Basketball: The Chosen Victim

87-100!

On December 12, the Cavaliers lost their first preseason away game to the Bulls.

Wu Di is not too surprised by this. Butler has a long growth period and has a strong touch. He is only a little passable in defense. Irving and Thomas Jr. have the same ups and downs in the early stage, and the Bulls' preseason lineup is almost the same as the regular season.

But Riley in front of the TV had a gloomy expression on his face.

Big problem!

In the preseason, the layman looks at the score, and the expert looks at the performance.

Thibodeau wants the team to enter the state as soon as possible, so the preseason will be played as a regular season.

The Cavaliers, on the other hand, have a training mentality, and continue to pull out Irving, Thomas Jr., Butler and others to try a variety of different combinations.

Although Owen's statistics on the court are mediocre, his sharp breakthrough like a scalpel and his smooth control seem to make Riley see the smiling assassin back then!

Obviously, after this guy adapts to the confrontation of NBA intensity, he will be an invincible killer!
The Knight's No. [-] lottery is absolutely worth it!
And Thomas Jr., another second-round pick with the same name as the Smiling Assassin, even played a performance that made Riley feel outrageous.

Thomas Jr.'s speed is not fast, but his shots are decisive and clear with the ball, and his sense of rhythm is quite good!
It sounds like that, but the key point is that Thomas is a rookie player!

What a second-round pick!

A rookie player can actually play with a sense of rhythm. Who said the upper limit of this talent is Little Tudou?

Little Tudou's sense of rhythm at its peak may not be as good as the current little Thomas!
Outrageous!
Just outrageous!
Look at Taylor Honeycutt, the Bulls' No. 28 pick. He has more turnovers than assists. The Bulls will definitely lose money with this first-round pick!
However, the Cavaliers' draft show operations are not limited to Irving and Thomas Jr., even Jimmy Butler, although he only scored 2 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal in the game, Riley was surprised by his potential.

Because the person facing this guy is none other than the physical monster in the NBA, Richard Hamilton who just joined the Bulls!
Jimmy Butler, the 19th overall pick, was able to keep up with Hamilton's running position...

The physical potential and defensive awareness shown here will at least be a solid defensive iron gate in time!

"Fake!"

Riley rubbed his frowning brows. He was eliminated by the Cavaliers in the playoffs last season, which caused him to not sleep well throughout the offseason. Now that the preseason has just started, he is about to suffer from insomnia!
He turned his head to look at the quotation on the side, and pressed a button on the table as if he had made up his mind:
"Notify Battier, we match the offer made by the Cavaliers!"

The voice of the assistant came from the receiver:
"Are you sure Mr. Riley? If you sign Battier at this price, we will be over the luxury tax line..."

"Damn! You don't need to remind me!"

Riley roared like a cat whose tail was stepped on. Why the luxury tax line is so important to him is not only related to the team's profitability, but also related to his control over the team as the president.

In the past, the Big Three, the three superstars who amazed the world, were in the Heat at the same time, none of them exceeded the luxury tax line, but now it is because of the Cavaliers' malicious competitive offer that he has to break through this bottom line...

If they break through the luxury tax line and they still can't win the championship, then his position in the Heat will become precarious!

On the first day of the preseason, not only the Cavaliers lost to the Bulls, but also the Clippers and the Lakers.

The joining of Paul and Billups made the Clippers, a team that originally belonged to the belly, become a new giant!
The bow of the boat changed to the king's flag, and the first game of the preseason caused the Lakers in the same city to stumble!

Although because of Wu Di, Gilbert did not join other bosses to propose a stepped luxury tax during the lockout period, thus making it more difficult for the giants to form a group, but the league rejected the trade proposal between the Lakers and the Hornets for the so-called fairness of the game, and dismantled the fantasy backcourt combination of Peak Kobe and Peak Paul.

Why can the Heat form a giant alliance, but the Lakers can't?
Although the Lakers are a historic giant, the old Bass family property can't be distinguished, and the influence in the league management is simply incomparable with the Heat, which is basically a role that can be manipulated by others.

Coupled with the fact that the Hornets were still in custody at the time, although the deal seemed to be good for both sides, the bad thing was that it was good for both sides. The rest of the bosses naturally didn't want all the traffic to be snatched by the giants, so they pressed the remote control forcibly within an hour after the deal was concluded.

On December 12th, the Lakers were pushed to the ground by the Clippers for another round at Staples. They lost to the despised small ship twice in a row. Although it was not the main game, the Lakers fans were still very hurt.

The main reason is that once the reasons for the loss are analyzed, there are too many!
Phil Jackson, the grandfather of KFC, has retired. The lineup needs to be adjusted. Bynum is still suspended.

