On the 9th, Zhou Quan and the team returned to the supersonics, after which, he entered training while the team went to preseason.

Ma Jian contacted him once, saying that he was playing a preseason game for the Clippers, and he encouraged him, whether he can stay in the Clippers depends on Ma Jian's performance.

Throughout Huses, his energy was focused on boxing, and he didn't do much basketball training, and after thinking about it, he decided to focus on the three shooting techniques of layups, pull-up jump shots, and throws from now on, and then upgrade them to level 96 first.

In terms of breakthrough technology, it is necessary to train comprehensively and generally improve, so as to avoid long-term single-way training and easy injury to the body.

This season, as long as you improve four or five shooting skills to level 96, have so many top-level finishing skills, and improve your breakthrough ability, your offensive strength will definitely be stronger and your offensive efficiency will be higher.

And whether it is the glider or Jordan, their strength and efficiency are declining, and who wins and loses in the playoffs is not good.

The glider does not have the perverted physique of Jordan, and the decline is even greater, even Jordan will at most focus more on the offensive end, and the defensive end will definitely reduce the investment as he gets older.

……

On October 20, Liu Yumin called, the first season of CBA began, and domestic professional basketball began, which also symbolized the beginning of the professionalism of the domestic sports industry and the embodiment of the further opening up of the domestic market economy.

On the 22nd, the Magic suddenly announced that O'Neal was unexpectedly injured in training and is likely to miss the regular season for the first two months.

On the twenty-fifth, with the end of the preseason, the breath of the regular season is getting more and more flavorful.

Ma Jian did not stay with the Clippers, and could only choose to leave the United States in disappointment and go to the Philippines to play. The Philippines has established a professional league, which is growing faster than domestic basketball.

Because he left the national team without authorization, his domestic relationship was a mess, and he didn't have the opportunity to go back to China to play CBA, and the Bac Rivers provincial team didn't let him go back.

When the time came to the end of October, Zhou Quan's emergency stop jump shot, layup, and throwing shot were all upgraded to level 96.

They were originally 95, 94, and 93, and they completed a total of 6 12,000 shots in the three techniques.

The rest of the time, he raised all five breakthrough techniques to level 93, and the crushing breakthrough was still the original level 95.

On the 28th, Zhang Li and Xu Jicheng rushed to Seattle with their team.

"Xiao Zhou, the station has made a lot of money, and it will be broadcast twice a week." As soon as they met at the airport, Zhang Li said excitedly.

"Is the domestic foreign exchange reserve situation very good now?" Zhou Quan was a little surprised.

Xu Jicheng said with a smile: "Last year was good, I saw the data released by the relevant departments, which increased by 140% compared with 93 years, with more than 50 billion US dollars." ”

Zhang Li said with a smile: "Otherwise, even if the station wants to broadcast a few more shows, there will be no dollars." ”

Xu Jicheng said to Zhou Quan with a smile on his face: "Xiao Zhou, you won the world boxing champion, and you were on the domestic news every day in those days." ”

"Really?"

Zhou Quan was quite happy.

On the 30th, it is the media day of the new season of the supersonics.

There were more than 100 media outlets participating in the media day, many of which were world-class media outlets, and even half of the media reporters were reporters from outside the United States.

There are also more than a dozen domestic reporters, not including Zhang Lili, which has not been done before, Zhou Quan was a little surprised.

He chatted with these reporters, all of whom were reporters from some provincial newspapers and sports magazines, including five reporters from Hunan, three from Dongguang Province, two from Hubei, and five from the capital.

"Iron Fist, I heard that you have decided to defend your first mandatory title of the World Champion next offseason, is that news true?"

Entering the question session, the New York Times was the first to be flopped, but the reporter asked a question that had nothing to do with the NBA.

Zhou Quan nodded and smiled: "That's the case, my main energy now is still the NBA." ”

The reporter immediately changed the question and asked, "If you didn't play golf in the offseason, are you not going to play this season?" What about the offseason? ”

"Oh, it depends, if the golf schedule at All-Star Weekend fits, maybe there will be one event. In the off-season, '96 is an Olympic year, and I personally have very important things to deal with, so I don't have time. Zhou Quan said.

The host took back the microphone of the New York Times reporter and gave it to Zhang.

Zhang Li immediately asked: "Xiao Zhou, the goal of the supersonic in the new season must be to defend the title, and whether it is the Bulls or Mosaic, they have made strong reinforcements, how likely do you think it is to defend the title?" ”

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "Their strength has indeed increased, and it may be difficult to defend the title in the new season, but we will work hard to achieve our goal." As for the strength, I don't think we are worse than them. ”

The next question was asked by the Seattle Daily, "Iron Fist, what do you think of Barkley's huddle with Big Dream and Glider?" ”

"They're all getting older, and we should be more tolerant." Zhou Quan said.

