naaapseattle Chapter 715 Preview of the new season
Chapter 715 Preview of the new season
Chapter 715 Preview of the new season
After the preseason ended, time passed day after day, and there were still three or four days before the new season officially started, and the major media began to come out to make things again, such as the player strength rankings.
On October 10th, the three major authoritative media announced the top ten team strength rankings and player strength rankings, and there was another bloody storm among the fan groups.
This time, among the three major media, Sports Illustrated and TNT, both media agreed that Wang Zelin is the strongest player in the new season, and his Trail Blazers team is also the team with the highest desire to win the championship.
As a result, the Cavaliers and James were unhappy, and ESPN also took the opportunity to come out to do things at this time, earning a wave of traffic.
Although the various analyzes of the ESPN expert jury have been slapped in the face every year in recent years, this does not prevent them, and they are still the most popular sports media in the whole meter.
Every new season, ESPN will make a wave of predictions as in previous years, and will also make player strength rankings by the way. This is something that many fans love to see every year.
The 2015-16 season NBA regular season is about to kick off. ESPN invited 18 experts to make a wave of professional predictions for the new season.
The first is the team power rankings.
In terms of team strength, ESPN did not dare to be stubborn, and followed the general trend to rank the Portland Trail Blazers at the top of the list.
"Their previous performances are gratifying. Coach Terry once again proved his coaching ability, not only on field tactics, but also on player training. This can be seen from the body management of the Trail Blazers players.
Of course, the most important thing is that their desire to win the championship this season will be stronger than other teams. No one can refuse the temptation of the three consecutive championships!
We have reason to believe that they can break out from the West again this year, defeat the Cavaliers in the East to win the championship, and finally establish a dynasty that belongs to Portland! "
The ESPN team of experts predicting the new season championship is very strong. The famous basketball reporter Mark Stein was the first to express his opinion, and he also successfully persuaded a group of colleagues, including Wind Horst, Adande Ford, Thorpe and Abbott and other famous reporters.
Ranked second is the Cleveland Cavaliers.
"Basketball is a team sport, and tacit understanding is a very important part of the basketball game. After a season of running-in, the strength of the Cavaliers will only be stronger than last season!
At the same time, the Cavaliers with the three stars of James, Cousins, and Irving should have been the most popular team to win the championship, but defense is their biggest problem, and it will be especially deadly in the playoffs. "
The third place on the list is the Golden State Warriors.
"The Warriors players are really, really good. Last season, in the first attempt of Kerr's system, they refreshed their opponent's record and returned to the Western Conference Finals after decades. Maybe you will think my next idea is crazy, but I still want to praise the Warriors...
I believe that after a season of running-in, the Warriors are the team in the West that is most likely to interrupt the Trail Blazers dynasty. I believe their new season will bring us more surprises.
However, their only weakness is also their strength. As a shooting team, such attributes will cause them to have ups and downs in the playoffs. This is a bit similar to the running and bombing team of the Suns.
That's what puts them in third place. "
The Los Angeles Lakers are fourth.
"To be honest, it's really risky to rank the Lakers in this position. The Lakers who just got Paul is undoubtedly the biggest uncontrollable factor in the new season. They now have the basic set of Kobe, Paul and Gasol, which is doomed. high limit.
But don't forget that time is the most ruthless killer. Among all the Big Three teams in the league, the Big Three of the Lakers are the oldest team on average.The aging team structure may become the biggest weakness of the Lakers in the new season. "
The Houston Mosaics are fifth.
"Placing the Mosaic team in this position is not disrespectful to Harden, Howard, and Lawson who just arrived. As we just mentioned, the Big Three model has a high upper limit, but it also takes time to get used to it. The Mosaic team lost two games in the entire preseason. Undoubtedly, more running-in is needed to cultivate the tacit understanding of the Big Three.
But the good news is that Mosaic coach D'Antoni seems to have created a very good system for this team, and I look forward to them being able to prove themselves in the future. "
The Chicago Bulls, Oklahoma City Thunder, and Raptors ranked 6th to 8th on the list.
The rest of the popular teams, the Spurs ranked 9th, the Clippers who just lost their captain ranked 15th, the Pelicans who got Jimmy Butler and Josh Smith rose to 11th, and the Raptors ranked 13th...
After this list came out, it attracted crazy complaints from fans.
Of course, compared to the team strength list, what makes fans feel outrageous is the player strength list for the next new season.
In the second list, ESPN chose to risk the world, and ranked Wang Zelin, who has completed the single-season honor slam in the past two consecutive years, at the second place, and LeBron James, who has remained unchanged for thousands of years, is still at the top of the list.
Such a move can be said to be going against the version, an absolute headwind output.
While arousing controversy, it has to be admitted that their move was indeed the right one. After all, what the media needs most is traffic, topics and popularity. From this perspective, they have indeed succeeded.
Among the top ten other players on the ESPN list, Durant is third, Curry is fourth, Chris Paul is fifth, Griffin is sixth, Harden is seventh, Westbrook is eighth, Davis is ninth, and Aldridge is tenth.
Come on, ESPN has ranked an unnamed No. 24 outside the top ten for the third year in a row, and this time ranked the latter No. 16.
As expected, it sparked a heated discussion.
Sports Illustrated's top ten rankings are Wang Zelin first, James second, Curry third, Durant fourth, Harden fifth, sixth to tenth are Westbrook, Griffin, Davis, Paul, Kobe Bryant.
The top three of TNT also remain unchanged, namely Wang, Zhan, and Ku, and the fourth to tenth behind are Davis, Griffin, Westbrook, Kobe, Aldridge, Lillard, and Paul.
In addition to ESPN, TNT's ranking has the most doubts, because it is the only media company among all the media in the whole meter that has listed the three core cores of the Trail Blazers in the league's top ten.
Of course, the reasons they gave are also very strong. In the past two seasons, the Trail Blazers have proved that the lineup system centered around Wang Zelin, Aldridge, and Lillard is enough to support the Trail Blazers to reach the top.
Based on the above considerations, it was decided today that all three of the Trail Blazers will be included in the top ten players in the league in the new season.
In the last three days before the start of the new season, at this point in time, the stars have no intention of caring about the rankings, but the loyal fans of the teams and the stars are constantly tearing each other up on the Internet, attracting a large number of melon-eating crowds to watch, and it is very lively for a while.
(End of this chapter)