Playing at home, Dirk Nowitzki did not play, although he is the flag of Dallas, but in this game, the focus of the audience is on Chen Zhi and Barnes, the two new signings, and he is also happy to rest for a while, after all, he is an old man, not as young as he was!

Although Brian Roberts was a free agent signed by the Hornets this season, he actually played for the Hornets last year, but he was traded away halfway through, became a free agent in the offseason and signed back, and has always been a marginal man, playing the role of third point guard on various teams.

Among the players on the Hornets team, the most effective player is probably Batum, known as the French Magic, who played for the Portland Trail Blazers for the first seven years of his NBA career, and is an all-round small forward player who can juggle the three responsibilities of scoring, defense and playmaking, averaging 12.1 points, 3.7 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game is a good indication of his style.

In the last year of the Trail Blazers, his form declined significantly, he was abandoned by the team, and after he came to the Hornets, he regained his vitality, and his all-round style of play played a very obvious role in the team's adhesion, which successfully signed a five-year, 120 million contract in the offseason.

After the contract was exposed, it caused a lot of controversy, although most fans thought that Batum, who was once one of the five Tigers of the Trail Blazers, was a good player, but obviously did not recognize him as worth the price.

But this is the helplessness of the small ball market, the Charlotte Hornets, like the New Orleans Pelicans, are the smallest ball markets in the NBA, and it is difficult for them to attract big-name players to join, once the players who play better on the team become free agents, it is a huge hidden danger for the team.

Jeremy Lin, who joined the Hornets at a low price last year to try to prove himself, left the team immediately after the Hornets proved himself again, and went to the Brooklyn Nets to seek the starting point guard position.

Courtney Lee, an important addition to the season, was an important three-point firepower and defensive anchor on the team's wing, and also left the Hornets as a free agent in the summer to join the New York Knicks.

It's too hard for the Hornets to keep a good player.

In the offseason, the most important task of the Charlotte Hornets is to keep Batum, and if there are other ideas, it is purely redundant, and the 120 million contract can keep Batum, at least for now.

After that, the other players brought in were basically guys who no one cared about in the free market, Belinelli was a 3-point sharpshooter during the Spurs period, and after joining the Kings last season, he ended up shooting only 30% from three-point range, which can be said to be a huge disappointment for the Kings.

Roy Hibbert, a two-time All-Star, was an important pillar on the defensive end during his time with the Pacers, but in one season with the Lakers, he has become a tall and round man, with a height of 218 centimeters, and his stats are often a string of zeros, and he occasionally uses a few defensive rebounds as a fig leaf.

However, even at this level of recruitment, the Charlotte Hornets management has been very satisfied, because for them, successfully retaining Batum is the biggest victory, which shows how low their expectations for reinforcements are.

Chen Zhi looked at the situation on the court and beckoned to Powell on the inside, Powell immediately mentioned the high post for blocking and dismantling, Roy Hibbert although his feet were slow, his attitude was quite positive, and he saw that the Mavericks were going to block and dismantle, and tried to move out.

However, in the face of Powell and Chen Zhi's blocking, Roy Hibbert found that he couldn't keep up with his pace at all, especially when he chose to change his defense to Chen Zhi, he was directly snatched by Chen Zhi from in front of him, and watched the opponent quickly kill the basket.

The shouts of the home crowd sparked Chen's desire to perform, and the jump was a crotch change windmill that led to the Dallas Mavericks scoring two points.

This powerful crotch change hand dunk immediately attracted cheers from the audience, but I didn't expect the first goal to be this kind of explosive dunk, and I saw Chen to dunk at the scene, which was more impactful than in the video highlights.

In fact, Batum was the assist king of the Hornets last season, averaging 5.8 assists per game, which is higher than the number of assists of core point guard Kemba Walker.

The Dallas Mavericks are on offense again,

In the face of the thin Brian Roberts, Chen Zhi simply didn't even call for blocking, and started to squeeze Roberts sideways and force it directly into the basket, and before Roy Hibbert could take a step, he had already completed the two-handed dunk.

The audience immediately cheered again, the dunk was not the point, the focus was Chen's sharp breakthrough, and he simply regarded Roberts as nothing.

"Breaking through by step seems to be Chen Zhi's killer move, simple and direct, his first step is so fast that it reminds me of the peak Ross, the peak of the Windy City Rose in the heyday, and the breakthrough is also like this to enter the enemy formation as if entering no one's land!"

Ke Bufan looked at the slow-motion replay in the live broadcast screen and sighed, he seemed to like Rose very much.

"The rose has withered, and now among the small point guards in the league, when it comes to breaking through, I have to count my big Sibu! However, Chen Zhi's step-by-step breakthrough speed, I feel that I am not under the turtle at all, and it is difficult for a small guard to defend Chen Zhi, Mike Roberts, who is definitely eaten by one! ”

Yang Yi has always touted a very good set, he can tout two people, never one.

Watching the Huaxia player game, the Huaxia commentary naturally has to change the tricks to tout, but fortunately, Chen Zhi does have this strength and performance, and his face is not beating when he blows it.

Now Lian Mei, who is the most competitive preseason for the Lakers, has added a lot of difficulties to their touting work, and somehow it is somehow, in the face of the United States All-Star team in the Olympic Games, he can cut 20+, and the preseason game without much main force immediately withered again, probably the United States is a place with him to hit the ball, and once he arrives in the United States, he can't play a good game, and the hope of staying in the Lakers looks a little slim.

In the next offensive round, Chen Zhi still did the same, dribbling the ball in front of Roberts, directly launching a breakthrough, and attacking the basket with the fastest speed and the most direct way.

The audience at the scene saw that Chen Zhi ignored Roberts in front of him as if he was nothing, and once again passed by in an instant, and immediately burst into cheers.

Penguin Sports' commentator Ke Bufan's voice also immediately rose, "It's over, it's past Roberts, do you want to dunk it again?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the guest next to him shouting.

"Wei County, you have to be offended!" Yang Yi shouted hurriedly.

Roy Hibbert's ability to assist in defense has been completely abolished, and the pace is too slow, but Batum is very alert, seeing that Roberts has no effect on Chen Zhi's defense, he is ready to help defend at any time, he is indeed a player with outstanding ball intelligence, and he knows what to do on the court!

If you want to say that the data does not reflect the player, Batum last season was indeed such an existence in the Hornets, otherwise the Hornets management would not have given a contract of hundreds of millions.

Chen Zhiren was in the air, his right hand raised high, ready to come to a powerful tomahawk dunk!

It was too easy to pass Roberts, and Hibbert didn't have time to help defend, so Chen Zhi relaxed his vigilance, feeling that after the basketball in his hand was slapped away, his right arm could not be recovered!

x！ It's embarrassing! Chen Zhi thought so, his right arm towards the basket, and slammed the empty basket... Good you Batum!