The Lakers are not optimistic this season!

As the preseason progresses, there are more and more highlights for the new season.

Battier, who was introduced by the Heat with a lot of money, shouldered the heavy responsibility on the defensive end, liberating Wade and James at one time, and James' hard-working shooting in the offseason seems to have taken shape.

Although the footsteps and posture are still not very good-looking, Olajuwon is unwilling to admit that this guy has made his debut, but the hit rate has actually improved.

The Miami media was a collective climax and boasted about this, calling Cleveland to wait for the wrath of James to come!
The Mavericks lineup has experienced the honing of the championship journey last season, and it seems to be more mellow and incomprehensible. No matter who they meet in the preseason, they can easily win.

Although the average age of their core lineup is 34 years old, on the other hand, this lineup has become more star-studded after adjustments during the offseason.

And compared to the arrival of the four major shooting guards Carter and the season's best sixth man Odom, the departure of Chandler and Barea seems insignificant. Most media also ranked them No. 1 in the new season's strength list.

Also in the West, although the Thunder did not have big signings, they are in the limelight!

After all, this is a team whose talent is about to overflow the crotch, no, overflow the screen, no blood loss means growth and success!
And although the Thunder didn't lose blood, their big center Kendrick Perkins lost weight successfully, and then formed an inside team with Ibaka. The pressure on the Thunder's inside was instantly transferred to the opponent.

More importantly, Durant and Westbrook seem to be more skillful in cooperating, and Harden is still sitting obediently on the bench, although his average playing time last season has never been lower than 25 minutes.

In short, from all aspects, the Thunder is a championship team this season!
The Thunder did not lose blood, but the Celtics have already stepped into the ICU. Jeff Green had just completed his contract renewal of $11 million per year on the 900th. On the 18th, he was diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm and will miss the entire season due to surgery.

Everyone thought that Jeff had caught the Celtics this time, but don't forget who the general manager of the Celtics is!
Angie put his finger in his mouth and dipped in his saliva, opened the wet player's contract, and found a line of inconspicuous small words in the terms, um, it really stated the invalidation rules in Jeff's case!

Not even a dime for Jeff!

It's hard to guard against!

Jeff felt that there was another hole in his heart. After all, he had played for the Celtics for half a season, and he was still beaten by the big city Boston!
But now it's too late to fire the manager and go back to Goose City, so I can only go to the operating table with peace of mind!

With Jeff's reimbursement for the season and Glenn Davis leaving, the Celtics' morale is already floating...

Not to mention, Ray Allen publicly agreed with the team's desire to trade Rondo for Paul during the Paul competition some time ago!

Director Long is so angry!
Especially after knowing that the Hornet didn't like him, Director Long was so angry that he spit!
Paul which onion which garlic?

Want to change me to the fourth giant of the Green Army!
However, the state of the other Big Three is quite well maintained, especially Pierce, after being won by Wu Di, the joy is less, but the game skills have improved!

It really makes people look forward to the scene where they meet the Heat again in this season's playoffs. If the Celtics kill the Heat without the Cavaliers' shot, it will be great!
Still in the East, the Knicks have joined boxing champion Tyson Chandler and seem to have formed their own Big Three.

Yes, the Big Three has become a hot word in the circle, especially after the Heat were eliminated by the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, the Cavaliers suddenly have their own Big Three, although two of them, Davis and Jamison, are already in a semi-disabled state...

But this does not prevent the rise of the Cavaliers Big Three and even the Five Heavenly Kings!
It's just that most of these titles come from certain special fan groups. Although I, James, lost, it wasn't because the most important G7 Heat Big Three injured one, and the Cavaliers Big Three were all online?
Often when such remarks come out, fans on both sides will greet each other's family cordially, and then eventually fall to the Heat's defeat and the Cavaliers' failure to win the championship.

Speaking of the Big Three of the Knicks, if you want to talk about the real giant, Tyson Chandler actually has to develop for another two years, but the third giant really exists, and that is Jeremy Lin they just signed.

This season is the time for Lin Xuanfeng to shine.

Wu Di felt a bit at a loss. He was the one who discovered it first, but there was nothing he could do about it. The league didn't sign the Cavaliers, so they had to give up.

In fact, he didn't think that Jeremy Lin was Chinese at all. After all, Jeremy Lin's American nationality was there, but in the eyes of others, the difference was not that big.

Soon, after five preseason games, the Cavaliers lost three games and won two games. Although they lost more than they won, the opening game on December 12 is coming soon.

The opening game is also the Christmas game. The league arranged the Cavaliers' away game against the Mavericks.

It's not that Wu Di is afraid of Nuo Tianwang, but this opening game is also the time for the Mavericks to award the championship ring!

