Compared with her basketball career, Chu Hugo is more concerned about Chen Zhi's personal life, and after Chen Zhi and Merori spoke on the phone, she decided to contact Merorrie more closely.

However, Chen Zhi himself did not take this matter to heart, although he felt that Merorry was very beautiful, but he always felt that Merorry was like a shadow of Jiang Lanyue, and when he thought of her beautiful appearance, he always inevitably thought of Jiang Lanyue.

Chen Zhi has always been a very assertive guy since he was a child, and naturally he will not easily pursue Merorry because of Chu Hugo's few words.

Although everyone who knew him and Jiang Lanyue felt that the two of them were gradually becoming people of two worlds, Chen Zhi had never thought about it, and it was not necessarily a bad thing to distance himself from each other.

There was very little contact between Jiang Lanyue and him, and there was often no contact, and the frequency of exchanging messages was far less frequent than that between other members of the Heyang University varsity team, which could be said to be unusually cold.

It seems that the two sides are gradually estranged, but deliberately avoiding it actually shows that they actually have a hazy special relationship with each other.

On the top of Mount Tai, although Chen Zhi did not sit beside Jiang Lanyue, the hesitation at that time made him sure that Jiang Lanyue had indeed occupied a space in his heart, but he was very keenly aware that Jiang Lanyue still needed time to say goodbye to the past.

At least in Chen Zhi's opinion, the current relationship between him and Jiang Lanyue is in a relatively good state, and it is difficult to predict the final result.

But at the same time, Chen Zhi did not completely rule out the possibility of dating other girls, because there was neither any agreement nor tacit agreement between him and Jiang Lanyue, and the future was still full of possibilities, and the same was true for Jiang Lanyue.

The Dallas Mavericks have played a total of seven preseason games this season, and after playing against the Thunder, the Dallas Mavericks rushed to Phoenix to play against the Suns.

The Phoenix Suns are a team mired in a rebuild, and since Stoudemire left for New York after season 10, only the Suns led by Nash fell out of the playoff team in their twilight years, and then the Suns and Lakers signed and traded Steve Nash to Los Angeles, and the former has taken deep roots in the quagmire.

Until the 15-16 season, the Suns have not been able to return to the ranks of the playoff teams, but Nash's Suns left too deep an impression on the fans, so that when everyone mentions the Suns, it seems that the impression has been stuck in the era when the Suns were very strong, and they didn't know that the current Suns team was already the weakest of the weak, and the record last season was the third from the bottom in the league.

It's just that the Phoenix Suns team still has some integrity, and it is also bad, not as low as the Philadelphia 76ers, and they are also trying to win as much as possible, but there is really a big gap between the team and other NBA teams.

But the Suns management was lucky, and with the 13th pick last year, they drafted Devin Booker, a shooting guard from the University of Kentucky!

Compared to the 16th draft, the 15th draft is definitely a well-deserved draft year. Just one season later, among the five players in the Rookie of the Year team, Towns of the Timberwolves, Porzingis of the Knicks, Jokic of the Nuggets and Devin Booker of the Suns all showed superstar appearances, and Okafor of the 76ers also showed strong immediacy power, but they were older and lacked potential compared to the other four.

The appearance of Devin Booker finally gave the tormented Phoenix fans a glimmer of hope for the future, but usually the formation time of guard players is slightly later than that of the interior line, even if Devin Booker wants to save the Suns, it will take some time.

In the '16 draft, the Phoenix Suns finished with the fourth-worst fourth pick, selecting Dragan Bender from Bosnia and Herzegovina, while trading Markis Chris, the Kings' No. 8 pick, to the team.

If the two men can grow up as they wish, the Suns could be back on the team, but until then, they will have to accompany Booker as he struggles to grow.

One of the highlights of this match between the Dallas Mavericks and the Suns is that boxing champion Tyson Chandler faces his old club Dallas Mavericks, who was the main center during the 2011 Mavericks' championship period, but in this game, he did not play, making the preseason game even more dismal, and what is even more fatal is that Devin Booker will not play in this game.

