Players from both teams enter.

First up was the starting five Tigers of the away New York Knicks, and the host of the scene loudly introduced:

"Small forward, 2.03m, from Butler Community College, wearing the number 5 jersey, Stephen Jackson!"

Garnett strained his thigh in a training session on February 2 and wanted to take the injury to the war, but Li Wei directly gave him half a month off.

"Kevin, physical things can't be sloppy, you look at Penny Hardaway, just because he didn't pay attention to the injury, he barely played a few games last season. If you have an injury, you must take care of it as soon as possible, and you must not force it! ”

Garnett was impressed, so he sat on the sidelines in a suit today.

Let Garnett rest, of course, his injury should be healed, on the other hand, Li Wei wants to train newcomers.

There are so many young players in the team right now, it's hard to get playing time, and if you don't get playing time, no one can grow into a superstar. So Garnett went to recuperate, and Maddie could play more.

In fact, Li Wei wanted to start Maddie, but Stephen Jackson was not convinced.

It's a matter of seniority and age. If Bowen starts, Jackson will definitely have no opinion, but Maddie is younger than him and is still a newcomer, so it is strange that he can be convinced.

Li Wei stretched out his hand and pointed: "You two go heads-up, whoever wins will start for Kevin!" ”

The current Maddie is not the omnipotent peak Mai a few years later, he is only 19 years old, and he has only been in the NBA for a year, and many technical moves have not been fully mastered, and he just relies on talent to play.

Although Stephen Jackson is also a pit and was sprayed by the media last season, he is a year older than Maddy, and the atmosphere of the Knicks is better than that of the Raptors, so he has learned a lot, and he is not much worse than Maddy in terms of strength.

This heads-up ended with Stephen Jackson winning, so Li Wei put him in the starting lineup.

When Stephen Jackson first came to the Knicks, he wanted to wear the No. 1 jersey, but the No. 1 let Li Wei grab it, and he wanted to wear the No. 24, but the No. 24 of the Knicks is the jersey of the famous Bill Bradley, which has been retired, and finally can only wear the number 5 that he wore in high school.

Maddie sat on the sidelines and watched the triumphant Stephen Jackson who made his debut in the No. 5 jersey with fire in his eyes. He decided to get up at 4 o'clock tomorrow to train, improve himself, and make sure to make Stephen Jackson look good next time!

The host continued: "Power forward, 2.03 meters, from the University of Houston, wearing the No. 45 jersey, Bo Oterlo! ”

Li Wei did not start Nowitzki, but let him start as a substitute. Although Dabo is short and has no offensive ability, he is full of fighting spirit, active defensively, and can drive the mood on the court, and Li Wei and Chuck Daley both believe that he should be a starter and set an example for the youngsters.

"Center, 2.29 meters, from Lincoln High School, wearing the No. 11 jersey, Yao Meng!"

Da Yao is 2.26 meters tall and 2.29 meters when he wears shoes, so the official height registered in the NBA is also 2.29 meters (7 feet 6 inches).

When he was in the Oriental team, his jersey was No. 15, but the Knicks' No. 15 retired twice, and Li Wei couldn't wear it, let alone his turn. So Li Wei suggested that he inherit the number of Big Z, No. 11. In his previous life, Da Yao was also No. 11 in the NBA, but he was also pleasing to the eye.

Da Yao became the team's starter, and Da Ben actually had opinions, but Li Wei would not let the two of them go head-to-head.

The current Da Yao is only 18 years old, although his ability has been soaring since he practiced hard last summer, but his starting point is too low, and he can only be promoted from a completely inadequate look to the level of the team's water cooler.

Li Wei hopes that through this season's training, he can continue to improve and reach the level of a strong substitute.

As for Da Ben, Li Wei feels that he has made great progress, and he has already reached his peak in seven or eighty percent, and Da Yao still can't set off waves in front of him.

