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Before the training camp started, the Raptors attracted everyone's attention with their speeches. Yang Rui and Carter shared the headlines of the major media.

Yang Rui stated two important things. One is that the Raptors want to compete for the championship in the new season, and the other is that they want to use offense to blow up the entire league.

Carter stated that he wants to compete for the MVP of the regular season and participate in the dunk contest. These are all declarations of growing popularity. If the player doesn't win the slam dunk king, how can he succeed Jordan?

Among the popular teams, only the Raptors shouted the slogan of winning the championship, and became the public enemy of the league for a while. Other strong teams want them to look good, and the media from all over the world are also waiting to see the excitement.

Chinese media said: Yang Rui is still too young, this is purely spreading hatred for no reason, which is very bad.

And the media used the Spurs as an example. **Vitch said it was luck when he won the championship. This time he didn't mention defending at all, and said that the team has no advantage.

The Lakers have been swept for two consecutive years. The players and management are very honest. "Zen Master" Jackson mentioned the new season and only said that he would try his best to help the three stars Kobe, O'Neal and Rice to play their strengths.

The Knicks have left several people, their strength has declined compared to last season, and they are more low-key. Many fans are dissatisfied with Van Gundy's continued coaching, and even the "madman" Sprewell dare not talk nonsense.

Seeing Yang Rui's displeasure, Oran Multimedia fired directly. "In the shortened season, the Raptors relied on a group of rookies to fight fast and fight with the veterans. They were lucky enough to reach the Eastern Conference finals. In normal seasons, their fast break tactics are difficult to play. Jerry Young is too inflated. He actually thought that I am a tactical master, can I lead a group of young people to win the championship?"

ESPN columnist Nicholas said: "Regardless of the Bulls, Knicks or Spurs, they all won championships based on defense. Jerry Young is obviously too aggressive in attack."

In any case, Yang Rui's words have attracted fans, attracted the media, and even attracted the attention of league officials.

David Stern was very happy after reading the news. He is also Jordan's successor. At present, Carter is much more competitive than Kobe, Iverson, and Hill. He is so worthy of popularity.

Kobe has a beautiful style of play, but he is only the second in charge in the Lakers. How can Jordan's successor be the team's second? So even if the Lakers win the championship, Kobe cannot succeed smoothly.

Both Iverson and Hill led the team in the first round of the playoffs. Although their popularity is high, their records are not convincing.

Carter is different. If the Raptors win the championship in the new season, they will immediately attract fans to come back to watch the game and increase the ratings of the NBA. He is an outside star, and his style of play is even more gorgeous than Jordan.

Stern called a meeting,

In the new season, the Raptors have arranged the most national live broadcasts, and have given some preferential treatment on the match list.

It's hard to see such secret fans. The opponents are still those, but it will be beneficial to the Raptors if they don't back-to-back when they play strong teams.

The Lakers won the second most live broadcasts, also because of the league's support. Although the Spurs and Trail Blazers are strong, there are not many live broadcasts. The former is because of the poor star data, and the latter is because of their ugly games.

The Eastern Heat's live broadcasts only rank tenth. This is because the Heat's strength is not bad, and it will be better to play against other strong teams, otherwise Stern would not want to see them.

The Raptors' public training session, the arena is full.

The old arena hasn't been retired yet, and after the preseason, it will be abandoned as the Raptors move to the Air Canada Center for their regular-season opener.

In his speech, owner Richard Peddie thanked Yang Rui for everything he brought to the Raptors. The Raptors are really rising now and making a lot of money.

In the auditorium, some Chinese female fans held up supportive signs, which said asking Yang Rui to marry him in Chinese, which shows how popular he is in this city.

However, in the training match, Yang Rui chose to be lazy and let Thibodeau and D'Antoni each lead a team to compete. He watched the excitement and inspected the coaching staff by the way.

Two people choose one player each, until 15 people are divided into two groups.

Thibodeau has worked with Yang Rui for two years, and he has certain accomplishments in offensive tactics and is full of confidence, so D'Antoni is the first to choose.

D'Antoni, with a big belly, didn't want Carter. The first person chose O'Neal, the second chose McGrady, the third was Christie, the second was Detref, and the fifth person chose Curry.

Three substitutes, he chose Jumaine Jones, Jerome James and Earl Boykins.

Thibodeau's blue team seems to have a better lineup, but they lost the match, and the point difference was not small, 132 to 111.

The tactic arranged by D'Antoni is a fast break, the whole team runs, and there are stable three-point shooting points from the outside. When Thibodeau let players attack the basket, Jerome can also resist Cato.

Boykins scored 27 points and 8 assists. His performance surprised everyone.

The only one who didn't find it strange was Yang Rui. Boykins made a sharp breakthrough, and his shots were frightening. Even in 2010, he led the Bucks to beat the Lakers off the bench, and Kobe was so angry that he left the court before the end of the game.

Thibodeau mainly used Carter to attack, and Christie did a good job in single defense. The inside side screened, opened up space to help Carter create opportunities, and the white team changed defenses inside in a timely manner.

In the public training session, Thibodeau felt very shameless. What's more, the fans didn't pay attention to him at all, and his sense of existence was pitiful.

Yang Rui was very satisfied with D'Antoni's performance, and called the two of them and the third assistant coach Jack Smiley to have dinner together in the evening.

Summarizing the match, Yang Rui smiled and said: "Tom, you didn't deserve to lose. His strategy of selecting players is very correct, and your lineup has been restrained."

Thibodeau shook his head: "I don't understand, obviously there are three in my team, and there is also Miller who can open up space."

"But you lack defensive players, and the positional battle can only shrink. The two best defensive perimeters on the team, Doug and Tracy went to the white team, and Bowen was hard on defense and not good at offense. Mike, you did a good job. , played Boykins' characteristics, and still used the usual tactics of the Raptors last season."

D'Antoni smiled. "I just took a chance and chose someone first."

D'Antoni is humble, and he has a way to score in positional battles. Let McGrady hold the ball in the middle as a point forward. Once Curry receives the ball, the opponent's center must defend, otherwise Curry will shoot perfectly.

If Curry attracts a defense change and passes the ball to O'Neal for an air cut, it will be a misplaced heads-up opportunity.

It's more interesting when he comes off the bench. Cato's misplacement against Boykins is impossible to defend against. It makes people break through casually. The height difference between the two makes fans think it's cute. When a tank-type center like Cato bends down, Boykins disappeared early.

Because of his average pick-and-roll defense, Cato didn't get many chances to play in the last playoffs. The small guard who is good at breaking through is his nemesis.

If you don't play Cato, or the center goes out to defend, it will be very difficult to defend Jerome inside. After all, he is a super strong man with 136 kilograms. .

Thibodeau's response was to let Miller also play, and the twin towers guarded the penalty area, but the white team's shooting was not bad.

In terms of offense in the new season, Yang Rui has someone to discuss with. He feels that if D'Antoni is now the coach to lead the Raptors, the record will not be much worse...

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