The arrival of the preseason has once again made the Bucks feel the playing atmosphere of the new season.

After He Li just arrived at the Bucks training ground, both rookies and veterans in the Bucks continued to charge towards the championship with a clear card attitude.

On November 2, the NBA 04-05 season opener will be held, with the Bucks playing against the Lakers.

After the offseason cultivation, Kobe, who was injured in the playoffs before, is now able to warm up on the sidelines. As for whether he can officially play, it's still a little bit.

In short, for an important game like the opening game, as long as Kobe is not seriously injured and cannot get out of bed, as the Lakers boss, he must sit on the sidelines in a suit and tie to cheer for the Lakers.

Of course, if possible, Kobe would definitely want to play this game.

Last season, the Lakers were the team that was most likely to threaten the Bucks.

The Lakers' Big Three configuration is indeed one of the most championship-competitive teams in the league.

Unfortunately, the three Lakers giants beat the Spurs with GDP as the core, but were picked up by the King.

The king was slightly inferior to his strength, and reached the finals with one point of luck, which instead achieved the great achievements of the Bucks in three consecutive championships to create the dynasty.

The Lakers are still a strong team in the Western Conference this season. Before the preseason began, Kobe emphasized at the press conference that he will definitely return this season.

After all, if Kobe doesn't return, the Lakers' Big Three can't hold on anymore.

During this offseason, Garnett's contract expired. The Lakers had to worry about the newly formed Big Three lineup, because Garnett was regretful and turned to another place and was in an unfavorable situation of the collapse of the building.

Fortunately, Garnett was also angry, and Los Angeles did have enough attractiveness to the stars.

Garnett chose to renew his contract with the Lakers, and compared with the previous contract, he took the initiative to cut his salary.

But, anyway, Garnett's new contract is also the league's top big contract.

It's also a maximum salary contract, Garnett's contract is much bigger than Kobe.

It is worth mentioning that Kobe's contract is still one year away, but during the offseason, Kobe has the right to execute the player option.

Kobe can join Garnett as a free agent and enter the free market to test the waters.

But the two contracts together are close to 35 million, and no team in the league has enough salary space to eat both of them in one go.

After eating them, the team's salary space was almost filled up, and the remaining players could only have the basic salary contract, so the team did not have to worry about paying too much luxury tax.

This also means that Kobe and Garnett want to try the free market, either go separately and go to two different teams.

If you want to play together, you can only stay with the Lakers and renew your contract with the Birds hat.

In fact, Kobe has the right to execute the player options and then renew the contract with the Lakers in advance, but Kobe did not do so.

Kobe retained the player option and prepared to finish the last year of the current contract in the Lakers.

This means that in the offseason next year, Kobe may leave himself and leave the Lakers to another team that has the opportunity to compete for the championship.

Of course, it is unlikely to do so with Kobe's personality.

Then the only possibility is that Kobe does not want to lock the Lakers' salary space too early, and after taking three maximum salary, there is no possibility of signings.

To a certain extent, Kobe has to finish this season and decide whether to cut his salary significantly to renew his contract, considering the Lakers' championship in the next few years.

It is precisely because of this that this year is very important to the Lakers.

If the Bucks, the dominant opponent in the regular season, then if the Lakers still want to win the championship with their current team in the next few years, they must further strengthen.

If the team wants to strengthen, it is essential to expand the salary space to sign up.

However, some teams do not need to expand their salary space at all, and the recruitment work is done very well.

In the previous offseason, the Bucks selected three veterans.

Although Steve Smith has only participated in the All-Star Game for only one time, he is one of the members of the Dream Team 2 and Dream Team 4.

As a shooting guard who is good at shooting in the past two meters, even though Steve Smith no longer has the talent of his youth, he can occasionally help the Bucks score a few goals.

During the offseason, the Bucks let go of some rotational shooters, so it is just right to sign a few star veteran scorers with the minimum salary of the veteran.

In addition to Steve Smith, the Bucks also recruited Jim Jackson and Tom Gugliotta.

Jim Jackson is a famous prodigal son in the league. He once performed extremely well in the 1990s with more than 25 points per game.

However, he has a bad temper and a tragic life. He encountered injuries as soon as he reached the peak. From then on, the Feitian River gradually changed to a floor river, and the team's core became an ordinary starter, and the heroes were no longer there.

Therefore, Jim Jackson has never received a big contract in his life, and has never even received a middle-class contract.

It is also because of injuries and personality problems that Jim Jackson has become a famous thorn player in the league who is not obeying discipline and keeps wandering in the league.

However, after taking a basic salary contract in the past two years, Jim Jackson was ready to withdraw from the league and go out to roam.

