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Noah, suddenly stopped.

Xu Yongben also said to find an opportunity to "shock" this guy.

It now appears that Deng's status and voice in the Bulls is greater than he expected.

And in this way, his previous operations in the British Championship were more useful than expected.

He didn't feel regretful, because he thought about the process of Jordan taming Rodman, and it seemed that he couldn't apply it to Noah.

Rodman was born in a poor family and his father ran away from home in the early years, resulting in a weird personality. He was full of stabbing attributes in the Spurs. After the end of the season, no team was willing to provide him with a contract. It was Jordan who gave him the opportunity. That's why he has always been devoted to Jordan.

On the other hand, Noah, not to mention the sons of nobles, are also born in famous families. The backgrounds of these two people are different.

Not to mention that Noah has now been recognized by the Bulls as the core of insider training.

But speaking of it, another aspect of Rodman's dedication to Jordan is because of Jordan's strength.

Even Pippen was equally obedient to Jordan when he was a player.

Using your strength to conquer your teammates and take them to fly, isn't it more effective than punching your teammates?

……

In the blink of an eye, nearly one month has passed, and the Bulls have ended their preseason journey. They have achieved a record of 8 wins and 5 losses in 3 games.

The impact of Rose's absence on the team is still obvious.

不过徐永的表现很是惊艳，虽然有一些起伏，但是他8场比赛下来场均能贡献18.8分3.4板4.5助攻1.3抢断1.7盖帽2.9失误，投篮命中率达到45.8%，三分命中率38%。

Don't compare the data of this era with the small ball era. Not only the defensive strength and number of rounds caused by the rules, but also the team configuration are completely different.

To give a simple example, when a team has only 1 or 2 star players who can tear apart the defense, the zone defense is a very effective weapon because it can pinch the star player.

But once this number rises to 3, the zone defense basically loses its effect.

And when there is no need to face the zone defense, the probability of players being pinched drops sharply, more and more misplaced singles appear, and the difficulty of scoring also decreases.

This is also one of the reasons why most of the so-called American stars before Xu Yongzhong died in the international arena.

Because you are used to the simple mode, suddenly you are given strength, how can you become hard?

Speaking of the data, Xu Yong's performance can be called excellent except that he makes too many mistakes.

And because Griffin was reimbursed for the season with a stress fracture of his left kneecap in the last game of the preseason, Xu Yong is also considered a popular candidate for the best rookie of the year.

Xu Yong is also quite satisfied with his performance, as for the statistics, he doesn't care that much.

Needless to say, De Nagro really reused him. He was basically used as the first ball-holding point in the preseason.

On the one hand, this is because it is the first time to play an NBA-intensive game, and on the other hand, it is because you are playing the core, and the opponent will naturally study you and target you.

Moreover, after Rose comes back, he will not get the right to control so many balls. The data decline is inevitable, so the data is not important, as long as the performance meets expectations.

After the preseason was over, each team completed layoffs one after another, entering the regular season with a roster of up to 15 players.

The Bulls successively waived Jerome James and Chatkins. The regular season roster is as follows:

Point guard: Rose, Hinrich, Genilo Pargo

Shooting Guard: Yong Xu, Damien Wilkins, Lindsay Hunter

Small forwards: Deng, Johnson, Tim Thomas

Power forwards: Songella, Gibson, Richard

Centers: Noah, Brad Miller, Aaron Gray

It was also at this time that ESPN analyzed and ranked the strength of each team in the league based on the performance of each team in the preseason and in accordance with the practice of previous years.

In this list, the Cavaliers beat the defending champion Lakers to top the list.

[-]. Cavaliers

The Cavaliers achieved a record of 66 wins last season, and while they basically retained the lineup, they only paid for the old "Big Ben" Wallace, who only contributed 2.9 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks last season. Here comes "Shark" O'Neill.

Although O'Neal is also old, as a comparison, he played his third spring in the Suns last season, played 75 games with the highest attendance rate in recent years, and averaged 17.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game.

And there is another signing that cannot be ignored. They also used an extremely cheap contract to sign the Raptors' starting shooting guard for the past three seasons, 24-year-old Anthony Parker.

In the three seasons that Parker played as a starter for the Raptors, he averaged 12 points per game and made 42.3% of his three-pointers. More importantly, he is 1 meters tall, a full-sized forward and guard swingman, and has excellent defense. , making up for the missing link of the Cavaliers last season.

