Lu Yu liked this car very much. The only drawback was that it was a bit difficult to get in.
Today was the Bulls' first team training this season, and Lu Yu decided to drive this new car to the arena.
The morning sun shines on the entire city, and the continuous rainy days seem to have passed, and the sky has become warmer. Except for the occasional howling wind, it reminds me that this is a windy city, which seems to be no different from other cities.
While Lu Yu was driving leisurely, he answered the call from Scarlett with the loudspeaker on his cell phone.
"Lu Yu, how do you feel when I'm not by your side?"
"Well, it's like frying a steak without salt?"
"I didn't expect you to be so talented. Are you saying that life would be boring without me by your side?"
"No, I mean, I'm going to buy another pack."
"...beep...beep..."
The phone was hung up.
Sometimes the truth just doesn't ring true.
Lu Yu threw his cell phone on the passenger seat and drove to the entrance of the team's training arena at this time. He stepped on the brakes, slowed down the car and turned on the turn signal. There happened to be an off-road vehicle in front of him that also turned on the turn signal.
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When Lu Yu drove into the underground parking lot, the off-road vehicle was already parked, and Artest stepped out of it.
Lu Yu stopped to the side, rolled down the window, and shouted: "Hi, Ron, good morning."
Artest's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw Lu Yu's McLaren: "Lu, your new car is very beautiful..."
Lu Yu's heart trembled, "Brother, what do you mean by this?"
"But this car is too short for me, not suitable for a macho man like me." Artest said regretfully.
Lu Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let's go, come with me to the training facility, and I'll introduce you to some other old guys." Artest hugged Lu Yu's shoulders in a rather affectionate manner.
"By the way, I'm treating you to a treat tonight, and you're welcome to join me."
"How can this be so embarrassing?"
Lu Yu smiled and said that he was a little surprised. Before he came to the Bulls, he analyzed several players and found that all of them were difficult to deal with. Unexpectedly, Artest, the first one he met, even though he liked him a bit,
He ripped off his teammates, but his enthusiasm made Lu Yu suspect that he was in the wrong place.
The two walked side by side, chatting about Lu Yu's performance in the summer league and the upcoming preseason. Artest assured Lu Yu that as long as Lu Yu was responsible for the offense, he would be responsible for the defense.
good.
When they walked into the training hall, head coach Tim Floyd also happened to walk in. Assistant Cartwright looked at Lu Yu and Artest with a smile. It was obvious that he was interested in Lu Yu and Artest.
Artest is very satisfied with the interaction.
Lu Yu and Artest changed into their training clothes, and after the other team members arrived, Artest pulled Lu Yu over and introduced Lu Yu to his teammates.
"Hey, Charles, Lu Yu, who you have been talking about, is here. How about it? I said he will come to our Bulls team."
Artest was the first to introduce Charles Oakley.
In this Bulls team, Oakley is the soul of the locker room, and Oakley is also the first player on this team to pay attention to Lu Yu.
"Lu Yu, welcome."
Oakley came over and gave Lu Yu a big hug, almost choking Lu Yu out of breath.
"I started paying attention to you after you played Nelson in Gonzaga. Your fighting posture is really cool. If we have a chance, we can compare notes."
"Come on, I can't beat you." Lu Yu said with a smile.
"That's not necessarily true. Fighting doesn't depend on size. Look at Brad and Ron. They wrestled, but Brad lost to Ron."
Brad Miller nodded: "Yes, Ron asked me to wrestle on the first day he came here. Damn it, I actually lost to him."
Although he cursed "Damn it," you can see the smile on Brad Miller's face.
He had just been traded to the Bulls not long ago, but because he had played in the NBA for several seasons, he was able to easily gain the trust of his teammates and enhance his friendship with them through just one wrestling match. He felt it was a good deal.
"Nice to meet you, Brad. Although I have never learned wrestling, I know mixed martial arts. I will teach you when I have the opportunity. I think you can compete with Ron again." Lu Yu stretched out his hand and met Brad.
They squeezed each other and bumped their shoulders.
Artest looked aggrieved: "Why don't you teach me?"
"Because you stole a pair of sneakers from me." Lu Yu said with a smile.
The teammates all laughed. They all knew that Lu Yu was joking.
Next up are Marcus Fetzer, Bryce Drew, A.J. Guyton, Ron Mercer and the team's three-point shooter Fred Hoiberg.
Ron Mercer is also called Ron.
Artest said dissatisfiedly: "I will definitely change my name in the future. It feels really bad to have the same name as someone else."
Although Hoiberg's position overlaps with Lu Yu's, he knows that his ability is not enough to occupy the starting position, so when Lu Yu hugged him, he still welcomed Lu Yu's arrival warmly.
