basketball hero

Chapter 875 NBA Tenth Season

During this period, Nike is also in full swing to create a personal sixth-generation signature shoe "Hero VI" for Ying Xiong.Because of his global influence, his sneaker sales have always been the most in the league.

Ying Xiong is the strongest player in the league and the top brand under the Nike Group, so he naturally gets the most resources.

The NBA free agency market is turbulent, but the Raptors are relatively stable.The core rotation of the main force has been retained, and the framework for winning the championship is still there. They are still the biggest favorites to win the championship next season.

In today's league, there are serious reports of stars, so there are not many teams that have a chance to win the championship.It can be said that the NBA has entered the "Era of Oligarchs", and superstars are needed to win the championship.The superstars who may influence the situation can be counted on one hand in the league.

On the eve of the preseason, the general lineup of the Raptors has also been determined, and their current lineup is as follows: Center: Yonas Valanciunas, Jacob Poeltl, Lucas Nogueira , Power Forward: Serge Ibaka, Pascal Siakam, Bruno Capoclo, Small Forward: DeMar DeRozan, OG Anunoby, Alfonso McKinney, Shooting Guard: Ying Xiong, CJ Myers, Norman Powell, Delon Wright, point guards: Jeremy Lin, Kyle Lowry, Fred Van Vleet.

The Raptors have done a good job in the replacement of the old and the new, and the timely input of the team's fresh blood has prevented the team from having a chance to be strengthened due to the salary space.

The Raptors' first preseason game of the season is at home against the Los Angeles Clippers on Oct. 10.For this dynastic team that has won five consecutive championships, the preseason is naturally not their focus.However, those young players on the team have to play well in the preseason to gain playing time for themselves in the regular season.This is a dynasty team, and being able to occupy a place in this team is quite attractive to those young players.

The preseason is in full swing, and Ying Xiong, as the core of the team, only played less than 5 minutes in the five preseason games.

No one will blame Yingxiong for his short playing time. This is the biggest contributor to winning the championship in June in the past five seasons, and he is the winner of five consecutive FMVPs.He is the player with the longest playing time in the league in the past 5 seasons.

The 2017-2018 season is Yingxiong's 10th NBA season.When he first entered the league, he had just turned 20 years old, but now, he is already a 29-year-old veteran of the league. The 29-year-old is still an apprenticeship in some industries, but in sports, especially in professional basketball, it is already late in his career.Athletes eat the food of youth. After this stage, they just want to play basketball to earn money, and they don't have the physical strength and energy.

As the No.1 in the alliance, Ying Xiong naturally doesn't have to worry about money. What he is doing now is just to make his historical status move forward when he leaves the alliance.

For him, it seems that apart from the "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan, no one is his target anymore.He now has 6 championships in hand, 4 regular season MVPs, 5 consecutive FMVPs, 2DOPY, a bunch of scoring champions and steals champions, and other awards such as a team and a defensive All-Star.

Many media compared Yingxiong and Jordan. Judging from the current situation, Jordan has 5 MVPs, one more than him; FMVP has 6, one more than him.Scoring leader Jordan has 10, and he has 7.

Ying Xiong doesn't care what others say about him at all, he has been improving himself, and he has no so-called goals anymore.As long as you surpass yourself yesterday, you are successful.

In the past season, what made him most gratified was not the 16-game winning streak in the playoffs, but the fact that behind such an impressive record, he never used the 5-form. Form 5 used to be his unique skill for pressing the bottom of the box, and it was his trump card.But when one day his strength is so strong that he can perfectly complete the goal without needing a hole card, he no longer needs a hole card.Because you can defeat the opponent clearly without resorting to additional strength.

On October 10, the Raptors will usher in the first game of the regular season of the new season.Their opponent is the Chicago Bulls.

The two teams met in the first round of the playoffs last season. As a result, the Raptors swept the Bulls with a "three rejections" with a big score of 4:0.

The Bulls sent away the team's core Jimmy Butler in the offseason, in exchange for LaVine, Dunn and this year's No. 7 pick in the first round.They used the No. 7 pick to get Markkanen, a stretch insider.Afterwards, they laid off Rondo and Wade successively. As a result, the "three rejections" announced their disintegration after just one year in the combination.And the team has officially entered the reconstruction process. As for when the reconstruction will last, it depends on the growth rate of this group of young people.

However, this group of young Bulls has yet to prove themselves in the new season, and scandals have already emerged.Before the start of the season, Mirotic and Portis clashed, the former injured and missed the season opener, while the latter was suspended.

For a team that is rebuilding, if this kind of thing happens, it is not a good thing for the team up and down.However, such a team that has always been young and turbulent encountered the Toronto Raptors, a team with 5 consecutive dynasties, in the first game of the season.

Before the start of the game, the awarding ceremony of the championship ring was held on the spot.When the championship flag symbolizing the championship was slowly raised over the Air Canada Center, the Raptors fans and players at the scene were very proud.This is an honor for the team and an honor for everyone.

The ensuing ring awarding ceremony was equally warm.This is the time that belongs to the Raptors, and this is the glory of the championship.

For the new recruits of the Bulls, such a picture has never been seen live before, so they also feel very novel.

After the ceremony, the game will start soon.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Raptors at home is: center - Serge Ibaka, power forward - Pascal Siakam, small forward - DeMar DeRozan, shooting guard - Ying Xiong, point guard - Jeremy Lin.

The only difference between the Raptors' starting lineup and last season is the power forward position.Because of Patterson's departure, this position was vacated.Siakam made rapid progress last season and performed well in the preseason this season. He stood out from several competitors and competed for this position for himself.Compared to Patterson, he has superior physical attributes, better defense and more athleticism.Of course, there is still a certain gap between him and Patterson at this stage in terms of shooting percentage and stability of 3-pointers.

(End of this chapter)