The NBA's originally open door is once again closed to space, and such an opportunity may be difficult in the future.

For this, Da Lianmei is very clear, and one of the main reasons is the age problem, his actual age is three years older than the official age reported to the NBA league.

In the Chinese basketball system, it has always been no secret to modify the age, and it can even be said to be a norm, many international youth basketball competitions, there are age limit requirements, and the age modification can allow more mature athletes to participate in the game, and the results will naturally be better. This is one of the main reasons why Chinese youth games are good, but adult basketball is much worse.

When he participated in the NBA draft, Yi Jianlian's age problem was in a uproar, and the 3-year age gap seemed to have little impact on ordinary young people, but for basketball players, it can turn a lottery show into a second-round show, or even lose the draft.

Potential is extremely difficult to measure, unless you have the ability to predict the future, and age is the easiest and most effective tool for measuring potential among the many elite players who participate in the NBA Draft.

And these three years are the gap between the peak and the decline for a 32-year-old veteran, and after this time, the door of the NBA may be completely closed.

In the hotel where Los Angeles temporarily stayed, Space Yi locked himself in his room, leaning on the back of the sofa in a daze, blinking his eyes from time to time, showing that he was thinking and making trade-offs, as for what kind of psychological struggle, no one except himself knows.

The Dallas Mavericks returned to their home base, Dallas, after a crushing loss in the finale.

Despite a defeat, the atmosphere of the team has not been affected by this, and at the end of the day, this is still a preseason game, and it is a preseason game that the team has strategically given up, and what really awaits the Dallas Mavericks is the upcoming regular season.

On October 25, national time, the NBA preseason officially kicked off.

Every year in the NBA, there are special game dates, such as the opening game and the Christmas game.

On the day of the opening game, the NBA usually arranges three well-prepared focus games, taking into account last season's situation, stars, ball market, offseason reinforcements, etc.

In this year's opener, the Cavaliers and Warriors, both teams in last season's midterm finals, played.

The Cavaliers vs. Knicks, Warriors vs. Spurs, Jazz vs. Trail Blazers.

The Dallas Mavericks' season opener against the Indiana Pacers is scheduled to be played the following day.

Last season's championship Cavaliers, the Cavaliers, handed out the championship ring at home and raised the championship flag!

The Knicks made a big move over the summer, bringing in Hornacek as the team's new head coach and forming a roster that looked very luxurious.

The point guard came to Rose from the Bulls trade, the youngest MVP player!

Penalty player Courtney Lee is a division 3D player, career three-point shooting rate of 38%, three-point shooting level is very stable, and it is a very popular no-ball play style of coaches and players, don't look at the data is not luxurious, the average per game is only about 10 level, but no matter which team you go to, you are a player who can stand firm in the starting division, as long as this team does not have a star-level division.

Small forward Carmelo Anthony naturally doesn't need to say much, the representative of the 03 super platinum generation, the master who once fought against the Emperor Zhan, handed over 21 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.2 steals in his rookie year, and the most powerful thing is that he brought the Nuggets who were 17-65 in the previous year to 43-39 in the first year of joining the league.

On the power forward is a new generation of star interior Porzingis, where the Knicks' hope lies in the future.

The center position is Joakin Noah, who followed Rose to New York, and played his best season in the 13-14 season, with one defense, one team and the best defensive player.

The starting lineup of the Knicks does look very good, but Rose has fallen into the abyss and Noah has suffered a major injury, and it is doubtful that he will be able to play well again.

Against the Cavaliers, who had just won the championship ring, the Knicks were obviously not an opponent, and collapsed early after halftime and were killed by the Cavaliers in a wave.

Another high-profile game, Spurs vs. Warriors.

Fans have long been looking forward to seeing how these two teams perform in the new season.

Spurs legend Tim Duncan retired, introduced Kobe Bryant's two-time partner Pau Gasol, and the Warriors even brought in Kevin Durant, and the team completed the upgrade again.

Chen Zhi was also very much looking forward to this ball game, and after the training was completed, he watched the game with Liu Ning and Zhou Jian at home with great interest.

