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On October 22, 2019, Beijing time, the Sacramento Kings held a press conference at their training gym, before they passed all the preseason games and also confirmed the final roster of players for the new season.

And this press conference is to announce the team's official roster for the new season.

Although the Kings had sent away all the training camp players a long time ago, and only 15 players were left on the team's roster, and all of them were under contract, it seemed that this was the team's lineup for the new season, but in fact, the team made a last-minute adjustment, that is, the Kings traded young potential power forward Rabicier and Toronto Raptors swingman Miles in exchange.

For the Kings, the reason why they made this trade was completely because Myers had an excellent three-point shooting ability, which was conducive to improving the Kings' weak three-point line.

Although Myers is 32 years old, it is clear that he is still very good at the three-point line.

At the press conference, the King's 15-man roster was also released.

Point guards: Daron Fox, George Hill, Frank Mason!

Shooting guards: Jin Feng, Iman Chambert;

Small forwards: Justin Jackson, Rudy Gay, Trevor Ariza, Myers.

Power forwards: Julius Randle, Sampson, Capuquero.

Centre-forwards: Willie Cauleystan, Couffs, Dwayne Dedmon.

The 15-man roster was released, and people found that the new season is really a bit elusive, after all, in this new Kings, there is experience and talent, but you can't say that the Kings are a strong team.

Because, everyone knows that this needs to be proven, and the team's record in the new season needs to be explained.

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As the Kings announced their rosters for the new season, the rest of the NBA teams also ended their preseason seasons and announced their rosters.

In such an atmosphere, the latest issue of the Heaven, Earth and People List was announced again.

For the NBA, nothing is more important than the weighbridge and the man leaderboard.

On the list, the defending champion Boston Celtics have become the biggest favorites to win the championship in the new season, in second place is the league evergreen San Antonio Spurs, and surprisingly the Los Angeles Lakers, who broke into the finals in the West last season, even if they took Chris Paul from the transfer market this past summer, they are not favored, only ranked fifth, perhaps this is related to their poor preseason record.

The Sacramento Kings, led by Jin Feng, were expected by Chinese fans to come in at No. 19, a slight drop-down ranking.

Next is the most focused list, in the new edition of the list, the only active NBA players who can be called superstars are James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Brother Alphabet, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, LeBron James.

These are all players who have been in the league for many years and can be regarded as accomplished players, and they deserve the title of superstar.

Next are the superstars, such as the Philadelphia 76ers "twin stars" Embiid, Ben Simmons, Paul George, Westbrook, and Anthony Davis.

It is worth noting that the name of Jin Fengfeng, the new king of the Chinese king team, also appears in the superstar ranking, but among the 16 superstars, Jin Fengfeng's name is only ranked third from the bottom.

This has caused many people (Chinese fans, Kings fans, and some Spurs fans) to question it, and they see it as a kind of negation of Jin Fengfeng, who is at least a top-10 player, or even a superstar.

In fact, there will always be some doubts in each issue of the list, so it is not surprising that Jin Feng's latest ranking has caused controversy.

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After the release of the Tiandiren list, Henry Abbott also made a ranking of the strength of the 30 NBA teams and the current NBA players, which can also be called a preview of the new season.

On Henry Abbott's two lists, the Kings are ranked 22nd, while Jin Feng is ranked 30th out of 456 active players in the NBA.

What does this mean? It means that Henry Abbott is still not optimistic about the king and Jin Feng in the new season.

On the other hand, Mark Murphy's list was also released soon, but the pre-season preview of this data expert, who has always been regarded as an authoritative data expert, has also attracted countless controversies.

First of all, Mark Murphy believes that the Los Angeles Lakers, who make up the Big Four, are not the top three teams in the West, he believes that the Lakers are only the top five in the West at most, and the Celtics in the new season are not the strongest team in the East, Mark Murphy believes that the Celtics in the new season will lose to the Philadelphia 76ers in the East.

It's really stunning that these two of the NBA's two most powerful teams have not been recognized by Mark Murphy at the same time.

