The Godfather of Basketball

The fans were extremely excited, but the media's reaction made people deeply understand what it means to be brazen.

Originally, after being slapped in the face, they should clarify their previous guesses no matter what.

But they were fine, and chose the most shameless way to deal with it coldly.

Don't mention the previous events at all, and don't even mention Tang Tian in the report. When reporting on this game, they only talk about the performance of the players, praise Roy for his superior strength, enjoy the double-team treatment of stars, and praise Millsap for being the best player in this draft. One of the most underrated players.

They were right in saying these words, and the fans couldn't find anything to refute, which really made people speechless.

However, Tang Tian didn't care about the reactions of the media at all.

How he performed, the Rockets' management can see it, and the management of other teams can see it.

His current focus is on the summer league itself.

Although the Rockets have won two consecutive victories, some problems have been exposed to some extent.

Millsap's performance continued to be hot, but when Thomas or Aldridge concentrated on defending him, he seemed a little helpless. If it weren't for Novak's accurate outside shots in these two games, the game would not have been as good as it was. It looks so easy.

The current Millsap is not the "Mishen" in the future. His offensive methods are relatively simple, and he plays with his excellent golf quotient.

There is also Novak, who is too sloppy on the defensive end. He was actually broken by players with no personal offensive ability like Woods and Webster, which was much worse than he expected.

It seems that Novak, who had seen 22 consecutive victories in his previous life, had improved a lot in defense, but the starting point was too low.

Although there is still 1 honor point, but he knows that it is not easy to get, and he will not use it unless it is a last resort, so he can only think of other ways.

His mind turned quickly, and soon he had an idea.

On the night after the game against the Trail Blazers, Tang Tian called Millsap and Novak to the training hall alone.

Millsap and Novak are in a good mood. As second-round picks, they played well in the first two games. Tang Tian kept them after training. The only possibility is to praise them.

Being able to get the praise of Tang Tian, ​​the first assistant coach, will undoubtedly help them stay in the team in the new season.

Tang Tian looked at the two rookies with slightly satisfied faces, and immediately guessed what they were thinking. He took advantage of the situation and said, "You performed well in the last game, exceeding my expectations."

"Coach, that's your trust and tactical arrangement." Millsap's face was radiant. He made a big splash in college, but was coldly received on the draft day. Now that Tang Tian reused him, how could he not be grateful.

"That's right, I never voted as comfortably as I did today in college." Novak also echoed.

Tang Tian nodded, and when he saw the excitement of the two people pass, he said, "But I expect far more from you."

Millsap and Novak were taken aback one after another, neither knowing what Tang Tian was referring to.

"With your current abilities, it is very hopeful to stay on the Rockets' roster in the new season, but if you want to go one step further and become a member of the Rockets' rotation, there is still a big gap. The starting lineup is what I expect from you.”

After Tang Tian finished speaking, both Millsap and Novak became extremely excited. They didn't expect Tang Tian to have such high expectations of them.

This trust made them extremely excited.

"But..." All the foreshadowing is for the next topic.

With the previous praise, Millsap and Novak were focused at this time, and they would listen to whatever Tang Tian said from this posture.

"Your shortcomings are also obvious. Paul, your offensive methods are too single. Basically, you rely on rushing to grab rebounds and empty cuts, or catch passes from teammates and shoot half-stops to score. Your ability to score independently is too weak. As for Steve Husband, to be honest, with your defense, you won't even get a minute of playing time in an official NBA game."

Millsap and Novak looked at each other and lowered their heads in shame. Although what Tang Tian said was straightforward, he was on point.

"So starting from today, every day after the game, you will stay alone for additional training. The content is very simple. Paul, you train offense, focusing on post-up and face-up. Steve, you are responsible for defending Paul. Tom and I will always Supervise and guide from the side, and whether you can really make it to the squad for the new season depends on your own efforts."

After hearing Tang Tian's words, Millsap and Novak nodded vigorously. They knew that this was definitely not a punishment, but a small problem for them alone.

Tang Tian really trusted them.

The summer league is still going on, and the Rockets continue to win. They have defeated the Lakers, the Suns and the Timberwolves successively, maintaining a record of unbeaten victories.

The competition system of the summer league is that each team plays 5 games, and then ranks. The teams ranked 9 to 24, after a one-day knockout match, will conduct a single-elimination match with the top 8 teams similar to the NCAA competition system. Step by step to decide the championship.

The Rockets won all five games and ranked first, so they ushered in a rare day off in the summer league.

After consecutive matches, the players were a little tired. Tang Tian only arranged half a day of training, and gave the players a holiday in the afternoon.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he also dragged Thibodeau to the Chinese restaurant.

After crossing, he has been eating western food, either steak or pizza, or hamburger and mashed potatoes, which is really disgusting for him.

At the end of the meal, he was in a daze. Are Americans not tired of eating these things? Compared with Chinese food, it is simply weak.

Thibodeau was cheated by Tang Tiankeng last time, and he didn't want to go, but he couldn't hold back his curiosity about Chinese food and went anyway.

Boiled meat, pickled fish, spicy chicken, beer duck...

Tang Tian hadn't eaten these things that could be eaten everywhere in the country, so he was really hungry, so he ordered them one by one.

Looking at a table of dishes glowing with red oil, Thibodeau didn't know where to start.

Tang Tian was being impolite, he had been greedy for a long time, after teaching Thibodeau how to hold chopsticks, he started eating in a hurry.

Thibodeau couldn't hold back at last, and took a piece of sauerkraut fish into his mouth with chopsticks.