Forward to the basket

Cold, so fucking cold, this was Chen Feng's first impression of the city of Toronto.

Just entering October, the temperature in Boston is still in the teens, but Toronto is only about two or three degrees.

And it seems that God is specifically against the Celtics. On the day they arrived, the temperature suddenly dropped sharply below zero.

After getting off the plane, the Celtics players can immediately feel the change from late autumn to early winter.

Although Chen Feng came from Northeast China, the cold weather should not be an obstacle.

But at any rate, he also stayed in the hot Lone Star State of Texas for several years. He has long been used to the dry and hot weather, and now he has become sensitive to cold air.

Suddenly arriving in such a chilly place, Chen Feng's strong body also felt a bit chilly.

"I finally know why the Toronto Raptors' football market has been in a downturn. It's just such a poor place. No matter how much money you give, there may not be fans who are willing to go out to watch the game. They would rather stay at home and watch premium channels than I will brave the wind and snow and go to the Skydome to watch live games.”

The cold weather made Pierce, who usually doesn't like to complain very much, unable to hold back, but what he said was true. Since the Raptors joined the NBA, their market has been ups and downs.

The two years with Carter may have been their most glorious moment, but after the Canadian trapeze left, the Raptors' market and performance have gone from bad to worse, making people hopeless.

During almost the entire regular season, Toronto will be in the cold winter. It is estimated that not many fans will be willing to go to the scene to watch the game in the severe cold.

Maybe they won't complain if they win the game, but if they always lose, they will probably be annoyed by anyone else.

However, after suffering for a long time this season, they finally waited for a No. [-] pick.

The bad performance, the continuous bad performance, is for this day, and many fans are looking forward to God can also send them a Duncan-like awesome character.

Coupled with Chris Bursh, who has been playing for a year, this is a good lineup no matter how you look at it.

But whether the arrival of the No. [-] pick in Italy can give Torontonians hope is still unknown. At least the mentality of those Toronto loyalists is still a little uncertain.

Rivers was also annoyed by the poor weather conditions, and two or three players on the team had caught colds from the sudden drop in temperature.

This kind of non-combat attrition is really uncomfortable, but the games that should be played have to be played. After all, there are only a few preseason games, and the team's running-in can't be thrown into the regular season to complete.

However, the main purpose of Rivers is to test the strength of the new players in the preseason.

There are now [-] people on the team, and this number will be further compressed before the start of the new season.

Players like Pisloger and Allen Ray who have not passed the draft threshold must accept such a selection, and it is unknown whether they can sign.

After all, in the regular season, the team can only register 15 people, and only 12 can enter the competition list.

Now in addition to two people who have to be cut, there are three people who have to be on the injured list or transferred to the development league, and the rest are the players who are officially drafted.

Who to cut and who to enter the injured list are all issues for Rivers to consider. In addition to Pierce and West, Tony Allen, Green, Jefferson, Perkins, and Szczerbiak, The rest are in an unresolved stage, and Rivers has not finalized who will stay.

The eight games of the preseason are to investigate who is eligible to enter the list of twelve people.

But when Rivers arrived in Toronto, there were only twelve people who could use him now.

Ratliff was already injured, so he didn't go to Toronto with the team at all, and whether he will be able to play in the first few games of the new season is still unknown.

Pierce's elbow was injured last season, and he certainly won't go all out in this preseason.

Considering that the opponent is also training soldiers, and they are also a group of guys who are desperate to get out, the attack must be not serious.

Rivers didn't dare to take the risk of using Pierce. The wins and losses in the preseason are small, and if he hurts his generals, it will definitely not be worth the loss.

And Telfair and Gomez had a cold and fever when they got off the plane, and it seems that they can't count on it now.

When Rivers arrived at the Skydome to warm up before the game, he was still hesitating about the starting roster.

Everyone wants the new season to have a good sign, even if it is an unimportant preseason game, they all want to win a good start, and Rivers is no exception.

"Tony, Perkins, Szczerbiak, West, Ogvocandi, you five are warming up and ready to start."

After thinking about it for a long time, Rivers finally finalized his starting list. These are all players who have played in the NBA for several years, and they will not be easily defeated by the opponent's charge like a rookie.

After all, this is playing at Toronto's home court, and the opponent has just selected a No. [-] pick, and their morale is booming.

Rivers can feel the murderous look in the eyes of the opposing coach Michelle. The Raptors, who have been suffocated for several years, are ready to turn around and sing.

