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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is the end of September.

The Bulls' new season training camp has opened again, and the Bulls players have arrived at the United Center in Chicago one after another, slowly starting their journey into the new season.

Unlike previous years, there was not much urgency after the Bulls players assembled this year.

It stands to reason that once the team's training camp for the new season begins, everyone should slowly devote their physical strength and energy to daily training and start getting into working mode so that they can perform well or better in the subsequent regular season.

However, the Bulls are mostly composed of veterans and championship players, and they have won so many championships in recent years.

It is also their past honors and qualifications that allow them to rest on their laurels.

As for the first-year rookies, undrafted players and players with two-way contracts, since they have just entered the NBA and have little experience, in order to fit in, they can only imitate and adapt to the training methods and preparation rhythm of Duane and others.

During the period after the start of the preseason, Ohashi, Big Head and Lowe, who had ideas about the new season and were more in need of data and big contracts, did not perform very well.

Not only did he work extremely hard in training, but he also seemed very active, even a little impatient, during the preseason games.

Duan and others are experienced people and know this very well.

Especially Duane, as the team's locker room leader, he took the initiative to contact and comfort the three people, and also gave them guidance in private, so that they could perform better in the game.

Time quickly came to October 10th, and the opening game of the new season was about to begin.

Because as early as the summer offseason, the Bulls management openly invited players who had left the Bulls on social media to participate in tonight's championship ring award ceremony and championship flag-raising ceremony.

It is true that I have done the surface work well, so everyone gives me face.

Whether it was Howard, Iguodala, and Noah who have already retired, or White and Dillon who went to other teams to get big contracts to continue playing in the NBA, they all arrived at the United Center in advance.

Some players even stopped by the home team's locker room to chat with old teammates, fully demonstrating what social etiquette means.

Of course, there are also some people who do not understand the ways of the world, or who have some dissatisfaction in their hearts and are resentful of individual players or management of the Bulls, so they did not get close to Duane and others before the event started.

Naturally, there is nothing much to say about this.

In short, when night fell and the United Center was filled with fans, everyone took to the stage to present the championship rings, with joy and reluctance on their faces.

After everyone received their rings, the Bulls' 18th championship banner was raised to the dome of the United Center, and the grudges and hatreds of the past season came to an end.

Next, the new regular season opening game for the Chicago Bulls and the Bulls players will follow!

The Bulls' opponent tonight is the Boston Celtics, one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference.

Old rivals! The Bulls have a lot of experience against the Celtics.

Close the door and bring in Wiggins!
Wiggins grinned as usual and said nothing. He worked diligently on the defensive end and scored 18 points on the offensive end, and then went off work.

As a basketball civil servant, you only do as much as you are paid.

As long as no one provokes him, Wiggins will always be Wiggins.

After playing for half a season, Jokic and Curry also understand Wiggins' personality.

This season, we should see the situation first and then make a decision.

Jokic originally wanted to put in more effort and lead the team to achieve some results in the new season.

But this year's offseason was too short and it happened to coincide with the Olympics.

You know, the overall strength of the Serbian team is much stronger than that of the men's basketball team. They reached the semi-finals in the Olympics and finally won the bronze medal.

Also because of the lack of off-season time and having just experienced the Olympic Games, Jokic's fat and strong body has turned into thick and strong fat-wrapped muscles.

In terms of combat effectiveness, Jokic is now at his peak, but although he is strong, he is not durable enough.

Lacking enough fat and energy reserves, and being too tired, Jokic did not dare to make any big moves at the beginning of the season.

Looking at Curry and Durant, they are obviously still in a state of holiday syndrome, and their competitive level is far lower than last season's finals.

As for Anthony, who was supposed to retire, he had already made plans to retire as a touring mascot, so naturally we couldn't expect him to play well in the opening game.

It is also the case that among the Bulls' starting five, few can play.

It would be of no avail for the Bulls to just stimulate the three fourth-year rookies, Big Head, Ohashi and Lowe.

