One Thousand Four Hundred and Eighty-Six. Duncan's Determination

Paul George's talent has always been highly regarded. Although he does not have the talent of Gay who averaged 20+ per game in his second year, he is really similar to McGrady.

In last season's finals, Paul George became famous in one battle and received a four-year, 24 million endorsement contract from Nike in the summer.

This is already an endorsement at the same level as Anthony, Paul, and Howard.

Ranking first among the three player strength rankings, Sun Ce's vanity was finally satisfied. As for ESPN's evaluation, who cares?

ESPN really couldn't think of a way not to rank Sun Ce first, even if the other party was very upset, Sun Ce felt happy!

In terms of team strength rankings, the defending champion must be number one in the first period. ESPN seems to be very determined not to mess with the rankings this time.

Second and third, Sports Illustrated and ESPN ranked the Lakers second, and T.N.T ranked the Spurs second.

The top three, the Grizzlies, Lakers, and Spurs, are all Western Conference teams.

Even among the top ten, except for the Bulls, 76ers, Nets, and Heat, no Eastern Conference team has been ranked in the top ten by the three major media. The 76ers and Nets are only based on ESPN's team strength. Entering the top ten in the rankings, only the Bulls and Heat in the Eastern Conference are recognized as the top ten teams in the league.

However, the strength ranking list is the strength ranking list, and the regular season record prediction list is very different.

The Spurs and Bulls dominate the Western Conference regular season championship and the Eastern Conference regular season championship probability first!

Even bookmakers gave the two teams extremely exaggerated regular season division championship odds. The Spurs were 1 to 1.02 and the Bulls were 1 to 1.01, which are almost negligible.

However, this does not mean that the two teams are the favorites to win the championship. The Heat and Lakers are the teams with the highest odds of winning.

Regular season championship does not mean that you can win the championship. Even since the new century, only the 2003 Spurs and the 2012 Grizzlies have won the championship after winning the regular season championship. The regular season champions have no chance of winning the championship.

Rankings are just a matter of looking at them. Sun Ce will care about it, but it depends on the situation. Now he is trying hard not to be affected by these things and prepare well for the opening game of the new season.

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After a good sleep, I practiced left-handed shooting and three-pointers from the right sideline for two more hours. After developing the top arc and bottom corner areas,

Sun Ce's three-point shooting on the right sideline mainly focuses on the area where he is not good at angles from 45 degrees to 30 degrees. He must develop the right side well to lay a solid foundation for developing left-hand three-pointers after upgrading his "left and right bow".

Training ended at 4 o'clock, and Sun Ce took a shower. At 4:10, Lily Collins came to the arena and took Sun Ce to the restaurant. They made an appointment to have dinner with Duncan and Duncan's new girlfriend tonight.

It was close to 5 o'clock when we arrived at the restaurant we had made an appointment with. The waiter led us to the reserved seat.

After a while, a man with a hairstyle that kept attracting the sound of taking pictures came to the restaurant with a tall young woman with a plump upper body.

"Oh no! How come Duncan's hair style has improved so much? Is he really going to lead fashion?"

Sun Ce watched Duncan cut his hair short, and shaved about two centimeters from the temple back to the temple on the other side. The bottom part was short. Because it was curly hair, the short part was close to the scalp, making it look very thin. It is comfortable, and the hair on top is permed straight. The hair of about ten centimeters seems to have been permed straight first, and then made into the desired curvature. It seems to be dyed with highlights one by one, with gradient colors. It looks like Very textured...

"Hi, Lord."

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Duncan's greeting was too concise, so concise that Sun Ce and Lily Collins didn't know how to react.

Fortunately, the young woman next to Duncan said hello: "Hello Lily, hello Lord, I am Vanessa, Tim's girlfriend."

"Vanessa..."

Sun Ce and Lily Collins were stunned for a moment when they heard the name. They both looked at Duncan, then at the woman named Vanessa, and then at Duncan...

Ignoring that detail, Lily Collins chatted with Duncan's new girlfriend, who may one day be called Vanessa Duncan.

It wasn't the first time he had come into contact with him. In private, Duncan was as usual, and he probably wouldn't have any reaction even if he was slapped.

Sun Ce and Duncan were responsible for eating.

Sun Ce feels that Duncan is a really special player, and the more he comes into contact with him, the more special he becomes.

Asked the team if they would like to let his family fly as a charter flight for the team. This seems to be true... he got a new girlfriend and brought it out immediately to show off!

Duncan didn't say a few words during the whole meal, but Lily Collins revealed Duncan's girlfriend in a few moments.

Vanessa Macias is the name of Duncan's new girlfriend.

Duncan got to know Vanessa while watching The Amazing Race last year. After the divorce and after the season ended, Duncan became "star-chasing". Vanessa happened to be a fan of Duncan, so Duncan invited the fan to a hotel to watch her...

Sun Ce didn't expect that Duncan was more evil than he imagined! There is such a thing as hay powder!

The dinner was pleasant overall. Duncan didn't talk much. Sun Ce was shocked by Duncan's behavior of being a fan. The main reason was that he really had nothing to talk about with Duncan, let alone his girlfriend.

After dinner, Duncan went shopping with his new girlfriend. Looking at the back of the car leaving Sun Ce and Lily Collins, Duncan thought of last year's playoff defeat.

The new season is here, Duncan clenched his fists, this time, he can't fail again!

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October 31, the opening game of the regular season is here!

There is an absolutely popular game in the East and West tonight.

In the West, the defending champion Grizzlies will play against the Spurs at home.

In the East, the Miami Heat will play against the Brooklyn Nets at home.

In fact, there are 7 games today, but all the attention is on these two games.

When Sun Ce arrived at the stadium at 8 o'clock this morning, he saw a brand new poster above the stadium!

Randolph is still standing in the middle, Battier and Nash are shaved off the poster, and Klay Thompson and Paul George are included in the poster.

The new season must have a new look. The team has changed the poster, which means that the roles of the team's players have changed.

This is the official voice of the team, representing the increased importance of Klay Thompson and Paul George in the team.

Sun Ce thought this was very important. He was deeply impressed by the Celtics in the original time and space. They got Irving, but Irving was not able to suppress the youngsters. The Celtics were also hesitant about who to appoint as the leader, which led to internal strife in the team.

Some things that seem to cause controversy, such as Tony Allen not being included in the team poster, are actually very important. They determined the team status of the five of them from the beginning!