This situation made it difficult for a group of media reporters, digging up the farce of the summer debuters who expressed their hopes to meet Chen Zhi on social media as soon as possible.

It's just that Bender and Chris have changed their attitudes in the pre-match interview with the summer, "Chen's biggest discovery so far among the rookies of the class of 2016 is that he will have a great season, people know him too late, and now the world has seen Chen's ability to show!" ”

The Suns' media PR manager had already given this to the two rookies, and even without the PR manager's explanation, Chris and Bender didn't dare to make a big deal out of Chen's performance in the previous four preseason games.

In this game, Carlisle didn't plan to let Chen Zhi play, but he couldn't bear Chen Zhi to keep muttering in his ear, and Mark Cuban, the owner of the Mavericks who accompanied him in this game, naturally hoped that Chen Zhi would be able to play, so he finally got 5 minutes of playing time.

In the end, the Mavericks won without any suspense, and the team returned to Dallas early the next morning.

Before the afternoon practice began, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban showed up in the locker room at the American Airlines Center.

"Guys, I have something to announce." Mark Cuban, wearing a white T-shirt emblazoned with the Mavericks' emblem, shouted with great joy.

"Hey, Mark, I have something to say before that!" Dirk Nowitzki suddenly said, "Thanks to Mark Cuban, who spent 70 million meters of gold to build a brand new training hall for the team in just a few months!" I gotta say, not every team has an owner like Mark! ”

"Hey, Dirk! You say that, you don't need me to announce it, everyone knows that the new training hall is officially opened today. Besides, don't say these compliments to me, as if you don't know! I'm the best owner in the NBA, that's recognized, haha! Cuban laughed.

Chen Zhi and the other Mavericks players couldn't help laughing when they heard this, as a player, playing for the Dallas Mavericks is definitely a very happy thing, and the owner of Cuban is too considerate of the player.

Just a mile or so from the American Airlines Center to the Mavericks' new training center, Cuban is equipped with a series of brand-new buses.

The afternoon training was undoubtedly held in the new training hall, which was originally located on the ground floor of the American Airlines Center arena, and the interior space of more than 3,000 square meters was also more spacious than the original training ground located on the ground floor.

Chen Zhi looked at this brand-new training gym, and said that Cuban was recognized as the best boss in the NBA, which was really not in vain, but this training ground cost 70 million meters of gold!

No wonder during the previous tryout, several teams made offers for themselves, and the Bulls even gave an annual salary of 15 million, but only the Dallas Mavericks directly offered themselves the highest salary! A big part of the reason is that Cuban is really willing to spend money on the team.

"How's this new training center?"

Chen Zhi was looking at the training center when Cuban came to him and asked with a smile.

"It's extravagant!" Chen Zhi didn't want to say it directly.

Mark Cuban was stunned when he heard this, "Haha, I didn't expect you to say that, but I think so, after all, the old training ground is still fully suitable for the team." Do you know why I built this new training center? ”

Chen Zhi shook his head.

"This new training ground marks a new era for the Mavericks! That's my gift to you and Barnes, two new core players! ”

After Cuban finished speaking, he glanced at Nowitzki, who was communicating with Carlisle on the side, although Dirk can still play a huge role on the court, but it is undeniable that Dirk, like himself, is already old, nearly 40 years old, even for ordinary people, this is no longer a young age.

After Cuban finished speaking, there was some silence, Dallas was going to lose Dirk soon, thinking of this, Cuban was a little heavy, and more importantly, he found that he might be a little unaccustomed to those seasons without Dirk.

Unconsciously, nearly 20 years have passed, and Dirk Nowitzki, a German, is deeply engraved in the world of Dallas.

"I have blue blood in my body!" Nowitzki's love for the Dallas Mavericks runs deep.

Perhaps, at that time, a statue of Nowitzki will be erected in front of the arena of the American Airlines Center, and there is no doubt that it must be the independent shape of the golden rooster.

