After a period of team training, Meng Xiaohao has fully adapted to professional American training, and the preseason is getting closer and closer.

The relationship between Meng Xiaohao and the people in the team has gradually become acquainted, what way they play, and some playing habits Meng Xiaohao has gradually understood. As a player who can both organise and attack, Meng Xiaohao has to get to know other players in order to cooperate with them.

The pre-season is coming, but the players in the team are very relaxed, and many players don't pay much attention to the pre-season, because the pre-season is equivalent to a warm-up game before the regular season, so that everyone realizes that the regular season is coming, everyone is ready.

The significance of the preseason is that after each season, each team may have considerable changes in the lineup, in order to allow each team to run in the lineup, familiar with the playing style of other teams, and then through the preseason to determine the game lineup, but also to allow players and coaches to communicate well.

This year's New York Fortune team lineup changes are not very big, except for the trade of Elzer, the other trades are small fights.

Meng Xiaohao also knows what the real purpose and purpose of the preseason is, but he is not very relaxed like other players, but is looking forward to this preseason game, not only because the preseason is his first time on the professional stage, but also because he is a newcomer and must show a good attitude towards the game.

"Xiaohao, I will increase your playing time appropriately in the preseason!" This is what the coach promised Meng Xiaohao.

Of course, Meng Xiaohao knows the significance of the coach's actions, because the playing time of the starting players in the preseason will be very short, and it will mean that the playing time of the substitute team will be greatly improved, which is also an opportunity for the substitute players to perform, because when it comes to the regular season, the substitute team may not have such a long playing time.

Although Meng Xiaohao knows what it means, Meng Xiaohao is still looking forward to his playing time, and he must work hard to play every game and strive to get the starting position.

"New here, you're going to have to behave! Let's see what you're up to! Adrick came up and patted Meng Xiaohao on the shoulder.

Adric is now the leader of the team and the coach trusts him.

Adrick entered the North American League at the age of 20 and has been in the North American League for 13 years, winning three All-Star teams in the 2015-2016 season, the All-Defensive Team in 2014-2015, the Sixth Man of the Year season in 2013-2014, and holding two championship rings on his hands.

And Adrick signed a 4-year, $80 million contract with the New York Fortune Players as a free agent after the 2016-2017 season, which is his third year with the New York Fortune Players.

After Meng Xiaohao entered the Fortune team, Adrick often gave this newcomer some advice to help him integrate into the team faster, and the talent shown by Meng Xiaohao also made Adrick very happy.

An old man like Adrick unreservedly brings newcomers, which also makes Meng Xiaohao very grateful, although Meng Xiaohao knows that it is all for the team, but Meng Xiaohao is still very grateful for Adrick's approach.

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Time passed quietly, and the preseason came as scheduled.

The Fortunes of New York played their first game at home against the Boston Revolutionaries, a very strong team in the North American league right now.

Meng Xiaohao was surprised by the atmosphere at the scene, although he went to the Hollywood Arena to watch the Los Angeles Stars game during the Christmas game in 2018, but it was a game he watched as a spectator, and now he will come to the game as a player, the difference between the two is very obvious.

Although the audience at New York's home stadium in the preseason was incomparable to the Christmas game, Meng Xiaohao still felt a lot of pressure, and he began to be a little nervous.

The coach patted Meng Xiaohao on the shoulder at this time, "Xiaohao, don't be too nervous, you will be in this atmosphere every day after that, so you have to adapt!" ”

Meng Xiaohao nodded.

Meng Xiaohao came on the court with 6 minutes left in the first quarter, he took off his jacket and showed off the jersey inside, the black and gold No. 11.

When he walked on the court, cheers and boos rose together, Meng Xiaohao smiled bitterly twice, he knew that there must be many New York Fortune fans who were dissatisfied with the team's trade of Elzer and then the selection of Meng Xiaohao, so when Meng Xiaohao came on the court, he booed him in various ways.

Meng Xiaohao is used to it, Fangzheng has to be booed, and it is the same to be booed by anyone.

In this game, Meng Xiaohao's state was very good, he did not attack too much, but as an excellent transmitter, he connected the team's offense and made the team's offense smoother.

But this does not mean that Meng Xiaohao will continue like this, he will occasionally attack with the ball, and from time to time he will come to a stroke of genius, which makes the fans present exclaim.

With Meng Xiaohao's classic folding pull-up layup, Meng Xiaohao has already scored a double-double of 16 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists, and has also led the Boston Revolutionaries by 22 points.

With less than eight minutes to go before the game, a 22-point lead is basically garbage time, and Meng Xiaohao was substituted.

In the end, with Meng Xiaohao's outstanding performance, the New York Fortune team won the first preseason victory.

"Good performance!" The coach was very satisfied with Meng Xiaohao's performance, and he got a very good record in the first preseason game, which also made the coach's eyes shine.

In the following games, Meng Xiaohao has continued his state, conducting conduction at the same time, but also self-attacking, leading the New York Fortune team to win in a row, although losing to the Los Angeles Stars and Toronto Ontario Lake in the middle, but the overall record is still very good.

The fans' attitude towards Meng Xiaohao has also changed greatly, they questioned Meng Xiaohao's strength before, but now Meng Xiaohao is cheering when he comes on the field, and this change is also quite big.

But there are still many people who still question Meng Xiaohao, they think that the preseason is just a training, and the regular season is the time to really see the real chapter, and now Meng Xiaohao's performance is excellent, but it does not mean that it is still the same in the regular season.

Of course, Meng Xiaohao didn't care about these words, he knew that only strength could shut up those people, Meng Xiaohao had already shut up those who questioned him many times, and he believed that this time was no exception.

On the other side, Brooke, Siwell, Eddick and Sarid also performed perfectly, the newcomers who came out of the draft were very good in the preseason, and Lucas even scored 33 points in one game, shocking the league, and even the media asserted that this draft conference will be a new era in the North American league.

As time went by, the preseason ended successfully, and the teams also adjusted their starting lineups, of course, Meng Xiaohao did not become the team's starter, he knew that he still needed to grow now, he had time, he could wait, he could wait for his strength to rise, he believed that he was talented.

Although the coach did not let Meng Xiaohao enter the starter, the coach gave Meng Xiaohao a lot of playing time, with an average of 16 minutes per game, which is quite okay for a rookie.

Meng Xiaohao happily accepted his role as a bench bandit, and this was his first season, and he wanted to get to know the league from the bench, the North American league that he seemed to know, but didn't understand.

The time for the start of the game is getting closer and closer, and the predictions of various media have come out, but Meng Xiaohao doesn't care about the so-called predictions of those media, he just wants to be himself.

"It's my first season, North American League, and see how I'm doing!"