After a few days of training, the biggest surprise within the Bucks was the growth of Kevin Martin.

If last season's Martin was a complete scrap performance, he gave everyone something to expect in this year's training camp.

ALTHOUGH MARTIN DID NOT GAIN 20 POUNDS AS YU FEI HAD HOPED, HE DID GAIN 8 POUNDS (3.5KG).

Coupled with the fact that the league will start completely banning defenders from attacking offenses this season, Martin's NCAA skills are finally in full swing.

This has been evident in the Bucks' intra-team matchup.

In the beginning, Carl asked Sprewell to defend him.

As a result, Sprewell was repeatedly beaten because he couldn't keep up.

Later, Carl asked his classmate Ariza to deal with Martin.

Ariza, who still looked like she still needed a lot of polishing, was like a plaything in front of Martin.

In the end, the player who managed to limit Martin was new signing Raga Bale.

But even Bale only completed the suppression of Martin in the rough style of the intra-team competition, and when it comes to the game, many of his actions will be whistled for fouls, and the effect may not be the same.

This year, ESPN, as always, sent Mark Stein to the camp to observe the Bucks' preseason game.

Martin's performance made him marvel and wrote: "When Kevin Martin was blamed for his poor performance in his rookie season, Frye said we need to give young guys at least three years to know if they really belong in the NBA. Now, it only takes Kevin Martin two years to prove that he belongs here. ”

Stein boldly predicted: "Kevin Martin will be the most improved player of the year for the new season." ”

Later, Stein came to Yu Fei again and wanted to do an interview.

Yu Fei has an excellent relationship with Stein, so naturally there is no reason to refuse.

Stein pulled out his pen and notebook, ready to take shorthand.

His first question was: "The National Basketball Association is finalizing the squad for next year's World Championships in Japan, and you will most likely be on the call-up list." ”

Yu Fei smiled and didn't speak.

Stein asked, "How was this time?" ”

If it was in the past, Yu Fei would most likely use the reason "whoever loves to go" will directly refuse.

But Reebok also realized that refusing the invitation of the national team would make Yu Fei have a reputation as "unpatriotic", so he also prepared words for Yu Fei in advance.

'I really want to play for the national team, but I don't have an answer to that question right now. Yu Fei said, "There is still a long time before the World Championships, and I still have to finish this season before I can make a decision. For now, I'm leaning towards the call-up. ”

Stein then asked a second question: "What are you looking forward to for Kevin Martin's second season?" ”

"I want him to be the starting point for the team and average 15 points per game."

If he does, he will be the most improved player of the year.

Stein thought to himself, and then asked another question: "How did you and LBJ raise tens of millions of dollars for New Orleans at Jay-Z's 'Me and the World' gala, and that charity game is still talked about?" ”

In this matter, Yu Fei told the truth; "It was LeBron's idea, I was just part of the plan."

"You said last year that you have to be patient with a rookie for three years, and LeBron is about to have his third season, are you optimistic about the Cavaliers' performance this year?"

"Of course." If Yu Fei remembers correctly, the Cavaliers should be able to make the playoffs this year, "LeBron has already proven himself, and if the Cavaliers' GM had done something more, maybe they would have made the playoffs a long time ago." ”

"Do you have a lot of faith in LeBron?"

"Of course, you know, he's my little brother."

Stein playfully asked, "How are you going to treat your little brother in the opener?" ”

"I'll try to win." Yu Fei said, "Then I wish him all the best." ”

A few days later, Mark Stein placed the Bucks in third place in his season preview, behind the Spurs and Mavericks.

The move made Stein controversial.

Because the Bucks don't look much better than last season.

To the outside world, the additions of Raja Bale and Kwame Brown may not necessarily fill the void of Catino Mobley and Christian Leitner.

Danny Granger is a rookie with limited influence.

As for Kevin Martin and Trevor Ariza, who are in the second year, they are considered parallel imports, and their influence is negligible.

In this case, how much does Stein have to kneel and lick to get the Bucks to third place in the league?

Stein did not reply to the controversy in the outside world, these people have not seen the Bucks' training camp, they don't know the specific situation, and when the new season begins, they naturally know that the Bucks have quietly built a strong army for Frye Yu.

At the media conference, the atmosphere of the Bucks impressed the media.

This is no longer the twilight Bucks team they have in their impressions.

While there are veterans like Mutombo, Horry and Sprewell, it's more of the middle generation and plenty of young players like Yu Fei and Kwame Wolf.

"We made it to the division finals last season, so I think the championship is a hopeful goal."

George Carr said in an interview.

