Chapter 44 Finally Here
　　In the end, the Celtics had the last laugh in this China game held in Beijing.

　　Bateer became the protagonist for both teams in the second half.

　　Miller-Carr, who had learned the ways of the world from Auerbach for a few years, let Bateer play for a full 20 minutes in the second half.

　　And on the court, Bateer lived up to expectations by successively "suplexing" Mourning, Su Feng, and O'Neal, the three major players of the Heat.

　　Because a cheerful atmosphere permeated the entire venue at that time, and Bateer protected these three Heat players when he "suplexed" them, the referees did not impose additional malicious foul penalties on him after discovering that Bateer had no malicious intent.

　　As the Celtics' number one water fountain manager for the past two years, in this life, due to the various influences brought about by Su Feng's appearance, Bateer is not only a member of the 08 Olympic Chinese Men's Basketball Team plan, but in the United States, his popularity is even higher than some American local stars.

　　And the fact that he, who averaged less than 3 points per game in his NBA career, can have such popularity is definitely due to his suplex on O'Neal in the Finals that year.

　　This summer, after fighting alongside the national team in the Asian Championships, Bateer knew that the 05/06 season would be his last in the NBA.

　　Because he, who will turn 30 at the end of the year, instead of continuing to stay in the NBA to improve himself...

　　Right now, he has reached the point where he needs more games to maintain his form.

　　In Su Feng's original timeline, many Chinese fans believed that staying in the NBA to watch the water fountain was faster to improve than playing in the CBA...

　　And you might not believe it when I say it.

　　This view is actually correct.

　　However, it depends on the age.

　　Because as long as you can squeeze into the regular season 15-man roster of an NBA team, even if you don't have any games to play normally, its daily training and intra-team training matches are far superior to the CBA, so for most young players, even if they stay in the NBA to watch the water fountain, their rate of improvement will be faster than players who play in other leagues.

　　However, for Bateer, who currently has no extra potential to tap, staying in the NBA is no longer meaningful, so after the 05/06 season, he plans to go to Europe, to see how good those European centers are in the so-called European leagues.

　　In Bateer's view, on the one hand, the level of the EuroLeague is higher than the CBA, and on the other hand, he can also scout the progress of European opponents for the Chinese Men's Basketball Team while playing in Europe.

　　It has to be said that with the common strategic goal of the 08 Olympic gold medal plan, the unity within the Chinese Men's Basketball Team far exceeds that of the team in Su Feng's memory.

　　You must know that in Su Feng's original timeline, until the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games, there were still players in the national team who were reprimanded by Yao Ming for slacking off.

　　And although in this year's Americas Championship, the new coach of the US Men's Basketball Team, Coach K, can only lead a group of college students to get the entry ticket for the US Men's Basketball Team for next year's World Championships in Japan, after losing two world competitions in a row, in the following 06 and 08, the members of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team are very clear that the US Men's Basketball Team will inevitably summon NBA stars and send their strongest lineup to reshape the glory of the American Dream Team.

　　However, for the members of the national team who have tasted the taste of Olympic champions...

　　How can they miss the 08 Olympic gold medal?

　　In the past two years, as Su Feng has gradually entered his peak period, this group of people who have been teammates with Su Feng in the national team are very clear about how great their chances of winning the championship in 08 are.

　　To put it bluntly, they want to hug Su Feng's thigh.

　　Then Bateer knows that he must also submit a certificate of loyalty.

　　In Su Feng's previous life, the fact that the once famous three major Chinese centers could not appear on the stage of the Beijing Olympic Games together is definitely a regret in the hearts of all Chinese fans.

　　Because you might not believe it when I say it.

　　The Chinese Men's Basketball Team, which was bursting with talent during this period...

　　Has never played a single game in its strongest form after 02.

　　Just try to imagine, even without Su Feng...

　　With Bateer's performance in the CBA at that time...

　　So it is conceivable how difficult the East was during this period.

　　On the evening of the 13th, like on the 9th, Shanghai that day can be described as a sea of people, with gongs and drums beating and flags flying...

