Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the end of September.

Wang Chao's itinerary this month can be described as full, many times a whole day is even more tiring than training, after all, Wang Chao can also take drugs to reduce fatigue during training, but this kind of activity is too bad to recover with physical strength potion.

But there is one thing to say, tiredness is valuable, in this month's time, Wang Chao earned back at least two or three more courtyard money, don't look at all the endorsement fees in Huaguo can not compare to a contract for Nike sneakers, but this thing can't stand up to a large amount, this is the first month after the end of the Olympic Games, with the fermentation of follow-up time and influence, Wang Chao's commercial endorsements will continue to come in a steady stream, and you can count the money until you are soft.

This is still under the condition that Wang Chao consciously screens and avoids some endorsement products that will thunder and die in the future, otherwise he can still earn more.

After finishing all the trips in China, Wang Chao took a plane back to Orlando, the United States, the time is close to the end of September, Wang Chao's "vacation" will also end, and the preseason of the NBA2008-09 season is coming.

Reaching the Finals last season made the confidence of all members of the Magic team skyrocket unprecedentedly, and the Magic team management worked hard to make some adjustments to the existing roster in the offseason, signed with rookie player Dragic, signed a 2+1 rookie contract, and signed forward swingman Matt with an annual salary of $1.5 million in free agency. Barnes, who ended up with a second-round pick, traded guard Aaron from the Detroit Pistons. Afflaro.

Finally, and the most valuable, is the Magic and Warriors free agent Michael. Petrus reached an agreement to sign the Magic to a three-year contract with the Magic on a $5.3 million mid-level contract.

The introduction of the above four players is all aimed at strengthening the Magic's weaker guard line.

Dragic is a player recommended by Wang Chao, and the last two are also players who will join the Magic team in the next few years to play.

Because the Magic acquired Wang Chao through a trade, they did not have a first-round pick in '08, nor did they select the fixed-point shooter guard Courtney. Plum.

This directly led to a serious shortage of people at the Magic's shooting guard position, which had to be filled.

Matt. Although Barnes is a forward, his height of 2.01 meters and good physical fitness and explosiveness make him fully qualified for the position of shooting guard.

And the other Aaron. Afflalo, on the other hand, is a typical 3-and-D player who will play for the Magic for two seasons in the future, and in the 13-14 season, he averaged 18 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game for the Magic.

Of course, at that time, the Magic had completely fallen to the bottom of the team, Howard left, the team was completely demolished and rebuilt, and there were no more big-name players in the team, but even so, a player who could average 18 points per game still had merit, not to mention that the Magic team is now short of personnel at the point guard position.

As for Petrus, his three years with the Magic team have also been conscientious, especially on the defensive end.

(Here's a mention, I really didn't know Redick had a criminal record before, and then I read the book review and checked it to find out what this product did, whether he was unintentional or deliberate, I'm not going to write his plot, anyway, this product itself is not much of a player, and there is no more than one and no less.) ）

Although these reinforcements are petty plays, it can be seen that the management of the Magic team is seriously thinking about the team.

And the Magic's salary space isn't particularly healthy.

The team's current maximum salary contract has Howard and Wang Chao, which itself occupies a lot of space in the team, and in October of 07, the Magic team also cooperated with point guard Jamal. Nielsen reached an agreement to renew his contract early, with an average annual salary of $6.5 million for 5 years and $32.5 million for five years.

This contract is definitely not high, and although Nelson has many flaws, lacks the ability to score independently, and his speed is on the slow side of point guards, his outside shooting ability is top-notch, and he can be used as an important scoring point for the Magic outside for years to come.

Because of the details of the contract, Nelson's starting salary on this contract is $7.7 million, which will drop to $6.14 million next year, and then rise year by year, which looks a little strange, but it is actually to prepare for the team to renew Turkoglou next year.

But in fact, Turkoglou's current contract is also $6.86 million, and with his high level of performance last season, it is conceivable that the pressure to renew next year is also quite high.