In addition, Mark Murphy also believes that Jin Feng is the most unpredictable player in the new season, and Jin Feng's playing time in the preseason is insufficient, which is difficult to calculate, and Jin Feng also has a 56-point performance in a single game, which makes Mark Murphy a little unsure of where to rank Jin Feng, and finally can only give Jin Feng a league ranking of twenty-fifth, and add a sentence after the king's ranking.

"The Kings have a chance to make the playoffs, but it depends on Jin Feng's performance."

In other words, Mark Murphy ranked the Kings ninth in the West, which is actually just his conservative ranking, and if Jin Feng performs better, he even thinks that the King's ranking should be higher!

However, in this way, his colleague Henry Abbott was dissatisfied, in his opinion, Mark Murphy's ranking was completely different from him, which was obviously against him and was fighting with him, so Henry Abbott made a statement on his social media, targeting Mark Murphy......

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In the King's training hall, although autumn has arrived, the summer heat has not dissipated, Jason Kidd is sweating profusely and shouting on the sidelines, and the Kings' players on the court are conducting deeper tactical training.

"Hurry, hurry! Run! Daron, pass! Pass! Don't stick to the balls! ”

"Jin, shoot when you catch the ball! Catch the ball and shoot! Do you understand? Don't stick to the balls! ”

In short, don't stick to the ball, Jason Kidd wants to see a team that can move the ball quickly, the ball will work, the game will flow smoothly, and the King's biggest advantage, passing, will also be used.

Fox, who felt a little difficult to adapt to after Jin Feng's arrival, gradually adapted to the new positioning given to him by the team, and the problems in the starting lineup were only the lack of excellent three-point shooters and the lack of a frame-protected center, in the starting lineup, only Jin Feng had long-range shooting ability, and the three-point firepower was relatively lacking, and Willie Cauleystan's frame protection ability was relatively weak, if it was adjusted, Dwayne Dedmon or Coops could only be used as the starter, but how big the impact of these two problems was, Jason Kidd didn't know, After all, the real competition has not yet begun, and the test of actual combat is the most important thing.

After the training, Jin Feng collapsed directly on the chair on the sidelines.

Fox handed Jin Feng a towel, and Jin Feng smiled and said thank you. This guy now knows very well the importance of currying favor with Jin Fengfeng.

On the other hand, Rudy Guy was not as tired as Jin Feng at all, after all, Jason Kidd didn't a bunch of substitutes like Jin Feng, after finishing the training, Rudy Guy directly took out his mobile phone, swiped it for a while, and then screamed as if he had discovered a new continent.

"Wow, ESPN's season preview is out, and Henry Abbott and Mark Murphy are arguing."

Jin Feng smiled: "It must be Henry Albert that guy who hacked us." ”

Rudy Gay immediately gave Jin Feng a thumbs up: "Jin is right, Henry Abbott thinks we are the bottom 4 team in the West, while Mark Murphy thinks we are the ninth team in the West and even have a chance to break into the playoffs." ”

Jin Feng nodded: "They are all wrong. ”

"All wrong?"

"We're already a playoff team!"

"Haha......" Everyone laughed, the current king is quite optimistic, under the leadership of Jin Feng......

Jason Kidd on the side also smiled, this relaxed and confident team atmosphere is a bit like the San Antonio Spurs, which is a good sign. Kidd hasn't been with the Spurs, but he knows the atmosphere of the Spurs.

After the end of the preseason journey, the Kings have team training games almost every day, and the performance of the players is getting better and better day by day, especially Fox, who has adapted to the new positioning, and in the last few team training games, he has played against Jin Feng, and with another team, he has a draw with the team led by Jin Feng, and the current state can be described as hot.

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On October 30, 2019, US time, the Kings' regular season debut was held at the Arco Arena, and Saskatz fans appeared on the sidelines of the arena with great enthusiasm, and more than 20,000 seats were filled. The Kings will face the Miami Heat in the first regular season of the new season.

The Heat finished a game yesterday as they beat the Bulls, who had completely toppled the rebuilding in recent seasons, to claim their first win of the new season.

