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Because of the preseason, the starting lineup of the Warriors, or several starting players did not play for too long, including Wang Feng and Blaylock, two new players who joined the team, are only symbolic. After playing for a few minutes, he sat down early and watched the excitement.

Also Garnett, as a first-year rookie, the team wanted to give him more opportunities to exercise and adapt to the NBA, so he stayed on the court.

Garnett did not live up to the team's expectations of him. He showed off his talent visible to the naked eye wantonly on the court, all kinds of flying, catching dunks, smashing and blocking shots. 2 Warriors fans watched They are very excited.

Garnett, who has been trained by Wang Feng for two months, is already stronger than the rookie Garnett who has played a full season, and his strength has fully matched the standard of any team's starting player in the league. , Naturally, it is more than enough to play with substitute players in the preseason.

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The Warriors also beat their opponents to win a good start to the preseason.

Although no team would care about the preseason games, it doesn't matter whether they win or lose, but anyway, if they can win, who likes to lose?

In the next few preseason games, Garnett was no exception. His average playing time remained at just over 30 minutes per game, and he averaged around 20 10 5 per game with extremely high efficiency.

The whole of San Francisco is amazed by the ability Garnett has shown.

"Garnett has proved the decision-making and judgment of the Warriors management with his strength. This high school player not only has top talent at the historical level, but also has first-class learning and adaptability. Although it is only a preseason game, he has obviously already I am ready to meet the tougher challenges of the NBA, at least at this stage, his performance is not inferior to Joe Smith, and even better than the opponent!"

"Kevin Garnett's registered height is 2 meters, but his height is at least 11 meters by visual inspection. With his excellent wingspan, he is a good seed for an excellent insider. If he can gain about ten kilograms If so, there is the possibility of becoming the next Hakeem (Olajuwon)."

That's the advice given by a so-called pundit in a local San Francisco sports paper.

In this era of center supremacy, for all big men, people want them to gain weight and increase their confrontational lethality to become a big center.

It was precisely because Garnett didn't want to go inside to wrestle with those guys, so he specifically reported his height low and became a power forward instead of a center.

Wang Feng is very clear about Garnett's thoughts, and he also feels that a player like Garnett, as a power forward with strong mobility, is definitely much better than a center forward.

Besides, Wang Feng also hopes that there are more insiders who can maintain mobility in the team, rather than those bulky big centers that affect his fast-break rhythm.

After seeing Garnett's strength, the coaching staff of the Warriors will inevitably have the idea of ​​letting Garnett gain weight and train him to be a top center like Olajuwon and David Robinson, and give Garnett Provide advice, have persuaded him to gain weight and play center forward. …

Garnett was quite shaken. Although he didn't want to play the center position, if he could really become the second Olajuwon...

The current Wolf King doesn't know that his future career will also be brilliant. Although the championship is not as strong as Olajuwondo, other honors are not much worse.

Fortunately, Garnett did not waver for long, because Wang Feng stood up.

"Kevin's future development direction, I have a mature and long-term plan, you don't need to worry about it, I don't think it must be a good thing for him to imitate those centers, his outstanding jumping ability is top-level, and gaining weight will make his The bounce and mobility are reduced, but the gain outweighs the loss.”

Wang Feng went out, one against two.

After the Sprewell incident, Wang Feng's name became well-known in the Warriors.

Without playing a game, the team kicked out the team's scoring leader on the first day of registration. This kind of ruthlessness is rare in the entire league.

Almost everyone in the Warriors knew that Wang Feng was not easy to mess with.

Moreover, this matter itself is the assistant coach and trainer giving advice to Garnett, not the head coach Adelman, so Wang Feng will directly solve the problem if he says a word.

Even if Adelman heard about this in the follow-up, he couldn't say much.

……

More than half a month of preseason ended quickly like this without knowing it.

The Warriors performed very well in the preseason games, with a record of 10 wins and 7 losses in 3 games. This is even when the average playing time of Wang Feng and other main players is less than 20 minutes per game.

But despite this, when the regular season is about to start, there are still not many people who are optimistic about this new Warriors team except for the die-hard Warriors fans.

Everyone knows that the preseason games cannot be used as a reference at all. Both sides of the game are just tentative training. They did not play seriously, nor did they formulate targeted tactics and defensive strategies.

But it's different in the regular season. When the real intensity comes up, can the Warriors still behave as calmly as they did in the preseason?I'm afraid it will be difficult...

Even Garnett, who performed quite well, is the same.

No one targeted him in the preseason. He can jump up and down the field like a spring man, but in the regular season, how dare you jump around so arrogantly?I want to see how many legs you have enough to fall!

Many people are waiting to see the jokes of the Warriors. Many players including Knicks Ewing, Tim Hardaway, who was traded out of the team inexplicably, was simply given up by the Warriors as the No. [-] pick. Nate added a second-round pick plus a few million cash Joe Smith... Of course, the madman Sprewell who was kicked out in a mess must be indispensable.

They all hope that the Warriors can make a big fall in the regular season, so that the guy from Huaguo can no longer show that arrogant expression.

The time soon came to the beginning of November, and the NBA regular season officially began.

The first regular season game of the Warriors was on November 11rd. It was an away game, and they faced a strong enemy-the Houston Rockets led by Olajuwon.

The strength of the Rockets no longer needs a special explanation. If it weren't for Wang Feng, they would have defended the championship a few months ago, and Olajuwon would also win the second FMVP trophy in his career. …

But the sudden birth of Wang Feng made all this come to naught.

Therefore, the Rockets and Wang Feng also had a grudge against each other. Although the FMVP of the finals was given to Ewing in the end, all fools knew who was the real culprit for the Rockets' loss.

