The Basketball Court Swordsman

In the 2013-2014 season, the league arranged a total of 3 opener competitions.

Among them, there is a strong dialogue between the Heat and the Bulls. One year after Derrick Rose disappeared, the return of the youngest MVP is bound to change the league layout. Last season, the Bulls' tenacity and strength shocked everyone. The defending champion Pacers defeated the Spurs with a total score of 4-1 to win the championship, but don't forget the Bulls and Pacers series, the total score is also 4-1!

In the absence of many major players such as Rose and Lor Deng, the Bulls still bit a piece of the defending champion. And this year, with Rose returning to such a major premise, the Bulls have undoubtedly become one of the most watched teams in the league.

Therefore, the opening game between the Bulls and the Heat will be the highlight of the exciting journey this season.

Another game took place at Los Angeles Staples, where the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers played the same city derby.

This year, after the introduction of champion coach Doug Rivers and a lot of support, the Clippers are believed to be able to develop a piece of their own in the West.

In the past summer, most of the various news about the Lakers were divided into two types. One is that a player is willing to cut his salary, just to get a chance to be a teammate with Kobe, and the other is D'Antoni's various incredible preparation plans. New Lakers aid Nick Young revealed after a certain training session: "I pass a lot and get scolded by the head coach. I haven't encountered such a thing for a long time. I'm so excited...".

Although after Howard left, the strength of the Lakers declined greatly, and although the Clippers accepted Rivers, they still do not have the top level of the league. Therefore, it stands to reason that these two mid-range teams are not eligible to play the opener.

However, this is Los Angeles, this is the big market. You don't care about the current situation of the Lakers and Clippers, as long as you hear the name "Los Angeles Derby", the game will not lack ratings.

The Heat VS the Bulls and the Lakers VS the Clippers are undoubtedly the highlight of this season. But there is no doubt that these two games were not the most important games on the opening day.

Using eSPN to explain Mike Brin's words: "The defending champion's game is the highlight of the highlight!"

On October 29, the finale of the NBA opener, the league brought fans the Indiana Pacers home game against the New Orleans Pelicans!

Needless to say, the Pacers are naturally the focus of the league. But the Pelicans are actually very interesting.

This year's NBA offseason has two very interesting teams. They did not win more than 30 games last season. They also decisively launched the "winnow" mode in the summer and paid a lot of salary for them. The heavy investment has made the two teams' paper lineups brilliant, but they are full of questions about compatibility. One of them is the Eastern Pistons, and the other is the Pacers' opponent in the opener, the New Orleans Pelicans who have just been renamed from the Hornets!

Pelicans owner Tom Benson is 84 years old. He doesn't have the time and patience to watch the team slowly rebuild, and performance becomes a top priority. So this year, the Pelicans formed a core lineup consisting of Tyreke Evans, Jules Holiday, Eric Gordon and Anthony Davis. In other words, from the beginning of this year to the summer of 2016, the Pelicans have to pay at least 36 million for Gordon, Evans and Holiday every season.

With a backcourt worth hundreds of millions of dollars with Anthony Davis, a peerless genius, it is hard not to let people look forward to the Pelicans this season.

Not to mention, J. Holiday vs. Pacers and Paul vs. Pelicans have some origins outside the game. So letting the Pacers and Pelicans meet in the opening match is simply the best arrangement!

Holiday has been selected to the All-Star team as a Hornets player last season, and Paul won two championship trophies in Indianapolis. The duel between the two defenders who had exchanged clubs has made people look forward to it.

In an interview with reporters, Pelicans coach Monty Williams also said: "We will not be afraid of the defending champion, this season we are brilliant. And soon, the fans will be able to see the great strength of our season. "

The highlight of the highlight, everyone is looking forward to the arrival of October 29. And Spike Lee's shooting work is also in full swing...

On October 29, the day the NBA opener began, at 8:30 in the morning, Coach Henson walked into the team's locker room in vigor.

On the side, Spike Lee and his team were following with the camera, but Henson didn't care. The value of documentary lies in the record. What the director has to do is not to create, but to record. So if Henson and the players deliberately react to the camera, it will not achieve the record effect.

Henson told the players yesterday, "Spike Lee is a pair of eyes, not a participant in the incident. What should we do, just as if those eyes don't exist. Show the truest side!" "

Henson was right, true. Documentary, the pursuit is truth!

So these eyes started to record Henson's day on match day for the first time.

Henson didn't start work immediately after entering the office, but looked at the news of the past few days. After a while, Henson's old buddy Frank Vogel walked into the office with two cups of coffee. One cup with sugar is his own, and the other without sugar is for Henson.

"Where is Brad?" Henson asked casually, holding up his coffee. Just after asking, he couldn't help but smile.

Yes, at this time last season, two people usually appeared in Henson's office. But now, Brad Stevens is the 17th coach of the Boston Celtics. He will inherit the glory of "Cardinal" Auerbach in Boston.

With one person missing, Henson is still a bit unaccustomed to it.

