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Chapter 226 Death God Special Training Camp

As of June 2003, 6, plus Kyle Korver and Wang Dalin who have not officially signed, the Clippers currently have a total of 27 players.

They are Corey Maggette, Quentin Richardson, Chris Wilcox, Marko Jarich, Kenyon Dooling, Melvin Eli, Wang Zhizhi, Kyle Korver and Wang Dalin himself... Among them, Maggette was the only one who really started for a long time last season!
马盖蒂出生于1979年11月12日，身高198CM，体重102KG，身体强壮冲击力极强，球风和骑士1.0时期的詹姆斯很像，巅峰期场均数据大概有22分6篮板3助攻1抢断左右。

Now that the team's main power forward, Elton Brand, is gone, Wang Dalin must switch to power forward. After all, it is obviously not suitable for Maggette to play power forward.

如果王大林改打大前锋的话，马盖蒂作为球队的首发小前锋倒是很不错……按照原本时空中他在2003-2004赛季的表现，场均20.7分5.9篮板3.1助攻0.9抢断已经相当牛逼了。

Maggette has never been good at shooting, but his impact is very strong, and the completion rate at the basket is very high. In his entire career, his completion rate at the basket has only been lower than 60% in three seasons.

Although his defense has always been criticized, because his offensive firepower is strong enough, his efficiency value throughout his career has basically been above 15, and even has been above 18 in six seasons.

In terms of efficiency, he is slightly higher than Hamilton... "Third Brother" has only had an efficiency value of 18 or more in four seasons in his entire career.

So Wang Dalin had already decided from the moment he agreed to join the Clippers that Maggette would be his second-in-command in this team...well, it could only be him!

雅里奇是球队上赛季的替补控卫，他在场均20.9分钟的上场时间里可以得到7.4分2.4篮板2.9助攻1.5抢断，综合评价应该算一名防守很好的蓝领控卫。

He is from Belgrade, Serbia. He showed a very good mid-range shooting touch last season, shooting 48.7% of long-range two-pointers.

To be honest, if Wang Dalin did not have the blessing of those star skills, it is not certain whether his long-distance two-point shooting percentage can reach 48.7%!

And Jaric is 201cm tall, and he is the No. 1 height at the point guard position in this league today.

With such a height, Jaric's passing vision is naturally very good, and he has the virtue of most European players not being greedy for statistics, so his assists can't reflect his true organizational ability at all... In fact, Jaric is a tall point guard who can pass the ball very well.

Based on Wang Dalin's understanding of many NBA players, Jarich is really similar to Thomas Satoransky who played for the Wizards and Bulls in later generations... They have the same height, and similar passing skills and defensive strength.

If "Lord Baylor" can't get a better point guard this offseason, then Jaric will definitely be the best choice for the point guard position. Although he is not excellent, he is at least qualified.

There is also Quentin Richardson, a player of the same class as Wang Dalin, who was only the team's backup shooting guard last season, but last season he only played 59 games due to injuries, and his average per game has dropped considerably compared to the second season.

Wang Dalin knew that he had won the All-Star three-point shooting contest and was a very good shooter, but his three-point shooting percentage last season was only 30.8%, which was obviously not his normal level.

In the new season, there is also Korver, a high-quality pitcher, and the two of them can fully support the offensive firepower at the shooting guard position.

As for Chris Wilcox, Kenyon Dooling, Melvin Eli, and Wang Zhizhi, they are all at the level of substitutes, and they are still too reluctant to start.

Due to the trade of Wang Dalin, the team sent this year's No. 6 pick to Detroit, so they failed to select Chris Kaman like they did in the original history.

Therefore, the most urgent thing for the team at present is to introduce a starting-level center forward, otherwise they may only let Wang Dalin play as a guest center forward.

After Wang Dalin flew to Los Angeles, he first went to the Clippers headquarters to say hello to "Lord Baylor". Seeing that Wang Dalin had arrived ahead of schedule, "Lord Baylor" was very enthusiastic, and he was booing and asking for warmth while pulling him.

In two days, the team will officially sign a contract with Wang Dalin, so "Master Baylor" did not hide it from him, and told him in detail about his signing work during this period.

The team has already finalized a signing, that is, Eddie House, who performed well in the Heat last season, is the same as Wang Dalin, as soon as the door of the free market opens, the team will formally sign him immediately.

Wang Dalin was very happy to hear that his good brother from back then would also come, and House could immediately fill the vacancy of the backup point guard. He and Kenyon Dooling were enough.

