In the beginning of the NBA, O'Neal was drawn in his old age Chapter 507: An appointment with the teacher to report, a major earthquake in the alliance
Chapter 507: An appointment with the teacher to report, a major earthquake in the alliance
According to senior scouts, the contract that Nowitzki chose to stay with the Dallas Mavericks may have cost him 20 million less. If he asked, the Mavericks would definitely give him a big contract.
Putting aside Cuban's love for Nowitzki, just talking about the past 2013-2014 season, the 36-year-old German tank was still selected as an All-Star and had the most efficient year since the 2007-2008 season.
Of course, the reason why Nowitzki chose to take a significant salary cut in the new contract was that he should win a championship. After entering the offseason, the Mavericks management also did the same.
Portland.
The location of the summer training brothers camp has been decided. From July 5th to early August, they will conduct one-month training in Hawaii.
The biggest reason why we chose Hawaii as the location is that it is a world-famous tourist attraction, especially Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, the state capital. When you are tired from training, you can go there to swim, surf, and have fun.
But Wang Zelin has no plans to leave yet, and he will not leave Portland for the next few days.
First of all, after the draft, Wang Zelin attaches great importance to the rookies selected this year. As a "experienced person", he is very aware of the potential of Nikola Jokic, so he came to the training hall today to observe the rookie Jokic who came to the Trail Blazers to report.
strange.
Although Jokic still has a contract with an overseas team and may not come this season, no matter what, with Jokic joining the Trail Blazers, the future is even more worth looking forward to!
Secondly, as his influence expands, Wang Zilin's business activities will definitely become more intensive and frequent. How to balance training, business activities and rest time is not an easy task. He needs to make this plan with his team.
Summer plans.
After waking up in the morning and having a delicious meal, he happily went out and drove to the outside of the Rose Garden Arena. He also saw many tourists from all over the world gathered in the square.
Today, the Rose Garden Arena has become one of Portland's most popular tourist attractions.
I think about the first year I joined, how deserted the arena was before game days.
But what now?
Even if it's not a game day, the square is full of people!
The Rose Garden is still the same arena, not much has changed. But the Portland Trail Blazers are no longer the team they once were.
A team is the soul of an arena. The huge influence after winning the championship brings high exposure, which makes more and more people fall in love with the Rose Garden Arena.
Just like the Staples Center and North Shore Garden Plaza, known as the temple of basketball, without the rich heritage laid by countless predecessors of the Lakers and Celtics, they would never be favored by so many fans.
Didn’t you see, without Jordan, the United Center will no longer have the grand occasion it once was?
Of course, compared with the above two arenas, Madison Square Garden is particularly special.
The reason why it is known as the Holy Land of Basketball is first of all because it is located in New York City, one of the most prosperous cities in the world. Secondly, since the establishment of the NBA, there have been too many NBA stars leaving their marks of their times there. Various factors
What makes Madison Square Garden unique.
Now, after the baptism of the spiritual championship in this Rose Garden Arena, the soul has been sublimated, and it has instantly gained super popularity.
Everything in front of him made Wang Zelin laugh. He really hoped to turn this into another basketball holy land.
After parking the car, Wang Zelin couldn't wait to walk into the training hall.
When he opened the door to the training facility, he found that twenty or thirty people had gathered on the Trail Blazers training ground.
"Here? Nikola Jokic has arrived and is undergoing physical testing now. You can see him in a moment."
Seeing Wang Zelin appear on the training ground, team general manager Nel Orsi greeted him warmly.
Wang Zelin glanced at the training, and head coach Terry Stotts and assistant coach David Vanderpool also waved at him.
In addition, he also saw a few new faces. Later, coach Gentry found out that these people were all outstanding players in the Development League team this year.
After confirming the additions of Ron Artest, Alexander Pavlovich, Mike Muscala, and Mo Williams, the Trail Blazers now urgently need to increase the thickness of their bench.
3D players at forward and back will be the first choice.
In this year's free market, Hayward, Luol Deng, Ariza, and Bradley will all be within the scope of options.
