With one regular season after another going on in an orderly manner, the time is gradually approaching 2008.

As of the end of December 2007, the Warriors had a poor record, winning only half of their games, and in the West, this record was only ninth in the East, and entering the playoffs seemed to be a big problem for the Warriors.

However, the irritable Li Zhi had no intention of caring about the record, he was just desperate to train and want to enhance his strength.

He believed he would be a football star, but the butterfly effect caught him off guard, possessing the skills of a prophet, but the future changed at some point.

When Li Zhi was training in retreat, the NBA Christmas War was in full swing.

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The confrontation between the Little Emperor and the Flash became a foil, and everyone focused on the battle between the Suns and the Lakers.

The 2007 Christmas game had only one theme for Kobe Bryant was revenge, and Kobe's scoring ability was second to none in the league, winning the scoring title for two consecutive years. The Phoenix Suns are the most flashy offensive team in the league, and the Suns swept the Lakers out of the first round of the playoffs in '06 and '07.

The league has attracted attention with "OK Wars" for the previous three consecutive years of Christmas games, and fans are tired. The league immediately chose Nash as Kobe Bryant's opponent in the Christmas Game in 2007, and Nash won the Most Valuable Player title in '05 and '06.

And the Lakers and Suns have also fought to the death in the playoffs for two consecutive years, which has become a new hot spot.

The hatred between the two sides was planted in the 06 and 07 playoffs, in the 05-06 playoffs, the Lakers were reversed by the Suns with a 3-1 lead, of which Kobe Bryant completed a double kill in the fourth game, and Kobe Bryant scored 50 points in the sixth game, but unfortunately Kobe Bryant alone could not stop the Suns.

In the 06-07 season, Bryant averaged 31.6 points per game to win the scoring crown, but was swept out of the playoffs by the Suns 4-1 again, and Bryant scored 32.8 points in the Wild Defense Series against Raja Bell, and the two teams met in this year's Christmas game.

The Lakers have Kobe Bryant, the league's most terrifying individual scoring ability, and the Suns hold the most gorgeous offensive banner, which creates the open offense of the 07 Christmas Wars Lakers vs Suns.

In this game, the two teams lived up to the league's arrangement, playing a hearty offensive battle, and the Lakers defeated the Suns 122-115, making the Christmas game very interesting.

Kobe Bryant still fought alone, scoring 38 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds on 12-of-20 shooting in the game, and this time the Flyers single-handedly helped the Lakers win, and 38 points were also the second-highest personal score in Kobe's Christmas game.

In the Christmas War, Kobe Bryant is omnipotent, and the Flyers in peak condition showed perfect scoring skills, receiving Odom's pass to complete a beautiful empty dunk, and many dry pull-out three-point jumpers, emergency stop jump shots, backward jump shots, and breakthrough dunks...... Kobe Bryant's all-round play overshadowed the entire Suns team.

Yes, one can do anything, the other is eclipsed.

Li Zhi asked himself in his heart, can I also do it, and turn the tide by myself?

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In the first month of 2008, the Warriors won only eight of their 14 games, and the media concluded that they would not make the playoffs.

Li Zhi still firmly occupies the first place in the rookie list, Durant is chasing after him, and the media is not optimistic about the Warriors' season, but Li Zhi is touted in various ways.

The strongest rookie after James, the league's prep superstar.

At the end of January, almost halfway through the season, the big trade of the tumultuous league finally began, and the NBA teams began their final arms race.

On February 1, 2008, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies completed a trade. The Lakers sent Kwame Brown, Javaris Coritanton, Aaron McGee, Mark Gasol to sign, two future draft picks, and some cash for Pau Gasol and a future second-round pick

Barkley scolded on the live show: "This is a robbery! ”

Popovich angrily said that in the future, he would set up a trade arbitration committee, composed of the head coaches of each team, to prevent similar "delivery" type trades from happening.

A lot of people who don't pay attention to the grizzlies don't know how strong Gasol is at this time? Just ask Camby, who is in the right place, and just ask Duncan.

On February 4, 2008, the Miami Heat and the Phoenix Suns completed a trade. The Suns sent Sean Marion and Marcus Banks to get Shaquille O'Neal.

It's a heavyweight deal, and management can't hold on to a team that hasn't been able to break through in the playoffs for years.

The Suns' so-called "seven seconds or less" offensive style said goodbye to fans once and for all after the deal was completed. The small-ball style is good-looking, but it can't beat the Spurs' Stone Buddha, or even the Mavericks' Nowitzki.

The Lakers' Bynum is already in trouble, and Gasol is coming again, which undoubtedly gives the Suns management an ultimatum.

The turmoil is still not over, and on the eve of the All-Star break, the trade came again.

The Kings and Hawks complete the trade. The Hawks sent Anthony Johnson, Tyronn Lue, Sheldon Williams, Lorenzen Wright and a second-round pick to get Mike Bibby.

As the last remaining memory of that Kings team, Bibby was also traded.

The Hawks want a point guard to take the pressure off Joe Johnson, while the Kings want to get as much of his contract as possible through a trade to completely rebuild. After the trade, Bibby used his performance to tell those who had doubted him that the "white devil" was still terrifying.

Andy Miller was so proud of the deal that he called Richmond to his own foresight.

Li Zhi smiled helplessly, how much he wanted to tell Miller that I was a prophet.

Spurred on by the Lakers, the Spurs had to expand, with the San Antonio Spurs and the Seattle SuperSonics completing the trade. The Spurs sent Brent Barry, Francisco Elson and a 2009 first-round pick to get Kurt Thomas.

The head of the SuperSonics is Sam Presti, who was born in the "Spurs", so it is just right to use such a trade as a favor.

The SuperSonics got his contract and a draft pick, while the Spurs got Thomas as an interior stalwart ready for a high-intensity playoff showdown.

