The rest is just noise

In the arms race between the Lakers, Heat and other teams, one team's demands were ignored.

That is the Cavaliers who are eager to build a championship team around LeBron James. Lu Wuxia's success in Boston not only stimulated James, but also made the Cavaliers management lose their way out.

Judging from their performance, James and Lu Wuxia should be about the same strength, but the latter took the lead in winning the championship with a good team.

The Cavaliers first vigorously pursued Kevin Garnett. However, Garnett had no interest in playing for the little emperor.

Then the Cavaliers set their sights on Ray Allen.

Junzi Lei's three-point threat will make the young emperor even more powerful.

As a result, Ray Allen never considered the Cavaliers at all.

The Cavaliers have no salary space, and their biggest acquisition in the free market is Brian Scalabrine.

Alonzo Mourning, who retired due to kidney disease, chose to come back despite his doctor's dissuasion.

The Cavaliers originally wanted to renew their relationship with Mourning, but Mourning desperately wanted to come back. Is it because he wanted to hang out with the Young Emperor?

Mourning threw himself into the arms of the Lakers.

The reason for choosing the Lakers is simple. First, they are strong enough. Second, they lack a center.

This offseason, Louie started to see something more and more wrong.

Why are the Lakers and Heat never ending? Compared to other teams, this is simply an unequal attraction.

Compared with them, the Celtics, who are still hated even if they win the championship, have no room for maneuver.

A few days later, the knight finally got good news.

Kang Chengbiao, who fulfilled his championship dream in Miami, decided to return to Cleveland to assist Young Emperor.

Although Kang Chengbiao is not the kind of superstar who can change the situation, it is better to have someone willing to come than no one.

This arms race climaxed with Sixers veteran Robert Horry joining the Phoenix Suns for a minimum salary.

By August, the overall framework of the championship team was basically complete, the personnel were saturated, and the strength and weakness of the new season became clear.

The teams competing for the championship include the Lakers, Suns, Heat, and Celtics. These four teams are the most competitive, followed by the Mavericks, Jazz, 76ers, Spurs, and Knicks.

Although all teams are quite noisy, after this round of arms race ends, no single strong team emerges.

Through the excellent operation of the management, the Lakers have minimized the impact of Garnett's departure. However, at present, there is only one superstar in the team, Kobe. Paul needs time to grow, and Rasheed Wallace and Alonzo

Mourning can't replace Garnett's role, it just makes the Lakers' inside line look less thin.

The Heat's roster is amazing enough, but Duncan's injury is a hidden danger.

The Suns have the weakest lineup depth.

The defending champion Celtics are the youngest. Youth is a double-edged sword. It may achieve a major breakthrough in the new season and reach a higher level, or it may go astray and stagnate.

It can be said that the Celtics are the most anticipated team.

But this most anticipated team was cast in a haze on the first day of preseason training camp.

Dwyane Wade missed training camp due to personal matters.

If the Celtics were still the Celtics of the past, a team that was mysterious, not close to the public, and even a bit closed, maybe Wade's privacy would be preserved. But the attention the Celtics receive now is different from the Lakers.

Teams like the Knicks are not much different.

Wade's personal affairs were quickly exposed.

The problem is not complicated. Wade made a mistake that some men may make after becoming rich - cheating.

Generally speaking, the average chastity value of NBA players is very low, and cheating is nothing to them.

People like Ewing have their own explanations for cheating.

He believes that he has never betrayed a relationship because every relationship he has is "open".

Moreover, most NBA players are from poor backgrounds. After becoming famous, they want to join them.

There are countless flesh and blood on his body, and as time goes by, the defense line will naturally fall down. The reason why Wade made a big fuss is mainly because he got married early.

Before Wade entered the NBA, he lived in his wife's house for a long time, and his wife's family took care of his food, clothing, housing, and transportation. It can be said that there was not only affection but also kindness between the two parties. After the incident was exposed, the accusations against Wade were overwhelming.