You can't let Nuo Tianwang realize that he's gone just after winning the championship ring, right?

How cruel!
Due to the possible imminent blizzard involved, Wu Di took a special plane with the team to Dallas, Texas, on the morning of December 12, just to be on the safe side.

That night, the team held a warm Christmas Eve party at the hotel, but it didn't take long for Wu Di to be dragged by Meghan, who came with him, to a mansion somewhere to attend another party.

Americans like to socialize deeply. There are many celebrities here. Wu Di noticed that most of the people who sang live for the Cavaliers in the playoffs were from Hollywood circles, as if they were back in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

After Wu Di asked, he found out that this was a party hosted by Jason Ackles, known as one of the four handsome men in American dramas.

Jason is a native of Dallas. Dallas is not well-known in China, but in the United States, the Dallas metropolitan area composed of Dallas and the adjacent city of Fort Worth is the top five metropolitan areas in the United States, basically on par with the greater Houston area.

But Megan brought him here, obviously not to reminisce about the old days. After all, Jason was born in a small screen, which is naturally different from her. In addition, because of the great success of "Jane the Fox Girl" on Netflix, she has successfully ranked among the Hollywood bigwigs. Naturally, she came here to bring Wu Di to hunt for beauty.

"Forget it this time, Megan!"

However, when Wu Di saw Megan's candidate, he shook his head and expressed his rejection.

"What? She should be very to your taste! Besides, look at her girlfriend Tasia, how sassy!"

Megan was a little surprised and said that her target this time was Amber Heard, who had just made her mark in Hollywood with "The Rum Diary".

Amber, the queen of the sea in the future, is indeed very beautiful, especially since she is only 25 years old and has not yet married Johnny Depp, she is really beautiful.

But when he thought of Depp's testimony that "a three-pound dog can't pull out two and a half catties of shit", Wu Di couldn't laugh or cry for a while, and didn't know where to complain...

"Come on, you've always been very capable, let's double kill again!"

Megan thought that Wu Di would not be able to let go of the opening game tomorrow, so she secretly rubbed her slender calf against Wu Di's trouser leg and said seductively.

Wu Di just wanted to refuse again, but a very piercing voice sounded suddenly:
"Jason, how can we have such a dirty guy at our Dallas party?"

Wu Di's eyes were fixed, and he turned his head to look in the direction of the voice. It was a black man with a face that was both familiar and unfamiliar. He was familiar because he looked like the child of Durant and Butler, and strange because he really looked like the child of Durant and Butler.

In short, Wu Di still knows this guy, the famous Jamie Foxx, winner of Oscar, Golden Globe, Grammy and MTV awards.

This kind of guy who can eat both sides is a giant-level existence, and Wu Di is a little embarrassed. Could this guy be talking about him and Megan?
"Jason? Can't believe you hired a burglar on Christmas Eve!"

Jamie Foxx put down his wine glass, walked through the crowd with a bad expression and came to Wu Di and Megan, confirming Wu Di's guess.

He is a die-hard fan of the Mavericks. He not only owns the Mavericks' luxurious VIP viewing box, but also has been complaining on the Internet that Wu Di stole Nowitzki's FMVP!

Seeing Wu Di appearing here now, he openly provoked him.

The celebrities around looked at it as if watching the excitement. When Wu Di and Megan joined the party just now, some of them felt uncomfortable, but because of Wu Di and Megan's popularity, they didn't feel sick. Now finally a giant stood up to support the Texans!
"Emm... Jamie, I..."

For a while, the party host Jason didn't know what to say.

On both sides, he is a role that cannot be offended. Jamie Foxx is a giant in the Dallas show business circle and even the entire American show business circle, while Wu Di and Megan, one is a rising NBA supernova and a top Hollywood producer, and the other is a hot Hollywood actress and a super IP producer of Netflix...

But remembering that Megan had greeted him before, and it was not uninvited, he still pulled Jamie and said:

"Jamie, I think you may have made a mistake, Megan and Wu are both welcome guests, we still..."

"Guys, did I make a mistake, tell him loudly!"

But Jamie Foxx interrupted him directly and loudly without hesitation. The magnetic voice combined with the provocative language attracted everyone to echo "No", which made Jason blush instantly and couldn't get off the stage.

"Jason, did you hear what everyone said? You're a native of Dallas!"

Jamie said coldly to Jason, and then looked sharply at Wu Di and Megan:

"Thiefs, you are not welcome here! Leave consciously, or I will call security!"

Wu Di is also speechless, Ma De, this old man from Texas is really hard-headed.
But he is also someone who has seen big scenes, so he stopped Megan's movement of leaving and was ready to start outputting! (end of this chapter)