Yao Ming, the first NBA debut of the 2001 No. 2 pick, left a wonderful scene for people... as the background.

The outcome of a preseason game, the performance of a player...is not important.

The picture of Zhang Hao completing the patch through Yao Ming is the picture that people remember.

Yao Ming's first game in the NBA became the background in such a famous scene, which makes people sigh that he is worthy of being the No. 1 center who was selected in odd years.

In the end, the Supersonics easily defeated the Wizards 117 to 99.

Although the Wizards have ambitions and an excellent lineup, they have just had the idea of ​​getting up from the quagmire, and the road to go is still a long way.

When playing against the Wizards, the Supersonics have obvious advantages.

Several players of the two teams that people value, Larry Hughes of the Wizards, were very miserable tonight. They encountered Artest and Zhang Hao's wheel battle defense, and they played very uncomfortable.

Larry - The rest is not the future who was forced to train for three points. It is as uncomfortable as it is to face the oppressive defense of Artest and Zhang Hao.

Hamilton's performance was stable, playing 29 minutes, and scored 17 points on 6 of 12 shots.

In the Supersonics, fans attach great importance to the status of Brent Barry, Cassel, Artest and Ben Wallace.

Zhang Hao performed so well in the World Championships a month ago, so there is no need to worry about his condition.

The Supersonics have replaced many newcomers who have entered the NBA in the new century this year. Fans want to care about those newcomers, but they don’t know what they should care about.

What fans value is the other four starters.

It is hard to say how Kassel and Brent Barry are in good condition. They haven't played for too long and have not had time to compete for their personal abilities on the outside.

But Artest and Ben Wallace both seem to be more brave on the defensive end than last season.

In this game, the media and fans attach the most importance to it is of course Yao Ming, the 2001 No. 2 pick.

After playing for 33 minutes, he made 6 of 13 shots, plus 3 of 4 free throws, and scored 15 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks. This is Yao Ming's performance throughout the game.

Compared with Zhang Hao, it is definitely far behind.

Compared with Ben Wallace, Yao Ming has a qualitative gap, so he bullies Tyson Chandler and Chris Anderson.

But one thing is - no water!

The day before yesterday, on the 10th, the Rockets and the Mavericks played a preseason game with the Mavericks. The new No. 1 pick Jay Williams faced the Mavericks, making 2 of 9 shots, scoring 5 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, and had 6 turnovers. The Rockets lost 87-114.

Jay Williams has performed well in college in the past two years, and there are many fans across the United States. Many people say that Jay Williams just has not adapted to the NBA confrontation.

But many people also think that Jay Williams plays well in the NCAA with physical fitness, but in the NBA, his physical fitness is not enough.

However, Zhang Hao has discovered a magical product of the future in this year - Mom Fan.

Whenever someone says Jay Williams is not good, a group of mother fans will come out and start squirting, which will eventually cause a verbal battle.

Yao Ming got 15+9+2+2 in his debut, and he was definitely the first-class center performance.

It is mainly about playing style. Yao Ming's performance was not won by "explosion", but he steadily executed tactics, making good use of his body shape, skills, etc., and he scored 15 points and 2 assists under normal playing style, as well as his defensive performance with 9 rebounds and 2 blocks.

At this time, some people said that Yao Ming's performance is the first pick, and then Jay Williams's mother fans were amazing and ran to the forum to compete with others...

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At the Beijing stop of the China Championship, the media and fans saw two points. First, Zhang Hao's dunk, second, Yao Ming had no water, and he might be able to play as a first-class center in his rookie season.

As for rookie centers in recent years, this is already very good.

On the 15th, the Supersonics and Wizards came to Nanjing to play the second Chinese game. The X-ray Club was in Suzhou, but there was only stadium in Nanjing that could arrange 18,000 seats.

In this game, both teams continued to play tactics tacitly and practiced the adjustments after the Beijing station.

Yao Ming had some problems tonight... He ate 4 times and defended for three seconds.

In high school, college, national team and other games, they did not defend for three seconds. They took a three-second whistle to defend for three seconds in the first game. However, Yao Ming paid special attention in the first game and was used to defending for three seconds. However, because he was worried about being bullied by Zhang Hao again, he stayed in the three-second zone for a long time on the defensive end. The referee really couldn't stand it anymore. He should have at least 2-3 more defense violations.

There is no way, in the first preseason game, I locked in one of the five best goals in this season, and maybe the top five best goals... Yao Ming would rather be scolded for being shameless than leave the three-second zone than be beaten again.

However, Yao Ming still scored two very exciting goals, one was a low post, one against one behind the back, and forced a dunk, the other was a standing point to the offensive rebound, and the second offensive rebound hit the ball into the basket through Chandler.

In the end, the Supersonics narrowly defeated the Wizards 106-101, and Parker scored 6 points in a row in the last moment, helping the Supersonics stabilize the victory.

With 12 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist and 4 blocks, Yao Ming scored a double-double in the second preseason game and his performance was still outstanding.

Although Yao Ming is a player in the 2001 class, he has only entered the NBA this season and is a rookie and will always receive additional attention.

The performance and status of stars such as Zhang Hao, Ben Wallace, Larry Hughes... are also very eye-catching, but Yao Ming's performance is the most popular in these two preseason games.

