am i proud?

Chapter 229 The Clippers Are About to Set Sail
"Beep... 21:18, the white team wins!"

After a long whistle, Tim Grover, the referee of the five-on-five match, immediately announced the result of the game.

"Hmph! Darling Wang, don't choose Ben and Richard as teammates if you have the ability!" Kobe shouted with disbelief, "The three of you have been playing together for two years, of course the tacit understanding is better than ours!"

"I said to someone, don't make excuses once you lose. The result of the grouping is determined by everyone's lottery!" Wang Dalin showed a smug smile on his face, "The eldest brother and the third brother are on my team... I can only say that I am lucky!"

Kobe blushed and said, "You mean I can't afford to lose, right? Do you have the guts to go heads-up?"

"One-on-one is one-on-one, maybe I'm afraid you won't make it?" Wang Dalin blurted out immediately, "I don't know who was bald by me 10:0 yesterday, and dare to ask for one-on-one?"

Kobe suddenly said angrily: "Well, you Darling-King, as the saying goes, 'You don't hit someone in the face, and you don't expose someone's shortcomings'... The day before yesterday you were beaten bald twice by me, did you see me yelling everywhere?"

Wang Dalin smiled and said: "Isn't it just two rounds of baldness? What's there to be proud of? Come...see how I deal with you today!"

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Ten minutes later, under Wang Dalin's desperate defense, Kobe hit a difficult fadeaway jumper and finally defeated Wang Dalin with difficulty 10:10.

"Hahaha... Didn't you say you want to punish me?" Kobe smiled proudly, "Why did I still punish you? It's not that I underestimate you. In terms of heads-up, you are a younger brother in front of me!"

Wang Dalin gritted his teeth and said: "If you have the guts, let's play another game, you see how I will deal with it..."

"No!" Grover interrupted him, "Today you have already practiced a lot, you can't play one-on-one anymore!"

"But I still have plenty of energy..." Wang Dalin wanted to argue, but was interrupted by Grover again.

"Darling, do you remember what I said when I first met you?"

Wang Dalin had no choice but to keep silent... When Grover met him for the first time, before the two parties signed the personal trainer contract, he did make three demands to Wang Dalin:

First, all training must follow his arrangement;
Second, all training to help others must be paid extra;
Third, if the first two items are not followed, Grover has the right to announce the end of the cooperation between the two parties at any time, and Wang Dalin must pay all the current expenses.

These three requirements were not written into the contract, but just a gentlemen's agreement between the two parties... Of course Wang Dalin can break the contract and refuse to accept his account, but with Grover's influence in the circle, it is estimated that it will be difficult for him to hire a high-level trainer.

"And you...Kobe!" Grover turned his head, and immediately turned his firepower to Kobe who was gloating. "If you want to continue to improve, give me a good rest after you go back tonight. Don't get up at four o'clock tomorrow morning to practice!"

Kobe froze for a moment, and said with a bitter face: "Tim, I just want to improve myself as soon as possible to reach Michael's peak level!"

Grover's face was solemn, and his tone was serious: "Michael also trains very hard, but he never gets up at four o'clock in the morning to practice... This method will only bring harm to the human body!"

Seeing Kobe's disapproving expression, Grover's tone became more severe: "You are only young now, if you don't know how to better maintain your body, and only know how to overdraw your life, you will encounter extremely serious injuries sooner or later!"

At this point, he pointed to Wang Dalin and said, "Daling-Wang is the best example! Last summer, if he hadn't been too exhausted in all aspects of his body due to hard training, how could he have strained his hamstring for no reason?"

Hearing this, Kobe had no choice but to show a unwilling expression... Although his character was extremely paranoid, he knew that Grover was right.

Everyone present listened very carefully, especially Wang Dalin, who suffered from a hamstring injury last summer... Even though it was an offseason, it directly caused him to miss last year's Men's Basketball World Championships!
Grover is not just a trainer, he is also a master of mental stimulation, sports competition and physical recovery training. He understands the limits of the human body better than most people in this world!
It is true that Kobe is indeed a superstar with extremely exaggerated mental attributes, but no matter how exaggerated, it cannot change the fact that his athletic ability is not as good as Jordan.

In fact, Jordan's physical fitness is rare in the entire history of basketball, and the closest to him in later generations is probably only LeBron James.

