When it comes to the nickname orangutan, Richard has always had a problem that is difficult to understand in his previous life.

Why is Ewing Orangutan's nickname, there is nothing wrong with calling it, and no one expresses dissatisfaction.

But once this nickname is on James, it's terrible, I can't wait to pick up your ancestral grave, and there is even a commentary about losing your job because of it.

Do these two orangutans mean the same thing? Until this life, Richard didn't figure out what the reason was.

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"Coach, are you looking for me?" Auden's expression was blank, as if there was a natural lack of expression cells on his face.

Richard's mind immediately thought of Big Ben, a person who didn't talk much.

When he first came into contact with Big Ben, Richard drew a big pie for Big Ben.

However, this trick obviously cannot be used on Oden, whether it is Oden himself or the outside world, they all think that Oden will be the king of the center in the future, and Richard In this case, there is no point in drawing a big pie.

"That's right, young man, you're going to start Shaq in the new season, but I'll look for opportunities for you to get some starters." Richard told Auden about his plan.

Oden nodded, "Thank you, Coach." ”

Richard suddenly found that after saying this, there seemed to be no place to communicate with the stuffy gourd of Auden.

"Okay, you go back first, get ready for the preseason, you'll start when the time comes, Shaq won't be in the preseason."

"Okay, Coach, I'll go first." Auden nodded, still with the same goofy expression.

After Auden left, Richard sighed, originally wanting to see how Auden's character was through a detailed conversation......

As a result, with such a stuffy gourd, I really can't talk together.

The feeling that this product gives Richard is not that he is really not good at communicating, if he really wants to find a word to describe it, it is more appropriate to describe it as reserved.

It's not the kind of arrogance that doesn't want to deal with people, and it's not the psychologically twisted wood like Milicic.

Seeing this kind of reserve in a center player actually makes Richard quite strange.

But this kind of character is not bad, at least it won't cause any bullshit for Richard.

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Before the start of the season, Richard gathered his players, including O'Neal, and used the group therapy skill.

This group of healing skills, Richard's main thing is to let O'Neill and Oden trigger the effect.

Sadly, neither of them triggered, and only one Granger triggered the group healing effect......

Granger was disease-free last season, and even if the effect was triggered, it was completely useless.

In desperation, Richard could only use the intermediate injury scroll for Oden, and this time he was lucky, not only curing Oden's knee injury, but also his previous wrist injury.

Oden is still more aware of his injury, Richard originally asked himself to prepare for the preseason, he didn't pay much attention to it, he is injured now, and it is impossible to play.

But the day before the pre-season started, he received a message from the team doctor that he could participate in tomorrow's pre-season opener!

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On October 1, the defending champion Pirates kicked off their preseason campaign.

The preseason schedule is relatively light, and there are not many strong teams against them, and most of them are the weakers in the East.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the home of the Pirates, players from both sides began to enter.

On the Buccaneers' side, O'Neal, Milicic, Granger and Paul all didn't play, and it was obvious that Richard wasn't ready to let them play this preseason.

Roy was promoted to the starting position by Richard this season, and the whole person looked proud and eager to try.

Rondo, who started the game, looked lacking in interest, and he was not interested in this preseason at all......

Moreover, he is also worried about starting now, and according to Paul's current performance, it is obviously difficult for him to get a starting position with the Buccaneers.

The key is that he can only accept this status quo, after all, he lost the bet with Paul before, and it would be a bit undignified if he still had an awkward start position.

Richard originally wanted to let Rondo rest in the preseason, but it turned out that Paul was rested, and if Rondo was rested again, there would be no point guard on the team to play......

Richard somewhat regretted that he couldn't take Ramon Sessions in the first place, and if he had gotten Sessions, he would have been able to take a lot of rotation now.

However, there is no regret medicine in the world, and if you miss it, you can only miss it.

Rondo and Roy were the starting defenders for tonight's preseason opener.

Millsap was thrilled to play as the starting small forward tonight, knowing that with Iguodala's departure, he would be playing more and more minutes this season.

……

The two interior players who started tonight were all rookies, Oden and second-round pick Marc Gasol.

Oden naturally plays center, and Jr. plays the power forward position.

Speaking of which, it must be a bit of a rush to let Xiao Jia take the power forward position now.

Because the current Xiaojia has not yet developed his three-point ability, even if Richard asked him to focus on training three-point shooting during the offseason training camp, but how can he practice it after only two months of training.

But fortunately, although Xiao Jia is not good at the moment with three-point firepower, his one-handed shot is still good, which is enough to open up space for Oden under the basket.

Oden, Jr., Mishen, Roy, Rondo, these five are the starting lineup of the Pirates tonight.

