NBA backer king

Chapter 202 New season player list
At 15 noon on the 12th local time, the two landed in Los Angeles, and their agent Lance Hawksman came to pick them up.

"Brother Changfeng, how do you feel?" Sitting in the car, he asked.

Looking at the bustling streets on both sides in the car, Liu Changfeng sighed in two words: "Developed."

"It's developed, but you didn't pay attention to those slums. There are many people who sleep on the street. I slept in the sewer for five months." He said.

"Tie Jun, it's really not easy for you, but fortunately you're in the top position now." Liu Changfeng said.

"Remember, brother Changfeng, no matter where you are, you have to stay at home at night. In the United States, night is very dangerous." He reminded.

"Understood." Liu Changfeng nodded with a vague understanding.

He stayed in Los Angeles for one night and got over the jet lag. At noon on the 16th, he returned to Phoenix with Liu Changfeng.

"Tie Jun, this is your home in America? It's not as big as your hometown!"

"Enough, it's useless to be too big."

When he saw his villa, Liu Changfeng was not surprised. The villa was only in a foreign style, but it was not as grand as the five-story building in his hometown.

"Brother Changfeng, this is my room, you can pick an empty room."

After putting down his luggage, he contacted Kevin Johnson and the others, knowing that Barkley had already left Phoenix, and the villa was also listed.

Some newcomers came to the team and some old people left.

For example, the former inside core, one of the leaders of the Suns locker room, a black belt master in Jeet Kune Do, Tom Chambers, who was seriously injured last season, this 35-year-old veteran was traded to the Jazz.

In addition, the team is playing a preseason game outside, NO.20 is over, and the whole team will gather to report on the 22nd, and all members will start training before the game.

"System, exchange for a physical training card for me."

Now that all the training was done, he decided to use up the last two hundred points, and it was useless to keep them.

"Yes, it has been exchanged."

The content came out, two months, two levels, uninterrupted, one hour of training every day, until the end of mid-December.

This physical training cannot be rushed. It is a process of physical training and storage. It is fixed for one hour a day, neither less nor more, and it is enough to carry out according to quality and quantity.

In the next regular season, he also plans to continue to gain weight after gaining points, at least for one period, and increase the tonnage to 130 kilograms before the playoffs.

In the next few days, in addition to physical training, he conducted shooting training and other training with the ball.

Although it is not a systematic training content, it is also helpful for the improvement of strength.

After training, he paid attention to the media's evaluation of the Suns.

But I am very disappointed. No media is optimistic about the new season of the Suns. Even the local media has a very pessimistic attitude. The Suns who gave up superstar Barkley seem to be a small team in the media's writing.

At 22 o'clock in the morning on the 8nd, Wang Tiejun drove to the headquarters of the Suns.

"Hey, old K, welcome back." The big black security guard at the door greeted cheerfully.

"Hello, Harriman," he greeted too.

I ran into Dan Marley in the underground parking lot, and the two greeted each other when Kevin Johnson's Ferrari came in.

"Dan, you played preseason?" he asked.

"Yes, it's time to prepare for the regular season." Dan Marley laughed.

"Old K, get stronger again, you have been practicing more during the offseason?" Kevin Johnson came over and looked at him and shouted.

"126 kilograms." He said with a smile.

"Will you continue to gain weight in the new season?" Dan Marley asked with a smile.

"Yes, this season I plan to gain weight to 130 kg." He said.

Dan Marley suddenly sighed: "Unfortunately, Charles is gone. It is difficult to defend the title this time. The outside world is not optimistic about us."

The three of them were silent for a while, walking and walking, old and old, the strength of the Suns this season is indeed far inferior to last season.

However, after Kevin Johnson was silent, he suddenly cheered up and said: "Although I am one year older, I also practiced more during the off-season. I am in a good state now, and we still have hope for the new season."

Wang Tiejun nodded quickly and said, "That's right, Kevin, you're not old. You're only 27 years old. It's the right time to play. We may not be able to do it. My strength has improved compared to last season. Let's work hard together, and we won't know who is the strongest until the end."

He is also under a lot of pressure now, which is different from last season.

