Healing Basketball

   Chapter 533 533. I get it!

   Liu Xiu took the initiative to say hello: "Hello, Alonzo, I'm Liu Xiu, my English name is Jess, you can call me by my nickname, General."

   "General? Your new nickname? Cool."

   "My nickname has always been the Great General..."

   Every time he talked about nicknames, it would be his turn to be healed by the warden himself.

   Unlike Mourning who is ruthless and proud on the court, Mourning outside the court seems to be quite forthright.

  Liu Xiu and Mo Ning exchanged a few words, but didn't talk much, it takes time to get acquainted.

  After the coach and Mourning came, the rest of the team arrived at the arena one after another before 2 pm. The old teammates were quite surprised to see Liu Xiu arriving at the arena earlier.

   Actually, Liu Xiu was the first to come on the reunion day. The main reason was not that others did not pay attention, but that after entering September, players from the Trail Blazers came to the Rose Garden Arena for training.

  Ray Allen returned to Portland directly after Kobe’s training camp and went to the Rose Garden Arena to continue training. Outside interference could not affect him.

   Last season's championship-winning lineup had 11 people staying on the team. After two or three months' absence, it is still familiar to meet again.

  The new Ray Allen doesn't say that he is very familiar with each other, but with Liu Xiu's familiar ability, after spending a month together in Kobe's training camp, he can now chat normally when sitting together.

   The other two new teammates finally met.

The white point guard Blake, although he looks ordinary, thin and slender, and a player who was given up by the Wizards to join with a minimum salary, it is difficult to say whether he will have a chance to play in the new season, but he is neither humble nor arrogant, and generous, It makes Liu Xiu feel at ease to have such a teammate.

Another new teammate, Louis Williams, who just graduated from high school, is much more cowardly, and his performance in the summer league was not good. Due to his poor performance in the summer league, he came to the arena for training ten days ago, and there are not many teammates yet. Take the initiative to chat with him, NBA, the biggest Vanity Fair in the basketball world, there must be friendship, but strangers, it seems that the possibility of staying in the NBA is not high, not relatives, not friends... and he himself is not social, becoming more timid shrunk.

   Liu Xiu discovered the problem of reeds, but did not rush to change anything, it was still a long time.

   Liu Xiu looked the most comfortable, still Randolph.

  Liu Xiu watched Randolph rounder at the end of the finals, Randolph saw Liu Xiu regain his body shape, and the two entered the sympathy mode again.

Before two o'clock, the coaching staff and players all arrived. On the assembly day, Paul Allen also came, which is very rare. The last time Paul Allen participated in the assembly day was in the 00-01 season, after the Western Conference finals. second season.

  Paul Allen passionately talked about his goals for the new season, but what really cheered the players up was that he held a party tonight and invited everyone to go together.

  …

  Paul Allen reluctantly left the training ground, thinking that he would have written a long essay of 3,000 to 5,000 words. This 800-word essay is not enough to memorize!

   And there is... Paul Allen complained to the vice president: "It's boring, the league forbids me to send a gift."

   The vice president snorted, yes, it is not allowed to give gifts of 100 million points, and those in the management can't be smeared by the warden.

   Thinking of not being able to give gifts, Paul Allen thought of another thing and asked: "Do we have any profit left over from last season?"

   "There are still..."

   "Okay, I don't want to know how much is left."

   The vice president responded and was about to take out his notebook to read the prepared materials when Paul Allen interrupted him.

  Paul Allen continued: "How much profit do we expect to make next season?"

The vice president replied: "According to our current player salaries, other expenses are calculated as usual. John predicts that after the tax, our profit in the new season will likely exceed 30 million, a record high in team history. If we successfully sign and the times Warner's in-state broadcast contract with an additional $10 million a year for the next five years."

   The vice president's tone of 'look at how capable I am, hurry up and praise me', Paul Allen didn't know what to say for a while.

   Forget it, let’s talk about things of interest, Paul Allen asked: “5 years? Why did Time Warner sign for 5 years?”

He didn't ask why Time Warner Cable Sports, a TV station that has a good relationship with the Lakers and often blackmails their prison team, asked them to buy the exclusive live broadcast rights in the Oregon area. Everyone is a businessman. Can't get along with money.

The Trail Blazers originally signed an agreement for an exclusive live broadcast in the state, but there were not many live broadcasts and the price was not high. It was signed in the early 1990s when the glider led the team. It was signed for 15 years and a total of 30 million US dollars. Finally, expired.

The vice president replied: "John asked them privately because there are still two years left in Jayce's rookie contract. According to most of the 2003 geniuses who renew their 3+1 contracts, they don't think Jayce will leave for at least the next five years. The ratings are guaranteed.”

  Paul Allen nodded, he actually guessed the reason, but he wanted to ask, it was more interesting than continuing to talk about how much money he made.