"Becky Harmon has been supervising player training on the sidelines of the training field. You know, everyone has their own work habits. So, I didn't call her." Vogel spread his hands. Last season, he and Stevens’s habit is to come to Henson’s office for a cup of coffee and chat.

But Becky Harmon, a new member of the uniform group, seems to be more pragmatic.

"That's right, with Becky Harmon, those brats don't dare to be lazy. To tell the truth...Don't tell Harmon that it's me, she can be really fierce sometimes. Those strong men don't dare to be naughty in front of Becky Harmon, hahahahahaha."

Spike Lee, who was shooting on the side, smiled and shook his head. He didn't expect that the conversation between Henson and his assistant would be like this... how do you say? So rude.

Spike Lee has filmed personal documentaries for Jordan and Kobe, and in these two documentaries, there is also a great coach-Phil Jackson.

The old "Zen Master" is not like Henson. With his gray hair, he would not take the initiative to joke with players and coaching staff. In fact, the "Zen Master" rarely speaks in the locker room and the game. Most of the time, the assistant coaches communicate with the players. Even if Phil Jackson wanted to speak, he would whisper a few words to Jordan and Kobe alone.

When speaking publicly, the "Zen Master" will prepare very formally. In short, Phil Jackson is like an expert who can't eat fireworks. He walked in the locker room and the player aisle in a waning manner. He did not speak easily, but he would definitely hit the nail on the head.

Spike Lee thought that Henson was such a fellow. He also thought that with Henson's character, the coaching staff should be afraid of him. But unexpectedly, Henson and Vogel are like two extremely bored boys in high school teachers who are talking bad about a female classmate.

Sure enough, not every great coach has similar personalities. On the contrary, every successful head coach is destined to have different personalities. Because something like success is difficult to replicate.

After chatting for a few words, Vogel and Henson finally discussed their opponent, the New Orleans Pelicans.

"Anthony Davis is definitely the next superstar-level player, and the kid Holledi also got his wish and became the head guard of the Hornets after Paul."

"It's called Pelican now, Henson."

"Well, the Pelicans. When training later, let West and Horford practice a low one-on-one defense, let them find the feeling in advance. Whether it is Davis or Ryan Anderson, the Pelicans , Both have the ability to open space. Therefore, it is difficult for them to get the opportunity to help each other in this game."

Henson said while Spike Lee found that Vogel was holding a small notebook while writing.

"Where is Antetokounmpo? Do you plan to let him make his debut today?" Vogel asked curiously, halfway through.

"That guy is not ready yet. Maybe I will send him on the field during garbage time, if there is garbage time. For Antetokounmpo, we can't worry. He is just like Jimmy Butler. We have to give him some time to grow up. .Maybe next season, um... next season, Antetokounmpo will be eligible to enter the rotation. But don’t relax your training on Antetokounmpo, and tell Fraser. Even if Ah Detokumbo does not play, he is also one of the highest priority players in training!"

"Knowing Henson, let's go, we should almost go out."

"Yeah, look at that group of boys, how are you preparing!" Henson stood up and tidied his Armani suit.

As a black man, Spike Lee dresses mainly in loose hip-hop style. But he was quite envious of Henson, because almost all of this guy's suits were provided by Armani for free... and Henson wore more. The other party is happier.

After Henson walked out of the locker room, the players greeted him. What's more, they are not in respectful language, everyone is just called Henson "the boss". For the enthusiasm of the players, Henson also nodded in response, joking with the players from time to time.

For example, just now, he ridiculed Stephenson, who was "famous" in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, "Lance, why are you still wearing a pair of women's underwear? How late did you play yesterday?"

Seeing Stephenson really stupidly turned his head to look behind him, Henson and the others burst into laughter.

It can be seen that Henson and the players are very close. If it were at Staples, the cold-hearted Phil Jackson might not even give the players a smiley face, let alone joking with them.

"Okay, guys. In less than twelve hours, our journey for the new season will begin again! I know that some people say that our preseason performance is just an illusion, and some people say that the talented Pelicans will give us A headshot, but..."

"But they all fart, everything the media says is fart!" Before Henson could finish speaking, the players could not wait to "answer".

"Well, it seems that you are very savvy. Then I will not hide with you. This season, my goal is to win three consecutive championships and establish a dynasty! I hope that this goal will begin from the first game. Execution! Now, let's go to work!" Henson clapped his hands, and the group of players who were not very serious just started to get serious.

Henson's control over this team surprised Spike Lee. Everyone is very obedient, whether it is a big name like Paul or George, who has just signed a 90 million contract. Whether it's the thorns like Anderson and Stephenson, or the old fritters like David West...

In short, everyone, regardless of character and age, listens to Henson very much. After all, they are all under the leadership of this Chinese coach, stepping into glory.

"Okay, pause." Spike patted the photographer on the shoulder. He didn't plan to shoot the next boring training scene.

The black director decided to keep his energy in the night game, because after a morning, he was convinced.

The Pacers game will never be boring!