Chen Zhi glanced at Cuban and said with a smile: "Then as a return gift, Barnes and I will bring the championship trophy back to Dallas!" ”

Cuban was immersed in his inexplicable sentimentality, he was stunned when he heard the words, looked at Chen Zhi's expression, confident and determined, and said very gratifyingly: "Our Mavericks, who have been considered by the media for many years to be unable to enter the playoffs, are about to take the pace of winning the championship again!" I'm going to find a strong center forward to partner with you as soon as possible, and try to build a championship framework within two years! ”

Chen Zhi shook his head when he heard this, "Maybe it won't take that long, even this year may not be without a chance!" ”

In fact, Chen Zhi can't be sure of this point yet, because he can't be sure how fast the soul power collection will be after the high-level brain domain is strengthened, and he can't accurately judge what level he can grow to at that time.

The current Chen Zhi is actually like a combination of Curry and James, but he is a combination, not the strongest talent of the two sides, for example, height is completely inferior compared to James. If you want to talk about comprehensive dominance, I am afraid that the current self is slightly inferior to James, because his contribution on the defensive end is limited by his size, and he is much worse than James.

At least so far, Chen Zhi really can't completely underestimate the heroes of the world.

Looking at Chen Dao in front of him, Kuban couldn't help but sigh that it is good to be young, you can be reckless and frivolous, even if you say something big, it doesn't hurt, after all, in young people, this kind of big talk has another name: ambition or fighting spirit!

Speaking of which, Cuban feels that he has always liked this kind of fighting spirit very much, because he has always been full of fighting spirit, but Chen Zhi's self-confidence still makes him a little sideways.

The current Dallas Mavericks, after the introduction of Chen Zhi and Barnes, will definitely be a strong team in the new season, after all, Chen Zhi has already shown the level of the league's super-first-class guards! Absolutely superb!

But if you want to compete with super teams like the Warriors and Cavaliers, I'm afraid you can't do it. Especially after Durant joined the Warriors this year, the championship trophy seems to have been decided by the Golden State Warriors! I'm afraid even James and the Cavaliers are afraid of the current Warriors.

Because the dominance of point guard players has always been very poor, the league has always had the saying that it is impossible to win a championship by building a team around point guards, which is not groundless.

In fact, there have been no examples of point guard core winning championships before, such as Magic Johnson's Shotime Lakers, smiling assassin Isaiah Thomas's iron-blooded Pistons, and Curry's Warriors.

Magic Johnson's Lakers naturally needless to say, the lineup can be called luxurious, the current Mavericks lineup is not worthy of comparison with that Lakers at all, and the other two teams are not inferior to the lineup, which is not at all comparable to the Mavericks.

After all, the current core players of the Mavericks are only the fourth or even fifth in the Warriors.

Of course, theoretically, Cuban also thinks that the Mavericks also have a chance to win the championship, such as the Spurs, Warriors, and Cavaliers, all of which have been greatly reduced due to injuries, and each team has to lose an average of 2 cores......

With the preseason going on, Chen Zhi's days in the United States have gradually become more comfortable, and he is now not only integrated into the Dallas Mavericks in basketball, but also in life, and the interaction with the Mavericks players off the court has gradually increased.

Shortly after Matthews threw a birthday party, Nowitzki invited everyone to his home for dinner.

Although Chen had known for a long time that Nowitzki lived in Highland Park like him, he still didn't expect that his current villa was so close to Nowitzki's house.

Two blocks to the north and one block to the east, it's less than a 10-minute walk.

When he saw Nowitzki standing at the door with a black pregnant woman in his arms, Chen Zhi looked confused, and turned his head to complain to Matthews beside him, "Nowitzki's wife is a black man?" ”

Black players marry white wives, which abound in the NBA, such as several mixed-race stars who are often considered white, Curry, Thompson, Griffin and others, whose fathers are all black and their mothers are Caucasian.

However, when he saw the long face of the horse's legs, which was much darker than Nowitzki's wife Jessica, he immediately swallowed the words back into his stomach.

It's no wonder that Chen Zhi was surprised, it is really rare for a white star to marry a black wife, and it is absolutely impossible to do this if it is not true love!