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Chapter 222 219: This rose is full of thorns (4K for tickets)

After being patted on the head by Wayne, Pao'er really went into berserk mode.

Consecutive sudden shots connected the offense of the entire team.

Although it is not enough to say that Deron was blown up, but after all, he led the team to victory in this game.

After winning, Paoer looked at Deron very arrogantly.

Hmph, you always bullied me when we played against each other last season.

Now, it's time for you to experience the taste of failure.

Me, there is someone behind this season!

You move me to death!

Deron looked at Paul's arrogant appearance, he might not be a fool!

It's just preseason, honey, you don't really think you beat me, do you?

"Tsk tsk tsk, look at his arrogance." Boozer looked at Paul and felt the urge to rush up and beat him up every minute.

No way, if it weren't for Wei Zhanshen, Boozer might really have done this.

"Let him be arrogant, just get back in the regular season." Deron shrugged, not paying too much attention.

After the game, some players from both sides will hug and shake hands.

As a reverse socialite, Wei Shen definitely rarely does these things. Unless he meets acquaintances, Wayne seldom hugs and shakes hands with his opponents.

Just like Sharapova.

As the gentle diplomat of the Trail Blazers, the sister-in-law naturally has to help Wei Shen to support the image of the team.

Who doesn't have a good wife?

But just as the sister-in-law was about to shake hands with Deron, Paul suddenly appeared and dragged him away by the jersey of the sister-in-law.

"Don't shake hands with him, his quality is very low!"

"I wipe..." Seeing his sister-in-law being dragged away abruptly, Delong's hand was hanging in the air, embarrassed.

This is obviously about to be held, but the person who shook hands is gone.

You are the devil! ?

Deron looked at the back of the No. 3 black jersey and shook his head.

Wait for the regular season, wait for the regular season to start, you will be finished if I cut or not.

The press conference after the game was attended by Pao'er and Jiasao.

Wei Shen?

As a star player, Wayne is not interested in this kind of preseason press conference, just send two younger brothers to it.

At the press conference, some reporters asked about the conflict that almost broke out during the game.

"Chris, do you feel safe playing next to Wei?"

"This Wei is indeed a very deterrent person. Moreover, he is willing to protect his teammates. So yes, we don't have to worry about trouble with him." After Paul finished speaking, he rubbed his hands nervously.

so shameful

"So, do you think you can compete with the veteran teams in the West in the new season?"

When it comes to competition, Paoer is not ashamed.

"Otherwise, what do you think we are together for?

Next season, I will lead me and Wayne will lead everyone bravely before! "

Well, the young man has a strong desire to win and a stronger desire to survive.

In this way, the Trail Blazers played two more warm-up games and got a record of one win and one loss.

So far, McMillan's lineup experiment has come to an end.

After the warm-up match, the Trail Blazers laid off those redundant short-contract players.

The 14-man roster for this season was finally determined.

Center: Gasol, Mourning, Przybilla.

Power Forward: Wayne, Travis Outlaw.

Small forwards: Darius Miles, Amy Uduka, James Posey, PJ Tucker.

Shooting guards: Juan Dixon, Anthony Parker.

Point guard: Paul, Fred Jones, Bobby Jackson.

Seeing that the locker room suddenly became much quieter, Wayne reminded himself again that this is an alliance of the weak and the strong.

If you don't want to be eliminated, you must always be vigilant.

A few days before the start of the new season, NBA officials took makeup photos and promotional posters for the Trail Blazers players.

There is no doubt that the three of Wayne, Paul and Gasol are naturally taken alone.

Wayne stands in the middle, holding a basketball.Paul and Gasol stood sideways beside Wayne, like two guards with knives.

"Crack."

The next day, the NBA official website launched a special page introducing the teams of the new season.

The cover photo used by the Trail Blazers is a group photo of the three of Wei Jiapao.

In Portland, huge posters of the trio hung between buildings.

Below the poster, such a word is written in the dark red and black main colors of the Trail Blazers.

"A rose with thorns."

Don't mess around, be careful to cut your hands.

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This year, Wayne failed to "upgrade the buzzer" again.

Sure enough, this luck cannot be so good every time.

Although Kobe's wool was picked up this summer, after all, the time we were together was too short, and we didn't get enough points.

Although the entire pre-season training camp is playing training games, but in training games, the overall strength of the opponent will never be too strong, so there are not many growth points.

This time, we can only wait for a wave of upgrades halfway after the start of the season.

Even so, Wayne is still full of confidence in the new season.

Among other things, at least the atmosphere in the locker room is not chaotic.

