Legendary Basketball Tycoon

It has been several months since Bruce has been in the United States. Bruce has dealt with all the things that should be dealt with. It is time to say goodbye to the team again. After all, he still has the books for the last semester to read. It's okay to go back soon!

After Bruce continued to entrust the team's affairs to the team's general manager Mitch Kupchak, he was also preparing to return to China with the men's basketball team.

The New York Hans basically started their first chance to test the team's lineup in the new season.

The NBA Summer League (NBASummerLeague) refers to a series of competitions held during the NBA offseason and participated by NBA teams. Generally, NBA teams will try a different summer league lineup from the regular season at this time, which usually contains a large number of rookies and sophomores, as well as unsigned free agents that the team will examine (generally not including big-name free agents) ).

In the summer league, the main players and main substitutes of each team will not participate, and they will seize all the time to rest. Players participating in the summer league can include fringe players, free agents, NBDL (NBA Development League) players, and international players. These people have only one goal, which is to use the summer league to gain trust and not be cut, and strive for the next Good performance in the season. For example, some highly promising high school or college players sometimes use the summer league to prove their strength, which is very good for them in the future draft. The personnel mobility of the summer league is very high. A player can go to another place to represent other teams in the summer league after participating in this team's game. The head coach of the team generally does not participate, and the assistant coach is often the leader of the team. Four to five summer leagues are generally held in a summer.

In the 1990s, the most famous in the United States were the Rocky Mountain Summer League (the predecessor of the Salt Lake City Summer League) and the Southern California Summer League (Los Angeles)!

The Rocky Mountain Summer League began in 1984. The original purpose was to promote the Jazz in the Utah area, and the participating teams were also formed by alumni from various universities. Since 1990, the Jazz invited the Blazers, Suns and Kings to participate in the tournament, so there are still many NBA teams going to participate in the summer league here.

In view of the fact that the relationship between the Bruce and the Utah Jazz is too stale, the organization committee of the Rocky Mountain Summer League would rather invite the New York Hans' "brothers in the same city" New York Knicks, rather than invite Bruce's team to participate. Besides, Bruce will not lick the **** of the Rocky Mountain Summer League Organizing Committee.

You don’t want to invite me. It’s a big deal. I won’t come here. I don’t have a place to stay here. Anyway, the United States is not just a summer league in Rocky Mountain.

The Southern California Summer League is also in the Los Angeles area. Unlike the Rocky Mountain Summer League, they also invited some foreign national teams to participate, but this time because the men’s basketball team is exhausted after participating in the Olympic Games in the United States, so The men's basketball team also missed this session of the California Summer League.

The New York Hans were also invited to participate in the California Summer League. The main reason was that the Los Angeles Lakers had a "small friction" with the New York Hans due to the "Kobe incident". The organizing committee saw business opportunities from this incident. , The hype, the result of this year's California Summer League's influence is higher than in previous years.

Of course, there are still many players on the roster of the New York Hans who went to Los Angeles this time. These players are either the team’s starters or the team’s veterans. They no longer need to prove to the coach. By myself.

This time to participate in the game, Rick Carlisle should be the interim head coach. This is the first time Carlisle has led the New York Hans to participate in an official game.

Kobe is a rookie this year, if he doesn't participate in the summer league, it won't be justified, and the organizing committee will not do it!

As for Alonzo Mourning, Sam Perkins, Mark Jackson, and Dan Marley, the four will definitely not go to the summer league.

These veterans mainly adjust their bodies.

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There are six teams participating in the Southern California Summer League, including the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, New York Hans, Milwaukee Bucks, and Washington Wizards. (Three Eastern teams, three Western teams)

The first opponent of the New York Hans is the Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets' draft this year can be described as horrible. Not only did the team fall behind, but even the rookie Greek center Ephimes Lanzas, who was selected, also played this year. Can't compete, so what do you choose to do!

The game officially started at 4:30 in the afternoon.

Most of the people who came to watch the game were scouts from various teams in the NBA. They needed to take a closer look at the rookies in the team and those who missed the draft.

Of course, there will be many fans in the audience, after all, after the NBA Finals, fans who like basketball can only see spectative games in the summer league.

Therefore, basically the arena is still full of seats, at most there are only a few vacant seats.

When the players of the two teams walked through the player channel to their respective benches, they also looked at each other at the same time.

It's just that the Nuggets are looking at Kobe, after all, Kobe's popularity this summer is too high, and his news is everywhere.

"In this game, I hope you will all put your full strength into the game. You must know that this is your last chance to play against other NBA teams before the start of the new season, so your performance today will affect Your playing time in the new season, seize the opportunity, boys!"

Before the game, Carlisle simply gave a speech to exaggerate the emotions of the players. Although it is not the first time that he has done such a thing, Carlisle is still quite excited.

The head coach of the Nuggets is Bernie Biksduff. He is a defensive coach, so his chief assistant must be deeply influenced by him. Carlisle’s tactics are also very clear, running without the ball. Move, catch the ball and shoot, destroy their defense with attacks, and see if the Hans' spears are sharper or the Nuggets' shields are harder.

"Use your best defense to guard them firmly, remember, you are better than them!"

On the other hand, today's coach of the Nuggets also emphasized defense again and again.

Denver Nuggets' starting roster here:

The center is Aaron Williams, the power forward is Tom Hammonds, the small forward is Darwin Hamm, the shooting guard is Anthony Goldwyer, and the point guard is Jeff McGinnis.

The starting roster for the New York Hans:

Center is Jermaine O’Neal, power forward is Kevin Garnett, small forward is Glenn Rice, shooting guard is Kobe Bryant, and point guard is Jason Kidd.

"Beep!"

When the whistle sounded, Jermaine O’Neal and Aaron Williams jumped the ball in the middle circle. Judging from the height of the two, Jermaine O’Neal was clearly at a disadvantage.

Aaron Williams has an obvious height advantage. The Nuggets took the lead in getting the ball. Jeff McGinnis received the ball and dribbled the ball quickly for half the court. The Hans point guard Jason Kidd stepped forward to mark the ball. Opponents, as a result, the Nuggets' Tom Hammonds mentioned a high screen, Jeff McGinnis passed the ball to the open Darwin Hamm, who scored easily with a jumper.

It’s the Hans’ turn to attack. Kidd’s organizational ability must be absent. He can be selected for the All-Stars because of his organization and strong defense, a good overall view, stable ball movement and fewer turnovers. The timing of the pass is also very well grasped. It is because of his advantage that Carlisle dared to start with Kobe, using Kobe's unrequited running and shooting, Kidd's stability and overall outlook, if they can cooperate properly If so, it is absolutely not a problem to play a smooth offense in the regular season of the new season.

In fact, in the first round of the offense of the Hans, Kidd sent an exquisite pass to Kobe. Kobe took the lead in Anthony Goldwyer's mid-range shot and scored 2 points. Tie the score for the Hans.