He compared this lineup with the Bulls and Mosaic, and it can still be played.

In addition to him and Drexler, Rodman and Schramf, Hawkins have all been selected as All-Star benches, five All-Stars, and an All-Star veteran Terry Skins, six All-Stars, two of which are first-hand, this is a real All-Star lineup.

But when he thought of the Bulls' lineup, he was not sure at all, the Bulls' lineup was really strong, and it completely made up for the shortcomings of the Bulls' interior line, that is, Mutombo was weak in attack and strong in defense, and the interior offense was a little worse.

However, this lineup is already good, he has nothing to complain about, and basically maintains the original consecutive championship lineup.

There are eight veteran players, only four of whom were not last season's champions, including the original Sam Perkins, who is very consistent and does not need to adjust his skills and tactics for the new season.

The four additional people, Glider, Cummings, Lightner, and Sam Perkins, are all people who have not won the championship, and they can just strengthen the team's morale and fighting spirit, and can strengthen the competition within the team, so as not to slack off the original players because they already have a championship.

……

In early October, Zhou Quan received the results of Philippe's investigation of the land in Brazil.

The owner of the land is now a family asset of a Portuguese nobleman, and the old owner died, and the new owner chose to sell the land.

According to Philip's investigation, there were no other problems with the land, but there was one serious problem, which was the reason why the new owner chose to sell the land.

Floods, which are close to the Amazon River, where three rivers are tributaries, inundated at least half of the area during the rainy season.

Philip's suggestion was to give up, and Zhou Quan also felt that it was a chicken rib.

On October 14, during the preseason game in the NBA league, the two ended their trip to South America and arrived in Los Angeles.

Bigmouth Roberts is about to open a fine coffee branch under Beverly Hills in Los Angeles.

Exquisite is currently the first chain store in Seattle.

Fine Coffee received Roberts a franchise fee of $1 million to provide stores, products and management for the franchisee, which is a semi-direct franchise method, and Roberts has no management rights.

This is the result of Zhou Quan and Zeng Li's discussion, the main chain method of fine coffee is direct sales, but it does not refuse celebrities like Roberts to join, and adopts a semi-direct management method.

Roberts is also trouble-free, she has no time to manage, no management ability, and the input cost is small, the rent and decoration costs of the store are not paid, and she enjoys 40% of the dividend rights.

On the 15th, after the coffee shop opened, the business was so good that Roberts decided to open two more stores in Los Angeles.

Zeng Lixi has plans to open a direct store in the Greater Bay Area, but Seattle is still smaller, and the conditions for development here are better.

The two stayed in Los Angeles for the time being, and Philip arranged for Zhou Quan to set up a training room, and he officially began to resume training, including several shooting skills that he had not completed last season, as well as weight gain training.

After more than forty days of rest, coupled with the effect of sleeping Dangong, his body's fatigue has recovered and he is full of vitality again.

During this time, he figured out a little, the reward of the system is to gain five kilograms without affecting his athletic quality, does this mean that the additional five kilograms of weight will not put additional pressure on his body?

If so, then he can rest assured, but this is something that cannot be known for sure right now, so it is just a guess.

It depends on whether his ability to resist injuries and illness declines after he gains weight, and the system's data should reflect this.

The new season starts on November 1st, and on the 20th, the preseason season ends, and the team returns to Seattle.

Zhou Quan also returned to Seattle on this day, and Zeng Lixi still stayed in Los Angeles, and led a group of people from the company to open a branch for Roberts, which was almost done.

On the 21st, the alliance's official training camp began, and Zhou Quan went to the headquarters to report.

At half past eight, he drove to the headquarters and happened to meet Lightner, who had just parked his car in the parking lot.

He parked the car in his exclusive parking space, and when he got out of the car, Lightner had already walked over, greeted with a smile on his face and politeness:

"Hey, great Iron Fist King, long time no see. By the way, congratulations, you successfully defended your title and killed the old fox in Holyfield. ”

"Thank you!"

