On December 25, 2011, the shrinking season officially kicked off, with five matchups in the league that day. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Miami Heat, the favorite to win the championship, faced the Mavericks, the bitter host of last season's Finals, the league's upstart Clippers faced the Warriors, last season's regular season MVP Rose led the Bulls to the Lakers, the Celtics faced the Knicks, and the Magic faced the Thunder.

On the opening day, the Spurs have no game schedule, and they won't have their first game of the season until December 26 - an away game against the Grizzlies.

I have to say that the staff who arrange the schedule of the league is also a genius, the Heat's first opponent is the Mavericks who lost them in the finals last season, and the Spurs' opponent is the Grizzlies who gave them a Black Eight Miracle last season.

On the morning of the 25th, the Spurs team left for Memphis, Greg Popovich refused all media interviews, and the Spurs began to prepare for the first game of the season with peace of mind.

The tranquility inside the Spurs does not mean the tranquility of the outside world, and for the new season, major media in the United States and even foreign sports media have reported and predicted.

ESPN put the Spurs in fourth place in the West in their preseason predictions, behind the Thunder, Lakers and Clippers, ESPN expert Mark Stein believes that the Spurs will still have to face the test of the devil's schedule when the main team is a year older, and the Spurs not only have no effective reinforcements this season, but have sent away the team's leading backup point guard George Hill for a No. 15 rookie.

"In the new season, San Antonio will not have a point guard who can replace the French sports car in key moments, and they don't even have a pure center on the inside! For two preseason games, the Spurs have been using Tim Duncan and Thiago Split to take the center position, and what is even more embarrassing is that the Spurs don't even have Tim Duncan and Thiago Split as a backup! This raises questions about the Spurs' operation after the start of free agency on December 9, and after they hurriedly signed three rookies, they only signed the injury-ridden TJ Ford and the embarrassing Ecdiogu, so they made up the 15-man roster, so what about the depth of the roster?

Mark Stein believes that the Spurs in the new season will not have any squad depth, and An Xi, who has been using his mobile phone to read the news, can only sneer.

Anxi found some news reports from China, because of Yao Ming's retirement and the fact that the UAE has not returned to the NBA due to injury, Anxi has become the only attraction in China.

Tencent Sports also made a special feature for Anxi, they believe that with Anxi's performance in the CBA to prevent JR Smith, Anxi can at least get a certain amount of playing time in the new season, and Tencent Sports also quoted ESPN's report, saying that the depth of the squad in the Spurs is extremely poor, and if Anxi can perform well and seize the opportunity, he can even become a member of the regular rotation lineup.

For domestic news reports, Anxi can only take a look, although the NBA has been in China for many years, but the domestic awareness of the NBA is still very little, or it is still in the initial stage, and for Anxi and his own people, it can be exaggerated. As for why the Basketball Herald sang the opposite tone before, Anxi guessed that they might want to set a counterexample to win the favor of domestic fans.

The bus arrived at the hotel, and Anxi was still watching the news.

"Ann, what are you doing?" Manuginobili leaned in. "Oh, you're watching the news? Haha, rookie, I advise you to watch less as well, now, bring me my bag!"

An Xi stretched his waist and replied: "Manu, you don't understand, I just like to watch these news reports, it's very interesting to watch." ”

"Hehe, when you don't behave well, you don't think like that. Seeing that Anxi helped him carry his bag, Manuginobili paused and continued to communicate with Anxi about this issue.

Anxi didn't take Manuginobili's words to heart, and his performance was not good? Reading these news when he was not performing well was another view. But Anxi doesn't even know if he can get a chance to perform now, so how can he care about this?

Because he helped Manu carry his bag, Anxi lived in a room with Manu at night, and as soon as he entered the room, Manu took out his mobile phone and listened to music.

Anxi heard from other teammates that in his spare time during the game, Manu's favorite thing to do was to listen to those Latin music, so he didn't bother Manu, changed into a training uniform, and went out.

The hotel where the Spurs stayed in Memphis had a gym, and Anxi came to the gym wearing the Spurs' training uniform.

Bench press after bench press, Anxi felt very refreshed, a feeling that his whole body was full of strength.

"Wow! Look at that guy! he's been doing the bench press!" someone whispered not far away. "It's been 4 times, it seems to be 150 kilograms, and it's a lot of power. ”

Anxi only did 4 bench presses, and he really didn't have the strength anymore, so he rested for a while and started doing other exercises.

"He's starting to squat, look. The two people not far away were staring at Anxi, and they were really shocked by Anxi's bench press.

A moment later, when An Xi came out from under the barbell, the two people who had been observing from a distance opened their mouths in surprise.

"7 times in the 100 kg class, very strong, if it is an extreme squat, he should be able to reach close to 300 kg!" The younger of the two directly estimated An Xi's squat data.

"A good seedling, go!" The older one rushed towards Anxi without hesitation.

Anxi was about to go for a short run, when he was stopped by two black men who were not very tall.

"Hello, let me introduce myself, my name is Martin Bunker and I am a boxing coach. The older one introduced himself.

"Boxing coach?" An Xi looked at the middle-aged black man who looked really strong with suspicious eyes.

But this suspicious gaze was thought by this Martin Bunker that Anxi was questioning his identity, and he hurriedly dragged the young black man out: "He? Don't you know him?"

An Xi was even more puzzled now, and he shook his head: "I don't know...... Isn't it?"

Martin Bunker was defeated by Anxi at this moment: "Floyd Mayweather?

An Xi shook his head again, Martin Bunker didn't know what to say anymore, and Floyd Mayweather on the side was even more embarrassed, he had debuted for so many years, and in the land of the United States, no one really said that he didn't know him.

"Okay, okay, let's not care about that much for now, I want to ask, have you ever boxed before?"

An Xi shook his head again, as if he would only shake his head.

"That's okay, with your physical condition, it's still too late to start practicing. Martin Bunker whispered, as if to comfort himself. However, he immediately reacted and looked at An Xi: "Then do you want to practice boxing? With your physical condition, if you contact boxing, you can become the strongest boxing champion in the world, just like him, Mayweather!"

An Xi suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, he realized what this black uncle came to him for, he actually wanted to let him practice boxing?

"Mr. Martin Bunker, I wonder if you've noticed my clothes?"

Martin Bunker froze, and Mayweather reminded him in the back: "San Antonio Spurs' training uniform, this Asian is a basketball player. ”

Martin Bunker was disappointed all of a sudden, it turned out that this good seedling was already an athlete, but in another field.

"Sorry we bothered. Martin Bunker apologized and prepared to leave.

An Xi smiled and nodded, but Floyd Mayweather didn't leave directly, he pretended to look at An Xi viciously, and said, "It's the first time I've met someone who doesn't know me, so we have to get to know each other!"