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

Before the start of the preseason of the new season, Hongxinerke, with the help of Li Kaiming, finally won the two stars Kawhi Leonard and Klay Thompson at the same time, making them the spokespersons of Hongxinerke.

Of course, how the two people's contracts are negotiated is Jiang Shan's job, and Li Kaiming is only responsible for bridging the gap.

Now that Hongxinerke has Li Kaiming as its ace spokesperson, it is easy to negotiate with other stars. If the former Hongxinerke had just handed over the signature shoe contract, neither of these two guys would have looked at it. At a glance.

But it’s different now. Even though Kawhi Leonard and Klay Thompson are already rising stars in the league, they still can’t get signature shoe contracts with Hongxinerke and can only endorse one branch. Sneakers series.

In this way, starting from this season, the number of players from the Hongxinerke family in the NBA league has expanded from Li Kaiming, a bare-bones commander, to three people.

As time goes by, this family will definitely grow bigger and bigger, until it can rival Naik and King Adi.

The dull two-month offseason has passed, and the new season is about to begin. America's sports media are the first to wake up and release the season previews of each team, as well as the player rankings for the new season. Season momentum.

ESPN, America's largest sports media, grabbed a starting opportunity and took the lead in announcing their player rankings for the new season.

Li Kaiming has been regular season MVP + Finals MVP for two consecutive years, and deserves to be ranked first in ESPN's rankings. From this perspective, although ESPN's butt is ridiculously crooked at times, it basically still has a bottom line.

After all, it is the most authoritative sports media in America. If it still tells lies with open eyes this season, it will not be a matter of belittling Li Kaiming, and it will cause immeasurable losses to the influence of the media itself.

CBS also ranked Li Kaiming first in their rankings, which also included Slam Dunk Magazine, Fox Sports, Ranker, Sports Illustrated SI, Bleacher Sports BR, TA Sports, etc. Mainstream sports media...

In other words, after Li Kaiming entered the league for his third year and won the championship for two consecutive years, he finally convinced some local media and basketball commentators in America and stood at the top of the NBA league at an absolute height.

Regardless of whether others admit it or not, he is now the number one player in the league!

However, the official winning odds that came out later were once again messed up.

The Washington Wizards, who have successfully defended their title, are only ranked third in terms of winning odds, only +3.

The team ranked first is the Heat's Big Three, who have been sent fishing by the Wizards for two consecutive seasons, with odds of winning +220.

The second place is the Oklahoma City Thunder, with odds of winning +550.

I don’t know who gave this winning odds, or is it that the bookmaker is doing it for charity? After being slapped in the face for two consecutive seasons, he is still optimistic about the Heat. It seems that there are too many fools and let the bookmakers make money.

During the team media day, this time during the final makeup photo session, the Wizards released more photos of Li Kaiming, Leonard and Thompson. The message to be conveyed by this kind of news is very obvious. The Wizards will undoubtedly It revolves around these three people, these three are the core of the Wizards!

During the interview, a reporter also asked Sanders how he would arrange the team's tactics in the new season. Sanders is also very experienced.

"There are many young guys in our team, and there are also some players with rich experience. Each of them can use their own strengths to contribute to the team, so all I have to do is observe the situation on the field and respond to whoever is needed. Whoever plays, if the team needs vitality, I will increase the time of young players. If the team needs to stabilize the situation, then I will favor veteran players. NBA games are changing rapidly, and nothing is static..."

A reporter asked about Li Kaiming's experience in China during the offseason. Li Kaiming responded with a high level of emotional intelligence.

"China has a population of 13 billion, and maybe it's even more than that now, so there must be a lot of basketball geniuses who have been buried in China. I just want to help my country dig out these geniuses so that they can accept them as soon as possible. Professional training, the rise of Chinese basketball has never depended on one person, but on the efforts of each generation. I am just the beginning."

"Li, you have a chance to win three consecutive championships in the new season. Do you have any special expectations for this achievement?"

"Of course, three consecutive championships is a cool achievement. Every one of the outstanding teams in history can win three consecutive championships, such as the Celtics, Lakers, Bulls, etc... Three consecutive championships are the result of a great team. We definitely want to be great."

"What about you personally? Do you have any expectations? You have won the regular season MVP for two consecutive seasons. While the team is building a dynasty, you also have the opportunity to become the second three-consecutive regular season MVP in NBA history. player of."

"Oh, man, can I say that I don't care about such an honor? Every player wants to get the MVP trophy and the MVP call. If I say now that I am not interested in the MVP, then everyone will not think that I am modest, just I think I'm hypocritical. I'm not a hypocritical person, and you just said that this is an NBA record. I will be the second person to win three consecutive MVPs. If I have the chance, of course I want to try. Give it a try!”