　　As a local Shanghai native, Little Yao originally wanted to host a dinner for the Heat players before the game.

　　However, how could O'Neal, who had finally recovered his stomach, be fooled again?

　　"I didn't expect that you, a little brother who usually looks honest and kind, would actually be this kind of person."

　　That day, after learning that Yao Ming was planning to invite everyone to eat Chongqing hot pot, O'Neal said to Su Feng.

　　Upon hearing this, Su Feng smiled and said, "Shaq, you don't really think Yao is an honest person, do you?"

　　In Su Feng's opinion, people who say Yao Ming is honest are basically cloud fans.

　　Because in fact...

　　This Little Yao has never been honest...

　　If Su Feng remembers correctly, in 02, after the national team was defeated in Indianapolis, Little Yao once said in an interview that he was also very helpless after losing the game.

　　Because of his height, when he goes out to buy groceries after returning to China, you can't ask him to dress up as a woman like the national football team players, right?

　　And in 04, after the national team entered the top eight, Yao Ming also said that if certain sports, certain players, entered the top eight, it might be a success for them, but for the Chinese Men's Basketball Team, it was just a heartbreaking response.

　　Because the top eight was just the predetermined goal that the national team had set for itself before the game.

　　In addition, when playing in the NBA, this Little Yao is also a master of sarcasm.

　　Anyway, many NBA inside players who thought they had received Yao Ming's praise did not realize until many years later that Little Yao was actually dissing them at the time.

　　It's just...

　　Judging from the timing of Little Yao's plan to host a dinner for the Heat players this time, Su Feng always felt that the news that O'Neal and others had upset stomachs in Beijing must have leaked.

　　Because Yao Ming's wave of operations...

　　Was clearly trying to mess with O'Neal and others' mentality.

　　So that day, when Yao Ming changed to treat everyone to Shanghai cuisine, Su Feng asked in Chinese encrypted communication, "Mingming, how did you know that O'Neal and others had upset stomachs in Beijing?"

　　"Brother Feng, don't you usually go online?" Upon hearing this, Yao Ming asked with an embarrassed smile.

　　"With such big guys like O'Neal, how could they not run into fans when they went to eat Chongqing hot pot in Beijing?

　　And combining that with their game against the Celtics, I think they must have had upset stomachs before the game." After a pause, Yao Ming added.

　　Su Feng: "..."

　　Good fellow!

　　You guessed it!

　　Okay then.

　　If O'Neal and Yao Ming enter the Hall of Fame together in the future.

　　Then Su Feng believes that O'Neal's dark history will definitely be written into Little Yao's acceptance speech at that time.

　　……

　　On the evening of the 13th, the defending champion Heat lost to the 76ers 109 to 119 in their second China game.

　　There is nothing to say about the process of this game.

　　The Heat players were finding their form and training through the game.

　　For the preseason, the Heat's old guys could not be as serious as they are in the regular season.

　　According to Coach Su's plan, he will not even play in the Heat's next five preseason games after returning to Miami.

　t mean Su Feng looks down on the meager iron-hitting value of the preseason...

　　It's just that you can't let Su Feng play every game and not give those tools who don't usually have a chance to play any right to breathe during this rare training opportunity, right?

　　In Su Feng's previous life, some cloud fans always liked to take the results of the preseason seriously, and then they would find out after the regular season started...

　　Holy crap, why are those teams that performed worse than the other in the preseason so fierce in the regular season?

　　Look...

　　Because they were slapped in the face last year, isn't ESPN much smarter this year?

　　On the 15th, on ESPN's first NBA team power rankings, the Heat, who suffered two losses in a row in China, ranked first.

　　Among the folks, some cloud fans questioned this list.

　　Because in their opinion, the Heat did not show their dominance in these two preseason games.

　　And for the views of these cloud fans, ESPN of course chose to ignore them.

　　After all, the memory of being slapped in the face last year is still a past that the ESPN news editing department is unwilling to mention.

　　On the 18th and 20th, the Heat, who returned to Miami, played two preseason games against the Bucks and Wizards respectively.