Last season, he had basically no pressure at all. Barkley was on top of him, and it had nothing to do with him if he lost. Moreover, his desire to pursue the championship was not strong, and he was not very concerned about gains and losses.

But this season he is the core, and he is responsible for this team. It is his responsibility for the team to lose, and the media will target him.

If he can't defend his title, no matter what the reason, he will have a lot of responsibility.

At least there is one thing that cannot be escaped. The team gave up Barkley for him, but he did not lead the team to defend the title. The responsibility is his, and the media will criticize him crazily.

The three of them came to the training hall while talking. The other teammates had already arrived, and the three of them were the last to arrive.

The management and coaching staff have also arrived, and the head coach is still Paul Westphal.

He just led the team to win the championship, and last season he won the honor of the best coach with the first record in the regular season. He is considered a rising star among the league's coaches.

"Players assemble."

Assistant coach Lewis immediately yelled when he saw the three of them arriving.

After the players assembled, Westphal stood in front with a few pieces of paper and said loudly: "Welcome everyone to the 93/94 season, we are about to usher in a new season full of hope..."

After a few opening remarks, he read the roster.

The twelve contract players are Wang Tiejun, Otis Thorpe, AC Green, Oliver Miller, Cedric Ceballos, Robert Horry, Corey Blunt, Kevin Johnson, Dan Marley, Frank Johnson, Danny Ainge, Elliott Perry.

Among these people, seven are members of last season's champions, five are rookies, and one of them is a rookie.

Westphal glanced at the players and said: "Guys, Barkley has left. We are missing a superstar who averaged 25.6 points, 12.2 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.6 steals and 1 block per game. This is a huge gap. Whether it is offense or defense, someone must make up for it."

After saying this, almost all the players became excited, especially people like Ceballos.

He started a lot at the third position last season, but his shots were restricted. Now that Barkley is gone, he should be expected to get a piece of that huge scoring gap.

Westphal said seriously: "Old K, Kevin, Dan..."

Having said that, he paused again, and when Ceballos was worried about gains and losses, he continued: "There is also Ceballos..."

"There is me."

Ceballos was excited for a while, and his adrenaline soared instantly.

The head coach's words are undoubtedly saying that he will get the main position in the new season, and he will have a lot of shots, and will not be restricted like last season.

"The four of you will be the main players in positions [-], [-], [-], and [-]. You must take on the main scoring task." Westphal continued.

"awesome!"

Ceballos squeezed his fist excitedly.

Behind him is Robert Horry, who was just traded in, the starting small forward of the Mosaic team last season, and he was a little disappointed when he didn't get a starting chance in the Suns.

He feels that he is more suitable for the Suns lineup, because he knows that after being traded to the Suns, he practiced extra three-pointers in the offseason. He rarely took three-pointers in his rookie season. In addition, his mid-range shots are not bad, so he doesn’t need to encroach on Old K’s basket space like Ceballos.

Westphal said again: "Position four..."

Otis Thorpe and Iron Man AC Green (Esgreen) immediately concentrated their spirits. They are the most likely to play the main power forward. The former was the main power forward of the Mosaic team last season, and the latter was the main small forward of the Lakers, but they can also play power forward and even act as a center temporarily.

Iron Man Green joined the Suns as a free agent. The Suns gave him a good contract, 1500 million for three years.

Both Green and Thorpe have been selected as All-Stars. They are both good at rebounding and averaging more than [-] points per game. Thorpe is better. Both are classic blue-collar players.

The reason why Colangelo chose them is first of all their rebounding ability, which can basically make up for Barkley's vacancy.

And their scoring ability is only blue-collar, but it can also make up for part of it.

Thorpe's offensive area is closer to the paint area, and his near two-point shooting rate is close to 43.8%, while Green's far two-pointers are good, 44.4% of his shots are there, with a [-]% shooting rate, and he has the ability to stretch.

The important thing is that the defense of the two of them is also good. Green was also selected to the defensive second team once. This is one of the reasons why the Suns selected them, which can make up for Wang Tiejun's weak defense.