This time, Jim Jackson gave up the opportunity to renew his contract with the mosaic and ran the Bucks to win the championship with his legs.

After all, I was also the one who dreamed of picking stars back then. If I could win a championship ring before retiring, it would be a good thing.

No matter how bad it is, it will go bankrupt if you leave the league. There is also a championship ring that can be sold at the auction house, which can last for some time.

As the saying goes, people are good at dying. Jim Jackson, who is planning to leave the league, is not as unwilling as before.

Besides, Tom Gugliota made a three-pointer shot in the NCAA period. Although he was a little unacceptable to the NBA, as a power forward who was floating on the outside, he was still very sure of the middle distance.

Tom Gugliotta entered the All-Star Game at his peak. Although his strength has declined a lot, it is mainly physical.

Shooting mainly depends on technology. Perhaps physical confrontation affects shooting percentage, but the Bucks don't have to worry too much about this.

Players who have played in the Bucks know that when playing around He Li, there is no need to worry about shooting space, there are some spaces left!

Having said that, the Bucks strengthened three veterans with shooting ability in the offseason, which was enough to make up for the lack of the Bucks shooter group.

As Kwame Brown, Boozer, Wade and others grow, the Bucks' internal and external advantages will become increasingly greater.

In fact, this opening game against the Lakers does not need to wait until He Li takes action. The rest of the Bucks can easily take the Lakers away after a few waves of force.

Wade's breakthrough and Boozer's mid-range shots are already pretty good. In He Li's opinion, the Bucks are just missing a forward player who is as quick as Yi Jianlian, with strong ability to attack baskets.

However, it is probably not easy to hit James to the Bucks.

Joining is not something James is good at, James is better at joining.

Some things still have to be done by the younger generation.

Of course, He Li felt that James would take action soon.

Otherwise, if the East continues to be ruled by the Bucks, even if James becomes bald and strong, he will not be able to solve the Bucks with the peak He Li and Wade.

Not to mention the Bucks, Kwame Brown, Boozer, and the stars and veterans who are available every year, easy to use and cheap.

"So, it's really difficult to have a future Azan."

He Li feels that even if Wade's rookie contract is over and the Bucks eat Wade's second contract, the Bucks may still be the overlord of the Eastern Conference.

James will continue to stay in the dark east, and I am afraid nothing will be useless.

It is even possible that he will become the next Carl Malone who has not found He Li to win the championship with his legs.

Back to the topic, the opening match between the Lakers and the Bucks ended with a score of 92-114, and the Bucks defeated a powerful opponent like the Lakers with a 22-point victory.

In this game, He Li played for a total of 16 minutes, made 6 of 11 shots in the game, made 3 of 6 three-pointers, and made 1 of 1 free throw, scoring 16 points, and his score was still efficient and his performance was still good.

Having said that, the Bucks can play health basketball while cultivating their body and body, and relaxing the game. I have to say that this is an excellent momentum to win the championship and a very good sign.

After the opening game at home, the Bucks will move to other places in the next schedule.

However, even in the away game, the Bucks play no differently than at home.

Because there have been enough fans in the three consecutive championships, the Bucks have many supporters to support them no matter which away game they go to.

Basically, away games will not be too exciting for the Bucks even if their team is in a bad situation and even loses, and some people will even cheer.

There are only a few more conservative areas, and fans are also relatively extreme.

Heroes, my enemies. Because there is only one championship every year, the Bucks have become the target of their despises.

Of course, even so, the Bucks still maintained a relatively high offensive state and won one game after another.

However, when the start of the game won 9 games in a row, some accidents still happened.

Karl Malone's old injury has relapsed and is expected to miss two weeks, with 5 to 7 games.

Continuous battles, several seasons of playoffs, and offseasons, will reduce players' ability to resist injuries in the new season.

Some people are originally iron men, but the years have no choice but to grow old.

No one expected that the first person to be injured in the new season would be Carl Malone.

Fortunately, the impact is not very big.

This season, Carl Malone officially made way for the Bucks' inside teenagers and became a member of the Bucks' veteran substitute.

In fact, it acts as a rotation substitute, limiting the playing time of veterans such as Carl Malone, which is also to better protect this group of precious veterans.

However, the general is bound to die in front of the battlefield. How can a player not be injured when he plays on the court?

Speaking of which, after Carl Malone was injured, the Bucks continued to win consecutive victories and accumulated regular season wins.

It was not until he went to Minnesota that he accidentally lost to the Timberwolves led by Milicic after a sixteen-game winning streak.

The Timberwolves have changed a lot in the past two years. The Timberwolves led by Milicic continued to draw lottery tickets because they failed to make the playoffs.

With the accumulation of ball selection rights, the Timberwolves gradually became full of talent.
To be continued...