A strong lineup, coupled with James' MVP-level performance after reaching the peak of his career, we have every reason to believe that in the seventh season of his career, James will win the first championship trophy in his career just like Jordan.

[-]. The Lakers

The Lakers basically retained the lineup of last season. Their two most critical signings, one is to renew Odom with a 4-year contract of 3300 million U.S. dollars, and the other is to renew the contract with a 5-year contract of 3500 million U.S. dollars. Ariza left behind the 47.6D small forward who made 3% of his three-pointers in the playoffs last season.

[-]. Celtics

[-]. Nuggets

[-]. Magic

[-]. Rocket

The Rockets kept Ron Artest, who played well last season, with a 4-year 3200 million contract. Artest once said that he would stay with the Rockets when Yao Ming remained healthy. Now he Fulfilling the promise, the only question is, how much success does McGrady have left?

[-]. Spurs

[-]. Mavericks

……

[-]. Bulls

Their performance in the British game was impressive. In the absence of Rose, they defeated the Jazz. The performance of the second pick Xu Yong was very impressive.

After Rose returns, their performance is worth looking forward to.

Although, compared with the introduction of the Cavaliers, ESPN's evaluation of the Bulls can be described as "spare words like gold", but at least compared with the offseason, the Bulls are considered to be a team with a chance to enter the playoffs. team.

However, after the list was released, there was a huge wave of controversy on social media.

The source of this controversy was originally only between Jamie and Comey, between the Lakers and the Cavaliers.

After all, the Lakers are the defending champions, and the Cavaliers didn't make it to the finals last season. Why are they ranked ahead of the Lakers?

Just rely on Nike to praise you, ESPN praise you?

Jamie: Facts speak louder than words, first is first.

But after the Comets threw out a series of words such as "James was swept in the Finals", "66 wins in the Eastern Conference", "Champion 4-0", etc., the Jamies were instantly at a disadvantage.

At this time, after someone said "Ross is better than James", the Jamies immediately turned their guns and began to besiege Rose.

To be honest, this sentence is too dark. After all, James has played in the finals and won the MVP after six years of accumulation, while Rose is just a fledgling.

To compare, it is not like this.

But Ross may have few fans, but the Bulls have many fans!

After Jordan brought two dynasties to Chicago, the Bulls have more fans worldwide than Comey.

Ever since, the two sides soon started a heated debate on the topic of "who is better in the rookie season".

In terms of honor, both James and Rose were the best rookie of the season, but there is controversy over who should be the best rookie between James and Anthony.

Of course, that's also because James is in the 03 platinum generation, so the honors of his rookie season are basically even.

然后就开始比数据，詹姆斯新秀赛季20.9分5.5板5.9助攻3.5失误，无疑是要好于罗斯16.8分3.9篮板6.3助攻2.5失误的。

But James' 41.5% shooting rate is far lower than Rose's 47.5%, and there are one more turnovers than people.

And compared to the record, the Bulls were seventh in the Eastern Conference last season and made the playoffs, but James was ninth in the Eastern Conference and missed the playoffs.

更何况罗斯在新秀赛季季后赛首秀砍下36分11助攻惊为天人，并且系列赛以49.2%的超高命中率，场均砍下19.7分6.3板6.7助攻，率队和卫冕冠军凯尔特人大战七场。

This time, the Jamies, who were a little bit inferior, could only say "Your teammate is an All-Star teammate and I am a teammate in CBA".

In the end, the Jamies finally began to utter harsh words: the quarrels on social media are more meaningful than who can type the keyboard faster, who has more fans, and what is more meaningful is the real game.

That's right, the Cavaliers and Bulls are about to play against each other in the season, and it's the opener of the regular season.

So a matter that had nothing to do with the Bulls, but because of this "fire at the city gate and the fish in the pond" incident, the enthusiasm for the opening game was suddenly very high.

Against such a background, no one in the outside world cares about the difference in strength between the Cavaliers and the Bulls. What they care about is only the winning or losing of this game.

Or to be more accurate, it is the James who stirs up the heat, wanting to see the Cavaliers beat the Bulls hard.

After all, whether you are strong in the future is another matter, but right now, I am stronger than you.

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