Because Yao Yao had not recovered from his serious injury, the Rockets sent Billups and Hamilton away and stopped playing, and the Chinese team lost one main force in the new season.

This is not a problem for David Stern—

The Lakers and the Cavaliers have 23 vs. 24, and the UAE fights with the Great Sage remain unchanged. Another set of duels, the league directly brought the Thunder, who is determined to play for the playoffs in the new season, as the Bobcats' opponent.

"KD is becoming more and more valued by David Stern."

Li Ke sighed, and after careful consideration, he felt it was normal again.

A sophomore striker who averaged 25.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.0 blocks per game, has a record that cannot be reached in the playoffs in the Western Conference, but when it comes to the Eastern Conference, he can even rank at the forefront in the playoffs. Such a player is not valued, which makes people strange.

Think about myself again. In the second grade season, 26.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.2 steals, 0.5 blocks, which seems to be worthy of attention?

"If 23vs24 is a challenge launched by the NBA's Mesozoic generation to the older generation, then Sheldon's war against KD is a war between the new generation."

Before the preseason starts, some media have already pointed out the key points the league wants to express in these two Chinese games.

James, born in 1984, is less than 25 years old. He is considered to be the Middle Age, because he has entered the seventh season of the league.

Kobe, who was 31 years old in 1978, is not an exaggeration to say that he is the older generation.

The Mesozoic generation has begun to challenge the dominant position of the older generation, and the new generation is naturally the young people born in 1988, Li Ke and Xiao Du.

The same talent show is similar in age and has similar data performance...

More importantly, the two have won the NCAA Championship Trophy and the MOP Trophy of the Final Four, the NBA All-Star Rookie MVP Trophy, and the NBA Best Rookie Trophy together...

Such a pair of opponents was confirmed a year ago.

It was only last season that the league did not push the opponent hard due to the gap in team positioning and record.

At the beginning of the new season, David Stern's actions came.

The Chinese competition is the beginning of the showdown between Li Ke and Xiao Du to a larger stage.

"The Thunder are not weak, Lagarondo, KD, Brooke Lopez, at least not worse than us. We have to prepare carefully in this preseason game!"

Li Ke really wanted to win this preseason because he knew that this was the real beginning of his opponents with Xiao Du, and he didn't want to lose such a representative game.

But Sam Vincent doesn't think so: "Listen, Sheldon, this is just a preseason game!"

That's right, this is just a preseason game. Sam Vincent's idea is very simple. In the preseason, all they have to do is practice tactics and prepare for the regular season.

Seeing Li Ke who was serious and eager to try, Sam Vincent also made a compromise: "I will give you enough autonomy. In the Chinese game in the Magic City, you can play as long as you want..."

It was this compromise that made Li Ke realize that if he wanted to win this game, he had to rely on his own efforts and performance.

...

Starting from Charlotte, heading to Los Angeles, and finally crossing the Pacific Ocean to reach the magic capital on the other side of the ocean.

The distance of this flight was unimaginable. Although the schedule for the new season's regular season has not yet been released, Li Ke knew that in this flight, he would have to fly twice in every season in the future.

I flew to the Demon City and rested for two days.

Or it is not considered a rest. Except for the jet lag on the first day, the rest of the time, Bobcats and Thunder spent the rest of the event.

A huge amount of RMB flowed into the pockets of the NBA, the Bobcats and the Thunder, as well as every highly sought-after player on the field.

"Jared, I heard you signed Peak's sneakers contract?"

"Yes, $10 million in three years is a big income for me!"

Lao Du was very excited. The sneaker contract he and Peak were his second sneaker contract.

His first sneaker contract was a super low sneaker contract signed with Nike during the draft, with only more than $100,000 a year, and a more symbolic sneaker contract.

Now, Lao Du has obtained a real sneaker contract from Peak, with an annual income of more than 3 million US dollars, which has made Lao Du happy.

You know, his rookie contract with Bobcats is only less than $6 million in four years, which is a big income, and he needs a lot of money.

Lao Du knew very well why he could get such a valuable sneaker contract from Peak. On the one hand, his performance was indeed excellent, and his relationships between inside and outside the team were also very good.

On the other hand, it is because of Li Ke.

In the NBA, there are still quite a lot of players like Lao Du, such as the older generation Eric Snow and Kevin Ollie...