However, Grover is very interested in Wang Dalin recently. He seems to have seen an enlarged version of Jordan, just like when he first started working as a personal trainer for Jordan.

Wang Dalin is still far behind the peak Jordan in terms of speed, but his strength and bounce have reached above 90, which is absolutely unique among all the big players in the current league.

Even if this range is extended to the entire league, the strength and bounce of the early 90s are definitely not weak... In terms of bounce alone, it may only be close to the top [-] in the league, and the strength can probably be ranked in the top ten.

And after only half a month of training, Grove discovered that Wang Dalin had improved in these two aspects, which was a bit scary.

What does this mean?
It shows that he still has a lot of potential that has not been tapped, otherwise how could he improve so quickly?
Grover knows that if you're reaching your limit in some aspect of your athletic ability, no matter how hard you train or how skilled your trainer is, it's impossible to improve by a single star.

So in his eyes, the current Wang Dalin is simply a treasure boy, a peerless genius who doesn't know how high he will reach in the future!

Although he thinks that Wang Dalin has reached a very high height now, it seems that this genius did not know how to train himself before, so he took many detours.

Now that he has become the personal trainer of this Wizard of the World, it is naturally impossible for him to take those detours again!

That's right, as of July 7, the "Reaper Training Camp" has started for more than half a month.

In just over half a month, Wang Dalin felt that he was improving rapidly every day, especially when he checked his ability value page, there was an improvement almost every two or three days.

In fact, this is not surprising, because his trainer is Tim Glover - currently the best basketball trainer in North America and even the world!

Before that, Wang Dalin only trained under the guidance of the team's professional trainers and assistant coaches. During the offseason, he practiced hard by himself. How could he be as efficient as training under the guidance of Grover?
It is not an exaggeration... After more than half a month, the improvement of Wang Dalin's various abilities is almost comparable to that of his own two or three months of hard training before, so how can it be possible that the improvement is not great?

What Wang Dalin is most satisfied with is that his lateral agility has increased to 78 during this period, and his speed has also increased to 88.

He has been coveting his S-level star skill "Hao Zhi Long Shot", but the basic requirements of that skill are speed 90, lateral agility 85, and three-pointer 95, and he failed to meet any of them.

In the past, it was the horizontal agility that was farthest behind, but now the horizontal agility has also improved, Wang Dalin couldn't help feeling a commotion in his heart.

In the past, we could see but not touch, but now we have gradually reached the level of "seeing and touching".

Although his three-point ability is already very high, after a whole season of tempering last season, coupled with the hard training during this period, it has been improved by 2 points, and now it has reached 93.

Under the guidance of Grover, a super trainer, Wang Dalin is confident that he will meet the minimum requirements for "Hao Zhi Long Shot" in the new season.

At that point... What's the point of hitting 329 three-pointers last season?
Wang Dalin feels that it is entirely possible for him to lead the small ball era in advance. Even if O'Neal has not slipped from the peak and Yao Ming has not yet reached the peak of his career, the slow-moving traditional heavy insiders will probably be eliminated.

If this is the case...will Yao Ming still go on the road of gaining weight? Will Greg Oden still be the No. 2007 pick in the summer of [-]?
Who knows?

Wang Dalin didn't know either, he was just going his own way!

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During this period of time, he also has a big harvest, that is, he has established a good relationship with his new Clippers teammate Corey Maggette.

Through more than half a month of training and a regular five-on-five match every day, Maggette finally saw Wang Dalin's terrifying personal strength.

Most of the players who came to participate in the "Reaper Training Camp" were NBA All-Star players, and even Wang Zhizhi, who was the weakest, could be regarded as the NBA's main rotation level.

With such 10 people playing in groups, Maggette thought that no matter how they were grouped, everyone should be evenly matched, but he didn't expect the situation to be completely different.

So far they have played a total of 18 group matches, and Wang Dalin's side has won 14 games.

Now it can be said that... as long as you are on the same team as Wang Dalin, it is basically impossible to lose!

Of course, this is not absolute.

For example, Wang Dalin and Kobe are very incompatible. When they are assigned to the same team, it is often difficult for them to win... I don’t know if Kobe did it on purpose. Anyway, as long as he is in the same team as Wang Dalin, he will desperately fight for the ball, and then attack wildly.

Anyway, Maggette was really conquered by Wang Dalin's strength.