　　Due to Su Feng's absence, O'Neal only played 15 minutes in these two games combined.

　　Therefore, the outside world does not know at this time that O'Neal will take over the organizational responsibility for the Heat in the new season.

　　In the game, Spoelstra arranged for the remaining Heat players to conduct a lot of off-ball movement drills.

　　This is so that when the regular season starts, the remaining Heat players can get used to O'Neal organizing from the high post.

　　Compared with last year, in the new season, the Heat not only added local hand-off passing coordination, but also the number of off-ball cuts by players on the court is also increasing.

　　Hayes became the Heat's biggest surprise in the preseason.

　　On the court, this stocky rebounding monster with a height of only 198 cm in shoes, grabbed a total of 45 rebounds in the Heat's first 4 preseason games this year.

　　The local media in Miami even joked that Hayes is Miami's "Big Ben".

　　And it is worth mentioning that because Hayes and Big Ben were both undrafted players, so when Hayes thanked Su Feng and Riley for being willing to give him a chance after the game, combined with Big Ben's past in Philadelphia...

　　Online, some fans joked that Su Feng really has a soft spot for this kind of short inside player.

　　"Chuck is very energetic, he can definitely survive in the NBA."

　　It's just, I don't know if Big Ben cried when he learned that Su Feng had "fallen in love" with a stocky rebounding monster again.

　　Anyway, Toronto...

　　Little O'Neal has already cried in the new season.

　　Last year, after experiencing a failed season with the team, Little O'Neal originally wanted to shout "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river" in the new season.

　t want to watch Little O'Neal and Carter kill Yunlan Sect together.

　　In the Raptors' 7 series games in the new season, you say Marbury is independent?

　　He can average 8 assists per game.

　　But you say Marbury is not independent?

　　With his performance of hitting more than ten irons every game, in today's league, who can compare with him except Su Feng and Kobe?

　　"Although Stephon can also send out a lot of assists every game.

　　However, most of his assists are completed after brainless breakthroughs.

　　And his shots not only destroyed the Raptors' original chemical reaction, but also disrupted the rhythm of his teammates on the court.

　　Many times, Vince and Jermaine can only do shuttle runs with him on the court."

　　TNT TV station, after the teams finished their preseason journey one after another, Barkley revealed the truth why the Raptors only achieved 2 wins and 5 losses in the preseason when reviewing.

　　"Then Charles, what do you think of the Heat, who also only achieved 2 wins and 5 losses in the preseason?" On the other side, Smith asked.

　　At this time, after clearing his throat, Barkley said, "I think the Miami Heat are on the right track."

　　For fans who don't understand the Heat in front of the TV, you will definitely feel that Barkley is double-standard.

　　But to be honest...

　　The more miserable the Heat loses in the preseason now, the more confident the Heat fans are.

　t the Heat start like this last year?

　　On the 28th, on the power ranking before the start of the regular season, no team can shake the Heat's first position.

　　And for this, Su Feng also knows that it is no longer realistic for the Heat to slap their faces all the way like last year.

　　Because the eyes of the people are sharp.

　　How could they be blinded by the Heat's preseason results again and again?

　　According to the schedule, the Heat will usher in the opening game on November 1.

　　At that time, they will be at home to face the Cavaliers.

　　To be honest.

　　The league's executives during this period were indeed ingenious in arranging the schedule.

　　Because in the opening game, the Heat will hold the championship banner raising ceremony and award ceremony at the American Airlines Center, so in Su Feng's view, Stern undoubtedly wants to take this opportunity to establish James' identity as his successor.

　　Knowing that Su Feng will grow old one day, Stern has invested a lot of publicity resources in James in the past two years.

　　Off the court, James' personality is still excellent.

　　In particular, the famous scene where he jumped onto the technical table and shouted "I want to defeat Su Feng" has attracted a lot of fans for him.

　　And under Su Feng's guidance, Little Zhan Zhan is usually more willing to show the more real him in front of the media.

　　And most importantly...

　　When interviewed, Little Zhan Zhan doesn't like to make promises to fans like in Su Feng's memory.