But the only one who can get such a sneaker contract is Lao Du and Li Ke, which cannot be ignored.

Lao Du would not express his gratitude to Li Ke directly, and his external performance was limited to that he became more enthusiastic about Li Ke.

In the NBA, Lao Du's role is not only a pitcher on the court, but also a leader in the locker room.

He can gather the role players of the team and treat the star players in the team. He can also grasp the degree in the middle. He is very enthusiastic, but he is not as enthusiastic as the dog-leg behind the star player.

Eric Snow, Kevin Ollie, Derek Fisher... are all masters.

But as soon as this sneaker contract was signed, Lao Du's enthusiasm gradually exceeded...

Excessive enthusiasm reminded Li Ke of the line from the richest man in Xihong City: ()

In addition to Lao Du, the ones who received the sneaker contract from China are also rookies Wesley Matthews and Tagibson, both of which were given by Peak, and the price was slightly lower than Lao Du.

Curry has no share, not because Peak is not optimistic about him, but because he has been incorporated by AJ.

There is also Kenyon Martin, whose sneaker contract with Nike has just expired and is in the stage of finding a sneaker contract for retirement.

At this time, Li Ning appeared and gave him a contract worth a considerable amount. The elderly care sneaker contract was obtained.

Speaking of which, after the big deal in summer, Li Ke was worried that his new teammates would be dissatisfied with his team's status as the boss, especially Kenyon Martin, who often performed very rebelliously and thornyly.

But after the joint training began, Li Ke realized that he was thinking too much.

Kenyon Martin has also been in this league for eight or nine seasons, playing against Kidd and Guagua. Now he has changed to Li Ke, who has a younger championship and FMVP, what can he not accept?

Li Ning's pension contract made Kenyon Martin more willing to accept it.

Because he knew that without Li Ke, the retirement sneaker contract he could get would be at least twice as small as Li Ning's sneaker contract!

...

Time flies, and the Yuanshen Stadium in the Magic City is only half an hour away from the start of the competition.

Compared to his teammates who talked and laughed, Li Ke was very serious.

Sam Vincent briefly arranged the tactics, and indeed did not pay enough attention to it. He did not target Lagarondo, and to Xiao Du, he only said one sentence: "I'll leave it to you, Sheldon!"

In terms of tactics, it is just a conventional style of play, with Li Ke as the core, and the whirlwind is fast...

After playing like this, Li Ke felt that this game was very sluggish.

"It's up to you..."

He sighed with some melancholy, and then a thick black hand wrapped around Li Ke's neck.

"You don't seem to be very happy, Sheldon? Are you worried about this game?"

Turning his head, Li Ke saw Kenyon Martin's slightly ferocious face.

He shrugged, as accusation.

"Don't worry, Sheldon, wait for my cover in the game, its quality will be very high!"

Li Ke smiled and shook his head, what's the use of a cover?

It was time to set off. Curry silently stuffed his braces into his mouth, got up and walked to the door staggeringly.

The lynx came out in a row, and then, Yuanshen Stadium began a grand appearance ceremony-

“…”

Starting from the Thunder, it was too much for Bobcats, Hua Er, Curry, and Jordan Jordan to appear one by one, and in the end, it was Li Ke.

"Let us welcome, NBA champion, Finals MVP, Best Rookie, Fastest Progressive Player... Chinese men's basketball player! Li Ke!"

The Yuanshen Stadium, which had 20,000 people, burst out with the strongest cheers in the audience.

The cry of "Li Ke! Li Ke! Li Ke!" resounded throughout the world of the demon city...

The heroic Li Ke waved to both sides. Listening to the cheers and shouts in the audience, he believed that this game must be won!

In the distance, Xiao Du, who also enjoyed the cheering, stretched out his long arm and walked towards Li Ke.

"Hey, Sheldon, it looks like you're very popular here?"

"This is my home court, Kevin."

"Your home court? That's not great. I long for this victory, so I will take away a victory from your home court!"

"Don't talk big, Kevin!"

On the Thunder, Xiao Du is also serious. He knows what this game means and knows that this game is the beginning of his counterattack.

That’s right, it’s just a counterattack. After entering the NBA, Xiao Du has not beaten Li Ke yet!