Next to Hoiberg is the team's sixth man, Jamal Crawford.
The thin Crawford came over, and Lu Yu smiled: "Jamal, right? I like your playing style very much, it's very cool."
Crawford was stunned for a moment because everyone said his playing style was too fancy. Lu Yu was the first teammate to tell him that his playing style was cool.
"Thank you, I like you too, especially the shot you made with your left hand that killed the game." Crawford smiled.
Trenton Hassell and Tyson Chandler, who were also rookies, looked at Lu Yu with envy. They were also rookies, but they did not receive such a grand welcome.
But it's not surprising.
Trenton Hassell is only a second-round pick, so his weight cannot be compared with Lu Yu.
Although Tyson Chandler was drafted high, he just came out of high school, has never played in the NCAA, and does not have the influence of Lu Yu in March Madness.
Lu Yu also greeted them.
When saying hello, Lu Yu unexpectedly discovered that the tall Tyson Chandler was actually a bit shy.
"Lu Yu, we are all rookies, you must protect me from now on." Chandler said softly.
Lu Yu nodded: "Don't worry, we will become the most outstanding twin stars among the rookies this year."
In the end, Artest shamelessly insisted on hugging Lu Yu.
"Lu, welcome to join the Chicago Bulls. If you have any questions in the future, just tell me and I will help you solve it."
This is equivalent to telling everyone that Lu Yu's weight in this team is extraordinary.
Lu Yu never expected it. He had been worried for a long time about how the ruthless people in this team would play tricks on the rookies. He never expected that it would be like this.
The Chicago Bulls are too warm to look like.
If I had known this place was so good, why would I have thought about going to Mavericks?
Seeing that everyone's introduction was similar, head coach Floyd asked all the players to prepare to start warm-up training. After the warm-up, he divided the team into two teams and played a group match.
Team 1:
Point Guard: Bryce Drew
Shooting Guard: Fred Hoiberg
Small Forward: Ron Mercer
Power Forward: Marcus Fizer
Center: Brad Miller
Second team:
Point Guard: A.J. Guyton
Shooting Guard: Lu Yu
Small Forward: Ron Artest
Power Forward: Charles Oakley
Center: Tyson Chandler
Jamal Crawford and Trenton Hassell serve as rotation players.
At first glance, one might think that these two lineups are a confrontation between the main force and the substitutes. In fact, it is not the case. Artest and Mercer do not have a fixed starting point.
As for Lu Yu, everyone can guess that Lu Yu is likely to replace Hoiberg in the starting lineup.
Therefore, in this match, head coach Floyd is just trying out the lineup. He needs to constantly adjust to test out the most suitable starting lineup.
Floyd was not satisfied with this lineup. In fact, he wanted Lu Yu to play point guard. However, because Lu Yu was a shooting guard in college, rashly letting Lu Yu play point guard at this time would only destroy the team's previous performance.
The good atmosphere established is destroyed.
After all, the reason why Brace Drew and A.J. Guyton are enthusiastic about Lu Yu is because they are in different positions from Lu Yu.
Hoiberg is an honest man. He knows that his strength is limited, so even if Lu Yu replaced him, he had no complaints.
As for Dailibor Baglic and Messol Marko, who did not arrive today, they have not yet officially signed due to contract issues, so they did not come to participate in today's training.
Therefore, only by placing Lu Yu first at the shooting guard position can conflicts within the team be avoided.
Lu Yu needs to use his performance on the court to prove to others that he is suitable to play point guard.
The training match is the best opportunity for Lu Yu.
Of course, Floyd wouldn't say it explicitly, and he would ask Cartwright to make silent adjustments later in the game.
This training match,
The coach of the first team is Floyd.
The coach of the second team is Cartwright.
"I don't set any fixed tactics for this game. You can play freely. If you play something wrong, I will call a timeout in time and tell you what went wrong."
Cartwright simply arranged it, as if it were not arranged at all.
A.J. Guyton has a headache.
The members of the first team are all veteran members of the Bulls. Even the newly joined Brad Miller has been in the league for a long time. He can be familiar with some of the tactics the Bulls often play by watching game videos.
On their own side, neither Lu Yu nor Chandler understand the team's tactics.
When the time comes to play, we can only let the two of them go to the weak side to open up the defense. I, Artest and Charles will play partial cooperation with each other. Only in this way can we have a chance to win.
He didn't know that he could have stayed in the backup point guard position for a little longer.
Just because of this idea, he went directly from the backup point guard to the substitute point guard.
With the temporary referee's whistle, Lu Yu's first training game with the Chicago Bulls began.