In the opening game of the regular season, no one on the Rockets team wanted to win. Although it was only an insignificant regular season game, they also hoped to use a crushing victory to repay the total victory a few months ago. The revenge of the finals!
In the Warriors locker room, Adelman was mobilizing before the game.

"The Rockets are the top team in the league, with a deep lineup, rich game experience, tacit cooperation, and still playing at home, but everyone should not have too much psychological burden, as long as they show what they have in training on weekdays."

Wang Feng sat aside, staring at Adelman all the time.

What the head coach said is clearly a confession in advance, telling the players that it doesn't matter if they lose, we are already weaker than the opponent, and if we can play what belongs to us in the game, it is not considered a loss...

Well, this may be a way to relieve the pressure of the players. For a new army that has just been put together, blindly use the chicken soup effect of we must win the game and tell them who is the best team. It might not be very good, but the victorious Wang Feng felt awkward no matter what he heard.

Because he can see that Adelman really does not have much hope for the team to win, and he does not think that the Warriors now have the strength to compete with top teams like the Rockets.

"It's still underestimated..."

Although Wang Feng's daily training did not show any water, he showed his complete strength in front of everyone on the team, but training and competition are different after all, and no one, including the head coach Adelman, still has confidence in his strength. Have a correct and intuitive understanding.

"It's okay, then use this game to announce, NBA, your emperor is back!"

……

The main players of the Rockets have not changed much from the finals a few months ago. They are still Olajuwon, Drexler, Robert Horry, Kenny Smith and others.

This summer, in order to keep Drexler and ensure his competitiveness, the Rockets offered him a three-year contract of 3 million US dollars. The salary in the first year was as high as 2081 million, the second highest annual salary in the league.

This contract directly completely locks the Rockets' salary space, and there is no way to introduce any capable players in the free market.

However, for the Rockets, maintaining the current lineup will at least maintain sufficient competitiveness in the next few years, and as this year passes, Drexler's annual contract salary will also change from 981 million to 550 million, the Rockets' lineup will still have room for maneuverability.

In fact, the Rockets will introduce Charles Barkley next season to form a Big Three combination to attack the championship. Unfortunately, everyone knows the result. This is not a successful signing, nor can it help the Rockets regain Back to the finals stage.

Closer to home.

The Rockets' lineup has not changed much, and the Warriors' starting lineup also continues the preseason arrangement.

Wang Feng appeared together with Garnett, Blaylock, Mullin and other players. …

The moment they saw Wang Feng on the court, the fans at home in Houston immediately booed and cursed Wang Feng a lot.

Houston is located in the well-known state of Texas, where the "sincere folk customs" are famous, especially in the 90s, the habits and atmosphere of western cowboys can be described as quite strong, it is entirely conceivable that these Texans are very interested in Wang Feng, who took away the original What a sweet greeting from the guy who belongs to their championship.

After all, the current Rockets team is not the Huaguo home team after Yao is selected in the future. Who cares if you are from Huaguo or other countries, you can still be scolded.

Wang Feng, as an old fritter who has played in the NBA for many years, has never seen any devil at home. He has long been accustomed to this, and he can keep his face as if he hadn't heard it.

But Garnett is different. The young man has never even played in the NCAA. The atmosphere of the high school league and this is simply the difference between heaven and hell.

Wang Feng could clearly see Garnett's nervousness. He was completely intimidated by the atmosphere of the Rockets' home court.

This can't be helped. Although Garnett's career is known as iron and blood, the nickname of fighting and retreating is not groundless. Judging the situation and knowing the advance and retreat is the wolf king we all know.

What's more, the current Garnett has left the high school campus for less than half a year, so he can't ask too much of him.

Wang Feng took the initiative to pat Garnett on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Don't be nervous, they all came after me, because I knocked out their idols in the finals and snatched them away right under their noses." championship trophy."

"It's just these guys. They were much louder here in the finals than they are now. Do you think there is any reason to be afraid of them?"

"Uh." Garnett nodded, his eyes lit up. "Boss, you are really awesome."

"Hehe." Wang Feng smiled: "That's it? After the game starts, you'll know how awesome I am!"

With the starting players of both teams on the field, the referee took the basketball to the middle circle and prepared to jump the ball.

Garnett, as the player with the tallest and best jumper in the starting lineup of the Warriors, naturally took on the responsibility of jumping the ball. He stood face to face with Olajuwon, all the muscles in his body tensed up. The moment he threw it up, Garnett jumped up suddenly.

Olajuwon, who was standing opposite Garnett, was shocked.

"So high!"

Olajuwon is also a jumper, with a height of 2 meters and a wingspan of 13 meters, Dameng has won 2 rebounds and 2 blocked shots in his career. Naturally, his jumping is not bad, but Dameng is really strong. Technology, in terms of static and dynamic talents, Garnett is obviously better. Moreover, Olajuwon, who is now 2 years old, cannot match the young and strong Garnett in terms of explosive power.

In the scrimmage, Garnett easily won and turned the basketball to the Warriors.

Point guard Blaylock got the basketball, quickly controlled the ball across half court, and then passed the ball directly to Wang Feng as in daily training, and then ran to the bottom corner by himself, acting as a fixed-point fort .

There is one thing to say, Wang Feng's current style of play is really a bit like a combination of James and Kobe Curry. The most suitable style of play for him is one star and four shots.

As for the Rockets, seeing Wang Feng holding the ball, Drexler immediately rushed forward.

The old fritters also kept talking, talking trash as soon as they opened their mouths.

"Boy from Asia, don't think that you are still in the Knicks, there is no Patrick to share the pressure for you! Let me teach you a lesson!"