From the beginning of October to the end of October, and sometimes into the beginning of November, the NBA has hundreds of preseason games each season.

Each team will generally have 8 games, and the preseason games do not count the rankings, do not count the over/under, and have no impact on the regular season standings, but are just a way to warm up for the start of the new season and see how much rookies and players have improved.

Sending Salmons away and welcoming Carney and other rookies, the strength of the Philadelphia 76ers does not seem to have improved much.

Throughout the summer, Philadelphia didn't make a single blockbuster trade and didn't bring in any big-name players. Iverson and Webb, who were in a state of uproar and could leave at any time, also stayed on the team to shoulder the burden of reviving Philadelphia.

Although the preseason record cannot be counted, many strong teams have played poorly in the preseason, but the regular season has begun to soar. There are also many weak teams that are invincible in the preseason, but they are weak all the way in the regular season.

However, the results of the pre-season can still show the spirit of a team and the improvement of the young players in the team.

At the end of nearly a month of fixtures, in the eight preseason games, Philadelphia fans were pleasantly surprised to find that Iguodala, a third-year player on the team, has improved rapidly, his physical fitness is still strong, his defensive end is airtight, his bewitching dribbling and passing have begun to bear fruit, and his mid-range shooting is also more reliable.

In addition, sharpshooter Korver has gone one step further, still maintaining a 100-step crosshair outside the three-point line, and his physical strength has also improved significantly.

Today's Korver is still polishing his defensive skills, often appearing in the corner of the poster of the moments when major stars attack the basket as a background emperor.

But with the physical improvement, Korver can already keep moving on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, causing some problems for the opponent.

Iverson is still a killer, and in the limited playing time in the preseason, the elf point guard has slashed like a chopping vegetable and has been crisp and clean. The speed is indeed not comparable to the peak, but the shooting crosshairs and shot options have become more thief and fine, which is difficult to guard.

Chris Webb, on the other hand, ushered in his most declining season.

The flashy power forward, who has shown versatility since his rookie season, has lost his athleticism after a series of injuries and surgeries. Last season, he gritted his teeth and held on, and it seemed good to score close to 20+10. But after a closer look at the game, it is not difficult to see that Webb's influence on the course of the game has been better than nothing.

In the short playing time, Webber showed his old age, running on the court like an old cow, and he couldn't keep up with the new generation of flying warriors.

The star who represents a gorgeous era will finally be gradually abandoned by the times and enter the yellowed pages of history.

However, Philadelphia fans are not too worried about this issue.

“…… In the final round of the NBA preseason today, the Philadelphia 76ers won away from the Charlotte Bobcats. The team's big player 'Chinese kid' Chen Mu played well and scored an efficient double-double in 22 minutes. 17 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists, plus 4 blocks, and he was full of energy on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. ”

Looking at the game picture shown on the TV, Su Yin's big eyes did not blink, he sat cross-legged with a pair of long legs, his head was almost stretched into the TV, staring at the court picture, not distracted for a second.

In the picture, the big yellow-skinned man soared up and down, still unstoppable on the offensive end, and there was no pressure in the face of preseason-level opponents, with mid-range shots, violent dunks, points, and rebounds.

On the defensive side, Chen Mu changed his past frizziness and seemed very calm and composed, predicting the timing of the opponent's shot several times and sending a wonderful hat, which surprised the fans.

"Brother Mu is so powerful!"

Su Yin's understanding of basketball is still half-baked, but since Chen Mu entered the NBA, she has spent more and more time sitting in front of the TV watching the game, and she has somewhat understood some truths on the court.

In fact, this slightly shy girl also checked a lot of Chen Mu's information on the Internet in private, and somehow, she even found a website called "Chen Mu Chinese Network".

In order to learn more about basketball, when chatting with Chen Mu in the future, Su Yinzai carefully looked through a lot of technical and tactical analysis posts. She had a headache when she saw those professional terms, but in order to learn more about basketball, she still watched it hard.