"Master Baylor" saw that Wang Dalin was in a good mood, so he asked, "Darling, the team is still short of a good head coach. I wonder if you can call Rick Carlisle. If he can come, maybe we can go directly to the playoffs in the new season!"

Wang Dalin couldn't help laughing and said, "Elgin, aren't you? Is the team's goal just to hit the playoffs?"

"Master Baylor" smiled wryly: "Darling, do you know how many times our team has only entered the playoffs over the years? Let me tell you, it was three times! There were only three times in total, and each time we were swept out in the first round!"

He sighed and continued: "So, you think this goal is very low, but I think it is already very high. If you are not here now, I guess this goal is still far away from us!"

Wang Dalin was taken aback and said, "Isn't it? Is the team's strength so bad? Didn't Elton play very well in the first two seasons?"

No wonder he was so surprised. In fact, just looking at the lineup, the Clippers are not weak at all. It is a bit unreasonable to say that they can't even make the playoffs.

Take a look at the Clippers' roster last season --

埃尔顿.布兰德，场均18.5分11.3篮板2.5助攻1.1抢断2.5盖帽，投篮命中率50.2%；

科里.马盖蒂，场均16.8分5篮板1.9助攻0.9抢断，投篮命中率44.4%，三分命中率35%；

拉玛尔.奥多姆，场均14.6分6.7篮板3.6助攻0.9抢断0.8盖帽，投篮命中率43.9%，三分命中率32.6%；

Andre Miller averaged 13.6 points, 4 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Not only is he excellent in offense and defense, but his organizational skills are even slightly better than Chauncey Billups;
Michael Olowokandi, averaging 12.3 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 2.2 blocks per game, is definitely the strongest season of this "parallel importer" in his career.

Coupled with high-quality role players such as Quentin Richardson, Eric Piacorgis, Marko Jarich, Kenyon Dooling, Chris Wilcox, etc., it shouldn't even make it to the playoffs?

If the team's lineup is obviously not weak, but the team's performance is still bad, then there is only one explanation-the head coach is too bad!

Last season, the head coach of the Clippers was first Alvin Gentry. He has been here since the 2000-2001 season to coach the team, with a total score of 89 wins and 133 losses, with a winning percentage of just over 40%.

Naturally, the team with such a record couldn't bear it. Last season, he was finally laid off. The assistant coach of the team, Dennis Johnson, succeeded him.

So "Lord Baylor" certainly hopes to find an excellent head coach as soon as possible, such as... the champion coach Rick Carlisle who was just fired by the Pistons!
Before Wang Dalin was traded, "Master Baylor" had already contacted the old Mike Dunleavy many times. If it wasn't for the fact that Rick Carlisle was fired and Wang Dalin was put on the shelf by the Pistons, he might have already finalized the head coach candidate.

The old Dunleavy led the Lakers to the finals in the 1990-1992 season. Unfortunately, they met Michael Jordan who finally crossed the "Bad Boys" of the Pistons. Unfortunately, they could only get the "general runner-up".

In the 1991-1992 season, the Lakers were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, and the old Dunleavy was also fired by the team.

After that, he worked as the head coach in Milwaukee for four years, with a total record of only 107 wins and 221 losses. He lost so much that he almost doubted his life.

Then he came to Portland and led the team to the playoffs four times in a row, and also reached the Western Conference Finals in the 1999-2000 season... Unfortunately, he met the Lakers led by the "OK combination".

If you put aside his four failed seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, the old Dunleavy's total record is 291 wins and 169 losses, with a winning percentage of 63.3%. In fact, he is really a good head coach.

But obviously, he is completely incomparable with Rick Carlisle.

He led the team to the strongest record in history of 73 wins and 9 losses, and also led the team to win the championship for two consecutive years. How many head coaches in the entire league can compare with him?

Seeing the distressed expression on the face of "Master Baylor", Wang Dalin couldn't bear it anymore, picked up his cell phone and called Carlisle.

"Darling, why did you call me suddenly?" Carlisle looked quite surprised when he received a call from Wang Dalin suddenly.

"Rick, you haven't signed the team yet, have you?" Wang Dalin asked tentatively.

"No...well...Darling, you don't want me to go to the Clippers, do you?" Obviously, the trade between Wang Dalin and Brand was well known, and Carlisle had naturally heard about it.

"Hehe, since you've already guessed it, I won't hide it from you... That's right, I just want to invite you to be the head coach of the Clippers. How about we win a few more championships with him?" Wang Dalin directly extended an invitation to Carlisle with a smile.

