God of NBA point guards

Chapter 560 New Season

On October 10st, the preseason ends, and on the 21rd, the official training camp begins.

Zhou Quan came to the headquarters this morning to participate in the training camp, which means that the new season has officially begun.

He arrived at 08:30, and his car was stopped by many reporters outside the large iron gate of the headquarters.

"King of Iron Fist, is your goal in the new season to defend your title?"

"Of course, sir, you asked a nonsense question, haha!"

"Iron Fist King, what do you think the chances are for the SuperSonics to defend their title in the new season?"

"Our strongest opponent in the Western Conference is the Lakers. But if Duncan can get healthy, I think the Spurs will also be one of our strongest opponents.

I have always thought that the probability is impossible to quantify. I don’t know how the media calculated it.

But I think our hope of defending the title this season is still very high. I don't think the Lakers or Spurs can maintain an advantage over us in the series. "

"Iron Fist King, Ewing has just joined, but he did not accept an interview. What do you think is the purpose of joining the SuperSonics with a minimum salary?"

“I don’t think there’s any purpose other than a championship.”

"Do you welcome him?"

"Why not?"

"Iron Fist King, do you think the SuperSonics' strength has improved, declined, or about the same compared to last season?"

"I think in terms of lineup thickness, we are even better than last season. Of course, we lost Brad Miller, and the strength available to us at the fifth position should not be as good as last season. Overall, our strength should be better than last season. The season has improved because the younger players are stronger and they are growing."

At this time, the security personnel came over, cleared the road, and Zhou Quan drove into the headquarters.

Parked the car and came to the training ground. It was 9 minutes before the 10 o'clock meeting time. All the teammates arrived, including super center Ewing.

"Boss."

"Iron Fist."

Seeing him appear at the gate, everyone shouted.

"Good morning, guys."

Zhou Quan smiled and raised his hand, walked towards Ewing and Mullin, stretched out his hand and said: "Patrick, Chris, welcome to the SuperSonics."

Mullin was more proactive, stepped forward, held Zhou Quan's hand, and said with a smile: "Iron Fist King, I am very happy to join the SuperSonics. I am here for the championship."

"Hope everything goes well for the new season."

Zhou Quan shook hands with Ewing again. Ewing was still in a good mood. Although he was abandoned by the Knicks, by joining the SuperSonics, he could still fulfill his biggest career dream, which is to win a championship.

……

On the 22nd, SuperSonics season ticket sales began. The price was 25% higher than last year, but the sales were very hot.

This season, the SuperSonics are the league's biggest favorites, followed by the Spurs and then the Lakers.

These are three championship-level teams recognized by the media, all of which are Western Conference teams. There is no championship-level team in the Eastern Conference.

The American media now generally believes that the NBA is weak in the east and strong in the west. Even Stern admitted this in an interview.

Mourning had to recuperate and the season was basically canceled, and the Heat directly withdrew from the championship competition.

The Pacers, who entered the Eastern Conference Finals last season, changed their head coaches. Smiling assassin Isiah Thomas became the new head coach, but the main center Rick Schmitz retired and the main power forward Dale Davis went to the Trail Blazers. The strength of the team The loss was huge, and the media believed that it had lost its championship competitiveness.

In addition, the media believes that Philadelphia will be competitive in the Eastern Conference in the new season, but it does not have the strength to compete for the championship.

The Bulls rebuilt, and the Digital Team introduced Mutombo, a top defensive center, plus defensive power forward Theo Ratliff, and Toni Kukoc, the former Best Sixth Man. The strength has improved a lot, the most important thing is to strengthen defense and rebounding, and to strengthen the bench lineup.

On November 10nd, the Sonics' media day for the new season.

Media from all over the world swarmed in and took two hours just to take pictures. Everyone felt more tired than playing a game.

"Tekken King, if there are no FIBA ​​games next summer, will you participate in professional boxing matches and golf matches?"

"possible."

"How confident are you in defending your title this season?"

"I think it might be a little difficult to sweep the Lakers again."

"Ha ha……"

"King of Iron Fist, Kobe has been training extra throughout the offseason. I heard he starts training at four o'clock in the morning every day. How much do you think his strength will improve in the new season?"

"At four o'clock every morning? Are you sure he doesn't get up to drain water?"

"Pfft..."