Therefore, the head coach of the Knicks said to Ben Wallace earnestly: "Big Ben, your ability is absolutely fine, you can be the starting point of our team." But you're too short, let's let Da Yao start, he's easy to jump balls! ”

Big Ben burst into tears for a moment.

Height is a hard injury and can't be improved, doesn't that mean he will never be able to start?

Da Yao appeared as the starting center of the Knicks, and countless Magic fans whispered.

The Oriental is simply too tall, taller than the European for the Knicks last season. It is said that no one is optimistic about this guy at all, but the Knicks selected him with a first-round pick and let him start, can he really play?

"Playmaking guard, 1.88m, from Florida State University, wearing the number 17 jersey, Charlie Ward!"

Li Wei actually likes Charlie Ward, this player has a tough style of play and is not bad at organizing, but he prefers Nash.

Although there were some problems in the contract renewal negotiations, this did not affect Li Wei to let Ward continue to start. In the second half of last season, Nash was very successful with the bench, and putting Charlie Ward in the starting line-up was also easy to play high-intensity defense from the start, adding pressure to the opposition.

"Shooting guard, 1.98m, from the University of Tennessee, wearing the number 20 jersey, Alan Houston!"

Houston, the team's leading scorer last season, is definitely going to start. The media and fans in New York have always thought of the Knicks as a team for Houston and Garnett. As for Nowitzki, Da Yao and others who Li Wei is optimistic about, fans and the media really don't take it seriously.

The camera lens was given to Li Wei in a suit, and the host continued to introduce: "Knicks head coach, 1.50 meters, David Lee!" ”

"Wow!" The audience cheered together!

Li Wei frowned suddenly.

Nima, I'm a full-time head coach now, and I'm not a player, can I die if I don't report my height?

Again. Brother is already 1.61 meters, okay?

After the Knicks started the game, the lights dimmed all over the court, and then the Magic's starting five Tigers came out on the scene amid the screams of countless home fans!

Anfernee Hardaway, Nick Anderson, Clifford Robinson, Horace Grant, Isaac Austin!

Isaac Austin is the backup center who was used by Pat Riley as a bargaining chip to trade Brent Barry and threw to the Clippers last season. He won the Most Improved Player award in the '96-97 season, but the Heat had Alonzo Mourning at the center position, so he kept playing off the bench.

This season, Austin became a free agent, joined the Magic, and immediately became the starting center of the Magic team.

Some people must want to ask, didn't the Magic draft super potential interior Keion Clarke in the draft? Where did it go?

Although the Magic team has formulated a complete set of drunken transformation plans, Keion Clark still has to be drunk to train. Magic management was helpless.

Just as the Nuggets took a fancy to Clark's talent and wanted to take over, they traded Clark to the Nuggets before the start of the season in exchange for the Nuggets' '00 first-round pick, as well as the '97 No. 17 rookie, small forward John Taylor from the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

Although Austin is very strong, he is not very tall, only 2.08 meters. Standing in the middle circle with Da Yao, who is 2.29 meters, he suddenly has a feeling that he has become smaller.

"This is the center forward that we spent a lot of money on before the start of the season? How is it so small? ”

Magic fans were talking about it and even began to discuss whether Austin's big contract with a salary of 5 million a year was worth it.

The annual salary of 5 million is only the middle class in later generations, but now the salary cap is only 30 million, and it is very remarkable that ordinary starters can get so much. Nanash's annual salary of 5 million was unanimously considered expensive by the New York media, and the 95-year-old champion only took a contract of 1.75 million.

The referee glanced at the tall Yao, then at Isaac Austin with some sympathy, and then tossed the ball.

Two centers jump at the same time!

The 18-year-old Da Yao is not as heavy as he was later, and the height of the jump is not just the height of a matchbox. In fact, if he doesn't jump, it will be difficult for the other party to grab the ball, and Austin can only look at Yao Xing and sigh for this jump!

The Knicks get the ball, Charlie Ward advances with the ball!