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The Suns didn't make any big news in the preseason, and it was the Rockets who stole the show.

After five years of careful preparation, the original NBA game landed in China for the first time. The NBA officially selected the Rockets and Kings, led by Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, to join forces to play preseason games in China. Chinese men's basketball star player Liu Wei is on trial training with the Kings and took the China shuttle bus to play in NBA games.

This preseason is the most influential preseason in NBA history. The two games were broadcast to 177 countries and regions around the world in 8 languages.

The result was that both teams won one game each and played very anxiously every time. The only drawback was that the stars did not perform well. The Yao-Mai combination did not score many points and needed time to adjust. Liu Wei ultimately failed to get a contract from the Kings. Unfortunately, he failed to become the first Chinese outside player to join the NBA.

Although the Timberwolves did not have the salary space to bring in strong reinforcements in the summer, they also made a big news, but unfortunately it was negative.

During the team's training, Wolf King Garnett showed his domineering and iron-blooded side. He punched rookie Rickett's chin with a punch, shattering the latter's teeth and requiring seven stitches.

The 21-year-old rookie Rick Ricketts was selected by the Timberwolves in the second round this year. He is a power forward who is 206cm tall and weighs 96kg. His disadvantage is that he has poor confrontation, but his advantage is that he has good skills and has a shooting range.

In intra-team games, Rickett frequently scored in front of Garnett. Under the provocation of other teammates, Garnett suddenly broke out and gave the opponent a heavy punch with a sneak attack.

Rickett expressed great surprise at Garnett's reaction this time. Rickett's agent, Mark, said: Garnett's agent and the Timberwolves' press spokesman declined to comment on the matter.

It was not the first time that Garnett hit a teammate. Four years ago, he also attacked Szczerbiak and suddenly punched Szczerbiak in the head without warning. When it comes to beating teammates, probably no one in the NBA is better than Garnett. However, no one in the team applauded, and all the teammates at the scene were filled with indignation at this big bully approach.

Online fans criticized Garnett more, thinking that he would bully the newcomers on the same team, bully the weak, fear the strong, and have poor quality.

Some people also spoke for Garnett, saying that his qualities are very good and gave examples. When the young Garnett and Rodman were fighting for rebounds, Rodman hit him intentionally. Not only did Garnett not get angry, he even shook hands with the opponent, but Rodman ignored him.

From this incident, it is obvious that Rodman's quality is too poor, and Garnett's quality is very good. Rickett's beating must have been because he disrespected his senior and angered Garnett.

Later the media said,

Garnett has privately apologized to his juniors, Rickett also appeared to be generous, and the two have reconciled.

Then Rickett, who performed well in training, did not get any chance to play in the preseason, and the audience had no data.

After the preseason, of course, the Timberwolves did not sign with Rickett and happily kicked him out. The media also chose to downplay this matter and stopped mentioning anything about Ricketts, as if it was normal for the Timberwolves to let a rookie guard the water cooler during the preseason and not play for a minute from beginning to end.

This is the reality. Garnett is the star that the league is touting, who is Richter?

A team with high exposure is the Lakers. They lost all seven games in the preseason, which was shocking.

After Malone was driven away, veteran center Divac missed the season due to a hernia, and his return time is yet to be determined. Brian Grant also missed the preseason due to right knee tendonitis.

The Lakers center position was unavailable. What surprised Guo Xu was that the Lakers traded for second-round pick Ha Seung-jin in order to strengthen the team. This Korean center got a lot of playing time in the preseason and performed poorly.

It doesn’t matter if Ha Seung-jin is terrible, the gimmicks are very good and attract a lot of attention.

Everyone is familiar with this person, because he is a Korean center and calls himself the number one center in South Korea and Asia. I don't know why he added a Korean word in front of it, but that's what he said, and he didn't put Yao's name at all. In eyes.

Yao Ming was elected as the No. 1 pick in the NBA in 2002, which aroused the jealousy of Koreans. We in the Republic of Korea can reach the semi-finals of the Football World Cup through hard work (referees). Isn't basketball better than China?

Before the 2004 draft, the Korean media once called Ha Seung-jin, who participated in the draft, the Light of Asia, Yao Ming's Nemesis, and the most promising center in the NBA. Some media even said that he would definitely be in the top ten. It is not impossible to be selected first and compete for the top pick.

Ha Seung-jin was not selected until the 46th pick in the second round. The Korean media still did not stop, thinking that he was seriously underestimated. This was naked racial discrimination.

Fortunately, the wealthy Lakers did not discriminate against the Hippos and traded Ha Shengzhen to the team with cash. Korean media praised the Lakers' vision. The most exaggerated media said that Ha Shengzhen can definitely replace O'Neal and help the Lakers regain their footing. Get to the top of the NBA.

These people...are simply living in a dream.

Facts have proved that He Shengzhen, who is 221cm tall and weighs 138kg, has no explosive power. He is a standing center and his mobility is inferior to Yao Ming. He cannot defend the pick-and-roll at all and is only useful in defending the penalty area.

After the defeat in the preseason, someone on the Internet talked about Zen Master Jackson's proposal to trade Kobe Bryant for Pau Gasol and role players plus draft picks, freeing up salary space to renew Guo Xu's contract. Unfortunately, he was Si refused.

If you don't want others to know, don't do it unless you do it yourself. When Jackson and Kupchak discussed it, they had to collect player information, and the assistant manager also knew about it. The Lakers have performed poorly in the past two years. There have been changes in the management, assistants have been replaced, and insider information has spread.

In fact, this is related to the internal struggle within the Lakers management. Jeanie Buss and her boyfriend Jackson are a team, and the original assistant manager was one of their people. Now Jim Buss has the upper hand in the management and has ruined the team. A chaos.

Jenny deliberately let some wind out, hoping to wait until the Lakers failed before inviting Jackson back as coach and Zen Master as the savior to help Jenny finally achieve her goal of taking over the Lakers. Old Bass is too old and will definitely delegate power step by step.

The person at the forefront of the limelight is Kobe Bryant. Everyone talks about making gold, but he accumulates and wastes his bones. What’s more, he is not gold, but just iron?

There are no outstanding insiders or point guards willing to join the Lakers. Kobe can squeeze out three MVPs. What good fruits can role players get from joining the Lakers? If you can't make any money, are you still waiting to be squeezed out by Kobe Bryant? The media often say that Kobe imitates Jordan, not only on the court, but also in training, and he has high demands on his teammates.

On November 1st, the first official strength list was released, and the Suns ranked first. No expert dares to underestimate them anymore.

The Suns seemed to have a very high salary last season, but Gugliotta and Kukoc were actually just additions and did not play much role. The Suns did not introduce any big-name stars this summer, and they dared to start the new season with the league's minimum total salary.

In this case, any expert who dares to question their strength is looking for a slap in the face. The core of the Suns last season was there, and as they grow older, they have gained more experience.

The only hidden danger for the Suns is that Joe Johnson did not accept an early contract extension, even if the Suns offered him a high contract. This premium contract was suggested by Guo Xu. He knew that Singles Joe was capable. But Joe Johnson's agent is not stupid. If the Suns successfully defend their title this season, there will definitely be other teams willing to give Joe Johnson a maximum salary.

If the Suns want to renew the contract, they have to retain people with maximum salary, but an annual salary of more than 10 million is not enough.

Guo Xu will not dislike Joe Johnson because of this. Who doesn't like money?

Especially for people like him who mainly make money by playing basketball and without advertising endorsements, salary is even more important... Legends of Tomorrow