   After confirming this was the reason, Paul Allen thought of another thing and asked, "Kevin, do you think our arena is too far from Jayce's house?"

  "?" The topic changed, and the vice president couldn't help but ask: "Why do you say that?"

  Paul Allen replied: "I heard that he was late for the arena every day for the past two years."

  “…”

   Suddenly, Paul Allen's eyes lit up: "I know how to spend this money!"

   Vice President: ? ? ?

   "Now Jayce is often almost late. His new home is farther from here. We have to find a way to solve the problem that the core players are too far away from the arena and may delay training." Paul Allen was in high spirits at this moment.

"Uh..." The vice president didn't know what to say. Liu Xiu's house is in the east area of ​​the city, where there are not many entertainment venues. The distance from the arena is the closest to all the players in the team. He was almost late and had nothing to do with the distance. All right!

Paul Allen said more and more excited: "Kevin, you are in charge of planning, find a suitable location, the most suitable location from Jayce's new home and the arena, we will build a training hall! Make sure that Jayce will move to a different location in the future. You won’t be late after living far away, and you can better ensure privacy and security. There is too much business in the Rose Garden Arena, which may affect the training of the players.”

   "...Okay, I understand." Although the vice president didn't understand, he listened to the boss.

   It wasn't his money anyway.

  Aren't Madison Square Garden, Staples Center, and North Shore Garden Arena busier than the Rose Garden Arena?

  Oh, no, the Knicks, Lakers, Clippers, and Celtics all have independent training centers, and they will not train at the game venues on non-match days.

   The boss wants to match these three teams?

  …

   The vice president's pride just ignited, the knock on the door rang, the coach walked in, and the physical test report came.

   Vice President suppressed his excitement and read the report.

   There are very few items in the physical test today, such as height, weight, touch height, etc. Static physical conditions, the other vice presidents don’t have to worry, he just wants to know those two people.

   "Liu Xiu, height: 6 feet 3 inches (self-fill), weight: 221 pounds..."

   "Zach Randolph, Height: 6'9, Weight: 284 lbs..."

   It's no surprise that the team's most talented outsiders and insiders didn't let him down...

On the other hand, Liu Xiu doesn't care that the weight has soared to 100kg again. As long as the weight is reduced to 99kg, it will not affect the speed and flexibility. During Kobe's training camp, it quickly dropped below 100. This is not the end of Kobe's training camp. It's been more than three months.

   Looking at these 14 teammates, Liu Xiu was very excited, but there were some points that he felt was not good enough.

   Open the team section of the system.

   "Point guard:

  Damon Stoudemire, 32 years old, 178 cm, 78 kg, PG, ability rating 83, offense 90…

  Gary Payton, 37 years old, 193 cm, 84 kg, PG, ability rating 78…

  Steve Blake, 25 years old, 191 cm, 80 kg, PG/SG, ability rating 71…

   Shooting Guard:

  Ray Allen, 30 years old, 196 cm, 93 kg, SG/SF, ability rating 92…

  Fred Jones, 26 years old, 193 cm, 95 kg, SG/SF, ability rating 73…

  Louis Williams, 18 years old, 185 cm, 79 kg, SG, ability evaluation-…

   Small Forward:

  Travis Outlaw, 21 years old, 206 cm, 100 kg, SF/PF, ability rating 79, offense 73, defense 85…

  Carlos Delfino, 23 years old, 198 cm, 104 kg, SF/SG, ability rating 65…

Power Forward:

  Zach Randolph, 24 years old, 206 cm, 129 kg, PF, ability evaluation to be updated…

  Sharif Rahim, 28 years old, 206 cm, 111 kg, PF/SF, ability rating 87…

   Center:

  Kwame Brown, 23 years old, 211 cm, 116 kg, C/PF, ability rating 79, offense—, defense 91…

  Antonio McDyess, 31 years old, 206 cm, 110 kg, C, ability rating 76, offense 74, defense 84…

   Anderson Varejao, 23 years old, 211 cm, 124 kg, C/PF, ability rating 68, offense—, defense 79…

  Alonzo Mourning, 35 years old, 208 cm, 118 kg, C, ability rating 76, offense 69, defense 82…”

   The lineup is naturally good, the soldiers are strong and strong, and Popovich's real-name system is scolded.

   But the lineup structure is actually not as good as last season.

   Delfino is like a weakened version of the extrajudicial fanatic except for the longer range.

   There are definitely advantages, which can guarantee the continuity of the play style, but the position of the small forward has also lost its change, and Delfino is not strong enough.

Compared to the beginning of last season, the extrajudicial fanatic's ability rating has risen from 74 to 79, which is almost at an excellent level. Last week, Liu Xiucai helped the extrajudicial fanatic hold a 21st birthday party; Delfino is 23 years old. , the ability evaluation is only 65.

  The talent gap is obvious. Delfino is progressing too slowly, and he may not get better until he enters the golden period of his career after the age of 25.

   (end of this chapter)