king of the basket

Chapter 55 The new NBA season begins!
Du Qi still doesn't understand the mystery of Goldfinger.

Two days after the end of the NBA Draft, that is, on July 7, the free agent market opens.
this period,

It is time for NBA teams to change their blood.

News of various player signings is flying all over the sky——

For example, the contract signed by No. 2 pick Oden and the Trail Blazers is 790 years and [-] million US dollars.
Cam signed a two-year, $76 contract with the 2ers.

Gerald Wallace signs new six-year, $6 million deal with Bobcats and more...

Duke also got a two-year, $2 contract with the Suns.

……

After Duke and the Suns signed the contract,

A player meeting was held. At this time, the main members of the Suns include Amare Stoudemire, Sean Marion, Boyce Diaw, Barbosa, Steve Nash, etc... the leading stars for Nash.

Dookie trained step by step according to the team's requirements.

During this period,

Coach Mike D'Antoni has paid attention to Du Qi's talent, and also deliberately arranged a practice match between the teams to see Du Qi's talent in actual combat.

But Duke is new here,
Not in a hurry to act,

However, it is not overly restrained.
Du Qi grasped a degree, and worked hard to get along with everyone, neither making everyone feel that he was average, nor suppressing the momentum of famous seniors.

that's it,
The time came to the end of September, and the NBA training camp started.

This is followed by preseason games in early October.

These two games,
Du Qi didn't even get a chance to play.

But Du Qi's mood at this time is both excited and anxious!

Excited that

The new NBA season 2007~~2008 is finally about to start!
Anxiously,

His golden finger "Lingbo Weibu" status is still LV5 (100), and the proficiency value of 100 in the brackets was reached four months ago, and it still hasn't been upgraded to LV6!

To know,
When LV4 was upgraded to LV5, although there was a period of stagnation, the stagnation time was far less than this time!

Even if the upgrade gets slower later on, it can't be so slow, right?
August 10,
It's China's National Day. Du Qi returned to China to celebrate the festive season with his family.
When relatives get together,
The seven aunts and the eight aunts asked Du Qi what he was doing now, and Du Qi said that he was playing in the NBA, that is, basketball.

In China, Chinese people don’t pay much attention to basketball. Even if they do, they don’t think that Asians can achieve any results in the NBA where foreigners are as fierce as tigers.
So Du Qi actually received a wave of ridicule from his relatives.

Du Qi wanted to throw his contract in their faces at that time,

But in the end it didn't do that,

Chinese-style relatives, he is too lazy to complain, let them ridicule if they ridicule, when they become famous in the world, they should naturally shut up, right?
On the plane back to the United States to prepare for the competition, Du Qi, who was in a depressed mood, finally received good news.

That is cheating has finally been upgraded!
"Lingbo Weibu of Tianlong Babu System, LV6 (0), lasts for 6 minutes!"

Looking at the gold finger attributes,
Du Qi almost screamed on the plane,

Hard work was not in vain!
He practiced hard every day. Even after returning to China for the National Day, he still carried the basketball to the wild basketball hoop every day and insisted on shooting 2000 balls!

"The usage time is 6 minutes! 6 minutes, in the 48 minutes of the NBA game, it can barely be played!"

Du Qi was full of excitement:
"I'm really looking forward to my NBA debut! I want everyone to see my true ability!"

……

After returning to West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.

Duke still insists on shooting 2000 balls a day,
"Lingbo Weibu of Tianlong Babu System, LV6 (2), lasts for 6 minutes!"

After throwing 2000 balls, Du Qi immediately checked the status of the golden finger. The proficiency value in the brackets increased normally, which dispelled some of Du Qi's doubts.
That is, he was afraid that the proficiency of cheating fingers would also increase slowly,
The upgrade breakthrough has become a tortoise, if the proficiency slows down like a snail, it will be too depressing.

……

Finally, the time came to late October 2007,
2007~~2008 season opener officially started!
The opening game of the new season is considered to be a more interesting game throughout the season. In order to attract fans, the opening game is played by two very popular teams.

For example, the first game is Jazz VS Warriors!

These two teams were opponents in the Western Conference semifinals last season. Letting them play the opening game now is equivalent to a repeat of last season's Western Conference semifinals!

The second game is the Rockets VS Lakers!

Not to mention this,
The Rockets with the Yao-Mc combination and the Lakers with the superstar Kobe were both the most popular teams in the league at the time!
The third game is the Spurs VS Trail Blazers!
The Spurs were the champions last season, of course they are very popular, and the Trail Blazers are also one of the popular teams.

So the opening game attracted the attention of fans!

also proclaimed,

2007~~2008 The regular season of the new season officially starts!

……

Each team plays 82 games throughout the NBA regular season.

Divided into East and West regions,

That is often referred to as the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference.

Duke's Suns belong to the Western Conference.
The Western Conference is divided into three divisions: the Pacific Division, the Northwest Division, and the Southwest Division.

The Suns belong to the Pacific Division.

There are 5 teams in each division,
The other four teams in the same division as the Suns are the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Sacramento Kings, and Los Angeles Lakers.

In each team's 82 games,

The number of games against teams in the same division is 4 games, each with 2 home games.

In the first game of Duke's Suns team, they played against the Golden State Warriors in the same division!
……

10 month 25 day.

The first game of the Suns VS Warriors was held in Phoenix, Arizona, the home of the Suns.

Main Stadium: America West Arena
Capacity: 19032 people

……

Because of the popularity of the opening game, the attention of fans in the new season is very high.

"The first battle of the Suns VS Warriors!"

"Du, the ace of the NCAA championship team, is in the Suns, right?...Will today be his NBA debut?"

"It depends on the coach's employment."

In the Suns VS Warriors game, in addition to the high attention of fans on both sides, there are many fans who are paying attention to Du Qi's movements.

they want to know,

How will the Asian man who led Purdue University to the NCAA championship perform in the NBA after four months of silence?
"The game is about to start!"

"Suns starting lineup, center (C) Amare Stoudemire, power forward (PF) Shawn Marion, small forward (SF) Boyce Diaw, shooting guard (SG) Barbosa, Point guard (PG) Steve Nash."

"With Nash, the leading star, Du, as a point guard, has no chance to play!"

"Yes."

"I can only pray that Nash is injured in the first game, come on, curse with me, Nash will be injured, Nash will be injured~~~"

"..."

(End of this chapter)