Chapter 683 Famous Street Stadium
Tang Shuai did not pay too much attention to it as he did last year, but instead devoted all his time to the training hall.
No matter what the Lakers want to do in this free agent market, he will know in the end that all he has to do is devote his energy to training and will only lead the team further until the new season begins.
The NBA's free agent market will open on July 1, but the signing will not officially start until after the 9th. Before that, there will only be some verbal signings.
After the free market opened, some signing contracts that had not changed much immediately reached oral agreements. For example, Wiggins, Gobert, Lowry, and Hayward all renewed their contracts with the home team. These core players who led the team into the playoffs last season were also the players with the least variables in this wave of free agents.
After the first wave of signing was reached, the free market also entered a period of silence.
The big fish in the free market have not yet moved. Even top superstars with not very variables such as James, Durant and Curry are still in a state of not signing, but the managers of many teams have no intention of chasing. James' contracts have always been signed at the end, while Durant and Curry have expired because the contracts of Iguodala expired, and the three of them have to renew the contract at the same time, so they need to negotiate on salary distribution.
In contrast, Westbrook, Paul, and Griffin are the big fish that teams in the free market are chasing.
The Clippers fell in the Western Conference semi-finals again, and Paul and Griffin's contract expired at the same time, and they finally reached a crossroads where they had to make a choice.
Although Tang Shuai was training, he had private connections with Paul and Griffin.
At this time, he suddenly felt that the team cut off Deng and traded Mozgov to provide him with a lot of convenience. At least, it was not impossible for one of Paul and Griffin to join the team.
However, this is limited to verbal communication. After all, Paul is 31 years old and is already at the age of signing his last big contract. Griffin is at his peak and obviously has his own considerations.
It was during this period that his training reached a bottleneck.
In the settings of the packaging system, training has limited help in upgrading the packaging system. To put it bluntly, the existence of this system is more about exercising the body and muscle memory, and it needs to be strengthened through the game. When it reaches a certain stage, upgrading will be natural.
However, it is offseason now, and it is too early to organize teammates to train. After observing for a while, he finally turned his attention to the street court in New York.
Although his level is not consistent, he went to the street court when he first participated in the draft. There are still many players with outstanding unilateral strength there, and in fact, many players who stay in the United States will also maintain their form through the street court.
He did not call Duffy and went to Rock Park alone.
Unlike when he came during his rookie period, his arrival caused a stir in the players in the park.
At this time, he was no longer the young boy. The All-Star MVP, the youngest MVP, single-core elimination 4. Even if he is a yellow-skinned Chinese, his popularity in the United States has reached a peak.
His arrival was the same as James and Kobe who came to play on the street court.
Rock Park suddenly fell into a scene with a crowded alley. There was no place to get off the ground after being surrounded on one floor.
Fortunately, after Tang Shuai's reminder, the crowd gradually restored order, but the stands at the main stadium of Rock Park had long been occupied.
Tang Shuai was naturally invited to play the home court.
When he was taken to the main stadium and looked at the audience with a small number of people on both sides but extremely excited, his feeling was still strange.
The last time he came, he was just a spectator. He watched Alstom and Wade play on the court. Unexpectedly, in less than two years, he had become a more dazzling star than Wade.
Just like the last time Wade and Butler, the players who can play at home are somewhat capable. In addition to some streetball masters, including Stephen Jackson and Nate Robinson, who want to play but don’t want the team. He even saw Fisher, the former Knicks head coach, and heard that he was actively training and was about to make a comeback. It seems that it is true.
In addition to these, he also met someone he knew, Ismail Smith, whose former teammate was also on the court.
Smith seemed very excited, and the two of them couldn't help but talk.
Their encounter was an unexpected encounter.
After the two sides were detached, the confrontation between the two sides started amid the enthusiastic cheers of the audience.
Unlike in NBA games, there are no referees in the game here and some unconventional streetball movements are allowed, so it is a big challenge for Tang Shuai and the others.
Shuai Tang and Smith were in the first team, while the rest were in the other team like Jackson, Robinson and Fisher.
After the game started, it was not Tang Shuai who fired first, nor other NBA players, but a streetball player named Jeremy Pete. His fancy dribbling caused cheers from the audience on the sidelines, and some unconventional actions made Tang Shuai seem very uncomfortable.
