In January, Li Ke saw his new teammates at the Bobcat Training Hall.
Bismarck Biyongbo, who dropped from Lotto to the end of the first round, was called by the newcomer Byron Davis to carry his bag, buy water, and pick up balls on the first day of the season.
Davis, a bearded man who also worked as a "captain" for a while, is now in his twilight years.
However, last season, the Clippers also had 13.1 points, 6.7 assists and 1.3 steals. This year, it was natural enough to be transferred to the Bobcats and appear as the second point guard.
In addition, the new teammate is Channing Fry. He was a rookie in 2005 and was a potential star in New York in the rookie year. At that time, he even beat David Lee Yitou, who was in the same position and draft in the same year.
Later, he transferred to the Trail Blazers, lost his main players and even rotated positions in the face of competition, and transferred to the Suns after the rookie season, saving his career again.
As one of the few space-type four positions in the league, Old Joe believes that Fry can replace Jamison's position.
But only Li Ke knew that Fry could not replace him...
Jamison is not only a space-type four-position, he is also a single player who can create threats. Neither Fry nor Alian, Ryan Anderson, etc. have this.
With Lao Du's departure, the Bobcats' three-pointer is no better than going to the season.
Just looking at the overall situation, the bobcats are worse than going to the season.
But if the progress of young players is included, the Bobcats may have improved more than last season.
Therefore, Li Ke is full of confidence in the new season.
In the opening game of the shrinking season, a large number of star players who switched to CBA were absent.
The Bobcats, who fought at home, still ushered in a focus battle.
Their opponent is the Cavaliers who still own the Big Three. Unlike Kobe and Guagua, they went abroad to find gold, but the Cavaliers refused overseas invitations.
Except for the holiday (fishing) time at the end of the season, the rest of the giants, Lebang, Wade and Po were all spent in hard practice.
Danny Ferry, who formed the Big Three, was not idle either. He contacted everywhere before the shutdown ended.
After the shutdown ended, he moved quickly after one month of operation.
First, it was officially announced: Old coach Larry Brown had to resign from the position of Cavaliers' head coach because of his poor physical condition.
Then he chose the coach directly to the Bobcats. Elvin Gentry announced that he would resign as Bobcats' chief assistant coach and take over the position of Cavaliers' head coach.
First, there was a deal, and Daniel Gibson, who had two years and 9 million contracts, and Randy Foye, who had last year's $4.25 million, were sent to the Mavericks.
The Mavericks signed Caron Butler for $17 million in two years, and then sent Caron Butler to the Cavaliers, completing the sign-first and then exchange transaction.
This is also the deal that directly announced the disintegration of the Mavericks who ran the runner-up in the last quarter of the last president.
Then, in order to get Tyson Chandler, the Knicks sent Ronnie Turiaff away and pardoned Chauncey Billups, freeing up the salary space.
The Knight also took action at this time, locking Billups in the basic salary.
The free market took further action, winning the contracts expired one after another. Sean Bathir, James Jones, Michael Pitrus, and Joel Poulzbila.
In addition to Mike Bibby and Eddie House who stayed in the team, the Cavaliers' roster is as follows:
Point Guards: Chauncey Billups, Eddie House, Mike Bibby
Scoring guards: Dwyane Wade, Caron Butler, Anthony Parker
Small forwards: LeBron James, Sean Bathir, James Jones, Michael Pitrus
Power forward: Chris Bosh, Juwan Howard
Center: Anderson Valaijo, Joel Poulzbila, Big Z
Just looking at the paper lineup, this year's Cavaliers are definitely much stronger than going to the season, so Lebang is full of confidence in the new season.
Wade, who doesn't think the Cavaliers' problem last season was the role player, is also full of expectations for the new season because of the arrival of Elvin Gentry.
Before the game, the Bobcats received the championship ring.
No one knows whether Lebang has hidden in the player channel to watch secretly, but what everyone knows is—
Elvin Gentry, who is now an opponent, also received his championship ring.
Many people are optimistic about the Cavaliers in the new season because of Gentry.
During the season, Rivers repeatedly praised Gentry's arrival for elevating the Bobcats' offense.
This made many people misunderstand that the changeable offense of Ji Bobcat and even the military training offense that took out a single blow in the finals were all brought by Elvin Gentry.
