On October 25, 2013, the Philadelphia 76ers held a press conference at their training gym, and before that, they had officially announced that they had cut three players. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

And this press conference is to announce the signing of a non-guaranteed official contract with the other players who remain.

The three players who were cut were shooting guard Lorenzo Brown, power forward Brandon Davis and center Dwayne Dedmon.

In this way, among the remaining players, Elliott Williams, James Anderson, Hollis Thompson and Byron Mullens signed a one-year non-guaranteed base salary with the 76ers under the auspices of Sam Sinki, and temporarily stayed with the team, because the contract is a non-guaranteed base salary, so they may still be waived.

The 76ers' 15-man roster was also released.

Point guards: Michael Carter Williams, Sean Livingston, Tony Rotten;

Shooting guards: Ann Creek, James Anderson, Elliott Williams;

Small forwards: Evan Turner, Jay Crowder, Francisco Garcia, Hollis Thompson;

Power forwards: Thaddeus Young, Henry Simms;

Centre-forwards: Spencer Hawes, Cole Aldridge, Byron Mulens.

Finally, add a Norlens Knoll who has already been reimbursed for the season and has applied for an injury exception.

The 15-man roster was released, and doubts about McCarvey appeared again, but this time, the doubts appeared about the strength of the 76ers.

In the face of the reporter's question about who is the starting point guard of the 76ers in the new season, Brett Brown did not answer, but in fact, Brett Brown already has the answer, the team training game before the press conference, the former all-around McCarvey is back, so the starting point guard of the new season can only be McCarvey.

McCarvey regained his confidence, but also understood that he could play to his strengths and avoid weaknesses, and throughout the team's training games, McCarvey was using his breakthroughs, his ball control and his passing to beat Tony Roteng.

Brett Brown didn't answer, just because he had to take into account the thoughts of the other players, he said before that starters are all about competition, and everyone has a chance to start, so Brett Brown can't say that the starters must be McCarvey.

But Bret Brown's reluctance to answer, in Henry Abbott's eyes, turned into the 76ers unable to find a qualified starting point guard, so, before the start of the season, Henry Abbott's final prediction ranked the Philadelphia 76ers in the twelfth in the East, that is, the third from the bottom in the East.

His reason is simple, the 76ers can't even put together a starting lineup, so they don't need to think about the playoffs, and the twelfth place in the East is the most likely position for the 76ers.

In his rookie prediction rankings, McCarvey ranked 62nd among all rookies, which is basically equivalent to the bottom, and even some undrafted rookies and older rookies have overtaken McCarvey.

Another important ranking, in the league player rankings, Anxi is ranked 56th by Henry Abbott, and he believes that Anxi will be an All-Star in the new season, but only an All-Star.

And McCarvey, who is ranked 62nd among rookies, is directly at the bottom of the league's player rankings, he ranks 441st among 446 players in the league, and only 5 players in the league are worse than him.

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Henry Abbott's ranking is considered to have received a certain amount of recognition, because the strength shown by the 76ers in the preseason is like this, and the strength shown by McCarvey is also like this, on the other hand, Zach Lowe's preseason preview is also coming out soon, but the preseason preview of this data expert, who has always been regarded as an authoritative data expert, has caused countless controversies.

First of all, Zach Lowe believes that the Brooklyn Nets, which make up the Big Five, are not the top three teams in the East, he believes that the Nets are only the top five in the East at most, and the New York Knicks in the new season are not the top three teams in the East, Zach Lowe believes that the Knicks in the new season will be a team on the edge of the playoffs.

The rankings of these two New York teams have caused countless controversies for Zach Lowe, after all, one makes up the Big Five and the other is second in the East last season, and the main team has not been lost, and as for the 76ers, Zach Lowe ranks the 76ers ninth in the East, that is, on the edge of the playoffs, just like the New York Knicks.

In addition, Zach Lowe also believes that Anxi is the most unpredictable player in the new season, Anxi's playing time in the preseason is insufficient, which is difficult to calculate, and Anxi also has a 56-point performance in a single game, which makes Zach Lowe a little unsure of where to rank Anxi, and finally can only give Anxi a league ranking of the thirtieth, and add a sentence after the 76ers' ranking.

"The 76ers have a chance to make the playoffs, but it depends on Anxi's performance. ”

That is to say, Zach Lowe's ranking of the 76ers in ninth place is actually just his conservative ranking, and if Anxi performs better, he even thinks that the 76ers should be ranked higher!

