Standing pretty old

Chapter 60 Fighting Warcraft ([-])

This is the second time Ruan Erniu has come to Orlando. The last time he came here was to participate in the rookie training camp.To be honest, this is an unforgettable memory.

Last season, the Orlando Magic scored 40 wins and 42 losses in the regular season and successfully advanced to the top eight in the Eastern Conference.In the playoffs, facing the No. [-] Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference, it is reasonable to be eliminated in the first round.

This summer, the Magic's biggest move was to bring back Rashad Lewis from the free market with a six-year, 6 million yuan contract.Originally, the second head of the Sonics was once closer to his hometown team, the Houston Rockets.But at a critical moment, Magic general manager Otis Smith made a big move, throwing the 1 million yuan contract in Lewis' face.

So, as the melon-eaters saw, the homesick Rashad Lewis immediately felt the pride of a good man who is ambitious in all directions, and brought his era-leading talent of a space-based power forward to Orlando, ready to fight with Sparks and Special Coglu ushered in a new era together.

Of course, there is no shortage of overrated rhetoric in the league, but whether Lewis can bring specific changes to the Magic needs to be verified by the game.However, there are also many interesting comments about this: for example, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey deliberately drove up the price, Magic coach Stan Van Gundy, who just took office, prefers shooting insiders and so on.

Anyway, no matter how the outside world criticizes, Rashad Lewis has successfully won his super giant contract.

Before the game started, Ruan Erniu said to Marvin Williams beside him with a relaxed expression, "Marvin, are you nervous? Your opponent is the tenth billionaire in the league!"

Marvin Williams sneered and said: "Very good, after I beat him, I can ask the team for a maximum salary!"

Courage is commendable, but in the eyes of Er Niu, his teammate is still quite inferior compared to Rashad Lewis.At least, Marvin Williams doesn't have a 40% three-point shooting percentage and a 22+6 average performance per game.

Mike Woodson announced the starting lineup for the game half an hour before the game:
C Ruan Erniu

PF Marvin Williams
SF Josh Smith

SG Joe Johnson

PG Anthony Johnson

Ruan Erniu looked at the two frontcourt partners, one on the left and one on the right, and felt more and more that he had the air of a mafia boss.On the left is Marvin Williams at 206CM, on the right is Lunar Eclipse at 206CM, and in the middle is Ruan Erniu at 201CM.There is absolutely no other frontcourt combination in the league.

Before officially playing, Er Niu said to Woodson: "Mike, am I the shortest starting center in the league?"

After Mike Woodson received the information from the uniform team, he looked it over, and then said: "I'm sorry to tell you, it's not. Because last season, after your compatriot in Houston got injured, there was a guy named Chuck Ke Hayes' guy became the starting center for the Rockets, and if there's no mistake in the data, his height should be 198 cm."

Hearing this, Ruan Erniu smiled knowingly, that's great, there really is someone worse than me!

At the same time, the Magic have also determined their starting lineup:
C Dwight Howard

PF Rashad Lewis

SF Hedo Turkoglu
SG Morris Evans

PG Jameel Nelson

Before stepping onto the court, Ruan Erniu met sparks in the player tunnel.The big bastard greeted the dude with a "Hello!", "Dude, I watched the NCAA finals this year, you're better than that Greg Oden, he's just an overrated piece of shit , you and Yao are truly talented players!"

What does it mean that peers are enemies?What is the ridicule of the league's top center?Ruan Erniu understood that the three major centers back then looked down on O'Neal, O'Neal looked down on Howard, and now it's Howard's turn to look down on Oden.This chain of contempt passed down from generation to generation is actually very telling.

However, Ruan Erniu still smiled and replied: "Oden's right hand is injured. I took advantage of this. By the way, I also played the center position this season. So, Mr. Superman, you have to pay attention .It's a no-fly zone over my head!"

Huo Hua also laughed and said, "I'll give you back the words, Eastern tyrant!"

Oriental-tyrant, that is, Oriental tyrant, this is a new nickname given to Ruan Erniu by the evil American media.Although full of slow malice, we can also see Ruan Erniu's dominance and influence from it.Even Yao Ming never received such treatment in his rookie season.

With the whistle of the referee, the preseason game between the Magic and the Eagles finally began.

Although Ruan Erniu's bounce is excellent, Howard, who is tall and possessive, patted the ball into Turkoglu's hands in the first place.

After falling into the half-court position, Ruan Erniu pushed the spark out of the three-second zone without hesitation.In the defensive arrangement before the game, Mike Woodson repeatedly emphasized not to let Howard catch the ball in a too deep position.Once out of the danger zone, his threat is almost zero.

"Hey, rookie, take it easy! This is just a preseason game. If you work so hard, I'm afraid you won't have the energy to play the full regular season." Sparks said this without much malice.

But Er Niu, who is in the game state, is not the guy who is joking off the court: "Stop talking nonsense, it's game time!"

Howard took two steps towards the outer circle, put his elbow on Ruan Erniu's chest and said, "Rookie, I just said this out of kindness."

After three passes and two downs, the basketball flew to Howard.And the current position of the spark is obviously beyond his attack range.

However, Howard still wanted to try Ruan Erniu's catty.After leaning on his back twice without squeezing his opponent away, a feint to the right followed by a swift left turn, Howard raised his left hand high, trying to complete a chic small throw.

He underestimated Ruan Erniu's reflexes and speed, and with a "snap", the ball was shot out of the sideline by Ruan Erniu.There is no doubt that this is a beautiful cover.

Powerful, fast, and amazingly responsive!Howard immediately restrained his smile and his characteristic cynicism.The short guy in front of him is definitely a formidable opponent.

Lewis received the serve from the sideline, shot from outside the three-point line, and the ball missed!

The rebound was obtained by Ruan Erniu. Erniu did not follow the usual routine of the Eagles last season, handing the ball to the guard or Jiongsen, but dribbled the ball across the half court alone.

The Magic's retreat cannot be said to be untimely, but it happened that Howard was facing Ruan Erniu.Centers have always been more accustomed to standing in the paint to defend.But Ruan Erniu, who rushed up, obviously wouldn't give Sparks this chance.

At the free throw line, Ruan Erniu accelerated past the unsteady Warcraft.Then an easy split and buckle completed the offensive and defensive transition.From grabbing a rebound to finishing scoring, the entire attack process is estimated to have taken no more than 6 seconds.

The head coach of the Magic, Stan Van Gundy, looked at Mike Woodson, who was standing not far away with his arms folded, looking like a master, and murmured in his heart: "Even the wooden man has started to experiment wildly, playing with small balls?"

(End of this chapter)