am i proud?

Chapter 14
Wang Dalin has lived in Miami for more than three months, and he probably doesn't know about other places, but he is very familiar with the area near the Heat's training facility.

The "Old Rock" fast food restaurant that Grant mentioned is on this block, not too far from the arena, and it only takes about 15 minutes to walk.

The donuts at Old Locke’s cost $1.5 each, which is 50 cents more expensive than most fast food restaurants on the street.

Wang Dalin felt that it was indeed more delicious. No wonder Mourning and Hardaway, the Heat's "veteran cannons", asked to buy from his family.

Taking a big bite of the donut in his hand, Mourning patted Wang Dalin on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Rookie, well done!"

With a smile on his face, Wang Dalin cursed in his heart: "Old man, eating such sweets is not good for the kidneys..."

In fact, there are indeed things in NBA teams where old players bully rookies, but those are only a few. In most cases, these are just good-natured jokes.

Veteran players do not necessarily require rookies to carry a bag or buy donuts, but the team culture that has been formed over the years. Veteran players will naturally enjoy certain privileges, and everyone has inherited them tacitly.

It is said that when LeBron James first joined the Cavaliers, he carried a bag for Ricky Davis, and was even instructed to buy donuts a few blocks away...

In the second day's training, Wang Dalin found out that the reason why the old players can enjoy these privileges is not for nothing!

Seeing Hardaway, Mason, Green, Marly, and Coswell, who are over [-] years old, sweating profusely, Wang Dalin really felt a shock.

I heard that Riley likes to do "devil special training" the most, but I didn't expect to do this kind of training on the second day of training. Wang Dalin also experienced it himself.

With this amount of training, not to mention veterans in their 30s, even young people like House and Brown have been trained to death.

Wang Dalin originally thought that he would not be able to get much playing time in his rookie season, and his physical strength at 61 should definitely be enough. How could he have expected this situation?

Of course, there will be very little playing time. Of course, this little physical strength is enough to put on the competition field, but what about the training field?

"Fuck! It seems that the previous addition was a bit sloppy!"

After completing the fourth-stage mission, the system's fifth-stage mission has also been released, but none of these missions were completed during training:
"Task 500: Play in the NBA preseason game, reward: [-] points!"

"Task 5: Get 5 points or 5 rebounds or 500 assists in a single game in the NBA preseason game, reward: [-] points!"

"Mission 1: Send 1 block or 500 steal in a single game in the NBA preseason, reward: [-] points!"

"Mission 2000: Get a 'double-double' data in a single game in the NBA preseason, reward: [-] points!"

"Mission 5: Play in the NBA regular season, reward: the host can designate any ability value to increase by [-] points!"

Except for the last item, Quan Te is about the preseason, and Wang Dalin is also speechless.

At present, Tim Hardaway, Eddie Jones, Brian Grant, Anthony Mason, AC Green, Dan Marley, Bruce Bowen, Anthony Carter, Ricky Davis, Eddie House and Duane Coswell have obviously entered the Heat's regular season roster. The contracts of others are all non-guaranteed contracts (Mourning is due to injuries).

A team's roster has a maximum of 15 players. Those who have not yet been confirmed to enter the roster include Ernest Brown, Jamal Robinson, Todd Fowler, Don Macron, and Wang Dalin. He has to compete with these few for the few spots in the regular season.

Of course, his main opponent is Don Macron. After all, this is a power forward with a height of 208 cm, which is the same as Wang Dalin's current position.

As for Brown, his fate has long been doomed, and he should be sent to the Development League before the start of the regular season.No way, he can't compete with Todd Fowler in the position of a meat shield center. He has played in the NBA for 4 seasons anyway.

Todd Fowler was the 96th pick in the first round in 11, and his draft pick was higher than "Black Mamba" that year.Although this gentleman has not been able to make a name for himself in the past four seasons, he is a lottery pick after all, and the Heat naturally want to bet on whether he still has unfulfilled talents.

And among the people who are definitely selected for the big list, there is already a center with a height of 213 cm, Duane Coswell. Green and Grant can also top the center position at any time. How can there be Brown?
The afternoon training was finally over, and Wang Dalin was as tired as a dead dog... Of course, the rest of the Heat team were similar to him.

Fortunately, Wang Dalin is quite happy to be able to eat the nutritious meals provided by the team after starting the training camp.

But when he ate it, he wanted to scold his mother, why is this too unpalatable?

Wang Dalin dared to bet his handsome face that he had never eaten such an unpalatable chicken in his life and his previous life!

Boil it directly in water, add a little salt...is this also called chicken?

Wang Dalin still doesn't know that Wang Zhizhi didn't even mention the environment of serious discrimination against Chinese in Dallas when he interviewed domestic reporters after he landed in the NBA next year. Instead, he complained about this famous "nutritious meal"!
Before the start of the new season, the general NBA team's training camp is a training session every day.

It was the same for the Heat at the beginning, but after a week, it was upgraded to two training sessions a day, physical training in the morning, and ball training and team practice games in the afternoon.

As the training camp passed day by day, everyone's tacit understanding was getting higher and higher, but they were exhausted every day... Pat Riley's "Devil Training" really lived up to its reputation!
In the team confrontation, whenever Wang Dalin is actively fighting on the field, he will always feel the "enthusiastic" waist pinch, elbow back or knee push of his teammates.

Chinese people have been paying attention to "reciprocity" since ancient times. Every time Wang Dalin returned these actions, the expressions on the faces of his teammates would always show a bit of pain and...enjoyment?
look at the sky!What kind of beasts are these?

Think of elbow strikes as "caress"... Is this the legendary Iron Blood?
Wang Dalin feels that if the pre-season training camp is extended for another month, it is estimated that the Heat will experience "non-combat attrition"...

It can be said that Pat Riley is definitely one of the most famous coaches in NBA history. Back then, the Lakers led by him played the best offensive frenzy in the world. It was nicknamed "Show-Time"!
During the "Show-Time" period, the Lakers lived up to expectations, winning four NBA championships in 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988.

When everyone was full of praise for Riley's coaching achievements, he also told reporters the secret of his success, which is "devil training".

When the team loses, the team will conduct punitive "devil training"...

When the team's next round of the regular season is very important, the team will conduct targeted "devil training"...

When every game in the playoffs must be fought, the team will naturally engage in "devil training"...

I am afraid that only he himself will think that "devil training" is his magic weapon.

In fact, many NBA players are unwilling to play in Riley's team, including "Magic" Johnson, "Cobra" Worthy, "Skyhook" Kareem, etc... It's so fucking tiring!
Hmm... Wang Dalin believes that if Riley is not so persistent in "devil training", the Lakers team he leads can at least win one or two more championships!
In the "devil training" day after day, the Heat finally ended their pre-season training, and the preseason will begin on October 10.

The Heat's opponents in this year's preseason are the Boston Celtics, Washington Wizards, and Charlotte Hornets. The three teams will play a total of 6 home and away games.

On October 10, the Heat ushered in their first preseason opponent, the Celtics.

The day before the game, Wang Dalin learned from Spoelstra that he had entered the roster and would get about 10 minutes of playing time.

(End of this chapter)