NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 287 The Celestial Tournament is Coming

The 2013 NBA Draft ended at the Barclays Center in Barubrin as early as the end of June.

The biggest winner is undoubtedly Anthony Bennett, who was upset and won the No. 2013 pick in [-]. Before that, he did not get rumors of No. [-] picks like Norlens Noah and Alex Lun.

But in any case, now that the outcome has been decided, he has also become the Canadian player with the highest draft pick in NBA history.

Why did the Cavaliers, which won two champions in three years, unexpectedly choose Anthony Bennett instead of the previous favorite? This choice successfully aroused the curiosity of the fans.

This has caused the Cavaliers' jersey to have super high expectations for Anthony Bennett. The Cavaliers' last striker champion, his name is LeBron James.

Choosing Anthony Bennett may mean that the Cavaliers want to cultivate the next James.

Perhaps, the root cause of the collapse of Anthony Bennett's next rookie rookie period has already been foreshadowed at this time.

For the Trail Blazers.

Due to the regular season record of the accident last season, the draft pick dropped from the 10th place in the original history to the 12th place in the first round, which just replaced the atmosphere that should have been the Thunder team, and just selected the "immature version" Neptune Adams that should have been selected by Detonator.

The No.2 player selected by the team is Mike Muscala, who was selected with the 39th overall pick in the second round. He is also an inside player with a height of 2 meters.

Mike Muscala is a technical insider. His technical style in college is: skilled low-post offensive skills, accurate mid-range jumpers, and blue-collar Adams, who only has the ability to finish at the basket, but has no shooting and low-post ability.

The former has 7 points + 4 rebounds at its peak, and the latter has 13 points + 9 rebounds at its peak. This combination of offense and defense can be enough to support the Trail Blazers' bench lineup with a little bit of sharpening.

It just so happens that the team has Garnett joining, as long as Adams and Mike Muscala can withstand Garnett's offensive tongue, the growth rate will definitely surpass the players of the same class.

Poor Wolf King, he hasn't confirmed his place of residence in Portland, and his final playing career has been clearly arranged by the hateful capitalists, just to extract his surplus value.

The ridicule is ridicule, and the talk is down to business.

An old player like Garnett, who is still a former league superstar and is about to retire, more or less hopes that there will be younger generations who can inherit his skills, and it is not in vain that he has played for so many years.

Otherwise, some "Jordan successors", "Kobe successors", "McGrady successors" will not appear every year...

The qualifications and potential of Adams and Mike Muscala are definitely not comparable to the Wolf King, but as long as they can learn a few basic skills from the Wolf King, it is enough to benefit from the entire player career.

In short, what you learn is what you earn!

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As the first preseason game of the 2013~204 season, Tianchao Xing, whether it is the league or the local Chinese media, the publicity is extremely strong.

Considering the grievances and grievances between the Trail Blazers and the Clippers last season, such as the battle between the old and new lobs; and considering that the two teams are still solid playoff-level teams this season.

Therefore, the biggest publicity theme before the game is "2013~2014 Western Conference playoff preview!"

For Wang Zelin, he is about to play in front of his folks, so this ball must be won, and he must win it beautifully!

According to the past practice, the preseason games are mainly for the players to find the touch, or to let the body after a long vacation adapt to the rhythm of the game again. Under normal circumstances, the main players will consciously play for about two quarters and then hastily leave the field.

According to the concept of playing workers, Wang Zelin does not plan to work overtime in the first preseason game. If possible, he also hopes to take a break after playing two quarters for more than 20 minutes.

But the cooperation of the Clippers is also required!
If the other side doesn't cooperate...

Hehe, we are not the ones who are afraid of getting into trouble!

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At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Wukesong Stadium.

Fans have entered the field one after another, and the players are preparing to warm up off the field.

Adams came out after changing his jersey, walked into the arena, and saw his Big Three talking and chatting leisurely on the basketball court.

"Hey! Mike, I'll get one!"

Adams calmed down the nervous mood, ran over, caught the ball from Mike Muscala, took two steps in a row, took off and dunked.

As a result, the buckle flew!

The ball flew towards Wang Zelin, picked it up, passed it back to him, and said with a serious face: "Rookie, are you nervous? You can dunk an empty basket. Do you want to play when the game comes?"

