The Godfather of Basketball

It was already noon when I got up the next day, and the sun shone on my ass.

The waiter outside prepared lunch early, so there was no need to shout.

When I was going to leave for lunch, I knew that their car was rented and was about to go to the airport. After the hotel inquired, I helped them to get the car back and sent it to the airport with a Rolls-Royce for the hotel Too.

This service is really unmatched.

After returning from Dubai, Hathaway was tired enough to go home and rest.

Tang Tian went back to Houston nonstop.

There is only one month left before the opening of the new season. The new season is already imminent.

At the Toyota Center, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue, Landry, Jordan Jr., Dragic and Moro have already started training.

However, the situation is slightly different from the previous two years, except for a few of them, no other people have been seen.

Tang Tian thought that he didn't come today and asked Xibodu to realize that only a few of them had trained in advance this year.

It's not a very big thing, but Tang Tian smelled a slightly different taste.

Although there were few people coming, Tang Tian and the coaching staff were busy ahead of schedule as they did last year.

Compared with last year, the team has changed a lot this year. Millsap, Novak, Mutombo, Barea, and Hyde all left the team one after another. The team left 5 people at once, and as many as 6 new players have joined. Four of them come to train in advance, and these four are all really young players.

In addition to the technical and tactical aspects of the coaching staff, the cultivation of young players is also a very important part of daily work.

Among the four people, Yi Jianlian needs additional care from Tang Tian, ​​not only because he is a Chinese, but just like an investment. You have already invested in it, and there will naturally be follow-up.

Because there are only 2 honor points left, Tang Tian does not want to use it in advance, so according to the current situation of Yi Jianlian, Tang Tian has developed a targeted training plan for him to improve his shooting stability and strength. And antagonism.

As for the others, Dragic gains muscle, Jordan Jr. makes free throws, and Morrow defensively has his own plans.

With Tang Tian as a traversal, these trainings are more effective.

Tang Tian was busy, and Morley was not idle.

After listening to Tang Tian ’s suggestion, he communicated with the Kings management and finally pulled the Grizzlies into a three-way deal before the preseason kicked off.

The Rockets sent out the 2009 first-round pick and Dan Gazuric, and got the two-way guard Jason Hart from the Clippers and a special deal worth 4 million.

The Kings sent Bobby Jackson to the first round of 2009 with Dan Gazuric and the Rockets.

The Clippers sent Jason Hart to get Bobby Jackson.

The Clippers didn't sign Barron Davis during the offseason. This was when they changed hands to find Bobby Jackson. Although Jackson's strength is not as good as Davis, the victory is due to the expiring contract.

The Rockets finally sent Jazurich out and got a more than 2 million expired contract, greatly reducing the amount of luxury tax.

Only the King, in order to eat the garbage contract at the end of the first round, really responded to Tang Tian's words, one of the most pitted management in history.

The Rockets' training has been steadily carried out, and as time went on, other players also returned to the team one after another.

But after returning to the team, trouble also followed.

Including McGrady, many players have exceeded their body fat levels.

Many NBA players are busy for a season, and they will indulge in the offseason. The better known is Cameron Anthony. When the game is "little melon", the offseason becomes "fat melon".

This is not a big deal, because there are professional trainers in the NBA, which can basically be recovered in a month.

But just like what Tang Tian smelled before, this change is obviously not a good thing for the team.

"Tom, Steve, you come to my office." On the first day after the team's training, Tang Tian shouted Thibodeau and Cole.

After entering his office, he took out two plans and gave them to them.

"Our opponent will be very targeted in the new season, so the bench will be more important to the team than last year. This is some of the arrangements we have to make during the season."

Thibodeau and Cole looked at each other and were surprised. They began to think that Tang Tian called them because of the player's body fat. They didn't expect it to be about player training.

"Cultivate Mark's ability to respond to the ball and make him the axis of the offense like Yao?" Thibodeau said aloud.

"Yes, Mark has this potential, he has shown it in the European League and the national team." Tang Tian said, this Olympic trip is not helpless for his new season, at least Gasol's performance made him realize Gasol is likely to become a weakened version of Yao Ming.

"Train Landry's three-point shooting ability?" Cole continued.

"Yes, Paul (Milsap) 's departure made the power forward position much weaker. Louis' defense was a problem, and his offensive area was mostly within the three-point line. It was difficult to open the space enough, and it was difficult to add age. Adjustment, so we need Landry to be the next Millsap, at least the weakened version. "Tang Tian continued.

Both Thibodeau and Cole nodded one after the other, and Tang Tian thought more than they had vision.

Because many players want to regain their shape, the team's tactical training lasted only about half a month.

During this time, the Rockets have successively signed some players with the base salary and unguaranteed contracts, and the team's new season pre-season roster is also released.

Centers: Yao Ming, Marc Gasol, DeAndre Jordan, Marcus Campbell (one year unsecured contract).

Power forwards: Scola, Landry, Yi Jianlian.

Small forwards: Battier, Brent Barry (one-year veteran base salary), Mike Harris (one-year unsecured contract ~ www.readwn.com ~ shooting guard: McGrady, Petrus, Anthony Morrow, Van Weaver (three-year unsecured contract), DJ Stroberg (one-year unsecured contract).

Point guards: Billups, Sun Yue, Dragic, Jason Hart, John Lucas III (one-year unsecured contract).

The 19-man roster, 16 of whom have guaranteed contracts, because other positions have been basically determined, the actual change will be the swingman swingman, Jason Hart, Old Barry, Harris and Weaver compete for the last two places .

Tang Tian was somewhat helpless. After missing Barnes, no matter who stayed, these people would not help the team much.

In other words, this year's team's lineup is much worse than last year. In the case where competitors have reinforced one after another, it is far more difficult to achieve three consecutive championships than last year.

On October 8th, US time, after a long offseason, the NBA season finally kicked off.

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