As for James and Anthony, the two biggest fish in the free market, the Blazers management will basically not consider them. They have Wang Zelin, Lillard, and Aldridge's combination with unlimited potential, and they are better because of their youth.
Home-grown stars are always better than those born from the air.
In addition to pursuing 3D forwards and defenders, the team's renewal of several rotation players who expired last season must also be considered based on the actual situation.
There is no need to worry about Connett Lee and Beverley. After being traded to the Trail Blazers, they still have two years of contracts with the Trail Blazers. Beverley, in particular, will have a minimum salary for the next two years.
Speaking of which, I would like to thank the Houston Mosaic management team again! Thank them for signing a three-year basic salary contract with Beverley on January 7, 2013.
Garnett is left with one more season left on his contract. Considering that the Trail Blazers will still be a strong contender for the league's championship next season, the locker room really needs a veteran like Garnett to hold the place. Even if there is a contract,
Kitchen and Garnett are also very useful as third insiders and mentors.
As for Garnett, is he willing to stay with the Trail Blazers?
Isn't that obvious?
If possible, no one should be able to resist the temptation of a championship ring.
"Wang, Terry, Orsi, this is Nikola Jokic's physical test data."
At this time, the trainer's shout made everyone's eyes focus on him. To be precise, it was the fair and fat young man behind him.
In fact, before the draft, Nikola Jokic had already gone to several teams to participate in trial training. After the trial training, he returned to Serbia to wait for the draft information, but no matter which time, he came to the Rose Garden like today.
The arena is so tense.
Because he knows that the Trail Blazers are this year's championship team.
There is the best team atmosphere here, and it is also the team where the league's number one center currently plays. Therefore, he not only hopes that he will be favored by the Trail Blazers, but is also worried about the training opportunities he will get after joining the Trail Blazers due to the existence of Wang Zelin.
generally.
"That's...Wang Zelin!"
And when Jokic completed the physical test with the trainer and saw Wang Zelin standing between the general manager and head coach, he was instantly extremely nervous!
Having been to so many teams before, as an unknown international player, he has never met the star of any team.
After all, those stars have just finished a long season, and now they are eager to enter the offseason. Who wants to waste time on the draft or a second-round pick?
Although he had long heard that the reason why he was selected by the team was entirely because of Wang Zelin's approval, he actually didn't take it seriously.
As this year's MVP and FMVP double award winner, it is unlikely that Wang Zelin knows himself specifically.
He would rather believe that the Trail Blazers team was keenly aware of his potential, so they intercepted him before the Nuggets.
He never expected that Wang Zelin, who won the O'Brien Cup on TV some time ago, was now standing in front of him alive!
Looking at Wang Zelin chatting and laughing with the team's head coach and general manager, Jokic's mind went blank. Thanks to the trainer's shout, his thoughts were brought back.
"Son, how much do you weigh now?"
Putting down the physical test report, Terry Stotts looked at the fat Jokic and couldn't help but want to reconfirm.
"Uh...274 pounds."
Jokic hesitated for a moment. He had just finished weighing himself and could not lie. He gritted his teeth and weighed in again.
"Oh, my God," Nel Orsi slapped his forehead helplessly, then turned around and complained to Wang Zelin:
"Wang, you told me 255 pounds at the time, but now...he is 19 pounds heavier than you said."
"..."
Wang Zelin sighed inwardly when he heard this.
Although he had known for a long time that after Jokic was drafted by the Nuggets, he was unable to play in the NBA immediately due to weight issues, but when he saw Jokic's physical test report with his own eyes, he was still a little helpless.
"Sir, don't worry, I will definitely lose weight in the shortest possible time."
After hearing what the two said, Jokic began to fear that he would be kicked off the Trail Blazers because he was too fat, and his NBA dream would be shattered, so he quickly added.
"Man, if you really want to make it in the NBA, I sincerely suggest you have to lose weight!"
Although Teacher Yue in front of him was too mellow, Wang Zelin still smiled and comforted the former.
