Healing Basketball

Chapter 533 533. I understand!

Liu Xiu took the initiative to say hello: "Hello, Alonzo, I'm Liu Xiu, and my English name is Jess. You can call me by my nickname, General."

"General? Your new nickname? Cool."

"My nickname has always been the General..."

Every time we talk about nicknames, it will be his turn for the warden to be healed.

Unlike the cold and proud Mourning on the court, Mourning outside the court seems quite forthright.

Liu Xiu and Mourning exchanged a few words, but didn't talk too much, there was plenty of time to get familiar with such things.

After the coach and Mourning arrived, the rest of the team also arrived at the arena one after another before [-]:[-] p.m. The old teammates were quite surprised to see that Liu Xiu arrived at the arena earlier.

In fact, Liu Xiu was the first to come on the assembly day. The main reason was not that other people didn't pay attention, but that since September, the Trail Blazers had already had players coming to the Rose Garden Arena for training.

Ray Allen returned to Portland directly after Kobe's training camp ended, and came to the Rose Garden Arena to continue training, and outside interference could not affect him.

Last season's championship lineup had 11 players staying in the team. After two or three months, they are still familiar when they meet again.

The newcomer Ray Allen doesn't say that he is very familiar with each other, but with Liu Xiu's self-familiar ability, after spending a month in Kobe Bryant's training camp together, they can chat normally when they sit together.

The other two new teammates finally met.

Caucasian point guard Blake, although he looks ordinary and thin, and is a player who was given up by the Wizards to join with a near-basic salary. Let Liu Xiu feel at ease with such a teammate.

Another new teammate, Louis Williams, who just graduated from high school, is much more timid, and his performance in the summer league was not good. Because of his poor performance in the summer league, he came to the arena for training ten days ago, and he has few teammates so far Take the initiative to chat with him, NBA, the biggest Vanity Fair in the basketball world, there must be friendship, but strangers, it seems that the possibility of staying in the NBA is not high. cringe.

Liu Xiu discovered Lu Wei's problem, but she was not in a hurry to change anything, and it took a long time.

The one Liu Xiu looked most comfortable with was still Randolph.

Liu Xiu saw that Randolph was rounder than at the end of the finals, and Randolph saw that Liu Xiu had returned to the shape of a passerby, and the two entered the mode of sympathy again.

Before two o'clock, the coaching staff and players were all present. On the assembly day, Paul Allen also came. This is very rare. The last time Paul Allen participated in the assembly day was in the 00-01 season, after reaching the Western Conference finals. second season.

Paul Allen spoke passionately about his goals for the new season, but what really cheered up the players was that he held a party tonight and invited everyone to go together.

...

Paul Allen reluctantly left the training ground, thinking that if he had known earlier, he would have written a long composition of three to five thousand words. This small composition of [-] words is not enough to memorize!
What's more...Paul Allen complained to the vice president: "It's so boring, I'm not allowed to give even a little gift to the league."

The vice president pouted, yes, gifts of [-] points are not allowed, and people in the management team like them can't take advantage of the warden.

Thinking of not being able to give gifts, Paul Allen thought of another thing and asked: "Do we have any profits left from last season?"

"There is still left..."

"Well, I don't want to know how much is left."

The vice president responded and was about to take out his notebook to read the prepared materials when he was interrupted by Paul Allen.

Paul Allen continued: "How much profit do we expect to make next season?"

The vice president responded: "According to our current player salaries and calculating other expenses according to the usual practice, John predicts that after taxes, our new season profit will probably exceed 3000 million, setting a record high in team history. Warner's in-state broadcast deal, with an additional $5 million a year for the next five years."

Paul Allen didn't know what to say to the vice president's tone of "you see how capable I am, praise me quickly".

Forget it, let's talk about something interesting, Paul Allen asked: "5 years? Why did Time Warner sign for 5 years?"

He didn't ask why Time Warner Cable Sports, a TV station that has a good relationship with the Lakers and often hacks their prison team, asked them to buy the exclusive live broadcast rights in the Oregon area. Everyone is a businessman. Difficulty with money.

The Trail Blazers originally signed an agreement for an exclusive live broadcast in the state, but the number of live broadcasts was not many and the price was not high. They signed it in the early 90s when the glider led the team. It was signed for 15 years at a total of 3000 million U.S. dollars. expired.

The vice president replied: "John asked them privately because there are two years left on Jess's rookie contract. According to the 03+3 contract renewals of most of the 1 talents, they think that Jess will not leave for at least the next 5 years. It can guarantee ratings."

Paul Allen nodded. He actually guessed that this might be the reason, but he just wanted to ask, which was more interesting than continuing to talk about how much money he made.

After confirming that this was the reason, Paul Allen thought of another thing and asked, "Kevin, do you think our arena is too far away from Jess's house?"

