Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

After a summer, most of the Bulls players have grown a size larger.

Perhaps this is also because the Bulls lack championship pieces this season, have a poor bench lineup, and no longer have the strength to compete for the championship.

Unlike the previous two seasons when they said they would give up and then make a strong effort in the second half of the regular season, this season the Bulls do not have the objective conditions to compete for the championship.

Therefore, whether it is veterans like Durant and Curry, or the team's leader Jokic, they have all become happy and healthy.

As for Wiggins, because he mainly played the No. 2 position last season and will play the No. 3 position this season, he also gained weight and trained more in the summer and developed a strong and good body.

The remaining second-year rookies on the Bulls also know that the Bulls are in a bad state this season and the team will reuse them.

So I trained hard in the summer, especially increasing my strength and physical contact, which made my body a lot stronger.

The current situation within the Bulls is not a bad thing in a way.

With the start of training camp, the preseason is about to begin.

Durant, Curry, and Jokic used games as training, slowly losing weight and getting back in shape.

The second-year rookies can release their energy and energy on the court and compete for regular season playing time with more exciting performances and better statistics.

Time flies, and it is October 10th. Five preseason games have been played, and the opening game of the NBA 19-2022 season is about to start at the United Center.

This year, the Bulls' opening opponent is the Bucks next door, and just this summer, in order to further strengthen the team, the Bucks found a helper like Irving for Antetokounmpo.

Perhaps this is also a kind of fate. Judging from the cooperation between Antetokounmpo and Irving in the first five preseason games, it seems pretty good.

Both of them like to play fast and both like to pull away and play one-on-one.

Although they play their own games in terms of tactical coordination, one is a technical player and the other is a physical player, one is an outside player and the other is an inside player, one can play key balls and the other scores efficiently and prolifically.

It seems that the two of them together not only have an all-round attack range, but are also excellent in digesting and converting ball possession.

Now Antetokounmpo is at his peak physical condition and Irving has rich game experience. The former can also provide backup defense for the latter and enhance the team's overall defensive quality.

With such a core group of inside and outside players, the Bucks' competitiveness in the championship is indeed greatly increased.

Of course, this combination has only been formed for a short time, and the overall chemistry of the Bucks remains to be tested by time.

At this stage, the Bulls do not seem to be qualified to be the quality inspector...

After the championship ring awarding ceremony and the championship flag raising ceremony, the opening game will start soon.

After just over four minutes of play, the Bulls' starting lineup was 10 points behind the Bucks.

17 to 7, a double-digit score difference in 4 minutes, which undoubtedly shows that the Bulls have some problems in both offense and defense.

The Bulls themselves are also aware that their starting lineup cannot match the Bucks in terms of athleticism, and the team's defense almost entirely depends on Wiggins alone.

Therefore, after discovering the problem, replacement is imperative.

Actually, it’s not bad. The Bulls’ mission during the regular season this season is to train and hone some useful rookies.

Since the rookies want more playing time to prove their own strength, it is not impossible for old guys like Durant and Curry to give up their positions and their time.

After all, his career has begun to countdown, and the team has offered him a very lucrative and tasty contract. He can get a generous reward just by sitting on the sidelines, and at most he can stand up and cheer for his teammates on the court.

There is a good job like this with little pay and high salary, why not do it?

By the way, with Duane and Curry both leaving the court, the situation on the court suddenly changed.

On the one hand, the Bucks actually attach great importance to Curry.

As soon as Curry leaves the court, the Bucks' defensive arrangement needs to be adjusted, but it is impossible for them to defend the second-year rookie Rivers as fiercely as they did against Curry.

As Rivers continued to run without the ball, looking for opportunities to cut through the back door, the Bucks' problem of not knowing how to adjust their defense was quickly exposed.

On the other hand, the rookies’ enthusiasm after entering the court is indeed different, and their athletic ability also brings a lot of help to the Bulls. It is true that young players are more likely to make mistakes, but they do not get frustrated after making mistakes, but immediately mobilize their whole body’s physical strength and pour it all into the next round.

Defend as much as possible, try to position yourself for rebounds, execute the tactics for the next offensive round as much as possible, and even complete the offense yourself and score.

Athletic ability and mental attributes are both essential for a team to win.

After the Bulls replaced their veterans and injected fresh blood, they seemed to become brand new all of a sudden.

However, in the final analysis, Jokic, the league ruler, is strong enough.

Without Durant and Curry holding him back, Jokic instantly unleashed his dominant influence on the game.

This also attracted the defensive attention of the entire Bucks team, which in turn helped teammates on the outside to attack better and score better.

However, before Jokic could lead the team to reverse the score, the panting and sweating Jokic was taken off the court by the Bulls.

For the Bulls, winning or losing the opening game is not important. The main thing is to let the rookies feel the atmosphere and intensity of the game against the championship team.

In the second half of the first quarter, Duane and Curry returned to the court one after another, leading their teams to help the rookies better integrate into the team and play the game according to the existing tactics.

During this period, the Bulls basically let the rookies handle the ball, and the main role of Duane and Curry was to play supporting roles.

It doesn’t matter if problems arise, as I can teach the rookies on the court how to deal with the trouble they just encountered.

Through words and deeds, the growth of rookies can be accelerated.

Although there were many similar situations last season, the rookies did not have much time to train last season, and the Bulls' main focus was not on the rookies.

"Well played, take your time, you are getting better."

"Mistakes are not terrible. What is terrible is not learning from them. Controlling mistakes is a science, and we need to spend a lot of time to learn it well."

“We will encounter more powerful opponents in the future. We must maintain a serious attitude and continue to improve in order to defeat them.”

112 to 98, the Bulls failed to score over 14 points in their first game of the new season, and even lost to the Bucks by as many as points at home.

But this is normal. The Bulls' bench is empty, and the starting lineup also includes rookies. The team is old and young. How can they beat a championship contender like the Bucks with such a lineup?

All I can say is that even a team that created a dynasty last season may collapse all of a sudden in the new season.

Decline is an inevitable problem for all teams.

As a player, what you need to do is to help your teammates grow faster and better while striving for self-improvement, help the team overcome difficulties as soon as possible and return to the level of a strong team.

Time flies, and it is already 2023.

After more than two months of adjustments, the Bulls are showing signs of regaining vitality and returning to the level of a strong team.

Durant, Curry and Jokic have recovered a lot of their figures and their weight is under control.

Jokic has basically returned to his peak, and Curry's touch is sometimes good and sometimes not, but he has also returned to an All-Star level.

The Bulls don't need Durant to do much, so Durant will continue to play health-preserving basketball and take more responsibility for the role of locker room leader and team training coach.

At least in the Bulls locker room, there won't be things like stuffing a rookie's mouth guard or toothbrush into his butt, stirring it, and then putting the smelly "prank props" back into the rookie's locker as if nothing happened.

The Bulls' rookies have also been well trained, and they have high expectations for more playing time and personal data.

The Bulls gradually developed a good atmosphere and competitive strength, which led to more and more wins in the following games.

"We should get back into the playoffs!"

"Of course!" (End of chapter)