The Celtics don't want to be the first ray of souls under the opponent's knife. Rivers needs players to be able to play steadily and play out all the tactics they practiced after the training camp.

You don't have to carry the burden of winning or losing, but you have to play out your own things. This is Rivers' request.

"Okay, get ready for the game! This is your first game of the new season, let those guys take a good look, the Celtics are not easy to mess with!"

Rivers cheered on everyone before the players went on the court. This is not only the players' first game of the new season, but also his.

Chen Feng and Rondo, as first-year rookies, can only sit at the end of the team's seats. Even in the NBA, there are seniors who say so.

The two of them were accompanied by a few guys who were also on the fringes of the team, rookies like Pisloger and Alan Lei who hadn't even passed the draft.

Of course, there are also standard team mascots like Scalabrine, a white power forward with red hair and a perennial water cooler keeper.

Although Chen Feng has only been in the team for less than two weeks, he has already deeply realized that Scalabrine is a standard comedy character.

Playing in the NBA for four or five years, he averaged no more than seven points per game in the season, no more than five rebounds, and never played more than 10 minutes. These are all the statistics of Scalabrine.

But you never see Scalabrine whine or feel sorry for himself, the guy is always cheerful.

Only in garbage time can he play on the court, or often use it as cannon fodder. This is such a thing, but he can always win a place in the nba team.

I have to say that this guy's experience is a miracle, and he is indeed very happy.

When Chen Feng first joined the team, Scalabrine didn't know who had secretly teased him, but he actually wanted to show Chen Feng, a rookie, how powerful he was.

As a result, Chen Feng threw the basketball into Scalabrine's arms and said, "One on one, five balls, if you can blow me up! You are my father!"

After 3 minutes, Scarabrine looked at Chen Feng with sweat on his forehead. "father……"

In this way, before Chen Feng got rid of his virginity, he became a father in advance.

Now this godson is obediently staying beside Chen Feng, with a very doggy expression on his face.

"Boss and they don't play very long, so we'll all get our chances."

Scalabrine has been in the NBA for several years, and he is so familiar with this kind of preseason.

While watching Tony and the others walk into the field, while chatting with Chen Feng and the others, this guy looked more like a spectator than a standard NBA player.

"I don't know when we can play." Compared with the comedian Scarabrine, Rondo is much calmer.

Although Chen Feng would often laugh out loud because of Rondo's et-like eyes, this first-year rookie has indeed impressed the Celtics coaching staff with his ability.

"What the boss thinks, no one knows, but the two of us will definitely play together."

Chen Feng watched his teammates on the field doing the final preparations, and he already vaguely felt that his hands were itching a bit.

"Damn, I don't want to play with you, this may be my first nba game, you're just going to screw everything up. You, get away from me right away..."

Rondo is full of resentment towards Chen Feng now, because in the recent intra-team match, the two of them, as rookies, will always be grouped together, and then...Chen Feng always makes the scene extremely hot, and then Rondo's pass The ball was also abducted by this guy and lost his usual steady style.

Just as Chen Feng, the rookies and the substitutes were continuing to talk about the mountains next to the drinking fountain, the whistle for the game had already blown.

The Toronto Raptors, who sit at home, showed their fangs as soon as they came up, and the offense was extremely fierce.

Raptors lead point guard TJ Ford steals the ball off Tony Allen after Ogwokandy and Nesterovic jump the ball.

This little man with windy feet completed steals, layups, and assists in a flash.

The alley-oop cooperation between Peterson and Ford blew up the atmosphere in the Skydome. The Raptors fans who have been frustrated for several years can be regarded as finding a chance to vent.

"Beautiful! Well done!"

"Fuck those guys in green!"

Such roars from the stands were heard endlessly. Rather than shouting for a beautiful attack, it is better to say that these guys are releasing the resentment that is suppressed in their chests.

"This is the nba..." Hearing those unfriendly shouts behind him, Chen Feng only now realized that he had begun to integrate into the nba world.

Everything here seems a little strange, but it also makes people feel a little bloody.

Chen Feng could feel the blood flowing through his hands began to boil, and his hands became a little hot.

nba, this is my game... I'm going to get off the bench...

To conquer everything here...

(The main reason why I didn’t write the summer league is because the list is really hard to check, and there are so many games, I have to write in the future, it is easy to repeat, so I skipped it, it’s not that I forgot... Continue to ask for tickets, immediately It’s time to play, let’s all work hard!!!)