I'm really good at shooting.

Azubuike's situation is a bit more special.

The severity of his injury completely exceeded the team's expectations.

Originally, the Warriors felt that Azubuike would be fine after a season of recuperation.

But until the end of the preseason, Azubuike failed to return to the training field.

According to this situation, he may be reimbursed for two consecutive seasons.

This is no longer a human thing. As the defending champion, it is impossible to defend the title with a wound.

This layoff is also reasonable, and the Warriors have not closed the window for continued cooperation with Azubuike.

When Azubuike recovers from his injury and still has the ability, it is not impossible to re-sign him back.

After all, before the injury, Azubuike showed enough ability to partner with the Warriors starting guard.

If it is not really impossible to play, the Warriors will not choose to lay off people directly, and the layoffs will account for the salary cap.

After completing two layoffs, the Warriors are ready to enter the new season with a 15-man roster.

Before the official start of the season, ESPN also conducted a wave of strength predictions after referring to the preseason performance.

The interesting thing is that the top three of their prediction list... are the same as TNT!

The first Warriors, the second Bulls, and the third Knicks.

Mention the preseason performance of the three teams.

These three teams have different arrangements for the preseason.

The focus of the Warriors is to investigate rotations, select players, and practice small ball tactics by the way.

The Bulls played half-court, allowing Bosh to run the team in the first half, and letting the bench play in the second half.

The Knicks are more thorough. As a brand-new team, basically every game allows the main players to complete three quarters.

Then the feeling of typing it out is naturally different.

The Warriors are more than capable, the Bulls still need to run in, and the Knicks have a lot of problems.

The "three deadly sins" that Barkley mentioned in the previous program were basically displayed in the preseason.

When talking about this matter, we have to talk about the head coach of the Knicks.

At the time of the initial coach selection, the Knicks' most interested head coach was "Zen Master" Phil Jackson.

This is also the usual practice of the New York management, only choose famous ones, as to whether it is useful or not, there is no need to say.

Anyway, in the end, the head coach is responsible...

Phil Jackson flatly refused.

Throughout Jackson's coaching career, you will find that except for the Bulls at the beginning, his subsequent coaching is all about the team.

Choosing a team that suits your coaching philosophy is also the basic quality of a famous coach.

Because if you can't do it, most of them will overturn and can't be a famous coach...

Although the Knicks are now full of superstars and seem to be very suitable for Jackson, who is good at handling star relationships, the Knicks obviously can't play the triangle offense.

If it is a young Phil Jackson, he can formulate new tactics based on the characteristics of the team.

But now he has become synonymous with the triangle offense, obviously there is no need for that.

Because if this wave overturns, all his previous successful resumes may be in vain.

In fact, don't tell me, the most suitable for this team may be the old Nelson on the Warriors' side.

Of course, it is impossible to invite the old Nelson. The Knicks cannot invite Phil Jackson, and it is impossible to find the old Nelson. Finally, they turned their attention to Pat Riley.

Riley is now the president of the Heat, but it is not impossible to be the head coach.

And one thing that many people don't know is that Riley is actually an advocate of small ball tactics.

The tactics used by the Big Three of the Heat in history also came from his ideas and were executed by Spoelstra.

As a result, Riley was more ruthless than Jackson, and he didn't even give the Knicks a chance to meet.

He did a good job as the president of the Heat, and he went to the Knicks as the head coach after he lost his mind.

You must know that although the Knicks have many stars, the coaching challenge is also great, not to mention the worst boss in the league.

So after turning around, the Knicks found that none of their favorite coaches were willing to come.

In the end, they didn't know if they were angered by Riley's behavior, and they poached Heat coach Spoelstra away...

Why did Spoelstra want to change jobs? No one has trouble with money!

The annual salary offered by the Knicks is twice what he was in the Heat!

Although, in fact, it can only be regarded as the third salary level in the NBA coaching echelon, but it is also considered a promotion and salary increase!

The Knicks' behavior seems to the outside world that they can't find a good head coach and use a puppet coach to perfunctory.

Knowing the head coach, let's talk about the Knicks' preseason game, which can be described as chaos.

Spoelstra obviously can't hold back the team's giants.

Among the Big Three, except for Wade's obvious concessions, Anthony and James are still playing according to their respective styles of play.

Moreover, Spoelstra did not let Harden and Miller start, but instead let rookie Paul George start, which also caused dissatisfaction between Harden and Miller.

Coupled with the poor state of the team's insiders Dampier and Ilgauskas, relying on Turiaf's hard support.

After the Knicks' preseason game, it feels a bit pulled.

Of course, the preseason is just a preseason, and you will only know how you are playing in the regular season.

