Chapter 1001 1000. The New Season Begins, Preseason Game Against the Grizzlies (Asking for Guaranteed Monthly Tickets)

The old generation of stars who entered the league in the 1990s are gradually getting older, and the stars of the new era have begun to enter the league.

Among the stars in the early and mid-1990s, except for Duncan, Garnett, Kobe, Iverson, Nash, McGrady, Jermaine O'Neal and others who are still at their peak, O'Neal, Rasheed Wallace, Kidd, Webber and others have obviously declined. Kidd is okay, making up for his shortcomings of not shooting and continuing his state, while Anfernee Hardaway, Mourning, Damon Stoudemire and others have long faded out of the ranks of the league's first-line stars.

The stars of the late 1990s and the new century gradually stepped into the peak. Carter, Nowitzki, Francis, Brand, Artest and other stars of the late 1990s began to shine. The stars who entered the NBA in the new century, under the leadership of Liu Mang, have become the mainstay of the league.

Before the preseason between the Hawks and the Grizzlies, three preseason games had already been played. Chris Bosh of the Pistons scored 41 points in the first preseason game. Although it was a preseason game, it was still an official NBA game. The Pistons were more inclined to offense this season than last season. After a season of running-in, they have now completely transitioned to the system of coach Philip Saunders.

As long as they don't meet the Hawks, the Pistons will not be intimidated by anyone.

Francis's Supersonics continued to maintain the performance of last season. Francis got a triple-double in the first preseason game, with 13 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists.

Ron Artest, who had not played for almost a season, did not show a significant decline in his condition. He scored 26 points and 9 rebounds in the first preseason game of the Pacers, and defended the Clippers' powerful small forward Corey Maggette to only 4 points. Maggette played 23 minutes and made 1 of 8 shots, and it was difficult to shoot. Artest's defense was still so strong.

It's just that Artest had a quarrel with the team's general manager Larry Bird on the sidelines before the game was over.

The Pacers did not explain the specific reason, which gave the outside world a lot of speculation.

The Pacers tried to trade Artest in the summer, but no team took action, and they all wanted to see how Artest played in the new season.

Young players have reached a blowout period of significant improvement in strength, and the same is true for Liu Mang's first opponent in the new season.

"Paul Gasol, ability rating 89, offense 89, defense 84, three-pointer 60, mid-range shot 85, layup 92, pass 83, speed 80, strength 86..."

A very comprehensive core power forward, there is no problem in being the tactical core of the championship team, he can shoot, play low singles, and pass.

However, the lack of offensive ability is Gasol's shortcoming, that is, he can only be a core second-in-command.

The core play style, and only the second-in-command, it is difficult to become a member of the championship team.

Liu Mang looked at Gasol in front of him and sighed for Gasol's future.

In the original time and space, Gasol only needed to survive until 2007 to join forces with Kobe and get involved in the championship. In the past few years, Gasol had no chance to get the best team, but he also got it by relying on his good performance.

"Ace, this is Caron, who entered the NBA a year later than us. You should know him." Gasol introduced his new teammate Caron Butler to Liu Mang.

"Caron and I are old friends." Liu Mang went up and hugged Butler.

Butler was very happy now and hugged Liu Mang.

"Caron Butler, ability rating 84, offense 88, defense 65..."

Liu Mang looked at Butler's ability rating, defense is really... Nash and Jason Terry are serious on the defensive end, but Butler has no defense at all.

Butler and Liu Mang are not in the same position, so there is no grudge, and they are just friends.

Butler has finally arrived at a team that allows him to be the core outside line, and he is ready to forget the ups and downs of the past and play well.

The Rockets chose to trade Caron Butler because of the overlapping positions of Richard Jefferson. The trade candidate was of course Caron Butler. Caron Butler was traded with the Grizzlies and Sean Battier was obtained.

The Rockets had a clear goal. Since the center was still young, they started from the front line. Battier and Richard Jefferson formed a front-back defense combination, which was quite strong. Even if Butler was willing to play shooting guard, the Rockets did not want a Caron Butler who had almost no defense. Taking Butler from the Lakers was purely for more returns. So, Battier was traded.

Moreover, not only defense, but also scoring, Caron Butler was not as strong as Richard Jefferson. Richard Jefferson was at least a first-line scorer with 20+ points per year.

In addition to the point guard combination of Chucky Atkins and Sura, the center had Bynum to be trained. In addition to the power forward who was really miserable, the Rockets maintained a certain combat effectiveness to maintain Yao Ming's popularity.

Yao Ming's words of thanks and his empty promise that he would play for the Rockets in the future convinced many Chinese fans who always like nostalgia.

After the Grizzlies got Eddie Jones in the summer, they also lost patience with Battier. They selected Battier with the sixth pick to form a dual core with Gasol, but Battier did not have the mentality and strength to become a core. He could only play as a substitute since his sophomore year.

In order to make room to sign Antoine Walker, the Heat almost gave Eddie Jones to the Grizzlies in the sign-and-trade deal for Jason Williams.

The Grizzlies now have a starting lineup of Damon Stoudemire, Eddie Jones, Butler, Gasol, and Lorenzen White. At first glance, it really looks like that.

After Liu Mang greeted Gasol and Butler, he returned to his bench and waited for the first preseason game of the new season to start.

This year, the Hawks have six opponents in their seven preseason games. Fortunately or unfortunately, the Hawks still have no chance to participate in this season's China game.

