The Mavericks' lineup this year is simply not too luxurious, Nowitzki, Josh Howard, Jason Terry, Stackhouse, Devin Harris, Dampier, such a lineup has been blackened by opponents, unless Li Tuanjie can have star-level strength this season, it is too difficult to change the trajectory of history!

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"I can only take one step at a time, let's try to improve my strength first, maybe when the time comes, if I play extraordinary, the wings of my little butterfly can fan the direction of history!" Li Tuanjie thought to himself.

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In addition to these major events, Li Tuanjie also knew the future direction of basketball from Bennett's description.

Small Ball Tactics!

In fact, not only in the 06-07 season, but also in the previous two seasons, the small-ball tactics have been frequently mentioned, and the probability of appearing in various news is very high!

If you really want to talk about the timing of the rise of small ball, it should actually be in the 04-05 season, and the Phoenix Suns, who were still a fish belly team in the 03-04 season, directly jumped to the first place in the West in the second season!

You can also see the power of the small-ball tactic here!

It's just that because the Suns have not won the championship, not even the finals, and the Spurs have beaten 4:1 in the Western Conference finals, although the small-ball tactics have been recognized, they have not become the mainstream tactics of the league.

Winning a championship on defense is still a recognized truth in the league!

However, Li Tuanjie learned from Bennett that basketball in later generations has gradually moved closer to the small ball, and the small ball tactic has become the mainstream tactic!

"It seems that I chose to be a projection power forward, which is a good choice, and the last few seasons are the time when the small ball is emerging, and I believe that if I can show good projection ability, it will definitely give me more playing time!" Li Tuanjie was a little lucky, fortunately he didn't develop in the direction of a coolie blue-collar power forward under the basket......

Coolie power forward, pay attention to defense and rebounding, speaking of which, the position of power forward, the initial positioning is coolie, protecting the basket and competing for rebounds is their job!

And Nowitzki's appearance can be said to give the big forwards another way out!

It turns out that the big forward can also float on the outside to project!

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On October 5th, the first game of the season was held at the American Airlines Center Arena in Dallas City!

In the opening game of the preseason, the Dallas Mavericks host the Houston Rockets!

NBA fans who have been waiting for months finally have a chance to feast their eyes again, and the tickets have already sold out!

Since tickets for preseason games are generally cheaper than tickets for the main game, there are extremely many fans watching the game on site.

It's not just Texas fans who are watching the civil war on their home side, but also fans in China are interested in the game!

For a long time, domestic fans knew that there was a psychopath in China who went to play in the NBA, but they didn't know the specific strength of Li Tuanjie, and they didn't see Li Tuanjie's performance on the court.

Some fans even heard that the Mavericks spent a lot of money to get Li Tuanjie from the Jazz, and they all said that Cuban was a big wrongdoer......

These fans are very optimistic about Li Tuanjie's development in the NBA, after all, Li Tuanjie's physical fitness is there, and in the NBA, a league full of physical perverted players, there is no advantage at all!

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The opening game of this preseason game was broadcast live by the five sets of CCTV in China, of course, the purpose of their live broadcast was definitely not for Li Tuanjie, but Yao Ming, who is currently in the NBA!

In addition to live TV, online live broadcast has not yet become popular at this time, and most fans are watching the text live broadcast in the live broadcast room.

At this point in time,China's network speed is very touching,The download speed can reach 200KB of network speed, which is considered the speed of light,And some relatively backward places also use traffic billing or hourly billing,Even some PC games,In fact, most of them are installed with discs,You must know that downloading a slightly larger game,It's not realistic at all for more than ten hours,So there are no conditions for watching live online video at all,This situation has not been alleviated until a year or two later......

(06-07 years should be regarded as the rapid development period of China's network,The previous network speed was very bad,07 years after the gradual speed,I remember 07 years my university's network speed is the fastest 4M,Lucky download speed can reach 500K per second)

At present, a lot of fans have gathered in the text live broadcast room of a certain platform, although they can't see the live video, but they can understand the dynamics of the two teams, at least they can solve their hunger.

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"Unity, let's go, let's warm up and find the feel!" Seeing Li Tuanjie sitting on the bench, Nowitzki patted Li Tuanjie on the shoulder and said.

After more than two months of getting along, Nowitzki has a good impression of Li Tuanjie, although Li Tuanjie now has all kinds of shortcomings, but his training attitude is extremely hard, which makes Nowitzki appreciate it very much!

Under Nowitzki's care, Li Tuanjie didn't even enjoy the "special care" that the rookies helped the veterans buy drinks and hamburgers......

Following Nowitzki, Li Tuanjie went on the court to do a few sets of mid-range shooting drills to find his shooting touch, he didn't know how much playing time head coach Johnson would give him in this preseason game, and he didn't even know if he would let himself play, the only thing he could do was to adjust his condition and be ready to play at any time!

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"Li Tuanjie, haha!" Li Tuanjie, who was training, heard someone shouting about himself, and it was still Mandarin, so he didn't have to guess to know that it must be Yao Ming.

"Brother Yao! Haha, thank you Brother Yao last time, I have time to invite Brother Yao to dinner! Li Tuanjie was full of smiles, and it felt very cordial to be able to meet his compatriots in this foreign country.

"How can I give you a treat, haha, when you play in Houston later, I will invite you to my Yao restaurant for dinner!"

"Congratulations, unity, you are now a real NBA player, keep up for it, you will have a great future!" Yao Ming patted Li Tuanjie's shoulder and said encouragingly.

"By the way, this time the NBA's propaganda slogan in China is the Chinese derby, you kid will have to work hard for a while, don't let the domestic trolls find the opportunity to spray people, haha!"

"Well, I'll do it!" Li Tuanjie nodded firmly, although this is just a preseason game, but for Li Tuanjie, it is of great significance, he needs to use this game to prove himself!

"But don't put too much pressure on yourself, try to relax, know that this is just a pre-season, just enjoy the game...... Yao Ming said with a smile.

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After the warm-ups, the players from both teams return to their dressing rooms, and then it's time for the fans to enter the stadium and the players listen to the coaches' pre-match arrangements in the dressing room.

Li Tuanjie sat in the Mavericks' home locker room, with some expectations in his heart, and he didn't know if head coach Johnson would arrange playing time for himself.