The training camp, which lasted for a month and a half, had already given rookies such as Ben Gordon how to play next to Doon.

After the Bulls training camp opened, Doon took his younger brothers and played three intra-team training games with the veterans.

It was easy to conquer the old guys who inherited from last season and couldn't deal with them.

Just when the veterans were convinced by Doon and were ready to play obediently by Doon's side and hit the playoffs together.

The video of the Bulls' in-house training game was suddenly made public.

The veterans have a lot of complaints about this, and they feel that they are being used by Doon as a stepping stone.

Originally, it was already a shame to be blown up by Doon casually with a few rookies.

Not to mention, with the video exposed, fans all over Chicago now know that there is such a thing.

In particular, Doon didn't have to make a big effort, just spurred everyone to run, and then passed the ball slightly, connecting the team, and beat them to the ground.

Seeing their own embarrassed appearance in the video, and hearing that there were people around them constantly discussing them, the veterans were basically dead.

However, Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, who is the culprit, was very happy after receiving feedback from fans.

"I heard that Michael also picks a few rotation players at random, and he can beat the main team to the bottom."

"Doon is also a championship player, a future star who can match Kobe Bryant, and our Chicago Bulls are saved!"

"Doon is only 20 years old now, and he's only played for one year with the Los Angeles Lakers! Michael is 21 years old when he entered the NBA!

In the future, we can fully consider Doon as a rookie selected by our Chicago Bulls!

There is nothing more meaningful in my life than growing up with Doon and witnessing Doon lead the Chicago Bulls to a great revival! ”

"I've heard that Doon has made a commitment to the team to lead the Chicago Bulls to the playoffs next year! I believe Doon has such strength! ”

The Bulls' internal training match was secretly recorded in a video, and the pixels were quite high, and the game looked good, which was obviously the handiwork of the Bulls management.

Jerry Raindorf signaled his men to do this, mainly to save the Bulls' attendance and save his wallet.

The Bulls have the largest arena in the league, with 21,879 seats on a regular basis, or up to 23,000 fans if the front row is added temporarily.

And, because it's located in Chicago, the third-largest city in the United States, the Bulls never have a shortage of fans to watch the game.

Even though the Bulls have been rebuilding for so many years after Jordan retired and have not been able to make the playoffs, there are still an average of 20,000 fans per game who come to watch the game.

Until last season, the Bulls had been on the stumble for too long, and because the record was really too ugly, the team lacked players with star temperament.

Ticket sales dropped from 20,001 at the beginning of the season to 16,000 at the end of the season.

The number of spectators at 41 home games, on average, was only 19,000, 90% of the attendance.

Ticket prices have also dropped again and again, which is undoubtedly cutting Jerry Reinsdorf's meat.

In the offseason, the Bulls learned that Doon was on the shelf, why did they immediately rush to stud?

is mainly for the commercial value of Doon, expecting Doon to help him sell tickets.

Sure enough, before the preseason started, nearly half of the regular season tickets for the new season were sold thanks to the video of Doon leading the rookie to blow up the veterans in the team.

This also caused the Bulls operations department to work extra night shifts for a few days, sit on the ground overnight, and raise the price of season tickets and tickets.

On October 5, the Bulls held a media day for the new season at the United Center, announcing the core roster for the new season with Doon as the team's boss and two lottery picks Ben Gordon and Roe Erdeng as the focus of training.

One might ask, what about Christian Dior and Josh Smith? It can only be said that there is still a difference between a biological son and a newly adopted son.

Besides, it's the same son, and it's different!

The lotto show is a son-in-law, the first round of the show is just a concubine, and the second round of the show is a child.

As for Tyson Chandler, although he is also the son chosen by the Bulls themselves.

But after all, the second elder brother could not compete with the fourth elder brother back then, Eddie Curry had ascended the throne, and Tyson Chandler had already become a deposed prince.

So, Bulls management doesn't care that much about Tyson Chandler.

But it doesn't matter, Doon said, I'll do it! Only I feel sorry for my brother!

Under Doon's care, Tyson Chandler has also become Doon's younger brother.

In advance, it entered the mode of going all out on the defensive end, eating cake for a while on the offensive end, and eating cake all the time.

Having said that, after half a week of run-in and drills in training camp, the Bulls' starting bench lineup already looks decent.

In fact, it was mainly Doon who led the Bulls youth army, using a small-ball style of play, and other veterans as puzzle pieces, slowly integrating into the youth army's lineup and playing system.

