Accidentally dominated basketball

Chapter 124
No one knows what the two talked about.

After defeating the Rockets and saying goodbye to Dayao, Shen Feng flew to Oklahoma City with his teammates.

In the next game, in Oklahoma, they will challenge the upstart in the West - the Thunder.

Presti came to the Thunder's training hall to visit the players today. Thunder coach Brooks is in a good mood this season, and he doesn't need to play badly anymore. Brooks believes that the time to display his talents and realize his ideal revenge has finally come!

This season, the Thunder's winning percentage has been above 47.6%. After two seasons of training, Durant has fully played out. This season, Durant's average shooting percentage per game is as high as 30%. [-] points!
Currently, Durant leads the league in points per game and total points. Brooks is very happy, because it is a pleasure to coach a leading scorer, and Durant's efficiency is very high.

Many people say that the Thunder is the next Blazers.

After acquiring Durant, Jeff Green, Westbrook and James Harden in three consecutive drafts, the Thunder has accumulated enough young talents, plus general manager Presti and James Harden. Coach Scott Brooks can be called a wonderful decision-making force, and the Thunder are currently making great strides in the direction of the next Trail Blazers.

In the summer of 2008, amidst the tears and swearing of Seattle fans, the former Sonics were reborn on the prairie as the "Oklahoma City Thunder".

The new Thunder team had a terrible start. They won only 32 games in the first 3 games in team history, which is one of the worst teams in the entire league.

Then coach Calcimo was fired, and Presti put assistant coach Scott Brooks on the right foot, who immediately pushed Durant to small forward and put Jeff Green on the four. No. [-] position, this action had an immediate effect, and Durant's scoring reached the ranks of the league's top players in one fell swoop.

Since then, "Curly Hair" Kristich has been enabled as the team's starting center, filling the Thunder's vacancy at the 5th position.Therefore, in the last 50 games of the season, the Thunder achieved a record of 20 wins and 30 losses, with a winning percentage of [-]%. What's inside is still worth considering.

Especially Durant.

For a team whose core players are all still on rookie contracts, time itself brings improvement.The maturity of third-year Durant, Jeff Green and second-year Westbrook will bring the biggest benefits to this team.

Picking Harden in the draft (rather than Rubio, as everyone guessed), was actually a decision made out of the team's long-term considerations in the backcourt.

Westbrook is a pure point guard. It is difficult for him to change to the second position. He needs a lot of ball power to cooperate to show his ability, and Harden is the best second position in this draft. Selecting him means that the future starting candidates for the Thunder's 1-3 positions have been determined.

Although the bearded man will not be in the starting position for a while.

For the Thunder last season, their most lacking 4th and 5th candidates also captured a lot of candidates in the trade. BJ Mullens, who was once highly desired by Rockets fans in the draft, finally fell into the Thunder. Hug, got Ethan Thomas from the Timberwolves, and signed the Brazilian Ibaka who was selected last year...Although the tragedy is that due to the flaws of these new aids, the starting center position at the beginning of the season is still the most likely It was Kristich who arrived in the middle of last season.

作为2008年的4号秀，威少在新秀年交出了场均15.3分、5.3次助攻外加1.3次抢断的成绩单，让季前所有嘲笑雷霆选秀失准的人都惊破了眼睛。

His athleticism is excellent, allowing him to walk around the enemy camp and score like a bag, coupled with his active defense, he has become one of the Thunder's "Big Three".At Team USA training camp this summer, Coach K described him as a "pit bull," which is an accurate description of his unyielding personality and burning fighting spirit.

And Durant has all the potential to become a future superstar: outstanding basketball skills, as well as a humble and hard-working nature. Sometimes when you look at his shy expression scratching his head, you will have an absurd idea-"This young man is Don't you really not know how good he is?"

Needless to say about his praise, the data will not lie, averaging 25.3 points (47.6% shooting, including 42.2% three-point shooting), 6.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, he has locked the 2010 US team A World Championship berth, and it wouldn't be a surprise if he was an All-Star this year.

Everyone said that Shen Feng had a bright future, but in fact Durant was the real bright future—in everyone's eyes!

Even Zhang Lili would only say that Shen Feng has the shadow of Durant, but not that Shen Feng has surpassed Durant and has a smoother future than Durant.

If it wasn't for Shen Feng's big show, Durant was really eye-catching this season.

Of course, in the eyes of the Thunder uniforms, it would have been better if Durant hadn't said the stupid thing about wanting to drink Scarlett Johansson's bath water.

And at present, Presti thinks that Durant is better than Shen Feng.

With 62 points, Presti felt that if Durant felt good, he could also play.

Oklahoma City's youth is irresistible, with nine players younger than 9 and only two older than 24.The addition of new assistant coach Mo Cheeks will help coach Brooks further explore the potential of these players.Also you might not know that last year the Thunder were 2th in the league in offensive rebounds and 28th in total rebounds, and they were the 4th fastest team in pace (per 6 possessions) and 8st in free throw percentage No. 48.

However, the Thunder still lack deterrence in the interior. Kristich's skills are not bad, but unfortunately he is not dominant.

And this team's defense is terrible. Last season, their defensive rating ranked 20th in the league, and their blocked shots were 22nd in the league. Of course, after Thomas arrives, the number of blocked shots may increase.Another thing worth noting is that they have the highest turnover rate in the league, the worst three-point rate in the league, and the second-worst offensive efficiency.

To put it bluntly, they all have the problems of young teams, and they all have a strong taste, such as Westbrook.

Potential belongs to potential, but do you think anyone said he is too strong?
But Shen Feng, who is a time traveler, knows that these people from Lei Ting are one of the trendsetters of the future alliance, even ten years later.

