In August, the men's basketball team played a few warm-up games with little value, against the so-called American All-Star Team.
The result was that the NBA all-star combination of Lin Yu and Dayao, plus the NBA rookie combination of Arab League and Sun Yue completely destroyed the American star team, which was actually composed of NBDL players.
The intensity is not high, just like after a few friendly matches, the time has come to the beginning of September, and the training camp of the men's basketball team has ended.
After the training camp, Lin Yu did not stay in the country and returned directly to the United States because the Cavaliers' pre-season training was about to begin.
"It's said to be the most leisurely summer, but it turns out there's still very little vacation time."
Back in Cleveland, the villa Lin Yu rented regained the atmosphere of life. The two nannies and maids who had been serving Lin Yu last season had cleaned the entire villa before Lin Yu returned to Cleveland.
Now, in the villa with bright and clean windows, David Alexander had reunited with Lin Yu, listening to Lin Yu's complaints.
David Alexander smiled and then asked a layman's question: "Why does the Chinese men's basketball team arrange training camps in the summer when there are no international games?"
Lin Yu spread his hands: "This is our characteristic, there is nothing to say."
If there was no men's basketball training camp, he would have had as much as a month's vacation this summer like LeBron James, but now, this month is spent in the men's basketball training camp.
Although this is another way to add training in the summer, the effect is not very good because the men's basketball coach is far less professional than David Alexander in terms of personal training.
"Okay, David, I'll give you two days to formulate a training plan that can get you into competition condition as soon as possible, and then we'll start training."
David Alexander nodded. This is too simple for him. A training plan that can get him into competition condition as soon as possible. He has a lot in his mind!
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Back in Cleveland, Lin Yu's summer training continued.
However, time passed quickly through summer and entered early autumn, and the Cavaliers' pre-season training also began.
On September 10th, US time, the time prescribed by Mike Brown for the opening of the pre-season training camp, Lin Yu, who had become very energetic, arrived at the training facility early in the morning.
In the past week, with the assistance of David Alexander, he has adjusted his state to a state that can adapt to NBA-level confrontation.
This is still very scary, because many NBA players have just entered the training state at this time, and it is impossible to return to their peak without half a month or even a month.
Some self-disciplined players, or superstars like LeBron James, may not have much problem with their condition, but compared with their peak condition, they are still far away.
Returning to the Cavaliers' training hall, he walked through the passage and met team staff along the way. Lin Yu nodded and said hello.
But now everyone knows that Lin Yu is unhappy in the Cavaliers, so almost everyone looks at Lin Yu with a strange expression.
Lin Yu knew why they were surprised, because all summer, everyone had been speculating whether Lin Yu, who was unhappy in Cleveland, would leave during the new season.
And will the Cavaliers, who just won the championship, disintegrate due to a small mistake made by Danny Ferry.
In short, the Cavaliers in the new season are full of uncertainties.
In the locker room of the training hall, teammates and coaches arrived one after another, and Lin Yu also greeted his teammates and new teammates.
In the summer, due to Lin Yu's contract extension, the Cavaliers were in the vortex of public opinion, and Danny Ferry's plan was not completely successful.
He only sent away Andre Miller and Drew Gooden. Big Z had no choice but to stay because his contract was too big and he was too old and no one cared about them.
Big Z's stay on the team nearly ruined Danny Ferry's summer operation plan, but what really ruined Danny Ferry's chances was his huge salary space. First, he seduced Lin Yu, who was a restricted free agent, and then
Started to get in touch with Rashard Lewis's magic again.
The Magic directly gave Lewis a supermax salary with a starting salary of US$14.88 million. The Cavaliers were unable to match it and had no choice but to let Lewis leave.
But because of competition from the Rockets, the Magic once again raised their offer, giving Danny Ferry room to show off.
In the end, Danny Ferry sent Rashard Lewis to the Magic in a sign-and-trade manner, got a second-round pick, and swallowed Darko Milicy.
Qixin's contract for the new season is US$6.5 million, and he also received a US$8 million trade exception.
At that time, when the deal was concluded, in addition to those voices attacking Danny Ferry and even depriving Danny Ferry of the honor of being the best manager, there were many more voices speculating in North America——
"The Cavaliers received a US$8 million trade exception from this transaction to make up for their losses. Here is the key point. This US$8 million trade exception is likely to be the foreshadowing for China Lin to leave the Cavaliers."
The departure of Rashard Lewis means that the era of the Cavaliers' Big Three is over. Now the only team in the league with a Big Three is the Celtics.
Before the Rashard Lewis trade, Danny Ferry also completed a trade that he later regretted very much. He sent away Drew Gooden.
The deal received Delonte West from the SuperSonics and a $4 million trade exception.
What he regrets is that he failed to retain Rashard Lewis and Drew Gooden left again. Now, the Cavaliers no longer have a starter at the fourth position.
Lin Yu's words came true. Jared Dudley, who was selected in the draft, is likely to be forced into the position.
Joe Smith, who can play the fourth position, cannot be ignored, but his playing style is further inside than Drew Gooden, which is really not suitable for the Cavaliers' tactical play last season.
Fortunately, in the subsequent free market, the Cavaliers gained some outstanding role players, which made up for the losses to a certain extent.
They signed swingman Devin Brown, who performed well with the Hornets and Warriors last season, for $1.2 million a year, and then grabbed Brian Cook for $7 million in two years to make a 15-man roster.
Just fill it up.
Point Guard: Delonte West, Daniel Gibson, David Wesley
Shooting Guard: Lin Yu, Damien Wilkins, Shannon Brown
Small forward: LeBron James, Ira Newbell, Devin Brown
Power Forward: Jared Dudley, Joe Smith, Brian Cook
Center: Zarunas Ilgauskas, Anderson Varejao, Dwayne Jones
The only new teammates are point guard Delonte West, forward and swingman Devin Brown, and forwards Dudley and Brian Cook. Overall, the Cavaliers have retained the main lineup from last season.
But the departure of Lewis and Drew Gooden still damaged the Cavaliers' overall strength.
Zach Lowe talked about the Cavaliers' declining strength in his preseason column. He thinks it's not a big problem because: "The departure of Rashard Lewis deprived the Cleveland Cavaliers of their second stable three-point guard.
Points are scored, but they have China Lin who is always improving, and Delonte West who is more defensive and experienced."
"In the new season, if China Lin can provide more peripheral firepower, the Cavaliers' strength will not fluctuate much."
James' official reporter Brian Windhorst put it more bluntly: "No one will miss Rashard Lewis, who performed poorly in the playoffs. For the Cavaliers, the most important task before them is,