Chapter 15: The Beginning

On Saturday, November 11, 1995, at 4 p.m., everyone in Wake Forest had gathered in the training hall for the first game of the new season against the Georgia Tech Hornets led by Marbury and Harprin.

The game is last year's champion Wake Forest University hosts Georgia Tech, and the league's nine teams will have to play 32 games home and away by March, after which the top four teams will enter the playoffs to determine the final champion.

Zhuang Fei attaches great importance to this game, starting the game at six o'clock, let them gather at three o'clock, and set off at four o'clock to adapt to the venue, although it is a home game, Zhuang Fei does not dare to be careless. In addition, Zhuang Fei also had the luxury of using a team search.

Georgia Tech Hornets

Team size: 12

Team shooting ability: 64

Team Offensive Ability: 72

Team Defence: 61

Team Physical Talent: 66

Team run-in: 47

Coaching Ability Bonus: 10%

Team Ability Rating: 67

Team Potential Level: A-

Dynasty Team Report: The Georgia Tech Hornets are a bottom-of-the-table team in the lottery far from the playoffs, and the team has some players who play out of the game, but this ability still doesn't allow them to gain a foothold in the NBA, the team has a very special outside line, and the interior strength is insufficient, in addition, the Georgia Tech Hornets have the potential to become an NBA playoff team.

When Zhuang Fei saw this team report for the first time, he couldn't believe it, this is too much worse than Wake Forest, Zhuang Fei after the friendly match with Kang University, because of the big loss, in his own imaginary world, the ability of the NCAA top team is at least above 70, look at Kangda, almost beat Wake Forest into a sieve, but the contrast of Georgia Tech is too great, Wake Forest's current team ability has reached 76, 9 points higher than Georgia Tech, not only that, Shooting ability, offensive ability, defensive ability, physical talent, these points are all superior, of course, in the team run-in, Wake Forest is now only 38, and the coach bonus is only 1%, but if the top NCAA teams are like the Georgia Tech Hornets, this will make Zhuang Fei feel pressure, which is completely overwhelming in terms of strength, if Wake Forest can't achieve good results this year, it is estimated that Zhuang Fei himself can't forgive himself.

The leading player of the Georgia Tech Hornets team, Marbury, who is known as the "strongest sixth-grader in the world", knew his ability Zhuang Fei more than four months ago, and he once poached him, although there is progress now, but it has not yet reached the point of turning the world upside down.

Stephen Marbury, 19 years old, Height: 1.88m, Position: PG, Shot: 64, Offense: 83, Defense: 62, Physical Talent: 80, Ability Rating: 80, Potential Level: A

In addition, Matt Hardling's ability has also reached 70, and his shooting, offense, defense, and physical talent are all above 60 points, and he is a very well-rounded player like James Posey.

In addition to these two, the team is also on the 60 for the ability of Drew Barry, a shooting guard, and the player's potential is only C, and the dynasty scouting report says that his ability has reached the peak and has no development potential.

This game only looks at the strength of the two teams on paper, and Wake Forest has an overwhelming advantage.

Zhuang Fei looked up at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Gymnasium, it was only five o'clock now, and the arena was almost full, this is a venue that can accommodate more than 14,000 people.

"That guy is Rick Barry?" Zhuang Fei saw a familiar figure in the media gallery of the South Stand.

Mark Allen glanced at Zhuang Fei in surprise and said, "Yes, today he is the live broadcast guest of this game, this game is the opening game of the league, and it will be broadcast live in the United States."

"Live in the United States?!" Zhuang Fei was shocked, he didn't know anything about it.

"I said Zhuang, you should usually pay attention to some other team news, instead of locking yourself in the office all day" Mark Allen smiled wryly: "I guess Georgia Tech point guard Drew Barry is Rick Barry's son, you probably don't know about it."

Zhuang Fei, like Mark Allen this time, only had a wry smile.

Although Zhuang Fei doesn't know much about these off-court news, it doesn't prevent him from knowing Georgia Tech, his dynasty system allows him to know the strength of each team without leaving home, and jīng is indeed credible, much more credible than a scout like Bill Rambo, but only if he has enough dynasty points

"Rick, who do you like more in this game, Wake Forest or Georgia Tech"

The game was broadcast live to the nation by CBS, and CBS also brought in NBA legend Rick Barry.

"Georgia Tech," Rick Barry said without thinking.

"Is it because of Drew's relationship?"

"No, not all, in the warm-up game before the start of the season, Wake Forest lost to UConn by more than 20 points, UConn lost to Georgia Tech by 10 points, obviously Georgia Tech is a little stronger, as far as I know, Wake Forest's head coach level is not very good, Wake Forest played very badly in that game against UConn, of course, because of Tim Duncan, for Georgia Tech, the inside line will be a huge challenge, with Marbury, Harplin, Drew, these three of the outside line I think is the top in the NCAARick Barry said confidently.

The narrator, who was narrating with Barry, also nodded vigorously, which was also his opinion.

"I heard that Stephen had a verbal altercation with head coach Bobby Cremings the other day, will it affect the game?"

"I don't know very much about it, but they're all top professional players and coaches, and I think it's more of a business argument because I've had a lot of arguments with my teammates and coaches in the past, but we always have the same goal at the end of the day," Rick Barry said disapprerovingly

Zhuang Fei's starting lineup for this game is: Duncan, Green, Carter, Szczebiak, Ragabel, and Posey are still sitting on the bench. Before this game, Zhuang Fei's instructions to the team were only one sentence: Guys, the show begins.

As the basketball in the referee's hand was thrown into the air, the enthusiasm of the audience was completely released, and the cheering in the originally noisy stadium was unified, and Wake Forest vs Georgia Tech began.

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