masters-orleans Chapter 403 The New Season
Chapter 403 The New Season
Chapter 403 The New Season
Zhao Dong smiled and said, "In the new season, I will return to the low position."
"But you alone can't stop these two combinations, you have no height." The reporter shouted immediately.
The other reporters nodded one after another. If there is no height inside, there will be no vision, and the shot will be seriously affected. Not to mention the defensive end, the four super insiders of the two teams are all offensive firepower machines.
Zhao Dong's low-post skills are indeed very strong, and his board-playing skills are unrivaled in the world, but if he sits in the low post and loses his impact, he will lose his greatest advantage. With his physique, he has no lethality in the low post and can only pull Go out and fight.
But if you pull it out to play, you will lose the rebound, which is definitely not worth the loss.
With the current internal strength of the Blazers, no one can help Zhao Dong.
That's what the media thinks. No matter how good Zhao Dong is, he can't beat the Nets and Lakers' super inside combination in the low post.
Judging from the finals between the Knicks and the Lakers, whoever occupies the basket, whoever plays a higher proportion of offense at the basket, and whoever has a higher offensive efficiency will win the world.
The paint is king, and what does the Blazers have around the rim?
But they don't know O'Neal's strength, and Zhao Dong can't talk about it here, so he can only say: "The new season is really difficult for the Blazers. The Lakers and Nets have formed a super luxurious inside combination, but I still have confidence that I can do it." beat them all.
If you think they have won us, then I can only say that you can only be reporters, and there is a reason. "
"Feilong, if I had your body, I would also be the god of basketball." A reporter shouted loudly.
Zhao Dong cast a glance at the man, and said disdainfully: "There are a lot of people on the streets of the United States whose quality has reached my level, and they are also the gods of basketball? Your words show that you really can only be a reporter, and you are a reporter." Amateur basketball reporter."
"Today is a good opportunity, and I'm here to give you a basketball lesson...Basketball doesn't mean you can win a championship by spending a lot of money to get a few superstars.
The super inside combination of the Lakers, David Robinson is old and his mobility is weakened. As long as we play fast breaks, can he and O'Neal keep up with our rhythm? "
The first sentence of this basketball class stunned all the reporters.
"Yeah, if Feilong plays fast break, how can the Lakers follow up inside? Can't they be dragged to death?"
"The Lakers are sure to win the Blazers in positional battles, but the Blazers play fast breaks, and the Lakers really can't do it."
"I'm still optimistic about the Lakers. The Blazers' guard line is not the Lakers' opponent. Kobe is getting stronger and stronger. The Lakers have the strength to beat the Blazers' outside line."
Reporters chattered, and opinions began to diverge.
At this time, Zhao Dong said again: "The Nets are also in the same situation. Do you think Yao Min and Duncan can keep up with my speed? I can run and break their legs."
"..." All the media reporters were dumbfounded.
A reporter shouted: "Then how do you deal with their perimeter? The Lakers have Kobe, the Nets have Marbury, who do you have?"
"Eddie Jones can't stop Kobe and Marbury, they will be blasted to pieces." A reporter echoed.
"Eddie Jones was squeezed out of the main shooting guard position by Kobe in the Lakers, and then was traded. Of course he couldn't beat Kobe."
Another reporter added.
Zhao Dong laughed and said, "Before that, I will blow them up first. Can Kobe and Marbury stop me?"
Everyone was stunned, thinking that Zhao Dong was cheating. Do you think you are really a god? From the outside to the inside, how many positions do you play?
But then they thought that once Zhao Dong got to the perimeter, no matter the Nets or the Lakers, they would have to switch defenses. It was impossible for the four major insiders to follow up, so they could only defend from the perimeter. Who of the two teams' perimeters could defend against the Flying Dragon?Wouldn't it be possible to explode from the outside to the inside?
They knew very well that the scary thing about Zhao Dong was that he could play in five positions, but none of his opponents could defend from position one to position five, or from the outside to the inside. During the non-stop defense change, the defense line will have a loophole, and then it will be blown up by Zhao Dong.