He held out his right hand, high-fived the two and said, "Christine, how are you getting along with your teammates?" ”

Lightner is very handsome and has the temperament of a son-in-law, so he is considered by the outside world to be from a wealthy family, and when he heard Zhou Quan's words, the smile on his face became brighter and brighter, and he said with a smile: "Very good, I get along with them like family." ”

"Really?" Zhou Quan was noncommittal.

"You don't believe me?" Lightner laughed.

Zhou Quan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if I believe it or not, Christine, in my territory, you have to learn to respect every teammate, OK?" ”

"Are you warning you?"

A flash of annoyance flashed in Lightner's eyes.

"Take it."

Zhou Quan glanced at Leitner, took out the backpack from the trunk, and threw it directly to Leitner.

Leitner still had his own bag in his hand, and he was a little scrambled to catch the bag thrown by Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan locked the car door and said as he walked forward: "Yes, it is a warning, you can understand it this way, and you should understand it this way."

You know, the reason why the supersonic are strong, the reason why they can beat the Mosaic Triumvirate, the Jazz twins, and the Bulls that beat Jordan is because we are united, and there are no contradictions in our locker room.

So I'm definitely not going to allow any instability within the team, you come here and you can only contribute as you should.

I'm not going to tell you what you're going to face if you do something wrong, but of course you can ask Bill Lambiere, he's a hundred times more cruel than you, and his father is ten thousand times richer than your father. ”

"I know, I'm not a fool, you're the boss here, you're the boss of the entire alliance, you're the great Iron Fist King, whatever you say is what, look, I'm carrying your bag, do you want me to brush your stinky shoes?"

Lightner's face twitched, and when he saw Zhou Quan walking to the front, he hurriedly chased after him with his bag and Zhou Quan's bag, chattering endlessly.

"No, I only wear each pair of shoes once." Zhou Quan smiled.

"You're extravagant!" Leitner said with a look of envy.

Amid Leitner's chatter, the two made their way to the locker room, where the vast majority of the players arrived, with Rodman and Hawkins yet to arrive.

"Boss."

"Iron Fist."

Seeing Zhou Quan come in, no matter what everyone inside was doing, they immediately put down the work at hand and stood up, and greeted respectfully.

"Hey, Iron Fist."

Even the former superstar, Drexler, a glider who is one of the three major flyers, and Terry Cummings, a veteran all-star, stood up and greeted Zhou Quan.

"Hey, Terry, Clyde."

Zhou Quan smiled and nodded, went over and hugged Caris and the glider, and chatted a few words each, under his control, the atmosphere was good.

"Hey, Sam, welcome back."

Then he hugged Sam Perkins and chatted a few more words.

Finally, he shook hands with other teammates such as Schramf and Hawkins, including the marginalized people, and everyone chatted a few words without ignoring anyone.

Leitner put Zhou Quan's bag in the closet, and then watched Zhou Quan chat with everyone, the atmosphere in the locker room was very good, and he knew that this place was different from his former Duke University, and it was also different from the Timberwolves, and he now believed that if he did something bad here, the Iron Fist King would not show mercy to his men.

As soon as Zhou Quan changed his equipment, general manager Whithitt, head coach George Carr, and several assistant coaches came in, got up to say hello to them, and after a few words of chat, Rodman and Hawkins also arrived.

"Smack!"

George Carr clapped his palms for two years and shouted: "Gentlemen, assemble at the training ground at nine o'clock." With that, he went out with the people.

"Dennis, where have you been going all this time?" Zhou Quan chatted.

Rodman smiled: "I got a little star in Los Angeles, and she asked me to take her to see your second title defense next year, but I told her, hey, beauty, I don't know if next year's girlfriend will be you, so I can only refuse you, and then she broke up with me." ”

"Haha......"

The locker room burst into laughter.

The glider, Cummings, and Leitner, who were not very familiar with the supersonic team, also laughed in agreement.

After laughing, Schramf said: "Iron Fist, Mosaic strengthens Tim Hardaway, Bulls also strengthens Mutombo, it will be very difficult for us to defend the title in the new season!" “

Hearing this, the glider and Cummings, who had come for the championship, immediately looked over and raised their attention.

Only Rodman didn't care too much and said: "What are you afraid of, that Barkley guy is injured and old, maybe worse than last season."

