msmithbooks Chapter 975 Season Opener
Chapter 975 Season Opener
Chapter 975 Season Opener
The predecessor of the Hornets was the Bobcats, and the original Hornets were renamed the Pelicans, so this Hornet is not that Hornet.
Of course, Charlotte is not a great city, and its attractiveness in the free market is also very poor. Even if their team history includes the old Hornets, there is nothing awesome. .
In today's league, if they are all top-salary, if a small ball market wants to fight for big fish in the free market, it needs to have some additional attractions, such as the possibility of winning the championship, such as absolute status, such as magical coaches (Bobo old thief, etc.) ).
Otherwise, at the agreed price, if someone doesn't sign a contract with a team in a big market, why should they sign with a team in a small market like yours?
This game is the season opener, and it will be broadcast live on Tencent. Wang Meng and Yang Yi are responsible for the commentary.
Wang Meng said: "Mr. Yang's new season has started again. Let's make a bold prediction. Who will be the champion of this season?"
Yang Yi smiled and said: "We can't guess this, let's change the subject, it's really difficult."
Wang Meng smiled and said, "Then let's talk about this game. Does Mr. Yang think Xie Kai can score 30 points?"
Yang Yi is a bit difficult to answer: "This is also difficult to answer! Can you change the subject, let me leave you alone, did you answer it?"
In this game, the starting lineup of the Thunder at home is: Center - Duck Adams, Power Forward - Patterson, Small Forward - Pickle, Shooting Guard - Xie Kai, Point Guard - Westbrook.
The Thunder's lineup continued from last season, and they still retained this very stable starting lineup, allowing this lineup to challenge for three consecutive championships and try to build a dynasty.
In the NBA, there are only a handful of teams that can establish a dynasty. Xie Kai once established a dynasty with the Memphis Grizzlies, and no team has won 4 consecutive championships or more. It can be seen that the difficulty of consecutive championships is getting worse. It has grown exponentially.
The starting lineup of the Hornets in the away game is: center - Cody Zeller, power forward - Marvin Williams, small forward - Nicolas Batum, shooting guard - Jeremy Lamb , Point guard-Kemba Walker.
The Hornets have won the Spurs' GDP this season, Parker, plus Kemba Walker as the starter, this team has a strong talent pool at the No. 1 position. Other positions, whether it is Marvin or French leather Peng, it's all about fame more than strength. The team's goal for the new season is still to hit the playoffs. As for winning the championship or something, let's go to sleep. The possibility is even smaller than that of the Chinese men's football team entering the World Cup again.
Duck and Zeller are preparing to jump the ball near the middle circle, and the game is about to start.
Zeller is also considered a high-ranking rookie. In the 2013 draft, he was selected by the Bobcats with the 4th overall pick in the first round and entered the NBA.
Of course, that draft was recognized as a young year, otherwise the Cavaliers would not bet on a player like Bennett as the No. [-] pick.But even if it was a young year, there were stars like Oladipo, CJ McCollum, Antetokounmpo and others.So the Bobcats' choice at the time was not particularly wise.
Last season's Zeller's data was 7.1 points and 5.4 rebounds, which is worse than the Duck who is facing him at the moment. You must know that Duck is also a rookie in the same class as him, and now he has signed a big contract.
This is indeed the case. It seems that compared with Duck, Zeller seems to move a little faster and the speed of bullets is a little better. Everything else is basically crushed.
But this also proves that the Hornets team has a huge gap with the Thunder in terms of selection.
At the beginning of the jump ball, No. 4 Xiu Zeller relied on a faster bounce speed to win the duck egg in the same class with the jump ball and earn some face.
The Hornets won the first offensive possession, with Kemba Walker dribbling across half court.
Kemba Walker is somewhat similar in appearance to John Wall, the head of the Wizards, and the style of play of the two is also a little bit close, but Wall is one size bigger than Walker after all, which is probably between the No. 9 pick and the No. [-] pick gap!
Walker's dribbling is very fancy, with a lot of fake moves, and a lot of large-scale changes in direction, but in essence, he is a traditional point guard who is mainly in the half-court position. Likes to play fast.
Hornets coach Clifford hopes that the team can play more like the Spurs, with the ball moving, and point forward Batum will play an extremely important role in this offensive system.
France's Pippen does have a good basketball IQ, and his skills are quite comprehensive. His problem is that he can't be the main offensive player, and he can't be the core of the team. His personal offensive threat is not enough, and he is a role player after all.
But a role player has a contract of [-] million yuan, what else do you use to sign a superstar?But fortunately, there are no superstars coming to Charlotte. Wouldn’t it be nice to go to New York and Los Angeles?Is it just for fans of Jordan?
For the Hornets, Marvin hit a 3-pointer from the outside and scored the first 3-pointer of the game for both teams!
Marvin is currently the player with the highest draft pick in this Hornets team. When he was in the Hawks, he was also a member of the forward group.It's just that as a forward, his positioning is a bit nonsensical. If he came out a few years later, the 4th position in the small ball lineup with his skills is really too good, but it's a bit late now, he has already been finalized. And if you are over 30, you can't change your fate of becoming a role player.
Westbrook slowly dribbled over, and it was Lamb who defended Xie Kai.
Lamb can also be regarded as a veteran of the Thunder. He was sent to the Thunder as a bargaining chip with Kevin Martin in the Harden deal.
As a No. 2 player, Lamb is really too thin. His weight of less than 85kg can't stop those heavy swingers, and even many point guards can't stop him.
On the offensive end, he can attack with the ball or without the ball, but none of them are fresh, and the offense is not stable.Such a characteristic makes him only a point-grabbing player on the bench.
Westbrook gave the ball to Xie Kai who wanted a position here.
Lamb and Xie Kai are about the same height, but there is an obvious difference in weight. The confrontation is not at the same level. He tried to grab the position, but was overwhelmed by the referee's first foul.
Yang Yi sighed: "The gap between Lamb's confrontation and Xie Kai's is too big. The Hornets need other players to help him in this group."
The Thunder served the ball in the frontcourt, Xie Kai received the ball, and faced Lamb with the ball.
Duck came out to cover, and Ram tried to circle the screen.
Xie Kai directly retreated and shot more than 3 points...
This choice surprised the fans at the scene, because the 3-point shot was a bit far away, about 3 meter away from the 1-point line.
And Xie Kai rarely shot this kind of ultra-long 3-pointers last season. He often shot ultra-long 3-pointers because of his touch. .
(End of this chapter)