Healing Basketball

   Chapter 534 534. The biggest bad boy is here

   Delfino needs more playing time because Raheem will play more power forward in the new season.

  From the coaching staff, Liu Xiu learned that when Rahim played power forward last season, his offensive and defensive efficiency was higher than that of small forward.

   The salary has been cut and the bench has been taken, and the playing time and data are not guaranteed. It must be in a more comfortable position to play the role of the fourth man in the frontcourt.

   As a result, the first target of the 15th man must be the small forward, and the initial target is absolutely Matt Harpring.

But Halprin's first choice was to go to Houston. The Trail Blazers couldn't compete and finally gave up, but he didn't expect the Rockets to be unwilling to give Halprin a middle class. Halprin was dumbfounded. The offer has been withdrawn, and he can only go back and renew a five-year, $30 million contract with the Jazz.

Mourning took the initiative to contact him later, and the vice president would definitely win it immediately. Such a player, even if the team's lineup structure will be affected, should not hesitate to win, whether it is the Nets who keep Mourning, the Heat or the Spurs. The signing of Mourning by the team, the Mavericks, the Pacers and other teams is a lot of trouble for the Blazers.

   In fact, the biggest problem at present is that Randolph was numb in the summer after winning the championship. Literally, compared to the weight of 117 kg in the finals, he increased by 12 kg!

The current Randolph is not the **** bear who has reached the Grizzlies in the original time and space. When he reaches that age, it does not matter if the tonnage is larger. The current Randolph is not the future. He was at the top, and he is now, running and jumping ability is still a very important part of his personal ability.

But this biggest problem, in Liu Xiu's opinion, is actually the least problem. A few years later in the original time and space, Randolph, who was over 30 years old, was overweight almost every season before the start of the season. 130+ kg is the norm. But as he beat, the weight returned to 120 to 125 kilograms. Randolph, who is only 24 years old now, is definitely recovering faster than then.

   As for the selected rookie Reed, Liu Xiu is quite disappointed. From the standpoint of combat power, it can be said that although the standby time is very long after playing, but now I can't expect to be of any help.

   Looking at the teammates who gathered in groups to chat, Liu Xiu had already done a good job in psychological construction.

   Follow-up transactions, there will definitely be.

  I don’t want to, but I have to.

   This kind of thing becomes more and more acceptable as the game grows older...

  It was night, and Paul Allen used a party to have a deeper understanding between the old and new players.

  Morning is a ruthless and savage defender on the court, but in private, he is outspoken and has similar temperaments with McDyess, Randolph and others, and he quickly became acquainted.

Blake's character is calm, he doesn't have the charisma of Mourning, but he's not annoying. The little flying squirrel in the same position has a different role. Payton's role now is to hold the line and teach Liu Xiu how to play. There is no competition. , there is no unreasonable contradiction.

Louis Williams, and the high school student who turned 19 in two months, no one pays any attention to him, so the extrajudicial fanatic and Kwame Brown will take the initiative to say a few words to him, especially the latter. The person seems to have seen the self who was ignored back then... Mainly, high school students are afraid of life.

   But it was Ray Allen who impressed his teammates the most.

  Really-difficult to get along with!

   Not to mention, it's a little awkward.

At the   party, Ray Allen was sitting next to Liu Xiu, drinking and drinking. He went to the toilet and came back. Randolph came to Liu Xiu and chatted a few times.

After   Ray Allen came back, he said to Randolph coldly: "Please let me go, this is my position."

   This attitude almost angered Randolph, but Ray Allen's serious eyes and inexplicable persistence, Randolph's anger dissipated before he could get over it.

  Randolph heard Liu Xiu say that Ray Allen is not easy to get along with in private, and he did not expect to get along so well.

On the way to the   party, Randolph pulled Liu Xiu aside and whispered to Ray Allen: "If it weren't for the fact that he is the top three scorer in the league, I would definitely beat him up!"

  Randolph looked at the operation of the order, Liu Xiu did not laugh at the other party, and he did the same.

   Liu Xiu replied, "He's quite smart."

  Randolph sneered: "Smart? I don't think he has any emotional intelligence at all."

   Liu Xiu shook his head: "No, you didn't find that he succeeded in making everyone think he was not easy to get along with?"

  Randolph thought for a moment and replied, "You said he didn't want to make friends on purpose?"

"Maybe he is a social fear, or maybe he wants to keep such a calm attitude... It doesn't matter, what you and I need is not more friends, but a sharp knife standing outside the three-point line, a deadly killer …”

  …

   On September 24th, the Blazers' training camp started early.

   At this point in time, except for the Hornets, other NBA teams have also started training camps.

   Each team signed training camp contract players one after another, and the Blazers did the same. They signed 5 training camp contract players, filling the 20-man preseason roster.

