The invincible kryptonite of basketball

Jokic, Davis, Brogdon and Siakam, they have participated in training camps one after another, and they have gained a lot in the summer.

The team's training camp started, and the Pelicans players also returned to the team one after another.

It has only been two days since the training camp started, and all the players, including the players on the training camp contract, have arrived.

It was exciting to win the championship last season, but for them, it was just the beginning.

In fact, a championship doesn't mean much.

The minimum standard for the dynasty is three consecutive championships, and their first goal in the new season is to defend the title.

Because all the powerful teams have been strengthened enough in the past summer, the difficulty of defending the title will be historical, so they have to work harder.

"I miss you guys!"

The atmosphere of the training camp is very serious, but Bo Yang is still the same Bo Yang, who yells when he first arrives at the team, looking like a team player.

"You should go to China to talk about cross talk."

Tang Tian smiled and shook his head, this sentence is too familiar to a Chinese.

Bo Yang looked confused, but he still nodded with a smile.

"I must go to China next summer, and that fellow Nikolai made my mouth water."

What Bo Yang said next made Tang Tian laugh out loud, this guy is really funny.

The Pelicans' lineup for the new season has changed compared to last season.

The starting lineup has not changed much, and it will still be Holiday, Tang Tian, ​​​​Ariza, Davis and Jokic.

The substitutes who have changed a lot, Dinwiddie, Aminu and McGee who were rotated last season have all left the team.

The current bench lineup is Deron, Stephenson, Bojan, David West, Biyombo.

Plus Brogdon, Joe Harris, Gary Forbes, Siakam, Harrell and Boban Marjanovic on the bench.

Compared with last season, the team has more immediate combat power. As long as they run well, even if the opponent becomes stronger, the chances of successfully defending the title are very high.

After all the players arrived, Stevens led the team to the first full-court confrontation of the training camp.

In the past summer, in addition to player changes, the Pelicans' coaching staff has also changed.

Mike Brown did a good job with the Pelicans last season, and he got a head coaching job with the Grizzlies as a result.

The first assistant coach position of the Pelicans is still vacant.

Until a suitable assistant coach is found, training can only be led by Stevens himself.

The training of the full-court confrontation is the same as usual, the starting group, the substitute group and the bench group.

Stevens observes the status of the players off the court. Not only are the rookies, after an offseason, the status of the veteran players will also fluctuate.

Biyombo's state looks average, and it seems that he didn't spend much effort in training this past summer.

The two veterans, Deron and David West, integrated quickly, which is also a characteristic of veteran players.

The performance of Brogdon and Siakam exceeded his expectations, and the team made money again in the draft this year.

However, the impact of these on the team is not too big, and it is two people who really have an impact.

One is Ariza and the other is Tang Tian.

Ariza's touch is quite sluggish, and the body fat rate is also high.

Tang Tian's condition seems to be better than last season, especially the protection of rebounds, which is very good.

Training continues, and while Stevens is adjusting the lineup and player status, he is also screening assistant coaches with general manager Demps.

After several rounds, several names appeared before his eyes.

David Fizdale, Alvin Gentry, Lionel Hollins and Mike Woodson.

These coaches are not small.

Fizdale was the first assistant coach of the former Heat Big Three;

Gentry has a head coach resume and performed well. He led Nash at the end of his career to the Western Conference Finals;

As the former Knicks coach, Woodson also led the team to the Eastern Conference finals, with first-class defensive skills;

Needless to say, Hollins applied for the job last season;

These coaches all have one thing in common, they have the strength of a head coach, but they don't have the opportunity to be a head coach.

After all, there are only 30 head coach positions in the NBA. There is no chance this season, and they can only look forward to next season.

The Pelicans are the best springboard for them. Mike Brown has succeeded, and they naturally want to be the next one.

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Because of the ability Stevens showed, Demps also took his opinion into consideration when choosing an assistant coach.

After listening to his opinion, Dempsey also approached Tang Tian before making the final choice.

As a result, Stevens and Tang Tian had the same ideas, and they both felt that the most suitable person among the four was Alvin Gentry.

However, there are subtle differences between the two.

Stevens valued the ability of Gentry, who is known for his offense.

Last season, the Pelicans' defensive system hadn't taken shape yet, and the team needed defensive coaching assistance.

But now the team has a defensive system, and Stevens himself is a defensive master, so he needs an offensive assistant.

Gentry was the second running and bombing master after D'Antoni during the Suns period. He averaged 109 points per game in the season he reached the Western Conference Finals.

This scoring average was terrifying in that era.

This is also the reason why Tang Tian chose Gentry, of course this is not all.

Another important reason for him to make this choice is that Gentry has been an assistant coach of the Warriors for the past two seasons.

He and Ron Adams have one offense and one defense, and they can be called Cole's right-hand man.

Now digging Gentry as the first assistant coach has weakened the strength of the Warriors coaching staff in a different direction.

And for the Pelicans, having an assistant who is familiar with the Warriors' tactical system will help them a lot in the playoffs.

Just like Brown last season, with him, the Pelicans can limit James to get twice the result with half the effort.

The two sides negotiated a contract, and the Pelicans immediately held a press conference for Gentry to welcome him to join.