After all, the previous one-and-a-half-month training camp was not done for nothing, and it also relied on Doon's advance preparation, which reduced Scott Skels' workload a lot.

However, Doon is only good at putting himself at the core and building an offensive system.

As for the more cumbersome but necessary defensive system, it will be up to Scott Sculles to take care of it.

All Dwan can help is to use his offense to speed up the defensive progress of Roel Deng, Josh Smith and others.

It's been a long time coming! It's October 10th, and how well the Bulls perform in the new season will finally be tested in the preseason.

However, the schedule is a little less friendly to Bulls fans, and on October 10, the Bulls played the Celtics on the road for the first time in the preseason.

Chicago fans will need to watch the game on TV or on an Internet channel.

Face the Celtics' lineup that made the Eastern Conference playoffs last season.

The Bulls fielded an all-rookie lineup of Ben Gordon, Doon, Roel Deng, Dio, Tyson Chandler.

Although Bulls fans believe in Doon's individual strength, Doon takes four rookies into the court.

Among them is Tyson Chandler, who has been identified as a parallel import......

This makes Bulls fans very worried.

However, to his surprise, Tyson Chandler actually played well.

Tyson Chandler, who was inspired by Doon and stimulated his potential, has a faint sign of a future DPOY boxing champion.

In the jump ball session, Tyson Chandler showed the true talent of the top eye, easily defeating the 98-year-old scout - Reeve Lafrentz to help the Bulls jump the ball.

Normally, the side with the ball will push slowly and look for opportunities in positional battles.

However, after the Bulls got the ball, they quickly rushed into the front court in a chaotic manner.

Ben Gordon, Rohr Deng and Dio first rushed into the box, then ran to the bottom corner, and then cut to the basket.

It seems to be like a headless fly, it looks like it's really hardworking, but it doesn't know exactly what to do, and it's obvious that the rookie lacks competition experience.

Originally, the Celtics were very disciplined in setting up a three-two joint defense, and seeing the Bulls' rookies running in a mess, they also had a little bit of a dish to force the masters, and they didn't know how to defend it.

Seeing that Doon played a block with Tyson Chandler in the high post, and seemed to want to use the cover to shoot, the Celtics naturally immediately wrapped it up on the outside.

As for Tyson Chandler of Xia Shun, he has no ability to attack independently, just send someone to watch it, and there is no need to care too much.

However, it was at this time that Doon attracted the defender and suddenly passed the ball.

The ball didn't fall into the hands of Tyson Chandler who went down, but to Dior who was in the horn position.

As a big forward, Dio pulled to the corner position to shoot the mid-distance, and the Celtic inside naturally needed to pounce from the penalty area and interfere.

As a result, Dio jumped up and faked a real pass, and Tyson Chandler, who was standing under the basket, used Dio to attract the attention of the defense, slipped to the basket to catch the ball and dunked directly with both hands.

In short, he was very quick and skilled.

Obviously, this is not the first time that Dior and Tyson Chandler have teamed up in this way.

The Bulls' seemingly disorganized offense, seemingly many ineffective runs, are also meaningful.

After the legalization of joint defense, the offensive difficulty of the stars will increase significantly, and the role players will get more and more offensive opportunities.

After all, it's not just the defensive arrowhead players who need to look at the ball carrier, the defenders who stand in the joint defense position are also asked by the coach to pay attention to the ball carrier.

It's easy to make the mistake that rookies tend to make, staring at the ball all the time and missing the people behind you who should be defending.

Passing and cutting, also after the popularity of joint defense, has become more meaningful and efficient.

The Bulls' massive off-ball runs right now will speed up the distraction of defenders, exposing one or two defensive holes.

Now Doon's passing is already super-giant, although because there are defenders in front of him, he can't pass the ball anywhere he wants.

But with Dio as the central axis and the transfer of the ball, Doon's influence on the field will undoubtedly become greater.

As for the problem of wasting physical strength by running without the ball, the Bulls have so many rookies, speed up the rotation and send more rookies on the court, so won't all the problems be solved?

Passing and cutting, defending and counterattacking, chasing three-pointers, misplaced singles, breaking through the ball, and covering three-pointers......

Under Doon's leadership, the Bulls played fast, chaotic, but teamwork.

