The Godfather of Basketball

Time flies, and the offseason without games always goes by much faster than usual.

The filming of "Super Body" has already started, and Tang Tian also successfully completed his part. In fact, he only had two minutes of shots in total, and it only took one day to finish it.

As the time entered September, James began to train in advance. In addition to the veterans, the rookies who had been training also joined them.

Although he knew it was bad, James was also meticulous in training when he was disturbed by the rookies.

Tang Tian would also often appear in the training hall. Looking at the hard-working players, he would also feel a little dazed, wondering if it was right or not to perform poorly.

A week after such early training began, the veterans also came to the team to report one after another.

The Cavaliers also took advantage of the opportunity to hold a new aid meeting for the new season.

The new aid meeting is a meeting held for the team's new aid, basically it is to take the makeup photos for the next season, and then hold a press conference.

Tang Tian was with the Rockets in the past, and basically participated every year, but this year is different from last year, because everyone in the Cavaliers was not on the team last season except James, which is equivalent to directly changing teams. At the press conference, Basically the whole team was there.

When the makeup photo was taken, the veterans all came over to say hello to him.

O'Neill, Rasheed Wallace, Finley, Jason Williams...

Especially O'Neill, with close contact, Tang Tian recognized his funny character, all kinds of joy.

In addition to the players, Casey and Cassel also followed to the scene.

After the makeup photo was taken, everyone sat in two rows beside and behind Tang Tian, ​​a dense row. This was probably the largest meeting with the largest number of people in NBA history.

The reporters below all felt a pressure.

"Tang, it was an incredible summer. You left the Rockets, which won three consecutive championships, and joined the Cavaliers. Can you tell me why?" The reporter asked Tang Tian personally. In fact, he is also a Cavalier. A member of the team's summer signings.

"I'm not going to tell you that the Cavaliers offered me more money and a better position, I'll tell you because Cleveland has better air."

As soon as Tang Tian opened his mouth, the reporters below burst into laughter.

Americans had a low point of laughter in the first place, Tang Tian amused them all at once, and the atmosphere of the press conference immediately became more relaxed.

"We know that you are now the head coach and general manager of the Cavaliers. Now this team has almost completely changed. What is your purpose?"

"Of course it is to win the championship. The Cavaliers have tried many times in the past few seasons, but they were always close. I knew the team needed to change, so I made the most appropriate changes." Tang Tian's answer was watertight.

"Yes, change, but is this new team a bit older?"

"Hey, buddy, you'll get beaten up like this." Tang Tian first joked with a smile, and then said, "The average age of our team is not very old."

The reporters below couldn't help laughing again. A group of veterans lead a group of rookies, and the average age is indeed not that old.

"How do you feel about this new team?"

"Very good, our young players are very motivated, our old players are also very hardworking, and you know, there is always joy on the team with Shaq, and I believe this will be a good season."

Tang Tian responded fluently, and the atmosphere of the meeting was very relaxed.

Although this Cavaliers team has changed a lot, the impression it left on the media is very good, positive, optimistic, and full of fighting spirit.

After the meeting is over, the old players go to the training hall to do some warm-up, while the rookies continue to train.

Tang Tian was on the sidelines guiding the players to train, and when he was tired, he sat on the sidelines and watched.

"Coach, can we chat in private?" Just then, James came to him and said, wiping his sweat.

Tang Tian nodded, greeted Casey, and then took James to the coach's office.

Speaking of which, since they met at the apartment in Houston, the number of exchanges between the two has not been much, which is different from McGrady and Yao Ming before.

"What's the matter?" Tang Tian asked after sitting down. He didn't know what James wanted to say, and he could definitely talk about general things in the training hall.

"Coach, after these few days of training, I feel that the atmosphere of this team is very good. Shaq and Rashid are also very motivated. I wonder if we have a chance to hit the championship?" James hesitated , said.

"LeBron, it's something we agreed on in advance." Tang Tian didn't expect James to change his mind suddenly, and frowned.

"Yes, I know, so I'm just discussing, they have all had glory, not the kind of players who give up easily." James continued.

"Our plan is next summer, this season is just a transition, you should be as clear as I am about this." Tang Tian reminded.

These players have certain strengths, but just like his original thinking when he was formed, injuries and experience will be the biggest troubles. If they don't perform badly, the biggest possibility is that they didn't win the championship, and then they didn't have a high draft pick. Power, and then people and money are empty.

"Don't we already have the Clippers' first-round pick? Or can we trade more first-round picks from other teams without using the rotation lineup, so that we will have more players next summer?" chips?" James said tentatively.

Winning the No. 1 pick while chasing the championship?

What James said sounds ridiculous, but it reminded Tang Tian of some previous memories, as if the Celtics had done this in his previous life.

But the risk of doing so is huge, and now that history has changed, he doesn't know which team will rot at the end of the season.

"It's too early to talk about it now, let's talk about it later." Tang Tian thought for a while and said.

"Okay." James finished, then turned and left the office.

Watching James leave, Tang Tian was also thoughtful.

James came to him to ask him this question. It should not be just the considerations he said. If it is bad, for him, the number one player in the league, the commercial value will definitely be lost, so there are also economic considerations. .

Because he asked James to write a written guarantee, he didn't have to worry about James going back on his word and leaving the team.

And in the previous life, James made decision one in the summer of 2010. Is it possible to bring all the teammates of decision one to Cleveland?

These words of James gave him some inspiration and saw some possibilities, but it is indeed too early. We still have to wait until the start of the season to see the status of each team and then consider the direction.