Although monsters gather in the west next season, they still have a chance to make a name for themselves!

The time to be alone has finally come.

The day before the start of the new season, Popovich once again talked about the transfer market this summer in an interview.

As soon as he mentioned this, he shook his head: "I don't know that the league would allow such a thing to happen. If a big team can take away a small team's star player without paying a price, then how can this league be fair?"

Well, it hasn't been a day or two for Popovich to be eccentric.

The guy is notoriously acid-loving, especially when other teams sign superstars.

"Do you mean that the Trail Blazers will pose a threat to the Spurs' championship next season?" The reporter asked bluntly.

Last season, the San Antonio Spurs had an exaggerated 60 wins in the regular season.

But in the playoffs, the disadvantage of not having Bowen was infinitely magnified.

Facing the Mavericks in the second round of the series, the Spurs were completely defenseless against Josh Howard and Terry.

Deng dumbfounded?

He had been busy enough with Dirk for a while.

In the end, the Spurs lost to the Mavericks and were eliminated in the second round.

But even so, people still think that the Spurs are a championship team and a favorite to win.

Therefore, the emergence of the Blazers is bound to make the Spurs' road to the championship more difficult and dangerous.

A Maverick is enough to hurt the brain, and the Lakers will not say anything when they rob Yao Ming.

Now that the Blazers have another steel coin for big money, can Popovich not worry?

But in front of reporters, Popovich clearly didn't want to admit his anxiety.

"When it comes to winning the championship, nine of the Trail Blazers' 14-man roster this season are new players. With all due respect, this is a mercenary army.

The NBA is not a place where you can win by spending crazy money. Here, it is even more difficult to win. "

As soon as Popovich's interview video came out, the Trail Blazers were indeed labeled "mercenaries".

In the sports world, "mercenary" is generally not a good word.

This usually means that the team is purely made with money, and the players are only here for the money, and may not have that desire for honor and victory.

It has to be said that this Vichy old thief has a great influence in the NBA.

Just a word, the label of the Trail Blazers cannot be torn off.

The next day, many people began to follow suit, saying that a mercenary team could not go very far.

"Look at the previous experience of the Trail Blazers. They spent a lot of money to build a team with great potential headed by Randolph. The result? Those people don't know what honor is.

I think the Blazers are on the same old path again. "

"Some teams always think that they can win by spending money. If so, the Blazers should have won ten consecutive championships?"

On the morning of the opening game on October 10, Wayne watched the news, and there was a word "sour" between the lines.

You guys are just jealous that Paul Allen is rich.

If you were given a chance to spend money like this to build a lineup, you might have to replace all 14 people.

Wayne put down his phone and stopped watching the news.

Play the opener well, let them be more sour!

In the afternoon, Wayne went to the Rose Garden Arena in Mancias' car.

Since the Trail Blazers have undergone tremendous changes this summer, Stern naturally arranged them into the NBA opener.

The opponent of the Trail Blazers in the opening game was the Dallas Mavericks, the champion of the Western Conference last season!

This is undoubtedly a very attractive set of matchups, a team that recruited everywhere this summer and went straight to the championship.

One was the top team in the Western Conference last season.

This is to test the depth of the Trail Blazers as soon as it comes up.

Outside the Rose Garden arena is packed, and Portlanders have probably never been more basketball-crazed in the past few years.

Now, not many fans wear Wayne's No. 99 jersey.But Wayne believes that within half a month, his jersey will become popular in Portland.

Wayne thought he would be the first to arrive in the locker room, but when he opened the door, PJ Tucker had already arranged all the chairs in the locker room neatly.

"Yo, it's so early, PJ." After entering the door, Wayne greeted Tucker.

As the only first-year rookie on this year's Trail Blazers, these things are none other than Tucker.

"How are you getting ready, today's first NBA game." Wayne sat next to Tucker and asked with concern.

"Well, I've been preparing for this for years, Way." Tucker smiled.

Speaking of it, it seems that any man who sparked with Tucker during school has become a killer after entering the NBA.

You can see that in high school, Tucker defended Guagua very embarrassingly, and then Guagua soared into the sky.

In college, Tucker and Wayne were also talked about as sworn enemies.

As a result, Wayne is now Tucker's big brother.

After all, without some extraordinary strength, it is impossible to fight back and forth with Tucker in the student days.

This guy's defense is a bit too strong for ordinary student players.

True. Star identifier.

Just a few words with Tucker, Paul pushed the door open and entered.

Seeing Wayne and Tucker, Paul was a little confused.

Last season, he was the first to be there on every game day.