However, in this way, his colleague Henry Abbott was dissatisfied, in his opinion, Zach Lowe's ranking was completely different from his, which was obviously against him and was fighting with him, so Henry Abbott made a statement on his social media, targeting McCarvey and Zach Lowe......

Because Zach Lowe did not evaluate McCarvey, and in Henry Abbott's view, the 76ers' biggest weakness is McCarvey, the No. 11 rookie this season, and the biggest problem in Zachlovy's preseason preview is also to ignore McCarvey.

"Zach Lowe thinks the Philadelphia 76ers have a chance to make the playoffs, but his remarks seem to me to be a joke, maybe he ignores McCarvey, a no. 11 rookie destined to be a parallel import, and he may also think that McCarvey will be a qualified starting point guard, but in fact, with McCarvey's strength, he has a little difficulty establishing himself in the league......"

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In the Philadelphia training hall, although autumn has arrived, the summer heat has not dissipated, Brett Brown sweats profusely and shouts on the sidelines, and the 76ers players on the court are conducting deeper tactical training.

"Hurry up, run, Michael, pass, pass, don't stick!"

"Ann, shoot when you catch the ball, shoot when you catch the ball, you know, don't stick to the ball!"

In short, don't stick to the ball, Brett Brown wants to see a team that can move the ball quickly, the ball is running, the game will be smooth, and the 76ers' biggest advantage - passing, will also be used.

McCarvey gradually adapted to the team's tactics, and the problems in the starting lineup were only the lack of an excellent three-point shooter and the lack of a rim-protecting center, in the starting lineup, only Anxi has long-range shooting ability, and the three-point firepower is relatively lacking, and Spencerhawes's frame protection ability is relatively weak, if it is adjusted, only Cole Aldridge can be used as the starter, but how big the impact of these two problems is, Brett Brown does not know, after all, the real game has not started yet, and the test of actual combat is the most important.

After the training, An Xi collapsed directly on the chair on the sidelines.

McCarvey handed Anxi a towel, and Anxi smiled and said thank you.

On the other hand, James Anderson is not as tired as Anxi at all, after all, Brett Brown did not a group of substitutes like Anxi, after the training, James Anderson directly took out his mobile phone, swiped it for a while, and then screamed as if he had discovered a new world.

"Wow, ESPN's season preview is out, and Henry Abbott and Zach Lowe are arguing. ”

An Xi smiled: "It must be Henry Albert that guy who hacked us." ”

James Anderson immediately gave Anxi a thumbs up: "Ann is right, Henry Abbott thinks we are the third-to-last team in the East, while Zach Lowe thinks we are ninth in the East and even have a chance to make the playoffs." ”

An Xi nodded: "They are all wrong. ”

"All wrong?"

"We're already a playoff team!"

"Haha......" Everyone laughed, the current 76ers are quite optimistic, under the leadership of Anxi......

Brett Brown on the side also smiled, this relaxed and confident team atmosphere is a bit like a Spurs, which is a good phenomenon.

"By the way, also, Henry Abbott thinks Michael is the league's last rookie and the league's bottom player, haha! I think that's the funniest thing!" James Anderson laughed, as did the rest of the 76ers.

After the end of the preseason journey, the 76ers have team training games almost every day, and McCarvey's performance is getting better and better day by day.

Henry Abbott actually said that McCarvey was the league's last rookie and player, which is a joke.

An Xi grinned: "Henry Albert doesn't think his face is swollen enough, Michael, you have to perform well in the next game." ”

McCarvey's face was always filled with a smile, that confident smile, and after he heard An Xi's words, he nodded fiercely: "I will!"

The 76ers' first opponent in the regular season is the Heat, McCarvey has no fear, the opponent is very strong, the comeback of the Big Three, at the beginning of the season met Anxi, who made them suffer a lot last season, obviously they will not let go of this opportunity for revenge, their goal is not a victory, but a big victory.

And the 76ers are already ready to go, and before the start of the regular season, Anxi summarized the bonus of the jersey system to himself.

"Three-point attribute bonus 90, mid-range shooting attribute bonus 85, single defense attribute bonus 99, steal attribute bonus 95, off-ball attribute bonus 70, back attribute bonus 80, ball control attribute bonus 83, pull-up jump shot attribute bonus 70, breakthrough attribute bonus 60, step-back jumper attribute bonus 99, low post attribute bonus 70. ”

Coupled with the double consciousness attribute of about 85, Anxi is also ready early for the new season, and he is going to start killing all sides. (To be continued.) )