"Ha ha……"

……

Today is also media day for the Lakers.

"Shark, do you think we will be swept by the SuperSonics this year?" a reporter asked.

"How is that possible?" O'Neill said angrily.

"Shaq, what's your current tonnage?"

"I don't know, who cares how much that thing is?"

"Kobe, you have been training extra throughout the offseason. How much improvement will this make when you face the Iron Fist King?"

"I'm definitely improving and I want to improve my competitiveness and I'll do whatever it takes to do that."

"Kobe, you look stronger. Have you gained weight?"

"Yes, I have reached 100 kilograms now. I want to increase my resistance. This will help me improve my competitiveness when facing the Iron Fist King."

"Coach Phil Jackson, do you think the Lakers have any hope of surpassing the SuperSonics and Spurs this season?"

"I believe we are stronger, the OK team is more mature and competitive, our chances are greater, and we are not afraid of the SuperSonics and Spurs."

"Mr. Jerry West, have you been ostracized by the Bass family as the media said?"

"No, that is random speculation by the media. I have a very good relationship with Mr. Bass and the entire Bass family."

……

The Spurs are also having media day today, but the media present only have two or three big cats and kittens, and they are basically all local media.

"Tim, how are you recovering from your injury?"

"It's okay, I can play games again." Duncan said with a straight face. "Tim, why are you looking so serious and not smiling? Are you not welcome to interview the media?"

"No, this is the smile that King Iron Fist thinks I have. Well, there are some problems and I can't meet his requirements for a smile, so, as you know, I have no choice but to stop smiling." Duncan said with some embarrassment.

"Tim, what does he think is wrong with your smile?"

"Tim, did Iron Fist say anything to you?"

When the King of Iron Fist was mentioned, the following media members immediately became energetic and started shouting regardless of the order of questions.

Duncan said even more awkwardly: "Sorry, this is a secret."

……

On the 29th, the NBA officially announced the national live broadcasts of several major television broadcasters.

The SuperSonics still have 41 games. All home games are broadcast live across the United States. In fact, most away games are also broadcast live across the United States, and those are considered the home team.

The major television broadcasters are very cunning. All Sonics games, whether home or away, are broadcast live across the United States.

On October 10st, the NBA 31/00 season officially kicked off.

The Sonics' opening game is an away game against the Vancouver Grizzlies, and then back-to-back home games against the Nuggets.

The Grizzlies are a Canadian team that joined the NBA in 95. They did not make the playoffs in the first four seasons, resulting in fewer fans and a poor market.

Owner Michael Haisley is already considering the future of this team. He wants to relocate to the United States, such as Memphis, where there is no NBA team.

Today is the team's opening game. He came to the arena and sat next to the Grizzlies bench.

Looking around the stadium, it was already full. This was a situation that was hard to see in the past. He knew why, because today's opponent was the SuperSonics, and the SuperSonics had the Iron Fist King. These people came to see the Iron Fist King play, not to see Gray Fist. Bears game.

In the visiting team's dressing room, Paul Westphal announced the starting lineup.

Reuben Patterson was pleasantly surprised to hear that he became the starter.

Corey Maggette was very disappointed. He was the starter in his rookie season, but was removed from the starting lineup in the Western Conference Finals. Now that Patterson is the starter, he is still a substitute.

You must know that he was a lottery pick, while Patterson was only the second pick in the second round, and Bowen, who stole his main position, was only undrafted.

So for him, this kind of psychological shock was still very big, and he was psychologically traumatized.He felt distrusted and began to doubt his own talents and potential.

Zhou Quan didn't care about this. He was looking at the tasks issued by the system.

After winning the Olympic championship, he completed the system tasks and strengthened his immunity by [-]%. Now the tasks for the new season have been assigned.

"The host is asked to complete the defense of the title and obtain MVP and FMVP as a reward to enhance lung function by [-]%."

The content of the task was very simple. After reading it at a glance, he immediately turned off the system.

"First it's the heart function, and now it's the lungs. Will the kidney function be strengthened next season? I'm looking forward to it. Isn't the system going to be in the mode of five qi and three flowers gathering at the top?"

There are some random thoughts in his mind. Generally speaking, the rewards given by the system are more precious than before, ten times more precious. It is estimated that if he wins a few more championships, he may be able to live to be [-] years old without any disease or disaster.

