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The summer passed quickly, August passed, September ended, and entering October, the new NBA season has already been scheduled.

On the first day of October, the Pacers officially announced the roster for the Pacers training camp for the 2014-2015 season.

The Pacers training camp will start on October 2, and a total of 19 players have entered the Pacers training camp roster.

Unlike the big battles of the Lakers and Clippers back then, the Pacers training camp started quietly. The team did not arrange a large-scale media meeting, but only gave a half-day training open day for the media to take pictures and interview.

But the number of journalists who come these days can be quite considerable.

In addition to local reporters in Indiana, there are also media from New York, Boston, and China.

The reason why the Pacers are getting attention is simply because they have Li Liang.

At the same time, the news of Larry Bird's comeback as head coach also surprised many people in the league.

Back then, Bird agreed to only be a coach for three years, no matter what his grades were, he would stop doing it after finishing.

Unexpectedly, Byrd broke his promise.

But considering that the Pacers traded for Li Liang and put all their eggs in one basket, Bird's comeback seemed reasonable.

So the first day of the Pacers training camp was extraordinarily lively compared to the past.

Li Liang took a makeup photo in front of the studio in the training hall, and he put on the No. 28 jersey of the Pacers.

The Pacers' jerseys have been greatly adjusted compared to last season. The last time they adjusted their jersey styles was in 2005, when their meritorious player Reggie Miller retired.

There are several reasons for NBA teams to change their jersey styles. One is that they simply want to change the taste and give fans a sense of freshness.

Take the Houston Rockets for example. After the 1996 season, the jersey and team logo changed from the classic tomato scrambled eggs to a cartoon LOGO and a navy blue striped shirt in line with the trend of the time.

One is that the team has relatively large changes, such as the retirement of meritorious players, core departures, trades, etc., by changing skins to express "we are different from the past" and draw a clear line with the past.

For example, after James left the Heat in 2010, the Cavaliers immediately changed the jersey style as a response to James' "betrayal".

The reason why the Pacers changed their jersey style this time was the "third type", and they were under duress...

Li Liang felt dissatisfied after trying on the Pacers jersey. He thought it was too monotonous. He hoped that the jersey could restore the retro and classic stripe design of the past, and at the same time, it should be different from the previous stripe style.

Li Liang made a request, can the Pacers management not comply?

Moreover, it has been ten years since the last major change, and the management also believes that it is time to launch a brand new jersey.

So after being "reviewed" by Li Liang, the Pacers launched a new jersey for the new season, using the popular simple design and adding a classic striped pattern.

The colors are still three classic colors of white, bright yellow and cyan.

In order to add Chinese elements, the designer even considered using a red jersey, but was rejected by Li Liang.

"Who told you that red is a Chinese element? Do Chinese people use red? Yellow can also be a Chinese element. In ancient China, emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties wore yellow...Of course, there used to be red and black. Don't stick to the so-called Chinese. Elements, just look good."

Director Li issued the highest instruction, and the designer said that you are right and everything is up to you.

Therefore, Li Liang put on the newly designed jersey on the first day of the training camp and took a lot of makeup photos to speak for the Pacers.

Interested reporters will find that Li Liang's body is much stronger than last season.

The body became thicker, especially the shoulders became stronger and rounder, as if equipped with shoulder armor.

Although far less exaggerated than Dwight Howard, it is also much stronger than in the past.

The reporter stepped forward and asked Li Liang if he continued to strengthen his body in Xia Tian.

Li Liang replied: "No, this is the effect of the new jersey. This is a design with narrow shoulders and waist, which will make your figure more visible. Actually, I haven't changed. I haven't improved at all."

The reporter was a little confused, what does this mean? No improvement? I believe you ghost.

But if you think about it carefully, it's not impossible.

Because Li Liang did not appear in public view throughout August and September, nor did he appear in any training camp.

Many reporters approached Wei Dazhi through their connections and asked about Li Liang's whereabouts. Wei Dazhi generally gave the following answers:

"sleeping at home."

"Go out to play."

"Play games with your girlfriend."

"Go harvest the corn."

Anyway, it’s all these rhetoric back and forth, and finally some media asked to release news related to Ruth Lee to increase traffic. They can only say, “It is said that Bruce Lee is driving a tractor in Indiana and harvesting cornfields. There are many places, maybe there is a possibility of staying here for a long time?"

