The Denver Nuggets have always been a more magical team in the NBA league, as mentioned earlier, as an outlier in the NBA, the Denver Nuggets pursue not exactly wins and honors every year, they think more about how to make money.

Make money, earn money from fans, earn money from the league, earn money from other teams. It is precisely because of the core interest of making money that they let go of many leading stars; It is precisely because of the idea of making money that the Nuggets' style of play has always been eye-catching; It is precisely because he wants to make money, wants to make a lot of money, and wants to make a lot of money, that Kroenke, the owner of the Nuggets, has repeatedly made amazing masterpieces.

This year, under the joint "performance" of miser owner Kroenke and self-proclaimed smart team general manager Connery, the Nuggets were a bit tormented and miserable.

The Nuggets' record is miserable, and their record so far in the new season is a pitiful 10-16, and missing the playoffs is basically a matter of eight or nine. And, to make matters worse, even the Nuggets themselves probably didn't know what their idea was, and they brought in disciplined head coach Mike Malone instead of allocating him to the players he needed. With the intervention of the team's management, Coach Malone's ideas can't be implemented at all, the Nuggets' offense is like the Harlem basketball team, just want to be beautiful as they want, and the Nuggets' defense is like paper paste, they can lose more than 100 points in any game, how can they win the ball like this.

The Nuggets' management was chaotic after they completed a trade with the Knicks, sending away highly-paid blue-collar Farid and Arthur "The Glass Man," Smith and Jennings, who is out on contract next year. What Connery saw as a win-win deal, the arrival of Smith and Jennings turned into a disaster, as the two "peerless double poisons" messed up the tactical system (although there was no system) and the atmosphere of the team that head coach Mike Malone (why was always unlucky) last year, and the team's tactics that had finally improved a little were now a mess.

In this case, facing the New York Knicks, who have been full of topics recently, undoubtedly made Denver fans angry, and they naturally transferred their dissatisfaction to the Knicks, not only because it was a trade with the Knicks that the Nuggets had two more "oil bottles" and "catastrophes", but also because this was the first game after the comeback of Roy, the "king of big talk" who "tried to challenge the whole league".

Being the first opponent to be the league's number one public enemy made Denver fans excited.

As I said before, fans of underdog teams always like to find their presence off the court, and this game is undoubtedly a great opportunity for Denver fans to find their presence.

The media with a keen sense of smell came to Denver the day before the game, and after receiving the news that Roy would arrive in Denver on a civilian flight, they rushed to the airport, where they waited for Roy to appear.

You know, before that, Roy had disappeared from public for ten days, and in order to concentrate on practicing with Rose, Roy not only turned off his mobile phone, but also left the much-publicized Madison Garden Square Arena. Through Bill Duffy's connections, they borrowed a private basketball gym in a hidden location, and Roy disappeared from the world that day.

Roy disappeared, and no one could find Roy, not even the reporters with whom he had the best relationship, even if they asked the Knicks staff, no one could give an answer. Where the hell has Roy been these days? What did you do? What's changed? A strong curiosity instigates a strong desire to find out the truth, and everyone understands that the moment Roy appears, a wave of big news will inevitably break out.

So when Roy reappeared in the rivers and lakes this time, the reporters were excited, and when they saw Roy walking out of the Denver airport generously, the flashing lights that had been waiting for a long time were lit up together, and the bright lights one after another illuminated the entire Denver airport with dazzling brilliance and bright as new, and long guns and short guns swarmed towards Roy.

However, it was the overwhelming shouts of "Roy, Roy, Roy".

Reporters scrambled to pry even a word out of Roy's mouth.

Su Dong was busy blocking the microphone blocking the road for Roy, and at this time he must have regretted very much why he didn't ask Roy to hire two big men to be bodyguards.

A journey of several hundred meters ended up taking a full half an hour.

During this period, the reporters asked almost hundreds of questions, and Roy only answered three sentences.

The first sentence was "I'm back, I'm stronger than before, and I'm going to lead the Knicks to win tonight." ”

The second sentence is "I reiterate once again that what I said earlier about challenging the whole league is still valid." ”

The third sentence is "I feel like I'm a reborn Tony Stark (Iron Man) now, I'm going to be a superhero, I'm going to be an Avenger." ”

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When Roy appeared in the visiting locker room at PepsiCenter Denver, the entire locker room suddenly exploded, and the locker room, which had been silent a moment ago, was suddenly full of energy, and the Knicks players instantly refreshed themselves like seeing a savior.

