If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 11 Team Strength

The supersonic twin stars beat James, and the headlines of the media are always so exaggerated.

This is not only true of the domestic media, but also of the American media.

Yi Jian is also happy to see the results, and sometimes the media can in turn influence the team's judgment.

In a business alliance, there is money to be made if there are gimmicks.

Although the value of a player will ultimately come down to his performance on the court, the more chances he has, the more likely he will be wrong.

And the new season has not officially started yet, Yi Jian felt back to back in advance.

In the back-to-back game between the Sonics and the Pacers, the Sonics changed their starters again, and players such as Collison and Petrol also got the chance to start.

Yi Jian found out that Carlesimo's idea made everyone in the team start once.

But in terms of roles, Yi Jian and Durant are still very good.

They each scored 20+, and the saying of Gemini is more popular.

Yi Jian's current strength is actually not that strong, but his defense in the preseason is not much better than that in the summer league. With his hunter skills, he can continue to seize opportunities, and he looks at least at the quasi-All-Star level.

He looked forward to the regular season in the near future. After analysis, he believed that as long as the team gave him a chance, he might not be able to produce good statistics. At most, he would not be so efficient and win so many games.

As a team that has no requirements for performance for the time being, it is actually not that difficult to not be weaker than others.

In fact, now, Yi Jian and Durant have a bit of this taste.

Their scores are basically obtained by high shots.

The outside world is not that harsh on rookies.

And most people only look at the data.

After back-to-backs, the Sonics have a few days off.

As a team where the head coach, players and management have to work together, the rest time will definitely not be easy.

The team's final roster has to be finalized, but it has little to do with Yi Jian.

He just trains well and adapts to the city of Seattle.

The climate here is mild, not too hot in summer and not too cold in winter, and there is a decent Chinese restaurant, Yi Jian feels that it is not bad.

As far as life is concerned, he doesn't think there is much difference between a small city and a big city.

On January 1, the Sonics lost to the Western powerhouse Lakers.

Kobe Bryant, who was caught up in transfer rumors, couldn't defend against the Supersonics, and now the relatively ordinary young insider Bynum, the Supersonics couldn't defend either.

This is the strength of the Sonics, and there is a relatively large gap from the strong teams.

However, Yi Jian and Durant still scored 40 points together.

Next, the Supersonics lost to the Rockets. The Rockets are also a strong team in the West, and it is not the Supersonics that can compete.

For the Rockets this season, McGrady has not completely degenerated, and what restricts them is still the team's constant injuries.

As a national derby between Yi Jian and Yao Ming, the game has attracted the attention of a large number of domestic fans.

Supersonic also gave face, giving Yi Jian a lot of opportunities to make shots.

It's a pity that the Rockets didn't cooperate so well, McGrady is the protagonist of the Rockets.

So even though he lost the game, Yi Jian's won against Dayao in terms of statistics.

One person won the game, and the other person won the statistics, which also made the fans of the two talk about it.

After feeling the gap between the team and the strong team, Yi Jian instilled ideas in Durant.

"Just relying on the two of us, it is still difficult to win more games. We must unite and let the team find us more helpers."

"The core of the team does this. How can you get honors without good teammates? How can you raise your salary?"

"But we are still rookies." Durant had an idea in his heart, but he was still a little worried.

Yi Jian said firmly: "What does that matter? A good player should be strong from the moment he enters the league. Besides, we don't have to do it all at once. We need to express our attitude first, and then discuss it with the team slowly."

"With our strength, if the Sonics don't respect us, other teams will naturally respect us."

Yi Jian is not going to make trouble now, he really hopes to cooperate with Durant to improve their voice in the team.

There are many things that can be communicated. He, a little butterfly, comes here, and the future Thunder doesn't know what will happen. Yi Jian is eager to participate more.

Three days later, the Sonics finally ushered in a relatively weak opponent.

In fact, compared to the Supersonics, the Warriors are actually not weak, and they are also a fringe team in the playoffs.

It's just that the Warriors don't defend very much, so Yi Jian and Durant can let go.

The Warriors are a typical perimeter team, with Davis, Ellis and Stephen Jackson propping up their offense, and even Harrington on the inside often pulls out to shoot.

Yi Jian and Durant started together again. After the start of the game, the Supersonic's perimeter did not hold up.

However, the two defenseless teams still played beautifully, and the score was soaring.

During the rapid offense and defense of the two teams, Yi Jian kept rushing in to dunk.

Warriors head coach Nelson is so greedy, but unfortunately the Warriors can't trade such a high-ranking pick, and they can't choose it if they want to.

Seeing Yi Jian's performance, Old Nelson looked at Brandon White in the team, and suddenly became a little angry.

Brandon White is also a high-ranking pick with a very good draft market. He is young and has good static talent. The Warriors are also looking forward to signing him.

As a result, this buddy was completely clueless, and old Nelson was so angry that he wanted to send him down.

In this draft, some teams are really outrageous, and they are not rebuilding teams, so they have to bet on talent.

If there is no comparison, the Warriors will endure it.

Seeing that Yi Jian is so good now, they are so sour.

"As a player in the same position, Yi Jian is indeed much better than White."

"White is a rough guy with no skills. Such a player shouldn't get such a high pick."

"Yi Jian has won the love of Seattle fans in just a short time. There are already many local fans supporting him on the sidelines. It seems that gold shines everywhere."

"The Sonics feel good about this game. They have taken the lead and the situation is going well."

After being suppressed by strong teams for two consecutive games, the team took the lead at halftime, and the Sonics players were very happy.

"The Warriors were eighth last season. If we can beat the Warriors, does that mean we can occupy a place in the West." Yi Jian smiled and communicated with other teammates.

"Yi, your angle is always so strange."

"Indeed, the gap between us and the playoff teams is not that big."

"We must win this game." Durant also said.

Amidst the cheers from the home fans, Durant was feeling good, desperate for the limelight.

It was a bit embarrassing to be pressed and beaten in the first two games.

Relatively speaking, the Warriors do not have such a strong desire to win, this is just a preseason game.

After playing in the third quarter, the SuperSonics were united as one, hitting consecutive shots on the offensive end, and the lead suddenly came to 10 points.

At this time, the Warriors felt something was wrong.

They don't care much about winning or losing the preseason, but they can't let the two rookies continue to pretend.

(End of this chapter)