"Haha......" The reporter below laughed.

"Iron Fist, do you really think the supersonics' current lineup is up to the Big Three?" A reporter asked.

Zhou Quan smiled: "The efficiency of the glider has dropped a lot, I don't think he still needs a bag clip, a person who does not have the ability to attract bag clips cannot be called a giant."

As for Big Dream and Barkley, to be honest, Big Dream is okay now and is still at its peak, but Barkley? Barkley doesn't need a bag anymore. ”

"Oh!"

Seeing Zhou Quan underestimate the triumvirate lineup so much, reporters couldn't help but exclaim.

"Iron Fist, who would you most like to fight to defend your title?" The reporter from the German newspaper Bild, who asked the next question, asked another question that had nothing to do with the NBA.

"With an opponent who is strong enough, that's what I want." Zhou Quan said.

Seventy percent of the questions asked by the reporters who asked the next questions were related to boxing, especially non-American reporters, and ninety percent of the questions were related to boxing, which not only made Zhou Quan feel a little helpless, but also the supersonic management.

After the press conference, Zhou Quan invited Zhang Reasonable and a group of reporters from China to dinner, adding up to 21 people.

At 9 a.m. on the 31st, NBC and several other American TV broadcasters announced the national live broadcast of the new season together with the NBA official.

The SuperSonics, as the defending championship team, finally surpassed the Bulls to become the team with the most live broadcasts in the league and the United States, even as many as 42 games, exactly half of the regular season.

The previous Bulls had the most live broadcasts in the United States last season, which is also a record for the league.

Now the superSonics have directly broken this historical record, and the reason for this is known to everyone, there is only one, because the superSonics team is the team of the world boxing champion Zhou Quan.

The second is the Bulls, with 39 games, one less than last season and three games short of the SuperSonics.

This change let the league and the media in the United States know that Zhou Quan's popularity in the United States has at least equaled Jordan, and even surpassed Jordan.

Of course, whether it is really surpassed remains to be proved by the ratings of the SuperSonics games in the new season, and perhaps it is only a few major TV broadcasters who have miscalculated Zhou Quan's popularity.

At noon that day, Magic Johnson was interviewed by the media in Los Angeles.

"Elwin, do you think Iron Fist has surpassed Michael in popularity right now?" The journalist asked.

"There should be a distinction between regions."

Magic Johnson said cautiously: "Overseas, Iron Fist's popularity, popularity, influence, commercial value, etc., have undoubtedly surpassed Michael, and with the blessing of the crossover king and heavyweight world championship titles, he has reached the height of Maradora." ”

"And what about in the United States?"

"In the United States, actually...... Have you noticed the changes in sales of Iron Fist and Michael's sneakers? ”

Magic Johnson shook his head with emotion, and said: "Since he became the world boxing champion, in this month, his Iron Fist series has rushed to the first place in the sales of basketball shoes in the United States, and his jersey sales in the United States have also surpassed Michael, which is one of the manifestations of popularity and influence."

In addition, no matter which TV station you open, no matter which mainstream newspaper you open, you can see Iron Fist's endorsement advertisement, and no matter which city you go to, you can see his large advertising photos in the city center, which is also a reflection of popularity and commercial value. ”

"You're saying that in the United States, Iron Fist has also surpassed Michael?" The reporter was surprised.

Magic Johnson shook his head and said: "Michael can still compete with Iron Fist now, but the weight of the heavyweight world boxing champion and crossover king is too heavy, and the blessing of Iron Fist is too great, if Michael can't take back the championship this season, then Iron Fist will complete a real surpass of him in the United States." ”

"Michael, what do you think about the fact that the Bulls are not as good as the supersonic in the United States?" A reporter interviewed Jordan by phone.

"All I care about is championships."

Jordan only said one word, hung up the phone, and then turned off the phone.

November 1st, Mosaic's Media Day.

Barkley has moved his family to Houston, the fourth-largest city in the United States, which he prefers to Phoenix.

When the photo was taken, he stood on the left side of Big Dream and Drexler the glider on the right, and the lineup of the Big Three shone brightly.

"Click, click, click......"

After the media took pictures, it was time for questions and answers.

The Big Three were a little nervous because they knew that reporters would be asking a lot of questions about huddles, which would embarrass them.

The host was very clever and the first to flip was the cards of the local media.