Coincidentally, the opponent is the Miami Heat, who made a shocking trade with the Buccaneers in the offseason.

It is said to be a coincidence, but in fact, this is also the arrangement of the NBA management committee, which generally arranges the schedule according to the needs of the league when there is a major event in the offseason.

The deal between the Heat and the Buccaneers is the biggest deal of the offseason, and it is fitting to have the two sides play this preseason opener and attract the attention of fans.

However, although there is a gimmick, except for Richard, some other high-profile players did not appear tonight.

O'Neal didn't show up, Iguodala didn't come to play this away preseason, and even Wade, the soul of the Heat, didn't come.

Pat Riley stood across the court, smiling and nodding at Richard, who also smiled and greeted, the two of them did something big in the offseason that shook the league, and now both sides feel that they have taken advantage of each other, looking at each other with stunned eyes.

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"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and the starters of both sides began to appear.

Richard was embarrassed to find that he didn't know anyone other than Haslem......

Richard remembers that the Heat had a bad swing this season, and then got an eye pick, and used that pick to pick Beasley.

It's not a good or bad choice, because if you don't choose Beasley, there really is no better choice.

Beasley is the favorite for the first pick, that is, the Bulls with the first pick have no shortage of forward players, so they chose point guard Rose, otherwise, it is really hard to say whether Rose can get the first pick.

Now that the Bulls have chosen Rose, the Heat have no better choice other than Beasley and OJ Mayo.

And Mayo is a quarterback, overlapping with Wade......

It's actually good to choose Beasley, but if you choose Mayo, the Heat will probably be even more unlucky.

……

Now with Iguodala in hand, Pat Riley is probably already starting to play a bad idea, trying to use the draft pick in his hand to sign a power forward or center next year, then the Heat is hopeful.

……

Oden stepped up to the halfway line and executed a jump ball with his opponent to win easily.

At present, Auden has recovered to a completely healthy state, and that physical fitness naturally goes without saying.

In the official joint trial, Auden's physical test data is exaggerated, as a seven-foot man, his jumping ability is quite outstanding, bouncing 81 cm on the spot, and running 86 cm high!

This is the best result of any rookie over 210 cm tall in the last decade!

At 117 kilograms, it is quite amazing to be a newcomer, you must know that Joaquin Noah weighs only 101 kilograms.

With a height of 210 cm and an arm span of 224, although it is not the top in history, it is also quite an excellent arm span.

The restricted area runs back and forth for 11.67 seconds, what is this concept, just compare it with Durant, Durant's round-trip data in the restricted area is 12.33 seconds, far inferior to Oden.

However, Durant's physical data is terrible, and I don't know if it was a deliberate stroke or some reason, which may not be very convincing.

Even if you don't compare Durant, Oden's 11.69 seconds data is better than that of company commander Brewer in the same class.

It's horrible to think about Oden's tonnage and height, and he's faster than an outside player.

The 4/3 sprint of 3.27 seconds, except for a few small men who rely on speed to eat, Oden's time is at the top.

That's why Oden has been called the hope of a centre-forward, and his physicality is so impressive that there are no flaws at all.

That is, Oden has a wrist injury and cannot participate in the strength test, otherwise, his data must also be the existence of the newcomer of the same class.

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After Oden got the first offensive possession for the Pirates, he rushed straight to the frontcourt, and the Heat's unknown center could only follow his ass and eat dust.

Rondo was happy, he knew the horror of Oden, and after getting the ball at the moment, he also rushed to the front.

Oden's basket had just landed, only to hear Rondo's outside roar, and the basketball in his hand was already flying towards Oden.

"Boom!" After receiving the ball, Oden was like a prehistoric Donkey Kong, turning around and holding the ball directly with both hands, and the unknown center in the opposite position was directly knocked away a few steps, and he could only watch Oden hang the basket.

The referee grinned, he could have blown Oden for a technical foul, after all, after Oden finished dunking, he was suspected of deliberately hanging the basket.

However, this explosive violent dunk made the referee pleasing to the eye, plus Oden was the champion, and it was only a preseason game at the moment, so the whistle was not blown.

The pirate fans at the scene applauded directly, and even Richard couldn't stop being excited, standing up from the bench and applauding vigorously.

After waiting for so long, I finally waited for a violent insider.

Richard likes violent inside, but in recent years he has not been able to pick a violent inside in the draft, which is his regret.

And now, this regret has finally been made up.

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"Good job, man, listen to me tonight, I'm sure you'll be so cool that you fly!" With a smile on his face, Rondo ran to Oden's side.

"Hmm." At the moment when Auden was violently buckled just now, his blood was full of blood, but he immediately returned to calm, and his face had a dumb expression.

