The season has finally started! I know you have all anxiously anticipated the start of the NBA season, so have we. The Rockets have just returned from Austin, Texas at the University of Texas, where we had a week of training camp. For every NBA player, training camp is a double edged sword: we all miss the game and are excited to play with our teammates, but we don't miss the soreness and aches, pains, bumps, and bruises that every player gets during training camp. There is nothing a player can do to simulate the workload and intensity of training camp during the summer. After the first day of camp, we all walk around the hotel like 60-year-old men! You would never guess that we were NBA stars by the way we looked when we walked because we are so sore.

Obviously, if you follow the Rockets at all, you know that we have a number of changes to our team. We have a brand new coach, Rick Adelman, who brings a free flow offense to our team. Last year under Jeff Van Gundy, our offense was often slow and predictable. Under our new system, each player must read and react to the defense in order to run the offense effectively. It is a completely different mindset. We will be an up-tempo team that uses the passing skills of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady to score baskets. It is a very fun way to play and I know all of our fans in China will enjoy watching us play. While we have a new offense, we must still keep the principles of defense that we used last year. Jeff Van Gundy was a very good defensive coach and we will use many of the same philosophies. Hopefully with the new philosophies on offense and the old philosophies on defense, we can do even better this year!

We have also added many new players to the team this year. I know many of our Chinese friends were happy that the Rockets returned Steve Francis to the team. He has a very good bond with Yao and hopefully he can add some backcourt depth to our team. We have also added Mike James from the Minnesota Timberwolves to help address help at the point guard position. Mike is a great shooter and he has shown a good grasp of the offense already. Luis Scola joins us from Europe this year. Luis is a very skilled and intelligent basketball player and was arguably the best power forward in Europe over the last few years. He plays hard and will help our team. The rookies on the team Carly Landry and Aaron Brooks are great young players who play hard and compete every day. As they gain maturity and knowledge, they will help our team.

Optimism is high for our team this year. We have new players and a new system. We are confident that if we can stay healthy and come together as a team, that we can be a force in the Western Conference. Hopefully we can continue to improve our team so that by the time April rolls around, we will be a team that no one wants to play in the playoffs!

Stay tuned!

I will be back in a few days with another update on the preseason,

Welcome back to the NBA season,

Shane

译文如下——

新赛季终于来了！我知道你们都热切期盼着新赛季的到来，我们也是！我们全队刚从位于奥斯汀的得克萨斯大学归来，我们在那儿进行了为期一周的训练营。对于任何一名NBA球员来说，训练营都是一把双刃剑：一方面我们想念篮球、和亲爱的队友们一起回到球场真让人兴奋莫名，但是训练营可都是真刀真枪的对抗，每个人都品尝了激烈碰撞、肌肉酸痛的苦涩滋味，嗨，这可不是我们想念球场的理由！没错，休季期我们也没闲着，但是训练营的对抗强度是夏天自己玩球无法比拟的，第一天训练之后，我们走回酒店的时候一个个都像60多岁的老头！全身简直疼得都要散架了，你真应该好好看看我们当时的窘态，那哪还是NBA球星啊!

如果你一直关注着火箭队，你应该知道过去这个夏天球队发生了很多变化，我们有了一个崇尚自由进攻的新教练，你要知道，上赛季杰夫-范甘迪执教的火箭进攻通常都是慢速而且一成不变的。而阿德尔曼的体系要求每名球员根据对手的防守状态随机应变，这样才能使进攻更加高效。这是完全不同的打球心态。我们将成为一支快节奏的球队，姚明和麦迪的传球能力将得到更充分的发挥，这样打球显然更有乐趣，我相信中国球迷也会发现我们的比赛更具观赏性了。不过我们不能遗忘的是上赛季铁一般的防守纪律，杰夫是一个非常出色的防守大师，所以我们将坚持很多与上赛季一致的防守哲学，进攻改善、防守保持，新赛季火箭必然更强！

我们队同时来了不少新球员，我知道史蒂夫-弗朗西斯回归让中国球迷非常开心，史蒂夫和姚是铁哥们，他的到来可以增强球队的后场深度。迈克-詹姆斯的到来则增强了球队控球后卫位置的实力，迈克有非常出众的投射能力，他看上去已经对球队的进攻体系有了相当透彻的理解。路易斯-斯科拉技术全面、篮球智商很高、打球不遗余力，他可能是过去几年欧洲最出色的大前锋。两名新秀阿龙-布鲁克斯和卡尔-兰德里也都是出色的年轻人，相信随着时间的推移和经验的积累，这两个每天都竭尽全力的年轻人会给球队更多的帮助。

全队上下现在都很乐观，新球员、新体系，只要我们能够保持健康、团结一心，我们就将是西区冠军最有力的争夺者之一，希望我们能够继续提高，这样到了四月，将没有球队希望在季后赛中与火箭相遇！

敬请关注！

几天内我将再次更新自己的博客

欢迎来到新赛季

肖恩