Because it was a preseason, the Warriors' starting lineup, or several starters, did not play on the court for too long, including Wang Feng and Blaylock, two new players from the team, who only played symbolically for a few minutes and sat on the court early to watch the excitement.

Garnett, as a first-year rookie, wanted to give him more opportunities to practice and adapt to the NBA, so he stayed on the court.

Garnett did not live up to the team's expectations of him, wantonly showing his visible talent on the field, all kinds of flying away, empty dunks, smashing blocks, and watching the 2 Warriors fans were excited.

Garnett, who has been trained by Wang Feng for two months, is already stronger than the rookie Garnett, who originally played a full season, and his strength has fully matched the standard of any team's starters in the league.

Garnett ended up with 21 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals in his preseason debut.

The Warriors also won the preseason with a victory over their opponents.

While no team in the pre-season games will take it to heart, and it doesn't matter if they win or lose, who likes to lose if they win?

In the next few preseason games, Garnett was no exception, and his average playing time per game was always in the early 30s, and he could average about 20+10+5 data per game with extremely high efficiency.

All of San Francisco was amazed by Garnett's abilities.

Garnett proved the right decision and judgment of the Warriors management with his strength, the high school player is not only a top talent in history, but also a first-class learning and adaptability, although it is only a preseason, he is clearly ready for the next tougher challenge in the NBA, at least at this stage he is not inferior to Joe. Smith, even better than the other party! ”

Kevin. Garnett's registered height is 2.11m, but his visual height is at least 2.13m, coupled with an excellent reach, this is a good seedling for an excellent inside line, and if he can gain about 10 kilograms, he has the possibility of becoming the next Hakim (Olajuwon). ”

The above is the advice given by a so-called authority in a local sports newspaper in San Francisco.

In this era of center supremacy, as long as they are big, people want to make them gain weight, increase their confrontation and lethality, and become a big center.

It was precisely because Garnett didn't want to run inside to wrestle with those guys that he specifically lowered his height and became a power forward instead of a center.

Wang Feng is very clear about Garnett's thoughts, and he also feels that a player like Garnett is definitely much better than a center forward with strong mobility.

Moreover, Wang Feng also hopes that the team will have more interior lines that can maintain mobility, rather than those bulky big centers that affect his fast-break rhythm.

After the Warriors' coaching staff saw Garnett's strength, it was inevitable that Garnett would gain weight and train him to be like Olajuwon, David. Robinson's idea of a top-tier center, and gave Garnett advice, and persuaded him to increase weight and switch to center.

Garnett was quite shaken, and although he didn't want to play in the center position, if he could really become a second Olajuwon......

The current Wolves don't know that their future career is also very brilliant, although the championship is not as good as Olajuwando and excellent, but the other aspects of the honor are not much worse.

Fortunately, Garnett didn't waver for long, because Wang Feng stood up.

"Kevin's future direction, I have a mature and long-term plan, I don't need to bother with you, I don't think it's necessarily a good thing for him to imitate those centers, he excels at the top of the bounce, and the weight gain will make his bounce and mobility decrease, but the gains outweigh the losses."

Wang Feng came out of the horse, a top two.

After the Sprewell incident, Wang Feng's name was completely well-known in the Warriors.

didn't play a game, and the team swept away the team's scoring champion on the first day of reporting, which is rare in the whole league.

Almost the entire Warriors knew that Wang Feng was not easy to mess with.

And this matter itself is that the assistant coach and trainer are giving advice to Garnett, not the head coach Adelman, so Wang Feng will directly solve the problem in one sentence.

Even if Adelman heard about it, he didn't want to say much.

……

More than half a month of pre-season was quickly completed before you knew it.

The Warriors have performed very well in the preseason, with a 7-3 record in 10 games, and this is when key players such as Wang Feng have played less than 20 minutes per game on average.

However, as the regular season is about to begin, there are still not many people who are optimistic about this new Warriors team, except for the die-hard fans of the Warriors.

It is clear to everyone that the pre-season game cannot be used as a reference at all, and both sides of the game are just tentative exercises, without serious play, and without developing targeted tactics and defensive strategies.

But when it comes to the regular season, when the real intensity comes up, can the Warriors still be as calm as they were in the preseason? I'm afraid it's hard......

Even Garnett, who has done quite well, is no different.

No one targeted him in the preseason, he could bounce around on the field like a spring man, but in the regular season, you dare to jump so arrogantly? I'd like to see how many legs you have enough to fall!

There are many people who are waiting to see the Warriors' jokes, and many players, including Knicks Ewing, have been inexplicably traded away from the team. Hardaway, as the top pick, was simply waived by the Warriors in exchange for Garnett and a second-round pick plus a few million cash Joe. Smith...... Of course, there must be the embarrassed madman Spreville who was swept away.

They all hope that the Warriors can make a big mistake in the regular season, so that the guy from China can no longer show that arrogant expression.

The time soon came to the beginning of November, and the NBA regular season officially began.

The Warriors' first regular-season game was on the road on Nov. 3, and they faced a tough opponent, the Houston Rockets led by Olajuwon.

The strength of the Rockets doesn't need to be explained, if it weren't for Wang Feng, they would have defended the championship a few months ago, and Olajuwon would have won the second FMVP trophy of his career.

But Wang Feng's birth made all this come to naught.

Therefore, the Rockets and Wang Feng also have a feud, although the FMVP in the finals was given to Ewing in the end, but fools know who is the real culprit who caused the Rockets to lose.

