I am Really an Insider

In fact, the cannon head is not completely untouchable.

For example, Deng Dadai, who has a habit of touching his head, touched Paul's head last season and escaped unscathed.

As a senior at Wake Forest, Duncan is very respected by Paul.

When Paul chose to join Wake Forest, Duncan was part of the reason.

Therefore, when Duncan touched Paul's head, Paul not only did not resist, but even enjoyed it and took the initiative to cater to him.

So it can be concluded that the cannon head can be touched, but you have to let it obey you.

Either defeat him or defeat him, you have to win against him in both playing and fighting.

Paul is the kind of person who is extremely demanding on his teammates and extremely eager to win, but if you have the same desire as him, you can still get along very happily with him.

On the third day of preseason training camp, the Trail Blazers are already getting better.

McMillan told everyone on the first day: "Our goal this season is to win!"

So everyone worked really hard.

It doesn't matter if you don't work hard, because the two main players of this team work very hard.

The duel between Paul and Wayne is Patterson's favorite highlight every day.

Unlike the Pacers' Carlisle, McMillan arranged a 5-on-5 simulated confrontation for the players on the first day.

To do so requires competition. After all, this season the Trail Blazers have a total of 9 new players, which is basically a complete change.

The lineup will definitely not be the same as last season.

Therefore, McMillan needs to let the players find their position in the confrontation. To put it bluntly, how much playing time you have next season depends on how much strength you can show during this period.

In the second aspect, McMillan also wants the players to be in fighting shape from the beginning.

The mission given by the management is obvious, which is to win the championship.

Owner Paul Allen's exact words were: "Within three years, I want to see Portland win the championship."

Well, three years, but McMillan knew that was just a euphemism. Paul Allen couldn't wait.

Since the boss spent money, of course he hopes to get something in return.

A team without a competitive spirit cannot be a championship team.

Therefore, we must start cultivating our competitive spirit from now on.

At this time, it was time for the last part of every day’s training—5-on-5 simulated confrontation.

All the players gathered together, waiting for McMillan to group up.

No matter how you divide the past two days, Paul and Wayne will always be on opposite sides of each other.

Today is no exception.

"Team A: Fred Jones, Anthony Parker, P.J. Tucker, Wayne, Gasol.

Team B: Pao Luo, Juan Dixon, Amy Udoka, Outlaw, Mourning.

Everyone else, always on call! "

After McMillan was divided into groups, the players were eager to try.

Paoluo also immediately became serious. In the past two days, his team lost to Wayne's team.

Today, he must come back!

The training match officially started. Since it was a training match, there was no scrimmage for the ball.

Paul's team directly won the right to attack first, and Pao'er slowly advanced with the ball.

He first called Mourning to come up to cover. Mourning also knows his status this season, as a veteran who comes to assist the young people, so he is always obedient.

Making money with your hands, why is it so embarrassing?

Taking advantage of the screen, Paul broke through Jones.

As he advanced, he glanced at Mourning.

Moning's heart skipped a beat.

Boy, I know what you mean, but spare me, it's not easy for me to play alley-oops when I'm old, I'm just here to defend and grab the rebound.

Just when Mourning was about to leap up, Paul suddenly took back the basketball and made a light throw that hit the board.

This makes nine people nervous when one person holds the ball, because even those on his team don't know what he is going to do next.

At this time, Paoluo, who has extremely strong core strength and is completely healthy, can cancel an action midway at will.

After scoring, Paul called on his teammates to retreat quickly.

But soon, Wayne returned the ball to Paul.

On this ball, Gasol and Wayne played high and low.

Well, don't get me wrong, Gasol is not in the low post and Wayne is in the high post.

This time, it's Wayne in the low post and Gasol in the high post.

Although the "Kidney Fighter" is old, he still has a few drops left, and he averaged 2.7 risks per game last season.

With his athletic ability declining so much, he still took 2.7 risks, which shows Mourning's defensive skills.

As long as he doesn't play too much time, Mourning will still be a very good engineer in the paint area.

Therefore, Gasol did not confront Mourning in the paint.

Anyway, Gasol can also support and shoot in the high post, and it is perfect to cooperate with Wayne in the high and low posts.

There is no situation where the ball cannot be passed in or the space cannot be opened.

At this time, the person guarding Wayne was Travis Outlaw, the Trail Blazers' third-best player.

Well, before Paul came, he was the hardest-working player in the Blazers.

Now that Wayne is here, he has to settle for third place.

Outlaw heard a rumor that Wayne trained with Kobe at 4 a.m. every day in the summer.

Do not know is not true.

But it’s so outrageous.

Outlaw, despite his mild demeanor, is extremely athletic.

He is a true brutalist forward.

However, Outlaw's strength and height mean that he will not be an excellent low-post single defense gatekeeper.

Like Wayne, he's more suited to sweeping the floor rather than fighting in the low post.

So facing Wayne, Outlaw said it was stressful.