"I'm so sorry, Darling... I promised Larry just two days ago that I will go to Indianapolis to sign with them after the free market starts, and I will be the head coach of the Pacers in the new season... It's a pity that I can't work with you again!"

As in the original history, Carlisle finally accepted the invitation of the "King of Kings" Larry Bird, and this summer he will go to the Indiana Pacers to take office.

Wang Dalin could tell that Carlisle was really sorry, maybe he was also thinking about "renewing his relationship" with Wang Dalin?

Although Carlisle is indeed a rare tactical master in the league, if Wang Dalin is not in his lineup, he may not win a championship in the past two years.

After hearing Carlisle's words, Wang Dalin had no choice but to sigh: "Rick, I'm sorry too... Alas, I wish you good results in Indianapolis!"

"I wish you all the best with the Clippers too!"

After hanging up the phone, Wang Dalin gave "Master Baylor" a sorry smile: "Rick has already decided to go to Indianapolis, so...we have to find another head coach!"

"Lord Baylor" also sighed: "Oh... If I had known that Larry moved so fast, I should have contacted Rick directly!"

Counting Elgin Baylor is still the senior of Larry Bird, both of them have achieved brilliant achievements in their respective careers... Of course, the "King of Kings" has won more team honors.

They all served as head coaches after retiring, and then both became general managers of the team.

I have to say... After leaving the court, "Forcing King" is much better than "Bailey" in every field. When he was the head coach, he was able to lead the team to the finals, and as the general manager, he always brought excellent players and head coaches to the team.

After Wang Dalin thought for a long time, he said, "Why don't we invite Mike, at least he did a good job in Portland before!"

"Master Baylor" nodded and said: "Well, it seems that it has to be like this!"

After leaving the Clippers headquarters, Wang Dalin went straight to Kobe's home.

The team's signings and reinforcements have to be done step by step. He has more important things to do when he comes to Los Angeles this time. First of all, he has to settle his own residence.

The reason why he didn't go directly to the real estate agent, but came to Kobe for help, was mainly because of another thing... This summer he decided to set up a training camp in Los Angeles. Of course, this kind of thing had the help of Kobe, a local snake.

"Hey, buddy, how are you doing recently?" Kobe looked very enthusiastic when he saw Wang Dalin, and stepped forward to give him a bear hug.

Wang Dalin frowned and said, "Hey, did you do it on purpose? Did you make me sweat when we first met?"

There is one thing to say, Kobe is definitely a handsome guy among black people, if he is not sweating profusely at the moment, hugging him would be harmless... Obviously, this guy must have been training at home again just now!

Kobe laughed loudly and said, "It's hard for you to come to Los Angeles. I'll treat you to a big meal tonight...but it's still early, so come and play a few one-on-one games with me first!"

Wang Dalin smiled wryly and said, "I knew it was inevitable when I came to your house... It's no problem to play with you, but I didn't bring any equipment, I'm all in the hotel!"

Kobe smiled and said, "Is there any lack of equipment when you come to my house? Come on, I have everything here, you can choose whatever you want to wear!"

Wang Dalin half-believingly said: "My height... can I wear your equipment?"

Kobe smiled and said: "Don't talk about you, I can make up at least three sets of equipment for Shaq when he comes!"

Kobe is really not talking too much, he has a whole room of all kinds of basketball equipment, whether it is jerseys, shorts, sneakers or all kinds of protective gear, and each has many different models.

Wang Dalin chose a large-size jersey to change into, and also put on various protective equipment such as elbow pads, wrist pads, knee pads, and ankle pads.

"Hey, brother, we just played one-on-one, you don't need to be so grand, right?" Kobe was very puzzled, he never wore protective gear when he practiced at home.

"It's better to be careful... You know, last summer I strained my hamstring while practicing at home. Since then, I have been fully armed no matter whether it is training or competition!" Wang Dalin explained to him with a smile, but in fact it was just nonsense.

He has already assembled the "Copper Skin and Iron Bone Badge", so why is there still a risk of injury?
The reason why he always wears these protective gears is mainly to exert the blessing effect of his "special equipment"... Kobe is notoriously a fierce individual duel, if he is not "full state", Wang Dalin is really worried that he will lose.

After dressing up, the two came to the basketball court in the courtyard of the villa. Kobe threw the ball over: "Come on, let me see the strength of the new MVP and FMVP!"

Wang Dalin took the ball and showed a confident smile: "Don't cry if you lose?"

……

Five minutes later, Kobe said unconvinced: "I lost this game, let's play another game, this time I will kick off first..."

