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Chapter 42 Training Camp and Preseason Start

Indianapolis.

Bankers Life Arena.

The notice said that the assembly would start at 10:3 a.m. on October 9, and Xu Xiang did not "true class" for no reason, and arrived in the arena early.

At this time, in the team's locker room.

Xu Xiang is being led by the Pacers' assistant coach Nate McMillan, the head coach of the last summer league.Nate and Xu Xiang have cooperated for a period of time and are now very familiar with each other.

"Hey, Xu, did you come so early? It just so happens that I have time now and I will take you to choose a cabinet first." Nate said to Xu Xiang enthusiastically.If there is one person in the Pacers who knows Xu Xiang's strength best, it must be him. Both Frank and Kevin Pritchard only know that Xu Xiang's strength is good, and the statistics in the summer league are very impressive. Only Nate, who led Xu Xiang in the summer league, knows the specific situation.

Xu Xiang also hugged him happily: "Hi, Nate, you seem to have lost weight."

"Impossible, Xu, I didn't lose weight. On the contrary, I feel that I have gained weight during this time. But you, I have heard about it. How about old Jack's training methods?" Nate looked at himself suspiciously, but did not find what Xu Xiang said.

"It's okay, but the time is too short, and I haven't been able to practice anything." Xu Xiang said regretfully.If old Jack can stay for another month, Xu Xiang's level may improve even more.

"Let's go, before they come, I'll take you to choose a cabinet first." Nate nodded and said.Indeed, it is unrealistic to make any breakthroughs in only one month.

"You choose by yourself. There are still a lot of empty cabinets here, and theirs are all concentrated there. You can go there if you want." Nate said, pointing to the left side of the dressing room.

Xu Xiang looked around, there were a lot of cabinets that were already occupied, it was nothing special, Xu Xiang randomly chose a place not far away, changed his clothes and came to the arena.

Since Xu Xiang has been training during this period, he has maintained a very good state. The mid-range shots and three-pointers "swipe" his hands up and down, and his hands go up and down without blinking.

After a while, there were more people in the arena.But none of them practiced. Instead, they stood still and chatted happily while watching Xu Xiang shoot.

"This kid is this year's rookie? The open shot is good." A black man with a goatee laughed and said to George Hill next to him.

Hill nodded. He didn't know much about Xu Xiang, he just heard about his crazy performance in the summer league and suppressed all the rookies in the same class.Especially Marcus Smart of the Celtics was crazily ridiculed by the media. One media even said: Xu is equal to 6 Smarts...

"The shooting is good, but I don't know how to break through." George Hill thought to himself.If shooting and breaking through, Xu Xiang's value will be great.

"Hey, don't look, move quickly, brothers, Frank is here." The group of people who were still joking and joking all of a sudden scattered like birds and beasts, and the scum flew around. You dribbled and I shot.

Xu Xiang was still wondering why those people became so diligent all of a sudden, and saw Frank Vogel slowly coming down from upstairs.

His eyes were sharp, and those who looked at him all lowered their heads involuntarily.Seeing this suddenly heated scene, he was also a little speechless, do you think he is blind?When I was upstairs, I saw them chatting and spanking here. Now it's enough to pretend like this.

but.When he saw Xu Xiang, he still smiled kindly at him.This kid is not bad, he has been training and has not been lazy.

Seeing Frank coming down, David West with the goatee leaned forward with a playful smile, "Coach, I don't need to test this time. I feel that I am in good condition, even stronger than before."

Frank gave him a sideways glance, his eyes moving up and down to his stomach. "David, I don't think you need to be tested, and I can even give you a vacation. How do you feel?"

David West's smile froze instantly, and he walked to the side dejectedly, not daring to hide anymore.

Frank looked around, clapped his hands, and said, "Come on, let me see if there is anyone as fat as David in the past two months."

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and Xu Xiang also felt that the old coach was a bit interesting. He was not embarrassed when he was looking at David West next to him, and even laughed along with everyone.

"Let our new teammates introduce themselves first." When everyone got together, Frank said with a smile.

This season, the Pacers have basically no reinforcements, and a few of them are small fish and small shrimps. The biggest name is CJ Miles from the Cavaliers, and there is Lavoy Allen, who is a power forward, and Shane Whittington, who was a teammate with Xu Xiang in the season league at the time.

What Xu Xiang guessed was the same, it's impossible for someone else to sign you after performing so poorly.

Soon it was Xu Xiang's turn to introduce. After all, he was the only rookie on the Pacers this year, and the contract was not small, so everyone wanted to see what this yellow-skinned boy could say.

Xu Xiang didn't feel shy looking at the focused eyes, and said loudly: "Hi everyone, my name is Xu Xiang, and I'm from China. You can call me Xu."

After a pause, Xu Xiang continued: "I am best at scoring, so if you have any difficulty scoring, you can tell me, and I can handle it!"

Hearing this, everyone in the audience laughed again. There are really not many people who dare to say this, and who doesn't want to handle the ball, why do we leave it to you?Soy sauce?

"Okay, okay, stop laughing, everyone knows each other now, so I'll just say a few words." Frank clapped his hands and said. "This year our luck is a little bit bad. You know about Paul's injury. There is a high probability that we won't have any chance to play this season. Some people must say, oh my god, our boss is gone. It must be a dead end. But I want to tell you that even if Paul doesn't play this season, we will make it to the playoffs. We will make those outside who are ready to see our jokes all slapped in the face."

"Do you know what ESPN said about us? We were originally ranked second in the Eastern Conference, but now we are ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference. Tell me, what is this? This is a shame. They look down on us and think that we will definitely lose. They think we are just a fringe team in the playoffs, and we can't even make the playoffs. I want them to see that we have not lost, and we are still fighting."

　Thanks to Xinyue GG, thanks to BB1346, thanks to Shihuai 308, thanks to Yuan Shiyijun, thanks to Shi Shi’s mood, thank you all

　　Digression: Did you watch the game? IG is amazing!
　　
　
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