ESPN also launched a new player list this year, which ranks the strength of players in the league each season.

James is in first place, followed by Howard, Wade, Nowitzki, Durant, Paul, Yao Ming, Kobe Bryant......

As soon as this list came out, it immediately exploded in the NBA fan base, causing countless people to complain.

It's only been a year since Howard was beaten by Yao Ming in the 2009 finals, and he was in front again. Many people think that this is a group of James and Wade, the two most capable stars in the NBA.

Yao Ming won 1-6 in the preseason and was looked down upon by experts, but he was still ranked in front of Kobe, and many people's reactions were the same: Kobe Bryant was only ranked eighth?

I have to say that ESPN is very good at playing, and the attraction of sports lies not only in the victory or defeat, but also in the topicality.

Who is strong and who is weak among players is a topic that runs through the entire history of sports, and each event is competing, and no one can escape it. People watch the Three Kingdoms love to talk about one Lu Er, Zhao Sandian, Wei, and Jin Yong's martial arts also have a martial arts ranking. As a media, it is the right and desirable approach to promote this discussion from a professional point of view, without pandering to or avoiding it.

ESPN didn't do this out of the blue, but invited 210 basketball experts to score on a scale of 1-10 and average them to get the final ranking. In other words, if ESPN wants to use this list to hack anyone, they must first convince these 210 people to have a unanimous idea.

The 210 people include website editors, radio anchors, veteran journalists, data experts, former players, former coaches, and turned-players with NBA management experience, and more, which is the wisdom of the crowd closer to the popular opinion.

was repeatedly looked down upon, and Kobe Bryant chose to remain silent. Although Comi believes that this is a lack of respect for the ranking, Bryant did not dare to say harsh words. He's even a little glad that it's better to be underrated than overrated, especially since he's found that it's hard for this Lakers team to do well this season.

The real pressure is on the Cavaliers Big Three, because they are so highly praised that the media are consciously praising them, including Facebook.

Holding a person to an extremely high height, higher than his own ability, and then suddenly falling, is probably one of the most intriguing tricks in the world. Even if you can survive physically, you are definitely disheartened psychologically, because there is no higher place to start over.

This year, as long as the Cavaliers can't win the championship, they will lose, just wait to be drowned by the fans.

On October 26, the opening game of the new NBA season began.

The Cavaliers vs Clippers live broadcast across the United States has attracted far more attention than the opening game of Spurs vs Mavericks.

People have seen a lot of "Bull and Horse Wars", and Yang Rui led the rebuilt Clippers to fight the Big Three, which is the first time in NBA history, and the gimmick is even more sufficient.

The Clippers players came to the locker room early to chat, and the atmosphere was lively. They all want to win, and they prove themselves in the first fight.

Yang Rui entered the locker room, clapped his hands, gathered the players together, and said loudly: "Let me tell you a good news, the outside world predicts the game, most people are optimistic about the victory of the Cavaliers, as long as we win today, it is an upset to defeat the strong with the weak, and we will get a higher evaluation." I can't think of how the Cavaliers can break down the defense, so we're going to win. ”

The mentality of the players relaxed all of a sudden, and Yang Rui was particularly good at despising the enemy strategically and valuing the enemy tactically, enhancing the confidence of the players in his team.

Yang Rui pulled the tactical board in the locker room, drew a few times with a pen, and marked the player's identity with numbers. "The key to winning today's game is the 122 defense, the Cavaliers are short of three-point shooters, all you have to do is defend the restricted area, Chris (Paul) moves around the perimeter, with the guard, no big surprise, they won't let Wade play point guard......"

After talking about defense, Yang Rui drew offensive tactics again. "We focus on pick-and-roll, and the key is misplaced singles and air cuts. DeAndre (Jordan) covered Chris in the middle, Blake (Griffin) ran more, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to break the ...... defense."

Yang Rui arranged a positional battle in a targeted manner to ensure the speed of the return defense, as long as the Cavaliers did not play a counterattack, their offense would be blocked, and the point of the first quarter was to stabilize the defense.

