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Chapter 431 Announcement of Preseason Matches and 75 Selections

With the joining of Zhou Qi, the Cavaliers' roster for the new season has increased to 12 people, which already meets the team's minimum number requirements for participating in the game.

Under normal circumstances, NBA teams will make up the maximum number of 15 players before the start of the new season, even if they only use 10-day short-term contracts to make up.

The Cavaliers are no exception.

Although Wang Feng has no suggestion on signings, the Cavaliers still signed three players according to the scout's report, one of which is a non-guaranteed one-year minimum salary contract, and the other two are ten-day short-term contracts. They are all rookies who were not selected in the draft this year.

This kind of behavior can be regarded as a lottery. In case there is one of them who can be used a little bit, even if it is a big profit, there will be no loss even if it is not.

There are not many opportunities for these rookies with no guaranteed contracts to show themselves. They only have the opportunity to play in preseason games, and with the start of the NBA regular season, their fate will be determined.

The preseason game of the new NBA season officially began in early October, and the Cavaliers' first preseason game will be on October 10, against the Charlotte Hornets.

Neither the Cavaliers nor the Hornets received much attention last season, and they were both the bottom teams in the Eastern Conference. The Hornets ranked tenth in the Eastern Conference, and the Cavaliers were No. 13 in the Eastern Conference.

The preseason match between the two teams was originally nothing to watch, and no one should pay attention to it.

But the arrival of Wang Feng broke this status quo.

As the undisputed strongest in the league at present, Wang Feng's joining has brought a lot of attention to the Cavaliers, even no less than when James decided to return to Cleveland.

Some people expect Wang Feng to bring some new changes to the Cavaliers, and some people hope that Wang Feng will overturn. The poor record of the Cavaliers in the new season will pull Wang Feng off the altar.

In the first preseason game, the Cavaliers defeated the Hornets 109:96, and the new team completed its debut.

The Cavaliers completely followed Wang Feng's first lineup concept and sent Jordan Poole, Desmond Bain, Otto Porter, Wang Feng and Love to the starting lineup.

Wang Feng actually wants to play power forward in the new season, which surprised many media and other NBA teams who paid attention to this game.

As we all know, when Wang Feng first entered the league, he mainly played as a small forward. Later, he briefly played as a power forward, and then moved to the Lakers and started to play point guard. After that, he took off completely and led the Lakers to three consecutive championships in four years.

Now people generally believe that Wang Feng, who mainly plays point guard, is in his strongest state, and it would be a waste of money to let him go back to play power forward.

However, with Wang Feng's current level, no matter which position he takes, there seems to be no problem.

Last season's average of 13 rebounds per game and his performance in the interior against Davis, the thick-browed brother, proved that Wang Feng is not impossible even if he plays a center forward. Enough to hold up against most center players in the league.

Wang Feng only played less than 20 minutes in his preseason debut. He efficiently scored 23 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists before taking a rest.

The Cavaliers still let the players on the bench show themselves more often. Seth Curry, Gary Payton II, Malik Monk, Max Struth and others all have a long playing time And play.

It is worth mentioning that Zhou Qi, who joined the Cavaliers for less than a month, also got the chance to play. In 11 minutes, he scored 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block and 3 fouls. His performance was not satisfactory, but at least he had a performance opportunity to play.

Wang Feng did not expect Zhou Qi to transform into an NBA player through this opportunity at the beginning, but the scientific and high-intensity training of the NBA can indeed make Zhou Qi stronger. Under this premise, if Zhou Qi can change his career Attitude, you will grasp the opportunity to surpass the United Arab Emirates.

After the preseason debut, the Cavaliers played several preseason games one after another in the next half month. During this process, they also tried different starting lineups, including but not limited to the two starting lineups provided by Wang Feng. Set the starting lineup.

But after some testing, Cavaliers head coach Bickerstaff was surprised to find that the two starting lineups provided by Wang Feng were actually the most effective.

He also arranged several tactical systems and lineups based on his sense of smell and judgment as the head coach, but the overall effect was not satisfactory, or the performance of the players was slightly worse than Wang Feng's two lineups.

This made Bickerstaff admire Wang Feng even more. Of course he didn't know that the starting list arranged by Wang Feng was made with reference to the data performance of another player in time and space, and he chose the best player as the player. The main starter.

Bickerstaff does not have the foresight ability of Wang Feng's traverser, nor has he undergone a lot of formal game tests. Naturally, he does not know which players in the team are stronger, and he does not know what kind of offense and scoring methods they are better at.

The preseason schedule is coming to an end soon. The Cavaliers' performance in the preseason was quite satisfactory, with some wins and losses, but overall, they didn't look impressive.

Wang Feng is still the same Wang Feng, showing a dominant performance on both ends of the offense and defense, but the performance of other players in the Cavaliers seems to be the same, at least professional scouts and basketball critics did not find one of them. Two players with the quality to be All-Stars.

Jordan Poole and Desmond Bain are the two most outstanding players in the Cavaliers. Among them, Desmond Bain is the most eye-catching. He averaged 21 points, 5.2 rebounds and three-pointers in the preseason The rate is as high as 45%.