There are not many posts on the forum, and even fewer have content and nutrition, and in a few days, Su Yin finished reading it. During this period of time, in the phone calls and text messages with Chen Mu, Su Yin would pop up one or two basketball professional terms from time to time, which made Chen Mu look at him with admiration, which made Xiao Nizi secretly happy.

"Haha~ Isn't it just to spend some time researching, I can also be a 'true fan'~!"

Whenever she heard Chen Mu's surprised voice on the other end of the phone, Su Yin was very happy, although the two places were separated, this wonderful bond firmly tugged at the hearts of the two and brought them closer.

"Brother Mu's defense is so good, the timing and positioning are very good, where is it as unbearable as they say!"

Recalling a post he saw in the forum before, Su Yin pouted and said to himself angrily: "What 'the road is not long', what 'core defects', it's just nonsense!" ”

"Yo~Watching sports news again~?"

Behind Su Yin, Boss Su's voice sounded, and seeing that his daughter was becoming more and more interested in sports, Boss Su was also overjoyed.

Any fan will want their children to love sports and basketball. Although everyone's interests and hobbies are different and cannot be forced, it is definitely a small dream of football parents to discuss the game and analyze tactics with their own children.

"Hmph~ Don't look down on people, I'm a 'real fan' now!"

Su Yin looked at Boss Su provocatively, and said with a smile: "I don't believe you ask, what I don't know~"

"Haha, are you still excited? As long as you have a little bit of three-legged cat kung fu, let's wait until ten years after watching basketball to challenge your dad! ”

Boss Su sat beside Su Yin with a smile, looking at Chen Mu's performance on the screen, he suddenly looked stunned, and said to himself: "This kid's defense is decent!" ”

In this year, there are not too many broadcast channels for preseason games, and even die-hard fans like Boss Su may not necessarily watch it.

The last time Boss Su watched the Chen Mu game was the video of the Asian Youth Championship finals.

At that time, Chen Mu won luxury data and led the team to win and performed well. On the defensive end, he even sent an astonishing 10 blocks to shock the Asian youth basketball world.

However, for senior fans like Boss Su, it can be judged by watching the game that the reason why Chen Mu was able to win 10 blocks and become the Asian Youth Championship block king relied on his physical fitness that surpassed his peers.

The crushing advantage of bounce speed and bounce height, the perfect combination of height and flexibility, in the Asian youth arena, Chen Mu is invincible, and it is easy to abuse vegetables.

At that time, Boss Su was a little worried, a summer was about to pass, Chen Mu's defense was still in the stage of relying on instinct and physical reaction, without the slightest improvement, and when the new season of the NBA started, it was easy to be targeted.

Last season, Chen Mu was born, and many teams didn't know him well, plus there was a quasi-All-Star level interior Webb in the team, and Chen Mu rarely made targeted adjustments at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

And now the situation is completely different, after half a season of analysis and investigation, everything about Chen Mu has been shown in front of all teams. As long as the opposing coach is poisonous enough, and when Chen Mu is on the court, he makes targeted tactical arrangements and focuses on Chen Mu, Philadelphia will still be in trouble.

In fact, in the latter games of last season, this was already the case.

The Raptors' Bosh infinite face frame singled out Chen Mu's tactics, the Mavericks' Nowitzki play the No. 5 position, and the Washington Wizards' foul making tactics, all of which were aimed at Chen Mu. In terms of actual results, it is indeed quite good.

"If you can't practice an average level of defensive skills, Chen Mu's second professional season will definitely be extremely difficult!"

This is the judgment given by Boss Su.

However, today, Chen Mu in the news picture seems to be different from before.

After watching it for a while, Boss Su suddenly laughed, and while reading words like "Where is it", he got up and went back to the back room to rummage for a while, took out a mobile hard drive, and after connecting to the computer, he called Su Yin to his side.

"Dad, what's wrong with you? Why all of a sudden so excited? ”

Su Yin didn't have a problem with his living father, so he came to the computer with a wry smile and took a look, and what appeared on the screen was the game screen of the Asian Youth Championship finals.

"You've watched this game 800 times this summer! I'm almost ready to memorize it, what else do you want to see it for? ”

Facing Su Yin's complaints, Boss Su didn't care, leaned back, shook his head and said, "Take a closer look, your brother Mu, what's the difference between this game and the game on TV just now?" ”

"Hmmm......"

