the rest, only noise

Chapter 1550 Nothing hurts more than if

In the arms race between the Lakers, Heat and other teams, one team's demands were ignored.

That's the Cavaliers eager to build a title contender around LeBron James.

Lu Wuxia's success in Boston not only stimulated James, but also made the Cavaliers' management lose their retreat.

Judging from performance, James and Lu Wuxia should be about the same in strength, but the latter won the championship first in a good team.

The Cavaliers first vigorously pursued Kevin Garnett. However, Garnett had no interest in playing for the little emperor.

Then the Cavaliers turned their attention to Ray Allen.

Jun Zilei's three-point threat will make Shaodi even more powerful.

As a result, Ray Allen didn't think about the Cavaliers at all.

The Cavaliers have no salary space, and the biggest gain in the free market is Brian Scalabrine.

After a wave of unrest, Alonzo Mourning, who retired due to kidney disease, chose to come back despite the doctor's dissuasion.

The Cavaliers wanted to renew their relationship with Mourning, but Mourning desperately refused to come back, is it because he wants to hang out with the young emperor?

Mourning threw himself into the arms of the Lakers.

The reason for choosing the Lakers is simple. First, they are strong enough. Second, they lack a center.

This offseason, Louie looked more and more wrong.

Why are the Lakers and Heat endless? Compared with other teams, this is simply unequal attraction.

Compared with them, the Celtics, who are still hated even if they win the championship, have no room for maneuver.

After a few days, the Cavaliers finally got good news.

Kang Chengbiao, who fulfilled his championship dream in Miami, decided to return to Cleveland to assist Shao Di.

Although Kang Chengbiao is not the kind of superstar who can change the situation, it is better if someone is willing to come than no one will come.

The arms race culminated with Sixers veteran Robert Horry joining the Phoenix Suns for a minimum salary.

By August, the framework of the championship team was basically complete, the personnel were saturated, and the strengths and weaknesses of the new season became clear.

The championship teams include the Lakers, Suns, Heat, and Celtics.These four teams are the most competitive, followed by the Mavericks, Jazz, 76ers, Spurs, and Knicks.

Although all the teams are quite noisy, but after the end of this round of arms race, there is no single strong team.

The Lakers minimized the impact of Garnett's departure through the excellent operation of the management team, but at present, there is only one superstar in the team, Kobe, Paul needs time to grow, Rasheed Wallace and Alonzo Mourning can't replace Garnett's role, it just makes the Lakers' inside look less thin.

The Heat's book lineup is amazing enough, but Duncan's injury is a hidden danger.

The Suns have the weakest lineup depth.

The defending champion Celtics are the youngest.Youth is a double-edged sword. It is possible to achieve a major breakthrough in the new season and reach a higher level, or it may go into a fork in the road and stagnate.

It can be said that the Celtics are the most anticipated team.

But this most anticipated team, but the first day of preseason training camp began to cast a cloud of haze.

Dwyane Wade missed training camp due to personal matters.

If the Celtics were the same Celtics as they used to be, perhaps Wade's privacy would be preserved for that secretive, closed-off team.

But the attention the Celtics receive now is not much different from teams like the Lakers and Knicks.

Wade's personal affairs were soon exposed.

The problem is not complicated. Wade made a mistake that some men may make after they are developed - cheating.

Generally speaking, the average chastity value of NBA players is very low, and cheating is nothing to them at all.

A guy like Ewing has his own explanation for cheating.

He believes that he has never betrayed a relationship because every relationship he has is "open".

Moreover, most of the NBA players came from poor boys. After they became famous, there were countless bones and skins that wanted to be attached to them. After a long time, the defense line would naturally fall.The reason why Wade made a big fuss was mainly because he got married early.

Before Wade entered the NBA, he lived in his wife's house for a long time, and his wife's family took care of his food, clothing, housing and transportation. It can be said that there is not only affection between the two parties, but also kindness.

After the incident was exposed, the accusations against Wade were overwhelming.

The Celtics did not respond to this. They only said that Wade went home to deal with family issues, and ignored the rest.

During the preseason training camp, Louie only showed up on media day, and the rest of the time, he was busy with other things.

The two major Internet projects under the name of Louis, the American post bar Upvote and the American Youku Buzz are booming. The two brands originally established to expand the regional influence of the Celtics are now rapidly appreciating at a speed beyond imagination.

