As the official start date of the new CBA season approaches, CBA officials have also begun to make various promotions, especially the teams with NBA stars joining them, which have become more prominent in the promotional videos.
At the same time, the CBA also specially followed the example of the NBA and held an opening game.
There are a total of six teams participating in the opening game. By coincidence, these six teams happen to be the six teams with NBA players joining them.
The matchups between the two sides are Yanjing Shougang Team with Dwyane Wade against Beijing Control Team with Stephon Marbury, Zhejiang Team with JR Smith against Shandong Team with Norris Cole, as for Zhao Feiyang The Bayi team he joined was against the Pearl Sharks, who had just joined Jeremy Lin.
Shougang and Beikong are teams from the same city, and the two sides have played against each other frequently. In addition, because of Marbury, the grievances between them are quite serious. Therefore, after the news of such a duel was announced, it aroused the expectations of many fans. .
The same is true for the Bayi Team and the Sharks. The showdown between Jeremy Lin and Zhao Feiyang is one of the highlights, and Zhao Feiyang’s matchup with his old team is another highlight.
Everyone knows that he left the Sharks at the beginning, and also knows that Zhao Feiyang specifically rejected the invitation from the Sharks general manager Yan Lei. Under such circumstances, the Bayi team's trip to Pearl City to challenge the Sharks will undoubtedly be Very exciting.
that's the truth.
Pearl Sharks fans were very unhappy when they learned that Zhao Feiyang rejected the team. Even if they knew it was because of general manager Yan Lei, some people were still very dissatisfied.
Now that Jeremy Lin has joined them, the mentality of those fans is greatly satisfied.
Although Jeremy Lin is not as powerful as Zhao Feiyang, he was still the one who played "Lin Madness" at the beginning. As a Chinese player, his strength is top-notch among yellow defenders. He may not be as good as Zhao Feiyang, but compared to other players. He is definitely very strong as a person.
With Jeremy Lin and other foreign players, the Sharks' lineup is relatively strong from a financial point of view, and last season they finished sixth in the regular season. Looking at the entire league, this is nothing. It is much better than the Bayi team that was at the bottom last season!
Sharks fans who failed to get Zhao Feiyang certainly hope that the team can kill the Bayi team. This can be regarded as "revenge" for Zhao Feiyang's rejection of them.
Therefore, the attention of this game is also the highest among the three games. CCTV Sports even arranged a live broadcast in advance, specifically choosing a prime time period for fans to watch the opening game between the Bayi Team and the Pearl Sharks.
Compared with the above four teams, the Zhejiang team and Shandong team have a slightly weaker presence. Both JR Smith and Norris Cole have some attention, but the attention of both parties is limited, and they have no well-known grievances before.
In this way, it is indeed difficult to promote the gimmicks and highlights of the game between the two sides.
Therefore, the opening match between Zhejiang team and Shandong team is also the least popular.
After the news of the opening game was publicized, in addition to the expectations of fans, some other teams also complained about it.
For example, the Xinjiang team and the Liaoning team were both among the top eight playoff teams last season. At the same time, as one of the strong teams in the CBA, they were obviously left out in the cold this time.
Not only them, the Guangdong team and the Sichuan team also obviously have some complaints, especially the Guangdong team. They are an evergreen team in the league. They have always received quite a lot of attention in the domestic league. The basketball atmosphere in Guangdong is even more popular in many parts of China. One of the hottest places inside.
Under this situation, CBA officials did not arrange for them to play the opening game, which somewhat made the former championship team feel uncomfortable.
Fans in these places also questioned CBA's decision on the Internet.
"What are you doing? If you have foreign players, you don't need local teams, right?"
"What on earth is Yao Ming thinking? Can't he make more arrangements and let the Guangdong team find a team to play with? We have won so many championships. Isn't it worthy of such attention?"
"Exactly. Why do these guys in the NBA start licking their feet as soon as they come here? What if the NBA lockout ends soon and they get out, what will happen then? We don't have to rely on strong local teams like us to support the league's audience. Spend?"
"Look! When the time comes, the designation will be full of chicken feathers. If we continue like this, there will definitely be no good results..."
Fans were talking a lot, and CBA had to come out and issue a statement in response. Yao Ming even stood up in person to express his position in an interview with reporters.
"It's not that we deliberately ignored other teams! There are many excellent teams that could have participated, but the quotas are limited, and the attention these teams have received before has always been very high..."
"So we want to try and put more resources into other teams that have not been paid attention to..."
"This is not about favoring any team! Fans, please don't get excited. When the opening game is played next time, all the teams you want will be able to play..."
Yao Ming's answer did not satisfy the fans.
Nor can the clubs be satisfied.
However, being able to make such a gesture is considered quite cooperative. Even if the clubs are dissatisfied with this, it is really impossible for them to really make any protest in this case!
A small disturbance did not affect the enthusiasm of the fans. At least for more people, they are looking forward to the day of the opening game.
And with countless people waiting, the day of the CBA opening game has finally arrived.
On the match day, the Bayi team changed their usual style and distributed jerseys designed by the new designers hired by the team to the players.
The design of the team uniforms is generally the same as before, with a lot of improvements in details, and it looks better and more energetic. There have also been significant improvements in clothing materials. With Zhao Feiyang's help, the Bayi team took the lead in customizing jerseys that use new technologies.
The players were full of praise after putting it on.
That morning, the Bayi team players gathered at the entrance of the training base, and everyone got on the bus and officially headed to Mingzhu City.
The two places were not far apart, so it took them just over two hours to reach their hotel. After everyone had lunch and repaired, they headed to the competition venue in the afternoon to prepare for the competition.
The moment they arrived outside the arena, the players of the Bayi team were stunned.
Different from the previous away games where there weren't many fans at all, the fans who came this time were almost a sea of people, blocking the entire area outside the bus.
"Zhao Feiyang!"
"Bayi team!"
"come on!"
The fans were very loud, and most of them wore Zhao Feiyang's numbers and shouted and screamed wildly outside.
