Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

Chapter 824 The opening game of the new season

The Greenville Summit was held as scheduled a few days later.

In terms of rookies, unlike previous years, the nation predicts that the quality of this year's draft will not be high.

You know, the Nets, who were fourth from last in the Western Conference last season, had great luck and got the No. 1 pick with only a 4.4% probability. On the other hand, the Nets' luck was not very good, because they didn't have many choices at all, so they got the No. 1 pick. Kenyon Martin from the University of Cincinnati.

Although Kenyon Martin averaged 18.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game in the NCAA before entering the draft, the problem is that he just broke his knee in the top 64 tournament and entered the draft in an unhealthy state.

That's it...can the Nets grit their teeth and use the No. 1 pick?

To be honest, no one knows Kenyon Martin's late performance, but using the No. 1 pick can still show some draft quality, so no one pays attention to this year's draft picks, at least the host Li Shengli and a few big players. I ignored it, after all, level 00 was really far behind the previous ones, and sometimes the circle is like this, you have to have something if you want to get in.

But this makes Kenyon Martin very depressed... Is a horse-riding person so shameless for a top pick?

Although he also had a few words with the league bosses he admired and Mr. Li, to be honest, if Mr. Li's old teammate Kendall Gill hadn't been with the Nets, he probably wouldn't have bothered to talk to him. For him, the new No. 1 pick, the only good news is that Jason Kidd, who is also a senior, has given him more face, easing his embarrassing situation.

"Senior, Boss Li and the others..."

"Stop talking, Li and the others are in a bad mood!" Kidd patted the new top pick on the shoulder. Now he also has this qualification, and continued: "Don't take it to heart. Before you achieve results, it doesn't matter where you are. It’s not worth anything to Li and others, unless you are a... weirdo like Ben Wallace."

Kidd likes to get along with new people, but Li Shengli is not in the mood for the time being, and he has not made many friends. After all, people like Ben and Malone don't see anyone outside at all and treat it as their own territory. On the contrary, Li Shengli comes with the Wizards management. Jordan sat for a while and talked about next year's draft.

Wait until the meet-and-greet in the next area is over.

Li Shengli then got together with teammates Kobe, Crotty, and Artest because there was news about West next door, Horace Grant successfully negotiated, and Li Shengli and others needed to welcome this new teammate.

In fact, Horace Grant is happier than anyone else, because joining the Lakers this time will be the second spring of his career. When he partnered with O'Neal, he had a peak figure of 15+11, and now Being traded by West as the main power forward, especially standing next to Li Shengli, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has a second spring.

Immediately afterwards, Li Shengli and others chatted with Grant for a while.

Of course, there are other teams that have already negotiated or are just about to finalize the deal this time, so the player gathering was divided into many small groups, each chatting with their new teammates, and the summit was not over until the evening. , what is coming soon will be the training camp before the new season for each team.

For the Lakers, they played a few games in the preseason with some wins and losses.

It didn’t matter whether he won or lost. Li Shengli and Kobe Bryant didn’t play much as a duo. They focused more on letting this year’s new teammates integrate into the team’s system. And it wasn’t until the last day of October that the new season finally kicked off. Most of the players that day The teams all have games, and the Lakers' first game of the season is against the SuperSonics.

To be honest, after being overthrown by the Celtics last season, the Lakers were in a bad mood from the team to the fans, so the new season is a battle of revenge, and today's opponent, the SuperSonics... has declined in recent years. Awesome, the entire lineup is getting older as they play, especially with the addition of Ewing this year.

Speaking of Ewing...

In the NBA, it is possible to stay in one city forever, but not Ewing.

Played for 15 seasons with the Knicks, experienced brilliance but never won a championship. Especially the recent rise of Sprewell and Camby, the ruthless New York fans began to boo and mock Ewing, an old man who still couldn't watch. An old guy who doesn't look too smart.

In fact, it's Ewing's fault.

He got injured as soon as he reached the playoffs, and the Knicks' record exploded as soon as he was injured. Everyone discovered that... it doesn't matter if the Knicks have Ewing or not, or even if they don't, they will be stronger.

This makes the unlucky Ewing different from his contemporaries Olajuwon and Robinson.

The former super center didn't even have a home when he got old, and Ewing, who was surrounded by laughter and curses... left his hometown and went to the Seattle SuperSonics, but the problem is that this is not his home. He didn't get any respect when he got old. Even when I got so old, I could only find Li Shengli, my former rival, to relieve my depression before the game.

At Staples Arena, Li Shengli went to the visiting team's training ground to meet Ewing.

Payton and Baker were all training at this moment, and no one seemed to notice that Ewing had skipped work. Li Shengli took one look and knew that Ewing was not doing well. After all, he had no championships in his career and was in trouble as the chairman of the players union. , the original New York gang also offended many people.

"You...you asked me to tell you what you want? I haven't done anything smart in the past few years."

"Damn it, can't you stay with the Knicks? Who can drive you away? Do you have to go to the SuperSonics to suffer this?" Li Shengli didn't care about the previous fight with the Knicks, because Ewing himself is not a bad person. He is a bad guy, but on the contrary, he is a very righteous person.

The same thing happened with Mourning. Both Ewing and Mourning graduated from Georgetown University. They were Mourning's seniors and they were also personal friends through hard work. Therefore, no matter how much Mourning singled out the New York gang, it would not affect the relationship between the two. When Mourning had an accident... Ewing probably felt that he was old and unable to win, so he insisted on donating a kidney to Mourning to save Mourning's career. If he hadn't been matched, Li Shengli would have really believed in Ewing. Can donate.

"Lee, you can't understand my situation now. After all, when I was your age, I never thought I would be today!" Ewing found it difficult to let go that as a totem of the Knicks, he would end his career wearing the jersey of another team. .

"What about Olajuwon? He is much smarter than you. Isn't it better to stay in the original team than to go somewhere else and be looked down upon by some boys?"

"He may not be able to... forget it, let's not talk about him!" Ewing rolled his eyes and said: "Also... I'm not as miserable as you said."

"What, do you think you can still be on an equal footing with Payton in the Sonics?" Li Shengli found a place to sit down Ewing and said, "When you were in the Knicks, all your old teammates were good and bad there. , I’m not talking about other people, Larry Johnson, even if I look down on him, he won’t even look at you, and the newcomers from Sprewell, they can still dance no matter how hard they dance. On your head? I don’t know how you have been able to get around all these years, and you are still not popular when you are old."

"You...you know nothing!" Ewing's stubborn temper came to the fore.

"I just don't understand that's why I said that!" Li Shengli stood up this time, turned to Ewing and said: "Stop talking nonsense, did anyone boo you when you went to the SuperSonics training camp? I will help you get rid of a few today. Let’s open their eyes.”

"Hey, Li, are you okay? When did my... relationship with you get so good?"

"Yes, it's not that good, but after all, I have watched you play from the peak to now. If you are too old to wear a Knicks jersey and retire, I really don't want to see you unlucky again. Besides...and Aaron Alonzo Mourning!" Li Shengli finally said: "We are all reasonable people, and so is Alonzo Mourning. You are loyal to him, and he himself is thinking about it, so he thinks you don't have so many troubles. , I can also be decent in the last moment. In addition, the rest of us, including me, think so too. I wish you good luck, old man!"

After Li Shengli finished speaking, he left, while Ewing stood up behind him and muttered a few words.

He wanted to laugh, but he couldn't, because in such a huge alliance, he didn't expect that the one who expressed kindness to this old guy in the end was actually... the group of gangsters who beat them the most viciously? This is pretty much the biggest joke in this world, right?

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