"?" The subject changed, and the vice president couldn't help asking: "Why do you say that?"

Paul Allen responded: "I heard that he was almost late when he came to the arena every day for the past two years."

"..."

Suddenly, Paul Allen's eyes lit up: "I know how to spend the money!"

Vice President:? ? ?

"Now Jess is often almost late, and his new home is farther away from here. We have to find a way to solve the problem that the core players are too far away from the arena and may delay training." Paul Allen was full of fighting spirit at this moment.

"Uh..." The vice president didn't know what to say. Liu Xiu's house is located in Shidong District, where there are not so many entertainment venues. The distance from the arena is the closest to all the players in the team. His almost late arrival has nothing to do with the distance. no ok!
Paul Allen became more and more excited as he talked: "Kevin, you are in charge of planning, find a suitable location, the most suitable location away from Jess's new home and the arena, and we will build a training hall! Guarantee that Jess will move to a more suitable location in the future. You won’t be late after living far away, and you can better ensure privacy and security. There are too many businesses here in the Rose Garden Arena, which may affect the training of the players.”

"...Okay, I understand." Although the vice president didn't understand, he listened to the boss.

It wasn't his money anyway.

Isn't Madison Square Garden, Staples Center, and North Shore Garden Arena busier than this Rose Garden Arena?

Hey, no, the Knicks, Lakers, Clippers, and Celtics all have independent training halls, and they will not train in the game venues on non-game days.

Does the boss want to keep up with these three teams?
...

Just as the vice president's passion was ignited, there was a knock on the door, and the coach walked in, sending the physical examination report.

The vice president suppressed his excitement and read the report.

There are very few items in the physical test today, such as height, weight, height, etc. Static physical conditions, the other vice presidents don't have to worry, he only wants to know about those two people.

"Liu Xiu, height: 6 feet 3 inches (self-declared), weight: 221 pounds..."

"Zach Randolph, Height: 6'9", Weight: 284 lbs..."

It's really no surprise that the team's most talented outsiders and insiders didn't disappoint him...

On the other hand, Liu Xiu didn’t care about his weight soaring to 100 kilograms. As long as he dropped to 99 kilograms, his speed and flexibility would not be affected. During Kobe’s training camp, he quickly dropped below 100. This is not the end of Kobe’s training camp. Another three months and weeks have passed.

Looking at these 14 teammates, Liu Xiu was very excited, but there were also some things that she felt were not good enough.

Open the team section of the system.

"Point guard:
Damon Stoudemire, 32 years old, 178 cm, 78 kg, PG, ability rating 83, offense 90...

Gary Payton, 37 years old, 193 cm, 84 kg, PG, ability evaluation 78...

Steve Blake, 25 years old, 191 cm, 80 kg, PG/SG, ability rating 71...

Shooting Guard:

Ray Allen, 30 years old, 196 cm, 93 kg, SG/SF, ability evaluation 92...

Fred Jones, 26 years old, 193 cm, 95 kg, SG/SF, ability rating 73…

Louis Williams, 18 years old, 185 cm, 79 kg, SG, ability evaluation—…

small forward:
Travis Outlaw, 21 years old, 206 cm, 100 kg, SF/PF, ability rating 79, offense 73, defense 85...

Carlos Delfino, 23 years old, 198 cm, 104 kg, SF/SG, ability rating 65…

Power Forward:
Zach Randolph, 24 years old, 206 cm, 129 kg, PF, ability evaluation to be updated...

Sharif Rahim, 28 years old, 206 cm, 111 kg, PF/SF, ability rating 87...

Center:

Kwame Brown, 23 years old, 211 cm, 116 kg, C/PF, ability rating 79, offense -, defense 91...

Antonio McDyess, 31 years old, 206 cm, 110 kg, C, ability evaluation 76, offense 74, defense 84...

Anderson Varejao, 23 years old, 211 cm, 124 kg, C/PF, ability rating 68, offense -, defense 79...

Alonzo Mourning, 35 years old, 208 cm, 118 kg, C, ability evaluation 76, offense 69, defense 82..."

The lineup is naturally good, with strong troops and strong horses, the kind that makes Popovich's real name system scold the street.

But the lineup structure is actually not as good as last season.

Delfino is like a weakened version of the outlaw lunatic in all aspects except for a longer range.

There are definitely advantages, and it can guarantee the continuity of the style of play, but the position of the small forward has also lost its change, and Delfino is not strong enough.

Compared with the beginning of last season, the ability evaluation of the outlaw fanatic has risen from 74 to 79, which is almost at an excellent level. Last week, Liu Xiucai just helped the outlaw fanatic hold a 21st birthday party; Delfino is 23 years old , the ability evaluation is only 65.

The talent gap is obvious. Delfino's progress is too slow, and he may not get better until he enters the golden period of his career after the age of 25.

(End of this chapter)