The Celtics did not have any response to this. They only said that Wade went home to deal with family issues and ignored the rest.

During the preseason training camp, Louis only appeared once on media day. The rest of the time, he was busy with other things.

The two major Internet projects under Louis' name, the American post bar Upvote and the American Youku Buzz, are booming. The two brands that were originally founded just to expand the Celtics' regional influence are now appreciating at a speed beyond imagination. It's just that

, even if Louis doesn’t care about the team, he will still learn about the Celtics’ current situation through various channels.

In addition to Wade's cheating scandal, accusations that there are too few black players on the Celtics have also begun to surface.

For some people, the Celtics' group photo for the new season is dazzling.

At a glance, the only black players are Carlos Boozer, Russell Butler and Tony Allen (Allen Houston is out for the season and Wade is absent).

Louis responded to outside doubts through a media day interview: "This is the result of operation, and why should you care about the skin color of these young people? No matter what their skin color is, it does not affect their winning. I think some people are too sensitive.

Yes, the Celtics are the most open team in the history of professional basketball, and there is no room for racism here."

Unless the Celtics really become a black-free team, this kind of questioning about the lack of black players will be severely counterattacked by the Boston media.

Relatively speaking, there is not much external pressure on the Celtics. What determines whether they can defend the championship is only internal pressure.

It's a brand new season, starting from scratch again.

After winning the championship, many people's thoughts changed.

For example, Russell Butler, the hero of the Celtics' championship, is the top marksman in the Eastern Conference. He thought that Alan Houston's season reimbursement would be an opportunity for him to rise to the top. Unexpectedly, the team actually traded Parker for Sze.

Biak, in addition to Kyle Korver, were eyeing him, and then they selected Ersan Ilyasova who is also good at shooting.

Butler, who joined the Celtics in 2002, is currently in the fourth year of his rookie contract. If he wants to sign a big contract next year, he will have to find a way to move up, and the competition pressure from the Celtics has undoubtedly intensified.

His desires and anxieties.

Carlos Boozer, who is also in the fourth year of his rookie contract, vs. @

Its outstanding.

The worry is that once Wade returns, the competition for the No. 2 starting spot will be over.

November 1, 2005

The Boston Celtics make their first appearance of the new season.

The game will be played at Celtic's home stadium.

Before the game, the entire Celtics team received championship rings and watched as the 19th championship banner in team history was raised to the ceiling.

That night, Bird sent out Lu Wuxia, Ginobili, Kirilenko, Gasol, and Yao Yueban as the starters.

Louis squinted at the Celtics bench, where sat Wade, Szczerbiak, Korver, Tony Allen, David Lee...

Future fans will look at the Celtics' roster this year and wonder why they aren't invincible.

And Louis knew from the first day that Bird would have a difficult season.

That night, Reed Auerbach also came to watch the game.

The Celtics' starting lineup did not perform well today, but when the substitutes came on, they destroyed the opponent's second unit.

An 18-14 start and a 123-101 ending.

"Your depth is unique," Auerbach said.

Louis smiled and asked: "Is this a good thing?"

"Of course it's a good thing if you stay humble."

The two words that make people most helpless are if.

After the game, Louis wanted to treat Auerbach to something to eat, but the old man was sleepy. Auerbach dragged his old body and left alone.

Louis could clearly see that the old man's energy was getting worse day by day. This was his first time to watch a game live this season, and it might also be the last time.

Just like this game.

This is the Celtics' first game of the season where they are talking and laughing, and it may also be the last.

PS: Yesterday, I was distracted from my duties and indulged in a book, which caused me to delay typing, so there is only one chapter today.

PPS: I can tell you what the book is called - "Jingming", a book

It tells the history of the protagonist's soul traveling through Jiajing. It's very interesting to me. What's even more interesting is that this book is written by a female author. I don't mean to disrespect the female author. I just think this is quite rare.

PPPS: It’s not an advertisement, I think it looks good, and I even joined the author’s book club to urge for updates… 嘤嘤嘤

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