However, the result of the game was surprising, the Spurs actually formed a comprehensive suppression of the Warriors, even in the third quarter Curry led the team to counterattack, but was still responded to by the Spurs' new core Leonard, who stubbornly suppressed the Warriors' counterattack.

The Spurs showed great fighting power, and the bench firepower was particularly terrifying, with Jonathan Simmons coming out of the bench to score 20 points and a great dunk at the end of the game.

Snatched Ben Simmons' title as the champion!

Various comments in the live barrage: This is this year's champion Lang Simmons, it's really amazing!

"Tsk, the Warrior's galactic battleship capsized as soon as it left the port!" Zhou Jian can't say that he likes or dislikes the warriors, but he is a little gloating when he sees this situation.

Chen Zhi smiled, "The old man's Spurs team is really powerful, he killed the Warriors with the Warriors' tricks, 12 of 24 shots, 50% three-point shooting rate, a bit scary." ”

"Yes, the Warriors felt so bad in this game, and the highest 3-point shooting percentage was Dream Green who was 2 of 5, otherwise he would never have lost more than 20 points." Liu Ning said with some regret. was recruited by Penguin Sports as a resident reporter, and he really worked basketball, and it didn't all rely on his acquaintance with Chen Zhi.

"What, do you like warriors a lot?" Chen Zhi smiled when he heard this, "Curry is a very female fan!" ”

Liu Ning wanted to tell the difference, but was stunned and said: "Yes, many girls I know like to watch basketball games because of Curry, and they are all Warriors fans!" ”

Chen Zhi wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Zhou Jian, "Hey, Chen Zhi, you said on social media that you were going to buy a car?" ”

"Well, didn't I get my driver's license two days ago, and I posted a news on IG. When interacting with the fans, I asked by the way what kind of car to buy, what's wrong? Chen Zhi asked.

"Do you like German cars?" Zhou Jian asked inexplicably.

Chen Zhi has indeed been thinking about cars recently, and he has never driven a car in Huaxia before, so he can't say that he likes or dislikes cars. It's just that I have a natural dislike for Japanese cars, which is probably related to the old man's years of ideological indoctrination.

"How?" Chen Zhi asked.

"Audi AG is interested in inviting you as a spokesperson." Zhou Jian replied, while communicating on his mobile phone, it seemed that this was the invitation he had just received, and he was still communicating further.

"Wow, no wonder everyone likes to be a star, the boss doesn't charge money when he goes to dinner, and he has an endorsement to find the news of getting a driver's license!" Liu Ning couldn't help but sigh on the side!

Before Chen Zhi could speak, he heard Zhou Jian say, "It seems that your plan to buy a car is going to be postponed, just now after the other party learned that this will be your first car, he decided to change the plan, and to wait for your performance in the regular season, asking you not to buy a car on your own before this." ”

"Oh, if you become a star, you don't have so much freedom, and you have to be restricted from buying a car." Liu Ning sighed again when she heard this.

Chen Zhi didn't expect such a show, "Brother Zhou, I don't have much preference for cars now, you can decide this matter, as long as you don't endorse the island country's car, it seems that Da Yao has also clearly rejected the endorsement of the island's sky-high car companies." ”

The new season is about to begin, and Chen doesn't want to let these things distract him.

"Can I report on this?" Liu Ning asked suddenly.

Chen Zhi thought for a while, "As long as it doesn't involve the name of a specific car company, there should be no problem." ”

"Ha, I'm right, it's all inside information! I feel like I'm on the verge of becoming a well-known journalist! Liu Ning couldn't help but be happy when she heard this.

The relationship with Chen Zhi has indeed made Liu Ning's work much smoother, and the interview with the Mavericks in Dallas has also been very smooth, and he has won a lot of reporting opportunities. Penguin Sports would have chosen her with no experience at the time, most likely because of this consideration.

Early in the morning of the 26th, the Dallas Mavericks assembled and set off for Indianapolis, the capital of Indiana.

"The first game of the new season against the Pacers, Rick, can't you be calm at the moment!"

Inside the Mavericks plane, Nowitzki said to Carlisle with a smile.