Da Meng is also a year older, and his state should decline. What's the threat of one more bug, can he ever fight an iron fist? As for the Bulls, the Bulls ......"

Speaking of which, he couldn't go on anymore.

"Hehe......" Zhou Quan laughed.

"Iron Fist, you come and tell them that there is nothing to be afraid of bulls." Rodman immediately shook the pot.

Everyone looked over, and Zhou Quan said with a smile: "The Bulls' lineup is indeed strong, very strong, much stronger than the previous two seasons." ”

Hearing Zhou Quan say this, the glider and Cummings were not in a good mood.

Zhou continued: "But if we meet the Bulls again in the Finals, I think our lineup can restrain them. ”

"Pull out the inside line to fight?"

The glider immediately understood and said excitedly.

Zhou Quan smiled and said, "Of course, otherwise what would you do if you brought Lightner and Perkins here?" Although Mutombo is strong defensively, the offensive end is average, and if our own basket offense and low post offense can't be played, we will defend against their not very good basket offense and low post offense, and everyone is shooting from the outside. ”

After hearing this, the faces of the two of them improved.

"Look, I'm right, the Bulls are like that, unless they can trade for Big Dreams, our three-game dynasty is stable." Rodman smirked.

"Haha......" everyone laughed.

"Mr. Dawson certainly didn't want to trade Big Dream, and he asked Pippen to be a bargaining chip, which was choking the bull's death hole," the glider said.

Without Pippen, the Bulls simply can't find a point guard who can hold the ball in front of an iron fist, which is why the Bulls can't get big dreams.

But I think that even if the Bulls agree to trade Pippen, I'm afraid that Mr. Dawson will come up with new conditions, and he probably won't let Big Dream go. ”

Zhou Quan said thoughtfully: "There are three good teams in the East this season, in addition to the Bulls, the Heat has also grown, the Knicks are not weak, and the Bulls have the highest probability of reaching the Finals."

In the West, in addition to the Mosaic having the strength to compete with us, the strength of the Jazz and Lakers should also be stronger than last season. ”

"At one point, there was news in the media that the postman had applied for a deal, but there was no follow-up," the glider said. ”

"Postman?"

Zhou Quan was stunned and said: "His contract is not finished, and the transaction value is large, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to trade." ”

Schramf laughed: "He definitely wants to go to a championship-caliber team, but in order to trade him, that team has to tear down the roster as a bargaining chip, and it's really not that easy to trade." ”

Next, Zhou Quan began to practice tactics with his teammates, most of them were veteran players, and the tactical training was still very smooth.

The Glider and Hawkins rotated for the No. 2 position, and the competition was fierce, with the young Hawkins having some advantage.

Hawkins didn't want to give up the main position, so he played hard.

This season is his contract year, and the SuperSonics do not plan to renew his contract early, which means that he will most likely leave after this season, so he very much hopes to play well in the contract year and prepare for the next contract.

In fact, there are several reasons why the SuperSonics do not want to renew his contract with Hawkins in advance, one is that there is no space to meet his contract requirements, the second is that he is worried that after the early contract renewal, he will lose his aggressiveness, and the third is that after playing this season, he will be 31 years old, and signing a long-term contract does not meet the needs of SuperSonic.

Leitner and Matt Geiger rotated the main center position, with Sam Perkins as the main substitute.

Which of the two of them plays the main force depends on the opponent, Matt Geiger is mainly under the basket and in the low post, and Lightner shoots more outside, in order to practice different tactics, so Matt Geiger plays the main force a lot of times.

Although the tactical training went well, Zhou Quan found one thing, some of the veteran players were in average condition, and it was obvious that they did not practice in the offseason.

In the past few days, the media has also made some assessments and speculations for the new season, including some professionals.

The major mainstream media arrange stalls for the eastern and western teams, which is similar to Zhou Quan's identity.

There are three teams in the first pot of the East, namely the Bulls, Knicks, and Heat.

There are also three teams in the first pot of the West, the SuperSonics, Mosaic, and the Jazz.

And this time, almost all mainstream media also have one more topic, and that is the probability of supersonic defending a triple crown dynasty.

(End of chapter)