In addition to Paul's emphasis on every game, it's also because he really doesn't want to help those stewed egg packs anymore!

He is so short, and even a group of people hang their bags around Pao'er's neck, Pao'er is very annoying!

Although the nightmarish rookie year is over, Pao Er has also developed the habit of coming early.

Only this time, he suddenly changed from the first morning to the third morning.

"Damn, even this can't compare to Wayne!" Pao'er said to himself in his heart.

After this, more and more people showed up and no one was late.

When Nate. McMillan also walked into the locker room, the Blazers were all ready.

At this time, the locker room was noisy, and everyone was talking while changing clothes.

At this moment, McMillan clapped his hands.

"Okay, let's listen to the final deployment!"

This sentence was not said by McMillan, but by Wayne.

After Wayne finished speaking, the locker room fell silent.

Originally, this Trail Blazers team was not as mixed as the previous Pacers, and there were no thorny players.

The biggest thorn-headed cannon is almost conquered soon.

Therefore, Wayne's position as the boss can be said to be very stable.

Everyone knows that this is Wayne's team.

After everyone quieted down, McMillan nodded with satisfaction and began to draw tactics.

The Trail Blazers' starting lineup was confirmed and informed to the players three days ago.

Paul, Anthony Parker, Uduka, Wayne and a sister-in-law are the starting five of the Trail Blazers.

Originally, the starting small forward position was reserved for the 2000 prospect Darius Myers, but unexpectedly, during the training a few days ago, Myers' old knee injury recurred and required surgery.

So before a game was played in the new season, Tanhuaxiu was directly reimbursed.

Later, McMillan considered between Uduka and Posey for a while, and finally decided to let Uduka serve as the starter.

Posey's job remains the same as last season with the Heat -- to play alongside Mourning in the rotation and provide more firepower to the bench.

McMillan specifically emphasized defense, and there are few coaches in this era who do not emphasize defense.

Defending the Mavericks, just one sentence - don't double-team, stick to one-on-one, and try to go around the screen!

In the preseason this season, McMillan has already seen that the Mavericks' offensive tactics generally have 5 sets.

Dirk singles, Terry singles, Josh Howard singles, Harris singles, Stackhouse singles.

The Mavericks have a lot of heads-up players, and each only needs a simple screen to gain mismatch advantage.

Therefore, if the Blazers want to win, they cannot misplace the Mavericks.

Or, let a guy who can defend in any wrong position guard the pick-and-roll.

Like Wayne.

After establishing today's core tactics, McMillan asked everyone to go out and prepare for the game.

But at the player tunnel, Wayne stopped everyone.

"Come on guys, let's play hard. Today is the first game, don't let them down!"

Wayne said, with his left arm around his sister-in-law and his right around Luo Zi.

Seeing this, other people also gathered together one after another, hooked each other's backs, and put their heads together.

"Some people outside say that we are mercenaries. Fuck it, there are many types of mercenaries. We are mercenaries who are united. We are mercenaries who can win battles. Are you ready, brothers? Go out and make a big fuss!"

"Roar!"

After Wayne finished speaking, everyone roared, and the small atmosphere was restored in an instant.

When Wayne held Pao'er in his arms at first, Pao'er still resisted a little.

But now, he too is motivated to try.

Wayne led everyone out of the player channel, and immediately, deafening cheers came like waves.

"Let us welcome, the owners of this rose garden!" The DJ shouted on the spot, pushing the atmosphere to the extreme.

At this time, Wayne looked at the technical platform, and sure enough, the old Miller was the guest commentator of this game.

He immediately went up and hugged Miller.

"Looks very energetic, work hard, and don't forget your goals in the new place." Miller smiled and patted Wayne on the shoulder.

Although it is a pity that Wayne left Indianapolis Miller, he still hopes that Wayne can continue to go to a higher place.

"I never forgot, Reggie. Just watch and see how we beat the Western Conference champions."

After Wayne finished speaking, he turned around and winked at his sister-in-law.

The sister-in-law is also a veteran, sometimes she can know what Wayne wants with a pat on the butt and a wink.

So the sister-in-law walked towards Wayne.Wayne opened his arms, and Gasol took a boxing stance and punched Wayne five or six times in the chest very quickly, and the two embraced.

This is the opening move designed by Wayne and his sister-in-law, and the implication is that we cannot be knocked down today.

Paul looks handsome and wants to play, but if he goes to fight, he may only hit Wayne's knee

After a handsome start, the Blazers' starting five were in position.

Wayne's Rose City official debut is finally about to begin.

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