"Another stuffy gourd, like Milicic." Rondo secretly slandered in his heart.

But even if it's a stuffy gourd, Rondo doesn't like Auden.

If you want to say what kind of teammate a point guard like Rondo likes the most, it is undoubtedly a center with explosive physical qualities like Oden.

Rondo's strong passing ability can ensure accurate passes to interior players, such as O'Neal, such as Oden, as long as the ball is passed to them, they have a good chance of contributing an assist to Rondo.

As for Milicic, his style is more perimeter, and his shooting percentage is certainly not as high as that of the basket.

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It was the Heat's turn to attack the round, and the Heat's unknown center received a pass from Haslem and prepared to single Oden in the low post.

As a result, Oden's exaggerated physical fitness directly made the unknown center regret his move, and he was dizzy with a furious block fan.

Before the ball went out of bounds, Rondo saved the ball, only to see that Oden had just completed the block, and immediately raised his leg and took a big stride towards the front.

This speed made the fans on the scene dumbfounded, they knew the metamorphosis of Oden's physical measurement data, but just looking at the data, how could it be so intuitive now.

Haslem still wanted to stop Oden, but his body was directly squeezed away by Oden, and it seemed that Oden's speed was not affected at all.

Rondo was already in possession of the ball to the frontcourt, standing outside the three-point line, looking like he was ready to shoot a three-pointer.

However, fans are well aware that Rondo is definitely waiting for Oden.

Oden is already rushing from the backcourt, and only one Heat guard next to him can keep up with Oden's speed.

It's a pity that the defender, who is less than 190 tall, is obviously impossible to stop Oden.

Oden had just stepped to the free-throw line when Rondo passed a lob that was hoisted near the basket.

"Boom!" There was another pop, and the basketball hoop creaked.

This time, Oden did not continue to hang the basket, and immediately landed after the violent dunk.

There was another burst of applause and screams.

Super center, absolute super center!

This kind of energetic style of play made the fans on the scene addicted......

Rondo was smiling, he was getting more and more fond of this stuffy big man, and it was definitely a wonderful thing to work with such a center forward with explosive physical fitness.

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Then, the field turned into a carnage, and there was no parity in sight!

It's normal to think about it, the two leaders of the Heat didn't play at all, and Haslem was a little bit of a presence among the remaining players.

But even Haslem, whose strength is in the Pirate team, is actually not even a position as a chief substitute.

With such a huge gap in strength, it is strange that the Heat will not be beaten!

Oden was like a god, covering up the light of all the players on the field.

Also shining at the same time as Oden is Rondo, who has already scored seven assists in less than a quarter!

Rondo thought that if he continued to play at this pace, he might be able to get a 30+ tonight!

30+ assists!

Oden is just too strong, setting off the opponent's unknown center forward like an amateur.

Of course, the strength of this center is also a real rookie, even in the rotten Heat team, it is estimated that it is the level of the third center, and it is normal to be beaten by Oden like this.

Scoring under the basket, rebounding, blocking, stealing, Oden on the court is like an omnipotent god.

At halftime, Pat Riley smiled wryly and waved at Richard before replacing the players on the field.

The meaning is obvious, man, give some face, let's forget about this game.

62:27, this is the score of the first half, and the Heat are sad that the Pirates don't even score half of the score.

Oden bravely slashed 33 points, 18 rebounds and 4 blocks!

15-of-19 and 3-of-4 with outside free throws!

9 of the 18 rebounds!

In just half a game, Oden produced a statistic that most other centre-forwards would look up to.

Richard immediately thought of a word.

Covering the sky with one hand, Oden's performance in this game can be described as covering the sky with one hand.

Although this is only a preseason, although the opponent is very weak, but even so, Oden's performance is extremely satisfactory to Richard, and he feels that he is absolutely not wrong to take the risk of choosing Oden this time.

"Maybe he'll be the real NBA king!" Richard thought to himself.

Pat Riley had already surrendered, and Richard was not ready to rush to the end, replacing Oden and Rondo on the field.

He knows very well that if these two people are kept on the court, even if they are matched with random players, the Heat will definitely continue to collapse.

A top-notch passing master, paired with a super center with a historical level of physical fitness, is truly amazing.

Rondo's 16 assists in the first half is proof of that.

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However, after taking Rondo, Richard has no point guard available at hand, which is still quite a headache.

"Sun Yue, Tony Allen, you two are ready to appear."

"Mark, you're in the center position."

"As for the point guard......" Richard frowned.

"You can distribute it on the field as you like, and play it yourself according to the situation."

Anyway, with such a big lead, even if you play casually, you will definitely not lose.

Besides, even if he loses, Richard doesn't care......