On the 4th, the NBA officially announced the team power rankings for the new season. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the top of the league is the strong Knicks, the Trail Blazers and Lakers are second and third, and the Jazz are fourth.

The Knicks' home opener has been heated up early, and everyone is waiting to see them beat the Jazz and get off to a good start to the new season.

The Knicks' total salary is an exaggerated $66.13 million, and according to the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement, 48% of the league's total revenue is the "salary cap", and 55% of the total income is the luxury tax cut-off.

This season, the league's salary cap is $30 million, and the Knicks are more than double and will be severely punished.

The first penalty is that the money held by the league is not returned to the athletes, and the second penalty is that the team has to pay a dollar in luxury tax for every dollar spent above 55%. These two penalties are parallel, and the potential punishment includes the confiscation of 10% of the player's money, which affects the unity and stability of the team.

For a team like the Knicks, the owner is willing to spend a lot of money, so he doesn't care.

The Jazz are much more miserable, there are no stars to join, the three elders are one year older, and the annual salary of 30.3 million has just reached the salary cap, and they take the money-saving route like the Raptors.

Sloan has no confidence in the Knicks, and last season, losing seven games in a row would be too exciting.

It's a pity that the league won't think about the Jazz, what they want is the opening gimmick, and the Bulls have no capital to be the Knicks' opponent, so they can only choose the Jazz.

Compared with the lineup, the Trail Blazers are not inferior to the Knicks, and the opening game against the SuperSonics is also interesting.

The addition of Pippen and Camby makes the Trail Blazers roster stronger. Sabonis, Pippen, Isiah Ryder, Rasheed Wallace, and Stoudemire were the starting combinations, and there were three strong men off the bench, including Camby, Grant, and Jim Jackson.

Jim Jackson, Jamal Mashburn, and Jason Kidd once formed the famous "Three J's" in the Mavericks, and later parted ways because he and Kidd were jealous of women.

He averaged 15.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game last season, and the Trail Blazers were only the sixth man, which is too extravagant.

The rebuilt Bulls are predicted to be the bottom one, the three stars are leaving, no other stars are willing to join, and the team boss is Kukoc, which is not to play at all.

Funnily enough, Rodman, who had asked for $10 million a year and felt good about himself, didn't find a job until the start of the season.

The only team interested in the "Big Bug" is the Heat, and despite fighting for two seasons in a row, it doesn't stop the management from appreciating Rodman.

But the Heat owner put forward three harsh conditions for Rodman: discipline must be followed; The salary is only $1 million; You have to work with the whole team. If you can't do these 3 things, please play while you go.

Rodman obviously couldn't do it, so he went while playing.

The Raptors are only in 24th place, better than the Grizzlies in Canada, and the introduction of two veterans, the selection of Carter is the reason for the better ranking than last season, but they are still at the bottom of the East, and no one expects them to make the playoffs.

Doron Multimedia expressed pessimism about the team's prospects and still can't accept the fact that the Raptors traded Marcus Camby for Jermaine O'Neal.

Sports magazines have even made a big fuss about O'Neal Jr.'s background, fearing that he will ruin the team's dressing room harmony because he is a troubled youth.

Little O'Neill was born in a slum, his father was missing when he was born, he was mischievous from an early age, did not study well, and had even worse discipline. In addition to his athletic talent, his life is a mess.

Fighting, brawls, rebellion, no matter how tall such a person grows and how fast he runs, no coach is willing to accept it. In the three years of junior high school, O'Neal Jr. never played varsity basketball, let alone received any formal training.

At the age of 15, O'Neal Jr. joined the basketball varsity team, 193CM in the first year of high school, 198CM in the second year of high school, and 208CM before graduating from high school. After graduating from high school, after consulting with his coach and family, O'Neal Jr. decided to try his hand at the NBA draft. This one is a national record.

In the summer of 1996, 17-and-a-half-year-old O'Neal Jr. was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 17th pick in the first round, creating the youngest NBA player.

This is not a reassuring record, and it has only been 5 years since he started training basketball systematically.

The Raptors' first game was an away game against the Celtics, and the pre-game comments were one-sided, and everyone was optimistic about the Green Army. The core of last season is still in place for the Green Army, with the addition of super-newcomer Paul Pearce.

In September last year, Pierce was stabbed 11 times by hooligans while visiting a nightclub, and appeared in court a month later to prove that he was Superman.

Butch Carter happened to be an assistant coach for the Celtics, and he was interviewed before the game, and he was crazy about Yang Rui and management.

"I'm very honoured to be joining Celtic, Rick Pitino is an experienced coach and I can learn a lot from him. The Raptors management signed Jerry Young completely out of the blue, trying to use his status as a Chinese coach to attract attention, and I don't regret leaving that bad team. ”

The reporter asked: "The Knicks' offense improved significantly last season, and many people said it was because of Jerry Young, what do you think?" ”

"That kid was just lucky to join the Knicks, and he was definitely not going to lead the Raptors to victory. I think the food show host is more suitable for him. Butch said dismissively.

Butch said as if he couldn't get used to the status quo of the Raptors and voluntarily resigned. Glenn Gruward saved face for him and didn't mention the dismissal, but he was bitten back and became a "foolish" manager.

Before getting on the plane, Yang Rui answered the phone and heard about it, and laughed: "Haha, Glenn, now you know why I have to let him go, right?" There is no reason to talk about this kind of person, and there is no need to give him face. ”

In dealing with the wicked, we should be vigilant, not give sympathy at will, even if the other person is in adversity, we should not show mercy, and if we help the ungrateful, we may hurt ourselves. The famous Chinese fable "Mr. Dongguo and the Wolf" tells such a truth.

Glenn sighed: "You can't lose this game, as long as you lead the team to win, it's the best fight back." ”

"Of course we're going to win, but I haven't paid attention to this kind of small role." Yang Rui sighed: "There is one thing that I care about more, can't the management charter a better plane?" ”

"This ...... We can't compare to the Knicks. Glenn said embarrassedly.

The team has been losing money year after year, and if it can be saved, it will be saved.

After getting on the plane, Yang Rui and Xibodeo's hearts were a little cold, looking at each other, they could only smile bitterly.

After enjoying a luxury plane in the Knicks, and then looking at the plane of the Raptors package, the gap is really big. When the team plays away, they all cooperate with airlines to charter flights, and only a few giants can enjoy the modified special planes.

The seats on the Knicks plane are more spacious than the average first class, and the configuration of the Raptors, everyone is crammed together.

After more than two hours, everyone arrived at their destination, but fortunately, the specifications booked in the hotel were similar, and there were also meal supplements, which is the unified standard of the NBA.

On the morning of the 5th, acclimatization training, and in the evening, the opening match was about to begin.