The Cavaliers who were eager to take the Big Three to fly a Knight, so he aimed at Gentry.
Only the Bobcats' coaching staff and Li Ke knew that the Bobcats' offense took off, and Gentry just brought it with him.
As a latecomer, Li Ke also knew that as an assistant coach, Gentry was the top player. As a head coach, he had nothing to do with the top player...
Wearing the championship ring, the opening match was not going well.
Although Gentry is not a top head coach, he is definitely the head coach of the enemy team who knows the Bobcats best.
Therefore, from the beginning of the game, the Cavaliers suppressed the Bobcats.
On the offensive end, they fought hard to cut off the attack, but their efficiency was not high. At first glance, they were still in the tactical running-in stage and did not pose much threat to the Bobcats.
On the defensive end, the Cavaliers' defense completely saved.
Defense is the biggest trouble the Cavaliers have created for the Bobcats.
The defense with complete external expansion is directly aimed at the three-pointer that the Bobcats are best at, forcing the Bobcats to only attack the Cavaliers' inside line.
But among the Bobcats, only Li Ke and Curry can still break through with the ball, and the substitute junior is barely the third one.
If it was last season, Xiao Mo would be able to break through, and Jamison also had a skill of playing low-level singles.
Gentry's move directly hit the Bobcat's weakness.
Li Ke was forced to attack the Cavaliers' inside line with Curry, but the Cavaliers' defensive response was very brainless. They defended against one single defense, leaving only Valaijo to protect the frame in the inside line.
Therefore, the most effective scoring method of Bobcats became Li Ke's CITIC and Curry's throws.
The difficult offense faced the Cavaliers' equally inefficient offense.
A defensive battle that looked a bit like a croaker pecking at each other. Until the last quarter, the two teams were not divided.
In the final battle, Li Ke was ready to exert force, but Lebang also exerted force immediately.
In this league, Lebang must be considered one of the best defensive players to defend Li Ke.
Before Li Ke had a top-level CNY and a top-level breakthrough, the match between Li Ke and Lebang always ended in mutual iron.
Li Ke is not going to be guarded by Lebang now, but as long as Lebang becomes serious, he will still be more uncomfortable to beat him.
If you can't break through, the projection on the outside will be very gambled.
At this time, Lebang suddenly made a mid-range shot, and the game widened.
"No one expected that the Bobcat would actually encounter the darkness of the door and the sadness of mileage!"
"LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers completed the counterattack, and they finally defeated the truly full-blown Charlotte Bobcats!"
"The signing and coach change in this transfer period are extremely correct from this game!"
At the end of the game, Kenny Smith and Barkley in the commentary seat were blowing the Cavaliers wildly.
Indeed, judging from this game, the signing was very successful—
The Big Three have supported the Cavaliers' main lineup as always, and the newcomers Bathir, Caron Butler, and even James Jones and Michael Pitrus have greatly improved the Cavaliers' bench strength.
This is different from the old Maurice Evans, Arte, and the extremely unstable Randy Fery who was about to be buried last year.
Battier is old and stronger, Caron Butler is still at the peak, James Jones is able to provide specific three-point firepower, and Pitrus is even in his prime.
Let's see if you change your handsome guys-
Elvin Gentry brought a young pass and cut off attack, coupled with the success of this tactical and strategic level.
It seems that after losing his best manager in the season, Danny Ferry is about to make a comeback.
...
After losing the opening game, Li Ke didn't feel anything.
It's just a regular season game. For him, except for the regular season against the Celtics, other regular seasons can be lost and the best win.
But neither Li Ke nor the Bobcats realized that the biggest problem this season was temporarily covered up because of the Cavaliers' defensive strategy.
In the second game of the season, the Bobcats encountered the Heat.
The Heat, without external expansion defense, brought the Bobcats back to the top of the arc to support the attack style of empty cuts on both sides.
But soon, they discovered that Captain Jack was in a very problematic condition.
Last season, Captain Jack, who was supporting the arc top, could create a threat by holding the ball himself, and his passes to his teammates were also very accurate.
But in this game against the Heat, an unknown Alonzo Ge locked Captain Jack and supported the pass several times, either making a mediocre pass or making a mistake.
Anyway, there is no more Ji Nawei.