All that said, the Magic didn't have enough salary space to catch some big fish on the free market, and there wasn't much big fish on the '08 free market itself that would interest the Magic.

For Wang Chao, he is already satisfied with the current lineup structure of the Magic team.

In fact, the original Magic team that reached the finals in the 08-09 season, in addition to Howard, the only important players on the team were Lewis, Turkoglou and Nelson.

As for the rest of the players, it's just icing on the cake.

Warcraft Howard will usher in the most representative season of his career this season, averaging 20.6 points, 13.8 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game, dominating the game at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends in the true sense.

Howard, who has the best of his prime, plus a ray stronger than Lewis. Allen's Wang Chao, Turkoglu and Nelson are also there, and now that several 3-and-D players have joined, Wang Chao feels that the finals can be a good battle with the Lakers.

Don't forget, Wang Chao still has a full 6,000 points in his consciousness space that has not yet been consumed, and if he also counts the 50 victories in the regular season this season, he doesn't know how strong he will become!

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At the beginning of October, the NBA preseason began.

In 8 preseason games, the Magic team achieved a record of 3 wins and 5 losses, and the performance was decent, after all, no one counted the preseason record, and on the Magic team's side, the average playing time of the twin star super magic combination was only about 15 minutes, leaving a lot of playing time for other players.

This is also a comprehensive consideration of Wang Chao and Howard both participated in the Olympic Games, and both reached the finals, there must be no problem in maintaining their competitive state, and it can be regarded as a disguised way to give them more opportunities to rest, everyone knows very well that the Magic team in the new season still has to count on Wang Chao and Howard.

This year's NBA situation is confusing, and it is completely impossible to see the situation of winning the championship.

The Los Angeles Lakers, the new NBA champions, are naturally the favorites to win the championship, but there are a group of fierce rivals around the Lakers.

Wang Chao and Howard's magic bear the brunt, although they lost to the Lakers in the finals last season, but everyone knows that Wang Chao Howard is both very young, and still has huge upside and potential, especially those who have watched the Olympic finals must realize that Wang Chao's strength is stronger than during the finals last season.

It is not a big deal that he can partner with Da Yao to team up to take out the All-Star team of the United States Dream Team and defeat the Lakers with Howard.

In addition, the Celtics Big Three, who failed to win the championship last season in the East, the Cavaliers led by James, the Rockets configured by the Western Big Three, and the Spurs in the GDP combination are by no means idle.

At least until the start of the regular season, many professional basketball commentators have mixed opinions about the teams that could win the championship in the new season.

In such an atmosphere of multi-power competition, the regular season of the NBA2008-09 season has begun!

On October 29, the Magic hosted their opponent in the first game of the regular season, the Atlanta Hawks.

Today's Eagles have gradually taken on the appearance of a strong team in the league. Johnson is already an excellent scorer who can contribute 20+ consistently in the game, and the second-generation Eagle King Josh in the starting lineup. Smith, center Al. Al Horford and Mike on the guard line. Bibi & Marvin. Williams are both very good players.

Not surprisingly, the Hawks will have their best record in nearly a decade, 47-35, to enter the playoffs with the fourth record in the East and successfully advance to the second round.

But in this regular season opener, they unfortunately encountered a significantly stronger Magic team.

Over the course of the game, Howard completely dominated the Hawks' interior line. Neither Smith nor Horford are his opponents.

Howard finished the game with 22 points, 15 rebounds, five blocks and five steals, including seven offensive rebounds, and his dominance on the defensive end was almost suffocating.

On the outside, Wang Chao's performance did not live up to the expectations of Magic fans.

Wang Chao, who showed his might in the Olympic Games, continued his fiery and efficient performance in the opening game, shooting 12 of 17, 6 of 9 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 34 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

The Magic team relied on Wang Chao and Howard's combined 56-point performance to win the opening 99-85.