In this regular season opener, there is no one in the Rockets team who does not want to win, although it is only an insignificant regular season game, but they also hope to avenge the Finals a few months ago with a crushing victory!

In the Warriors' locker room, Adelman is doing pregame mobilization.

"The Rockets are the top team in the league, with deep roster, rich game experience, tacit cooperation, and they are still fighting at home, but you don't have too much psychological burden, just show everything you do in training on weekdays."

Wang Feng sat on the sidelines, his eyes always staring at Adelman.

The head coach's words are clearly admitting in advance, telling the players that it doesn't matter if they lose, we are already weaker than the other party, and if we can play what belongs to us in the game, it will not be considered a loss......

Well, this may be regarded as a kind of decompression for the players, for a new army that has just been put together, blindly using the chicken soup like we must win the game and tell them who is the best team may not work very well, but the competitive Wang Feng is so awkward to listen to it.

Because he can see that Adelman really doesn't have much hope for the team to win, and he doesn't think the Warriors have what it takes to compete with a top team like the Rockets.

"It's still underestimated......"

Although Wang Feng's daily training did not release any water, showing his complete strength in front of everyone in the team, but training and games are different after all, including head coach Adelman, there is still no one who has a correct and intuitive understanding of his strength.

"It's okay, then use this game to announce it, NBA, your emperor is back!"

……

The main players of the Rockets have not changed much from the Finals a few months ago, and they are still Olajuwon, Drexler, and Robert. Horry, Kenny. Smith et al.

This summer, in order to retain Drexler and ensure competitiveness, the Rockets offered him a three-year contract of $20.81 million, and the salary in the first year was as high as 9.81 million, the second highest annual salary in the league.

This contract directly locks in the salary space of the Rockets, and there is no way to bring in any quality players in the free market.

However, for the Rockets, maintaining the current roster can at least continue to be competitive enough in the next few years, and as this year passes, Drexler's contract annual salary will change from 9.81 million to 5.5 million, and the Rockets' roster will still have room for maneuverability.

In fact, the Rockets will bring in Charles next season. Barkley formed a triumvirate to challenge for the championship, but unfortunately it turned out to be a successful signing, and it didn't help the Rockets return to the Finals.

Straight to the point.

The Rockets' lineup has not changed, and on the Warriors' side, the starting lineup is also the same as in the preseason.

Wang Feng appeared with Garnett, Blaylock, Mullin and other players.

When they saw Wang Feng on the court, the Houston home fans immediately sent a large number of boos and curses for Wang Feng.

Houston is located in the famous state of Texas, where the "folk customs" are famous, especially in the 90s, the habits and atmosphere of the western cowboys can be described as quite strong, and it is completely conceivable that these Texans will give a fragrant and fragrant greeting to Wang Feng, the guy who took away the championship that originally belonged to them.

After all, the current Rocket Team is not the home team of Huaguo after selecting Da Yao in the future, who cares if you are a Chinese or any other country, just scold.

Wang Feng, as an old fritter who has been playing in the NBA for many years, has never seen any devil at home, and he has long been accustomed to this, and he can do it without changing his face, as if he hadn't heard it.

But Garnett is different, the lad hasn't even played in the NCAA, and the atmosphere of the high school league is like heaven and hell.

Garnett's nervousness could be clearly seen by Wang Feng, who was completely intimidated by the atmosphere at the Rockets' home court.

This can't be helped, although Garnett's career is known for his iron and blood, but the nickname of fighting and retreating is not groundless, judging the situation and knowing how to advance and retreat is the wolf king we all know.

What's more, the current Garnett, who has been away from the high school campus for less than half a year, can't ask him too much.

Wang Feng took the initiative to pat Garnett's shoulder and comforted: "Don't be nervous, they are all coming for me, because I blew up their idols in the finals and took away the championship trophy under their noses." ”

"It's these guys, they shouted much more here during the finals than they are now, do you think there's a reason to be afraid of them?"

"Uh." Ganede nodded, his eyes lit up. "Boss, you're really awesome."

"Huh." Wang Feng smiled: "That's it? When the game starts, you'll know how good I really am! ”

With all the starters of both teams on the court, the referee came to the center circle with the basketball and prepared to jump the ball.

Garnett, as the tallest and best jumping player in the current Warriors starters, naturally took on the responsibility of jumping the ball, he stood face to face with Olajuwon, the muscles of his whole body tensed, and when the referee threw the basketball up, Garnett's whole person jumped up violently.

Olajuwon, who was standing across from Garnett, was shocked.

"It's so high!"

Olajuwon is also a bouncing expert, 2.13 meters tall, 2.2 meters in arm span, Dameng has won 2 rebounds and 3 blocks in his career, and the bounce is naturally not bad, but the real strength of Dameng is technology, in terms of static and dynamic talent, Garnett is obviously better, and Olajuwon, who is now 33 years old, can not compare to the young and strong Garnett.

In the scrum, Garnett won easily, putting the basketball in the Warriors' side.

Point guard Blaylock got the basketball, quickly controlled the ball over the half court, and then passed the ball directly to Wang Feng as in daily training, and then ran to the bottom corner position himself, acting as a fixed-point battery.

One thing to say, Wang Feng's current style of play is really a bit like a combination of James + Kobe + Curry, and the most suitable playing system for him is to be star-studded.

On the Rockets' side, when they saw Wang Feng holding the ball, Drexler immediately greeted him.

This old fritter also doesn't stop talking, and the trash talk comes as soon as he opens his mouth.

"Kid from Asia, don't think you're still on the Knicks, there's no Patrick to share the pressure with you! See how I teach you well! ”

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