For the first time, the Celtics encountered this kind of team that was constantly running and running, constantly attacking and attacking, and they couldn't keep up with the fast pace of the Bulls for a while.

After playing for less than three minutes, because of the huge physical exertion, under the defensive interference of the Bulls players, the outside shooting was seriously inaccurate.

As for inside scoring, the Bulls are willing to let you rush to the basket, and they are also willing to let the inside low post single.

However, Tyson Chandler is not a dry eater, and under the constant encouragement of Doon, Tyson Chandler is also desperately biting the defense.

Rookies are allowed to make mistakes anyway, and he's a parallel commodity anyway, and no matter how bad he plays, his reputation won't get worse.

It was this mindset that Tyson Chandler began to bottom out.

The Celtics don't have an All-Star-caliber interior attacker, and it will be a bit difficult for Reeve Lafrentz alone to beat Tyson Chandler.

Even Tyson Chandler, who is still in his prime.

34-21, under the leadership of Doon, the Bulls were a little exaggerated in the first quarter, and actually played a 13-point lead.

However, after the second quarter, the Celtics will not be surprised.

61-44, Doon only played 7 minutes in the second quarter, and the remaining 5 minutes were Ben Gordon running on the court with other players, and the pace of the game was not as fast as Doon.

However, the Celtics players still can't adapt to the running rhythm of the Bulls' youth army.

After all, the Celtics players have just finished their vacations, and their bodies are a finger's thick fat.

The Bulls' rookies are eager to prove themselves on the NBA stage, and like Doon, they have become stars under their rookie contracts.

Get the favor of sneaker sponsors, sign big contracts, become a multimillionaire, and don't worry about the rest of your life.

With Doon by his side, the Bulls rookies are naturally full of energy.

However, you can't win with motivation alone.

If you want to run and hit, one of the key factors is that you must have a Playmaker at or above the All-Star level.

In the first half, the Bulls had Doon in charge, and Doon sorted out the offense, even if he didn't participate in the offensive finish, just passing, it was very powerful.

In the second half, Doon watched the game from the sidelines, the Bulls did not have a playmaking core, and many scoring opportunities that ran out were wasted, even if Dior was in charge.

Because there is no offensive strength to attract the defense, there is no way to mobilize the opponent's defense by just dealing cards.

As long as the defender pays attention, the cards will hurt the teammate, and the opportunity will become a trap.

Therefore, after the third quarter was a little unbearable, the Bulls adjusted in time to defend and counterattack, with the star playing mainly and passing and cutting as the supplement.

Because Rohr Deng, Josh Smith and others are still rookies, their bodies have not grown well, and the basket is not very stable, and they are more of a breakthrough basket play with the ball to the basket.

After the Celtics found their defensive center of gravity, they quickly sanctioned the Bulls' rookies with a joint defense.

Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni have been quite mature in attack.

However, the former is easy to be named, and the offensive end has also declined because the defense consumes too much physical strength.

The latter hasn't adapted to the NBA's three-point line, and he hasn't even found the feeling of a mid-range shot and a long two-point shot.

If you just go under the basket, you will also be sanctioned by the joint defense.

Therefore, by the end of the fourth quarter, the Bulls were still 4 points behind, losing 103-107 to the latecomers Celtics.

Bulls fans who watched this game were very optimistic about this, and they all said that the Bulls lost, but Doon did not.

There is no doubt that the Bulls game is completely two teams without Doon on the floor.

Moreover, Doon does not rely on his own personal ability, but wants to use the pass to lead the team like Magic and Big O.

Besides, it is not easy for the Bulls youth army led by Doon to be able to match an old giant like the Celtics, and the playoff team played until the last quarter to decide the winner, and in the end it was only four points apart.

On October 11, the Bulls returned to Chicago and were treated as heroes, and the entrance to the Union Center was full of fans who came to greet and cheer.

"We won't let you down for long!"

After Doon got out of the car, he made a promise in public.

Tomorrow night, the Bulls take on the New Orleans Hornets who have come from afar.

After the Hornets, the Bulls will also fly across the ocean to play two games in China.

As for the other team, it's also easy to guess, and that is the Houston Rockets with Yao Ming.

Playing at home and at the same time a Chinese derby, Doon must abandon the unspoken rules of the pre-season, and instead choose to play the whole game to let the old folks have a good time!

You know, Yao Ming and Maddie are my brothers!

So I got my first pre-season win from them, which makes sense, right?

(End of chapter)