The Bobcat's playing style is quite important for the centralized organizational support.
Captain Jack played like this in this game. Although the Bobcats won't lose, they won a very ugly way.
From this game onwards, Captain Jack's problems were exposed.
As for the opponent, although the Heat lost, they built a mature military training offense around Irving, Jamison and substitute Feidun.
Pat Riley, the old fox, had a secret understanding.
In the third game of the season, the Bobcats faced the Magic.
Sparks did not leave Magic as soon as this transfer window opened, because he also went overseas to hunt for gold.
By the time he returns, the season has begun.
After missing this transfer period before the start of the season, the Magic simply suspended the transaction.
They decided to play for another half season to see the situation around Little Black Beans, Ryan Anderson and Sparks.
Sparks were forcibly stayed, and he was reluctant to do so naturally, but he didn't work hard.
But in this game, the Bobcats still had a hard time playing.
Captain Jack continued to be lost, and the Bobcats could only open up the situation by relying on the singles between Li Ke and Curry, and then difficultly defeated the victory of the game.
If there were no Li Ke's singles and the better Curry, the double stars would be a bit dangerous for the Bobcats to play in these two games.
The keen Li Ke had already noticed Stephen Jackson's problem, so he talked to Rivers for a few words.
"Doug, I wonder if you have noticed our offensive performance in these two games?"
In fact, Li Ke doesn't need to point it out. Although Rivers is nicknamed "Pig Head", it is just because he looks like a Pig Head.
He is still very smart and may not react quickly. If someone asks me, he will still realize the key to the problem.
"Our arc top attack is very weak. When we are anxious, it depends on your singles with Curry, so..."
"You mean, is there something wrong with Stephen Jackson?"
Li Ke nodded, and Rivers was silent for a moment with a deep brow.
He shook his head: "Then we have only two ways to go, continue to trust Stephen, or to bring Lance to the main force."
The junior brother also has the ability to organize passes with one hand, even stronger than Captain Jack.
But Rivers thought for a moment and chose: "I think for the time being, we should give Stephen more opportunities to prove ourselves, after all, this season has just begun."
This season has just begun, and this season is still a shrinking season. It should have started this season two months ago, but it has been delayed to the present.
Many veterans are in poor condition or have declined severely due to long-term lack of high-intensity training and competitions.
Rivers decided to believe Captain Jack's performance is now due to his poor condition rather than a serious decline.
With his decision, the Bobcats suffered in the next game of the regular season.
There is no unrivaled attack, only messy individual singles left.
As long as you encounter an opponent with sufficient wing strength, the Bobcats have to rely on the two stars of Li Ke and Curry to win.
The season soon reached the end of January. In 31 days, the Bobcats played as many as 20 games with high intensity.
Because the schedule is tight, in order to ensure the health of the players and maintain the players' condition, the Bobcats had to let go of some games.
With Captain Jack still unable to find his form, the Bobcats scored a record of 13 wins and 7 losses.
Considering that it is a shrinking season, this result is not good or bad, and it is considered to be average.
What is worth mentioning in these 20 games is-
After losing a Cavaliers in the opening game, he fought against the Cavaliers again on January 20. Li Ke opened fire on the offensive end and Lebang, who was even more defensive on the defensive end, scored only 17 points, so he won a game back.
And in these 20 games, the Bobcats won all three games against the Knicks.
Here, I must focus on introducing this season's Knicks.
For Tyson Chandler, they gave up Billups, who had many injuries last season.
Then shortly after the start of the season, the middle class grabbed JR Smith, and Arte also switched to the Knicks after being abandoned by the Cavaliers.
So, gradually, this season's Knicks are very similar to the Nuggets of the past.
The wings, Atai and Guagua were just replaced by the younger and stronger boxing champions in the interior.
But in these three games, Li Ke not only led the Bobcats to win all three games, but also disgusted Guagua and Atai.
Atai's hostility value was as expected, and Guagua's hostility value instantly reached 99 points, just one point away.
Atae, who was full of value, was almost surrounded by Li Ke. There was really nothing to choose from. Li Ke copied Atae's D-level pass and used it temporarily.
At the moment, what he is most concerned about is Captain Jack's issue.
Because Captain Jack and Bobcats lost at least three more games in these 20 games.
Chapter completed!