I’m Really Playing Basketball

The 06-07 NBA regular season started on October 30th, but the Bobcats did not play on the opening day of this season.

There are only two games on the opening day this year, one is the defending champion Heat's home game against the Bulls, and the other is the Lakers' home game against the Suns.

The game between the Lakers and the Suns is an OK game, and this appetizer is very heavy.

But the Heat and the Bulls are pretty interesting.

I have to say that the NBA schedule is quite interesting.

During the 2002 draft, the Bulls were determined to get Wade. Many people knew that at that time, Wade felt that he must go to the Bulls.

But in the end, Wade was cut off by Pat Riley and the Heat.

In the end, Wade led the Heat to their first championship in team history.

As a Chicago native, I should have gone to the Bulls.

But in the end, he was robbed by the Heat and led the Heat to win the championship.

You said that the Bulls, who are the protagonists of this story, are gritting their teeth against the Heat?

At the very least, the Bulls' management and fans must feel that everything that belongs to the Heat belongs to them!

It was the Heat and Pat Riley who took away everything that belonged to them!

Therefore, in history, in this opening game, the Bulls team really went crazy.

Facing the defending champion Heat, at the Heat's home court, on the night of the championship ring presentation, the Bulls beat the Heat by 42 points 108-66. This really made the Heat feel shameless, from the management to the fans. Light.

By the way, this heart-wrenching schedule was not arranged by them. It is all the fault of the alliance. Why do we have to bear the anger?

However, this is a historical plot.

Now, in this reality, the Bulls are definitely still excited, but the process of the Heat winning the championship is different from history.

Historically, the Heat won the championship in 2006 not entirely because of their strength, so the Heat actually had a la carte.

This is why the Bulls can humiliate the Heat so much.

Now, if the Heat are not only the strongest in the league, they are better than the Bulls, so there is no problem.

Of course, this is the Heat's opening game as the defending champion, and it actually has nothing to do with Chen Xiao.

The first game of the season for Chen Xiao and the Bobcats is on November 1st, an away game against the Spurs.

On the morning of October 30, 2006, Chen Xiao took the Bobcats up and down the plane to San Antonio.

Before that, the Bobcats also submitted a fifteen-man roster to the league for this season.

Center: Bynum, Gortat

Power forward: Zach Randolph, Aldridge, Ilyasova, Amir Johnson

Small forward: Granger, Garcia

Shooting guard: Chen Xiao, Roy, Barnes, CJ Miles

Point guard: Chris Paul, Jake, Danny Gibson.

The Bobcats' 15-man lineup this season is still filled with a lot of young people.

Chen Xiao, Barnes, Randolph and Xiaopao are veterans.

Bynum, Granger, Jack, Ilyasova, Gortat, Amir Johnson, and C.J. Miles are all sophomores, and among these sophomores, except Granger, the others actually played last season. He didn't get much playing time.

Granger was the main rotation of the Bobcats last season, and Bynum, Jack, and Gortat basically played soy sauce. However, Bynum and Jack played important roles in the playoffs and both played their roles.

Amir Johnson, CJ Miles and Ilyasova, three super young people under 19 years old, spend most of their time playing in the Development League.

Therefore, there is no difference between these three and rookies.

Of course, unlike a rookie, he will definitely adapt better to the NBA.

Roy and Aldridge and Daniel Gibson are pure rookies.

Therefore, next season, the Bobcats still have seven players who are almost equivalent to rookies.

With such a youthful content, it is no problem to say that the Bobcats are one of the youngest teams in NBA history.

Generally speaking, the league's expert reporters are not very optimistic about such a young team.

But why are the Bobcats so favored this season and ranked seventh on the team's strength list?

The main reason is that several players from the Bobcats in the playoffs last season showed great potential.

Let’s not talk about Chen Xiao. Chen Xiao is the number one player in the league. In addition to Chen Xiao, Pao Pao, Granger and Randolph have all entered the top 100 stars in the league.