"Feilong, do you agree with its theory about the God-slaying lineup?" A reporter asked.
"Break the inside line, let the outside line cut in, and improve the efficiency theory? Isn't this the breakthrough tactic? What's new, it can also deal with me? Absurd!"
Zhao Dong said disdainfully: "Speaking of a thousand words and ten thousand, there is no one who can defend me alone in any position, and anyone who can keep up with me can't defend me. Any god-slaying lineup or a gimmick will be caught by me. Blast."
At this time, at the Trail Blazers headquarters, an internal welcome ceremony was specially arranged, and all management and players will participate.
Some players are divided into three piles, each talking about their own.
Marion and Fortson stood together, chatting excitedly about their boss.
Beside them, there are O'Neal Jr. and Steve Smith, as well as several other players.
This is a pile, and there are piles, including the German team Schramff, Brian Grant, Eddie Jones and others. Except for Eddie Jones who just joined, the rest are veteran players of the Blazers. The room is very prestigious.
The last bunch are Little Momonga, Bunch Wells, and Kemp the Rain Man.
"Bryan, although the team needs to train Xiao Ao, you still have a great chance."
The German team glanced at Marion and said to Grant: "Listen, don't get stuck with the flying dragon, it's not good for you."
After the end of last season, Grant's contract with the Trail Blazers also ended. He originally planned to leave. The Heat had extended an olive branch to him, but then Zhao Dong joined the Trail Blazers. He wanted to win a championship, so he stayed. Came down, renewed the contract.
His original idea was to play the team's main power forward in the new season, because the Blazers have no one inside, and the German Schramf is too old.
But after signing, the management told him about his status in the team and hoped that he would contribute to the team on the bench, which made him stunned.
The management also told him that the team will focus on cultivating O'Neal in the new season, and this is someone Feilong is optimistic about.
Then the team also signed Sean Kemp and Danny Fortson. This one is a brutalist power forward and the other is a flying dragon. They are all here to grab his playing time, which makes him even more upset.
So he was a little annoyed by Zhao Dong's attitude. Schramf knew this very well, so he persuaded Zhao Dong before he showed up.
Grant smiled wryly, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I just ask for fair competition."
Nodding his head, Schramf gave a signal, and led Grant and the others to Marion's pile, and stood with them.
"They surrendered. They are all people who want to hug their thighs. We can't be like them." Little Flying Squirrel said very disdainfully when he saw it.
"I'm not interested in that Chinese man. He is as important to me as the fans." Bunch Wells snorted coldly.
Rainman Kemp yawned and said very dissatisfied: "The management is Tim Gou, they want to welcome that guy, why do they want us here?"
"We must unite and fight against him, and we must not surrender to a Chinese." Little Flying Squirrel eagerly said.
"OK."
The three ignorant idiots quietly reached an alliance agreement, and decided to give Zhao Dong a blow and provoke him later.
After the interview at the airport, Zhao Dong's management first came to the team headquarters to attend the internal welcome meeting.
The current lineup of the Blazers is Zhao Dong, O'Neal, Marion, Eddie Jones, Damon Stoudemire, Steve Smith (guard), Greg Anthony (guard), Rod Strickland (guard), Bunch Wells (forward), Detlef Schramff (inside), Dale Davis (forward), Brian Grant (forward), Danny Fortson, Shaw Encamp.
The first five are the main force, the last nine are substitutes, and fourteen are contract workers.
Zhao Dong knew about the situation of these teammates when he was still in China.
The German Schramff is 37 years old. This is his last season. He has decided to retire after the game. He has no role on the field and can only play his residual heat in the locker room.
Dale Davis is 31 years old this year. His scoring ability is average, but his rebounding and defense are not bad. He averages 1.2 blocks per game and can contribute a lot of energy in the bench lineup.
Bryan Grant is 28 years old and has a tough style of play. He suffered injuries last season and his state has declined a bit, but he, Fortson and Davis will still be the main inside substitutes for the Blazers in the new season.