……

At eight o'clock, the two sides announced the starting list.

Grizzlies: Bryant Reeves, Osela Harrington, Sharif Raheem, Michael Dickerson, Mike Bibby

SuperSonics: Ben Wallace, Campbell, Bowen, Ruben Patterson, Zhou Quan
When Zhou Quan ran out of the tunnel when he started the game, the stadium burst into warm applause.

Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley stood up from his seat and applauded, looking at the extraordinary Zhou Quan. He thought that if the Grizzlies had such a superstar, the market would be dozens of times bigger than it is now.

Zhou Quan faced off against Mike Bibby, a third-year point guard who was the second overall pick in 98. He was nicknamed the White Devil and was a rising star at the first position.

But standing in front of Zhou Quan, Bibby felt empty. He was worried about his performance tonight, how much he would make a fool of himself in front of the home fans, how many times he would be intercepted by the Iron Fist King, and how many times the Iron Fist King would be in front of him tonight. How many points do you score on your head? Will you get a clean sheet?With such a mentality, you can imagine what kind of performance he will perform in front of Zhou Quan.

Big Ben and Levi's 213-centimeter jump ball actually won, and the SuperSonics attacked.

Zhou Quan advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. When he was near the top of the arc, he saw that Reuben Patterson had already shaken off his opponent and quickly cut inside the paint area.

At this time, the Grizzlies' two inside players were on the left and right sides of the basket, and there was space under the basket.

His eyes immediately swept to the left wing, and after attracting Mike Bibby's attention, the moment he pulled up the ball with his right hand, he pushed forward violently, and the ball flew past Mike Bibby with the sound of wind.

When his sight swept to the left wing, the full-level predictive vision was triggered. Although he could not see the vision that was not within the sight, the vision still simulated all the movement trajectories of the players on both sides in that area.

In the low right wing, Grizzlies power forward Harrington is turning around and moving towards the basket. Ben Wallace is moving towards Grizzlies shooting guard Michael Dixon who is chasing Patterson for a pick-and-roll, and Patterson is moving to the right. Running at the waist, the next moment he will cross the right waist and enter the paint area.

All the views were very clear, as if his sight was not on the left wing, but on the area on the right waist.

"what?"

Mike Bibby quickly turned around and looked.

"brush!"

Patterson rushed through the right waist and the ball arrived just in time. He caught the ball with both hands and layup two steps later, easily scoring a goal.

The two Grizzlies inside returned to defend the basket, but it was already too late.

Mike Bibby was a little helpless. The suddenness of this no-look pass was too high. He didn't react at all just now.

If he can possess this kind of skill, he can definitely jump from the current second-rate point guard to a first-rate or even point guard.

In the CCTV commentary box, Zhang Lili smiled and said: "Teacher Xu, have you noticed that in the national team, Zhou Quan rarely passes the ball like this."

Xu Jicheng thought about it for a while, and it was true that Zhou Quan rarely passed the ball without looking at the person in the Olympics. They were all regular passes.

Zhang Lili immediately explained: "I guess it is because he has too little training time in the national team and does not have a tacit understanding with his teammates, so he does not pass this kind of ball."

Xu Jicheng immediately nodded and said: "That should be the case. We spend too little time practicing together. We must be afraid of making mistakes."

Grizzlies attack.

Zhou Quan defended and retreated in front of Mike Bibby.

Bibby's nerves were stretched to the point of breaking. Any sudden movement by the Iron Fist King would trigger his reaction.

For example, when Zhou Quan raised his left hand just now, he immediately stepped forward, pushed forward with his left hand, and controlled the ball with his right hand and pulled back to protect the ball and retreat.

Zhou Quan couldn't help but feel moved when he saw Bibby's action.

His stealing ability is too strong and the threat is too high, so now everyone is guarding against his stealing the ball, and even the opponent is not holding the ball, which makes it impossible for him to use this ability.

For example, in the Olympic finals, the Dream Team had three first-class point guards, Payton, Kidd, and Tim Hardaway, but they didn't even need a point guard in the back.

Now as long as there is any trouble, the opponent will immediately take measures, such as Bibby's stop and retreat action just now to protect the ball.

But now that I have full level of predictive vision, in addition to passing the ball, can I use this ability on the defensive end?

(End of this chapter)