In the basketball world, starting from the 99 World Youth Championship

Chapter 49 The Regular Season Begins

In terms of odds for the championship in the new season, the defending champion Spurs ranked first, followed by the Knicks, the Lakers and other teams. The Pacers only ranked eighth. Many experts and celebrities sent the Pacers away Jaylen Rose , Dale Davis is skeptical that the departure of these two people will weaken the Pacers' combat effectiveness.

It is not the first time for the Pacers to be looked down upon by the outside media. In the era of the bull dynasty, they played the villain and became the old hooligan. When they thought they could go to the finals, they were blocked by the Knicks.

So in the summer, Larry Bird chose to innovate the team. This is a gamble. If he succeeds, his status in the Indiana sports world will be improved again. If he fails, he will usher in more verbal criticism.

"Have you seen it? Have you seen what these bitch-bitch media are writing about? Are you really willing to be looked down upon? If I were you, I would definitely fight like a man."

This is in the lounge of the East Luther Continental Arena. Larry Bird is holding a newspaper to lecture the players. The opponent in the regular season opener is the New Jersey Nets.

This year's regular season didn't start before Halloween, so everyone spent Halloween with peace of mind, but Zhang Tian didn't like this kind of foreign devil's holiday very much, because he was so miserably teased by the veterans of the team that day.

After a meal of chicken soup, the hearts of the Pacers players were all raised. In the NBA, not only Rivers is the master of chicken soup, but before him, there was Rudy Tomjanovich, so it was not him who poured chicken soup. Exclusively, three playoffs leading [-] to [-] was reversed.This record may be even more difficult to break than Elgin Baylor's Baya King.After all, James has already won six in his previous life, and he is only two away from the Eighth King.

"Here's the starting lineup for the Nets: Mark Jackson, Reggie Miller, Derrick McGee, Austin Crohill, Rick Schmitz."

Zhang Tian did not start, and the same is true for Da Ben and Xiao Ao. Derek McGee and Austin Crohill were relieved. They were really afraid that their positions would be replaced by Zhang Tian and Xiao Ao. After all, those two Talent is visible to the naked eye.

Derek McGee is a rookie in the same class as Reggie Miller, Kevin Johnson, and Pi Erye, but he is much worse than those guys in terms of qualifications, and his pick is higher than Reggie Miller. number show.

But this does not mean that the opponent is a parallel importer. On the contrary, he has been selected to the All-Defensive Team twice, once for the first team and once for the second team. The head coach of the Pacers in those two seasons happened to be Larry Brown, and in the eyes of that Larry , Derek McGee seems to be his own son, but now that Larry comes up, Derek McGee's team status is constantly being impacted.One emperor and one courtier.

But what can be done, the NBA has always been a place where "only newcomers laugh, and no one hears old ones cry".

So tonight's game against New Jersey, I must grasp it.

On the Nets side, even though it was the home court, not many people came to watch the game. With a capacity of [-] spectators, only less than [-] spectators came.The entire arena is sparse.

Although it is only across a river from the Knicks, the difference between the two teams is not so big. Lewis Katz and Ray Chambers bought the Nets from John McMullen in the hope that this team can appreciate Then sell it, so this season is very critical for the Nets.

They kicked out the famous ncaa coach Calipari from East Rutherford last season. What kind of DDM is the other party? Then they got Marbury, the son of New York, from the three-way deal between the Timberwolves and the Bucks. The Nets scored 16-37 this season and did not enter the playoffs.

And this season, Katz doesn't have high requirements for the team, just make it to the playoffs, because there don't seem to be many strong teams in the East, and the Nets' configuration is really not bad.

Don Casey is the current head coach of the Nets. This guy was originally Calipari's assistant, but he became a regular. His assistants are much more famous than him, such as Eddie Jordan, who was in the Wizards in his previous life. With Arenas and others in the playoffs, if the Wizards owner Pauline hadn't offended Godfather, otherwise they would not have played so embarrassingly against the Cavaliers in the playoffs that year.

The starting lineup sent by Don Casey did not surprise Larry Bird, Stephen Marbury, Kendall Gill, Scotty Burrell, Keith Van Horn, Jim Mike Ilvine, this lineup is offensive Absolutely at the forefront of the NBA, and Marbury is also in line with Calipari's DDM style of play. Unfortunately, the ncaa coach has bad luck. Marbury was traded from the Timberwolves after he was fired.

And their second-round pick this year, center Evan Esmeyer, didn't even make the roster.

Zhang Tian and his teammates began to warm up, but the reporters on the sidelines came over to conduct interviews.

'Zhang, you didn't start your first game in the NBA, would you be a little disappointed? "

The person who interviewed Zhang Tian was named Albert King. The other party was a famous player in the history of the Nets and the younger brother of Bernard King. Both of them had played for the Nets. After retiring, Burtkin chose to be an announcer, and at the same time played the role of a sideline reporter.

"No, after all, the NBA is the hall of basketball in the world. I am very satisfied to be able to play in this hall."

Zhang Tian didn't say that I should start first, that I should be number one in the world, that kind of stupid words, because it's better to develop insignificantly in the early stage because the gun hits the head.

Albert King left without asking any more questions. He still had to commentate on the game today. It was just a whim to come to interview Zhang Tian. His partner in the commentary was Albert, the former ABC groom who sexually assaulted Auntie.

And in the broadcasting hall of CCTV, the game was also broadcast live. Basketball fans across the country were eager to see how Zhang Tian, ​​the mysterious No. [-] pick, played.

In the Shanghai team, Yao Ming, Liu Wei, and Jia Xiaozhong crowded together. The three of them are also looking forward to Zhang Tian's debut.

"Dayao, have you really decided to participate in the NBA draft after this season? Didn't the club say they would renew your contract for another year?"

Liu Wei knew that Yao Ming was stimulated by Zhang Tian. Zhang Tian was one year younger by the opponent and had already entered the big stage of the NBA first, while he was still in the domestic league.

'Well, this season I will help the Shanghai team win the championship.I don't want to be thrown too far by that kid. "Yao Ming kept staring at the TV.

The contest between the Nets and the Pacers is also imminent.In the jump ball stage, Rick Schmitz, the Dutchman who used to dunk, relied on his wingspan to take the ball off Jim McIrvine's head and threw it to Mark Jackson.

(End of this chapter)