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Chapter 103

Whether it is a movie or a promotional video, it seems that it rains in Seattle three hundred days a year.

But Seattle in autumn is still very comfortable, with a breezy breeze and occasional sunny days.

But starting in October, Seattle's long rainy season kicked off. The rains became more frequent as winter came, but the intensity was not strong, and occasionally it was accompanied by some moderate to strong winds.

The preseason is about to start, Kobe called Qin Fei.

The main thing is to complain about his coach, Del Harris, known as the "Silver Fox".

"You know, in the summer, the Mavericks wanted to trade Jason Kidd for our Nick Van Exel, but Harris turned him down."

"The reason is that Kidd's shooting is not good."

Qin Fei:

Qin Fei really didn't know about this matter. Hearing what Kobe meant, was it the deal proposed by the Mavericks?

Was the Big Three combination of Kidd + Kobe + O'Neal rejected by the coach?

The whole story of this transaction was because the Mavericks wanted to trade Kidd, because Kidd and Jim Jackson had conflicts, and when the conflicts could not be resolved, there was always someone to leave, so the famous "3J" combination announced its disbandment, and the Mavericks were also looking for their next home everywhere, and the goal was Nick Van Exel of the Lakers.

At this time, Nick had just finished his third season as a player, with a cheap contract (3 years and 190 million per year contract left), and last season he averaged 15 points and 7 assists per game, giving people reason to believe that this is a young man on the rise.

But the deal was rejected by Harris, and Kobe felt empty and always felt a little regretful.

"Harris is too stubborn, and he wants me to play as a substitute." Kobe also complained about Harris' employment.

Qin Fei laughed: "It's okay, I also started as a substitute."

"But I obviously beat everyone on the team one-on-one. I should be a better player, but Harris didn't want to admit it. He thought I was too young and inexperienced." Kobe still complained.

Qin Fei could only comfort him: "It's okay, we just have to be ourselves, gold always shines."

Kobe also told Qin Fei about O'Neal: "Shaquille is really fun. He is a very good big brother with a good personality. The two of us are very compatible and have become very good friends."

Qin Fei:

Hearing that Qin Fei had lost his voice, Kobe was still very proud: "You don't have to be jealous, after all, I put my personality charm there, and it's normal to be friends with players at the Hall of Fame level."

"How about you? With Gary Payton, or Sean Kemp? I heard they have good personalities."

"It's okay, hahahahaha, the two bosses were rushing to invite me to dinner, and they had a quarrel over who should invite me to dinner first, and I strictly stopped them."

The Sonics' first preseason opponent is the Portland Trail Blazers.

The distance between Portland and Seattle is relatively short, and it usually takes about three hours to drive. The two teams played against each other in the preseason. A total of two games were arranged, one at the Key Arena and another at the Rose Garden Arena.

Because they are too close, and the two teams of 90s are very strong, so they love and kill each other, which has become a major attraction in the northwest region.

However, compared to the excellent performance of the Sonics in the finals last season, the Trail Blazers are inevitably a bit unsatisfactory, especially after trading the team's Hall of Fame star Drexler, the current Trail Blazers have turned to rebuilding.

When the Trail Blazers came outside the key arena, they happened to see Qin Fei walking slowly with an umbrella on the street.

"Isn't this Qin Fei?"

In the bus, the eyes of Jermaine O'Neal, the No.17 pick in this year's draft, lit up, and he was excited to see someone he knew, but when he thought about why he was so excited, he didn't know him very well.

Qin Fei heard the whistle of the bus and looked up. There was the team logo of the Trail Blazers on the bus.

arrive?

I really didn't expect the opponent to be so active. Isn't this an evening game? They came so early in the afternoon.

Take two quick steps, pass the security check, and then come to the locker room. At this time, there are not many supersonic teams here, and Qin Fei even has time to brush his teeth and wash his face.

After waiting for a while, the Sonics players came to the arena one by one.

Everyone changed their equipment and went to practice in the training hall.

As soon as Qin Fei stepped into the hall, he heard loud cursing.

A tall and thin black teenager was scolded by the head coach so that his head hung down, with a dejected expression on his face.

Seeing the Sonics team coming, the head coach softened his tone and coldly let the boy leave, and the boy rushed to warm up.

"Tut tut" didn't you mean that the head coaches in the NBA are very kind, why are they so irritable?

Qin Fei saw O'Neal's dejected look, and it was not easy to think of this guy. He spent several years as a substitute in Portland, and then he played for the Pacers.

You can't blame the coaches either. These days, there are more or less prejudices against high school students who directly participate in the draft. They think that high school students are immature and just for money. O'Neal's talent, after two years in college, is a proper top five pick.

But he is not qualified to say anything about others. He has skipped the next three years of college.

Confidently: That's different, after all, those who have played in college for a year are college students.

Before night fell, Seattle fans entered the arena one by one.

Today is a rainy day, and because it is only a preseason game, not many tickets are sold, the attendance rate is only about [-]%, and the top area is not sold.

But in the TV camera, the area below is full of seats, and the sound is not low, it seems that there are many people listening.

After experiencing the frenzy of NCAA fans, once in the NBA, there is still a little deserted feeling, and the fans seem to be very calm.

Qin Fei felt it for a while. The biggest difference was that the equipment on site was very good and advanced, and there were several TV seats for the broadcast.

There is a large screen in the center of the arena. The shots on the screen are the shots taken by the camera, some of which are aimed at the players, and some are aimed at the audience.

If the audience in any area is swept, it will inevitably cause commotion. This is already the biggest enthusiasm at present.

After the warm-up is over, the game will start.

At this point, head coach George Karl called the crowd to the front and finally said some words of encouragement.

The starting five took off their training jackets and prepared to go on stage.

Qin Fei and the other seven people sat off the court. He sat on the left of Snow, and on the right was Greg Graham, a marginal man who was less famous than him.

Greg was considered the No. [-] player back then. He was a first-round pick from Indiana University. After his rookie period, he became more and more mediocre. Now he has found a new job in Seattle and looks like he's retired.

The Sonics' starting lineup from No. [-] to No. [-] is Jose Hawkins, Gary Payton, De Treve, Kemp and Jim.

Sure enough, as Snow expected, in the new season, Jim, who was worth more than 400 million U.S. dollars, successfully took the position and became the team's starting center.

On the other side, the Trail Blazers' starting lineup is Kenny Anderson, Aaron McGee, Clifford Robinson, Rasheed Wallace and Arvedas Sabonis.

Clifford Robinson at the small forward at the third position is the veteran of the Trail Blazers. This year is his eighth season in the Trail Blazers.

He likes to wear a headband, which can also be called a headband. In the 90s, I saw that he especially liked wearing this thing.

"Is the Blazers a combination of three insiders?"

Strictly speaking, Robinson, who is [-] meters tall, is considered a power forward, so Qin Fei wondered about the Blazers' lineup.

"It won't work for us to use this kind of big lineup. We can run and kill them."

Teammate McMillan sitting on the other side expressed his views.

Qin Fei was really interesting to hear it.

McMillan, why does this name sound familiar?

(End of this chapter)