It is worth mentioning that after this deal, the SuperSonics cut Barry, and Barry was able to return to the Spurs.

This also attracted countless fans to abuse the Spurs.

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To get back to the point, there was turmoil inside and outside the alliance, and Li Zhi's days still had to continue.

The Warriors ushered in their final game before the All-Star break, once again against the SuperSonics.

At the Oracle Center, the final battle before the All-Star break is underway.

On the court, the supersonic performance of Erjin Palace was strong, and it was indistinguishable from the Warriors.

Durant is very interested, frequently attacking with the ball, and after half a season of training, Durant has obviously matured a lot.

After holding the ball, Durant did not hold the ball and dry, but chose to raid the interior.

Seeing Durant's choice, Li Zhi smiled inwardly, the first few balls Durant faced Li Zhi's singles, and they all smashed the basket under Li Zhi's interference, and at this time he was obviously irritable and chose to break through.

This move fell into the trap of Li Zhi, Li Zhi's physical fitness is now much stronger than Durant, Durant hit twice, and suddenly his face turned red, and he found that he couldn't break through Li Zhi.

"Don't think about it, you can't."

Li Zhi said with a smile, this expression was a mockery in Durant's eyes.

Strong Pitch!

Li Zhi didn't have a cover, and he knew that he would definitely not be able to enter by looking at the arc.

Sure enough, the basketball smashed out of the basket, and Bitlins grabbed the rebound and handed it to Rich.

The Warriors are on the court with Montaelis and Rich, who is the core of Nelson's playbook.

Li Zhi held the ball and swooped down, diplomatic the ball at the three-point line, and then quickly reversed the air cut.

The supersonic inside line is Nick Collisson, who has a strong style of play, but also has the common problems of white Americans: average bounce and slow movement.

However, Bitlins was no different, playing in Collison, and then passing the ball back to Rich.

Li Zhi, who was in the air, jumped up and scored a dunk.

The SuperSonics are still Durant's offense with the ball, and tonight is a contest between him and Richie, the coach approves it, and the media is willing to see such a picture.

"You won't defend me this time!" Durant said with a glare.

"Let's try it, is it a jump shot this time?" Li Zhi said lightly, "Oh, no, you should be able to break through, after all, you can't make a jump shot under my defense." ”

Durant was depressed, this guy.

Durant snorted coldly, and with the help of Michael Grabel's blocking, he successfully shook Li Zhi, and then hit a shot.

There was a boo at Oracle Arena, and Durant was instigated, and he called for a pick-and-roll.

Li Zhi spread his hands at the fans, this scene made Durant even more depressed, he couldn't understand how this guy was so good at defending after a few days.

Li Zhixin said: "If you tell him that I released water before, I don't know if he will be angry." ”

Durant didn't die of anger, but Durant was replaced by the coach under the boos of the sky.

Seeing this, Montaelis nodded at Li Zhi and said, "Amazing, knock people down." ”

Li Zhi smiled, he didn't think he beat Durant down, but he didn't know what Durant was thinking.

With six minutes left in the third quarter, Li Zhi played the third quarter, and by the end of the third quarter, he had scored 24 points, and Durant only scored 15 points.

At this time, the Warriors had a 20-point lead, and in the fourth quarter, the veteran coach Mingjin withdrew his troops and replaced him with a substitute.

However, Li Zhi was speechless that Durant actually played again in the fourth season.

Facing a group of benches, Durant burst into shots and scored 15 points in the fourth season, compared to the sum of the first three quarters, and scored 30 points in the whole game.

However, the Warriors still won in the end, and the same bad team, the SuperSonics are significantly worse than the Warriors.

"Tut-tut!"

After the game, Li Zhi shook his head at Durant again and again, "I really didn't expect you to be this kind of person!" ”

Durant held his head high and said, "This is basketball, and being able to score is everything." ”

Li Zhi was speechless, how could there be such a person in the world, who clearly avoided the war by himself, but opened his eyes and said nonsense.

However, Durant's approach is clear, and in order to be the best rookie, Durant must score points.

Half a season has passed in a blink of an eye, and looking at the scattered fans, Li Zhi is full of emotion in his heart.

A few months ago, he was an unknown in the domestic lower leagues, and now he has made a name for himself in the NBA.

Although he didn't make the All-Star list, Lee was selected for the Rookie Challenge and the Slam Dunk Contest.

The Warriors had a lot of people participating in the All-Star Game, with Jamal Crawford and Gary Neri also participating in the three-point contest, and Byron Davis unfortunately missed the All-Star selection.

Byron Davis made Richie sound Lillard, but the top point guard with excellent strength has been missing the All-Star selection year after year, which doesn't seem fair.

Fans lamented that there were too many stars in the West.

Iverson, Kobe, Paul, Nash, Delon, Roy, Byron Davis, and many more.

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The boss of the Warriors, who has always been picky, spoke, and whoever performed well in the All-Star Game would give a big red envelope of two million.

Million!

The whole Warriors team suspects that the owner is crazy.

Chris Cohan is certainly not crazy, and he is very shrewd, the Warriors have a poor record, the income does not look very impressive, and now that Chris Cohan is in the midst of a financial crisis, he is already thinking about selling the team, and before selling, it must be given proper exposure.

Not all of them have the highest salary, except for Byron Davis and Stephen Jackson, the highest on the team is Monta Ellis 8 million.

Li Zhi signed a 2+1+1 contract, 15 million for four years, with team options for the third and fourth years.

Thinking about a few classic dunks in his previous life, with Li Zhi's current Super Saiyan physique and dunk bloodline, there are many actions for him to choose from.

Except for the 3,600 degree dunk, Li Zhi can make almost all the classic dunk moves in his previous life.