NBA: This flower path is a bit strong

As the saying goes, it is easy to fish in troubled waters. The Raptors did not have good bargaining chips for those big-name players, but they signed Walter Williams (a forward who averaged 15+ points per game in the first season with the Raptors), Reggie Slater (a substitute small forward), Puopeye Jones (a substitute power forward, averaging 7.8 points + 8.6 rebounds per game) and others.

This does not include the season-ending Big Z and the young Big Ben!

After a lot of hard training, Big Ben averaged 8 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks per game in the summer league.

It can be said that it was barely a good performance!

After all, teammates in the CBA only care about themselves and don’t care about the team. In addition, Big Ben himself has no ball rights and very few shots.

What’s more, in the "unguarded" summer league, except for Big Ben, you can hardly see other teammates working hard on defense.

So Big Ben, who is rough in action and has a tough and fierce defensive attitude, suddenly became the brightest green dot in the summer league!

In particular, his aggressive style of play and solid defensive skills surprised the team's assistant coach, who quickly recommended him to the Raptors' head coach Landon Malone after the summer league ended.

So far, Ben Wallace has won a guaranteed contract with the team with an annual salary of $600,000 with his outstanding performance.

It can only be said that MacArthur, whose every word and deed is a famous saying, is the real sober man!

"As long as you don't die from practice, practice to death!"

Before the sentence "Have you seen Los Angeles at four in the morning" came out, this sentence was the only true god!

After the summer league, the regular season of the 96-97 season is about to officially kick off.

The media and some reporters also analyzed and predicted the situation of the league, and even made specific rankings.

In the East: the Bulls, who retained the championship lineup last season, are the only one, and the Knicks, Pacers and the Raptors, who did not make big moves during the trade period but made frequent small moves, are the second, which belongs to the pattern of one super and many strong.

In the West: the Jazz, the Mavericks, and the Sonics are in a three-way competition, followed by the Lakers. Although the Mavericks have formed an unprecedented Big Three, the Big Three are over a hundred years old, and they are old, so they can't really say that they completely suppress the Jazz and the Sonics.

Similar teams such as the Spurs, Celtics, and even the Nuggets and Nets are all in a bad state, vowing to compete for the first-round draft pick in 1997.

Because the man from Wake Forest University will log in to the NBA with a full-level account in 1997.

ESPN, in accordance with past practice, gave the predicted chances of winning the championship in the 1996-1997 season:

The Bulls ranked first with a 35% chance, because the Bulls, who retained the basic lineup of 72 wins last season, will continue to stand out.

In addition, although Michael Jordan is one year older, he still carried out hard and cruel self-torture training during the off-season, which undoubtedly laid the most solid foundation for the Bulls' second dynasty.

The Jazz, Pacers and SuperSonics, who have strengthened their inside line, followed closely behind, followed by the Mosaic team, Lakers and Knicks, but none of the above teams have the dominance that the Bulls have overwhelmed the entire server.

As for the Raptors, where Hanamichi is, they did not even make it into the top 8 of this list.

But the management of the Raptors is not panicking at all. You can say what you want. If you can say everything, why do we still have so many players!

The source of the Raptors' management's confidence is mainly that the season tickets have basically been sold out. In addition, the Raptors' season media meeting has received more attention from overseas media, including Yangshi.

In the just-concluded 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the golden generation of Chinese men's basketball entered the top eight of the Olympics for the first time.

And they are not satisfied with the results of this Olympics, and set their sights on the Sydney Olympics in the millennium (2000).

At this time, the comic "Slam Dunk" serialized by Xiaorizi next door in "Weekly Shonen JUMP" has just ended.

I heard that the prototype of the red-haired protagonist in the comics is actually a flower grower who is fighting in the NBA? !

And his performance in the playoffs is comparable to super giants such as Ewing and O'Neal, which has caused discussions among the flower growers:

"With such a strong new force, why didn't he play in the Atlanta Olympics?"

"Maybe we can take a step forward."

"Is it possible to get a medal? Even a bronze one would be fine!"

"You dare to think so. I guess it's hard to get a medal, but it's still possible to take a step forward and create history."

"Nonsense, we have already made history!"…………

In 1996, the Internet had already become popular in the flower-growing home, and it turned out that the power of fans was strong. It didn't take long for them to find out that it was the Basketball Association that messed up!

Faced with social pressure and the attention of the bosses above, the Basketball Association finally made a statement that it would send the media to Milan to inspect the players again on the grounds of preparing for the Sydney Olympics.

This is the influence and face of an international player who has gone abroad in this era.

And Huadao delegated power to agent Simmons and asked him to discuss with Comrade Zhang Heli. Anyway, the Sydney Olympics in four years is still early.

Simmons + Zhang Heli: "What do you mean by discussing? I still listen to you at the critical moment!"

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After getting rid of those chores, Huadao began to start team training with the newly reported teammates.

A week later, on November 1, the first game of the new season for the Raptors was against the old rival of last season~ the New York Knicks!

The team is still the same team, but those people are missing

The head coach of the Knicks, Nelson, resigned. After O'Neal, the "black and hard" man, raped the big foreign girls in New York, he went to Los Angeles to rescue those hungry young ladies.

But the Raptors are stronger, especially in the interior.

But unfortunately, the fans in New York are still immersed in the regret of being eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals last season. They think that if they win the Eastern Conference Finals, then it will be them, the Knicks, who will sweep the Supersonics like a gentleman.

"Stupid New Yorkers, they are still immersed in our extremely powerful lies!"

As soon as he got off the plane and saw the wild and arrogant atmosphere of New York fans, Damon Stoudemire had already pointed out the biggest problem of the New York Knicks.

And Hanamichi touched his head, and the monk's head that had just been shaved was still a little prickly. But Hua Dao recalled the bad memories that happened in the last playoffs:

"Then let's wake up these stupid Knicks players!"

The Raptors team members echoed, and head coach Landon Malone saw that the troops were in good spirits, so he waved his hand with confidence:

"Go, don't play too late with the Knicks!"

"Also, remember to protect yourself~Flower."

Although the words were directed at Hua Dao, his eyes were looking at Charles Oakley and the undrafted player who was ready to fight~Ben Wallace!

The master and apprentice looked at each other, grinning with white teeth, but the words they said were frightening:

"If there is a fight, leave it to us, boss!"