lakers championship

Chapter 284 Let's go together!
Since Kobe retired, every time he appeared in the news, he became fatter and fatter from the photos. This is very different from his decades of hard training. Countless fans use this as a joke.

This time he held the training camp, he has always refused to admit defeat, decided to re-train his body as a player, and dragged Tianyang to train together for several days.

Inside the Lakers training facility.

"8...9...10! Help me pick it up!" Bryant shouted out of breath.

The trainer hurriedly dragged the barbell, while Tianyang and Ingram held back their smiles, their eyebrows straightened.

"Don't laugh! It will be the same when you are my age!" Kobe took the towel and wiped his sweat, "How is the invitation list?"

"It's all sorted out, can you see if there is anything you want to add?" Tianyang picked up an IPAD next to it and handed it over.

Bryant took it, looked at it and said, "Mark Fultz, Josh Jackson, Dearon Fox, Dennis Smith, Frank Ntilikina, Malik Monk, Luke Kennard , Derek White, Josh Hart, Kyle Kuzma, Jordan Bell. With so many defenders, we should invite a few more strikers to facilitate team training."

"I've watched the videos of these people, and some of them have fought against each other in person. I'm more sure about their level, but I don't know much about the technical characteristics of strikers. I need to find time to look up information." Tianyang explained.

"I have a recommendation." Ingram wanted to come over to the IPAD, opened Google, and looked at Kobe at the same time, "Yesterday, my college coach recommended a junior to me, named Jayson Tatum, who plays the small forward position. The characteristics are very similar to yours, and I even had a photo with you when I was young."

"Oh? Really?" Kobe suddenly became interested, "Let me see."

About 3 minutes later, after Tatum's college highlights were played, Kobe nodded, "It is indeed more similar to me, then add him, and see if there are any surprises then. By the way, the UCLA guard, Lonzo-Bow Why is Er not on the invitation list, I heard that he is also very good."

Tianyang shrugged, "He has a rather crooked father. He caused us trouble before G2 of the Western Conference finals. I'm afraid that something will happen to his father again."

"His father is his father, he is him, don't confuse them." Kobe waved his hand, "Add it to the invitation list."

"It makes sense!" Tianyang thought for a while and thought it was okay, so he added Bauer's name.

……

After confirming the invitation list, Tianyang did some strength training and left the base.

As soon as he walked out of the gate of the base, a middle-aged white man with a big curly hair stopped him and said in a standard British accent, "Mr. Tianyang, hello. Please allow me to introduce myself, my name is Ricky Aikin Te, currently serving as Donovan-Mitchell's agent, I'm here today to ask you to add Mitchell to the direct invitation list for the training camp."

Directly clarifying his intentions aroused the interest of Tianyang, who was already a little irritable. He smiled and asked, "It seems that you have great confidence in him?"

"Of course!" Ricky nodded quickly. "A lot of people don't see his strength, including himself. Only I realize how good he is."

"I noticed that you used 'strength' instead of 'potential'?" Tianyang became more interested. The Lakers just needed immediate combat power.

"Yes!" Seeing this, Ricky quickly took out his mobile phone, "Look, this is a highlight of his freshman and sophomore games. He is very mature and stable, to the point where he underestimates his own strength."

After about 5 minutes, after the video was played, Tianyang began to frown and think: "Judging from the highlights, this player's defense is not bad, but his offense is a bit weak. He has a big heart and is relatively malleable. But his height is a bit disadvantageous. If Getting the Lakers could be the breaking point."

Tianyang did not speak for a long time, and Ricky said anxiously: "As an agent, I hope he has a better pick. Exposure with you is definitely the best choice, as long as you add him to the direct invitation list , I can introduce 4 players to sign up for you and Kobe's training camp."

Ricky's meaning is very obvious, they will give the money, or even more, as long as they can be added to the direct invitation list.

There is no doubt that players who are directly invited to the training camp will definitely have more advantages in exposure, and the exposure before the draft and the strength of the opponent may change the results of the scouts' long-term inspection.

