Chapter 928: The Fire Is Hot

On October 28, 2010, the NBA regular season finally opened!

According to the rules, the Warriors are going to open as the defending champions, and they are still playing at home, which means that their opponents, the Heat, are coming from afar.

Even though USA Today ranks the Green Shirts in third place and the Heat in fourth place in the power rankings, in the minds of fans, the Heat are still the strongest team in the East this year.

The same Big Three, Garnett, Pierce and Gentleman Ray, are older after all, but James, Wade and Bosh are in their prime, and all three were All-Stars last season.

After the game was lined up from the lineup, fans began to look forward to it, and major TV stations were also hyped, and in the end, TNT relied on their strong connections in the NBA to buy the national broadcast rights of this game, and they also sent a golden commentary combination of Barkley, Smith and Mark Jackson.

Oracle Arena, this game was hyped to the point that it was comparable to the finals, even the last row of tickets, the price has increased to $350, as for the front row tickets and VIP tickets, it is no longer possible to buy them with money.

Before the game, hundreds of media reporters poured into the dressing rooms of both teams, and the players who were joking had to be forced into the corner, and these reporters almost flocked to separate the players one by one for interviews.

Chamberlain and the others are the top priority, but they are all old balls, and it is too difficult to dig something in their mouths, let alone Jamison and Carter, the former can't say a word out of ten, and the latter likes to talk about useless.

Therefore, experienced reporters did not chase Chamberlain, but set their sights on the rookie.

Paul George was treated like a superstar when he first entered the NBA, and the most reporters blocked him in the corner.

George was a little flattered, looking at a loss, and the reporters laughed secretly in their hearts, "Small, I'm going to take you today, and I'm going to take you."

A reporter first asked: "Paul, your idol is Kobe, right?" ”

George was stunned, what does this topic have to do with today's game? But it's well known, so he honestly said, "Yes, I grew up in Palmtown, a small town next to Los Angeles, and Kobe Bryant is a hero to all the kids there there." ”

But he's also a human being - this has been recognized by Chamberlain and his colleagues, and this guy is actually very shrewd.

George added: "The main thing is that Kobe Bryant entered the league earlier, if Z entered the NBA in 1996, then my friends and I must be Z fans, of course, now he is also my idol, but this is not the same, you know, right?" ”

The reporters smiled slightly and continued to ask: "Then in your heart, who is the first person in the league between Kobe Bryant and Chamberlain?" ”

Hearing this, George suddenly scolded these paparazzi for being cunning in his heart, isn't this a troublemaker?

George was very embarrassed, but he knew what to do, and he was on the horizon at the moment, and said: "Kobe Bryant has three championships and an MVP, he is very good, but Z also has two championships and an MVP, but there is no doubt that Z is younger, and he is stronger and taller, so in my heart, Kobe is my idol and my favorite guy, but Z is the strongest in the league." ”

"You mean to say that Chamberlain is first and Kobe is second?" The reporter asked with a smile.

George had no way back at this point, and although he knew that saying so would incur the displeasure of the Los Angeles media and Kobe fans, he still nodded.

It's a big deal to provoke Kobe Bryant's dissatisfaction that there will be no such idol in the future, and if he provokes the dissatisfaction of Chamberlain and Warriors fans, he won't even have to eat.

When he nodded, the reporter was immediately happy and said with bad intentions: "What about LeBron James?" He was last season's MVP. ”

This was the loophole in his previous question, giving George a chance to choose one or the other, but in addition to these two, there were other candidates.

George was in a cold sweat, but he rolled his eyes and said, "Sorry, I can only count to 2, you know, I didn't study hard when I was in school, and I like to skip math class, so I can only count to 2." ”

The reporters were depressed, they thought that George was a rookie and easy to fool, but they didn't expect his brain to turn quite fast, and this answer can be regarded as leaky, unless the reporters want to attack George and say that he didn't study hard when he was in school, but who cares about this?

A reporter also asked others about similar topics, West said directly that Chamberlain was first, and Carter asked: "Is there a referee?" If there is a referee, then LeBron is very scary, and if there is no referee, then Chamberlain must be the first in the league. ”

The reporters asked a series of questions, but there were not many satisfactory answers, the pre-game interview ended, and then reluctantly withdrew, and the rest was that the old Nelson began to arrange tactics and analyze the shape of the Heat for the players, and the game was about to start.

The biggest gimmick of the Heat is the Big Three, but the Big Three also have a core, and in Nelson's analysis, the core of the Big Three now is not last season's MVP James, but Wade!

Since entering the league in 2003, Wade has stood out from the pattern of James and Carmelo Anthony's "two heroes", winning the championship and winning the Finals MVP among the three.

As the banner of Miami, it was only a matter of time before Wade surpassed Alonzo-Mourning, and he was the cornerstone of Riley's greatest ambition in life.

Wade, who was considered difficult to shine in both positions in the backcourt due to his height at the beginning of his career, has set a benchmark for defenders in the new era.

When he detonated the passion of the audience with unbelievable actions again and again, the original doubts about Allen Iverson also poured out on his head.