In the first starting system of the Cavaliers, Desmond Bain was like a fish in water. He did not need to take any responsibilities on the offensive end. In many cases, he only needed to stand in the corner of the three-point line and wait for the ball to be shot. .

With all five positions shooting three-pointers, the Cavaliers have a lot of shooting space. They can run around at will, pass and cut the basketball to get an open shot.

Bain got a lot of opportunities in the Grizzlies last season, averaging 22 minutes per game, but the data was only 9.2 points and 3 rebounds. As a substitute, it is not too bad, but it is not too good. How excellent.

The Grizzlies value Bain's potential more, but the Cavaliers give too much, and Bain, as a combo guard, has some overlapping and conflicts with Morant, whom the Grizzlies are touting.

Most importantly, the Grizzlies never imagined that in just one season, Bain would grow from an average of 9.2 points per game to an excellent guard with an average of 18.8 points per game, otherwise they would never choose to trade Bain.

In any case, Bain's preseason performance made the Cavaliers' coaching staff shine. They were pleasantly surprised to find an offensive player with scoring ability as good as Jordan Poole and more accurate long-range three-pointers.

As for Jordan Poole, when Jimmy Butler was accidentally injured and reimbursed for the regular season during the Lakers last season, Poole, who temporarily took Butler's position, has already proved his ability. For the Lakers with Kuzma and other players, Poole, as the starting shooting guard, can still provide a stable scoring output and become one of the Lakers' main scoring points in the regular season.

Coming to the Cavaliers, Poole has more ball and shot rights, and after two seasons of growth and training, he has become more calm on the court.

"The situation... doesn't seem to be that bad."

When Wang Feng hadn't exerted his strength, the performances of Bain and Poole were beyond Bickerstaff's expectations, and this was still the case without taking into account the performances of other Cavaliers players.

After carefully reviewing the performance of the Cavaliers in the preseason, Bickerstaff was surprised to find that the current Cavaliers seem to be the richest game he has ever played since coaching the Cavaliers.

But in the eyes of the outside world, the new season of the Cavaliers is not worth looking forward to.

Bain and Poole's scoring in pre-season is indeed eye-catching, but what does that mean?
Everyone knows the water in the preseason. After the regular season, the teams will increase their defensive strength. Can they still perform as efficiently as they did in the preseason?
At that time, there is a high probability that Wang Feng will support the Cavaliers to move forward alone.

Therefore, after the end of the preseason, the Cavaliers can only rank outside the top ten in the strength list given by the league, ranking No. 11 in the league.

From top to bottom, the league strength list is the No. 76 Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia [-]ers, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, New Orleans Pelicans and Denver Nuggets.

The Cavaliers' ability to rank No.11 in the league is entirely due to Wang Feng, the No.1 in the league. Otherwise, judging from the team's lineup, such as the Minnesota Timberwolves with the No. [-] pick and the Utah Jazz are also better than the Cavaliers. stronger.

And even if the league gives such a strength ranking, there are still many people who don't buy it.

"Can the Cavaliers rank No. 11? Is this ranking high? In this way, in the Eastern Conference, the Cavaliers can reach fifth and sixth in the Eastern Conference in the regular season? The Cavaliers are at most around seven or eight in the Eastern Conference in the regular season."

"Wang Feng is very strong, but the Cavaliers' lineup is too sloppy. Apart from Wang Feng, there is not even an All-Star. Even Poole, Bain, and Otto Porter Jr. who started the preseason are all substitutes for other teams. Players, how could this lineup perform so well in the regular season?"

All in all, most people are not optimistic that the Cavaliers' lineup can perform well.

And Wang Feng is already gearing up and can't wait for the regular season to come, so he can slap the faces of these guys!
Unlike them, he has strong confidence in the strength of the Cavaliers in the new season.

This set of the strongest lineup without an All-Star itself has strong competitiveness in the East, not to mention the addition of Wang Feng, a monster with an overall rating of 99.

Don't forget, Wang Feng activated the two core badges of Organizational Core and Defensive Core. These two core cards can even forcibly upgrade the strength of Huaguo men's basketball players, let alone these NBA-level players?
Wang Feng even felt that with the support of the organization core and the ten-cent badge, Jordan Poole and Bain would have the chance to be selected as All-Stars.

Therefore, this season is the best opportunity for system tasks. If they fail to do so, the current lineup of the Cavaliers may not be able to meet the requirements for system upgrade tasks until next season.

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10月20日，季前赛全部赛程结束，而在10月26日，NBA2021-22赛季常规赛也将正式开始。

Before the start of the regular season, there was another big event that caught everyone's attention.

The 2021-22 season is the 75th anniversary of the NBA. In order to commemorate the 75th anniversary celebration, the league officials will combine the media, current and retired players, coaches, general managers and team management to jointly select 75 great players in NBA history. superstar.

The 75 superstars are listed in no particular order, but they will be the officially recognized 75 greatest basketball players.

On October 10, the league officially announced the roster of the top 22 players.

Wang Feng's name appeared on the list of 75 superstars without any suspense, and caused heated discussions.

