others, unless you're Ben Wallace..."
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Kidd likes to get along with newcomers, but Li Shengli is not in the mood for the time being, and he has not greeted a few friends. After all, people like Da Ben and Ma Long don't see outsiders at all, and treat them as their own territory, while Li Shengli came with the management of the Wizards. Jordan sat down for a while and chatted about next year's draft.
Wait until the meet and greet in the next block is over.
Only then did Li Shengli get together with teammates Kobe, Crotty, and Artest, because there was news from West next door, Horace Grant successfully negotiated, and Li Shengli needed to welcome this new teammate.
In fact, Horace Grant is happier than anyone else, because joining the Lakers this time will be the second spring of his career. When he partnered with O'Neal before, he hit the peak data of 15+11, and now Being traded by West as the main power forward, especially standing next to Li Shengli, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the second spring.
Immediately afterwards, Li Shengli and the others chatted with Grant for a while.
Of course, this time there are other teams that have deals that have already been negotiated or that are almost at the door, so the player party is divided into many small groups, chatting with their new teammates, and the summit is not over until the evening , and then the coming will be the teams' big training camp before the new season.
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For the Lakers, they won and lost a few preseason games.
It doesn't matter whether you win or lose. Li Shengli and Kobe didn't play much in the dual-core game. What's more important is to let this year's new teammates integrate into the team system. And until the last day of October, the curtain of the new season finally kicked off. Teams have games, and the Lakers' first game of the season is against the Sonics.
To be honest, last season was overthrown by the Celtics, and the Lakers were in a bad mood from the team up to the fans, so the new season is a battle of revenge, and today's opponent, the Supersonics... the decline in the past few years Great, the overall lineup is getting older and older, especially this year with Ewing.
Speaking of Ewing...
In the NBA, there are things like living forever, but Ewing can't.
Played in the Knicks for 15 seasons, experienced brilliance but no championship, especially the recent rise of Sprewell and Camby, the ruthless New York fans began to boo Ewing Old guy who doesn't look very bright.
In fact, Ewing was also to blame for his bad luck.
He was injured as soon as he hit the playoffs, and his record broke out as soon as he injured the Knicks. Everyone found out...it doesn't matter whether the Knicks have Ewing or not, and they will be stronger if they don't.
This makes the unlucky Ewing different from his contemporaries Olajuwon and Robinson.
The former super center lost his home when he was old, and Ewing, who was laughing and cursing... left his hometown and went to the Seattle Supersonics, but the problem is that this is not his home. Even when he was too old, he could only find Li Shengli, his former rival, to relieve his depression before the game.
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At the Staples Center, Li Shengli went to the visiting team's training ground to meet Ewing.
At this moment, Payton and Baker are training. It seems that no one has noticed that Ewing has skipped work. However, Li Shengli can tell at a glance that Ewing is not doing well. , The original New York gang did not offend people.
"You...you let me tell you what you want? I haven't done a few smart things in these years."
"Damn it, can't you stay in the Knicks? Who can drive you away, and you have to go to the Supersonic to suffer this?" Li Shengli didn't care about the fight with the Knicks before, because Ewing himself is not wicked. On the contrary, he is a particularly righteous person.
The same thing happened with Mourning. Both Ewing and Mourning graduated from Georgetown University. They were considered Mourning's seniors, and they were also personal friends based on hard typing. Therefore, no matter how Mourning singled out the New York gangsters at the beginning, it would not affect their relationship. When Mourning had an accident... Ewing probably felt that he was old and unable to move, so he insisted on donating a kidney to Mourning to save Mourning's career. If he didn't match up, Li Shengli really believed in Ewing can donate.
"Li, you can't understand my situation now. After all, when I was your age, I never thought I would be here today!" Ewing couldn't let go of the fact that he, as the totem of the Knicks, would end his career wearing the jerseys of other teams. .
"What about Olajuwon, he is much smarter than you. Wouldn't it be better to stay in the original team than to go to other places and be stared at by some boys?"
"He may not... Forget it, let's not talk about him!" Ewing rolled his eyes and said: "Also... I am not as miserable as you said."
"Why, do you think you can still be on an equal footing with Payton in the Supersonics?" Li Shengli found a place to sit Ewing down and said, "When you were in the Knicks, there were good and bad of your old teammates. , I don’t talk about other people, Larry Johnson, I just can’t look down on him anymore, he won’t roll eyes with you, and the newcomers like Sprewell, no matter how they dance, they can still dance Get on your head? I don't know how you have been messing around all these years, and you are still not welcome when you grow old."
"You...you know what a fart!" Ewing's stubborn temper stepped forward.
"I just said that because I don't understand!" Li Shengli got up this time, turned to Ewing and said, "Stop talking nonsense, did anyone boo you when you went to the Supersonics training camp? One, open their eyes."
"Cao, Li, are you okay? Since when did my relationship with you get so good?"
"Yes, it's not that good, but I've watched you play from the peak to the present. I really don't want to see you get unlucky again when you are old and can't wear a Knicks jersey. Zo-Mourning!" Li Shengli finally said: "We are all reasonable people, and so is Alonzo Mourning, you are righteous to him, and he is also thinking about it, so he thinks you don't have so many bad things , can also be decent in the last time. Besides, the rest of us, including me, think so too, I wish you luck in advance, old man!"
After Li Shengli finished speaking, he left, and Ewing got up right behind him, muttering a few words.
He wanted to laugh, but he couldn't, because in such a big alliance, in the end, he didn't expect that the one who expressed kindness to him, an old guy, would be... the gangsters who beat them the most?The biggest joke in this world is almost like this, right?
(End of this chapter)