NBA: Becoming stronger starts with hard work and mastery

The new season is coming, and the new season is coming.

For a team like the Chicago Bulls, which has already won two consecutive championships, the only goal this season is to hit the three consecutive championships, so that Michael Jordan, who has already sat on the throne of the first person in NBA history, can have a more secure position!

As for the unlucky Vancouver Grizzlies, who have been defeated in the draft for no reason, they have no other way out this season except to continue to play badly. However, the conspiracy theory that Stern is unwilling to give the Grizzlies a high-ranking rookie because the Grizzlies are in Canada has become popular, and the owner of the Grizzlies is already considering moving the team back to the United States...

As for the Boston Celtics, the situation is a bit embarrassing. Although Auerbach deliberately played badly last season, in fact, even if he didn't play badly, he wouldn't have won a few more games at most, because the Celtics' lineup is really bad.

And now, although Han Yi, the absolute core, has been welcomed, Antoine Walker, the offensive core of last season, and Rick Fox, the most stable point in recent seasons, have been traded away. If they don't play badly this season, can it really work?

Of course, it has to work now, because the draft pick for next year is already in the hands of the Philadelphia 76ers. Even if next year is a big year for the draft, the Celtics have lost the qualification to play badly!

But before the season even started, those ESPN experts started to make things difficult for the Celtics!

Last season, when the Celtics were playing badly, ESPN ranked the Celtics 23rd before the season started, believing that although they had no chance of entering the playoffs, they were still in the middle of the pack among those tank teams that were playing badly.

And this season, when the Celtics specially recruited the famous coach Rick Pidino from the NCAA and prepared to fight hard this season, the damn ESPN actually ranked the Celtics 28th!

You know, there were only 29 teams in the NBA in 1997, which means that ESPN believes that except for the completely rebuilt Denver Nuggets, no team is worse than the current Celtics!

ESPN experts also have good reasons:

"Last season, the Boston Celtics had a total of 4 players who scored more than 15 points, including Antoine Walker 18 points, Rick Fox: 16.4 points, Eric Williams 15.5 points, and David Wesley 15 points."

"In the trade with the 76ers around the second pick Han Yi, 21-year-old Antoine Walker, 28-year-old Rick Fox, and 25-year-old Eric Williams were sent away in a package. Only David Wesley, a 27-year-old small guard who entered the league as an undrafted player, was left."

"And this summer, the Celtics did not renew David Wesley's contract. David Wesley joined the Hornets with a 4-year salary of 10 million. Now we compare the Celtics' lineup last season with this season. We can clearly see that the only player who averaged more than 10 points per game in the Celtics last season was a 1.80-meter-tall point guard, Dana Barros!"

"Last season, the Boston Celtics ranked 20th in the NBA in terms of average points per game. So when five players who scored 10+ points last season left, who can fill this scoring hole? ”

“Do we really have to count on Han Yi, the No. 2 pick in the NCAA who is known for his defense? Or Tracy McGrady, the 18-year-old high school student who has outstanding scoring ability but a hit rate of less than 30% in the summer league? ”

“Oh, I forgot, the Boston Celtics also welcomed a peak player, Derrick Coleman, who averaged 20+ points per game this year, but it is doubtful whether Derrick Coleman, who weighs more than 300 pounds (136 kg), still has the energy to play a full NBA game. ”

“They say defense wins championships, but if a team wants to win, To win, you have to get at least some basic points. Even the Bad Boys, who are known for their defense, can score 95 points per game. "

"So, I can't imagine how a team with only one player who has averaged more than 10 points per game in the NBA, except for the drunkard Coleman, can win games in the NBA. "

"If the Celtics want to win more than 20 games this season, they can only do so if Coleman quits drinking and regains his 25+10 skills, and Han Yi or McGrady wins the scoring title this season. "

"Otherwise, the Celtics will not be able to win this year.

It will be a year of working for the Philadelphia 76ers!"

So, is it really possible for Coleman to quit drinking?

Of course it is impossible. When Coleman first appeared in the training camp, he was already drunk.

When Han Yi first saw Coleman, apart from his extraordinary height, he really didn't look like a basketball player at all!

Derrick Coleman, who is 2.08 meters tall, has obviously become fat like a ball. Rather than a professional athlete, he is more like a middle-aged old man with a thick beer belly.

"Bang" sound!

Coleman slammed a one-meter-high package to the ground, and said with his eyes that were almost soaked by alcohol:

"Hey, two rookies, come here, get me the bag, and I haven't bought the wine today. Prepare it all for me before the training officially starts today, otherwise, hum, you will be in trouble! ”

Although Coleman has just arrived at the Celtics, he already considers himself as the big brother, because after this big trade, all the old Celtics have left.

Although Coleman is only 30 years old, he is the most experienced player in the Celtics and has the most brilliant NBA resume as an All-Star and two-time All-NBA Third Team!

In the NBA, it is an unwritten rule that old hands harm rookies who have just entered the league. All rookies have no choice but to obey. Their only hope is to wait. After becoming an old bird, I can openly bully the next generation of rookies!

Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Olajuwon and other superstars also went through the same way in their rookie seasons.

Is Coleman's request excessive? Not at all, right?

However, when Coleman felt that he had been very soft-hearted, the rookies on the opposite side ignored him and continued to do warm-up training under the leadership of Han Yi.

They just treated Coleman as air!

"Shit!" Derrick Coleman was furious: "You bunch of shit rookies have no rules at all, you really deserve to be punished!"

Under the influence of alcohol, Coleman strode forward, grabbed a guy with an afro running at the back and pushed him hard, ready to use violence to deal with this group of rookies who didn't know the height of the world.

But this push didn't move!

In this half-drunk and half-awake state, Coleman felt like he was pushing a stone lion.