Of course, the Blazers are still counting on Sean Kemp. The management's idea is to let Sean Kemp and Zhao Dong's suggestion of Xiao Ao partner inside, Xiao Ao plays center, and Zhao Dong plays small forward.
The outside substitutes are mainly Steve Smith, the main shooting guard of the Blazers last season, and Bunch Wells and others.
The Blazers don't have many stars, but there are still a lot of players who can play, otherwise they wouldn't have made it to the Western Conference Finals last season.
But he also knows that the Trail Blazers will have a reputation as a prison in the future, notorious in the league, and they are a difficult team to deal with.
Why is it called a prison, because any type of scandal can be caused by the players of this team, fraud, rape, shooting, drugs, stabbings, imprisonment, etc., every type of scandal is an example in the league representation of sex.
But fortunately, now this team has not become a prison.
In the previous life, the Blazers changed their head coach next season, and Morris Cheeks became the new head coach, and his appointment was the beginning of the Blazers' chaos.
He likes some players with unique abilities very much, such as Damon Stoudemire who hides in Malaysia, the rain man who smokes alone and alcohol, and the criminal Ruben Patterson and so on.
Now that Larry Bird has become the team's head coach, Zhao Dong believes that the Blazers will no longer be a prison.
Besides, he doesn't allow it, such as Rain Man and Little Flying Squirrel, he will communicate with the management and Larry Bird, and trade if he can trade.
He turned the Knicks into a gentleman's team, and he will never allow the Blazers to become a prison.
Arriving at the headquarters, accompanied by Paul Allen and the others to a large conference room, Zhao Dong met the rest of the management team and his teammates.
"he came!"
Seeing Zhao Dong in the crowd, Little Flying Squirrel was refreshed. Today, he really wanted to provoke this flying dragon of Megatron Alliance.
But then he saw a group of bodyguards behind Zhao Dong, all in black suits and sunglasses, just like the damn New York Gentlemen, and even equipped with bulletproof vests that ordinary people are not allowed to wear, his eyelids immediately twitched I smoked several times.
"What the fuck, you're just playing ball. What are you doing with a dozen bodyguards?" He silently took a step back, standing behind Rainman Kemp and Wells.
When Kemp and Wells saw the scene of Zhao Dong, the dozen or so bodyguards equipped with bulletproof vests might have guns on them, how could this be provocative?He also shrank back and lowered his head.
"Boss."
As soon as Zhao Dong appeared, Fortson ran over, as well as Marion.
"Is the offseason wasted?" Zhao Dong asked with a smile.
"No." The two said in unison.
"Xiao En, have you practiced the three-pointer yet?" Zhao Dong asked Marion.
Marion laughed strangely, "It's barely usable."
"Then continue to practice, you shoot hard throughout the regular season, at least five three-pointers per game." Zhao Dong said.
"Five?"
Marion couldn't close his mouth, and thought to himself, I really want to shoot five three-pointers per game, the shooting percentage is unbelievably low.
At this time, some teammates came over, Zhao Dong glanced at it, and suddenly said: "Hello, is there anyone who doesn't know me?"
"Ha ha……"
The players were startled for a moment, then burst out laughing.
"Hey……"
Zhao Dong first greeted the veteran German, and then shook hands with Eddie Jones and the others.
"Feilong, it's a pleasure to play with you." Eddie Jones smiled.
"Happy cooperation, let's beat the Lakers together." Zhao Dong laughed.
"That's great," Eddie Jones suddenly exclaimed excitedly.
"The first game of the regular season is against the Lakers, just wait." Zhao Dong laughed.
"Hey, Dragon." Brian Grant greeted.
"Hi, Brian." Zhao Dong smiled.
With the two teams of Marion and Fortson, and the support of the German, Grant, and Eddie Jones, Zhao Dong felt that he could control the team without doing anything else.
The attitudes of several other players were very low, and they recognized the boss directly, including Steve Smith. The attitude of other players was also very friendly, and no one dared to talk to him with their chins raised.
