"Can you help the team make the playoffs in the new season?"

"What kind of player do you think Anthony Davis is?"

"What do you expect to be able to do in the new season?"

"Will there be any difference psychologically from a championship team to a rebuilding team?"

……

The questions are one after another, this new signing's meeting is more like Tang Tian's personal meeting.

"We've been training camp for over a month, and the performances we've had over the past month have given me reason to believe this is a playoff team."

"AD is AD, he's one of the most talented interior players, and he's going to be a real superstar for years to come."

"My performance? You'll be in a surprise when the season starts. ”

"No, man, the team got me and Zhu this past summer, and we're no longer a rebuilding team, we're a championship team."

……

Tang Tian's answer should be steady when it should be steady, and it should be skinny when it should be, and his words revealed confidence in himself and this team.

In addition to the same day, the team's general manager Demps and owner Benson also expressed their optimism about Tang Tian's joining at the press conference.

"We believe he will be the next Ray Allen."

Demps put up a very good template for Tang Tian.

Most fans only remember Ray Allen's three-point shot when he arrived with the Celtics.

But in fact, at the peak of the SuperSonics, he averaged nearly 25+5+5 per game all year round, and about 1.5 steals, and he was a superstar who could shoot, pass and defend.

Putting out this template shows that Demps's expectations for Tang Tian's new season are quite high.

"He's going to be the best guy around AD, he's got championship experience, he's going to help this team get to the playoffs."

Benson also had high hopes for Tang Tian.

At the end of the meeting, both Pelicans fans and local media in New Orleans were looking forward to the new season.

"AD is our Michael Jordan and now we have our Scottie Pippen!"

"Holiday + Gordon + Don + Anderson + AD, this lineup can't make the playoffs yet?! Let's rush to the rush! ”

"I can't wait for the new season, let's get started!"

……

In anticipation from fans, the preseason officially kicked off on October 6, and the Pelicans' first game was at home against the Houston Rockets.

However, Tang Tian did not participate in this game, and he even appeared on the bench.

He suffered his first injury to New Orleans.

Maybe it's because he didn't get used to coming to the coastal city from an inland city, and he got the flu, and it was more serious.

Because he was afraid of infecting his teammates, he didn't come to training for the past two days.

Not only played the Rockets, Tang Tian was recuperating throughout the preseason, and it wasn't until the last two games of the preseason that he was better enough to participate in the team's joint practice.

The Pelicans have significantly improved their strength compared to last season, and their performance in the preseason is also very good, and Williams did not arrange Tang Tian to play in the last two games.

As a result, Tang Tian missed the first preseason game of his Pelicans career because of a flu.

Fans can only wait for the start of the regular season before they can see Tang Tian.

After the preseason, the Pelicans completed the final layoffs, with Lance Thomas, Josh Childis, and Arinz Onuaku being cut one after another.

After this layoff, the team's 15-man squad was finally released.

Point guards: Holiday Jr., Reaves Jr., Brian Roberts

Shooting guards: Gordon, Morrow

Small forwards: Tang Tian, Aminu, Darius Miller, Ci Shiping

Power forwards: Davis, Ryan Anderson

Centre-forwards: Jason Smith, Steensma, Akinsa, Jeff Vichy

The team's first regular season game of the new season is the Rockets, which is the same opponent as the preseason opener, but this time they are playing on the road.

The Pelicans and Texas Top Three are both in the Southwest season, playing each other four times a season, which is a big reason why they struggle to make the playoffs.

On the morning of the game, the team flew to Houston.

The attendance rate of the Toyota Center was surprisingly high, exceeding 80%, and a considerable number of Chinese fans came to the scene.

With about an hour to go before the start of the game, players from both teams were in the locker rooms making final preparations for the game.

In the Pelicans' locker room, Williams hasn't arrived yet, and the players are changing their shoes and jerseys.

Tang Tian had just changed into a red away jersey when his mobile phone suddenly vibrate.

He picked it up and saw that it was a message from Maddie.

It's really strange that Maddie would message him before the game?

He clicked on it and looked at it.

The content is simple.

"Blow up that guy named James Harden."

Maddie as a Rockets celebrity, this is not against Harden?

But after looking at it for a while, he suddenly remembered.

Last year, the Spurs played the Rockets' first game in the playoffs, and Maddy scored seven points in that game.

During the post-game press conference, a reporter talked about it and then asked him if Maddie would be a problem for the Rockets.

Harden's response at the time was, "T-Mac is no longer the protagonist of this league." ”

This sentence itself is no problem, but Harden, as the core of the Rockets, seems to be a little inappropriate to say that the Rockets are famous so bluntly.

And Maddie's words are actually more sensitive.

In his previous life, JR Smith once tweeted that the peak Durant could easily beat the peak Maddy, and then the Magic's Fournier praised it.

At that time, Maddie was already a guest commentator on ESPN, and he directly fired Smith and Fournier.

Especially Fournier, you must know that the Magic are the team where Maddy has won two scoring titles.

Maddie is Durant's idol, not to mention that the two have really similar personalities.

So looking at it this way, Maddie didn't want to see him because of what Harden said at the beginning, which is really reasonable.

"I will."

Tang Tian replied to the message.

In fact, Maddie will do the same if he doesn't send a message, this is the season in which he left the Spurs to prove himself, and the first game will definitely get off to a good start.

As soon as Tang Tian finished texting back, Williams took Borrego to the locker room.

"Zhu, you defend Harden, Don, you play a little more in the opening, AD, you play more blocking and dismantling."

Williams came in and picked up the tactics board and began to lay out the team's opening tactics.

Tang Tian missed the game because of the flu, and there was one less chance to run in with the team.

But this absence also has benefits, Tang Tian's dry pull has not been used in the official game, this is an opportunity to catch the Rockets off guard at the beginning.

"Guys, we've been training hard for more than a month, let's all reward ourselves with a win!"

Williams finished his tactics and shouted to the team before leaving.

"New Orleans!"

The players shouted the slogan and then got up and went to the field.

The Pelicans' debut of the new season is coming soon!

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