To put it simply, they have a very important task, which is to do the dirty work beside Wang Tiejun, which is what power forwards do.

"Otis, AC, you will rotate this position. I need to choose who will be the main power forward according to the opponent. One of you can stretch near the three-point line, and the other can only stretch to the edge of the paint zone, but both will have opportunities. "Westphal said at this time.

Both of them couldn't help being a little disappointed, but that's all they could do. They were similar in type, even their height was 206 centimeters, and their weights were also 100 and 102 kilograms.

After the head coach talked for a while, it was Colangelo's turn.

He looked at the lineup he had built for the new season. Although there were a few All-Stars, except for Kevin Johnson who was getting old, including Dan Marley, the stars were actually very weak, and their real strength was not up to the standard of an All-Star. Even Thorpe and the others were only blue-collar players.

As for the goal of the new season, he hopes to reach the second round in terms of record, but the real goal is on Wang Tiejun.

He hopes that after one or two seasons of training, old K can truly become the core and leader of this team.

So in fact, his goal for these two seasons is to hone and establish a new team core, and at the same time through continuous reinforcement, to rebuild a finals-level lineup after one or two seasons.

"Gentlemen, the new season is about to start, and our team has ushered in a new lineup..."

Having said that, he fixed his eyes on the tall players in front of him, and said very seriously: "...and the new core."

As soon as the words came out, all the players looked at Wang Tiejun.

Wang Tiejun couldn't help puffing out his chest, and while the pressure doubled, he also felt excited.

"Defend the title! Win the championship! I can do what Barkley can do." Clenching his fists, he thought to himself.

"Old K?" Colangelo shouted loudly at this moment.

"Here!" Wang Tiejun replied loudly.

"It's your turn." Colangelo said.

He was taken aback, what... what should I do?

"Idiot, now you are the boss, quickly say a few words to boost morale." Kevin Johnson next to him raised his hand and poked him, whispering.

"Whoever refuses to accept you, beat him!" Dan Marley whispered on the other side.

Colangelo and Westphal in front heard what the two said, but they pretended not to hear it.

"oh oh!"

He quickly stepped forward, turned around and looked at the players, and after thinking for a while, he shouted loudly: "Guys, I went to Japan recently, do you know what I did?"

"What are you doing?" Danmar asked cooperatively.

"My agent negotiated three sponsorship contracts for me and gave me $500 million in business income a year." He said with a smile.

"Shet!"

Kevin Johnson and Dan Marley cursed secretly, damn old K, I asked you to say something to boost morale, not for you to show off in front of us.

The other players were shocked and envious when they heard this sentence.

He continued to shout: "But it's not important. What's important is that those sponsors arranged for me a long row of little Japanese beauties, including some little Japanese stars. Do you know how long they line up together?"

He really stretched his arms and made a comparison, and shouted: "It's longer than you guys line up now, haha! It's too bad, when I left Japan, I couldn't walk. Now I have to eat a kilogram of goji berries every day to replenish my body, hahaha..."

"Damn old K, is he tempting us?"

"It's wonderful, I'm going to Japan too."

"Xie Te, why no Japanese sponsors approached me?"

The eyes of all the players lit up, brighter than a light bulb, and the hormones in their bodies surged rapidly.

The management and coaching staff, including Colangelo and Westphal, wanted to cover their faces. Is this what a core leader should say?Old K is too unreliable!

Kevin Johnson and Dan Marley looked at each other, old K, do you know what you are talking about?

At this time, Wang Tiejun suddenly put away the smile on his face, and shouted loudly: "But you are not entitled to enjoy all this now, because you are nothing."

"Ugh!"

Everyone could not help but sigh.

"So you want to have it all?" he asked aloud again.

"think."

Everyone shouted excitedly, even a veteran like Danny Ainge.

"Then join me for a season, we successfully defend the title, and then I will take you to Japan to experience the Japanese art chicken culture, what do you think?" he roared.

"Defending! Defending! Defending..."

There was a uniform roar in the Suns' training hall, and the morale was twisted into a ball, which was very strong.

Colangelo and the others looked at each other, is that okay?

(End of this chapter)