In the warm-up, Curry showed good touch and hit three points in a row, but he had to play off the bench for the team to win better. Yang Rui asked him to compete for the best sixth man this season and practice hard defense, at least not a black hole.

The Cavaliers are also practicing three-point shooting, which is not very good, and now Bosh has not increased his range, and he is mainly mid-range shooting. James' three-pointer hit the iron again and again. Miller, while accurate, will not start.

CCTV5 broadcast the game live, Zhang Li said: "Yang Rui is confident that the Clippers will become a championship team, the Clippers have been very strong after Paul joined, and their record in the preseason is better than that of the Cavaliers. ”

Yu Jia smiled: "I estimate that the Cavaliers are under a lot of pressure, they can't afford to lose, hype for a summer, if they lose in the first game, the Big Three will become a joke." ”

Clippers starters: Paul, Korver, Gay, Griffin, Jordan Jr.

Korver's performance in the preseason is worthy of a three-year, 15 million contract, and he has secured a starting position.

THE 29-YEAR-OLD KORVER, WHO IS 201 CM TALL AND WEIGHS 96 KILOGRAMS, IS AT THE PEAK OF HIS CAREER, SHOOTING 53.6 PERCENT FROM THREE-POINT RANGE LAST SEASON, AND HE HAS IMPROVED DEFENSIVELY FOR THREE SEASONS UNDER THE JAZZ SLOAN.

Korver's shooting is so good that the league's top stars will be thrown off the streets, and he averaged 2.6 three-pointers per game in the preseason at a 47.2% shooting rate.

Cavaliers starters: Chalmers, Wade, James, Bosh, Vallejo.

Adelman arranges the lineup based on the state of training, Chalmers has mediocre physical fitness, similar advantages to Korver, and is also not messy, has a steady style of play, and can shoot three-pointers.

To put it bluntly, this point guard has average organizational ability, will not be reckless, dribble the ball after half court and pass to the star, and honestly wait on the outside to pass the ball.

It's a tragedy that Chalmers, who shot 36.2 percent from three-point range in the preseason, was the most accurate three-point player in the Cavaliers' starters.

Jordan Jr. easily beat Vallejo with a jump ball, and the game began.

Paul received the ball on the perimeter, and when his teammates pulled away, Jordan Jr. pulled out of the three-point line to cover Paul and block Wade, and Paul went to the right side, attracting Bosh to switch defenses.

As soon as he tried it, Paul saw that the Cavaliers were a joint defense and did not put Chalmers in the same position as him, so that he would have an advantage in holding the ball alone.

Paul found a gap to distribute the ball to the middle, Jordan Jr. took the ball and cut into the air, the Cavaliers formed a quick contraction, James retreated and blocked the box with Vallejo.

If Jordan Jr. would have responded and passed the ball to the left side to Guy, it would have been a good shooting opportunity, but he didn't see his teammates at all, and after receiving the ball, he only had the basket in his eyes, and he jumped up and wanted to dunk past Vallejo.

Is Vallejo something that ordinary people can withhold? When he defended, he looked only 1.9 meters tall, he didn't raise his arms, he half-turned around and posed as if he wanted to hide, and his shoulders just went to the crotch of Little Jordan.

If it is true now, Little Jordan will have to TJ like many authors of the starting point Chinese network. Fortunately, little Jordan didn't jump so right, and the consequence of the injustice was that he lost his center of gravity in the air, and the basketball fell out of his hand.

Vallejo also fell to the ground, much gentler, but from the referee's point of view, he just wanted to dodge and was knocked down by Jordan Jr.

Because Vallejo was standing a little in front of the reasonable collision zone, the referee blew the whistle and ruled that Jordan Jr. hit someone with the ball, and the ball belonged to the Cavaliers.

Little Jordan was unharmed, and immediately got up to find the referee to theorize, Yang Rui covered his face with one hand on the sidelines, this rough brother was too speechless.