Coach Lee

Chapter 460

The Pepsi Center arena is extremely lively today, and the more than 9000 seats in the new arena are fully occupied.

There are fans holding signs everywhere in the stands:

"Welcome to Denver!"

"we need you!"

"Li, you must have been sent by God to save us!"

Some signs even have a portrait of Li Nan wearing a crown.

This is the enthusiasm Denver fans have for Finals MVP.

Today, this is the fifth preseason game for the Nuggets, and it is also Li Nan's first game on behalf of the Nuggets. This game naturally attracted countless Nuggets fans, as well as countless media.

Everyone wants to see if the Nuggets are really strong, and if the Nuggets are really capable of competing for the championship.

As soon as Li Nan walked into the arena, the big screen in the Pepsi Center was aimed at him immediately, and the 9000 people at the scene suddenly became excited.

"Wow!"

"Look! Li is coming!"

Thousands of words, finally everyone gathered into a uniform——

"Li! Li! Li!"

Li Nan also raised his hand to greet the audience around him.

Wang Dazhi next to him said sourly, "These guys are real. I've been playing here for so many years, and I've never seen them be so warm to me."

Li Nan also joked with a smile, "Hahaha, it will be even more impossible after that."

Indeed, now that Li Nan is here, Wang Dazhi will have no chance in the future.

It's like being the Olympic flag bearer.Those guys actually chose Xiao Li's crooked melon instead of me, it must be because they are jealous of my handsomeness!

Thinking of this, Wang Dazhi pushed Li Nan angrily.

The game started soon.

The FMVP's Li Nan did play well and scored a lot of beautiful goals, but the overall performance of the Nuggets was not satisfactory.

Everyone can see clearly that Li Nan is trying his best to integrate into the team, but he seems to be far from a tacit understanding with the team.

During the fast break, Li Nan is often the one who takes the lead, while the others are a beat behind, causing Li Nan to be sieged in the frontcourt.

In many cases, Li Nan can play fast breaks, but he still deliberately slows down and plays positional warfare.

In the positional battle, Li Nan tried his best to run without the ball, stop and start quickly, and stop quickly, deceiving his opponent and his teammates.

On the defensive end, Li Nan is used to switching defenses every pick-and-roll, but his teammates only chase his own people.And when Li Nan was chasing his own people, his teammates came to switch defenses again.

Mistake!

Big and small mistakes appeared on the field, which made Nuggets fans worried about the team.

Although the Nuggets won the game in the end, such a game cannot satisfy the fans, nor can it achieve the strength to win the championship.

"The Nuggets are still not up to the strength to win the championship. They still need to improve."

"This kind of Nuggets should be on the edge of the playoffs."

"Li is still strong, but his teammates are not good."

"Is this the difference between FMVP and ordinary players?"

"It's just a preseason game! Besides, we won, didn't we?"

"It's okay, the season has just started, we have to give them time!"

"Last season, the Pacers were able to black eight and one black to the end, why can't we?"

"I trust Lee!"

The Nuggets do have many problems, and they still need to adjust and run in.

After a day of adjustment, soon, the last preseason game came.

However, at home, the Nuggets lost 93-103 to the Trail Blazers by 10 points.

Although Li Nan only played 24 minutes in the first three quarters and scored 30 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, the game was still not good.

Jim Burnheim tried different lineups, but the effect was the same, not good enough!
Still the same problem, the tacit understanding is not enough.

After the end of the preseason, there are still 3 days before the regular season will start.

There is no way, just practice!

Take time to hone the team.

On October 10, the Nuggets determined their 30-man roster on this day:

Point Guard: Billups, Bobby Jackson, Robert Pike,

Shooting guards: Li Nan, Hamilton, Michael Reed,

Small Forwards: Danny Fortson, Tracy Murray, Calporte Chaney
Power forwards: Wang Dazhi, Keon Clark, Terry Davis

Centers: Ben Wallace, Patrick Ewing, Priest Lauderdale
The Nuggets are the youngest team in the league, with an average age of 26.67

If it weren't for the 38-year-old Ewing "holding back", this Nuggets team would be younger.

In the preseason, the Nuggets did not perform well, but that was the reason for their lack of adaptation. Many media and fans believed that as long as the Nuggets were able to adapt, they would definitely bring surprises to everyone.

Other teams in the league have also announced their rosters one after another.

In this summer, many balls have made a lot of adjustments.

The biggest hand is naturally from the Orlando Magic.

The current coach of the Magic is Doug Rivers, and last season was his first season as a head coach.In the first season, he led the Magic to an excellent record of 41-41, and he also won the best coach of last season because of this.

In this summer, the Magic traded with the Pistons for Grant Hill, with a seven-year, $7 million contract.

Last season, Hill averaged 25.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game, and is still a strong contender for the MVP.

After joining the Magic, McGrady showed excellent scoring ability. Joining the Magic, he averaged 23.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.

The Magic hope to create a new dynasty era around Hill and Tracy McGrady.

The action of the defending champion Pacers is not small at all.

The Pacers first immediately renewed the contract with head coach Larry Bird for 3 years after the end of the season, giving him a generous salary.

After that, the team also introduced an assistant coach, the smiling assassin Isiah Thomas.

In terms of player lineup, the Pacers basically retained the championship team.

After the opening of the free agent market, they quickly traded blue-collar power forward Dell Davis to the Blazers' potential big man Jermaine O'Neal, who was once a talented high school student in the class of 96.

After that, the Pacers took advantage of it again and signed the old Pacers and free agent Jaylen Rose back.

How did Jalen Rose return to the Pacers who abandoned him?This is incredible!
However, as soon as these deals came out, the Pacers became the biggest favorite team to win the championship.Even without Li Nan, they still have the strength to compete for the championship.

The Eagles are a little sad.

In the summer, Jaylen Rose implemented his player option, gave up his one-year contract with the Eagles, and returned to the Pacers.

Originally, the Eagles were going to build a team with Jaylen Rose, but Jaylen Rose ran away!The Eagles have a longer road to rebuilding.

Many Eagles fans have raised such doubts: "Are we being cheated?"

After that, more topics were discussed.

"No wonder the Pacers didn't care about Li's departure at all. It turns out that they have left behind!"

“Why did Jaylen choose to go back to the Pacers? There must be a problem behind this!”

"Ask the league to investigate the Pacers and Jaylen Rose. I think there is the same conspiracy behind this as the Timberwolves and Joe Smith."

Public opinion is raging, but the Eagles are letting go,
"Jaylen Rose is not the guy we want at all."

Someone just laughed.

"Are the Eagles stupid? They actually speak for their opponents."

However, it's useless, that's what the Eagles said, and they don't mean to take it back.

It was such a muddled operation that saved the Pacers and Jaylen Rose from big trouble.

As for the Eagles, they left Jaylen Rose, who was traded from the Pacers, and then Isiah Ryder, who was traded from the Trail Blazers. The two core players just said goodbye.

They only picked up Kukoc, a member of the 76ers and not the Bulls champion, in the free agency market.

This season, they'll be centered around Jason Terry.

I will suffer at the cost of saving face!
You mean the eagle, right?
(End of this chapter)