The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 339

In late September, the Mavericks have already started training.

Anthony has already come to Dallas. In less than a year, he will follow the Dallas Mavericks to compete for the championship ring that makes him dream of.

"Li, I am looking forward to the arrival of June next year."

"This championship ring, I'm going to order it."

Anthony sat beside Li Xun, watching the training of the rookies on the field, and said with confidence.

He is indeed very confident, because he really can't think of a reason why this Mavericks can't win the championship.

The Mavericks won the championship with an absolute advantage last season.

This season, the Mavericks' main lineup has not changed significantly. The only major change is that Giba was replaced by Anthony.

At least in Anthony's view, he is not a little bit better than Giba.

If his combat power is 90, then Jiba is only 70 at best.

This is not blind confidence, because he has always played against Jiba in these years of fighting against Jiba.

Even under normal circumstances, Anthony's data completely crushed Jiba, and there were even two famous scenes of zero seals for Jiba.

It's okay to have zero seals. In these two games, when Giba scored 0 points, Anthony scored 43 points and 39 points respectively.

So there is still a gap in strength between the two.

Of course, in those two zero-block games, the young Giba faced the peak Anthony. If both of them were at their peak, the gap would not be that big.

"By the way, Lee, I heard that Dwayne's agent also contacted the Mavericks?"

Anthony gossip asked.

Li Xun nodded, "That's true, but we don't lack shooting guards at all."

"And after all, Dwayne already has a championship ring, and it's still a ring with very high gold content."

Anthony smiled and nodded, "My luck is good."

"If you choose Dwayne, I will definitely have to renew my contract with the Knicks now."

"With the current situation of the Knicks, I think making the playoffs is a luxury."

"It's good now, I'm leaving, the Knicks can play as much as they want to compete for the No. [-] pick, and I will go back next season."

"Very perfect."

Li Xun couldn't help being happy. It seems that Anthony and the Knicks still communicated about this issue.

He first came to the Mavericks to win the championship, and the Knicks played badly.

Anyway, there is no one in the team who can play now, no matter how bad the record is, it is completely justified.

If Anthony is still there, he has the last record in the league, it would be too unreasonable.

After winning the championship, Anthony returned to the Knicks.

During this year, the Knicks have cleaned up the team's salary space. In addition to signing Anthony during the offseason next season, they can also sign another first-line star.

Then add at least the rookies with the top three picks, and it can almost be regarded as a Big Three lineup.

As a result, the Knicks can be regarded as supportive again.

It has to be said that the operation of Anthony and the Knicks is similar to that of James and the Cavaliers.

There was a training match on the court, but both sides were rookies, and the four veteran players, Li Xun, Anthony, Nowitzki and Terry, did not play.

LaVine felt uncomfortable seeing Li Xun and Anthony sitting on the sidelines talking and laughing.

Originally, I comforted Embiid, saying that he might squeeze Gobert out of the starting lineup.

As a result, Embiid seems to have stopped playing in his rookie season, and his starting small forward position has also changed.

Now that Anthony is here, it is impossible for Anthony to substitute for himself, right?
The only thing that gave him some comfort was that the Mavericks could win the championship this year, and he, a new melon, could taste the wonderful taste of winning a championship just after entering the league.

"That white kid is pretty good. He looks like he has potential. It reminds me of Paul of the Grizzlies."

Anthony watched the game on the court, full of praise for this year's rookie.

But what he was talking about was not Jokic, whom Li Xun was so fond of, but Nukic.

Judging from the current situation, that is, Nukic may really be much stronger than Jokic in terms of combat power.

You must know that even if Jokic is in the Serbian national team, he is not an absolute core player. Even in this World Championships, he is not eligible to participate.

As for Nukic's words, it is a typical strong white insider, and it really looks a bit like Gasol.

These white strong insiders all have some typical characteristics, such as outstanding static strength at the basket, can carry and play, and also have a good passing ability.

Gasol Jr., Nukic, the previous Brad Miller, and even Jokic actually belong to this type.

The patriarch of this genre is the old Sabonis, who has gradually become the mainstream inside the league after spreading his branches and leaves.

