NBA: Strongest In The History Of Holding A Large Ball

After another month or so, the new season is finally about to officially begin.

Wembanyama and Chang Tiancheng could theoretically have played in the Summer League to find their form, and although the summer league has always been a less popular game, it is indeed the initial stage for many NBA rookies, and many future superstars have also made their mark in this arena.

However, the Spurs, out of the perspective of protecting the players, did not let Chang Tiancheng and Wembanyama play in the summer league. Therefore, the Spurs, who are considered the favorites to win the Summer League, did not end up with satisfactory results.

Even many of the superstars will go to the preseason games to stay in shape, and the pair didn't play inside and outside, and the Spurs just sent some of the players on their team to finish a few preseason games.

The Spurs' roster hasn't changed much from last season, but there are still a few new faces.

The most eye-catching is naturally the center forward who has played that superstar-studded training match with Wembanyama and Chang Tiancheng before-Drummond.

Drummond's motivation for going to that training game was different from that of other stars, and he wanted to show his ability in front of the Spurs more than to try Wembanyama's quality on the court, so that the Spurs could trade him.

Drummond looks honest on the outside, but in fact he is full of heart, and he thinks he still has a lot of gas in the tank. Back then, he was only 23 years old and was known as the No. 1 center in the East, and he was also selected for the All-Star team and All-Star, and he won the rebounding king four times.

But now he is only 29 years old, but he is about to stop playing in the NBA. The reason is naturally that his style of play is really not suitable for the current league environment, and although his rebounding ability is excellent, his protection for the interior is actually very limited, which is quite suspicious of brushing data.

On the offensive end, he also has almost no ability to attack independently, and what is even more terrifying is that he can't even grasp many opportunities to eat cake and score, which also makes his value fall again and again.

The worst thing is that many times, you can't figure out what is going on in his head, and after many years of being in the alliance, he even ended up with the title of "Zhuang Shen Fool".

After watching Chang Tiancheng's game last season, Drummond had the idea of wanting to play with him, and after the Spurs drew the champion to sign Chinese Banyama, he risked being punished by the league, secretly contacted the management of the Spurs in private, and took the initiative to recommend himself to the Spurs, hoping that the Spurs could trade him over and promise that he would protect Wembanyama on the court and help him grow.

Seeing Drummond's sincerity, coupled with his physique and ability to be a blue-collar center to escort Wembanyama, Spurs management thought twice and finally decided to trade with the Bulls, sending Diop and Julian Champagnie to bring Drummond back to the Holy City.

In a few games in the preseason, Drummond's attitude has visibly become much more positive, especially on the defensive end, there are many balls that he used to shoot and then turn around to grab rebounds, and he chose to give up rebounds to pounce, which also made Spurs fans and management quite satisfied.

If he can maintain that form, then he is indeed a very suitable choice for Wembanyama.

For Spurs fans, the only regret in the preseason now is not seeing Wembanyama play against Chang Tiancheng.

But so what? In the new season, these two players who have been overprotected by the team are going to play eventually.

The league also understands what Spurs fans expect from Wembanyama, so the season opener was scheduled for the Spurs to play another favorite team in the league, the Warriors.

Although the Warriors were eliminated in the Western Conference semifinals last season after losing to the Lakers, the strength of this team is still recognized by fans, and their bigger problem last season was the locker room.

Finally, before the opening game, the Spurs announced the team's starting lineup: Chang Tiancheng, Keldon, Sochan, Wembanyama, Drummond.

The Warriors' starting lineup is similar to what they did last season: Curry, Thompson, Wiggins, Green, Looney.

It can be seen that Kerr still honestly sent a double interior line, instead of the extremely small lineup with Green as the center. After all, that lineup can be said to have been single-handedly penetrated by Davis, a thick eyebrow brother, in the playoffs, and the Spurs have Wembanyama + Drummond in the lineup.

As the DJ played before the game, the Spurs crowd stood up and gave Wembanyama a round of applause and cheers.

Wembanyama came out in the finale, smiling and stretching out his hand to greet the fans, this kind of pomp and circumstance, I am afraid that Duncan's first game that year was nothing more than that.

After confirming that the players of both teams had completed their appearance, the referee blew the whistle to announce the start of the game.

In the jump ball stage, Wembanyama easily beat the opponent's Looney and won the first round of possession for the Spurs.

After Chang Tiancheng received the ball, he did not rush to push the attack, but waited slowly for Wembanyama to settle on the inside line. He knew exactly what the fans wanted to see, so he dribbled the ball past half court and hoisted it high to Wembanyama.

Wembanyama turned around and faced Rooney's defence, first bobbing a little, and then breaking through directly inside with the ball. Looney followed Wembanyama's footsteps closely, but Wembanyama pulled the ball back, made a step back, and then shot straight to the shot, which was easy to hit and get the first point of his NBA career.

And the enthusiasm of the Spurs fans was completely ignited with this goal, and the cheers were overshadowed by waves, as if to lift the ceiling of the stadium.

Rooney turned to look at Green, and helplessly spread his hands, saying that he tried his best to defend, but the opponent's offense was a little overrun.

Green made a gesture and motioned for himself to defend Wembanyama in the next round.

Curry advanced with the ball, and after making two crotch dribbles in the face of Chang Tiancheng, he suddenly changed direction and shook off Chang Tiancheng's defense and entered the Spurs' interior.

Drummond immediately stepped forward to reach out to make up for it, and his attitude was still positive.

But Curry's vision is also historically excellent, giving the ball to Looney who was open under the basket the moment Drummond came up.