109 to 101, the Bulls seemed to have lost the opening game by 8 points, but in fact they were gone after the first three quarters.

On the contrary, in the garbage time of the fourth quarter, Duane took the initiative to suggest giving the rookies more opportunities, which motivated them. Herbert Jones and Aaron Wiggins are both good at defense, while Rivers, Cameron Thomas, and Shen Jin can all attack.

This year's Bulls' first-year rookie lineup doesn't have many problems, except that they don't have enough ball possession.

In order to make the rotation lineup more reasonable and better adapted, the garbage time in the fourth quarter does not require the first-year rookies to run around like headless flies.

Instead, they let Big Head, Ohashi and Lowe play in pairs to lead the team, and then bring three first-year rookies to better execute the Bulls' usual tactics, and also teach the rookies how to play correctly.

Big Head can attack, Daqiao and Lowe can defend.

Two fourth-year students and three first-year students can form several lineups with excellent offense and defense.

In the fourth quarter tonight, Tyronn Lue tried three lineups, and the results seem to be pretty good for now.

But there's nothing much to say about garbage time.

In addition, the data sample is too small and does not have much reference value.

Next, to what extent the Bulls' rotation lineup can be adjusted and what kind of lineup is truly suitable for the Bulls' main players will require playing more games and observing the results.

The management can make arrangements, the players can make arrangements, but the head coach definitely wants to help the team achieve better results.

Tyronn Lue has no shortage of work or honors. At this stage, he just wants a higher salary.

This summer, the Bulls chose to renew contracts with Durant and Curry in advance, and Tyronn Lue knew that he would not stay in the Bulls for long.

What kind of head coach does a team that is just going to retire and lose money need? Even a dog on the sidelines is fine.

Tyronn Lue is a championship head coach with an annual salary of tens of millions. As the Bulls cut expenses and save costs, perhaps the first blow will fall on him.

Therefore, in order to avoid losing his reputation before leaving the Bulls, Tyronn Lue must work actively, stand guard for the last time, and fully tap the potential of the rotation lineup.

After the Bulls lost the opening game, it did not cause much impact inside or outside the league.

The Bulls even created the gimmick of Anthony's retirement tour, and fans didn't have high expectations for the Bulls' performance this season.

What's more, the Bulls' opening opponent is the Celtics, one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference.

One is setting in the west, aging, and the other is rising in the east, shining brightly.

Just as the development law of the NBA, teams led by young stars can often beat teams led by veteran stars.

Of course, there are occasional cases where “the future is yours” and the experienced ones prevail.

However, if we are beaten by veterans again and again, we have to find out the reason.

……

"Has the list of 75 superstars been announced?"

"We have four top 4 stars on our team?"

"Hey, hey, hey, we won't be able to make it to the play-offs, right?"

On the afternoon of the second day after the Bulls played their opening game, ESPN, on behalf of the NBA, announced the list of 75 newly selected superstars.

There are only 12 active stars among them, and the Bulls have 4 of them - Curry, Durant, Anthony, and Jokic.

Once the 75-player roster was released, the Bulls lineup looked unprecedentedly strong.

But looking back at the performance of the four players of Duane in the opening game, it seems that they are a bit overrated.

Apparently out of face and to protect the honor of the 75 superstars, some fans who had originally accepted the Bulls' tanking began to persuade Duane and others on social media to cheer up and not tank.

Gradually, more Bulls fans joined in and began to offer suggestions for strengthening the Bulls for the new season.

Trading rookies and draft picks, picking gold from the shit in the buyout market, and even suggesting trading Anthony and Durant...

All I can say is that in competitive events, strength is king.

In the past two years, Durant has gradually exposed the problem of declining competitive state as he gets older. His strength no longer matches his contract, and he no longer matches the honors of the best team and All-Star.

Therefore, the little black guys who had not been seen for a long time finally reappeared. (End of this chapter)