Although it was back-to-back games in the transfer to Sa City, Heat head coach Spo was still full of confidence, and in the pre-game interview, Spo said that they had already taken the victory into their arms.

After all, the king is not strong, and there is a lot of debate about the king in the outside world, but the overall evaluation of the king has not reached the point of a strong team, and it is basically a bad team, and the Heat is now a recognized strong team in the league, yes, the Miami Heat with Waiters, Dragic, and Whiteside has indeed grown into one of the top teams in the league, so there is no problem with Spo saying that he has taken the victory into his arms.

Before the start of the game, Jin Feng also accepted an interview with the media, and responded to the questions asked by reporters: "After coming back, joining a new team, and facing the Heat in the first game of the new season, do you have any feelings?" ”

Jin Feng thought for a while, but said directly and surprisingly: "I'm surprised that Spo didn't get out of class." ”

As a result, the reporter who interviewed Jin Feng was in an uproar, and he couldn't care about asking Jin Feng other questions at the moment. Although it seems that this sentence has nothing to do with this game, the reporters keenly discovered that Jin Feng's sentence is actually a contempt for the Heat, a sarcasm for Spo, a head coach with a luxury lineup that can be called the "Big Three" actually dares to say that he has taken the victory into his arms, Jin Feng is naturally going to fight back fiercely. Jin Feng is indeed qualified to say this, because he is from the San Antonio Spurs~

But in fact, Jin Feng didn't fight back, he was indeed a little curious about why the old fox Pat Riley really didn't let Spo out of class.

In fact, what Jin Feng didn't know was that Pat Riley was ready to play in person, even if he was already bearded, but the team owner kept Spo, obviously the team owner understood very well that it was really not a wise thing to put all the big things in the hands of Pat Riley.

Jin Feng's response to Spo can only be regarded as a small episode before the game, although the media also told Spo, Spo also responded, he thinks that Jin Feng is just taking advantage of his tongue, but the game is about to start, this sentence can obviously only be put aside for the time being, and it can be left after the game, if the Heat lose, then for these media reporters, Jin Feng's riposte can come in handy.

In the home team's locker room before the start of the game, Jason Kidd announced the starting lineup for this game, point guard Daron Fox, point guard Jin Feng, small forward Justin Jackson, power forward Julius Randle, and center Dedmon.

ESPN broadcast the game, with Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy partnering to narrate the game.

Before the start of the game, Mark Jackson had already got the starting list for this game, and Dedmon on the Kings' side went to the starting lineup, and the other positions did not change, while the Heat there, starting point guard Dragic, scoring guard Vitesse, small forward Winslow, power forward Babbitt, and center Whiteside.

After glancing at this lineup, Mark Jackson said with a smile: "The King's starter is actually Dwayne Dedmon, a center who rarely shoots, Jeff, how many points do you think the Heat will win in this game?" ”

Jeff Van Gundy shook his head: "Mark, the game hasn't started yet, and the Heat won't necessarily win." ”

"Oh? Why? Mark Jackson looked surprised. Jeff Van Gundy smiled and explained: "First of all, the Heat just finished a tough battle last night, they defeated the Bulls, but they also consumed a lot of physical strength, and secondly, the strength of the Kings is not bad, they have a "killer" China Jin, 2016~2017, 2017~2018 Finals, we have all witnessed his madness, haven't we?" ”

Mark Jackson nodded: "Maybe, both sides have chances in this game, but obviously, the Heat have more chances." ”

This time, Jeff Van Gundy also nodded: "Yes, the Heat have a better chance of winning, but I have a hunch that there will be a lot of unexpected things in this game, and it will also help us solve a lot of puzzles, such as how strong the Kings are......"

What is Jeff Van Gundy's preview, Mark Jackson is still discussing with Jeff Van Gundy, and on the court, the King and the Heat are ready for the start of the game, a cheer rang out on the sidelines of the Arco Arena, and some fans raised cheering cards with Jin Feng's head, plus the crowds of fans wearing No. 24 jerseys on the sidelines, Jin Feng's Sa City's heat has been seen.