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Chapter 101 Peripheral Perspective (Please collect and recommend)

"Yes, can it only be this short?"

"I still think it's too long."

"Can't it be any shorter?"

"Okay, it's so long, it's barely acceptable."

Dududu Qin Fei hung up the phone.

In fact, he is considered lucky. At least some sneaker brands are willing to find him as endorsers. Most of the rookies outside the lottery enter the league. They are all bare white boards, and there are very few endorsements outside the team contract.

The sneaker endorsement is the most important endorsement for a player besides the team contract.

After answering the phone from the bathroom, Qin Fei went back to the dressing room.

At this time, several bosses in the locker room were changing clothes, and his own wardrobe was next to Snow's wardrobe.

While sitting on the chair, team coach George Karl pushed open the door of the locker room and walked in.

"Guys, the press has left and we can start training."

Before the start of the game, the training of the Sonics was closed. Today, after the makeup photos were taken, it was the team's first training session.

Logically, something should be said about the new season.

George Karl didn't set the tone and set his sights on Gary Payton as the leader.

Gary Payton nodded and stood up: "Guys, the new season has begun."

His voice is thicker, he speaks very fast, and his voice is very loud. As soon as he speaks, he attracts everyone's attention.

After all, he is a master of trash talking, so how can he spray people without turning his volume up?

"Three months ago, we lost the finals, but it doesn't matter, we are still very young, and the bull is old, they can't do it anymore! In the new season, our goal is to continue to reach the finals and get back the championship trophy that belongs to us!"

"Okay, that's it, let's start, the new season!"

Gary Payton's last two sentences are still very imposing, coupled with his thick and loud voice, everyone's blood boiled with enthusiasm, and they also yelled after ghosts several times.

Good guy, this scene is quite brainwashing!

At this time, George Karl made a final concluding speech: "This summer, our team has undergone some changes. Some people have left, some people have come, but our spirit and goals have not changed. We are still the best team. As Gary said, we must go to win back the championship we lost."

In the summer of 96, the Sonics lost some people, but the main lineup that reached the finals was basically preserved.

Among the people who left, one was the young insider Elvin Johnson who changed Qin Fei alone.

There are also bench bandits Vincent Askew, Frank Brickkowski, and Sherrel Ford.

Among the players introduced, the biggest name should be Terry Cummings.

Qin Fei has no impression of this veteran, but in fact this player has been selected to the All-Star twice, was also selected to the NBA's best team, and was even named the No. 80 power forward in the [-]s.

He is also a representative of the pinnacle when he debuted. He entered the NBA after four years of college and averaged 20+10 per game in his first season.

Now he is 35 years old and entering the twilight of his career.

Another important player introduced is Jim McElvine, who was selected with the 94th overall pick in the second round of 5. He is a frame-protecting center who is very good at blocking shots. Last season with the Bullets, he averaged 14.9 blocks in 2.1 minutes per game.

Then there is Qin Fei, a mediocre rookie who has not yet proven himself in the NBA.

After the coach finished speaking, he left and the players were ready to play.

Qin Fei thought that he would receive "rookie treatment" such as carrying bags and shoes, but no one paid any attention to him at all.

Just when he felt strange, there was a loud bang in the locker room.

He turned his head and saw that there was a big guy missing—Kemp.

"Come on, let's go to training."

Snow told Qin Fei to go quickly, Qin Fei hurriedly put on his jersey, followed Snow out of the team locker room, and came to the training field.

As a result, on the training field, I saw a rain man who was practicing free throws over there.

What the hell is wrong with him?

The team's first training session was divided into two parts.

The first part is the warm-up training, which is mainly to help the players get back some playing status, because it is very likely that some "millionaires" here have not touched the ball much in the summer; the second part is the full-court confrontation training, which is divided into two teams AB.

The subsequent training methods were similar to those of Qin Fei in college, and he was assigned to Team B without any surprise.

The usual atmosphere of the team seems to be rather depressing!

Qin Fei observed Kemp silently, and found that Kemp had talked to Gary Payton until now, and he seemed to ignore everyone he saw.

The warm-up training is also divided into several rounds, including team tests.

The main purpose is to help the coach collect some real data about the players. These data are confidential and cannot be obtained by outside scouts.

So in this wave of tests, Qin Fei discovered that the NBA is really a concentration camp for monsters. His good static talent is not outstanding in the team, and his athletic ability is even worse than those big brothers who have been training for several years.

There is still a lot to learn, and soon it will be five-on-five confrontation training.

Team A's players are guards Gary Payton and Jose Hawkins, forwards De La Reve Schramf, Sean Kemp, and center Sam Perkins.

The players of the B team are Eric Snow, Nate McMillan, forward Larry Stewart, Terry Cummings, and center Jim.

Qin Fei and several other fringe players sat on the bench and watched.

Immediately, assistant coach Bob Withey came over and sat down beside him.

"Coach Bob."

Qin Fei said hello.

In the coaching staff, the head coach George Karl had a relationship once, and today is the second meeting, and the assistant coach Bob played the summer league together, so he is more familiar.

"During the summer league, in the last few games, I can see that your tactical comprehension is very fast. Have you consolidated during these days?"

"Of course, these days are basically training."

"After playing for a while, you will be in the guard position. When attacking, be careful not to run overlapping with teammates on the flank." Bob left after a few words.

This can be regarded as reflecting the particularity of Qin Fei's marginalized people.

On the field training, Gary Payton's big voice was everywhere.

"Change defense, change defense!"

"Pull it out, don't block here."

"Rebound, pass the ball quickly!"

Gary Payton is indeed a level better than other players, especially in terms of reading the game. As the team's main controller, he can always find flaws.

And the benefit is the team's star insider Kemp.

In one offense, Gary Payton and Kemp hit a high pick-and-roll, and Kemp picked up the ball and ran directly to the basket.

The representative of the most violent inside player in the 90s suddenly took off at this moment.

Completed a dunk on the head of the substitute player.

After the dunk, he vigorously pulled the basket twice. In an official game, this kind of disrespectful behavior of hanging the basket will be called a technical foul.

Kemp, who landed, waited for Jim to take a look, and even sprayed some trash talk.

"Isn't he very good at blocking shots? Just defending?"

Jim in the third grade looked wronged, and he really didn't know where he offended the boss of the team.

And it’s not over yet. In the following training, Kemp has been looking for Jim one-on-one, hitting him desperately, and scoring various violent tricks on Jim’s head.

Jim didn't say a word, and was also furious. In a defense, he brazenly stretched out his long arms and blocked Kemp head-on.

The ball was covered far away, and Kemp had no protection and fell to the floor.

The scene was stunned, and Camp was not injured.

But the anger came up, and he turned on Jim, like an angry lion.

Jim is not afraid either. People of this age are afraid of things and will not be able to get along.

"What are you going to do?"

Head coach George Karl stopped in the middle. He really didn't expect such a thing to happen in an ordinary training game.

Then Gary Payton, Jose Hawkins and other big shots reached out to stop Kemp, and Cummings, who was new to the team on the other side, also dragged Jim away.

Qin Fei was dumbfounded. Is the NBA so hot? The training is all for real?

(End of this chapter)