The difference is that Thunder has another serious person—

Lagarondo silently put a finger on his finger, but his eyes kept chasing Li Ke who was good at it on the court.

He clearly remembered that in those years, this guy ordered his dishes.

To this day, Rondo cannot refute it, and his relationship with Li Ke is also a bit bad.

Why didn’t he go to Li Ke’s training camp this summer?

It has nothing to do with Xiao Du, mainly because of Li Ke.

In the new season, the Thunder are coming together, and he is already the core of this team.

The Bobcats on the opposite side have suffered a serious loss of strength.

This is his good opportunity to turn the tables!

"Just start with this game!"

At Yuanshen Stadium, Li Ke patted Daluo on the back, and then met Brother Wei, the star of the CBA Sharks, on the side of the court.

After some greetings, the referee had already blew the whistle urging both sides to make the starter.

Accompanied by cheers, Yangwu's commentator, Yu Jia and Director Zhang also entered the work state.

"In the 2009 NBA China Championship, the Magic City Division, the Charlotte Bobcats vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder are finally about to begin. Let's take a look at the starters on both sides..."

The five starting players of the Bobcats are the five main players after the training camp, point guard Curry, shooting guard Li Ke, small forward Hua "confirmed and sure" the second, power forward Kenyon Martin, and center Jordan Jordan.

On the Thunder, most of the starting points are certain, and only a small part is uncertain.

Of course, at this moment, when all the starters appear, all uncertainties have been ruled out.

"Point guard La Garondo, shooting guard Sabo Seforosa, small forward Kevin Durant, power forward Nick Collison, center Brooke Lopez."

Gerald Henderson, Sergii Baka and power forward Dalius Sangela who traded from the Bobcats did not start, plus Serbian center Nenad Kostic signed by the Thunder...

The Thunder's bench depth in the new season is also quite considerable. Of course, the game is still a duel between the starters.

"Jordan Jordan took the lead and transferred the basketball, the Bobcats' ball rights!"

When Curry, who was lean and shaking his head, controlled the basketball, there was another cheer in the audience.

But when Lagarondo quickly defended in front of Curry and interfered around aggressively with his long arms, the fans were a little worried.

"This guy is so thin, he won't fall down just by touching him, right?"

"It's okay if you fall down as soon as you touch it, at least you've committed a foul. I'm afraid you won't fall and you'll stumble and lose the ball..."

Curry controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, wandering on the edge of danger every step. Although it was extremely dangerous, the ball was really controlled steadily.

When he arrived at the frontcourt, Curry was very cool and passed the ball behind the ground, and found Li Ke.

"Wow, this ball is so handsome!"

Director Zhang's eyes lit up. Just passing the ball, the first thing he remembered was the point guard named Bai Chocolate.

Regardless of how Curry passed the ball, the focus on the court is already Li Ke who received the ball.

The one who defends Li Ke is Seforosa, not Xiao Du.

It’s not that Xiao Du’s defense is not good, but that Seforosa’s mission is on the court, which is defense.

Without defense, this swingman from Switzerland will have no other function.

The Thunder's new coach Scott Brooks expects Seforosa to defend Li Ke, and obviously he is overthinking.

"This ball should be a high-level back-to-body single."

On the left side of the arc top, before Li Ke started, Director Zhang on the commentary seat began his prediction.

As a result, Li Ke unexpectedly rushed directly.

With a crossbar on his left arm, he took a step forward, and his speed reached the highest point. He forced his way to the top and rushed to the three-point line.

Director Zhang was embarrassed and didn't want to speak, but Yu Jia's shout came from beside him: "Li Ke's mid-range stop and takes action!"

Swish—!

"The ball has entered!"

"In the beginning, Li Ke's singles tear open the Thunder's defense line!"

Xiao Du, next door, frowned, and he could see that Seforosa's defense was very weak.

But if he was the one who defended, he could not guarantee that he would be able to defend himself.

What Xiao Du can guarantee is the offensive force.

But the Thunder's offense and ball control are in Rondo's hands, and Du plays without the ball. This style of play has been confirmed since the second half of last season.

Xiao Du wanted to fight against Li Ke who was defending him alone, but Rondo did not give this opportunity.

A strong breakthrough in Curry in the middle, followed by a layup, Rondo explained what it means to be alone...

Even so, Xiao Du had no complaints.
Chapter completed!