  Although the Blazers have no roster spots, it does not prevent free agents from wanting to join their training camp.

   There are now 15 players to trade! Can be bought out!

   And even if he didn’t get a chance in the Blazers, maybe because he played in the Blazers in the preseason and was seen by other teams, it’s not necessarily true.

   The most important thing is that the offseason is coming to an end soon, and each team actually has no place, not to mention the 15-man roster, even if it is only a training camp contract, there are too many porridges.

  After each team announced the list of training camp contracts, the people on the list, the fans did not care much, so Doug Christie joined the Mavericks with an unguaranteed training camp contract, which can trigger discussions among fans.

Christie's situation is embarrassing. Two years ago, in the 2002-03 season, Doug Christie was selected for the first defense, and the 03-04 season was also selected for the second defense, but he was sold by the Kings last season. The whole person is full of negative energy, and the Magic chose to cut him after the end of last season.

  The general manager of the Magic team bluntly said in an interview that Christie's negative energy has affected the growth of young players in the team.

   These remarks made the Magic team scolded as 'mean'.

   However, it also left Doug Christie with no chance to be the leader of the locker room, and he really slowed down after joining the Magic at the end of last season. Just watch a Magic game of that period to find this problem...

   As the training camps started early for each team, some 'inside information' also began to come out.

   On the Lakers side, a source broke the news that Master Zen chatted with Kobe in private, reached a reconciliation, and prepared to work together to move forward hand in hand.

  The source also broke the news that the Zen master told his friends that he came back from a year’s rest and found that he had a young Michael Jordan.

   Then, Kobe was ridiculed by the group...but he didn't stand up and say anything.

   On the Cavaliers side, the little emperor James gave a speech at the beginning of the training camp.

   This remark was mocked by Barkley.

  Big Z reduced his salary from last season's $14.63 million to a starting salary of $8.74 million to renew his contract. The inside players on the edge of the All-Star team at the peak of the season renewed their contracts with such a reduction in salary. The last one was Rahim.

  The Cavaliers took advantage of the space vacated by Big Z and signed Larry Hughes with a non-bird rights max salary.

He also used 4 years of full mid-level to grab Donyell Marshall from the free market, who made 12 three-pointers in a single game, and 3 years and 10 million to poach Damon Jones, who averaged 2.7 three-pointers per game last season from the Heat. .

  Barkley said that if it doesn't make the playoffs, don't shave in this life.

   But this season, James' popularity has increased greatly, and most media are praising James for his responsibility.

Liu Xiu didn't care how much reinforcement James got this summer. When he heard that James was going to grow a beard, he felt that Young Zhan was gone forever. He was looking forward to the bearded James in his impression, but he was a little reluctant to keep it now. Bearded young James.

  News about the Trail Blazers was also exposed. The warden and the butcher both weighed heavily and their body fat rate soared, which aroused attention. The two were criticized by major media together...

  There is also interesting news from the Hornets. They are obviously already very miserable, but when this news comes out, it makes people feel inexplicably funny, sympathetic and wanting to laugh.

  The kind of 'NBA star's first mansion' that Bogut bought in New Orleans, because he was short of money after buying the house, and he hasn't bought insurance yet...

  …

   was sprayed by the media again, this familiar taste, this familiar feeling! Liu Xiu feels that the new season is really about to start!

   Even the exposure of the physical test report was too fast. He felt that the news seemed to be released on their own initiative.

The exposed physical test report only has static physical fitness, height and weight. The height data he filled in was ridiculed by people, and he dragged the big cheeks that were the same height as when he stood together. His weight is still Besieged by the media.

   But the test report of his dynamic physical fitness has not been exposed. With his weight, the team's running speed is second only to Momoko, but it has not been exposed.

   But it doesn't hurt for him, anyway, the media can always find a point to spray.

  The time goes by day by day, and September is coming to an end. ESPN is the first to start the reorganization. On September 30, the official training camp time will be tomorrow, and the ESPN official website will release a team ranking!

When Liu Xiu heard that ESPN released a ranking of 30 teams, she felt that ESPN's experience was still not enough. She could start from September 2 and announce a team every day for 28 consecutive days, and finally announce the top two teams, which can be caused every day. Controversy brings hot topic.

   However, the rankings released by ESPN on the Internet have not yet caught on. A big deal that caught the entire NBA and the entire basketball world off guard forced ESPN to change the rankings within two hours after the rankings were released...

Yahoo Sports reporter Wojin Navorski broke the news that the Pistons have Richard Hamilton as the core chip, plus three unprotected first-round picks, the right to swap two first-round picks, and a willingness to eat the Rockets The team threw out the garbage contract, reached an agreement with the Rockets, in exchange for Yao Ming, this transaction has been submitted to the league!

   (end of this chapter)