Wang Dalin smiled and said, "Okay, let's play another round!"

……

After another 5 minutes passed, Kobe laughed loudly and said, "How is it? Now you know how good I am?"

Wang Dalin blushed slightly, stiffened his neck and said, "It's just a one-to-one tie now, let's play another game, this time I'll kick off!"

Kobe smiled smugly: "Okay, this time I will let you lose heartily!"

……

10 minute later.

Wang Dalin put on a cool pose with his back facing the sky at 45 degrees and said: "Invincible is always so lonely... Who can understand my mood at this moment?"

Kobe said angrily: "Don't get too complacent...do you have the guts to play again?"

Wang Dalin glanced at him: "One more round will be another round. Is it possible that you can still beat me?"

……

15 minutes later.

"Hahaha... I made you pretend to be aggressive... I've slapped you in the face now?" Kobe couldn't help laughing, the expression on his face was extremely embarrassing.

Wang Dalin's face was flushed red, and he didn't know whether it was from embarrassment or heat: "It's only 2:2, and you didn't beat me... Let's play again!"

"Come on... Who is afraid of WHO?"

……

In this way, the two played from [-]:[-] p.m. to [-]:[-] p.m. In the end, Kobe, who was more physically fit, had the last laugh... He only won one game more than Wang Dalin!

Friends who have played basketball should know that one-on-one heads-up is very tiring, especially the two of them are playing standard American heads-up. This kind of heads-up stipulates that the offensive side is only allowed to dribble a maximum of three times before shooting, so the physical confrontation will be more intense.

So... Rao Wang Dalin's current strength is as high as 91, and his physical strength is as high as 92, but he and Kobe have been fighting high-intensity heads-up for more than three hours, and his physical strength is still exhausted.

Although Kobe's strength at this time may not be the strongest among the "Four Four Shooting Guards", his physical strength is definitely enough to stand out from the crowd... Except for the marathon runner "Third Brother", it is estimated that no one in the league can beat him in physical strength.

The two sat on the bench by the court and panted heavily. Kobe finally showed a satisfied smile: "Today was really fun...Your stamina is so amazing, I almost fell down because of you!"

Wang Dalin said unconvinced: "I pity you for being short, so I haven't used my body to force you, otherwise you should have lost a long time ago!"

Kobe smiled and said, "It's okay if you're not convinced, we'll fight for another [-] rounds after dinner!"

Wang Dalin couldn't help showing a look of panic: "Let's forget about it today... You will easily get stomach problems if you exercise vigorously just after eating!"

"Hahaha...It's so funny, I didn't expect you to be afraid sometimes?" Kobe couldn't help laughing.

Wang Dalin insisted: "Who said I'm afraid? I just pay attention to health!"

After a short pause, he continued, "I have a plan. Let's rent an arena in Los Angeles this summer and find a group of friends to come and train together. What do you think?"

When Kobe heard it, his eyes lit up: "Okay, you call Richard and Ben, and I will call Tracy and Kevin, so that we can fight bullfights every day!"

Wang Dalin said with a smile: "What's the point of just bullfighting? Six people are too few, we need to call more people, at least 6 or more people, so that we can play a five-on-five group match!"

Kobe looked distressed and said: "You know... the guys on our team were all spoiled by Shaq, one is lazier than the other, I can't help them!"

Wang Dalin said with a smile: "It's simple... I'll take care of the hiring. You'll be responsible for finding a gym and renting it out. We'll share the cost equally. That's okay, right?"

Kobe immediately smiled and said, "No problem! In fact, even if you didn't come, I would rent an arena to practice every summer... Uh... By the way, should we give this training camp a name?"

Wang Dalin laughed and said, "It must have a name, how about 'Kobe and Darling-Wang Training Camp'?"

Kobe shook his head and said, "This name is so common, it's not cool at all! Why don't you think about our nickname...my nickname is...'Peter Pan Special Training Camp'? No, it's too high school! Use your nickname...'Reaper Special Training Camp'? Eh...this is good! It's called 'Reaper Special Training Camp'!"

Wang Dalin savored it carefully and couldn't help laughing.

"Reaper Special Training Camp"?
Very good!

Starting this summer, we will do this once every year in the future, and it may become a landscape in the league in the future...

　Thanks to "I am Lao Mo", "Book Friends 20201112212302883", and "Hao" for sending monthly tickets for encouragement... Sorry again, "Hao", the symbols in your nickname, Lao Wang, still can't be typed out!

　　
　
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