"Dirk, you don't have to ask me that every year when you first play against the Pacers and Pistons!" Carlisle was speechless.

Nowitzki smiled cheaply, "Hmph, you have to ask, after all, it's the team you've coached for four years, and the opposing management has your big brother Bird, every time you compete with the Pacers, you have to watch out for your own team coach!" ”

For Carlisle, the Pacers are truly a very special team.

During the time when Big Bird Bird was the head coach of the Pacers, Carlisle was the team's assistant coach, responsible for the team's offense, during which the Pacers and the Lakers teamed up to play on the Finals stage.

Carlisle left the coaching staff to serve as head coach with the Pistons after Bird stepped down as coach, and then returned to the Pacers as head coach at Bird's invitation.

In the end, he also parted peacefully with the Pacers, and after Reggie Miller retired, the team's main lineup collapsed, and the Pacers still said that Carlisle could take other positions in the team that he wanted, but Carlisle rejected and transferred to the Mavericks after a year of rest.

Chen Zhi sat on the plane, a little excited about the upcoming first regular season game, and the preseason was not very convincing after all, even if he scored 81 points, there were still doubts.

In this opener game against the Pacers, Chen Zhi is about to officially announce his arrival to the NBA.

Larry Bird, the NBA's most famous white superstar, played for the Celtics, and was known as black and white along with the Lakers' Magic Johnson, averaging 24.3 points, 6.3 assists and 10 rebounds per game in 13 seasons in his career.

James was previously recognized as the best small forward in history, and even after James entered the league as the chosen one and won two consecutive championships, there are still many media outlets that rank Bird in history ahead of James, which shows the strength of Big Bird.

Bird's success in the NBA was not limited to his time as a player, as a head coach and team management, although he did not lead the team to a championship, he led the team to the conference game, and still won two games against the most dominant OK combination in history.

Now Larry Bird is the president of basketball operations for the Pacers, but the Pacers are not in a good situation right now, especially the dismissal of former head coach Frank Vogel and the use of assistant coach Nate McMillan, a decision that has made him questionable.

As head coach, McMillan coached the Seattle SuperSonics and the Portland Trail Blazers, but he won less than four playoffs. And McMillan's tactics have always been known for their slow pace, which is clearly not suitable for today's NBA trend.

"How prepared is the team for the season opener?" Although Larry Bird, the big bird, wants to act decisively as the team's management, he has always been approachable, sitting in front of his work and asking like an old friend.

"The team is running well, and it shouldn't be much of a problem to play the Mavericks at home." McMillan, who is back in charge, is full of confidence.

After all, he has been an assistant coach with the Pacers for many years, and has a good relationship with the players, especially the core players of the team, so it is not much of a problem to take over Vogel.

Bird looked at McMillan and asked, "What are you going to do about that salary cap draft pick on the Mavericks, can you limit him?" The Dallas Mavericks are not to be underestimated! ”

McMillan nodded: "This rookie will cause us huge problems, the team will make his defense a top priority, reduce George's task on the offensive end, specifically mark him, as long as he has the ball, will pack him, or even a three-man bag!" ”

"Three-person bag?" Bird was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect McMillan to mention the three-person bag!

In fact, in his vision, it was to let Paul George be responsible for defending Chen Zhi, afraid that the newly appointed McMillan would not have the courage to let the core of the team do this kind of hard work, but he didn't expect McMillan to pay more attention to the rookie than himself.

In the entire Pacers lineup, the most suitable for this task is undoubtedly Paul George, the swingman Thaddeus Young, who is excellent in single defense, is too slow to keep up with the speed, and other outside players such as Jeff Teague may not be able to stop the breakthrough of that power monster at all.

"The coaching staff has looked specifically at the player's preseason performances and, frankly, the only way to do it is for George to try to limit him. Even with George's defensive level, I'm still not confident enough and I'm probably going to have to cover the whole game! The best defense for him is to force him to pass the ball, even if he passes the ball to an open teammate, it is considered an effective defense! ”

Chen Dao, who was full of expectations for the game, did not expect that the Pacers had prepared this level of defense for him, and an 81-point game had already made real opponents see his terrible!