"That's right, let's start with the skills test first."
The trainer smiled and came out to smooth things over. He had long known that the fat man in front of him was indeed appointed by Wang Zelin, so he tried every means to make the atmosphere more cheerful.
"Well, after the skills test is over, there will be another 5-on-5 group confrontation."
Nell Orsi said.
5-on-5 trial training is the event that best reflects a player's true strength.
In the scouting report, Jokic's biggest advantage is his basketball IQ.
Although one game cannot determine whether a player is good or not, combining on-the-spot performance and people's previous understanding of a player can at least allow people to see a player more thoroughly.
Wang Zelin came to the sidelines and sat on the bench. As soon as he looked up, he found Jokic staring at him on the court.
After realizing that she was also looking at him, she became more active and immediately turned her face away. With his chubby figure and the look on his face, it was as if a distracted student had discovered the class teacher standing at the window.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Sensing Jokic's dilemma, Wang Zelin laughed out loud on the spot.
"Well...this guy is quite interesting."
Next to him, Terry Stotts was also amused by Jokic's actions.
Soon, Jokic's technical test came out, but Nel Orsi was not in a hurry to watch it. Instead, he asked Jokic to take a rest and prepare for a while of 5-on-5 training.
Fortunately, today, in addition to Jokic and the Development League players, there are also some free agents who came to participate in the Trail Blazers' trial training at their own expense. The number of people on the field can be easily gathered together with 10 people for a group match.
Does this kid really have such a high golf IQ as Wang said?
So thought Nel Orsi.
Immediately afterwards, he turned his attention to Jokic who jumped the ball in the middle circle, with doubts and expectations in his eyes.
He understands that Wang Zelin has never been a person without aim.
But Jokic's figure was too weird after all, and it was hard to convince him.
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Half an hour later.
The 20-minute competition is over.
Jokic didn't score much, scoring only 6 points, but he sent 4 assists.
Finally, I asked Wang Zelin for an autograph before reluctantly leaving the Rose Garden Arena.
"I have to say, King, the Serbian you appointed... is indeed interesting."
After everyone left, Nell Orsi said this to Wang Zelin.
Before leaving that night, he specially copied a bunch of game videos of Jokic playing in Europe from assistant coach David Vanderpool's computer.
In his heart, he has initially recognized Jokic as a rookie.
Of course, before that, Jokic must work hard and cooperate with the trainer's arrangements to lose that damn fat.
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As more and more players test the waters of the free market, six-eyed flying fish are also flying all over the sky.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Stoudemire stays with the Knicks;
Lowry and the Raptors reached a four-year, $48 million contract extension;
Pau Gasol wants to leave Lakers;
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Everything feels like a storm is about to come.
Amid rumors and speculation, although the NBA off-season suffered from the World Cup stealing the spotlight, its popularity continued unabated.
Until July 12th.
According to ESPN reports, LeBron James has finally decided to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The world's most common MVP has returned to his first team in his career, which is also his hometown team.
After the Heat were eliminated by the Trail Blazers in the Finals, the drama of "Where is James?" that continued for a long time came to an end.
At noon local time, James informed Sports Illustrated that he would return to the Cavaliers.
Immediately, Sports Illustrated published an article written in the first person by James:
"My feelings for Northeast Ohio are greater than my feelings for basketball. I would have realized that 10 years ago, and I realize it now."
This is another major event for the Alliance!
For James, this is also a big turnaround after he made his decision in 2010. During his 4 years with the Heat, the Big Three formed by him, Wade, and Bosh won the championship twice in 4 years. It can be said that it was unsuccessful.
Prior to this, the Heat had tried their best to retain James. Heat godfather Pat Riley even flew to Las Vegas in person on Wednesday, hoping to appear and persuade James to stay with the team.
But in the end, James said "NO!" to Riley and the Heat.
He chose to return to the Cavaliers, the team that drafted him in 2003 and his hometown team.
Since then, the news that the number one active player LeBron James has returned to the Cavaliers has spread, causing a huge earthquake in the entire NBA.
