Nets players and staff gathered at the Rutgers Athletic Center for the first time the Nets met with fans and media.

Perhaps looking forward to the new season, the Rutgers Athletic Center is crowded and the field is noisy.

On this day, the Nets held a media reception day before the start of training camp. In addition to giving interviews, the Nets are also taking promotional photos for the team for the new season. Two sound stages were set up in the corridor at the back of the stadium, and many of the rooms were set up with camera booths.

Before speaking to the media, the Nets began taking pictures of each player, each with a different club official with them.

At this time, it can be seen that the status of the players in the team, such as Ji Liang is led by the senior officials of the Nets' media relations department, while the rest of the players are led by

Staff led.

In addition, when taking pictures, it is also a part of the player's status in the team, especially the core makeup photos.

Generally speaking, each team will send at least two outstanding players to take a core makeup shoot together.

Of course, there is only one person in the spoturn, but this is a very small minority.

In this process, something went wrong, and the photographer was originally going to let Chi Liang and Kendall Jill take core makeup photos together according to the original requirements.

But in the end, Kendall Gill was pulled aside by the staff, and Nets general manager Stefansky believes that Jill can't be compared with Chi Yang at all, and instead of letting Jill make up the numbers, it is better to only put Chi Liang's core makeup photos.

Last season, Jill also got 11.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.7 steals, and Ji Liang's data was almost double his.

Nets general manager Stefansky has reason to believe that if the Gil who made up the number is put in, it may attract Chi Liang's dissatisfaction.

The same goes for Billups and Armstrong.

To put it simply, Chi Liang belongs to the existence of a unique gear.

After being pulled aside by the staff, Jill's expression was ugly, and if he took a core makeup photo with Ji Liang this time, his status would undoubtedly improve.

It's a pity that the decision of Nets general manager Stefansky made him lose the opportunity, and he naturally didn't dare to offend Stefansky, but he was a little more jealous of Chi Liang.

Last season, he tried his best to win the steal king, but he killed Chi Liang halfway and snatched the honor.

In Jill's opinion, if he had been the steal king last season, Stefansky would not have done this to him, and he would not have missed the core makeup photos.

Not to mention Gill's thoughts, after the photo shoot, the Nets players appeared one after another, showing off the uniforms of the new season and cooperating with media interviews.

As the only core of the team, Chi Liang naturally became the last player to be interviewed.

In the summer, the Nets experienced the transfers of Marbury, Van Horn and the retirement of Jason Williams, and finally the team welcomed Ji Liang and others.

Compared with last season, the Nets have changed almost half of their blood, and the interior line is too weak, so they were once looked down upon by the outside world. Even ESPN predicts that in the new season, the Nets' best record will only finish sixth in the East.

However, the Nets have always maintained a high level of topicality, and because of this, a large number of media outlets have converged on Piscataway, New Jersey.

If you think about it carefully, the Nets in the new season not only traded the original two cores, but also cut the head coach not long ago, and the new coach Doug Rivers is a 'newcomer', and various transactions during the offseason have brought in many players, which can be described as full of topics.

In order to highlight Chi Liang's status, the Nets' media and public relations department deliberately left Chi Liang last, and head coach Doug Rivers was also with him to deal with media interviews.

In the face of many long guns and short cannons, both Chi Liang and Rivers were not surprised, they had long been accustomed to such scenes.

Ji Liang has a smile on his face, giving people a sense of kindness, and he pays attention to his image.

As for Coach Rivers on the side, his expression was serious, giving people a sense of calmness.

"Mr. Chi Liang, I heard that Coach Rivers was recommended by you to the general manager, I wonder what kind of considerations you had at that time?"

In the interview, the first question was asked more tricky, which made Chi Liang wonder how the reporter knew.

"I'm sorry, I don't know where you got the news, anyway, I didn't recommend Coach Rivers to General Manager Ed, I'm a player, please ask questions related to my job!"

For the first time, Chi Liang chose to deny it, this was obviously a pit, and he naturally wouldn't step on it.

"What do you think about summer signings?" At this time, the female reporter with the Los Angeles Times on her chest began to ask questions.

There is no doubt that this is another pit, and if Ji Liang complains, he will definitely be brought in by reporters, which will then affect the unity of the team.

"I'm happy with the summer signings, we have a lot of young players, experienced veterans, and a lot of potential, and I have every reason to believe the Nets can make the playoffs!"

Chi Liang thought about it and answered without leaking.

"But the outside world has a very poor evaluation of the Nets lineup, especially the weak interior line, are you sure to overcome it?"

"Yes, surely! You seem to have forgotten that I was on the inside a lot last season and I thought I was doing a good job, and I was willing to take on the inside role whenever the team needed it. Plus, I'm confident in my teammates, they're a great bunch of guys! ”

For this season, Ji Liang is very confident, in addition to the weak inside, the Nets' outside and bench are quite good, as long as he connects the offense, the team will burst out with amazing energy.

Billups, Armstrong, Newman, Gill, Corey Kidders and Williams, all of whom have the quality to start, plus Margety, a promising rookie, with his immediate ability and potential, is sure to help the team soon.

It's fair to say that the Nets have a strong perimeter group. As for the weak interior line, as he said, he is fully capable of taking on the heavy responsibility of the inside line, and the low post skills he learned from Olajuwon are also time to shine.

"Take on the inside line!" At this time, whether it was the female reporter of the Los Angeles Times or other reporters, they all showed the expression of 'I didn't expect it'.

The master in front of him must not be looked at with common sense, this is a strange existence from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, but he still plays very well.

The reporters began to applaud, and Chi Liang's answer gave them enough topicality, and they liked to listen to this kind of talk, which was easy to cause heated discussions and create big news.

As a result, the atmosphere of the later interview was significantly relaxed, and even the questions of the female reporter of the "Los Angeles Times" who were unhappy with Chi Liang were no longer sharp, but more like routine questions.

After answering this part of the question, the reporters began to turn their horses' heads, and finally it was Coach Doug Rivers' turn.

"Coach Rivers, while you've had a great time as a player, this is your first time coaching a team, do you think you have what it takes to be in the head coach position?"

"In the new season, will you let Ji Liang take on the inside role? Also, what do you think of the team? ”

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Compared with Chi Liang's problem, Doug Rivers is facing a more tricky problem, and if he is not careful, he may be taken into the pit, even if Chi Liang is on the side, he sweats for him.

However, Coach Rivers is not easy to get along with after all, he has long been accustomed to the difficulties of reporters, and he has been prepared to answer reporters' questions with an almost seamless attitude.