NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

America, October 10 local time, Dallas, Texas.

The American Airlines Center, home of the Mavericks, has been deserted for about a month. With the start of the new NBA season, the flow of people at the American Airlines Center has returned to normal levels again.

However, today's popularity is more than usual, because today is the Mavericks' first preseason game and the first game after the full assembly.

Last season, the second in the Western Conference was blacked out by the Spurs. Dallas fans hope that their home team can make a comeback!

Facing the menacing No. 8 pick and the Wizards, the home fans were not polite at all. The American Airlines Center, which can accommodate 80.00 people, was almost [-]% full.

The pre-season press conference is relatively simple, basically some major media such as espn, cbs and tnt conduct interviews with both sides, and it is not as formal as the regular season or even the playoffs.

However, there are still media who pay special attention to today's interview.

Dallas coach Rick Carlisle is a bald white man with a cold face and looks a bit like Jim Carrey without hair.

At first glance, it is a difficult character to talk about.

In fact, it is true. Carlisle has a strong desire to control his players. He is more like an ncaa coach working in nba.

Faced with the reporter's question of "how to defend the new top pick Li Kaiming", the bald-headed Jim Carrey smiled slightly and spoke impeccably.

"I won't talk too much about the specific tactics, but defense is not just for one person, we need the cooperation of the whole team."

Compared with Carlisle, the reporters are more concerned about the thoughts of Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki.

The ESPN reporter asked Nowitzki, "Dirk, how do you see the matchup with Li Kaiming?"

Nowitzki showed the same smile as the Silver Horn King, and he almost shouted with a gourd in his hand, "I call you, do you dare to agree?"

"He is a very special guy. I have seen his highlights. He is very good and very talented. Our matchup will be a very interesting matchup!"

Nowitzki is still relatively low-key in front of the media. After all, he is still labeled as a "soft guy" at this time. If he still says something inappropriate in front of the media, it may be that he doesn't have enough black fans ...

Listening to Nowitzki's extremely abundant milk answer, the reporters at the scene also sighed helplessly.

Now that these players are smarter, it makes their job very difficult...

The pre-match interviews of the Wizards were relatively dull, but a reporter from Huaguo Radio Station asked a question that had nothing to do with Li Kaiming.

"Will Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian get playing time today?"

Sanders nodded and smiled charmingly, "They are all very good players. If the time comes, I will let them play!"

The reporter from Huaguo recorded the results of the interview and planned to send them to the country after the game.

All preparations were in place before the game, and the audience at the American Airlines Center were all seated one by one. The starting lineups of both sides had already been displayed on the big screen.

Dallas Mavericks, point guard Jason Kidd, shooting guard Jason Terry, small forward Caron Butler, power forward Dirk Nowitzki, center Tyson Chandler.

Washington Wizards, point guard Gilbert Arenas, shooting guard Nick Young, small forward Al Thornton, power forward Li Kaiming, center Andrey Blatche.

Today's referee is the famous Tony Brothers, wearing the No. 25 referee uniform.

Blatche stood in the middle circle and jumped the ball with Chandler. The Tony brothers stood between the two of them, held the ball with their right hand, and made a palm with their left hand, indicating that the technical table was ready to start timing, and then picked up the whistle hanging around their necks with their right hand. Put it in your mouth.

After waiting for a few seconds, Brother Tony threw the ball into the sky, and the basketball flew vertically from his right palm, and at the same time, the whistle in his mouth blew!

beep!

Li Kaiming watched Bracche jump the ball from outside the middle circle, so he could see clearly that Chandler's jumping speed was much faster than Bracci's, so the Mavericks got the ball.

Tyson Chandler was the No. 2001 pick in [-]. Naturally, his physical talent is not at the same level as Blatche at the end of the second round, so he easily succeeded in jumping the ball.

Although he averaged only 6 points, 6 rebounds and 1 block per game last season, he didn't look as good as Brac, but no one would think it was because of Brac's talent.

After the Mavericks got the ball, they passed it directly to point guard Jason Kidd.

The point guard nicknamed "Basic" was selected by the Mavericks with the second overall pick in 1994. The No. [-] pick that year was Glenn Robinson, nicknamed "Big Dog".

So far, Kidd has been selected to the All-Star team 10 times, 6 times to the All-NBA team, including five first-team and one-two teams, nine best-defensive teams, four of which are first-team and five second-team times, and won five assists. , The strongest season averaged 9 points, 5 assists and 16 steals per game.

It can be said that in the history of the NBA, except for the guards who have won the mvp, no guard can surpass Kidd in terms of honor and strength. He must enter the Hall of Fame.

But Kidd's biggest problem is that his offense is too poor, especially when his defense and organization are full, it seems that his offense is stretched!

In his peak period, he was able to shoot 17-for-1 and 18-for-3 at every turn. His true shooting percentage has never exceeded 50%, and he is the bottom of all All-Star guards.

On the contrary, after the end of his career, Kidd's open three-pointers from outside gradually became better. Last season, his three-point shooting percentage even reached 42%, which is considered an excellent shooter in the entire NBA!

After Kidd held the ball, he quickly came to the frontcourt, and it was Arenas who defended him.

Kidd's 193 height, coupled with his strong body, can crush most opponents at the point guard position.

Even Arenas was not spared. Kidd didn't even bother with the pick-and-roll, so he directly protected the ball to the wing, and then began to arch his back!

Seeing that Zaigong was about to enter the penalty area, Li Kaiming, who was defending on the line, immediately shrank in, but in fact he was just trying to scare him, and he didn't dare to double-team.

Because letting go of Nowitzki to double-team Kidd, no matter from which point of view, it is a stupid idea that cannot be more stupid.

Kidd's pass made him not afraid of being double-teamed at all, he even wished you double-teamed, and Nowitzki, who was emptied, may be the most accurate mid-range player in the league.

Li Kaiming's defensive fake action did not make Kidd panic in the slightest.

Just kidding, he has been in the league for more than ten years. Could it be that he doesn't even have this experience?

There is no way, Li Kaiming can't go to double-team, so he can only let someone else go. Elsoton in the opposite corner moves in, lets go of Caron Butler, and rushes directly to Kidd!

But Kidd seemed to have expected it, and suddenly turned halfway around, and before Thornton surrounded him, he made a long pass to the ground. The basketball almost pressed the bottom line and bounced into the hands of Caron Butler who was open in the corner!

Exquisite pass!

Kidd deserves to be a passing master!

Caron Butler was the 2002th pick in 10. At his peak, he averaged 20 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game. He has made two All-Star appearances and is a very good off-ball player.

Don't look at how high this guy's steals are per game. In fact, one-on-one defense is a mess, and he likes to gamble on steals.

In fact, Caron Butler is a very suitable small forward for Li Kaiming, but I don't know what the Wizards management thinks, so he was packaged with Rodrigo Bowa and Brendan Hayward and sent to the Mavericks.

Caron Butler, who was still wearing a Wizards jersey last season, shot a three-pointer directly after receiving the ball. Elthorton had no time to defend, so he had to watch the former score a three-pointer!

The tens of thousands of fans at the scene burst into cheers!

The first goal of the new season, although it is a preseason game, is also a good start!