On the contrary, traditional black blue-collar insiders like Zhuang Shen and Jordan Jr. will become less and less popular as they go forward.

"Oh? Are you so optimistic about him?"

Li Xun asked with a mysterious smile.

"Of course I'm optimistic. After all, you are the player you selected with a high pick. There must be no problem with the potential."

"I think he will be a center at the same level as Gasol in the future."

"I just don't know if the character is tough or not. I think a center must have a tough style of play."

Anthony said.

This evaluation is undoubtedly very unreliable. In fact, there is still a certain gap between Nukic and Gasol.

"Let me tell you a story, and you should be able to know whether this kid is tough or not."

"His father is a huge policeman. He singled out fourteen gangsters by himself, which is even more exaggerated than your Hollywood movies."

Li Xun told Anthony about the deeds of Nukic's father.

Anthony, who listened directly, was dumbfounded.

Many people in this rookie class have some stories. For example, when Embiid came to Laomei at the age of 16, he told others that he hunted a lion when he was six years old.

The point is that some people really believe this kind of nonsense.

For example, Smart, who plays for the Green Cay, his hometown is Dallas.

Before the age of 13, Smart was shot and survived.

But Nukic's story is related to his father. If you think about Nukic's size, you can imagine how big his father is.

Anthony's mind brightened.

In this draft, Embiid is the insider with the highest pick among the rookies selected by Li Xun.

It's a pity that Embiid has been injured all the time, and with such a high pick, it is estimated that he has a very special status in Li Xun's mind.

And Nukic is the second-highest insider, coupled with such a "tutor", Anthony feels that Nukic may be very suitable as his future teammate.

So young and full of potential, his style of play is probably still tough.

The key is the ability to pass the ball with one hand, which is quite fancy for players like Anthony.

He feels that Nukic seems to be his dream teammate. If possible, after the end of this season, can he bring Nukic back to the Knicks?

But as soon as this idea came up, he immediately felt a little ashamed.

Li Xun and Xiao Niu took him in, but in the end he still wanted to poach the wall, he was really not a person.

And Anthony also knows that Nukic's price will definitely not be cheap.

After all, he is a lottery pick insider.

Other teams' lottery bigs, if not top-three picks, may have limited value.

But this is an insider that Li Xun selected with a lottery pick, so the value is high.

If the Knicks really want it, they may have to take out the draft picks after this season's poor performance.

"What are you thinking? Dude." Seeing Anthony's pensive look, Li Xun couldn't help asking.

Anthony hurriedly waved his hands in a panic, "I didn't think about it, these rookies are really better than each other."

"Li, your vision of selecting candidates is indeed No.1 in history."

The training match on the field was over, Li Xun clapped his hands and praised.

Time flies, and in mid-October, the regular season is about to start.

In the preseason games a few days ago, the rookies on the Mavericks side performed impressively, especially Nukic's performance.

Jokic could only substitute Nukic at the beginning, which is not unreasonable.

Now that the regular season is starting, many fans are looking forward to what kind of surprise this year's Mavericks can bring them.

The new season opener, the Mavericks are of course eligible to participate.

Their opponent in the first game happened to be the New York Knicks.

I have to say that Stern is really good at making stunts.

The former head of the Knicks came to the Mavericks and faced his old club in the opening game of the new season.

Humming Knicks fans came to the scene, but they didn't insult Anthony.

Everyone may know that Anthony will return to New York again after finishing this season.

In this case, they can understand Anthony's decision. After all, they are too old now. If they stay in the Knicks, they may not have a championship for life.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blew the whistle to start the game.

The starters of both sides began to play.

The Mavericks' starting lineup: Gobert, Nowitzki, Anthony, Clay and Li Xun.

It is reasonable to say that the Mavericks must have a better starting choice than Nowitzki now.

For example, Li Xun is on the fourth position and let Antetokounmpo play the first position.

But Nowitzki is Nowitzki after all. As long as the Mavericks don’t reach the point of life and death, and the moment when Nowitzki can’t win the game, he will definitely stay in the starting position. .

