Chapter 517 [Big News, Dream Man]

The Suns didn't make any big news in the preseason, and the most showy was the Rockets.

After five years of careful preparation, BA officially selected the Rockets and Kings led by Yao Ming and Maddie to join forces to play the preseason game in China. Liu Wei, the star player of the Chinese men's basketball team, is trying out for the Kings and riding the Chinese shuttle to play in the NBA.

The preseason was the most impactful preseason in NBA history, with both games being broadcast to 177 countries and territories around the world in eight languages.

The result is that the two teams win one game each, and each time they play very anxiously, the fly in the ointment is that the star performance is not good, Yao Mai combination does not score much, and it still needs time to run in. Liu Wei ultimately failed to get a contract with the Kings and unfortunately failed to become the first Chinese outside player to join the NBA.

Although the Timberwolves had no salary space to bring in reinforcements in the summer, they also made a big news, but unfortunately it was negative.

In the team's training, "Wolf King" Garnett showed his domineering side, punching rookie Richot in the jaw, shattering the latter's teeth and requiring seven stitches.

21-year-old rookie Rick Ricott was selected by the Timberwolves in the second round this year, a power forward with a height of 206CM and a weight of 96 kg.

In intra-team matches, Ricott scored frequently in front of Garnett. Teased by other teammates, Garnett suddenly erupted and delivered a heavy punch with a sneak attack.

Ricott was surprised by Garnett's reaction this time. Rickett's agent, Mark, said: "And Garnett's agent, as well as the Timberwolves' press spokesman, declined to comment on the matter. ”

It's not the first time Garnett has punched a teammate, as he had snuck up Szzebiak four years ago and punched him in the head without warning. When it comes to playing teammates, there's probably no one in the NBA better at it than Garnett. However, no one in the team applauded, and the teammates on the scene were all indignant at this practice of "bullying the small with the big".

Online fans sprayed Garnett more, thinking that he would bully newcomers on the same team, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, and the quality was too poor.

There are also people who speak for Garnett, saying that his qualities are very good, and give examples. When the young Garnett and Rodman grabbed the rebound, Rodman deliberately hit him, not only did he not get angry, but also shook hands with the other party, but Rodman did not bird him.

From this incident, it is obvious that Rodman's quality is too poor, Garnett's quality is very good, and Ricott's beating must have been because he disrespected his predecessors and angered Garnett.

Later, the media said that Garnett had privately apologized to his juniors, and Ricott also appeared to be generous, and the two had reconciled.

Then Ricott, who did well in training, didn't get any appearances in the pre-season and was a spectator the whole time.

After the preseason, the Timberwolves, of course, did not sign with Ricott and swept him away. The media also chose to downplay the matter and stop mentioning anything about Richot, as if it were normal for the Timberwolves to have a rookie guard at the water cooler in the preseason and not play for a minute from start to finish.

This is the reality, Garnett is the league's most popular star, how old is Ricott?

The team with a lot of exposure also has the Lakers, who have lost all seven games in the preseason, which is a big surprise.

After Malone was ousted, veteran center Divac was sidelined with a hernia and his return time is yet to be determined, and Brian Grant also missed the preseason game with a right knee tendonitis.

The Lakers center position is unavailable, and to Guo Xu's surprise, the Lakers actually traded second-round rookie Ha Seung-jin in order to strengthen him, and the South Korean center got a lot of playing time in the preseason and performed badly.

It doesn't matter if Hesheng Town is bad, the gimmick is very full, and it has attracted a lot of eyeballs.

Everyone is familiar with this person, because he is a Korean center and calls himself "the No. 1 center in South Korea", I don't know why he added a Korean word in front of him, but he just said that, and he didn't take Yao Ming seriously at all.

Yao Ming was elected as the NBA champion in 2002, which aroused the jealousy of South Koreans.

Before the 2004 draft, the Korean media once called Ha Seung-jin, who participated in the draft, "the light of Asia", "Yao Ming's nemesis", and "the most promising center in the NBA", and even some media said that he would definitely be selected in the top 10 picks, and it was not impossible to compete for the top pick.

Ha Seung-jin was not selected until the 46th place in the second round, and the Korean media still did not stop, believing that he was seriously underestimated, which was blatant racial discrimination.

Fortunately, the "giant" Lakers did not discriminate against the Hippo family, and traded Ha Sheng Town to the team with cash, and the Korean media praised the Lakers' vision, and the most exaggerated media said that Ha Sheng Town would definitely be able to replace O'Neal and help the Lakers return to the top of the NBA.

These people...... It's like living in a dream.

It turns out that Hesheng Town, who is 221CM tall and weighs 138 kg, has no explosiveness, stands as a center, and is inferior to Yao Ming in mobility.

After all the defeats in the preseason, some people on the Internet said that "Zen Master" Jackson proposed to trade Kobe Bryant, exchange for Pau Gasol and role players plus draft picks, and vacate salary space to renew Guo Xu's contract, but unfortunately was rejected by Old Bass.

If you want people to know, you can't do it unless you do. When Jackson and Kupchak discussed, they had to gather player information, and the assistant manager knew about it. The Lakers have not performed well in the past two years, there have been management changes, assistants have been replaced, and inside information has been spread.

In fact, it has to do with the internal struggle of the Lakers management, Jenny Buss and her boyfriend Jackson are in the same group, the original assistant manager is their man, and now Jim Buss's side has the upper hand in management and has made a mess of the team.

Jenny deliberately let out a little wind, wanting to wait for the Lakers to fail before inviting Jackson back as a coach, and the "Zen Master" as a savior to help Jenny finally achieve the goal of taking over the Lakers. Old Bass is too old and will definitely step by step to relinquish power.

The person on the cusp of the limelight is Kobe, who is full of gold and destroys bones, not to mention that he is not gold, but just iron?

Without excellent interior and point guards willing to join the Lakers, Kobe Bryant can squeeze out three MVPs, and what good fruit can role players have to eat when they join the Lakers? If you can't make money, are you still waiting to be run by Kobe? The media often said that Kobe Bryant imitated Jordan, not only on the court, but also during training, and was very demanding of his teammates.

On November 1, the first issue of the official power list was released, and the Sun ranked first, and no expert dared to underestimate them.

The Suns looked to be paid a lot last season, and Gugliotta and Kukic were actually adding to the head, but they didn't play much. The Suns didn't bring in any more big-name stars this summer, and the league's lowest gross salary dared to start the new season.

In this case, any "expert" who dares to question their strength is to find a slap in the face, the core of the Suns last season is there, and as they get older, they have more experience.

The only hidden danger for the Suns is that Joe Johnson did not accept an early contract extension, even though the Suns offered him a high contract. This premium contract was suggested by Guo Xu, who knew that "Singles Joe" had the strength. But Joe Johnson's economic man is not stupid, and if the Suns successfully defend their title this season, there must be other teams willing to give Joe Johnson a salary cap.

If the Sun wants to renew the contract, he has to keep people with the highest salary, but an annual salary of more than 10 million is not enough.

Guo Xu will not be disgusted with Joe Johnson because of this, who doesn't like money?

Especially for people like him, who mainly make money by playing and have no advertising endorsements, the salary is even more important......