Originally, the Rockets and the Lakers played in the China game last year, and this year it should be the Hawks' turn, but the drug combination was born, Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi joined hands, and the league arranged them to play in the preseason again. As for the match between the Hawks and the Lakers, they are two highlights arranged by the league and will not be in the preseason. The Lakers and Warriors will go to Shanghai and BJ will play in the China game.

Today, the starting lineup sent by the Hawks is Liu Mang, Iguodala, Korver, Josh Smith, and Kwame Brown.

Jason Terry, McGrady, Rasheed Wallace, and Prince all served as substitutes in this game. They may play for a while, but these experienced veterans do not need to play too long in the preseason. They just need to find the feeling of shooting and cooperation. The main thing is to let young players start to try to take on more tasks.

Before the game started, Liu Mang looked at his system space. Counting the training in August and early September, plus the training camp, more than two months of training time, the physical potions he had replenished before could only be 39, and there were 101 primary injury potions.

300,000 superstar value, 56.79 million rogue value... What a beautiful number. If you get one million, you can draw another advanced lottery. Star cards and other things are available now, but Liu Mang will not deliberately draw them if he doesn't have them. The advanced superstar value lottery can improve himself more.

However, the regular potion is the most important. Physical fitness and injuries, the second year of defending the title, can't be delayed by these. Liu Mang can only bear the pain and continue to replenish the regular potion.

"System boss, use 300 superstar value draws."

"Ding... The host uses 300 primary superstar value draws, consuming 30,000 superstar value..."

"Ding... Congratulations to the host for obtaining 342 physical potions, 193 primary injury potions, and 212 skill upgrade cards."

381 physical potions, 294 primary injury potions, and 233 skill upgrade cards. The regular potions have been replenished. Liu Mang turned off the system panel and walked to the technical desk, ready to start the first game of the new season.

Although it was a preseason game, Liu Mang was also very excited. It was the first game after becoming a superstar!

And Liu Mang wanted to see the progress of this group of young teammates!

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As Liu Mang sprinkled magnesium powder into the air, the enthusiasm of the long-awaited fans ignited, and the Eagles' first preseason game was about to begin.

Although it was only a preseason game, the tickets for the Eagles' home game were sold out!

After two consecutive championships, Hawks fans want to see the fourth dynasty in NBA history, breaking the monopoly of Lakers, Celtics and Bulls!

Liu Mang took Iguodala, Korver, Josh Smith and Kwame Brown to the court.

The Grizzlies almost had a brand new lineup, which needed to be re-adjusted, so the main players came out in full force, including Damon Stoudemire, Eddie Jones who looked like Kobe, Caron Butler who had changed his mind, Gasol, and Lorenzen White, the No. 7 pick of the 96 Golden Generation.

The best power forward and center of the 01 generation walked to the center circle and prepared for a jump ball.

Gasol and Kwame Brown stood in the center circle. There was no conflict between the two. Gasol's gentle personality made him one of the few inside players in the 01 class who had not mocked Kwame Brown before he became famous. Gasol just ignored Kwame Brown before. Now the two have similar league status and a good relationship, unlike Chandler, Eddy Curry, Haywood and Kwame Brown.

The referee came to the center circle, blew the whistle to start the game, and threw the ball into the air.

Although Kwame Brown's weight has increased to 122 kg, it has not affected his speed and bounce. His physical talent is too good. He still maintains an explosive bounce speed and wins the jump ball over Gasol's head.

After receiving the serve, Liu Mang was not in a hurry and slowly advanced to the front court, preparing to land a single shot.

The little flying squirrel Stoudemire defended against Liu Mang, trying to steal Liu Mang with his short stature and good flexibility. After Liu Mang arrived at the front court, he turned his body sideways and easily separated Damon Stoudemire with his right arm, and switched to dribbling with his left hand. Damon Stoudemire had no chance to steal. Players who can dribble with their left hands have a low probability of being directly stolen, which is inconsistent with the opponent's stealing habits.

Seeing that his teammates were in position, Liu Mang rushed directly to the left!

Damon Stoudemire couldn't be stopped even if he wanted to! Liu Mang ran him over!

It felt so good to run over the opponent and break through!

Liu Mang pushed Damon Stoudemire away and rushed into the inside, rushing directly towards Lorenzen White under the basket, ready to start the game with a ruthless move and show off his physical fitness.

At this moment, Liu Mang saw someone cutting in from the right side of the basket, and Kwame Brown under the basket had already left the baseline. Liu Mang immediately threw the ball into the air, and a guy wearing a No. 6 jersey took off. When Lorenzen White was ready to defend Liu Mang under the basket, the No. 6 player smashed the ball into the basket through Lorenzen White!

Josh Smith's opening dunk!

The fans at the scene originally thought that Liu Mang was going to rush in for a dunk, and they were worried that Lorenzen White would block Liu Mang and they couldn't see that scene, but they didn't expect Josh Smith and Liu Mang to complete an alley-oop connection, and the cheers at the scene burst out.

With this counter-running consciousness, Liu Mang subconsciously passed the ball. The key is, how did Josh Smith get rid of Gasol? Although Gasol is not a defensive gate, and his defense is weak, mainly because his movements are too clean, his defense is definitely not bad, and his defensive efficiency ranks among the top few among power forwards.

Turning around, Iguodala is blocking Gasol!

These two sophomores actually used reverse thinking!

The opponent will definitely defend Josh Smith to screen Iguodala, but Iguodala didn't expect Josh Smith to screen and run back!

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