　　In Su Feng's previous life, in the famous "Zhan Hei Collection", it is not difficult to find that a major reason why Little Zhan Zhan is often dissed is that in order to create hype, his team and he often like to make some promises to fans.

　　But promises are like this...

　　It's simple when you say it, but once you can't complete it, then like a certain Qidian author, you will be backlashed one day.

　　In this life, with Su Feng, a walking legend, to piggyback on, James naturally doesn't need those promises to increase his attention.

　　And on the court, James' performance is also better than in Su Feng's memory during the same period.

　　Although he has been swept twice in a row in the past two years...

　　But in the 03 generation...

　　Who hasn't experienced being swept? (Korver:?)

　　Putting aside these two swept experiences, in terms of technical completion, Little Zhan Zhan is definitely one of the best point guards in the league today.

　　Stern hopes that James can successfully take over from Su Feng when Su Feng retires in the future.

　　Therefore, this seemingly ordinary playoff game also continues the inheritance tone that Stern set for the NBA since the 90s.

　　That is...

　　Stern might not believe it when I say it.

　　After being beaten by Su Feng in Las Vegas this summer, even James has begun to doubt...

　　Su Feng might still be galloping in the league when he retires in the future.

　　And as the focus of the "Troubles of Successors" series of tasks, Su Feng naturally has the obligation to help James out of such confusion for James' current confusion.

　　Is it finally here, my successor!

　　November 1, Miami, American Airlines Center.

　　As the championship banner symbolizing the highest team honor in the NBA slowly rises to the dome of this stadium...

　　The entire Florida is proud of Miami that night.

　　No need for sentimentality.

　　No need for foreshadowing.

　　On the court, when Su Feng took the lead to walk to the center of the stage to receive his fourth championship ring in his career...

　　The overwhelming cheers instantly submerged the American Airlines Center.

　　Look...

　　When the king stands at the top of the mountain...

　　How ridiculous are those villains who ridiculed him before.

　　The group of people who tried to kill the king with the strokes of the keyboard are destined to become a joke.

　　On the sidelines, James observed the Heat's banner raising ceremony at home.

　　At this moment, the man known as the "King's Successor" was in a mixed mood.

　　In particular...

　　When Korver, who has become James' teammate, received his championship ring.

　　Envy?

　　Jealousy?

　　On the Cleveland Cavaliers' bench, when the Cavaliers' players rushed forward to watch Korver's championship ring, James decisively chose to refuse.

　　Because at that moment, he remembered that winter day in 1997...

　　His mind kept popping up that sentence that Su Feng said to him that year.

　　The reason why human beings are not afraid of darkness.

　　It's because everyone knows that the light will definitely come the next morning.

　　"LeBron, one day, we will definitely join forces to defeat Uncle Su Feng in the NBA!"

　　And for James at this moment.

　　Stephen Curry is undoubtedly the hope in his mind.

　　Although Curry at this time was rejected by many famous basketball schools after graduating from high school because of his small size, and finally had to choose Davidson College.

　　But in James' view...

　　What Stephen Curry said to him that year, more than the original intention he wanted to express, the more important thing is...

　　The momentum of going forward and living to death in this sentence.

　　The light is destined to come.

　　And only those who survive the darkness can see the moment when the light comes.

　　The court is also life.

　　American Airlines Center, as the big screen at the scene gives the starting five tigers for the two teams tonight.

　　The curtain of the 05/06 season NBA regular season officially opened!

　　Heat: O'Neal, Hayes, Su Feng, Butler, Payton.

　　Cavaliers: Big Z, Bosh, Johnson, Korver, James.

　　In the center of the court, O'Neal and Big Z are responsible for the jump ball to start the game.

　　As a result, the fans at the scene hadn't even warmed their butts yet...

　　O'Neal almost made them kneel.

　　Because on the court, after Payton dribbled the ball past the half court, the one who came to the high post to organize...

　　Was impressively the "Big Shark" with one of the largest models in the NBA.

　　……

　　ps: A free chapter about Su Feng's abilities will be updated later!