The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 105 [Team Assembly]

The Clippers have signed thirteen players.

Center: JaVale McGee, Dikembe Mutombo, Marcin Gortat.

Power Forward: Kevin Love, Josh Smith.

Small forwards: Matt Barnes, Ye Feng, Dorell Wright.

Shooting guards: Anthony Morrow, Tony Allen.

Point guard: Kyle Lowry, Mario Chalmers, Jose Barea.

The Clippers rank 14th in the West in the new season's power rankings predicted by basketball experts, and only the same young Thunder are behind them.

Critics believe that the three positions of the Clippers are unqualified. The Grizzlies' substitute Lowry is the Clippers' strongest point guard, and the starter at the shooting guard position must be the Celtics' substitute Tony Allen.The starting center may be Love, whose true height is only 205cm.If Love doesn't play center, he has to start with McGee, which is definitely worse.With the current roster, they're headed straight for the lottery.

No one is optimistic about the Clippers. The only good news is that the team sold twice as many season tickets this season as last year. Fans want to see Ye Feng and Smith dunk.

Gortat's basic salary contract has team options. The Clippers first canceled his contract, and then signed a 4-year long-term contract of 1000 million.Originally, the uniform team wanted Gortat to play with a basic salary for a year before renewing his contract, but Ye Feng insisted that Ariel immediately sign Gortat with a long-term contract.He knew Gortat was a hunk, or at least a man worth the full middle class.There is no one inside the Clippers this season, Gortat will have a lot of playing time, and it will be expensive to sign again if he plays at a high level.

In order to play the preseason, the Clippers also invited several market free agents to try out and participate in the training camp, including veteran insider Brian Skeener, and guard Jason Hart, who has 8 years of ball experience, but has not been found. The new club's young center Paul Davis and swingman Ricky Davis.Ricky Davis is most likely to stay. Last season, Davis averaged 13.8 points per game for the Heat, and his three-point shooting percentage was as high as 40%.But it's not that the veteran can bring good things to the team. His famous "artificial triple-double" has lost his character, so that no team is willing to sign him, and the gain outweighs the loss.

On media day, the Clippers gathered at the practice field.In the hand hall public training class, the auditorium is almost full.The Lakers also practiced publicly on this day, and it is really rare to have so many people come to support them.Sitting in the front row was a Hollywood star——Adam Sandler. He made a high-profile appearance in the training hall to support Ye Feng and attracted a lot of attention.Ye Feng has a good relationship with him, and he even attended the premiere of the movie "Don't Mess With Zohan" during the holidays.

Teammates greet each other after meeting.

McGee was the most enthusiastic. He pressed Love's shoulder and laughed loudly: "Hi, Kevin, long time no see. Have you lost weight this summer?"

Le Fu smiled awkwardly, sweating on his back.He was scolded several times by Ma Hong for failing to lose weight.

Ma Hong sneered from behind and said, "You can actually see that he has lost weight? The effect is obvious, and he has lost 4 pounds. However, he just went to the toilet to defecate, and he may gain weight after a meal."

McGee: "..."

Josh Smith saw Ye Feng, stepped forward and smiled and said, "Ye, I heard that you practiced basketball for the summer vacation, how did you get it?"

Ye Feng said with a smile: "You will know it during training. If you want to defend me again, it will definitely not be as easy as last season."

"I trust you." Smith laughed.He's here to show his favor.

Last season, the two defended against each other uncomfortable.Smith is a monster quality, in the Eagles, because of Joe. Johnson in his very few opportunities to attack the ball.Now in the Clippers, he hopes to play small forward, but he dare not bring it up.

Smith didn't think Ye Feng was stronger than him, but he was far behind in terms of background.The relationship between Ye Feng and Ai Lier was mentioned more than once in the news, and people believed that Ye Feng actually had the decision-making power of the team, like a small boss.According to an anonymous source in Los Angeles, most of the Clippers' transactions were carried out according to Ye Feng's ideas, including going to Boston to hire Thibodeau as the head coach, which was also Ye Feng's idea.His position in the Clippers is transcendent, he is already a controller, not just the core of the team.

Isn't Smith a fool, competing with Ye Feng for the core?I'm afraid they will be traded away after not playing for one season.

However, not everyone gave Ye Feng face.After chatting with Smith for a few words, Ye Feng took the initiative to find Tony Allen, stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "Tony, from today we will fight side by side, let's make friends."

Tony Allen didn't shake hands with him, and said coldly: "I will go all out to compete, but I won't be your friend!"

"Don't be so stingy, didn't I apologize?"

Tony Allen's face almost turned into a chrysanthemum. "I can't accept your apology. Now the fans call me egg pain brother, many people think I only have one egg left! Fuck it!"

"No one will call you that when you get here." Ye Feng was thick-skinned and said with a smile: "Tony, think about it, the two of us, plus Smith, are so strong defensively. We will fight for the championship in the future. We have been together for a long time. Ewing and Mourning fought hard on the field back then, and later became good friends. Ewing was even willing to donate a kidney to Mourning. They did not know each other! We are the same. "

Tony Allen's eyelids twitched a few times, and he said with a crooked mouth, "That's a kidney donation. If you donate an egg to me, I'll consider becoming your friend!"