After the Pelicans' press conference, the Warriors responded quickly.

They poached the Pelicans' player development assistant Royce and became the team's second assistant.

The season has not yet started, and this kind of personnel flow between the coaching staff of the two teams can be called the NBA version of Game of Thrones.

The scene of intrigue made the fans very interested.

But this is the NBA, and there is not much emotion in the business field, especially for coaches with few employment opportunities.

Tang Tian saw all these things, but he didn't care too much about Royce's departure.

People go high, Royce's choice is not wrong, and Royce's departure has little impact on the Pelicans coaching staff.

Stevens + Gentry + Nash, these three talents are the core of the Pelicans' coaching staff in the new season.

At this time, what interested Tang Tian was the two signings between the Nets and the Mavericks.

The Nets signed Guo Ailun with a training camp contract, and the Mavericks signed Ding Yanyuhang with a non-guaranteed contract.

After the Chinese team won gold in Rio, some people said that Guo Ailun and Ding Yanyuhang should try to hit the NBA.

Now it seems that the two of them have listened to it, and they both succeeded!

Although the contracts signed by the two people are not very guaranteed, at least the two will appear on the stage of the NBA preseason.

This is a breakthrough for themselves, or for Chinese basketball itself.

You must know that the only non-inside players who could enter the NBA before are Sun Yue and Tang Tian.

Even if he got the training camp contract, only Liu Wei was alone.

Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

On October 10nd, the door of the 2-2016 season officially opened, and the NBA preseason game started first.

The Pelicans had a lot of personnel changes in the summer, and half a month was not enough for Stevens to adapt. This time the preseason is mainly about running in the lineup and training new players.

The Pelicans' opponent in the first preseason game is the Mavericks.

Carlisle's thinking is similar to that of Stevens. Both sides played the main force in the first half, and they were both practicing tactics and did not give their full strength.

What can be clearly felt is that Conley's joining has significantly improved the strength of the Mavericks.

Conley can attack, organize and defend. He is very similar to Billups of the Pistons. It can be said that he is the most suitable point guard for Carlisle and the Mavericks.

The Pelicans' preseason opener was also a surprise. Their offense was significantly faster than last season.

The tactics of positional warfare have become simpler, and the speed of defensive counterattacks has also been significantly accelerated.

It can be foreseen that the average points per game of the Pelicans in the new season will definitely rise.

After halftime, the two teams tied at 55.

In the second half, both sides replaced the substitute lineup by coincidence.

Both teams changed their bench lineups in the summer. The main players were almost in tune with each other in the first half, and the second half began to investigate the substitutes.

Just after more than 7 minutes into the third quarter, both teams replaced bench players one after another.

On the Pelicans side, Brogdon and Siakam both got the chance to play, while on the Mavericks side, Chinese player Ding Yanyuhang also got the chance to play.

When Ding Yanyuhang came on, there was a burst of whistles and cheers.

Because of Tang Tian, ​​the current Chinese market in New Orleans is the best in the United States, and quite a few Chinese people come to watch the game.

Tang had been chatting with Davis about the new tactics in the second half, and when he saw Ding Yan Yuhang play, he also set his sights on the field.

The Mavericks are a championship team, and it is too difficult for Ding Yanyuhang to stay.

But if you have a dream, go after it, regardless of your strength, Ding Yanyuhang's choice is very manly.

Brogge broke through Ding Yanyuhang when he climbed up, and scored easily with a throw after the confrontation.

The Mavericks' offense failed. After turning around, Brogdon signaled to pull away, and then rushed to Ding Yanyuhang, hit the basket and made his foul.

These two goals allowed Ding Yanyuhang to experience the cruelty of the NBA.

In the national team, he doesn't need to take on defensive tasks. He only needs to receive Tang Tian's pass on the offensive end and score the ball as much as possible.

But in the NBA, he is the defensive breakthrough in the eyes of opposing players.

And he is very confident in physical confrontation, and he is at a complete disadvantage against pitchers like Brogdon.

In the end, the Pelicans played better off the bench, beating the Mavericks 106-93 and winning their first preseason win.

布罗格登表现非常抢眼，他全场13投7中，三分球6投3中，贡献了20分6助攻。

He can sort out the offense, find out the weak points of the opponent's defense on the field, and has a strong psychological quality. His performance makes Stevens very satisfied.

丁彦雨航在自己的NBA首秀里表现糟糕，打了7分钟的他2投0中，没有得分入账，只有1板1助攻2失误。

After the game, Tang Tian took the initiative to pull Ding Yan Yuhang to say some words of encouragement.

Ding Yanyuhang's mentality surprised him a little.

Although a little disappointed, Ding Yanyuhang's fighting spirit remained undiminished.

"Brother Tang, I'm here to improve myself. I really can't do it. I will choose to play in the Development League for a year. I'm here for the NBA."

Ding Yanyuhang's words were so loud that Tang Tian couldn't help giving him a thumbs up after hearing it.

With this determination, no matter whether it succeeds or not in the end, it is admirable.

Moreover, Ding Yanyuhang started to hit the NBA much earlier than in history, and coupled with the absence of injuries, the chances are still great.