Wayne caught the ball, leaned back hard, and then swung his shoulder to the left.

Outlaw took a step, but Wayne pulled his body back in the next second, turned in the opposite direction, jumped, leaned back, shot, and hit.

"brush!"

"Wow, he's a bit handsome. Damn, he's so handsome!" Paul wanted to slap himself. Why did he appreciate Wayne more and more?

This idea is very dangerous, young man!

Wayne scored and celebrated with a high-five with his sister-in-law.

"Come on Chris, can you beat me today?" When he ran to Paul, Wayne didn't forget to yell at Paul.

Paoluo didn't say anything. He had to win a game today!

After that, Paul used a very beautiful change of direction to tear apart Jones' defense.

Jones is no match for Paul on the defensive end.

Fred Jones's strongest ability is dunking. Although he is less than 1.9 meters tall, his legs look like they are full of explosives.

However, apart from dunking, Jones' other business abilities need to be improved.

After Paul broke through, Wayne immediately made up the defense.

Pao'er naturally observed Wayne, but he still jumped up and assumed a throwing posture.

Little did he know that in the air, Paoluo changed his shot into a pass and sent the ball to Outlaw.

Otherwise, Paul is the most difficult defender to block?

Outlaw catches the ball and shoots. After several years of experience, Outlaw is now somewhat confident in the mid-range shot.

But unfortunately, this shot failed to hit.

Paul, Wayne and Gasol are in good shape because they just came back from the World Championships.

But others are still at the stage of entering the state.

Gasol got the rebound and passed the ball directly to Wayne.

Wayne advanced with the ball, and Paul rushed up to steal the ball, but accidentally missed it.

Why is Wayne so stupid? He must have lifted the ball when he saw Paul coming.

Just like that, Paul failed to steal the ball and instead collided with Wayne.

Because Paul is very fast, the impact of this collision is not small.

Wayne and Paul both fell backwards and fell to the ground.

But before falling, Wayne still passed the ball to Tucker's hands.

"Fuck, you hurt me!"

While Paolo was still complaining, Wayne threw Paul's arm away, got up from the ground, and continued to participate in the attack.

No one noticed Wayne getting up so quickly and cutting to the basket, so he was unmarked.

Tucker saw it and quickly passed a high ball to Wayne.

"Oh my God, you're treating me like Jordan!" The ball was passed too far from the basket, and Wayne couldn't dunk directly.

After all, Tucker is still very rough now and is positioned as a muscular defender, so it is understandable that the ball is passed like this.

However, Wayne didn't give up. If I couldn't dunk, I should be able to lay up.

Just like that, after Wayne was knocked down, he immediately made an alley-oop layup and successfully scored.

"Now, Paul is no longer the most desperate player on our training ground." Patterson, who was supervising the game on the sidelines, smiled.

"What a great shot, this shot is so hard!" Brother Tucker couldn't help but praise his college opponent.

Most people also praised Wayne in their hearts.

Including Paul.

"This guy has a stronger sense of competition than me. He doesn't forget to continue attacking even if he falls. I like this kind of strong man."

Paul shook his head and kept telling himself, don’t fall!

"Come on Chris, let me see how much you have improved, let me see how far there is between you and Deron." The entire basketball court was filled with Wayne's shouts.

In this kind of game without spectators, the players' own shouts are the spice of the game atmosphere.

Fortunately, Paul's third attack was finally successful.

This time, after breaking through, he chose to end the attack with a throw, avoiding the block.

Before the serious injury, Paoer's scoring ability was really strong and his explosive power was amazing.

However, this still cannot help him get rid of his disadvantage.

After that, Wayne broke through and assisted Anthony Parker in a three-pointer.

After just three days of playing, Parker showed great maturity and his three-point shooting percentage was also very stable.

The key is that the defense is okay. He is nearly 2 meters tall and is more suitable for defending the second position than the 1.91 meter Dixon.

The last time the No. 21 pick in 1997 played in the NBA was back in the millennium.

He was playing for the Orlando Magic in the 1999-00 season, averaging only 3.6 points per game and was waived by the Magic.

In the next few years, he practiced in Europe and won the championship and MVP.

Signing Anthony Parker, Patterson admitted that he took a gamble, but now, the unfinished pick has become a starting candidate.

Wayne really connected the team, but Paul fell into a cycle of wanting to prove himself.

Just like that, after today's training match, Pao'er still lost!

At the end of the game, Paoer was panting.

"It's Gasol, it must be because of him!

If I were on his team, I would have won! "

Pao'er thought so in his heart.

As a result, the next day, he and his sister-in-law were actually assigned to the same team.

However, he still lost.

"Wayne's success rate in singles today was too high. Did you see his fadeaway jumper? He looked like a defender!" Patterson marveled at Wayne's progress.

As a general manager who has watched Wayne closely, he remembers that Wayne didn't have this kind of pushback last season.

In fact, Wayne rarely chooses to attack from behind.

