Basketball League of Legends

Chapter 160 Preseason Training
On September 1997, 9, the preseason training of the Boston Celtics began in the Celtics training hall, and Jonny also met all his teammates here.

Dana Barros, who entered the NBA in 1989, was the head guard of Boston University before, and joined the Celtics in 1995, which can be regarded as a glorious return to his hometown.As a super three-point shooter who once scored 197 three-pointers in a single season, although Danabaros has entered the end of his career, his three-point ability is still there. This is why Rick Pitino chose to let Danabaros The reason why Rose started.

Di Brown, who averaged 15 points per game at his peak, scored 126 three-pointers in a single season and made nearly 21% of his three-pointers.And last season suffered heavy injuries again, and only played [-] games throughout the season. However, before the start of this season, Di Brown has restored his physical condition to a fully healthy state. Good news.

Walter McCarty, determined by Rick Pitino, this season Walter McCarty will serve as the team's starting power forward. Walter McCarty, who played for the New York Knicks last season, is an out-and-out substitute player , but the three-pointer performance in the summer league attracted the attention of Rick Pitino, and finally became the team's starting power forward when the Celtics could not find a power forward.As a sophomore like Jonny, Walter McCarty is expected to usher in a breakthrough in his second season.

In addition, there is Greg Miner, who averaged 9.6 points per game last season, but only played 23 games due to injuries, and like Di Brown, when the season is about to start, Greg Miner has Fully healthy, he'll be the team's primary backup at shooting guard and small forward.

There are also Teyous Edney, Bruce Bowen, Pervis Ellison, John Thomas, and Dota Jones. These teammates Jonny also met for the first time. Jonny greeted these new teammates, and then It is a season that is about to start, but now his position is different. He has become the boss of another team with his outstanding performance last season.

And when Johnny greeted his teammates, they all showed respectful gestures and expressions. Of course, if they were familiar teammates, they wouldn't have so many scruples.

The Celtics are the team with the most championship trophies in the NBA. They have 16 championship trophies. As a team with a long history, in the last five or six years, the Celtics have been looking for There is no leader of their next generation, and the arrival of Jonny is obviously the next generation of the Celtics.

In the current Celtics, there are no representative players in the team. The most representative player of the Celtics is Di Brown, but even in his peak period, Di Brown is only a member of the Celtics team. As a role player, when he saw Johnny, Di Brown could only bow his head and be convinced. In fact, in Di Brown's heart, he was very happy about the arrival of Johnny. A sense of honor is at work. They hope that their team can rise, even if they sacrifice themselves, and Di Brown has not sacrificed himself.

Therefore, Johnny changed a team, and none of the players on this team opposed him or had conflicts with him.For Johnny, once he joined this team, he got the support of all his teammates. Obviously, this is more conducive to his efforts in the next season and his best personal performance in a season.

Rick Pitino quickly called up all the players and began to assign preseason training tasks.

"Hi everyone, I'm Rick Pitino. I've met many of you before, but for most of you, it's the first time we've met." Rick Pitino began his first speech. A speech from a meeting. "This season, I will serve as the head coach of the team. Although the outside world says that we are the number one bad team in the league, I still want to say it! Our goal this season is the playoffs! Break into the playoffs!"

"Next, let's arrange the pre-season training tasks first." The so-called pre-season training tasks are actually the team's tactical drills and pre-season physical reserves. For Rick Pitino, the most difficult task It is to let the players understand his tactics in a short period of time, and at least be able to use them proficiently in training games.

In fact, the tactics Rick Pitino plans to use next season are very suitable for the current Celtics, fast break, more counterattacks, and more three-pointers.For the Celtics, the highest height inside is Walter McCarty at 2 meters, followed by Ben Wallace at 08 meters. However, Walter McCarty, who is a small forward, is not slow at all. Lace also played small forward in the Bullets, and he was also dissatisfied with his speed. The Celtics' fast play and fast break can also be realized.

As for more counterattacks and more three-pointers, the rebounding ability that Daben showed in the summer league obviously laid the foundation for the team's counterattack, and the team's group of three-point shooters can also achieve more three-pointers. score requirements.

Even at the beginning of the first team training game, Rick Pitino was a little surprised by Jonny's skillful breakthrough and scoring skills. In the surprise, he became more confident in the new season.

The Celtics' preseason training is going on day by day, and the preseason is getting closer and closer. All the teams in the league are full, and most of them have more than one or two players, but The final 15-man roster will be selected after the preseason.And there are not a few teams like the Celtics who have already set a 15-man lineup.

For example, the Chicago Bulls, who successfully defended the championship last season, did not change their core lineup this season. In the summer of 1997, apart from Jonny leaving for Boston, there were no major deals in the league. Because of this, the Bulls shouted the slogan of defending the title before the season began, and their main point guard Harper also said: "When Johnny was traded by the Magic, there will be no opponents in the East!"

This sentence made the Magic furious, but the other party, Jonny, just smiled. Obviously, this sentence was a compliment to him.

However, Ron Harper's words quickly aroused the media controversy over the Jonny trade that had previously subsided. The previous media believed that the Magic had made money. In the new season, the Magic with a more reasonable lineup will definitely Will become the biggest opponent of the Bulls, and the new round of debate, in fact, most of them still think that the magic has made money, and the strength of the magic is stronger than last year.

However, when the preseason was about to start, a piece of news stunned the group of reporters for a moment, and they had to shout that there was no Bulls opponent in the East.

(End of this chapter)