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Chapter 192

After practicing tactical moves with his new teammates all night in the system, Xu Hao appeared in the training hall refreshed.He was in a good mood, because Sakura told him that when the team starts the preseason, the system will undergo a major upgrade, the interface and functions will be adjusted, and it will become more suitable for professional players instead of the previous one. Amateur or semi-professional players.

In fact, Xu Hao really wanted to know the changes after the upgrade in advance, but Sakura kept her mouth shut, and just told Xu Hao that the system upgrade would never disappoint him.Although there are some small regrets, Xu Hao is still very happy, he has the opportunity to become stronger.

Although McHale said the time was 9:8 am, it was only [-]:[-] am when Xu Hao came to the training hall. This is also the habit he developed with Kobe training.Coming earlier than his teammates can allow him to do more things, such as shooting in advance and warming up as soon as possible. Xu Hao believes that good preparation means that half of the success is achieved.

In addition to Xu Hao, the first person to come to the training hall was Corey Brewer, the No. 2007 pick selected by the team in 7.When the slender forward walked into the training hall with short curly hair, he was surprised to find that someone came earlier than himself. After seeing Xu Hao's oriental face, he laughed, this rookie It's really hard work.

Brewer strode forward and greeted Xu Hao enthusiastically: "Hey, hello Chris, today is your first day as a professional player, did you not sleep well because you were too excited last night? That's why I came to training so early, haha!"

Brewer had only played in the Timberwolves for two seasons before, but he had just left the category of a rookie. When he saw Xu Hao, he remembered himself when he first joined the team, so his attitude towards Xu Hao also seemed very approachable. Like a big brother next door.

Xu Hao threw the basketball in his hand into the basket, and responded with a smile: "Cory, I'm just habitually early. I had a good rest last night, but I really want to meet you as soon as possible. After all, we are Teammates, aren't they?"

The straightforwardness of his words made Brewer very happy, and soon the two were chatting and training separately.Soon other Timberwolves players came to the training hall one after another, including Ellington. When he saw Xu Hao's sweat-soaked training uniform, he couldn't help showing a look of shame. Everyone joined the team this year As a rookie, Xu Hao was able to come to the training hall so long in advance to practice for himself before he was familiar with the situation. It seemed that success was not easy for anyone.

Timberwolves veterans greet each other, chat about food and travel this offseason, and make a few innocuous jokes.Because of Brewer, other people would more or less nod to Xu Hao, but he was keenly aware that a few people seemed to be very out of group, they were training on their own, and had no desire to communicate with others .

Xu Hao quietly asked Brewer: "Brother, what's the matter with those people? It seems that you don't like them very much."

Brewer shrugged his shoulders: "They were all traded by the team this summer. They have no friendship with us, so it is difficult to integrate into our circle. But this is also normal, and they will adapt soon. The locker room atmosphere."

A few minutes before 9 o'clock, McHale walked in with his coaching staff, pleased with the early start of practice, but it was time for him to speak.McHale blew the whistle vigorously, everyone stopped their training and stood in a neat row in front of him, Xu Hao and Ellington naturally stood at the tail of the team.

When everyone lined up, McHale asked with a smile: "Everyone, how is this offseason going?"

"Very good, boss!" "Nothing to say!" "I feel very good!" Everyone replied in a hurry.

McHale nodded: "I am relieved to see that you are so energetic, but I hope you will play more seriously in the next season. We only won 24 games last season, and we are still far from the playoffs. Far away. Of course, I am not saying that you must appear in the playoffs next year, but at least let me see hope, right?"

Then McHale nodded towards Xu Hao and Ellington, signaling them to come out and stand in front of the team. "In this year's draft, we selected four rookies. Rubio is still staying in Spain for the time being. He will not be able to fight with us in the new season. Calathes refused to report to the team. He has already decided to go to Europe to play. So those two are the only rookies we have this year."

"Xu Hao, a native of China, whose English name is Chris, you can all call him that, from Arizona State University, who serves as a point guard; Wayne Ellington, a small forward from the University of North Carolina, he will be the player we need in the future. 3D players."

After Xu Hao and Ellington briefly introduced themselves, they returned to the team directly. Next, McHale introduced the other players who joined the team during the offseason.But when he introduced a taciturn white big man, others began to whisper below. This strong-looking big guy was none other than the only parallel import among the top five picks of the golden generation in 2003—— Darko Milicic, who had pretty much sunk over the previous seasons.

Everyone doesn't know why the team signed such a guy who doesn't seem to be of much use. Is it just to find an inside substitute?Even so, there are others in the league who are far more useful than him.But now that he has put on the Timberwolves jersey, he is one of them, and everyone still welcomes him with dignity.

Milicic seemed a little uncomfortable with the warm applause. He smiled stiffly and returned to the team.Looking at his tall figure, Xu Hao felt a little puzzled in his heart. Of course, Milicic is already considered a super big parallel importer, but being selected as the second pick after James shows that he still has two If he hadn't been selected by the Pistons and played under the old Brown who didn't like to use rookies, maybe Milicic wouldn't have become what he is now, right?

In this way, the Timberwolves may have signed him just to pick up the slack. After all, McHale is one of the few outstanding inside players in NBA history. Maybe the management hopes that Milicic can improve under his training, so that the team can make money.

(End of this chapter)