Chapter 7: The Age of Real Rivalry (Asking for Votes and Collections)

In the 2003-2004 season, there were really many teams in the NBA that could really be called strong.

The first tier is definitely the Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers and the Spurs, who have always been dog-stable.

The strong teams in the second echelon include the Pistons, Nets, Kings, Mavericks, and Grizzlies.

Across the league, a total of eight teams had a win rate of more than 60% that season, with the Western Conference accounting for six of them!

That is to say, in the NBA league in the 03-04 season, if you want to enter the top six in the West, you must at least have a winning rate of more than 60%!

The Los Angeles Lakers put together a luxury F4 team, the regular season record is actually not as good as later fans think, they got a 56-26 record this season, if you really rank according to the record, the Lakers can only occupy the third position in the West, but due to the advantage of the division record, the Lakers are one win behind the Spurs, and they are in second place in the West.

Despite the loss of the Admiral, the Spurs have shown their initial strength in the GDP portfolio, allowing them to rank in the first echelon of the league.

The Lakers have F4 and the Spurs have GDP, but the team at the top of the Western Conference record list is the Minnesota Timberwolves, led by the three-headed wolves!

Garnett, the king of the wolves, has shown a rare dominance in this season, and if the hero is purely based on statistics, Garnett's statistics this season are even much better than Duncan's.

The top three teams in the West are all epic teams, but the team at the top of the entire league record list is not in the West, but the Indiana Pacers in the East!

The Pacers have O'Neal Jr. and Artest in their prime, and Reggie Miller can still contribute a lot to the team's victory on the court although he has entered the end of his career at this time!

In addition to the first echelon, the strength of the teams in the second echelon is also extremely strong.

The Pistons grassroots five Tigers, the Mavericks Dek Nowitzki and Finley combination, the Kings Webber, Bibby, Stojakovic, Grizzlies Gasol.

It can be said that this is a truly competitive basketball era, where the top players of all historical levels show their strengths on the huge stage of the NBA and fight for their championship dreams!

Li Tuanjie saw the emblems of the twenty-nine teams given by the system, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought!

In my own opinion, and Bennett's recommendation, the Spurs, Mavericks and Timberwolves are all good options.

The main reason why these three teams are listed as the first plan is that the other strong teams either have too many stars in the team, and Li Tuanjie wants to get some playing time, but he doesn't even think about it, or the lineup is already very perfect and has formed his own system, if Li Tuanjie goes, there is no place for him to survive at all.

"Which team should I choose? You only have a once-a-year choice, so don't waste it! Li Tuanjie silently analyzed in his heart.

I know my situation very well, although I seem to be tall and big, but if I throw my height to the NBA, it can only be regarded as ordinary, not outstanding at all.

Strength, bounce, reach, etc., all of them are relatively low-level levels!

With such a body, Li Tuanjie doesn't think he can play the center position, and now the inside line of the NBA league is simply a flesh and blood millstone, with a body like Li Tuanjie, O'Neal can really knock Li Tuanjie a few meters away!

If you play guard, although Li Tuanjie's ball control skills are okay, at least in high school campuses, he is definitely at a supernatural level, but compared with the top guards in the NBA, he is not even Mao!

Moreover, Li Tuanjie's speed is not good, everyone knows that a defender who is not good at speed is destined not to achieve much!

From this point of view, Li Tuanjie has very little choice, and only the striker position remains!

With Li Tuanjie's height, if you play as a striker, it is actually very suitable!

Of course, there are many types of forwards, such as breakthrough type spring man striker, projection-oriented marksman striker, defensive coolie blue-collar striker, and so on......

After thinking about it, Li Tuanjie initially set a positioning for himself, that is, to develop in the direction of projection-based strikers first!

This is also Li Tuanjie's helpless move, breaking through the spring man? Li Tuanjie does not have such physical fitness!

Defensive coolies?! Can you expect a high school student who has just received the system to willingly become a defensive coolie?!

Moreover, the data played by Nowitzki, the current benchmark for projection forwards in the league, is also very eye-catching, which makes Li Tuanjie very envious.

Averaging nearly 22 points per game, Nowitzki has undoubtedly redefined the power forward position.

Nowitzki, as a rookie in 98, is really not outstanding in the NBA league where there are many muscular sticks, with a height of 213 cm, but an arm span of only 215 cm, and the strength and bounce speed are also middle-class, so I really can't find any bright spots.

But it is this body without the slightest bright spot that has played the data that those players with explosive physical fitness dream of!

According to Li Tuanjie's idea, the virtual team he wants to join the most is the Mavericks with Nowitzki!

If he joins the Mavericks, even if he can't get any playing time, he will definitely gain a lot from sitting on the sidelines and watching Nowitzki's offensive style!

It can be said that Nowitzki is the initial template that Li Tuanjie set for himself, and it is naturally a good thing for Li Tuanjie to have a year-long period to carefully observe the competition of the template.

But the Spurs and the Timberwolves, two teams, think about it carefully, have very huge benefits for Li Tuanjie.

This season, the Timberwolves' defensive efficiency is very high, even stronger than the Spurs, if Li Tuanjie can join, he will definitely be able to learn a lot of defensive experience and improve his defensive awareness, which will play a vital role in whether Li Tuanjie can enter the NBA.

And choosing the Timberwolves is also Bennett's first recommendation!

It's just that Li Tuanjie really doesn't want to put himself on the label of a defensive coolie, and he is a little resistant to joining the Timberwolves.

The Spurs team can be said to be a model of teamwork, and if you join the Spurs, it will be of great benefit to Li Tuanjie to understand the tactics of regular games!

"What a headache! How should I choose ......?" Li Tuanjie was entangled.

In his heart, he really wants to join the Mavericks, but choosing the Spurs and Timberwolves may make it easier for him to enter the NBA!