After that, the Bucks were arranged by the league to travel to China to play two preseason games.

Due to the popularity of last year's China game, this year, the league played Wang Bang and arranged for the Bucks and Rockets to play a preseason game in Shanghai.

Since the Rockets traded for Maddie from Magic last year, their popularity has reached its peak in China, which is the first love of a generation of fans - Yao Mai era.

In the days he came to China to compete, Yu Fei attended all the events he could, showing the decent image of an elegant and easy-going superstar as the league and sponsors wanted to see.

In the ensuing game, because it was pre-season, both sides converged.

Yu Fei held the idea of making the audience happy, and he would never be disappointed when he was able to show his operation, so all kinds of fancy passes, difficult dunks and the addictive ultra-long three-point left a deep impression on the fans.

In the end, the Bucks defeated the Rockets 117-104.

"Before the game, he (Yu Fei) said that 250 would play at full strength in the preseason." Yao Shu said to the domestic media, "As a result, you have all seen that he even took out the strength to eat milk tonight, and in my home stadium, he is actually more popular than me, I am 250." ”

The media was amazed: "Does Frye know what '250' means?" ”

Yao Shu smiled mysteriously: "He knows everything. ”

The other preseason game requires the two teams to switch to BJ, and the opponent is the Kings, who came to China to play in the preseason last year.

It's just that last year, there was a Chinese guard Liu Wei in the Kings who wanted to seek NBA opportunities, and this year there is no gimmick, just a foil for the Bucks and the Rockets.

After a wave of heat in China, the Bucks returned to the United States to play two more preseason games, both of which were victorious.

The season opener will begin on October 30.

There were two games that day, one of which was when the Bucks took on the Cavaliers on the road.

Ever since James entered the NBA, the league has been hoping to create a gimmick on them like the Yao Shark Wars.

However, Yu Fei and James' close friendship bankrupted it.

Yu Fei will not dislike James as O'Neal dislikes Yao Shu, and James seems to be the opposite of traditional blacks except for his skin color, and his emotional intelligence is not decent, and it is impossible to contradict Yu Fei.

Even the best marketing experts can't design a "gimmick" for them in this situation.

But the league's top brass believes that the honeymoon period between Yu Fei and James will end sooner or later.

This is not the 60s, at that time, Russell won Chamberlain on the field, went to Chamberlain's house for dinner, and the two were like brothers; Nor in the '80s, Magic and Larry Bird broke through racial barriers and became close friends without a conflict of business interest.

This is the 90s.

Yes, it's the 21st century, but the laws that Jordan coined in the '90s continue to influence today.

That rule is that the pool of professional basketball is small, and there can only be one standing at the top.

Of course, Yu Fei can continue the game of big brother and little brother, because he is at the top.

But what if one day, James attacks this?

Then anything can happen.

Today, Yu Fei went against the norm and came to the Cavaliers' new arena two hours early, the Quick Loan Center Arena.

When he first entered the league, Yu Fei would go two hours early to familiarize himself with the away game.

Now that he knows the home of each team, he doesn't need to do it anymore.

It's just that the Cavaliers have a new arena this season, so he is looking forward to the flowers and reliving the feeling of his rookie season.

Coming to the unfamiliar new arena, Yu Fei could faintly feel the new owner of the Cavaliers, Dan Gilbert, and how much the other party wanted to please Xiao Zhan.

James said he wanted a new scoreboard, so the QuickLoan Center Arena introduced the latest scoring system.

James liked burgundy, so Gilbert changed all the seats on the scene to this color.

James also loves TVs, Xbox, and stereos, so he has them in every player's locker in the home and away locker rooms.

And then, James is still a bit stinky and narcissistic?

Even better, a building outside the Quickfinance Center's arena was also one of Gilbert's assets, and he leased it to Nike as a Cleveland branch, and then painted the building with a ten-story mural featuring James' violent buckle and the words "We are all witnesses".

When Yu Fei proposed to warm up early, Gilbert, the owner of the Cavaliers, was preparing for tonight's opener.

"Frye Yu, the guy who coerced the team into signing a two-year contract?" Gilbert asked.

The assistant nodded: "That's right." ”

For every owner of ownership, this kind of player with a backbone is a nightmare for them.

"He can do whatever he wants, and leave him alone."

Gilbert is glad that they have James instead of Frye Yu.

99% believe that Frye Yu will abandon Milwaukee and leave the big city, but 1% think James will abandon Cleveland?

No, such people don't even have 0.1%.

Having LeBron James is a godson blessing Cleveland.

(End of chapter)