However, even if Louis doesn't care about the team, he will still learn about the current situation of the Celtics through various channels.

In addition to Wade's derailment scandal, accusations of too few black players in the Celtics team have also begun to be put on the table.

For some, the Celtics' group photo this season is glaring.

At a glance, the only black players were Carlos Boozer, Rasoul Butler and Tony Allen (Aaron Houston was reimbursed for the season and Wade was absent).

Louis responded to outside doubts through an interview on the media day: "This is the result of the operation, and why should you care about the skin color of these young people? No matter what skin color they are, it will not affect their winning. I think some people are too sensitive Yes, the Celtics are the most open team in the history of professional basketball, we have no soil for racism here."

Unless the Celtics really become a black-free team, this kind of doubt about the lack of black players will be severely hit back by the Boston media.

Relatively speaking, the Celtics do not have much external pressure, and only internal pressure determines whether they can defend their title.

Another brand new season, another start from scratch.

After winning the championship, many people's minds will change.

For example, the Celtics' championship hero, Rasoul Butler, is the top marksman in the Eastern Conference. He thought that Alan Houston's season reimbursement would be his chance to take the top position. Unexpectedly, the team traded Parker for Szczerbiak. In addition, Kyle Korver was eyeing him, and then chose Essen Ilyasova who was also good at shooting.

Butler, who entered the Celtics in 2002, is now in the fourth year of his rookie contract. If he wants to sign a big contract next year, he has to find a way to get up, and the competitive pressure on the Celtics has undoubtedly intensified. his longings and anxieties.

Carlos Boozer, who is also in the fourth year of his rookie contract, is even more obsessed with starting, because he is not a single-function shooter like Butler, he made great contributions to the Celtics championship Main rotation.

Due to the changes of the times, Boozer has practiced a three-pointer. He thinks his style is more suitable for Yao Yueban than Gasol.

During the training camp, whenever Boozer and Yao Yueban were on the same team, he encouraged the latter to take the initiative to go to the free throw line to make the ball, just like Gasol did.

"Kay, Yao, you can do what Paul can do!"

If Yao Yueban can really support like Gasol, Boozer, who has a stronger offensive ability, will naturally be able to take the position.

For this kind of behavior of blatantly instigating the internal fighting between the boss and the second child, Bird used thunderous means to stop it.

When Wade comes back, the starting battle between him and Ginobili will be even bloodier.

Then, Lu Wuxia's core positioning and his possession of the ball need to be carefully decided by the coaching staff.

The Celtics have the most rookie bonuses in the league.

Now, the side effects of those bonuses are going to make them vomit.

The Celtics won all four preseason games.

It looks like everything is business as usual, and Lu Wuxia has taken over Tony Parker's class perfectly.

But the general preseason is used to test the lineup, but the Celtics spent a lot of time finding a new balance between the main players.

Bird is both happy and worried. The happy thing is that the chemical reaction between Ginobili and Lu Wuxia is excellent.

The worry is that once Wade returns, the competition for the starting No. [-] position will be overwhelmed.

2005/11/1

The Boston Celtics ushered in the first show of the new season.

The game is played at the home court of the Celtics.

Before the game, the entire Celtics team received the championship ring and watched the No. 19 championship banner in team history rise to the ceiling.

That night, Bird sent Lu Wuxia, Ginobili, Kirilenko, Gasol, and Yao Yueban as starters.

Louie squinted at the Celtics bench, where Wade, Szczerbiak, Korver, Tony Allen, David Lee
Future fans looking at the Celtics lineup this year will wonder why they aren't invincible.

Louie knew from day one that Bird's season was going to be tough.

That night, Reed Auerbach also came to watch the game.

The Celtics starters didn't play well today, and when the substitutes came on, they blew up the opponent's second unit.

It started 18-14 and ended 123-101.

"Your bench depth is unique," Auerbach said.

Louis asked with a smile, "Is this a good thing?"

"Of course it's a good thing if you stay humble."

The most frustrating word is if.

After the game, Louis wanted to treat Auerbach to eat, but the old man was sleepy.

Auerbach dragged his old body and left alone.

Louis could clearly see that the old man's energy was getting worse day by day. This was his first time to watch the game this season, and it might be the last time.

Just like this game.

This is the Celtics' first game of talking and laughing this season, and it may also be the last.

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