Since being touched on the head by Wayne, Pao'er has indeed entered a violent mode.

A series of sudden shots connected the entire team's offense.

Although it's not like he defeated Deron, he still led the team to victory in this game.

After winning the game, Paoer looked at Deron very arrogantly.

Huh, you always bullied me when we played against each other last season.

Now, it's time for you to experience the taste of failure.

Oh my, there is someone behind this season!

You touch me and I die!

Deron looked at Paul's arrogant look... I'm afraid he is not a fool!

This is just a preseason game, dear, you don’t really think you beat me, do you?

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, look at how arrogant he is." Boozer looked at Paul and had the urge to rush up and beat him every minute.

There was no way, if not for the presence of War God Wei, Boozer might have actually done this.

"Let him be arrogant, and he'll get it back in the regular season." Deron shrugged, not paying much attention.

After the game, some players from both sides will hug and shake hands.

As a reverse social butterfly, Wei Shen must rarely do these things. Unless he meets an acquaintance, Wayne rarely hugs or shakes hands with his opponents.

Just like Sharapova.

As the gentle diplomat of the Trail Blazers, my sister-in-law naturally has to help Wei Shen improve the team's image.

Who doesn’t have a good wife?

But just as my sister-in-law was about to shake hands with Deron, Paul suddenly appeared and dragged her away by her jersey.

"Don't shake hands with him, he is of very low quality!"

"I wipe..." Seeing his sister-in-law being dragged away forcefully, Delong's hands were hanging in the air, feeling embarrassed.

It was obvious that everyone was going to shake hands, but there was no one to shake hands with.

Are you a devil!?

Deron looked at the back of the man wearing the black jersey No. 3 and shook his head.

Wait for the regular season, wait for the regular season to start, you see if I can cut it or not, you're done.

The press conference after the game was attended by Pao'er and his sister-in-law.

Wei Shen?

As a star player, Wayne is not interested in this kind of pre-season press conference, so he can just send his two younger brothers there.

At the press conference, a reporter asked about the conflict that almost broke out during the game.

"Chris, do you feel safe playing next to Wei?"

"This...Wei is indeed a very intimidating person. Moreover, he is willing to protect his teammates. So yes, with him here we will not be afraid of trouble." After Paul finished speaking, he rubbed his hands nervously.

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So shameful...

"So, do you think you can compete with the established teams in the Western Conference in the new season?"

When it comes to competition, Pao'er has no shame.

"Otherwise, what do you think we are doing together?

Next season, I will lead...Wayne and I will lead everyone to fight bravely!"

Well, the young man has a strong desire to win and an even stronger desire to survive.

In this way, the Trail Blazers played two more warm-up games and got a record of one win and one loss.

At this point, McMillan's lineup experiment ended.

After the warm-up game, the Trail Blazers laid off those redundant short-term contract players.

The 14-man roster for this season has been finally determined.

Center: Gasol, Mourning, Przybilla.

Power forward: Wayne, Travis Outlaw.

Small forward: Darius Miles, Amy Udoka, James Posey, P.J. Tucker.

Shooting guards: Juan Dixon, Anthony Parker.

Point guard: Paul, Fred Jones, Bobby Jackson.

Seeing how quiet the locker room suddenly became, Wayne reminded himself again that this is a league of the jungle and the strong.

If you don't want to be eliminated, you must always stay vigilant.

A few days before the start of the new season, NBA officials took makeup photos and promotional posters for the Trail Blazers players.

There is no doubt that Wayne, Paul and Gasol were taken alone.

Wayne stood in the middle, holding a basketball. Paul and Gasol stood sideways beside Wayne, like two guards with knives.

"Click."

The next day, the NBA official website launched a special page introducing each team in the new season.

The cover photo used by the Trail Blazers is a group photo of the three Wei Jia Pao players.

In Portland, huge posters of the three people were hung between buildings.

At the bottom of the poster, using the main colors of dark red and black of the Trail Blazers, this word was written.

"A rose with thorns."

Don't mess around, or you may cut your hand.

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This year, Wayne failed to "upgrade at the buzzer" again.

Sure enough, this luck cannot be so good every time.

Although I gathered Kobe's wool this summer, after all, the time we spent together was too short, and we didn't learn enough points.

Although the entire pre-season training camp involves training games, the overall strength of the opponents in the training games is never too strong, so there are not many growth points.

This time, we can only wait until the start of the season to upgrade halfway through.

Even so, Wayne is still full of confidence in the new season.

Apart from anything else, at least the atmosphere in the locker room is not chaotic.

Although there will be monsters gathering in the Western Conference next season, there is still a chance to make a mark!

The time to stand alone has finally come.

The day before the start of the new season, Popovich once again talked about this summer's transfer market in an interview.

When he mentioned this, he shook his head: "I don't know if the league would allow such a thing to happen. If the big teams can take away the star players of the small teams without paying any price, how can this league be fair?

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Well, Popovich has been acting weird for a day or two.

This guy is notorious for being sour, especially when other teams sign superstars.

"Are you saying that the Trail Blazers will pose a threat to the Spurs' championship next season?" the reporter asked bluntly.

Last season, the San Antonio Spurs won an exaggerated 60 games in the regular season.

But in the playoffs, the disadvantage of not having Bowen was infinitely magnified.

Facing the Mavericks in the second round of the series, no one on the Spurs could guard Josh Howard and Terry.

Deng Dudu?

He's been busy enough dealing with Dirk for a while.

In the end, the Spurs lost to the Mavericks and were eliminated in the second round.

But even so, people still believe that the Spurs are a championship team and the favorites to win.

Therefore, the emergence of the Trail Blazers will inevitably make the Spurs' road to the championship more difficult and dangerous.

One Maverick is enough to make my head hurt, so the Lakers didn't say anything about robbing Yao Ming.

Now that the Trail Blazers are giving them money in exchange for money, can Popovich not be worried?

But in front of reporters, Popovich clearly didn't want to admit his anxiety.

"Speaking of winning the championship, nine of the Trail Blazers' 14-man roster this season are new players. With all due respect, this is a mercenary army.

The NBA is not a place where you can win by spending crazy money, here, it is even more difficult to win."

As soon as the video of Popovich's interview came out, the Trail Blazers were labeled as "mercenaries" as expected.

In the sports world, "mercenary" is generally not a good word.

This usually means that this team is purely made with money, and the players are only here for the money, and may not be so eager for honors and wins.

It has to be said that this old Veach thief has indeed great influence in the NBA.
To be continued...