At the press conference, James was disappointed with the team's performance, but he congratulated the Warriors anyway.

"The Warriors did a really good job defending in the second half today, especially Lee, and I think he really has the level of the best defensive player. And the Warriors have a good bench and we couldn't defend their three-pointers in the second half, and that's why we lost. ”

James specifically praised Li Zhi's defense, and the implication was nothing more than that there was a reason why he didn't play well in the second half. It is not difficult to infer from his words that James is not satisfied with the current roster of the Cavaliers, but he can't say it explicitly.

Ben Wallace occupies the second-highest salary on the team, but only scored 8 points and 7 rebounds in this game, and played a role not as well as the Warriors' base-paid player Milicic. In his mind, if the Cavaliers can have a good bunch of role players, the Warriors are definitely no match for the Cavaliers.

James has been paying attention to Li Zhi for a long time and understands Li Zhi's strength, but after the data came out, Li Zhi had 12 assists, and James attributed all this to the Warriors players, and did not think that this was a reflection of Li Zhi's organizational ability. He also couldn't accept the emergence of another "magician successor" in the alliance.

Li Zhi didn't care what James said, anyway, he won, it doesn't matter what he says. Milicic, who performed well, was brought to the post-game press conference by Nelson for the first time, but he said openly: "Cavaliers star whistle, James walking, despicable!" ”

Milicic's words made the reporter very happy, and he reported the process of the game with gusto, especially the star whistle of the second quarter.

Li Zhi really wanted to beat up Milicic at the press conference, but he had to wipe Milicic's ass after Milicic finished speaking, praised James' performance, and didn't say a word about walking.

After the game, Nelson called Li Zhi over and said with a smile: "George, I didn't find that your organizational skills can do this level, you can try to play a dozen point guards in the next game." ”

"Don't don't, coach, this game is all about everyone's good hands, and it's all my luck."

Nelson patted Li Zhi on the shoulder and said, "Li, you Chinese just like to be modest, and I'm talking to you right now." You know the problems on our team, Kyle can't control the tempo, but you can do it. I've been talking to Mullin about what to do now, and now it seems that you don't have to, and you're a good fit. ”

Li Zhi couldn't laugh and sighed. The Warriors' point guard problems are indeed worth paying attention to, Lowry has potential, but it needs to be cultivated, and it is really difficult to be of great use this year. Crawford's style of play is more of a shooting guard, and Livingston's limited quality due to injury is a real problem.

Li Zhi said: "Coach, I can't do anything, I can't be a point guard, I still like to score. In terms of point guards, good point guard leagues are scarce, and now that I think about it, Byron was really good before. ”

Nelson also sighed, why didn't he know. Byron Davis signed a big contract with the Clippers in the summer, averaging 14.9 points, 7.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game with the Clippers, much better than Lowry.

Nelson said with a smile: "It's impossible to trade, I just hope that next year's draft can pick a good point guard, do you have any good recommendations?" ”

Li Zhi was in high spirits for a while, and immediately said: "Yes, Stephen Curry, a sophomore at Davidson College, has a strong playmaking and scoring ability, and definitely meets our expectations, but our draft pick may not be so high this year." ”

Nelson nodded and said, "Stephen Curry is really good, I'll let the scouts look at him more, and by the way, talk to the Mullin ward and try to get some top draft picks." ”

The Warriors have a good record this year, and they will definitely be at the bottom of the draft picks, and if they want to select Curry in the first few picks, they need good draft picks.

Although the Warriors have a good record now, the hidden dangers are also not small. O'Neal is a contract year next year, and if you use the performance of this season, next year will definitely be a maximum salary, but no management dares to take this risk and give a 36-year-old veteran a maximum salary.

Kyle Lowry's rookie contract expires after this season, and the Warriors management can't make a decision whether to renew it or not.

There's also important information that Golden State Warriors owner Chris Cohan has recently been considering selling the team that has been in business for 15 years.

Kohan has also repeatedly expressed the idea of selling 80% of the team. He has been in trouble in recent years under investigation by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service for tax evasion, and the Warriors have only made the playoffs once since he took over in 1995.

Now that the Warriors are getting a little better, Cohan is once again playing with the idea of selling the team, but there is no clear confirmation of who is interested in the Golden State Warriors, only rumors that Larry Ellison, the owner of the famous software company Oracle, and legendary director George Lucas are both considered potential buyers.

Li Zhi has known about this for a long time, but he didn't expect Kriskohan to be so impatient, you know, although the Warriors have a bad record before, but the home tickets have not been sold once. The fan base is one of the factors that boosts ticket sales, as the Warriors have a large number of die-hard fans throughout the Bay Area, and the stadium can often be full.

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A day later, the Warriors vs the Celtics.

Celtic are the defending champions, and anyone who plays against the Green will want to take a win in front of them. Although the Big Three are a year older, they have been more competitive this season, especially in terms of defensive change, with Garnett as the core of the interior line, and competing with Pierce and Ray? Allen is on the outside.

Posey's departure is a big loss for the team, but as long as the Big Three are still in hand, and with a number of strong role players, the Celtics are still the favorites to win the championship this season.

Rondo improved significantly in the 2007-08 season, and although there is still a clear gap in Rondo's quality and fame compared to his peers Paul and Deron Williams, it was a surprise for the Celtics that Rondo was able to play at the level of last season.

In addition, veterans Kassel and House have also successfully stayed with the team, and Rondo's further growth has made the Celtics' point guard position only strong in the new season.

As he gets older, Ray Allen's form has gradually increased, especially in the playoffs last season, which made people sweat.

However, for most of the league's scoring guards, Allen still has a certain advantage against him, but when facing top scorers like Kobe and Wade, the risk of alignment will increase rapidly. But when he met Stephen Jackson, who is also a veteran, Ray Allen's performance was still wonderful.

The strength of the Celtics in the small forward position is undoubted, Pierce has always been underestimated in recent seasons, and last season's regular season and playoffs super performances have made people re-realize the horror of "truth", although the offensive statistics are not as bright as they were back then, but after the arrival of Garnett, Pierce's defensive potential has been fully exploded, in this position, I am afraid that only LeBron James can make Pierce bow his head.

Needless to say, Garnett on the inside, last season's best defensive player says it all, as long as he's there, the Celtics' interior is an iron plate.

The Warriors' only advantage over the Celtics may be the center, who is the weakest link on the Celtics' team, and Perkins is sometimes more of a foul machine on the court, and although they poached Patrick O'Bryant from the Warriors in the summer, O'Neal will still make them pay.

Nelson didn't want to win, he just wanted the Warriors' young players to take this opportunity to practice more.