The first game of the preseason is an away game against the Brooklyn Nets.

After relocating to New York, the Nets went from being a team that spent thousands of years squandering draft picks to becoming a nursing home and shelter for famous superstars.

From Deron Williams at the beginning, to Joe Johnson later, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett were also traded from the Celtics this season.

As a result, this Nets team formed the terrifying Big Three of Johnson, Pierce and Garnett in the 13-14 season. It would have been even more terrifying if such a lineup could have been formed five years earlier.

The preseason is for coaches to practice tactics and for players to adapt to high-intensity games.

So after coming up, Li Kaiming and other starting lineups only played for about 13 minutes before being replaced. Afterwards, Li Kaiming and his teammates watched the game boredly while chewing on his fingernails.

Without the starting Wizards, they still played the Nets during the rotation. In order to reduce the consumption of the Big Three, the Nets also showed their faces and then left.

So the Wizards easily won their first preseason game on the road.

In the following six preseason games, Sanders simply stopped being a starter. He came on as a substitute and played all preseason games. In the end, he had a record of 6 wins and 4 losses, with a winning rate of more than half, which was barely enough.

It is worth mentioning that the third opponent in the preseason is the Miami Heat.

The Heat seemed to be playing this game with resentment. A preseason game was played like a regular season. Among the Big Three, except for Wade who was absent due to a knee injury, James and Bosh both played more than 30 minutes. , and finally slaughtered the Wizards bench with a 40-point deficit at the American Airlines Center, ruthlessly avenging being eliminated for two consecutive seasons!

However, Sanders, Li Kaiming and others did not express anything about this.

You go ahead, the harder you play now, the more fun it will be with you when the official season starts and the playoffs begin!

The time came to October 10th, and the NBA was extremely lively on this day. Although it was the second day of the regular season of the new season, there were 30 games today, which means that except for two teams, all the remaining 14 teams There is a game, so it is a relatively happy moment for NBA fans.

The Wizards players arrived in Detroit early on a special plane. At 7: p.m., they will face their season-opening opponent, the Pistons, at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

The Pistons' lineup also looks very competitive at first glance.

Starting lineup: Chauncey Billups, Josh Smith, Will Bynum, Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe.

I don’t know if Pistons head coach Maurice Cheeks believed that the Wizards’ inside threat was relatively large, so he deliberately placed a double tower in the starting lineup in an attempt to restrict Li Kaiming and Blatche.

But after the game started, Li Kaiming made Cheeks, who didn't know the heights and heights of the world, recognize the reality.

What twin towers do you have and what twin towers do I have?

In front of an insider with the abnormal speed of Li Kaiming, both Drummond and Monroe were like idiots, completely unable to keep up with the speed.

What's more, Li Kaiming also has the best shooting skills among the inside players in the league today. The two Pistons were constantly redirected by him, so that they couldn't find their way home. At the same time, they were shot several three-pointers in the face.

However, there is also an old friend of Li Kaiming in this Pistons team - Kyle Singler. This Duke player who fought with Li Kaiming in the NCAA finals is currently sitting on the Pistons' bench.

Although he was selected by the Pistons with the 2011rd overall pick in 33, he did not land in the NBA until last season. In his rookie season, he averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds per game and was selected to the Rookie Second Team.

But when two people competed on the same court, one of them was still a rookie and could only wave the towel on the bench.

And the other one has already become famous, standing at a height that he can't even see when he stands on tiptoe...

Life is so unpredictable sometimes.

Winners keep winning, losers lose all the time.

Singler, who was sitting on the bench at this time, looked at Li Kaiming, who was like a big devil on the court, and suddenly felt infinite sadness and powerlessness in his heart!

Of course, Li Kaiming can give Singler an unforgettable defeat in the NCAA finals, and he can also rub salt into his wounds tonight!

At the end of the opening game, the Washington Wizards defeated the Detroit Pistons on the road without any suspense. Except for the first five minutes of the game, the Pistons never narrowed the point difference to less than double digits.

李凯明全场出战了30分钟，投篮19中11，其中三分球5中3，罚球6中6，得到31分14篮板8助攻3盖帽2抢断。

Leonard scored 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals in the game. At the same time, he blocked the opposing Pistons small forward and prevented him from going 7-for-0 in the game. The super-evolved robot has already shown its power!

Thompson was also in particularly hot form, hitting 5 three-pointers and scoring 21 points. The Wizards' own Big Three were also vaguely taking shape!