Although his turnover rate on the little jump shot is very good, he still rarely uses it.

But in training games, Wayne allowed people to see his new possibilities.

Although this is still not a serious post-up technique, as long as you can score goals, no one cares how you score them.

Patterson was sure that his deal was not in vain.

The Trail Blazers' lineup is at the fourth position. Except for my sister-in-law who was pulled to play center this season, no one can restrain Wayne.

Outlaw, Posey, Tucker, each one counts, Wei Shen takes them all.

This is actually how Patterson built the lineup intentionally, because Wayne will play a lot of time this season, so most of the substitutes for the fourth position are the third and fourth swingmen.

Wayne himself doesn't need a good backup.

Under Wayne's tough style and powerful personal offensive, Pao'er + Sister-in-law still lost.

Pao'er has always been very demanding on his teammates, but he was surprised to find that even he couldn't find fault with Wayne.

A person who is more eager to win, trains more seriously, and is tougher, which is in stark contrast to Randolph last season.

Of course, Randolph, who was in Memphis at this time, was also training hard as if he had an idea.

And he kept saying things like "Your whole family is just coins" all day long.

But that's another story.

Finally, after the preseason training camp ended, Paul's record against Wayne in confrontation training was still more losses than wins.

He began to admire the guy who almost wore No. 58 from the bottom of his heart.

After the preseason came, McMillan still used experimental lineups.

In addition, there are many short-term contract players in the team during this period, so it is not surprising that more than a dozen players rotate in a game.

With such a rotation, there is no record to speak of. There were losses and wins in the first few games.

Until today, October 20, the Trail Blazers visited Salt Lake City to face the Utah Jazz.

Although this game was only an insignificant preseason game, Paoluo played very seriously and wanted to win very much.

After all, there is Deron on the opposite side.

However, the fantasy is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny.

Deron perfectly suppressed Pao Luo again today.

There's no way, Pao'er's buttocks are considered fat among point guards, but Deron's is bigger than him.

Taller than you, stronger than you, and not much slower than you.

This is a hammer.

In addition, the Jazz's style is still very iron-blooded, and the physical confrontation is very aggressive and rough, which undoubtedly adds fuel to Pao'er's fire.

In the third quarter of the game, Paoluo finally used Wayne's pick-and-roll to break through Deron once, but was pushed by Boozer during a layup.

Paul's center of gravity was unsteady and he fell heavily to the ground. Naturally, he failed to improve in basketball.

Just when Pao'er was feeling aggrieved, Wayne walked over to Paul and bumped Boozer away with his shoulder, intentionally or unintentionally.

"Hey, what the fuck"

Just as Boozer was about to yell, Wayne suddenly turned around and glared at the bald man who was about to yell.

Suddenly, Boozer was silent.

This is Wayne's third season in the league, and his combat effectiveness has long been renowned.

It's not a ruthless attitude. There are really not many people who dare to challenge Wayne anymore.

"Keep your fucking mouth clean. By the way, don't fucking touch my brother again, or else"

At this time, the referee came up and pushed Wayne away.

"Hey, what a big deal it is, calm down Godway."

Boozer suddenly became obedient and backed away silently.

Afterwards, Wayne turned around, walked to Paul who was sitting on the ground, and stretched out his hand.

"Are you okay?"

"Huh? Uh-huh, it's okay." Paul grabbed Wayne's forearm, and with Wayne's strength, Paul stood up.

This is called boyfriend-mate power.

Was he protecting me just now? Are you standing up for me?

"It's okay, just play hard. The game is not over yet. Aren't you going to kill Deron? I'll be with you." After saying that, Wayne patted Pao'er's head.

This time, he didn't dodge or resist!

I was conquered by Wayne's playing in the training game, and now I'm conquered by Wayne's actions. How can I resist?

Sister-in-law: It turns out that Pao'er likes this type of character, but I'm not suitable for that kind of fierce character either. Forget it, leave this cannon to Wayne.

After being patted on the head by Wayne, Pao'er suddenly felt motivated.

"I'm going to smash Salt Lake City to pieces!" Paul clapped his hands and stood on the free throw line.

Wayne saw Paul's sudden energy and couldn't help but look at his palms.

From this point of view, the effect of eradicating the root of the problem has been achieved!

Wait, if the effect is realized, wouldn't it mean that the amount of firepower of Pao'er also increases?

Although Pao'er has always had a short head, there is a difference between a short head and a bald head.

And if he is bald from the middle like Ginobili, what will his future look like?

Ahem!

Now is not the time to think about hair volume.

If you don’t stay bald, how can you become stronger! ?

Paul made two free throws and then took the initiative to high-five Wayne.

Well, Wayne's original plan was not to be able to defeat Paul, so he had to elbow him.

Now it seems that Paul has begun to show signs of obedience even before his elbow is out.

So, I’ll keep it to you for now.

Brother Wei's progress in picking up his sister-in-law is starting to go on the right track.

I got 1.3W today.