It's a tactic favored by players who are projected to go low and refuse to admit defeat, while those who are sure to be No. [-] or No. [-] picks avoid too many training camps.

For example, in the Chicago United trial training before last year's draft, Ben Simmons was almost locked in the No. [-] pick. He did not participate, and Tianyang would not go even if he was not injured.

"Why does he feel unconfident?" Tianyang asked again.

"Oh, don't talk about it." Ricky sighed helplessly, "Last year you became the champion, and he thought he had the strength to challenge you. As a result, you improved more and more, and he became less confident. A few days ago you His 60+ points and super quadruple-double directly broke him down, thinking that no matter how he catches up, he can’t reach your height.”

"So high-spirited?" Tianyang sighed subconsciously, then thought about it, the most powerful players in NBA history are all very high-spirited, maybe they are talents, and then said: "Alright then, I will add him to the invitation list."

"Thank you, thank you very much. In return, I will introduce 4 players to sign up for your training camp." Ricky bowed slightly, his tone very sincere.

……

After confirming the addition of Mitchell, SkyOcean asked Jiang Rulan to contact the agent of the player to be invited in advance to ensure that the other party was willing to participate. Then he learned how 2K announced the player's ability value, and announced several invited players every day.

On the first day, it was announced that Mark Fultz was directly invited. As the top three favorites, he was invited to participate directly, which did not exceed the expectations of fans and the media.

The next day it was announced that Kyle Kuzma, Josh Hart, Malik Monk, Luke Kennard and several other players were directly invited.

On the third day, it was announced that Lonzo Ball would be directly invited. His father directly stated on Twitter that Ball will become the strongest player in this training camp, and all general managers and coaches are welcome to pay attention.

As time went on, on the last day, it was announced that Donovan Mitchell and Jayson Tatum would be invited directly.

……

At 6 am on June 14th, after 8 days, the training camp between Tianyang and Kobe was officially held.

The training camp was held in the arena next to the Staples Center. In addition to the photographers arranged by the Kaitianyang team, there were also photographers from more than 50 media, large and small. All kinds of camera equipment are packed.

In the locker room, Kobe is doing his final warm-up.

Tianyang jokingly said: "Why, do you want to blow up the young guards present?"

Kobe shook his head, "I have nothing to fear from them, but I'm a little worried that they will make a fuss later and ask me to play singles with you. I don't want to lose to you!"

Tianyang was dumbfounded when he heard the words, and then he laughed, "I'm not famous enough, and when they see your resurfacing muscles, they will definitely challenge you to one-on-one."

Kobe waved his hand, "You have to block for me first, I'm not that physically fit for now!"

"Okay, according to the plan, I have to give them a little bit of power first." Tianyang nodded.

……

At 8:20, Tianyang and Kobe entered the stadium, and all the players stood up to welcome them.

Before Jiang Rulan didn't tell him how many people came in total, Tianyang found that there were only about 40 players, and the registration fee of 8000 US dollars did stop many people.

"Hi everyone, this is Tianyang. I announce that the training camp is now starting."

"Today is the first day of our training camp, and the theme is confidence!"

"From now on, I will stand here and accept your heads-up, 10 people in a row. As long as someone can hit 3 goals under my defense, they will have the opportunity to practice with me after the regular training."

"Now, who will come first?"

After the words fell, all the players looked at each other in blank dismay. Tianyang's defense was vividly reflected in the 7 games of the Western Conference Finals. Most of them went up to ask for trouble.

"I'll come first!" Two voices sounded at the same time, and everyone turned their heads to look for it.

I saw Tatum and Kuzma stand up, and when the two looked at each other, neither of them meant to back down.

"Rock, paper, scissors, guess your fist!" Tianyang suggested.

The two were about to punch when they heard the words, Kobe suddenly shouted: "Forget it, you two go together, Tianyang and I are in a team. If you score 12 goals, you will win if you score 3!"

When Tatum and Kuzma heard the words, their eyes immediately became excited, and they stepped out of the crowd and walked up at the same time.

(End of this chapter)