Ye Feng sighed: "Please don't always hang your genitals around your mouth, okay? This is very vulgar!" (Are you the most vulgar?)

Thibodeau was already dizzy listening to their conversation. These two people won't fight on the court in the future, right?

After the assembly, Ariel said a few general mobilization words on the field, and started the first day of public training.The players warmed up under the leadership of the new defensive assistant Ron Adams, ready to start confrontation in groups.

The red and white teams are all arranged by Thibodeau, the red team Love, Smith, Ye Feng, Morrow, and Chalmers.

The white team is Gortat, McGee, Barnes, Allen, and Lowry.

The audience came to watch the performance. Thibodeau was very timely and got Ye Feng and Smith into a team, allowing them to cooperate. At the same time, he also equipped the back line with two three-point shooters to ensure a smooth attack.The white team's lineup is free combination.

Thibodeau arranged a 23-zone defense for the red team. The offensive tactic was that Smith was in the low post, Love was covering in the high post, Ye Feng was attacking with the ball, and Chalmers and Morrow were looking for opportunities on the outside.

Hardaway is in charge of the white team. Of course, he arranged for his disciple Lowry to be the core of the offense, and Gortat provided him with pick-and-rolls.

McGee jumped the ball to win and won the ball for the white team, and the red team quickly returned to defense.Lowry took the ball to the frontcourt, and the red team was already in place.Gortat covered from the outside, and Smith switched to Lowry in a high position.

In the first round, Smith showed his excellent ability to defend against pick-and-rolls. His speed could keep up with the guards. After Lowry broke through, he failed to get rid of the defense and passed to Barnes on the outside. The latter lobbed to the low post. McGee for the ball.

McGee has a strong desire to perform. He not only wants to score but also wants to be handsome.Dribbled the ball from the low post on the left and took two steps to the middle, and shot with a very stretched hook from a long distance.His height is 213cm, and his wingspan has reached an abnormal 228cm. He has absolute confidence to bully Love.

It's true that Love can't cover him, but this beautiful shot is so wide that it's not accurate at all.Smith took the backcourt rebound and passed it directly to the fast-moving Ye Feng to launch a fast break.

It was Lowry and Barnes who returned to defend.Barnes didn't see Ye Feng training, and his understanding of him is still from last season, so he stepped forward to gamble and steal.Ye Feng dribbled the ball with his left hand and crossed his right hand to speed up past Barnes and rush into the three-point line.

Lowry and Ye Feng spent a summer vacation and know each other too well.Ye Feng had already accelerated, he couldn't stop it at all, all he could do was get out of the way.Ye Feng passed by him, and hit the first ball with his tomahawk dunk. 2 to 0.

The audience just came to see this, applauding enthusiastically.

Lowry broke through again under Gortat's pick-and-roll, and it was still Smith's defense. Lowry took the ball and changed speed and broke into the basket, only to find that Tony Allen was emptied on the baseline.He immediately sent the ball to the corner.Allen hesitated for a moment and made an open shot... hit the iron.Three-point shooting is Allen's weakness, otherwise, with his defensive ability, he will definitely be able to win the middle class.Love took the backboard and gave it to Chalmers.I slowly ran towards the opponent's half, and the red team fell to the ground and fought.

Their 23 zone defense was very successful.To put it simply, the function of this kind of zone defense is to protect the inside line and prevent the opponent from entering the inside line. There are more than two defenders in the low position at all times.The white team's most accurate three-pointer is Barnes, and Ye Feng is marking from the outside, so it is difficult to get a shot.It's hard to crack that zone without a pitcher.

Thibodeau deliberately made this arrangement, wanting fans to have more confidence in the Clippers' starting lineup for the new season, and also wanting Ye Feng and Smith to play confidently.

Under the interference of Lowry, Chalmers slowly crossed the half court. The ball was handed over to Ye Feng who was pulled to the outside line. , Ye Feng's dribble entered the three-point line from the right, and McGee switched defenses.

Ye Feng practiced dribbling every day under the double-teaming of Lowry and Love, and he developed a habit. At night, he only dreamed of playing basketball.Now playing one-on-one on the court, he doesn't feel the pressure at all. Even if he can't make it through, he is confident that he won't be intercepted.

As long as people focus on doing one thing, they can improve very quickly.Ye Feng turned his head to the left, took the ball with his right hand and shook his shoulder, McGee immediately moved to the middle.Ye Feng did not break through, and paused slightly.McGee saw that he had been fooled, and hurriedly took a step forward.Before this step was finished, Ye Feng dribbled the ball with his right hand and passed it to his left hand. He took a big stride with his left foot, completely passed McGee, and headed towards the middle.

Gortat had no choice but to come out from the basket to defend, Ye Feng jumped up lightly and threw the ball into the air.Smith, who was in the low position on the left, took off in one step and scored a dunk dunk with one hand! 4 to 0.

(End of this chapter)