The flight across the ocean from Europe to the Americas is almost half a world away, and it is pure deception to say that you are refreshed and tired when you step off the plane.

Because of the time difference, it was already Sunday morning local time to fly from Milan to Denver, and such a tight itinerary was the first time in Jiang Qi's schedule, even if he was used to the rhythm of running around all day, it was inevitable that he would be a little unbearable. The rookie director, who had been booking a hotel for the team, got out of bed with his eyelids on his eyelids, and a private meeting with Billy Knight and Adam Silva, Uncle Sie's assistant, in the afternoon.

After washing his face with cold water, looking at his watch and still having half an hour to spare, Jiang Qi went to the front desk to ask for a few recent newspapers, and sat down in the restaurant to browse.

NBA rookie challenges usually can't win the first-year rookie students who have worked hard in the league for a year, after all, from all aspects of the game, such experience can't erase the time dimension, not to mention that this year's rookies need to face the 2003 seniors who are known as the golden generation of the draft.

Just comparing athletic talents, James and Anthony have tended to be perfect, not to mention that the 2003 rookies have gathered a group of outside talents, Wade, Hinrich, and Josh Howard, all of whom can run, jump, and shoot.

Fortunately, the sophomore students also have shortcomings, their interior personnel are really a little stretched, only Bosh and Haslem can be used, compared to the second grade team's inner line, the rookie team has a monster like Howard, a solid pillar of defensive ability like Okafor, and Al Jefferson who is quite comprehensive on the offensive end, so although Bosh cut 20+, Howard, Okafor and Jefferson teamed up to score 50+, especially Jefferson's 19 points are the most shining, There were a couple of rounds in which he scored singles against the Dragon King Bosh, and even though it was a rookie game, it was enough to make an eye-catcher.

And Jiang Qi finally understood David Stern's old scheming, in the face of the sophomore team's outside attackers, Ariza's selection completely cleared the doubts after he came on the court, Tieza's tenacious defense is commendable, especially when he played with Iguodala and Josh Smith at the same time, even Lebang classmates also experienced the taste of the iron cage, in addition to Ariza's physical fitness is enough to ensure the fast break speed and the end of the explosive dunk, both the actual combat ability and the viewing are impeccable.

The sophomores finally won the game largely thanks to a pure role player behind the star-studded names - Kyler Korver, due to the accumulation of a large number of outside experts, the opportunity to open three-pointers is like cabbage in the field, and the value of Korver, a white shooter, is undoubtedly revealed, 7 of 10 three-pointers became the key to opening the score, and the rookie team was defeated because of the lack of a stable enough shooter, but Iguodala became the one with the highest three-point shooting percentage among the first-graders, Jiang Qi was a little surprised.

Of course, the next news surprised Lao Jiang even more......

In the All-Star Three-Point Contest, Iguodala actually entered the finals, and the people who advanced to the finals with him were Korver, who showed off his skills in the rookie game, and Quentin Richardson, who shot three points crazy under the Suns' bombardment system.

Look at the person who is squeezed down by the first brother, and you will involuntarily gasp-

Ray Allen, the best pitcher in the league and whose shooting moves can even be considered textbooks.

The Suns' other shot, Joe Johnson, kept shooting.

Walsh Leonard, the champion of last year's three-point shootout.

They all look so powerful...... As a result, they were all killed by Andre's classmates, which made Jiang Qi secretly speculate, could it be that the secret tips copied from the competition were really as easy to use as the golden finger?

However, the eventual winner of the three-point contest was Richardson, and there were no further incidents.

However, Josh Smith played well in the slam dunk contest, especially the dunk of Wilkins, a famous man who paid tribute to his team's predecessor, won applause and points.

For a while, the rookies of the Atlanta Hawks became one of the focus of the first two days of the All-Star Weekend, whether it was Josh Smith's outstanding talent, the diligence behind Iguodala's shooting percentage, Al Jefferson's calm footsteps under the basket or Ariza's tough defense, everyone saw the potential of the Hawks so clearly, and at the same time saw the vitality of the Eagles.

But Billy Knight, who came as promised, did not see the slightest relaxation and comfort on his face, but was quite dignified.

'We're in a bit of a bad situation right now. , which was Uncle Billy's first words after meeting.

Jiang Qi closed the stack of newspapers in his hand, and then pushed it in front of him, "Because of these?" ”

Uncle Billy nodded.

"In fact, the discerning uniform team and the head coach can see that our group of rookies are not leader-level players, and can only be regarded as excellent role players, which is not a big move."

"But we're so young that these three guys alone can build the cornerstone of a championship-caliber team." Uncle Billy pointed to a live picture of Josh Smith, Iguodala and Ariza in a certain newspaper, "Besides, we still have plenty of salary space, as long as we recruit two super scorers, it will be enough to impact the league pattern." ”

Lao Jiang understands what Billy Knight means, when the outside world looks at the Atlanta team, it will always be linked to such factors: this team is not bad for money, and if you want to start the first shot just after taking over the team, you will inevitably increase investment; Players have potential, they are young, and they have a good framework; The above two points are superimposed, coupled with the team's results and the league's deliberate operation to hype up, attracting big-name players to join is no longer empty talk, in other words, the Eagles are now successfully turned over, and they will definitely not be seen as a weak team that has been rebuilt in a mess.

What's more, these factors come together to conjure up a terrible term: dynasty.

The next rhythm is that a large number of teams will rush to raise prices before the end of the rookie contracts of these players, and by the way, digging into the corners, in fact, Billy Knight's biggest headache is how to keep these people at that time.

"It doesn't matter ......", Jiang Qi waved his hand, "These people will definitely be dismantled in the summer, we only need to keep the most important players, and now the league is helping us to increase the value of players, I think it's a good thing, so that we won't lack chips when trading, of course, negotiating such nonsense is for outsiders to see." ”

"We need a more mature interior star, so that Al Jefferson's shooting rights are not guaranteed, and he needs excellent blue-collar players to help him, and Trevor Ariza, after this season he will ask for playing time and starting status, and he can't be a rotation player like Matt, and he and Josh or Andre overlap in position, and he will inevitably choose to leave the team......", Jiang Qi reasoned his thoughts, making Billy Knight also frown slightly and think together.

"If the potential rookie is traded, it will inevitably come stronger, but the salary will not make other teams so jealous, now what we need to do is to find players who make up for the team's shortcomings......

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