It’s not surprising that Randolph and Xiaopao entered the top 100, and both of them were even in the top 50.

But Granger is considered one of the top 50 players in the NBA in the new season, which is a bit interesting.

Granger was the Rookie of the Year last season, a player who averaged 12 points per game. With such data, there must be a problem if he wants to enter the top 50 in the league.

In other words, the reason why Granger is in the top 50 is because of his performance in the playoffs. However, Granger's shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage in the playoffs have both reached 50%, and he can average 50% per game. Contributing nearly 15 points, this performance is indeed outstanding.

Very few rookies can achieve such results in their first playoff game.

Therefore, many experts and media are optimistic that Granger will have a big breakout in the regular season this season.

Granger might even average over 20 points per game.

Many people think that he is now capable of averaging 20 points per game.

For a versatile offensive and defensive player who averages 20 points per game, ranking 50th is definitely low.

Doesn't this mean Granger hasn't really averaged 20 points per game?

Therefore, many media and experts regard Granger as the watershed for this year's top 50 NBA stars.

If Roy and Aldridge don't perform as expected, Granger will be the Bobcats' second-biggest attacker.

A team with four top-50 players will not be underestimated, even if it is a bunch of rookies.

In the entire NBA, there will never be more than eight teams with four top-50 players.

So, it makes sense that the Bobcats would rank seventh.

The opening game between the Bobcats and the Spurs starts on November 1st.

But the Bobcats came to the Holy City on October 30 under the leadership of Chen Xiao.

After arriving in the Holy City, Luo Ge brought the Spurs players to catch up with Chen Xiao and the others.

Because Chen Xiao has a very good relationship with Luo Ge, Arenas, Howard and others, the relationship between the two teams is also very close.

Among them, the two rookies of the Bobcats, Aldridge and Daniel Gibson, are also old acquaintances with these players from the Spurs.

After all, the two are students at the University of Texas.

Spurs rookie Tucker is even the senior and captain of the two.

Since everyone is an old acquaintance, the party seems very relaxed.

Although it was said that he was relaxed, Chen Xiao could actually see the deep reluctance on the faces of Luo Ge and the Spurs players.

When everyone talks about the new season, Spurs players such as Luo Ge and Arenas are full of expectations.

"Chen, we can definitely win that damn championship this season!"

After downing a large glass of player happiness water, Arenas, the second in charge of the Spurs, said to Chen Xiao through gritted teeth.

In the playoffs last season, Arenas performed really well.

In the Western Conference playoffs, because the Clippers were played in the first round, the Mavericks were played in the second round, and the Suns were played in the Western Conference Finals, none of these three teams could compete with Arenas. Players, Arenas got whatever he asked for in the Western Conference. Before the finals, he averaged 32+5+5 per game. In the Western Conference Finals, he averaged more than 34 points per game. The one who beat the Suns turned around and celebrated early to pay tribute to Chen Xiao. The buzzer-beater became the highlight of last season's Western Conference playoffs.

In the West, Arenas does have some invincibility on a team like the Spurs, with Ron Howard next to him.

But in the finals.

When Wade gave up his attack and focused all his attention on defense and organization, Arenas felt uncomfortable.

After scoring 30 points efficiently in the first game of the Finals, Arenas was restricted by Wade.

It cannot be said that those who are defended by Wade cannot score.

It's hard for anyone to score if Arenas wants to score, but it's really difficult to score.

Overall, he was outclassed by Wade.

If he hadn't been suppressed by Wade, even if Howard was beaten by Yao Ming, with Ron Howard's stable performance, the Spurs should have a chance.

Therefore, although fans thought Howard was a war criminal last season, Arenas felt that he was also a war criminal.

Therefore, in the new season, Arenas is holding back his energy to seek revenge on Wade.

Historically, among Arenas' major opponents, the opponent he was least afraid of was James, followed by Kobe, and the one he was most afraid of was Wade.

When Arenas was at his peak, he would always be 50-50 against anyone. Whether it was Kobe, James or other superstars, Arenas could easily hit 50-50 against each other, but against Wade...