Oklahoma.

Four and a half hours before the start of the game, the Knicks players had their last pre-match meal. They are prone to sleepiness after eating, and some players in the NBA are also "rectal" and always like to eat.

……

Oklahoma City, Ford Center Arena, this arena has not yet been renamed the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Speaking of the Thunder, they have to mention their boss Clay Bennett.

The team owner is a native of the Russian village, and he dreams of having an NBA team of his own in Oklahoma City.

Originally, Bennett's plan was to slowly eat away at the Spurs, but he didn't expect to be seen through by the witty Spurs, otherwise Oklahoma City might have already had an NBA team.

Of course, as the price for withdrawing his shares, Bennett asked for Presti from the Spurs. Period, it was under his strong suggestion that the Spurs selected Tony Parker, one of the future "GDPs" in the 2001 NBA draft.

Having said that, after the Spurs failed to "take over", under Stern's promotion, Bennett successfully acquired the Seattle SuperSonics.

After Canada, he came to Seattle and was unwilling to build a new basketball stadium, so Bennett began to plan a grand plan to relocate the team.

If you want to move, of course you have to move back to your hometown.

The fans in Oklahoma City are very enthusiastic. When the Hornets encountered Hurricane Katrina, the Hornets moved to Oklahoma City for a short period of time.

Later, the facts also proved that although Oklahoma City is small, their fans are definitely good fans.

When the Thunder play at home, there is a special practice, that is, unless the home team completes the first down, the Thunder fans at home will never sit down.

Of course, regarding the move from Seattle, Bennett claimed that this was a completely helpless move, because it involved a huge commercial profit and loss of 8000 million US dollars.

Bennett said that if his team can play in Oklahoma City for two years, then they will get a huge commercial benefit of 2000 million US dollars.

He also said that if his team continues to stay in Seattle, they will lose 6000 million US dollars. Although Bennett himself is willing to pay 20% of the loss, the performance of the Supersonics in the past two years can be used incomparably. Terrible to describe.

The Associated Press released the 373-page testimony on Friday local time in the United States, and the testimony also took them up to 13 hours of work.

Of course, in the testimony, the difficulty of moving away at supersonic speed was mentioned.

2006年6月份，本内特和他的合伙人一同为球队赔上了3.5亿美元。同样在糟糕的2007-08赛季，超音速也亏损掉了3200万美元，而在去年他们也创造了20胜62负的队史尴尬纪录。证词中显示，超音速在2004年亏损了2300万美元，在2005年亏损了2900万美元。而球队在去年创造队史41年以来的最差战绩，让整个球队高层感到愤怒和不满。

Bennett even reprimanded, "If I think about it, there won't be a worse season than this one."

Of course, regarding the team's move to Oklahoma City, Bennett also looked forward to the future, "We can fully imagine that we will get a perfect rebuild there. We have a very clear understanding, where we will Increase our market value, at least we will be more profitable. We believe that Oklahoma City will have a good future"

The first time he came to Oklahoma, Shen Feng felt that this city was really a bit small.

Not only small but also nothing interesting, no wonder Westbrook is a model husband, and Durant has to drink Scarlett's bath water every day.
After Gallinari and other old SPs came to Oklahoma, they felt that there was nothing to love in life. In this birdy place, all the girls they saw had their own owners, which was too boring.

Shen Feng looked at them with contempt.

Before the start of the game, the entire Thunder team watched the Knicks game video together under the leadership of Coach Brooks.

This was edited by the team's editors. The content is very refined, and most of it is a key point, such as the Knicks' defensive launch, advancement speed, and tactical play.

Westbrook and Durant sat together, watching the screen intently.

Harden, at a little distance, is also serious.

Harden had a good relationship with Shen Feng before.

The two have known each other since the draft, and their relationship has always been good.

In the summer, he also came to New York to look for Shen Feng, but he was scared back by Shen Feng's crazy training intensity.

He was the one who took the video.
At that time, Harden felt that Shen Feng trained very hard, but in terms of strength, he must be the strongest, followed by Curry, and finally Shen Feng.

But he never expected that things would go completely beyond his expectation.

Shen Feng didn't say anything first.

Curry, who has been criticized by people before, began to rise sharply after entering January, but Harden can only be the sixth man. James Harden is not reconciled.

"We must never lose to Shen Feng, we must never lose." Harden thought to himself.

While Harden silently cheered himself up, Westbrook and Durant over there chatted easily.

"This is the other you in those people's mouths? Kevin, I don't think he is as good as you." Westbrook said to Durant casually.

"Some people say it's another you. Well, compared to me, Shen's style of play is more like yours. It's all reckless style of play." Durant rolled his eyes.

Now Shen Feng has many nicknames.

Mainly because of the style of play, Shen Feng's style of play is quite aggressive, which is like Westbrook, but the stormy offense is more like Durant, because no one can guard against it.

Brooks, who explained earlier, didn't care about Harden's distraction, nor did he care about Westbrook and Durant's whispered communication.

For him, these three people are no worse than Shen Feng in his mind, no matter which one they are.

On the contrary, he also felt that Durant had a more promising future than Shen Feng.

Speaking of which, no one thinks that the three of Thunder can become MVPs in the future, right?
Presti's vision in choosing people is really tsk tsk. If you choose an MVP a year, if the Thunder's owner is replaced by Dolan, can this Thunder team be able to dominate the league?
"Kevin, you are much better than him." Westbrook patted Durant on the back.

Although sometimes he doesn't like Westbrook's character, Durant has to admit that this guy is pretty good as a teammate.

"Thank you." There was a smile on Durant's face.

He thought so too.

But why is the popularity so far behind?

(End of this chapter)