Even though Billups and Kiddles are quite active, the main team is still the one who masters the rhythm, and their scoring efficiency is far superior to that of the substitutes.

Because in addition to the offensive end, Chi Liang also made great achievements on the defensive end. He seemed to transform into Garnett and became the defensive barrier for the main team. He was active in remedial defense and had a strong sense of rotation conversion position. Coupled with fast pace, long arms and prediction, even if the opponent could not be blocked, he could still interfere with the ball's shot, which caused great trouble to the substitute's offense.

While they were fighting, Coach Rivers stood on the sidelines with his hands on his back, carefully observing the characteristics and strength of the players.

In this public confrontation, except Chi Liang, other teams of the main team may not necessarily occupy the main position. Rivers needs to observe their status before deciding on the final starting lineup.

Ten minutes later, Coach Rivers began to substitution and sent some players who had not yet played.

In this confrontation, Coach Rivers needs to carefully observe each player and then make necessary adjustments to their strength, characteristics and status.

Soon, Chi Liang took the initiative to leave, and this confrontation was meaningless to him anymore. He had already shown his strength and no one could steal his limelight. It would be better to give several substitutes more time to perform.

"How is it?" After Chi Liang got out of the court, Coach Rivers took the initiative to hand over a towel and sat next to Chi Liang.

"It's OK, especially in the backcourt! As long as you finish it for a while, I believe you can play a very strong strength!"

Chi Liang took the towel and wiped his sweat casually. In fact, he didn't understand the competition. He didn't sweat much, let alone exert all his strength.

There is no way, the substitute's inside line is too bad, and he almost asks him for it.

"I feel so too!" Coach Rivers nodded, his eyes full of excitement. Compared with other teams in the reconstruction period, the Nets' lineup is quite good.

Suddenly, Chi Liang pointed to a player on the court and said, "By the way, that No. 5 rookie is good!"

The Nets now have two rookies, one of which is Evan Eschmeyer, who was selected in the fifth pick in the second round this year. He is a center with rough skills, his physical fitness is not very good, and his training value is not high.

The other is Corey Mageti, who was traded by the Magic, who is the No. 13 rookie this year.

The No. 5 rookie Chi Liang mentioned naturally refers to Corey Maggetti. Although this guy is still very immature, he has good combat power. If he is well trained, he may become an All-Star player.

Mageti has obvious characteristics. He has excellent jump shot skills and a scoring method of rushing into the inside to cause fouls and sending himself to the free throw line.

In addition, he plays very hard and is not afraid of confrontation. As long as he finds opportunities, he will try his best to compete for the right to the ball every time.

This time, Chi Liang's "good intention" reminded me was nothing more than to improve the team's strength and increase the chance of winning.

With Chi Liang's reminder, Coach Rivers couldn't help but pay more attention to Mageti, so his eyes were naturally not blind. In addition, he soon saw Mageti's advantages and disadvantages shortly after retirement.

"It's indeed a very good seedling. If you train it well, you may become an excellent scorer. It seems that the team has made a good deal!"

Coach Rivers withdrew his gaze and said a little bit of emotion: The Nets sold Marbury and obtained Armstrong, Margeti and the first-round draft pick from the Magic. Now, the deal has no loss at all.

However, Coach Rivers frowned again and fell into deep trouble. Without it, there were too many excellent players in the Nets' backcourt.

Aside from the young Mageti, there are also six players in the backcourt who have the starting strength, including Billups, Armstrong, Jill, Kiddles, Newman and Williams.

Sometimes, if there are too many excellent players, the coach will also have a headache and he must allocate their playing time.

The first joint training lasted for half an hour in total. The Nets were mixed. What was happy was that Chi Liang had a strong dominance in the penalty area and the team had excellent outside depth. What was worried about was the Nets' inside line, which might become a hidden worry for the Nets.

In addition to Chi Liang, Cage's playing time is relatively limited, Murraysan has too many flaws, and Jamil Faik, Jim McIlvain and Evan Eschmeyer have poor strength. If Chi Liang or Cage is injured in the season, this will definitely become a major hidden danger for the Nets.

"You must seek a deal!" Coach Rivers sighed in his heart. He was going to find General Manager Stefansky, not seeking too good an inside player, as long as he had a certain amount of immediate combat power.

In the following time, the team mainly focused on running-in lineups, and also supplemented with corresponding tactics.

In terms of tactics, Coach Rivers' characteristics are not obvious, that is, he does not focus on defense and offense like Van Gundy, nor does he focus on attack and down defense like D'Antoni. In terms of tactics, he can only be considered as a mediocre person.

However, Coach Rivers knows people and responsibilities, is very good at combining the team, which can easily narrow the distance between the players, and even brings the characteristics of "nanny coach" to the extreme.

Soon, half a month passed, and the preseason was about to begin.

The 1999-2000nba preseason will last from October 1 to October 14, and will be held for a total of 14 days.

Generally speaking, preseason generally has three major characteristics.

First, run in the lineup, enrich the playing style and test the competitive state of new and old players. Each team has about 8 preseason games. At the same time, in order to avoid the main players being tired before the battle, the main players' playing time in this game generally does not exceed 30 minutes, so it is also an opportunity for substitutes to take the opportunity to show themselves.

Second, warm up the NBA regular season. In order to better attract fans to watch the NBA regular season and playoffs, the official will make full use of the preseason to build momentum for the new season of the regular season. In addition, the main preseason between many strong teams will be broadcast live on local or national television, and the attention is almost as high as the regular season.

Third, promote NBA and expand overseas influence. With the further maturity of NBA's business operations and the acceleration of internationalization, NBA has sent many teams to play preseason games overseas in order to cater to the tastes of international fans and expand overseas markets, and many countries have hosted such competitions.

In addition, the preseason can also allow the stars who have been resting for a season to regain their game state. Since the game is not intense at this stage, many big-name stars do not value it, and most of them go up and go through the motions.
Chapter completed!