This is the respect given to Nowitzki by the Mavericks, and it is also the due treatment that Nowitzki has made for the Mavericks for his contributions and sacrifices.

Of course, Li Xun didn't think there was any problem. On the one hand, the combat power of the old driver is actually not bad.

On the other hand, Li Xun must also have his old age. Now he doesn't respect veterans. When he gets old, is it possible that he will also serve as a substitute for newcomers?

The Mavericks' lineup can be described as luxurious.

The Knicks' lineup looks pretty shabby.

With Anthony's departure, the Knicks cleaned up part of the junk contracts, resulting in the fact that the most famous and powerful players in the entire team are now JR Smith and Shumpert.

Looking at the ghostly lineup of the Knicks, Anthony couldn't help but smile bitterly.

When he was with the Knicks before, he didn't feel how weak the Knicks were.

Now after the Mavericks, seeing the Knicks lineup, he wonders how he survived all these years.

At the beginning of the game, Li Xun did not go to the jump ball.

The Knicks' current starting lineup is Bargnani. If Gobert can't beat Bargnani with a jump ball, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes.

The Mavericks won the ball in the first offensive round.

Li Xun attacked with the ball. After passing JR Smith, he went straight to the basket and completed a dunk.

Bargnani wasn't even interested in fouling Lee Hoon.

Because he knew very well that if he made a foul with his small body, the final result would definitely be a 2+1 by Li Xun!

When it came to the Knicks' offensive round, JR made a three-pointer from the outside, but it turned out to be a three-pointer.

The rebound was caught by Li Xun, and then he led the team to counterattack.

After rushing to the free throw line in the frontcourt, Li Xun jumped up and passed the ball back to Anthony. Anthony jumped up from outside the three-point line and hit the three-pointer steadily.

Li Xun is responsible for tearing apart the opponent's defense. Anthony and Clay line up on the left and right sides of the frontcourt, waiting for Li Xun's pass.

The Mavericks' previous joint practice was not without practice.

As the game passed minute by minute, the faces of Knicks fans became more and more embarrassing.

Losing to the Mavericks was something they had already expected.

But I didn't expect to lose so ridiculously.

After playing about 8 minutes in the first quarter, the Knicks only scored 3 points!
This three-pointer is still the nerve knife JR, with a 6-for-1 three-pointer shooting rate and threw it in blindly.

This gap in strength is so large that Knicks fans can't look directly at it.

If it wasn't for Li Xun and Anthony on the field tonight, they would probably have left the field by now.

The Knicks only scored three points in 8 minutes, while the Mavericks scored 8 points in [-] minutes.

Because tonight was Anthony's first show with the Mavericks, and he was playing against his old team, so Li Xun deliberately gave him a lot of shots.

As a result, under this defensive intensity, Anthony was almost as if he had entered the land of no one.

He scored 8 of the 30 points the Mavericks scored in the first eight minutes of the quarter.

And there are 4 minutes left in the first quarter. If Anthony continues to play like this, it is estimated that he will have at least a chance to score 25 points in the first quarter.

It's a pity that Anthony took the initiative to ask for a rest. After all, his old club will still come back in the future. There is really no need for the Knicks to lose too badly.

Carlisle also kindly replaced all the starting lineup with a pure substitute lineup.

Nukic, Jokic, LaVine, Dinwiddie and Antetokounmpo.

At first glance, this lineup is completely new, but after the fight on the field, Knicks fans are even more speechless.

This seems to be playing more viciously than the Mavericks' starting lineup.

Because they are all newcomers, they all want to prove themselves, so it doesn't matter how important it is to start.

The defense will definitely not reach the effect of the starting lineup, but the offensive end is not weak at all.

It may also be that the Knicks' defense is too weak.

At the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks directly won by 48 points in a single quarter with a score of 12:36.

Li Xun was taken aback. He almost scored [-] points in a single quarter. Those who didn't know thought it was an All-Star Game.

And the 36-point victory in a single quarter is even more amazing.

The Knicks will look livid, and if possible, they would rather leave early now.

Playing against a team like the Mavericks is really torture.

(End of this chapter)