This kind of news is simply nonsense. When did you buy the land?

It's just that I went to the farm and drove the tractor back, and I just passed my addiction.

And he didn't dare to let his father know that he must be the endorser of the tractor advertisement and push the tractor business to the Big Corn State.

So think about it, maybe Li Liang really didn't improve in the summer? Just keep the original level, that's not bad.

In the afternoon, the media opening time ended, and the Pacers began the first training session of the new season.

Byrd, wearing a white coach T-shirt and a whistle around his neck, looked slumped and unhappy.

He was not happy at all, he didn't want to be a coach, he was bored, he was tired, he was too troublesome.

But Li Liang asked him to do it, and he had no choice but to do it.

The entire Pacers were in unison, trying to meet the various demands put forward by Li Liang.

Li Liang had a lot of demands, but most of them had nothing to do with money or privileges, so the boss waved his hand and tried to satisfy his demands.

"Beep!"

Byrd blew the assembly whistle, and the whole team gathered to start the first day of training.

There are 19 players. Compared with last season, except for George and Mahinmi who were replaced by Li Liang and Waiters, the others have not changed much.

The core lineup has been retained, plus some short-term contracts, the basic combat power is still guaranteed.

Everyone stood in a row, looking straight at Byrd.

Li Liang stood in the middle, not moving forward or backward, and Stephenson stood next to him——Fensen glanced at Li Liang from time to time, not knowing what was going on in his head.

Everyone was waiting for Bird's announcement for the new season, but Bird held back for a long time and said, "OK, let's start training. Let's listen to the arrangements of Coach Vogel and Coach Brown."

After finishing speaking, Bird ran to the sidelines and found a stool to sit down, which meant that I didn't care about it, I just wanted to sit, and I should have been sitting.

Li Liang was full of question marks, Larry, is this how you coach? What use do you want? Might as well let me come.

In fact, Larry Bird sitting on the sidelines is really useful.

As the head coach, even if he looks at the players without saying a word, he gives the players a different feeling.

This is Larry, whose story is familiar to any NBA player.

Even if he is just a mascot, his role is very strong.

In fact, when Bird was a coach, he used this "hands-off shopkeeper" style. He assigned the main work to his assistant coaches. He was responsible for controlling the overall situation and uniting people's hearts.

Even during the game, when a timeout is called, Bird will hand over the tactical board to the assistant coach, let the assistant coach draw the tactics, and he will rest on the sidelines.

In this way, he took the best coach, where are you going to reason.

The team's collective training began under the guidance of Vogel.

Before the start of training camp, Vogel had just renewed his contract with the Pacers as an assistant coach.

Bird made a promise to give Vogel the head coach position at any time if necessary.

As for Mike Brown, Li Liang's good partner and good follower, he followed all the way from Los Angeles to Cleveland, and from Cleveland to Indianapolis.

Such a situation where a coach follows players around is really unprecedented in NBA history.

But Mike Brown is very happy. His goal now is not to be a successful coach, but to train a great player.

Throughout the summer, only the system and Mike Brown accompanied Li Liang in training.

Only Li Liang himself and Mike Brown know what kind of progress and achievements Li Liang has made after two months of special training.

Mike Brown is sure that Li Liang will be able to shock the league again in the new season.

"Mike! I want a drink, get me a glass of water."

"OK, OK, I'll go right away."

The first thing to do was tactical training, and halfway through the rest, Li Liang asked Brown to pour water for himself.

Stephenson watched from the sidelines, feeling a little uncomfortable.

You are also a player, why did the assistant coach pour you water?

Stephenson doesn't have many other advantages, but he is no worse than anyone else in terms of not admitting defeat.

He couldn't hold back the fighting spirit in his heart, and he took the initiative to walk to the sidelines. Li Liang approached him and said, "Hey Bruce, shall we compete for three points?"

Li Liang took the water from Mike Brown and took a sip without looking at Stephenson or speaking.

After drinking the water, he handed the bottle to Mike Brown, then turned around, stood just outside the sideline, and shot a ball toward the basket.

"Shua!"

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Then Li Liang looked at Finsen, gave him a look, and walked away.