Build a Dream Dynasty

The summer league is about to start. The three rookies George, Bledsoe, and Whiteside have come to the team to officially report. As for the other members of the team, Jeremy Lin signed a contract with the team to participate in the summer league. Naturally, he actively participated . It is no surprise that Danny Green strives for this opportunity to express himself, hoping to get more playing time next season. To Jiang Mingliang's surprise, Pavlovich also voluntarily returned to the team and signed up for the summer league.

So although it is only the summer league, the Nets have six players who can stay in the team next season. From this point of view, it can be regarded as a "powerful" team in the summer league.

On the first day of training, George, Bledsoe and Whiteside came to the locker room very early, changed their clothes, and waited for the arrival of their teammates.

The NBA has the unspoken rules of the NBA. For example, rookies have to do a lot of chores for the veterans, even James and Paul are no exception. At that time, in an alliance where strength is the most important thing, it also depends on your own strength. If you really show amazing strength, maybe this kind of chores will become a formality.

After the reorganized team, everyone is still very unfamiliar for the time being, that's for sure. However, in the future, everyone will fight side by side, and there will be many opportunities to get acquainted.

Jiang Mingliang came to the sidelines in person to watch the players' training. And Stevens took the coaching staff and staff to arrange on the court, preparing the equipment and props needed for today's training session, and also divided the training area by the way.

"Hi everyone, welcome to the New Jersey Nets!" Stevens smiled and swept across the crowd, "I'm Brad Stevens!"

The players below all raised their heads and looked at Stevens, "Good morning, boss!"

Stevens was quite satisfied with the neat shouts from the players, and nodded, "The summer league is about to start. I believe everyone is full of expectations, and so am I. There are still two vacancies in our team." The spot, I know you all want to fight for it, but it needs to meet my requirements and show the characteristics I need. The first step, start with training."

The training hall mainly has two courts. Stevens categorizes them to allow players in different positions to conduct targeted training. For example, inside players have a set of training plans for inside players, wings have wings, and even different players, such as George and Pavlovic's training focuses differently.

After the entire 90-minute training session, everything was carried out in an orderly manner, almost every second. It was not until the last 15 minutes that the team had a short group practice. After a few minutes of high-intensity training, the body was already a little bit unable to hold on, but Stevens arranged group training at this time, just to make the players familiar with the way of playing when the physical fitness is close to the limit. It is easy to expose the weaknesses of these players and make corrections in time.

Ended the morning training, Stevens returned to his office. Jiang Mingliang followed him in and asked, "How about these players I recommend, should they be able to meet your requirements?"

"Paul needn't say much. In the summer league, I didn't respect and arrange him to play. For him, this kind of game doesn't mean much. Eric and Danny are the objects I focus on, especially Eric, who is very positive. .” In his speech, Stevens was full of appreciation for Bledsoe.

When coaching Butler University, Stevens had a point guard with a style similar to Bledsoe, Shelvin Mack. Stevens believed that he would have the strength to enter the NBA in the future, but in terms of physical talent, Bledsoe asked for more. Much stronger than him.

"So, what about Jeremy Lin?" Jiang Mingliang asked with concern.

Glancing at Jiang Mingliang, Stevens said seriously: "At present, he can only serve as the third point guard in the team. On the offensive end, his shooting lacks stability, and there are obvious problems in his selection after the pick-and-roll. , The frequency of forcing the opponent's basket is a bit high, because the penetration is too deep, he often can't find the passing route. The defense can provide very little, and he also likes Bo-style steals."

In short, he was not satisfied. If Jiang Mingliang's wishes were not considered, Stevens would have directly persuaded Jiang Mingliang to lay off Jeremy Lin.

Jiang Mingliang couldn't bear to lose face when the person he strongly recommended was evaluated by Stevens in this way. Jiang Mingliang dare not make a conclusion as to whether Jeremy Lin's current strength can gain a foothold in the NBA, but the problem Stevens commented on just now exists objectively, and it is also a glaring reality. The team had a hard time.

"David called me today and arranged for the Nuggets to play the China game with us."

The Nets are an early-determined team to participate in the Huaxia Games, and the league also took great pains in choosing another team. First of all, it must be a team with a certain popularity in China. It is best to have a superstar. Secondly, the strength should not be too weak.

After choosing and choosing, the Nuggets led by Carmelo Anthony became the companion of the Nets. With Anthony and JR Smith on the outside, Nene and Anderson on the inside, Billups, the big-hearted commander at the point guard, the Nuggets' offense is quite good-looking.

"I see what you mean," Stevens said.

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After a few days of training, the players headed to Las Vegas for summer league.

Jiang Mingliang did not go with the team, but he also arranged for staff to go with Stevens. If Stevens finds a suitable talent in the summer league, he can contact him as soon as possible.

The so-called summer league is just a platform for the team to examine the players' status, level and talent. No one cares about winning or losing. In other words, the coaches don't care about winning or losing. They will rotate all the players on the list during the game to test their performance. ability.

In a week's time, when the Nets finished their summer league games and prepared to return, it was already July 23.

Basically, all Nets players, except for Paul George, who is highly valued by the coaching staff, have basically all played on the court.

The best performer among them is Bledsoe, who was selected with the sixteenth overall pick.

Throughout the summer league, Bledsoe averaged 14 points, 4 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 2.1 steals in 25 minutes per game. Stevens took it seriously.

Another surprise for Stevens is Danny Green, who also satisfies him on the defensive end. In this round of summer league, Danny Green scored quite high on the defensive end, not only relying on his own body, but also impressed Stevens in terms of awareness, positioning, and defensive wisdom.

Compared with Pavlovich and Simmons, whose athletic ability has declined seriously due to injuries and weight problems, in the next regular season, Stevens is more willing to give Danny Green some opportunities to play.