In the 2006 Finals, Wade showed his true colors as a superstar and staged one of the most gorgeous individual performances in the NBA history of a single Finals.

After that, the night fell, the body functions were overwhelmed all year round and issued a warning, and the Heat's record fell to the bottom.

But the 2008 Olympics gave Wade a chance to be reborn, and the following season he won the points title and the Heat re-entered the Eastern Conference playoff team.

From O'Neal to Bosh and James, Wade has become one of the league's superstars most willing to work with.

When it comes to spectacle, Wade is undoubtedly ahead of his 2003 peers. What is remarkable is that he can also be practical at the same time.

In the new season, although James and Bosh are barrier-free on the offensive end, the focus of the Heat's main offense may still be Wade.

When Riley announced that James would return to the point guard position at the beginning of his career, when the Heat's interior construction was not yet complete, and Bosh's own technical characteristics determined that he was not a pillar player on the inside, Wade's scoring contribution became particularly important.

It is conceivable that in such a scenario, James will take on most of the defense and strategy, Bosh uses his maneuver to make up for the lack of weakness on the Heat's interior line, and Wade's main task is undoubtedly to storm the city.

Injuries never dampened Wade's ambition to conquer the rim and conquer opponents. His breakthrough is still sharp, and in the 2008-09 season, Wade's average number of shots and hits per game reached a new career high of 49. The 1 percent shooting percentage equaled the second-highest career record.

Last season, Wade's three indicators all had a different downturn. The reason is that in the 2008-09 season, Wade shouldered the heavy responsibility of the Heat's revival, and the wonderful performance at the Olympics made it inevitable for him to take over the team's firing rights.

And last season, with ups and downs in the opening table, Wade went through a period of adjustment. But in terms of the content of the game, Wade last season did not discount his contribution from the 2008-09 season.

With Wade in charge, the Heat's backcourt is one of the strongest in the league, and a healthy Wade has the ability to compete with Kobe Bryant for the position of No. 1 scoring guard.

Wade saw some decline in 2009-10, but that was only relative to the overly strong 2008-09 season.

The "Flash" has been under too much pressure in the past few years, and Wade's offensive efficiency is expected to be further improved in the new season due to the arrival of James, specifically for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

On the bench sat shooter Eddie House, who played poorly with the Knicks last season but had better shooting space next to James Wade. Unfortunately, the Heat bench still has "Jack of Ace" Mike Miller, who can move between the second and third positions.

However, their organization outdoors is weaker.

Pat Riley has revealed in an interview that he intends to let LeBron James play as a playmaker, but this overstepping should only happen at critical moments, and Mario Chalmers is still the first choice for playmaking in the regular rotation lineup.

After a fantastic rookie season, Chalmers lost his starting start in the second season, but he was solid defensively and played with momentum.

Carlos Arroyo will get a regular rotation spot off the bench, and the Heat signed two other rookies in the class of 2009, Kenny Hasbrook and Patrick Beverley, in the offseason, considering that Wade and James are both likely to play point guard roles on the court, Haasbrook and Beverley can basically only play the role of "team mascot", and before that, they need to work hard to make the team roster.

Like the shooting guard, the Heat's small forward position is just as strong, even enough to outshine the pack, LeBron James, the MVP winner of the last regular season!

In the offseason, many people predicted that James could average double-digit assists per game and even get a terrible triple-double per game.

Even with teammates like Wade and Bosh, don't underestimate James' ability to brush up.

On the bench, Mike Miller and James Jones are good substitutes, and Miller is an all-round player, who will play the team's best sixth man and the team's third-best outside player. Jones' form has declined in the past two years due to an injury, but his three-point shot is very important for the Heat.

At the power forward position, the Heat also have a quasi-superstar-caliber Chris Bosh, who is one of the best offensive power forwards on the roster, and the Samsung convergence may reduce his shots, but it can also help him score more efficiently.

In addition to him, due to the Heat's weak interior line, Riley brought in a lot of veteran support in the offseason. First, Udonis Haslem will be Bosh's first replacement, and he may even play as a center forward for a while, as he is the team's second-best interior lineman.

In addition, Juwan Howard will play as the second bench, while Shafrick Randolph will continue to work as his "water cooler caretaker".

The Heat's biggest weakness is at center, and the team currently has Joel Anthony, Ilgoskas, Jamal Magloyle and rookie Dexter Pittman.

Magloyer averaged just 10 minutes per game last season, so the starting center will be up to Anthony and Big Z, with Anthony being a good blocker but only 2 tall. 06 meters, and contributed very little to rebounding, and the offense was even worse. Big Z is getting older, his defensive pace is too slow, and his efficiency is declining.

It is rumored that the Heat are interested in acquiring Bobcats center Eric Dampier, and once Dampier is cut, the Heat's "starting center" is a big temptation and a good choice for both parties.

Now, the biggest problem for the Heat team is that there is no one who can compete with Chamberlain in the restricted area, and the Warriors will naturally make a fuss from this point!