Su Yin looked at it for a while, and then said, "The defense is good, the position is alert, and it is not easy to eat." ”

"Yes, it looks like you've worked hard." Boss Su patted his baby daughter's waist with satisfaction and continued: "But what you see is just the appearance. ”

On the screen, South Korean player Kim Shi made a passing feint, which caused Chen Mu to deviate to one side, and then shot in the middle, but was still covered by Chen Mu, who came first.

"For example, in this ball, although your brother Mu succeeded in the block, the feints of the Korean players before easily shook him away and obtained the space for mid-range shots. Think about it, what would have happened if it wasn't this Kim Shi-rae who was holding the ball at this time, but Nash? ”

"Well, Nash will shoot faster, even with a little bit of a back, and hit the basket?" Su Yin thought for a moment and replied.

"That's right! It's my Su's daughter! ”

Boss Su smiled: "In this round, it is not difficult to see that your brother Mu's biggest problem on the defensive end is that he wants to do everything and interfere in everything. Whether the opponent is shooting a layup or passing, he will involuntarily reach out to block it, and the result is very easy to be shaken away. This is a common mistake that basketball novices can easily make when defending. ”

"But in the game just now, this kid seems to have changed as a person, his concentration on the defensive end has been greatly improved, he no longer thinks about what he has and doesn't, and concentrates on doing the thing in front of him, that is, 'do his best to prevent the opponent's attack'!"

"Defense is the easiest thing to do on the basketball court, even if you can't dribble, shoot, pass, or connect the ball, you can still do it well. But defense is also the most difficult thing on the basketball court, what should be in charge of their own affairs, what things should be handled by teammates with confidence and boldness, and how to find the balance is a difficult problem that every defender must overcome. ”

Saying that, Boss Su looked at Su Yin with deep meaning, and said with a kind smile: "This is the case on the basketball court, and the same is true in life, see your position clearly, do what you can, don't worry about anything else, first do one thing to the extreme, in order to truly gain a foothold in this society!" ”

Boss Su's analysis was clear, Su Yin listened and nodded, and his understanding of basketball deepened a few points. There are so many truths contained in this small orange ball, which made Su Yin a little unexpected.

Suddenly, a sentence broke into Su Yin's mind for no reason, her beautiful eyes wrinkled slightly, and she said to herself: "Abandon the all-round thinking of taking care of everything......"

"That's great!"

Boss Su slapped his thigh and said with a smile: "It's still my baby daughter who is smart, and this word is much more accurate than our old guys!" ”

"No, Dad, that's not what I said."

Su Yin looked stunned, typed the URL on the keyboard, clicked on the post, and said, "This person said it." ”

"Oh......?"

Boss Su frowned and read the post carefully, the more he looked at the breathing sound, the heavier he became, and when he finally looked at the time of the posting, he was even more surprised.

"This guy is amazing, whether it is his understanding of basketball or his understanding of Chen Mu...... Definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp! ”

Boss Su was beside him, and Su Yin was also thoughtful, and for the first time came up with the idea of registering an ID and contacting the poster of this post.

November 1, 2006, 7 p.m. ET.

The Valgiovia Arena was packed and fans were waiting with bated breath for the start of the first game of the new season.

Although Webb, the team's starting power forward, is not in good shape, he is also an All-Star level player and a former "king". After some deliberation between Chicks and Chen Mu, Chen Mu readily agreed to the arrangement of continuing to serve as the sixth person for the time being.

"If Chris doesn't get his senses back, I could have put you in the starting lineup at any time!"

With Cheeks' promise, Chen Mu knew that his first NBA start was not far away.

On the pitch, a long-necked player who looked like a velociraptor looked around and saw a big yellow-skinned man on the bench at a glance.

"Hey, there's another chance to abuse him~"

On the sidelines, Chen Mu was sitting precariously, also looking at the all-star power forward.

"Chris Bosh, the humiliation of last season, I must get it back......!"

The new season is finally here! (To be continued.) )