"Hakim, what are our goals for the new season?"

"Rushing out of the West, we want to reach the finals, we want to hit the championship." Big Dream pressed the excitement and said excitedly.

After three local reporters asked questions in a row, the foreign reporters were anxious, and the host was afraid of public anger, so he had to turn over the cards of the New York Times reporters.

"Charles, there is an exact source, it was you who asked Suns management to trade you to a championship-caliber team, do you admit that?" After taking the microphone, the reporter immediately asked.

"It's impossible, I can't decide the deal, it's a frame-up." Barkley said angrily.

"In an interview with our colleague, Mr. Colangelo revealed that you do have such suggestive words." The reporter said again.

"That's what you think, I haven't." Barkley incarnated as Wang Ba, bitten to death and did not let go, and if he let go, he would become the ancestor of the group.

He didn't think Colangelo would say that, and while he did say something, the Suns were happy with the trade, which was already done, and there was no need to offend him afterwards.

The reporter couldn't help it, he didn't have any exact news, just speculation, Colangelo didn't have any interviews about the deal.

"Hakim, Mosaic has been eliminated by the SuperSonics in the Western Conference finals for two consecutive seasons, do you think the Mosaic team has a chance to break through the supersonic and iron fist in the new season?" The next reporter from the Los Angeles Daily asked.

"Of course, this time we have won, and we will never lose again." Da Meng said angrily and confidently.

"If Mosaic makes it to the Finals, do you think they can beat the Bulls who have strengthened Kevin Willis?" The reporter asked.

"I can blow him up, Charles can blow Tony Kukoc, and we're going to win against the Bulls." Big Dream is full of confidence.

The next question was asked by the Seattle Post, and the reporter asked, "Hakim, we don't like you because all three of you are old." ”

"Who says we're old?" Big Dream said angrily.

The reporter said in surprise: "In other words, you are not old, and the three of you are in the peak of the group?" ”

"Poof, haha......"

Most of the reporters below laughed.

The three of them were red-faced, and they just wanted to leave.

"Charles, Iron Fist said that you and the glider don't need a bag clip anymore, and the person who doesn't need a bag clip doesn't belong to the giants, so do you thank him? What he means is that you are not hugging, you are just hugging the thighs of big dreams. A reporter asked.

"Bastard!"

The glider is okay, the personality is too unassuming, Barkley is so angry that his stomach hurts, and it is not easy to refute, because rebuttal means huddle.

……

The NBA has completed an expansion with the addition of two new teams, now 29 teams, the Toronto Raptors in the East and the Vancouver Grizzlies in the West.

In late July, superSonics Sarunas Matthew Leonis and another fringe man were drafted by these two teams.

Although two teams have been added, the league is still divided into the East and West leagues, as well as four districts, this has not changed, but there used to be a high chance of five games between teams in the same district, but now this probability is very small, usually four.

Before the start of the regular season, the media made a lot of analysis and predictions about the situation of the new season.

NBC TV divides all teams into four brackets, and there are four championship-level teams in the first pot, namely the Bulls and Magic in the East, and the SuperSonics and Mosaics in the West, which are also the most popular balls.

Teams like the Knicks, Jazz, and Pacers are all in second gear.

A team like the Spurs, which has a super center David Robinson, is even more in the third pot.

NBC's four first-tier teams have been recognized by almost seventy or eighty percent of the media and professionals, who all believe that the championship of the new season is likely to be born among these four teams.

Since becoming the new head of WBC, Zhou Quan has discovered a situation, there are fewer and fewer news about him, and some of them can't make any waves, and not many people pay attention to it.

Of course, this is related to the fact that he doesn't have much black material, he doesn't get involved in pornography, gambling and drugs, he doesn't drink alcohol, he doesn't take drugs, he hardly goes to nightclubs, and now Zeng Li's side is by his side, and his love life is also very stable.

But the main reason, according to Philip and his own analysis, is that the American media hacked him and did not move.

The American media hacked him for two motives, one was out of interest, which was the reason why the American media hacked Jordan before, but he also had one more reason for being hacked, that is, his skin color and the identity of the Chinese.

But now his influence in the world has transcended the restrictions of skin color and nationality, and if one American media hacks him, ten international media will blow him, so the black will not move.

In addition, now his fans are far more than before, and the media that hacks him will be called and sprayed to death by these fans, so hacking him not only has no market and no interests, but it is harmful, and it is a harmful and useless thing, so the American media is too lazy to hack.

This is something he didn't expect before, he didn't expect a world boxing champion to have such a big influence.

……

(End of chapter)