Moreover, there are also No. 1 picks in the 2002 class. The two No. 1 picks entered the NBA together, and there is a comparison... Yao Ming's first Black Fan in the United States comes from fans of the new No. 1 pick Jay Williams.

Zhang Hao also saw this situation in time and space, and the details were very different. In time and space, Jay Williams' fans were selected because Yao Ming became the No. 1 pick, Jay Williams was selected with the second pick. When Yao Ming just entered the NBA and was not adapted to the rhythm of American basketball, Yao Ming was shattered, and Jay Williams' fans were the most active.

Yao Ming played later and competed for the best rookie with Stoudemire. Jay Williams' rookie year is in full swing, and Yao Ming and Stoudemire were hacked together.

At that time, Zhang Hao didn't know how to describe Jay Williams' fans, but later he found out - mother fans.

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Although Yao Ming tried very hard to avoid becoming a background, the only thing that fans remembered in the two Chinese games was Zhang Hao's defensive rebate.

It is naturally very exciting to play games in front of Chinese people, but after playing the Chinese game, it is time to have a headache again.

On the 16th, an official event was held. On the 17th, the Supersonics and Wizards returned to the club's city.

Zhang Hao followed the Supersonics back to Seattle, and his teammates were about to make the jet lag again...

In addition to the jet lag, there are also fewer preseason games.

Next, there are only three preseason games for the Nuggets at home, the Suns away from home, and the Jazz away from home, the Jazz away from home.

The reduction in preseason games will definitely not be so beneficial for running-in.

Time passes day by day, training, competition, and the Supersonics are mostly young players. Although they have won two consecutive championships, the players have more or less ambitions.

Artest wanted to seize the position of the second scorer that Jordan had freed after retirement, but he was actually unwilling to be just a defensive forward.

Ben Wallace wants to perform better and get a bigger contract after the end of this season.

Chandler, Parker, and Kirilianko all want to get the main position.

Ginobili, Arroyo, Chris Anderson and other new players want to gain a foothold in the Supersonics.

Zhang Hao wants to win three consecutive championships, Kassel wants to help Zhang Hao achieve his goal, and Brent Barry wants to taste the joy of winning the championship again...

On October 26, after the preseason game against the Jazz, the Supersonics achieved a record of 4 wins and 1 loss this season, and the preseason came to an end.

The 7 training camp contracts signed by the Supersonics really found a good undraft - Reggie Evans.

When playing against the Nuggets and Suns, the Supersonics coaching staff intends to let the undrafts play more, firstly to give them more opportunities to perform, which is a benefit they get when they come to the Supersonics as a sparring team. Secondly, they also want to see if they can find a suitable No. 5 inside or back line substitute.

Reggie Evans scored 7 points and 10 rebounds in the Nuggets, and 5 points and 12 rebounds in the Suns... It was awesome! Jason Williams called me Yingguo...

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After two consecutive away games in the preseason, the Supersonics returned to Seattle for a day to rest. On October 28, the Supersonics started their final preparations for the two-day regular season.

There are 6 training camp contract players finishing this season's Supersonics journey.

Larry Harris signed a rookie contract with Reggie Evans with a part of the guaranteed contract in one year. Before January 31, the Supersonics have the right to end the contract early.

During the preseason stage of the Supersonics, the players performed well in the training camp contract. In fact, it was not only Reggie Evans, but also a double-sports guard named Kevin Ollie. He was aged 5.7 points and 3.6 assists last season. The Supersonics did not sign with him. The Bucks signed a veteran with a minimum salary of US$1.05 million in one year.

On the afternoon of the 28th, after the training, Zhang Hao and Jordan took Ben Wallace to a warehouse in Seattle to see the car.

Hurry up and the Ferrari finally delivered the customized car of the Ferrari Tesla God and Buddha to Seattle.

Zhang Hao and Jordan were each in front of the same car, looking at the pure gold steering wheel with the number of ‘23(24)’ in the car, and were silent - can this thing be driven out?

When you come back for a meal, the steering wheel will be pried off!

A steering wheel can catch up with a car!

In fact, at a certain moment, both of them wanted to tell each other that the steering wheel would be offset.

But they didn't say it because of their face. If someone said it first, then the two of them would definitely not spend this money in vain, but no one spoke first.

Zhang Hao thought he would put the car in the garage of his new home to display; Jordan was ready to be stolen from the steering wheel... Jordan, although he was a rich man, still had some habits of black people - he liked big gold chains and big gold watches.

Just like Iverson, Zhang Hao has only been to Iverson's house once, and Iverson has a big gold chain as thick as a thumb on his neck.

Kassel also likes Big Gold Chains, which is why he thinks Kobe is a standard French-Italian African.

Zhang Hao won’t look at the pure gold steering wheel, custom-made with a price of 440,000 US dollars... his heart is bleeding.

"Ben, are you talking about our team getting weirder and weirder?"

"What's wrong with the boss?"

"Evans, who we just signed, doesn't look like a good person..."

"Is there any? Compared to Ron, Andre, Matt...Reggie looks very well-behaved!"

"Yes, there must be a comparison... By the way, we haven't used up our salary space this season, do you know?"

Ben Wallace's heart twitched, but he still responded calmly: "Boss, aren't you also cutting your salary?"

Zhang Hao asked back: "Can it be the same?"
To be continued...