Aldridge said with a smile: "Don't be too nervous, just play as you usually play on the field."

Wang Zelin looked at the player list again.

Point guard: Damian Lillard, Mo Williams signed with a two-year contract of 560 million yuan some time ago.

Shooting Guard: Will Matthews, Connett Lee

Small forwards: Nicolas Batum, Will Barton, Aleksandar Pavlovic
Power forwards: LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin Garnett, Mike Muscala

Centers: Wang Zelin, Steve Adams, Joel Freeland

That's all for the Portland Trail Blazers this season.

There are still two people short of the full 15-man roster, and the Trail Blazers still have room for reinforcement.

When he saw Mo Williams at the point guard position, Wang Zelin felt that life was always so sudden.

The other party is "everyone doesn't pass it on"!

When playing with Yi Jianlian in the Nets, this guy has always been the object of condemnation by countless Chinese fans.

Unexpectedly, the famous "Mo Bu Chuan" has now become his teammate.

Apart from subjective views, objectively speaking, as a scoring point guard, Mo Williams is a typical offensive strong defensive weak player.

Of course, the Trail Blazers management signed him and didn't expect him to defend at all. They made him here just to enhance the offensive firepower of the bench lineup.

The bench bandits are fortunately the role that the Trail Blazers need to play.

Mo Williams, who averaged [-] or [-] points per game, partnered with Connett Lee, a superb player with a balanced offense and defense at the shooting guard position, and the team's second team has enough firepower.

From the lineup point of view, with the same starting lineup, although the second lineup lost the defensive engineer Mike Roberts, Adams and Mike Muscala came as substitutes inside, especially Adams, who will be the Thunder's starting center in the future, is much more talented than Mike Roberts.

There is also Mo Williams who is capable of bluffing enough in singles to join. Anyway, this guy only needs to let go of his swing in the second team, and he will make money if he gains momentum.

On the contrary, once this league bum can play in the Trail Blazers, whether he stays on the team as a sixth man or as a bargaining chip, it will not be a loss.

In this lineup, I, Lillard, and Will Barton are only in their second year of career. The combined salary of the three is less than 1000 million, and the team's rookie bonus can be enjoyed.

还有拿着1415万米元的阿尔德里奇、拿着1244万米元的加内特、拿着1130万米元的巴图姆、拿着688万的马修斯，再加上其他位置的所有成员，总共也不过6538万米元。

The NBA's salary cap for the 2013-2014 season is 5867.9 million yuan, which is still a long way from the luxury tax payment limit.

In other words, if the management wants to do it, they can easily get a maximum-salary contract with just a few provinces, and sign the top players in the league, even if they pay some luxury taxes.

After all, the team's owner is notoriously tyrannical in financial resources. In order to help the team's competitiveness in the West, later generations directly chose to ignore the existence of the luxury tax and pass it, so they were repeatedly fined.

But people don't seem to care!
"The strength of the team seems to be stronger this year. Is there any hope to touch the floor of the finals?"

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4 pm.

The Trail Blazers team, which has the only NBA star in China, is about to play a game with another NBA powerhouse, the Clippers, in Kyoto, successfully igniting a domestic basketball storm.

In addition to ordinary fans, many stars in the entertainment industry came to watch the game, as well as Dayao and some executives of the Blue Association, as well as some of Wang Zelin's teammates from the national team.

NBA side.

In order to ensure the authenticity of NBA games, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith were also invited to comment here.

"Hello, audience friends, I'm Charles Barkley!"

"Hello, audience friends, I am sure Smith!"

"Welcome everyone to the live broadcast of the Blazers vs. Clippers game..."

There are translators in the audience to help them convey the meaning.

"Now invite players from both teams to come on stage!"

"Look at the starting lineups of both sides first."

Clippers starting lineup:
Starting point guard: Chris Paul
Starting shooting guard: Willie Green

Starting Small Forward: Jared Dudley
Starting power forward: Blake Griffin
Starting center: DeAndre Jordan

"Let's look at the Blazers' starting lineup again, it still looks the same."

Trail Blazers starting lineup:
Starting point guard: Damian Lillard

Starting shooting guard: Will Matthews
Starting Small Forward: Nicolas Batum

Starting power forward: LaMarcus Aldridge

Starting center: Wang Zelin
"The lineups of both sides are very strong!" Kenny Smith said with emotion.