But that's just the beginning.

On October 31, they defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 102-86 on the road.

Nov. 1 121-103 home win over Sacramento Kings.

Nov. 3 97-93 win over Chicago Bulls at home......

It must be admitted that the Magic's opponents at the beginning of the regular season were generally weak, and there were no decent opponents after the Bulls, the 76ers, the Wizards, and it wasn't until November 10 that the Magic finally met a slightly decent opponent, the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Trailblazers are actually unlucky enough, and the "Emperor" Greg who was selected in 07 was known as the future ruler of the alliance. Oden didn't play a game last season and was directly reimbursed for the whole season.

Fortunately, Oden finally came back in the new season, although he still played in the next whole season, only played 61 games in the regular season, and only played 21 minutes, but he finally helped a little.

In the 08-09 season, the Trail Blazers achieved a 54-win regular season record, although Roy, who averaged 22.6 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game, and Aldridge, who averaged 18 points and 7.5 rebounds, were the biggest contributors, but it must be admitted that Oden, who was injured and stopped and played only 21 minutes per game, could get 8.9 points and 7 rebounds in his limited playing time, which is actually very good.

If calculated according to the 35 minutes of playing time of the main player, his average data should reach 15 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks per game, considering that Oden has been playing this kind of play under the plague of injury, it is enough to prove that the league's experts who are sure that Oden will dominate the NBA interior are not convinced.

It's just a pity that no matter how good and strong your talent is, there is no point in not being able to play.

This game between the Trail Blazers and the Magic proved that.

The two NBA center champions faced off directly in this game, and the result was that Howard scored a super double double of 29 points and 19 rebounds, while Oden only had 11 points and 6 rebounds, and left the court with 6 fouls on his back early, and the outcome of the game had nothing to do with him.

In the end, it was the Trail Blazers who won the game.

Wang Chao scored 35 points on 11-of-21 shooting, and he and Howard combined for another wonderful performance of 64 points.

But the Magic team failed to play today's magic ball, except for Wang Chao and Howard, only two people in the team scored double-doubles, namely Tecoglu with 14 points and Nelson with 10 points.

On the Trail Blazers' side, Roy had 27 points and 4 assists. Blake scored 20 points, Aldridge had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and the real decision was the Trail Blazers bench, a forward player that Wang Chao had never heard of. Outlaw, who scored 20 points on 6-of-12 shooting, 3-of-5 three-pointers and 5-of-6 free throws, was also a bench substitute. Fernandez also scored 16 points, which can be regarded as avenging the Spanish men's basketball team in the Olympics.

These two bench players alone scored 36 points, and the Magic can't help it, after all, even if the Bulls are as strong as Jordan, didn't they lose 10 games in the season of 72 wins?

Losing is normal in the NBA, and it's not like in the Olympics, where a game is won or lost, with no room for manoeuvre.

At 106:99, the Magic suffered their first defeat of the season at home.

The team's defeat did not disappoint Magic fans, as the Magic had previously won six in a row!

This is the best start of the regular season for the Magic team since O'Neal's departure!

What surprised them even more was the visible growth of Wang Chao and Howard.

After 7 games in the regular season, Wang Chao can contribute an average of 32 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, and even suppress Kobe, James, Wade and other scoring masters.

And Howard also dominates the rebounding and blocking charts.

The 6-1 Magic team naturally beat the Cavaliers and Celtics to rank first in the East and even in the entire league.

"It's hot! At the beginning of the new season, the Magic team finished with 6 wins and 1 loss, ranking first in the record list, aiming to win the championship. ”

"With an average of 30+ per game, Wang Chao is still a top scorer, and will compete with Kobe, James, Wade and others for the scoring crown!"

"The interior pillar, Howard averaged 15.4 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game, belongs to his interior era?"

(It's a bit of a cardin.,The update is not very good these days.,I can only try to adjust back as soon as possible to restore the number of daily updates.。 ）

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