Coach Lee

Chapter 786 Without Li, this Nuggets won't work!

"Let's go! Nuggets! Let's go! Nuggets! Let's go! Nuggets!"

In the Pepsi Center Arena, the Nuggets' preseason game attracted a full audience of fans.

The warm cheers and cheers made this preseason match seem like
On the court, the Nuggets players became more and more courageous, but the Nuggets' opponent, the Thunder, was a little embarrassed.

The Thunder selected USC's top scorer DeRozan with the No. 4 pick in the draft.

Some media have given the high-ranking players selected by the Thunder in the past three years a wonderful combination name, the Thunder's three young players.

Westbrook, Du Shao, De Shao!

Westbrook and Du Shao are calling the shots in the starting lineup, while De Shao leads the bench to overcome difficulties.

Thunder coach Brooks's idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

The first preseason game, the Nuggets, which were defeated by the Thunder 3-1 last season, suddenly became different this season.

In the opening 5 minutes, the Nuggets played a crazy 20-4.

Li Nan, Xu Yong, and Wang Qi took turns to deal thunderous blows to the Thunder's defense.

Moreover, not only on offense, but on the defensive end, the Nuggets put a lot of pressure on the Thunder.

Under the defense of the Nuggets, Westbrook and Du Shao each scored 0 points and each had 3 turnovers.

Soon, coach Brooks replaced rookie DeRozan.

Three young masters play.

The Thunder finally broke the scoring drought.

However, their defense still has nothing to do with the Nuggets in today's explosive state.

Beep beep beep!
The game is over.

89-120
The Nuggets beat the Thunder by 31 points at home.

Such a Nuggets team makes Denver fans very excited, but it makes the opponent's fans and media reporters very incredible.

"Is this really the Nuggets?"

"With just one more Wang Qi, the Nuggets have undergone earth-shaking changes? This is too amazing."

"No! This is because of Li. Li played a vital role in this. Li scored 42 points!"

In the next two preseason games, the Nuggets played uncharacteristically and went all out.Offensive, defensive, all played well.It seems to be the Nuggets team that won the previous 4 consecutive championships.

Li Nan is still in good condition. Last year, he averaged 43.0 points per game.

In the preseason when the defense was lax, Li Nan's scoring was even easier.He averaged 30 minutes per game, scored 33 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, with a very high shooting percentage of 55.2%.

The young Xu Yong and Wang Qi are also in very good condition.

Xu Yong averaged 24 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game, shooting 51.2% from the field.This summer, Xu Yong did not practice in vain.Of course, this is only the preseason, and it's unknown if his high efficiency can't be maintained until the regular season.

Wang Qi, the new top pick who has received much attention, averaged 36 minutes per game, scoring 20 points, 4 rebounds and 12 assists.The efficiency of Li Nan and Xu Yong, Wang Qi, who plays point guard, has become the biggest beneficiary.After Li Nan and Xu Yong left the field, Wang Qi automatically moved to the position of shooting guard, and his personal scoring ability was fully displayed.

In just three games, the media immediately paid attention.

"The Nuggets are on the rise again!"

"The Cavaliers and Lakers are trembling!"

"Nuggets Championship!"

"The Nuggets Dynasty is coming again!"

However, what caught the media people off guard was that in the last three games and the first two games Li Nan was not on the court, the Nuggets suddenly lost their backbone, and the young people couldn't play anymore.

After a year of training, the Nuggets still haven't been able to complete the "run-in".

The offensive and defensive systems of the Nuggets, this Nuggets have learned half a bucket of water.

After all, some people are smart and quick to learn, and some are stupid and slow to learn.The unevenness also makes the team's system incomplete.

Without Li Nan, this Nuggets team can't even beat the bottom team like King Sen.

After the Nuggets lost to the Kings, the media even brought Wang Qi out.

"30 points vs 20 points, Kings No. 6 rookie Tyreke Evans beat the new No. [-] pick!"

"Wang Qi is nothing more than that! Compared with Chinese Li, Wang Qi still needs to learn a lot."

"The new No. [-] pick has not yet entered the NBA state!"

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In the last game, Li Nan played again, but he only acted as a 3D player on the field.It is only responsible for defense and three-pointers.

As a result, the Nuggets beat the playoff team Jazz by 30 points.

In this game, Li Nan only scored 28 points. The team's victory was due to the fact that 7 members of the team scored in double figures, and everyone was in good condition.

For such a strange Nuggets team, the media does not know how to evaluate it.

What if you get slapped in the face?
Not many pundits are willing to comment on this Nuggets team.

However, Barkley is the most daring.

"This season, the Nuggets will still focus on training players. The addition of Wang Qiang has changed the Nuggets. However, their players still have not mastered the Nuggets' tactical system, and they still need to continue to hone their skills. .It was like 6 years ago. They spent a year and a half running in, and then they rose in the second half of the season. This year must be the same script. Let's look forward to it, look forward to the rise of Lee and the Nuggets!"

With Barkley's crow's mouth opening, everyone began to be unscrupulous.

"The Nuggets season is over!"

"Although Wang Qi is called the next Chinese Li, there is still a huge gap between him and Li."

"After all, the role players of the Nuggets are not as good as those who won the previous four consecutive championships. Their talents are not good. The Nuggets will have no problem making the playoffs in the weaker West this year, but if they want to To reach the finals and win the championship. That is really difficult, even for Lee, it is too difficult."

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The preseason is over, and the regular season is coming soon.The 15-man roster of each team was submitted.

The Nuggets lineup:

Point guards: Wang Qi, Andre Miller, Jose Barea, Goran Dragic,

Shooting guards: Li Nan, Aaron Afflalo, Dengtay Jones,

Small forwards: Xu Yong, Patrick Ewing Jr., Sonny Weems

Power forwards: Linas Kleiza, Reynaldo Balkman,

Centers: DeAndre Jordan, Johan Petro, Cheek Sabo.

The Nuggets have changed very little, just adding a king and missing a power forward Malik Allen.

The lineups of other teams have not changed too much, mainly due to the addition of players selected in the draft.

The Bobcats selected the bearded James Harden from Arizona State University with the second overall pick. Together with Paul and Yi Jianlian, the Bobcats also formed the Lotus Lantern combination.

In the free agent market, Chandler, who originally wanted to go to the Nuggets to hug his thigh, devoted himself to the Bobcats.

The Bobcats performed very well in the playoffs last season, and their strength has soared this season.

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The Los Angeles Clippers have an extra prospect, Griffin.Griffin performed very well in the summer league where neither the No. [-] pick nor the No. [-] pick participated, and he won the MVP of the summer league.In the preseason, Griffin also performed very well.

Many media even pushed Griffin to the top of the best rookie list.

However, the day before the start of the regular season, he had to postpone his debut due to a stress fracture of the kneecap in his left knee.

What everyone doesn't know is that such a postponement has delayed the whole season.

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ESPN announced the latest team strength list:
1. Los Angeles Lakers
2. Cleveland Cavaliers

3. Atlanta Hawks
4. Dallas Mavericks
5. Boston Celtics
6. Charlotte Bobcats
7. Toronto Raptors
8. Denver Nuggets

9. Phoenix Suns

10. Chicago Bulls
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(End of this chapter)