Although he can still explode when he is in good condition, it is obvious that he is beaten by Wade more often than he is beaten by Wade.

Wade has speed, explosiveness, flexibility, strength, defense and skills. He is indeed a very good Arenas terminator.

So...

"Gilbert, you have found a good opponent."

"..."

Facing Arenas who was gritting his teeth and wanted to fuck Wade, Chen Xiao's words directly stunned Arenas who kept complaining and wanted to teach Wade a lesson.

Brother Luo, who was next to Arenas, was also stunned for a moment before a smile appeared on his face.

"As an NBA player, the greatest happiness is to have a goal that you must chase. Gilbert, you now have such a goal."

After Luo Ge finished explaining with a smile, Arenas snorted angrily.

Obviously, Arenas has a lot of resentment towards Wade's goal.

This is normal. Arenas was in such hot form last season. The Spurs took a 2-0 lead in the away game, but were suddenly collapsed in the end.

Most people can't stand this.

And is Arenas an ordinary person?

of course not!

However, facing Arenas who was angry with himself and didn't know whether he hated Wade or loved Wade, Chen Xiao and Luo Ge ignored him and left him alone to have fun.

"Brother Luo, have you found your happiness now?"

Chen Xiao looked at Brother Luo curiously and asked with a smile.

He knew that Luo Ge had always wanted to go further on the road of basketball, and even sacrificed his love for this. Love would become a burden for him to move forward.

Luo Ge's goal is very clear, but he is very confused, without a specific goal.

Go further, so how far is further?

If you keep walking aimlessly like this, those beautiful black girls in America will grow old alone with you.

"Now it's been found."

Hearing what Brother Luo said, Chen Xiao smiled and nodded.

I just don’t know who it is?

In fact, Chen Xiao is also very confused about his goals now.

Among current players, he has reached the top.

Arenas could have a Wade to chase.

Luo Ge can have someone to chase him.

But Chen Xiao...

He didn't know who else he could chase now.

His idol Kobe?

There is no doubt that most experts and fans now feel that he has surpassed Kobe.

Even Boss Ke himself said so.

Ray Allen, the unanimous MVP last season?

After last season's playoffs, if Chen Xiao said he wanted to chase Ray Allen, Ray Allen would definitely think it was a mockery of him.

Then the rest are Iverson, Carter, and McGrady?

Or is Chen Xiao just like Duncan in his position or an idol?

To be honest, even at the power forward position, Chen Xiao is one of the five power forwards alongside Duncan and his idol.

Neither Duncan nor Jia Idol dared to say that they were the ones who needed Chen Xiao to chase them.

In his fifth career, Chen Xiao found that he had no goals to chase in active service.

After finishing the gathering with Spurs players, Chen Xiao told the team's head coach Joe about the questions he had during the gathering.

Boss Qiao was very surprised when faced with Chen Xiao's question.

After being surprised, Boss Qiao was very excited.

"Chen, congratulations, you finally have such questions!"

Seeing Chen Xiao's confused look at this time, Jordan was really happy.

When he first had such doubts, it was still in the seventh year of his career.

At that time, the magician solved his doubts.

"Chen, when you have such doubts, you can start your own pursuit of history."

"And I am right in front of you, waiting for you to chase me!"

Looking at Jordan standing in front of him with a smile, Chen Xiao was stunned for a moment, chasing history?

It seems that this is really the case.

If there is no one in active service to pursue, history will indeed become the only one.

but……

"What if I surpass Michael too?"

"Then you can start making your own history!"

"Chen, I will wait for the moment when you create your own history and legend!"

Jordan was very excited and sincere at this time.

If Boss Ke and the others knew about Jordan's attitude towards pursuing Chen Xiao at this time, they would definitely look envious and jealous.

That's not what you said when we were chasing you!

In any case, Chen Xiao, who once again showed an expectant and excited smile on his face, also found his own 'happiness'.