"Okay, it's okay, don't worry! It's just a preparation for the opener, and I'm sure I'll be on the opener。。。。。。 Okay, that's it, you take care of yourself in Cleveland! ”

The call was naturally Lisa's, and the aftermath of the Pelicans not playing in the last game of the preseason continued, although head coach Hojberg had emphasized that he was preparing for the regular season, but a group of reporters still thought that he couldn't withstand the pressure of public opinion so he chose to compromise and put Li Ming in a small black room.

Such rumors were so good that Hojberg even called Li Ming to talk about it once, telling him that he really had no other meaning, just to arrange a rotation for the opening game.

Li Ming couldn't laugh or cry, and then he received a call from Lisa again, and he knew why Hoiberg would talk to him so solemnly.

"These reporters。。。。。 Is..... Enough to fear that the world will not be chaotic! ”

Well, it seems that Lisa is also a reporter。。。。。。 Forget it, just say it! She's not there anyway。。。。。。

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After changing clothes in the locker room, Li Ming entered the training room, and this afternoon they are about to start the journey of the 2018~2019 season, the first game is against the Toronto Raptors.

The team sank for a long time after Carter's departure, but after selecting DeRozan with the ninth pick in '09, it acquired Lowry, the Rockets' small steel cannon through a trade, completed the rebuild, and made the playoffs for four consecutive seasons, making it an out-and-out regular season powerhouse.

Especially at the end of last season, they acquired Ibaka through a trade, strengthened their rim protection ability, and completed a core contract extension this summer to stabilize the morale of the army.

By all accounts, there are no big flaws.

With the current state of the Bulls, trying to beat such a strong team is a bit wishful thinking.

But Hojberg can't help it, he must complete the seven wins of ten games that Foreman demanded, and Foreman actually gave him some concessions, after all, there was nothing to see in the first ten games at the beginning of the season, because many teams have not yet run in well, so from this point of view, it is an opportunity for Hojberg.

"The core of the Raptors is DeRozan and Lowry, but neither of them is good defensively, and if our guard line can play well, I think we can hope to win in the first game!"

Before training, Hojberg first cheered up his players, of course, he himself said this kind of thing, he himself is not confident, compared to the preseason, the concentration of each team is a little more, and there is another point to say that the garbage brothers are real All-Star players, and they are still in their prime, and the two All-Stars of the Pelicans are not the same day at all.

Although Li Ming performed reasonably well in front of Holliday and Rondo, Hojberg himself was not very confident about what it would be like to meet DeRozan and Lowry.

If the head coach of the Raptors, Dwayne Casey, like Kidd, came up and wrapped up Li Ming, it would be embarrassing to think about it.

But he can't help it, Li Ming is now his only reliance, ESPN's new season player rankings have come out, the highest ranking of the Bulls is LaVine, seventy-eight, but unfortunately he can't play, and then Li Ming, ranked eighty-seventh, and the rest of the players are ranked in the top 100.

So he can only pin his hopes on Li Ming.

"What if he played these games and suddenly improved his overall view?!" Hojberg was already comforting himself in his heart.

Li Ming is shooting as usual, with a blank face, and now he has completely mastered Kerr's three-point shooting package, and the empty three-point is like installing a self-aiming plug-in, "swish", and the ball goes straight to the basket.

After all the training was done, he didn't do any more workouts, and tonight was the opener, and he had to put all the motivation into that to explode.

"Wait! I'm just listening to you BB for this time, and see how I smacked your face tonight! ”

Since the first game of the preseason, there have been more and more criticisms about Li Ming, and he can't look down on the three-point contest! Don't take other dunk players seriously! There is also malicious scoring!

In good conscience, if any rookie can play to his level in the preseason, the praise will only be heard, but it is his turn, and there is so much criticism.

He didn't fight back at these rhythms, just endured them silently. All of all, he waited for the regular season to start and give these people a resounding slap in the face.

"I'm looking forward to what they'll say after the opener。。。。。。"

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Chicago, evening.

United Center Arena.

Fans are starting to enter the stadium one after another, and this group of fans is undoubtedly excited about the regular season opener that has been waiting for a summer.

"Hey! Man, our season has started again, so enjoy it! ”

"Oh, you know, the stupid management has already traded Butler, and I really want to shove my rubber shoes in their mouths, but unfortunately I can't help but watch a bad game!"

"Hey! Don't say that, you don't know yet! The Bulls signed a pretty good rookie this summer! And it's quite a bit of movement! ”

“COOL！ Then I'm going to look forward to it tonight! ”

Half an hour before the game began, the 20,000 seats at the United Center arena were almost full, and no matter how bad the summer may be, these fans must be there for the Bulls' opener.

"Let's go! Let's play! ”

"Come on!"

"Kill them guys in one go!"

In the tunnel of the visiting team, two black players walked out, one stocky and the other strong, which was the league's famous guard combination, the garbage brothers DeRozan and Lowry.

After a fancy greeting, the Raptors players began to warm up.

And during this period, the players of the home team, the Bulls, also began to walk out of the player tunnel.

"Let's welcome, the new No. 1 of this stadium, a new star from China, Li ~ Ming !!" The last one walked out of the passage, feeling the loud voice, and for a moment Li Ming felt that he was about to become deaf.

"Is this the NBA?!" Li Ming was really excited, his hands were trembling.

Originally, he thought that after experiencing the preseason, he was used to the shouts of the audience, but now it seems that the preseason is still too pediatric, and it is not at the same level as the regular season.

Nearly 20,000 fans shouting for one person at the same time, this feeling, very strange but fascinating!