On October 10th, after a long draft period, the 30~2010 season finally officially started.

Knicks game on day one!

The league knows exactly what fans expect.

The Knicks' opponent is the Wizards.

The Wizards have limited reinforcements in the summer, but the lean camels are bigger than horses, and they are still the second-tier team in the East after the Bulls and Knicks.

This game is still very interesting.

Sun Hao also watched the live broadcast of the game with Durant Curry.

The process and result of this game were unexpected and reasonable.

At the beginning of the game, the Wizards' inside offense made the Knicks look helpless.

You must know that the Wizards' outside line is much weaker, but the inside line is a combination of Yao Ming and Gabuzel!

The inside strength of the two teams is not at the same level at all!

The defense couldn't defend, and the offense didn't work well. Using Zhang Weiping's words during the broadcast, it is reasonable for the Wizards to lead.

But it has to be said that talent can indeed do whatever it wants.

Despite the problems here and there, the Knicks didn't let the Wizards widen the score too much.

It was not until the fourth quarter that the Wizards won the game by constantly pressing the rhythm.

After watching the game, both Durant and Curry seemed more optimistic.

Especially Durant.

"They'd be a joke."

"Xiao Shuai", who is always so real, also gave a very real opinion, with a smile on his face that couldn't hide the joy in his heart.

Because the main competitor is like this, the probability of the Warriors defending the title will increase greatly.

Sun Hao, on the other hand, was quite calm.

Because of the performance of the Knicks, he felt very familiar.

Familiarity is because the Big Three of the Heat in history did not play well at the beginning, and it took a period of time to perform well.

And the head coach is also Spoelster.

Of course, Anthony is not Bosh, and he is also the Knicks team that arrived first. It is unknown whether he will give in or James will give in, or whether anyone is willing to give in.

Perhaps only as the season progresses will all this be answered.

On the third day of the start of the NBA, the Warriors also ushered in the regular season opener.

Their opponent is the Spurs.

Before the start of the game, the Warriors held a championship ring award ceremony.

The atmosphere at the scene was comparable to the previous championship parade.

Because after the ring is awarded, there will be a championship flag unveiling ceremony!

In terms of rings, the owner of the Warriors also spent a lot of money this time. The rings are bigger than last year's Lakers. Each ring is worth more than 70 yuan, which directly created NBA history.

It's not that the Warriors boss is grand, but that this championship means so much to the Warriors!

It's not even just meaningful, the market value of the Warriors has directly doubled!

The reaction of the players after getting the championship ring was also very real. McGrady kissed on the spot for a full three seconds.

This shot has also become a classic.

Of course, the real climax was the moment when the championship banner was unveiled, and the entire Oracle Center was boiling.

The overwhelming cheers went straight into the sky, as if they were going to lift the roof of the arena directly.

This scene made the warriors' blood boil, and they also raised their hands and cheered and shouted, enjoying this moment of glory.

On the other side of the Spurs team next door, Popovich looked serious, while Duncan couldn't hide the envy in his eyes.

The lure of a champion.

After the awards ceremony, the entrance ceremony followed.

At this time, the Warriors' starting lineup is very interesting.

Because after successfully leading the small ball tactics in the finals last season, whether Oden will be directly abandoned is a question mark.

After the opening ceremony, this question will soon be answered.

Curry, Sun Hao, Durant, Ibaka, Oden!

Oden is still the starter.

This is somewhat surprising!

The next question that came up unconsciously from the fans was, did Nelson give up the small ball tactics?

This question was answered shortly after the game started.

In the finals of last season, the small ball tactic appeared for the first time, which gave people a great illusion. They felt that this tactic must have no center, or the center must have shooting.

But the answer is not that.

The core of small ball tactics is the offensive space, and it is of course best for the center to open up the space.

But just like the game between the Knicks and the Wizards, because the center is not so withered now, that kind of thorough small ball is not suitable for this era.

It's okay to use that lineup in a certain series like the Warriors did in the Finals, but it's obviously not appropriate to play like that for a long regular season.

This is very similar to the Warriors who played small balls in history.

First there was Bogut, then there was Pachulia, and most of the Warriors' starting lineup also had big centers.

They only deploy a lineup without a center at certain periods of time, or at critical moments.

Nelson Sr. also figured out this layer after a summer of fumbling and training camp trials.

At this time, someone will definitely ask, isn't this tossing around and finally going back?

of course not!

In the first round of the opening, the Warriors showed different effects of the same starting lineup.

The biggest difference is naturally from Ibaka.

Ibaka worked hard on three-pointers with Sun Hao in the summer, and it will be shown immediately in the new season.

Because the Spurs didn't know that Ibaka had already developed a three-pointer, and the first ball was completely released.