The Way of the Center

When the Trail Blazers lost a large number of important personnel in one summer, only Lillard, the guy who was personally selected by Anjie, publicly stated that he would continue to play beside Anjie.

Nell Orsi did not disappoint Lillard's loyalty. When the preseason was about to start, the Trail Blazers officially announced that the team would renew Lillard's contract in advance at a price of 120 million U.S. dollars for five years. This means that Lillard, whose salary is only 4.24 million this season, will skyrocket to 20 million next season!

In this way, Olsi has at least ensured that the Trail Blazers will continue to be competitive in the West. Although Anjie's contract has only the last year left, he will definitely renew his contract with the Trail Blazers who own the bird rights next summer. Lillard just signed a five-year contract extension with the team. In this way, the Trail Blazers can at least keep a core combination like Anj Galliard in the future. As long as these two guys are there, the Trail Blazers will not sink completely.

It's not without reason that Nell Orsi suddenly came up with such a generous contract extension, because the combined salary of the rest of the Trail Blazers this season is the bottom of the league.

The money that Paul Allen allocated to Orsi, Orsi does not have to run out, but Allen will take it all back. Instead of saving money for Paul Allen, Orsi might as well stabilize Lillard before the offseason.

After all, who can tell what will happen a year from now? Just like a year ago, Orsey couldn't have imagined that the Trail Blazers would become torn apart.

Lillard's contract extension with the team has also become the last blockbuster news in the NBA during the offseason of this season.

After that, the NBA pre-game training camp will officially start, and after that, the pre-season games will follow. After the preseason is over, the journey of the new NBA season will be fully launched.

With anticipation, An Jie walked into the maze-like player tunnel of the Moda Center again after four months.

"Hey, I cleaned the locker room for you!" In the player tunnel, An Jie met the locker room cleaner Old Ivan.

"How does the champagne taste?" An Jie joked with old Ivan.

"Awesome! Hey, I'd love to drink your championship champagne every year if I could!"

"I will work hard, old Ivan." An Jie waved at the amiable cleaner and walked to the door of the locker room.

An Jie took a deep breath. Although he was very familiar with this locker room, after he opened the door and entered, everything must have changed.

In addition to the three cores of Anjie, Lillard and Iguodala,

The Trail Blazers have almost undergone a major shakeup this summer. At this moment in the locker room, I don't know what it is like.

After An Jie took a deep breath, he didn't hesitate any more. He suddenly pushed open the door of the locker room, and the familiar noise came to his face in an instant.

"Hey! Look who's coming! The Dark Knight!" Lillard jumped up excitedly and high-fived Anjie.

"How are you resting? Man." Iguodala sat in his seat and nodded at Anjie.

"You're finally here, boss, I'm still waiting here for you to show me your dunk dunk in the Asian Championships!" Meyers Leonard, the big man who entered the team through the draft, is still here.

"Ann, I heard that this year's championship ring will be very different." Courtney Lee, who joined the team in the same year as An Jie, also stood up and waved to An Jie.

"Hey boss, I heard from the boss that my playing time will increase a lot this year, and I will pass the ball to you more!" Finally, it was the young guard of the Trail Blazers Allen Crabbe.

An Jie scanned the room again, and it was gone. The Trail Blazers who created the dynasty with him last season are now only these five people.

Aldridge, Batum, Matthews and Robin Lopez naturally needless to say, they are the hottest personnel changes for the Trail Blazers this summer. But in fact, these four are not the only personnel changes.

The old Miller was involved in the trade, Earl Watson retired in a low-key manner, Thomas Robinson did not renew his contract after a flash of inspiration, Dorell White went to Houston...

After greeting the acquaintances, a bunch of unfamiliar faces appeared in front of An Jie. The group of people looked at An Jie with awe-inspiring expressions, while An Jie only smiled at everyone in an easy-going manner. This locker room is really both familiar and strange.

"It seems that you get along well!" Just after Anjie met with his new teammates, Ricard and Divac, the two core coaching staff, also pushed the door in.

"Hey, boss, how was your vacation?" Anjie hugged Ricard and Divac cordially. No matter how the Trail Blazers change, the core pillars of this team will not be scattered.

"So-so, it's mainly because of those damn trade rumors that make me uneasy. I'm really scared that I'll be notified of being traded suddenly." Ricard joked with everyone, causing the new players who just came Let go of restraint a little. The legendary rogue coach is not so scary.

"Okay guys, take your seats. Listen, I don't care where you're from, I don't care what you've accomplished on your previous team. Now, you belong to the Portland Trail Blazers From now on, each of you has to fight for the championship! Believe me, as long as you work hard, the next member of the dynasty is likely to be you! This afternoon's training, everyone performed well! I only watch the training The state determines the team roster and playing time. I don’t care about your past! Speaking of you, Ed, if your performance this afternoon can impress me, maybe I will put An on the bench and let you start. ?." Rickard said, joking to Ed Davis, a strong insider who just came over from the Lakers.

"I will work hard, sir!...No, boss!" Ed Davis gave Ricard a military salute in a dignified manner. In this way, the distance between Ricard and the new players was instantly shortened.

The training in the afternoon was going on in full swing as An Jie expected. When most of the team's rotation players left the team, Ricard also had to adjust the team's tactics appropriately according to the situation.

Especially the team's second lineup, almost the whole big change. As a result, the task of training today is very heavy.

Players have to experiment over and over again, experimenting with which tactics and styles of play are more suitable for the current configuration.

Some players have begun to feel that the training of the Blazers is too hard, but when they see that the legendary figure of Anjie is still sweating without complaint or regret, others have no right to say that they are tired.

Anjie has always been able to drive the team with actions on and off the court, even if there are many new members in this team, it is no exception.

After an afternoon of training, Ricard still hadn't straightened out his tactical thinking. There are too many new players joining the team, too complicated. There are surprises like McCollum, and there are guys like Henderson.

It is not easy to knead an almost renovated team together.

It seems that this season is really a huge challenge for the Trail Blazers!

"Okay guys!" Ricard yelled, and many newly joined players thought they could finally get off work.

"Active, let's continue training!" However, Ricard's next sentence made many people gasp.

It seems that it is not so easy to play for a dynasty team.

The Moda Center has once again become the battleground for these players to sweat and sweat. An Jie's NBA career will also be very different due to the drastic changes in the team lineup.

But no matter how the team changes, there is one thing that will never change in Anjie.

This thing is the heart that yearns for the championship!

Anjie is ready for a new challenge!

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Attachment: 2015-2016 season Portland Trail Blazers player list

Centers: Angie, Meyers Leonard, Mason Plumlee

Power forwards: Al-Farouq Aminu, Ed Davis

Small forwards: Andre Iguodala, Gerald Henderson, Maurice Harkless

Shooting Guard: C.J. McCollum, Courtney Lee, Allen Crabbe

Point Guard: Damian Lillard, Noah Vonleh, Tim Frazier