Especially O'Neal, because the management told him one thing when he renewed his contract. Feilong is optimistic about his potential. He will be the team's key training target in the new season. He will be the main power forward, so he is called the boss. It was very loud.
After greeting these teammates, Zhao Dong looked at the group of people not far away, Bunch Wells, Flying Squirrel and Kemp the Rainman.
These three people are all the core members of the pioneers who won the reputation of the prison in the previous life, and they are also the people he wants to clean up now.
So he doesn't want to pay attention to it now, they don't come over, and he doesn't bother to go there, just glanced away, turned to other teammates and said: "
At the airport, some media asked me what my goal for the new season was, do you know what I said? "
"champion."
Marion blurted out, and added: "100% confidence."
"Ha ha……"
Everyone laughed again, who didn't know that when Zhao Dong was asked this question, he gave the same answer?
Zhao Dong also laughed and said, "That's right, so our goal for the new season is..."
Having said that, he looked at Fortson and Marion.
The two were clever, and immediately clenched their fists and shouted: "Champion."
"Come."
Zhao Dong walked to the middle, raised his right hand, and signaled his teammates to put their hands together.
All hands are together, Brian Grant is the same, he also wants a championship, this is the purpose of his stay.
Little Flying Squirrel waited for the three of them to be embarrassed, what if they couldn't make it through?
Westerst noticed the three people who were out of place, and frowned immediately.
"Come here!" he yelled, waving his hands.
But Zhao Dong didn't wait for the three of them, and shouted at this moment: "No matter how strong our opponent is, we have only one goal..."
"champion!"
Everyone shouted loudly at the same time.
After the internal welcome meeting, the boss Paul Allen left first, and Zhao Dong and Wester came to the latter's office.
After chatting for a few words, Zhao Dong took the initiative to introduce the topic to the lineup issue, and said, "Has Yuren passed the drug test?"
Wester said embarrassingly: "Sorry, Feilong, I didn't expect..."
Zhao Dong nodded and said, "He looks fatter, he weighs about the same as O'Neill, right?"
Wester sighed: "I thought he could still play, but now it seems that we have swallowed a bad contract."
Zhao Dongdao: "Since this is the case, I suggest finding a way to get rid of their bad contract now."
"They?" Wester was taken aback.
Zhao Dong said coldly: "What I need is a united team, and my locker room will never allow thorns."
Wester immediately thought of the three guys who were incompatible with Zhao Dong just now, and couldn't help but feel dizzy.
Zhao Dongdao: "I thought they would be more obedient, so I can lead them, but now it seems that they don't welcome me, so, Mr. Wester, although I don't want to intervene in the operation of the management, I still I have to make my request and find a way to trade them."
"Okay, Feilong, I will complete the transaction as soon as possible."
Wester had no choice but to refuse Zhao Dong's request at all. The management and the boss pointed at Zhao Dong to lead the Blazers to win the championship.
In addition, in order to welcome the joining of Zhao Dong, the god of basketball, the Blazers arranged a formal ceremony very grandly. The venue is in the home arena, the famous multi-purpose stadium Rose Garden Arena.
Tomorrow, the Blazers will invite fans for free to enter the Rose Garden to attend Zhao Dong's welcome ceremony.
The Rose Garden Arena has 500 fixed seats, 4000 private rooms with more than 1000 seats, and more than [-] movable seats, which can accommodate nearly [-] people at most.
At the same time, tomorrow is also the media meeting day for the Blazers' new season.
Leaving the headquarters, Zhao Dong and Ringo Wells came to the new villa Lindsay bought.
The villa has everything, and the housekeeper, Ms. Abel, has transferred all the family members from New York, including dozens of security personnel.
The area is larger than a villa in New York, a special nursery room was built, and an amusement park was built in the back garden. The decoration and equipment alone cost 2000 million US dollars, which is extremely luxurious.
Zhao Dong rested at home for one night, went to the headquarters the next morning, and then came to the Rose Garden Stadium together.
(End of this chapter)