"Roy, when did you come to Denver? I thought you wouldn't come! ”

"Roy, where were you the other day? Why don't you have any news and news? I thought you were kidnapped by aliens. ”

"Roy, how did you cut your hair short? You look like 'Grandpa' (Eminem, a famous white American rapper), why don't you rap too? ”

His teammates were so rambling around Roy that no one noticed the appearance of head coach Hornacek.

Seeing Roy's Hornacek was also relieved, although he knew that Roy would come to play tonight, but he could only really relax when he really saw Roy appear in front of him. He habitually touched his face, thinking that at least he didn't have to worry about the starting choice for the No. 1 position.

Compared to Hornacek's reserve, Malone was much more direct, he stepped into the crowd and grabbed Roy with his thick thigh-like arms.

"Roy, to be honest, have you done strength exercises in the past few days when you are alone in New York, let me tell you, only strength is the most practical on the basketball court."

"Okay, Carl (Malone), let Roy go, what strength training do the outside players do, Roy, the training assignment I assigned to you when you leave New York should be completed."

At some point, Stockton also squeezed into the crowd, he and Malone were still chattering with Roy in their wipe, and the ABC TV station on the TV suddenly broadcast the scene of Roy arriving in Denver in the afternoon. Facing the camera, Roy calmly shouted "I feel like I'm Tony Stark who has been reborn now, I'm going to be a superhero, I'm going to be an Avenger." ”

O, hearing Roy's domineering answer, it was even more terrible in the locker room, and the group of players were happy as if they had celebrated Christmas early.

"Hey, Roy, how did you come up with the idea to describe yourself as Iron Man? This answer is simply handsome. ”

"Hey, if Roy is Iron Man, can I play Captain America with my size?"

"Ah, Roy, show me your armor, where are you hiding it? And which electric heart do you have? ”

"Okay, okay, you all don't fight, don't say anything else, at least Coach Malone is the most like the Hulk, it's unanimously recognized, right?"

"Hahahahaha......" Everyone laughed, the Knicks locker room hadn't been so happy for a long time.

However, the joy in the locker room was joy, and when all the Knicks players stepped onto the court, they were still greeted by suffocating boos and scolding.

Sure enough, as the old man on the plane said, the spirit of "important things" of Denver fans is famous throughout the league.

It can be seen that today's Denver fans have been carefully prepared, and there are many scary placards in the stands, which are full of all kinds of words that stimulate the nerves of Knicks players, such as "Denver, where the Knicks have witnessed six consecutive defeats", "Roy, the biggest liar in history", "The league let you go, but we won't", "Give me back Farid, pay me back Arthur" and so on. In addition, some fans who reacted quickly spent an afternoon making a large poster of Roy's Iron Man being beaten by the Rocky Lion (the mascot of the Nuggets).

"Hey, I mean, the excitement of these Denver guys is like Christmas, and that's not going to make me happy." Noah was the first to express his displeasure, and then young Jaylen Brown followed suit.

"Do these guys think they can beat us tonight? Just kidding, we're not at the point where we're being bullied by the Nuggets. ”

"Roy, you don't seem to be welcomed by the fans here." Hernangomez also came over at the right time to coax.

Roy glanced at the arena, which was unusually full today, and he immediately felt the "enthusiasm" of the Denver fans, and his negative emotions were growing rapidly.

When Roy walked to the east, the fans in the East Stand were booed, and when Roy walked to the west, the fans in the West Stand immediately sent another round of abuse.

So Roy was back in the middle of the court.

"Willy (Hernangomez), I've confirmed, we're going to have a game today."

"Oh?" Hernangomez looked confused, obviously Roy was scolded so badly, where is the fun? Roy didn't wait for Hernangomez to ask a question, and continued:

"Let me tell you a story I heard on the plane, I heard that the Denver fans are going to greet me today, they are going to use the same methods they used to deal with Kobe Bryant, how do you think I will fight them back tonight?"

"Hey, you're the Avengers 'Iron Man', do you still need to ask me this Captain America? Hahaha. Hearing this, Hernangomez also laughed, how to deal with Denver fans, don't you have a little X in your heart, and come to ask me.

"Then remember to count me later."

"Counting? Aren't there technical statistics? What do you want me to record. ”

"Of course I want you to come, I want you to help me keep track of how many points I can score in a row."

"Roy, are you sure you want to do this? Aren't you afraid of Jeff (Hornacek) getting angry? ”

"No, he's definitely on my side tonight, and besides, I don't think I'm going to mess up."

Roy looked at the packed and excited stands and smiled, "Anyway, Kroenke (Nuggets owner) has to thank me tonight." ”

For a moment, Roy put away his smile, his negative energy collected to the full......