Standing pretty old

Chapter 457 The Basketball Orator

"What's the situation? Did we enter the playoffs early? Why are there so many reporters?" Ruan Erniu smiled and said to Jiongsen beside him.

囧囧sen took it for granted and said: "This is what it should be, don't forget, we are the defending champions!"

That's right, not every team has such a big welcome ceremony. It is precisely because the Eagles are the defending champions that their first game of the regular season attracts many reporters.

Before Ruan Erniu and the others entered the locker room, they were surrounded outside the passage. After answering two questions formulaically, they broke into their own locker room with the help of the uniform team.

Goran Dragic asks senior Mike Bibby: "Is that what we did last season? Is this the tradition of the NBA?"

Bibby said with a smile: "This is the tradition of strong teams in the NBA. Weak people are not qualified to enjoy the feeling of being surrounded."

The home team gets the most attention, but what about the away team?

The Cleveland people who came from afar were quite deserted. Except for James, as the team leader, who made a speech in front of the media, they did not get much attention.

That's to be expected, facing the defending champions, who will focus on a team that was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs last year?Even if they hit the tiebreaker with the Magic.

Don't look, Howard has repeatedly suffered in front of Ruan Erniu, but looking at the entire league, he was once known as the only player who can replace James alone.

Last season, James' Cavaliers were finally eliminated by the Magic led by Howard, which seems to be part of this view.

Of course, KING's unreliable teammates definitely held him back.

Did the Cavaliers change in the 08-09 season?

Throughout the summer, they only made one decent deal, and that was a three-way deal with the Bucks and Thunder.

For the Cavaliers, the result of the trade is: send Damon * Jones and Joe * Smith, get Mo * Williams.

Xiao Mo averaged 17.2 points, 6.3 assists, and 3.5 rebounds per game last season. In a certain time and space, he would be hacked by Chinese fans as "No Pass" because he didn't pass enough passes to Chinese players. In his eyes, he was just an unknown defender in the league.

At present, no one would think that his arrival has completely changed the attack mode of the Cavaliers.

The two teams officially debuted, and the visiting team naturally appeared one after another amidst the deep voice of the DJ, with no atmosphere at all.

When it was the home team's turn, the live DJ introduced the Eagles players one by one with the most passionate voice.

Ruan Erniu was naturally the last to appear and be introduced. The audience saw their superstar appear, and immediately erupted with the loudest cheers.

Then there was naturally an exciting ring awarding ceremony. David Stern came to the scene in person and presented the championship rings to the Eagles players who won the championship last season.

The last one to get the ring was still Ruan Erniu.

"Congratulations!" Stern handed the gift box containing the ring to Erniu, and hugged him in greeting. Then the NBA reporter next to him immediately handed the microphone to Erniu. Now it is the champion who gave his acceptance speech It's time.

Ruan Erniu put on the ring with a smile, then lowered his head and kissed the ring.

"I'm very pleased to stand here and speak on behalf of the entire team. Ladies and gentlemen, tonight is a day to celebrate. The Hawks have moved to Atlanta since 1968. After 40 years, we are finally proud of the Atlanta city. A city full of history and culture has won its first championship trophy."

At this point, the audience present began to applaud!

Then, Ruan Erniu continued: "Looking back on the past season, we have experienced too many doubts and denials. The team is too young, the lineup is unreasonable, and the team lacks big-name stars. By the way, there is the famous saying 'The center is only 6-foot-7' Hey, but what about the result? We are the championship!"

The audience once again interrupted Er Niu's words with warm applause.

After calming down a bit, Ruan Erniu continued: "In the past season, too many people and things happened. I can describe them all in just a few minutes, but what I want to say is that no matter Is it Joe, JS-moove, MB, Nick who are still in the team... or Marvin, Anthony, Tyronn, 'Landlord' who are temporarily away from us... and of course, Mike, our great head coach, the great general manager The manager Bill, the great owners Bruce and Michael, and all those staff who silently worked hard for the team behind the scenes, it is you, and only you, when everyone is united, can finally win for the team. O'Brien Cup."

The audience applauded again, and they had to interrupt the speech of the Celestial Man again, because it was so exciting!

Ruan Erniu pressed down with both hands, and the scene was once again controlled by him.

"You think that's all I want to say? No, I have the most important people I haven't thanked. That's right, it's you - the greatest fans, whether it's the fans who came to the stadium, the fans outside the stadium, or the fans. Fans who watched the game in front of the TV and on the Internet, it is because of your attention that everything we have achieved is full of meaning, and you are the real championship!"

The applause and cheers that erupted from the audience almost tore off the roof of the entire Philips Arena.

When the audience finally calmed down, Ruan Erniu said: "Okay, David, I know I've timed out, but at the end I would like to say, is one championship enough? No, we are still far away." It's not enough, guys, let me pack up and get more honors in the new season, win!"

"victory!"

"victory!"

"victory!"

Following Er Niu's final speech, the audience fell into a state of frantic cheering and roaring.

"Congratulations, Kraft, you are a man destined to become a superstar!" David Stern hugged Er Niu again.

time out?What is a timeout?
It's all about making concessions to this rousing speech, which is sure to be a part of NBA greatness.

"Mr. Chairman, thank you for your support. I will definitely do my best to dedicate a wonderful game!" Ruan Erniu was not pretentious, smiled and shook hands with Stern and took a group photo.

Then all the Eagles took a group photo together in front of a banner of "07-08 Championship - Atlanta Hawks". Then, under the eyes of everyone, the championship banner was slowly raised, and finally it rose to the Philips Arena At the highest point, beside him is the championship banner won by Bob Pettit and others in 1958.

It has been 50 years since the team won the championship once, and 40 years since it moved to Atlanta. The long history has given the Eagles too many memories and thoughts.

Dominiel Wilkins was in tears in the commentary booth. At this moment, no one would laugh at him. This is the most sincere emotion of a generation of leaders for the team.

Er Niu came forward with a smile and hugged the seniors, which is a kind of inheritance.

Not far away, LeBron James, as the chosen son of the league, looks at everything in front of him with envy, how much he hopes to have everything in front of him.

However, all of this does not belong to him. There are some things that need to be strong enough to fight for.

The regular season of the 08-09 season has officially begun!

The two teams on the field are ambitious, and they both hope to get what they want in the new season.

(End of this chapter)