After all, although the official top 75 of the alliance has specifically indicated that they are ranked in no particular order in order to avoid igniting wars, this does not prevent the majority of people who eat melons from fantasizing about themselves.

In the current league status rankings, Qiao Gangzhu is still the undisputed No. [-], with six championships and FMVPs, five regular season MVPs, and ten scoring champions.

The second list is quite controversial. Most people generally believe that Tiangou Kareem, who also has six championships, six regular season MVPs, and tops the historical scoring list, is the second in history.

However, some people believe that Wang Feng, who also has six championships and has four consecutive regular season MVPs, has completely caught up with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, while James relies on three championships, four regular season MVPs, and a long, stable and efficient career performance , also has the second qualification to compete in history.

With different arguments, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar still has a slight upper hand. After all, the gold content of Wang Feng's first three championships is slightly insufficient in the eyes of many people, and the number of James' championships is a bit small.

As for the third to sixth, it is Wang Feng, James, Magic Johnson and Lord of the Rings Bill Russell.

It has to be admitted that although James is full of black spots and extremely controversial, he can always occupy a high position in the media in terms of personal honor evaluation such as historical rankings.

Even because of the butterfly effect, the fourth championship that should have been won by the Lakers is still far away, but it still has the best reputation in the history of competition.

It's just that James himself is very dissatisfied with this ranking.

Durant regards Wang Feng as the nemesis of his career, and this idea also applies to James.

I have worked hard in the league for more than ten years, but I am not as good as a kid who has played for less than seven seasons. While the number of MVPs in the regular season is comparable, the number of championships is more than doubled by the opponent , Anyone would feel uncomfortable.

The birth of Wang Feng directly affected James' great career.

But many James fans still can't hate Wang Feng. After all, James' most important championship, that of the Cavaliers, was only won with Wang Feng's help.

To be reasonable, if there is no Wang Feng, it is simply impossible to defeat the five-star warrior with the knights equipped by the Big Three.

Of course, Zhan Huang has a lot of black fans, and there are also a lot of brain-dead fans, some of whom are unreasonable and can say that white is black. Wang Feng helped James win the championship, and they said that Wang Feng hugged James' thigh. The championship, even if there is no Wang Feng Cavaliers can win the championship.

In the face of such unreasonable and brain-dead fans, there is no point in reasoning. Often, a debate will soon become an export of Zaun.

In any case, at least in the evaluations of the major media in the United States, Wang Feng has more than doubled the number of championships James has won, and he is firmly above James, including the efficient and luxurious performance that James is proud of for more than ten years. The data is also overshadowed by Wang Feng's exaggerated data of averaging triple-doubles and even 40+13+10 for two consecutive seasons.

The controversy about the 75th National Congress is not limited to superstars such as Wang Feng and James, but there are also many other controversies. For example, Lillard was elected to the 75th National Congress, but Howard, McGrady, Ginobili and others were not selected.

Davis, the thick-browed brother, did not go to the Lakers to win his first championship in his career, so he was not selected. Instead, Westbrook benefited from it. Westbrook, who should have been elected to the 76th in a tie at the buzzer, should be directly squeezed out because of Wang Feng's selection. Out of the list, but because of Brother Nongmei's failure to be selected, he was still selected into the list of 76 superstars in the same way as in another time and space with a tie vote.

Amidst all kinds of heated debates, the NBA finally ushered in the opening game of the regular season of the 2021-22 season.

On October 2021, 10, the NBA regular season will officially start.

The opponent of the Lakers' first regular season opener is not strong. It was the Orlando Magic, which was at the bottom of the Eastern Conference last season.

The Magic were unlucky enough last season. They finished last in the Eastern Conference and had the second-last record in the league, but they only got the fifth pick. Instead, the Cavaliers got the third pick and became the key to getting Wang Feng in the trade. chips.

Facing such a team that was even worse than the previous Cavaliers, the new Cavaliers did not have any pressure. In the away game at Amway Arena in Orlando, they hit hard and easily won a good start at 112:94.

In the official debut game, Cavaliers head coach Bickerstaff continued to use the first offensive-oriented small ball tactical lineup provided by Wang Feng, that is, Wang Feng served as the team's starting power forward and Love served as the center. line-up.

In the first quarter alone, the Cavaliers' small-ball lineup used offense to defeat the Magic.

Wang Feng scored 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in a single quarter, leading the Cavaliers to score 34 points in the first quarter, establishing a double-digit lead.

In the next few quarters, the Cavaliers maintained their lead until the end of the game.

After three quarters, Wang Feng clocked in and got off work. In the end, he scored 27 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Jordan Poole scored 23 points, Desmond Bain scored 17 points, Kevin Love scored 18 points, and the Cavaliers Six players from the team scored in double figures, and it was not easy to win.

No one took the Cavaliers' opener to heart.

After all, with the league's recognized No.1 Wang Feng, facing the Magic with only 22 wins last season, isn't winning for granted?

But in the next two games, people began to realize that something was wrong.

On October 10, the Cavaliers played against the Indiana Pacers at home and won 28:110.

On October 10th, the Cavaliers played away against the Chicago Bulls and won again at 30:118, winning three consecutive victories!

(End of this chapter)