"That's right, both teams have made reinforcements this summer. The Clippers' biggest reinforcement is the signing of the Sun Titans who averaged 12 points per game last season; the Trail Blazers signed Kevin. It can be seen that they both want to make further breakthroughs in next year's playoffs!" Barkley continued.

"Let's not talk nonsense, Charles, let's go the same way, tell me, who will win this game?"

Kenny Smith challenged.

"It must be the Portland Trail Blazers!"

Barkley replied with confidence.

"Oh why?"

Sure Smith asked.

After listening, Barkley began to analyze his point of view: "This is Wang's first time playing an NBA game in his hometown. I don't think he will give up the victory to the Clippers."

"Then you mean, the Clippers are weak!"

"..."

During the verbal war between the two, let the camera come to the field.

The referee kicked off, Wang Zelin suppressed Jordan and grabbed the first ball.

Xiao Qiao lowered his head and immediately returned to defense, as if he was not satisfied with his performance.

Lillard advances with the ball.

Paul posted up, this is a duel between the old and new generation of point guards in the league.

Paul is about to enter his thirties. Although he lost his powerful explosive power due to early injuries and gradually changed from flying to the floor, he is still at the peak of his career.

The league's No. [-] point guard is well-deserved!
It's just the preseason. Coach Terry Stotts didn't deliberately arrange any tactics, just let the players figure it out on the court.

Of course, frequent lineup rotations are inevitable.

For the coaching staff, there is no need to be competitive in such a game. It is better to seize a few games in the preseason to conduct tactical drills for the regular season.

Facing a league superstar like Paul, Lillard was a little nervous last year, but this year it has become nothing at all.

Quickly swayed away from Paul in disguise, pulled a jumper, and missed!

But Lillard didn't look depressed at this time, because...

Sharks go out to sea, dragons come out of the abyss!
Jordan was about to take off, and when he grabbed the rebound angrily, a yellow arm appeared on his head, and then ~ "Boom!"

Wang Zelin pushed the bounced basketball back into the basket with one hand.

2: 0!

"nice shot!"

Wang Zelin dunked successfully, which made the 18000 fans very excited.

It is worth mentioning that, in order to cater to the Chinese elements, the main body of the jerseys of the Portland Trail Blazers is mainly red, supplemented by some white stripes.

Inevitably, the entire stadium became a sea of ​​red!

back.

Paul holds the ball.

Like Lillard's jumper, Paul made a big change to pass Lillard and broke through directly.

However, Lillard followed the defense too fast, and he decisively passed the ball into the interior to Griffin.

Griffin had a deep position, pulled up on the spot, and dunked easily.

In the next moment, there was a bang, and as Griffin smashed the basket violently, the backboard sank violently.

"Oh!!!"

"what!!!"

In the Wukesong Golf Club, there was a sudden exclamation.

Griffin ignited the audience with his violent aesthetic.

Griffin landed and gave Aldridge a hard look.

The White Warcraft is about to go berserk!
"Blake's physical energy is so explosive, he was born to attack the basket!" Kenny Smith praised.

"Don't forget, there is also a beast standing opposite! I believe he will reply to the opponent in the next round!"

After Barkley finished speaking, the camera showed No. 36 of the Trail Blazers on the court.

What would he do?

Trail Blazers attack.

"Damien!"

Near the paint area, Wang Zelin called Lillard and gestured for the ball.

Lillard advances upfield, when Batum cuts to the wing from the left, and he tucks the ball in.

Batum dribbled a few steps to the right wing, caught the timing and made a high lob, and the ball fell into Wang Zelin's hands.

Leaning against Jordan with his back, Wang Zelin exerted his strength to push it up. The former's power that was still shaking Wang Zelin seemed to be much stronger...

In the next moment, amidst the sharp friction of the sneakers, Wang Zelin leaned over and immediately made a breakthrough.

A left probe, shaking Jordan, and then immediately a right probe, Wang Zelin rushed from the right and rushed into the paint.

After one step, Wang Zelin's figure exploded, and with a bang, he was already hanging on the basket.

"That's it!"

"Beautiful buckle! Your Majesty!"

The audience burst into cheers, this was their dream scene.

(End of this chapter)