After scoring consecutive points at the beginning and leading the team to a 8-2 attack wave, in an attack, Pitt used an unconventional move to pass Tang Shuai and entered the inside to score, which immediately caused the audience on the sideline to scream in excitement.
Although it is very popular, streetball players still have many home court advantages in the street court.
Pete also seemed very excited. After scoring the goal, he made a series of cool moves from streetball players, full of show-off and provocative meaning.
Tang Shuai was also successfully aroused.
Originally, defense is not what he is good at, and it is reasonable to get you scored a few goals, but if you are so pretentious, he will not be blamed.
He arrived at the frontcourt and asked Smith to feed him the ball. He took the ball and started hitting Pitt with it.
There was originally a physical gap between streetballers and professional players, and with Tang Shuai having the power to cover him with a bus, Pete couldn't stand it at all.
He played singles with the ball for a few times, turned around and took a back shot, and made a steady hit.
That's not all. When Tang Shuai was defending the opponent's attack, he was still fighting the same way, but he was still leaning back.
Pete had no choice.
Tang Shuai seemed to have forgotten other offensive methods, so he used his back to eat. When he scored the fifth goal in a row, the fans on the sidelines were a little reluctant to watch it.
"Don't do this, you will make him give up basketball like this." Someone couldn't help but shouted sympathetically.
Tang Shuai continued to play ruthlessly singles as if he hadn't heard it.
His thoughts are simple. Don’t he like to show off? He has to pretend to be a pussy even if he has to hold on.
On this side, Peter finally seized an opportunity. Tang Shuai came and slapped his move out of the field with a slap.
The audience on the sidelines covered their faces and couldn't bear to watch them anymore.
The last good street football game turned into a one-sided ruthless crush by Shuai Shuai, and he showed no mercy at all.
At the moment when the game ended, Pete was like a person who was put down from a gallows, sweating profusely and confused again. He was really beaten and lost interest in basketball.
This stop also made Tang Shuai famous on the street court.
However, what these viewers never expected was that this was just the beginning.
In the next week, Tang Shuai appeared in Rock Park every day, and it was like eating without picky food. As long as he was guarding him, he would ruthlessly beat him. Even if one day his opponent was Tobiles Harris, who also played in the NBA, he would not have the other party's underwear left, and he had just one move, turning his back and leaning back.
After the week ended, Tang Shuai finally ended this street court trip, and he was completely famous.
Some viewers named him "God of Death" or "God of Death Reaper", which means that as long as you become a player against him, you will be completely destroyed.
Tang Shuai saw all this, but he didn't say anything.
The purpose of his visit to the street court is not to gain a slogan or to earn a reputation on this field. The purpose of his all is simply to improve his proficiency in the skill package, that's all.
Of course, he couldn't explain these.
After finishing his street court trip, he could feel that his proficiency in the two techniques of back-fighting and turning back has reached a critical point. As long as he goes through another high-level game, the two skill packages are likely to be upgraded to the normal version.
He is still looking for such an opportunity, and at this moment, the free agent market has been silent for another week and finally ushered in * again when the "July Freeze Period" is about to end.
On this day, an extremely important rumor broke out.
Griffin and the Thunder have reached a signing intention and are likely to join forces with Westbrook to compete for next season.
This rumor can be said to be shocking because it involves the final decision of two big fish.
If Griffin and the Thunder reach a signing contract, Westbrook is likely to renew the contract with the Thunder. As for the Clippers who have lost Griffin, they will keep Paul at all costs, which means that the three biggest fish this summer have finally been decided.
This is definitely bad news for a team like the Lakers who have broken the lineup and are preparing to do a big job in the free market. This means they have prepared a good game, but in the end they can only find some second-rate players to make up for it.
This is absolutely devastating, especially for a team like the Lakers that reached the Finals last season, which can be a joke.
Although Tang Shuai did not participate in the team's recruitment work, he still couldn't help but feel worried when he heard the news.
He was already a father and mother last season. Now Gasol is one year older and Deng has been cut again. How can he play next season?
But just when he was worried, the day after the rumors came out, a more explosive news completely shocked him, and at the same time it made the alliance explode. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!