In the new season, he is full of confidence in the team's prospects. Now that Wang Dalin is with him, and Quentin Richardson, even if the subsequent signings do not go well, at least the playoffs will be guaranteed!
During this time, "Lord Baylor" was not idle, and he signed two more players through various channels, namely, small forward Bobby Simmons, who did not perform well in the Wizards in the previous two seasons, and small forward Matt Barnes, who was selected by the Grizzlies with the 2002th pick in the second round in the summer of 17 and then gave up.

Originally, Maggette was the only small forward in the team, and there was no substitute. At most, Wang Dalin could swing back to the small forward position occasionally to play a dozen games.

Now "Lord Baylor" has signed two small forwards in one breath, and this time the starting substitute at the third position is enough.

However, the signing situation of the Clippers is still very serious, because the starting center they most hope to introduce has not been found yet. After all, there are too few good centers in the league now.

Considering that the Lakers in the same city still have an inside killer like O'Neal, if the Clippers don't have a decent big center, it will be really difficult to play against the Lakers.

Speaking of the Lakers, I have to say a few more words, because they have been too eye-catching during this period of time!

They actually signed the super power forward Karl Malone, who was selected to the first team of the league's best team 150 times, with a mere US$11 million, and also signed "Glove" Gary Payton with a two-year contract of US$2 million!

卡尔.马龙虽然已经40岁高龄，可他上赛季依旧打出了场均20.6分7.8篮板4.7助攻1.7抢断的表现……150万美元的老将底薪合同？你特么直接说老子就是来湖人队组团夺冠的行不行？

再说加里.佩顿，这厮虽然也已经35岁高龄，可他上赛季的场均数据是20.4分4.2篮板8.3助攻1.7抢断……这特么跟他巅峰期的表现有什么区别？
If Jason Kidd is recognized as the current "League's No. [-] Point Guard", then Gary Payton may not be opposed to calling himself the "League's No. [-] Point Guard".

His performance is still stable and efficient, just as he has played in the Seattle SuperSonics for 13 years, and there is no sign of aging at all.

It is estimated that during this period of time, "Master Baylor" feels as disgusting as a dog beeping... You guys are too shameless, aren't you?For these two first-class fierce men in the league, you actually only spent so much money?

It has to be said that the establishment of the Lakers "F4" really shocked the entire league, and many people are even saying... just award the championship to the Lakers, anyway, no one can beat them.

No bragging, this Lakers team is extremely terrifying both in terms of book strength and real strength.

In the original history, if they hadn't experienced so many injuries, if Kobe hadn't gone to Eagle County to make that wave, and Malone hadn't seduced Kobe's wife, they really should be the championship!
Even if the conflict between Kobe and O'Neal is getting worse, even if Malone's state is in a precipitous decline compared to the previous season, but just relying on the personal abilities of Payton, Kobe and O'Neal, they are the most powerful contenders for the championship!
And they also have high-quality role players such as Derek Fisher, Devon George, Rick Fox, etc. In terms of strength, even though the Pistons team in 2004 was already very strong, it was still inferior to them.

In order to better prepare for the new season, Wang Dalin directly called Quentin Richardson, Chris Wilcox, Matt Barnes, Eddie House, Bobby Simmons and Kenyon Doolin to the "Reaper Special Training Camp".

Among his more valued teammates, except for Marko Jaric, who was going back to China to play in the European Championship, he had called all the others.

Although the goal of the new season put forward by the Clippers management is to reach the playoffs, how could Wang Dalin, who has won the championship for two consecutive years, only set such a goal for himself?
Not to mention that we must win the championship...Of course, with the current lineup of the Clippers, and everyone's running-in time is too short, it is indeed a bit too whimsical to want to win the championship, but if they are eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, Wang Dalin still feels that his hips are too stretched.

At least get a swing in the Western Conference semifinals, right?

If you're lucky...the Western Conference Finals isn't impossible, is it?

Hmm... It would be even better if they could make it to the finals!

Therefore, the goal Wang Dalin set for himself is to secure the second round of the playoffs, strive for the Western Conference finals, and strive for the finals!
Now, there is only one thing for him and his teammates to do, and that is to practice hard under Grover's high-level guidance!

For this reason, he also deliberately communicated with Jiang Xingquan, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, and the leaders of the Basketball Association, and won Wang Zhizhi the privilege to report back to China with him.

The leaders of the Basketball Association only want to win the Asian Championship, because this Asian Championship is related to the only ticket to participate in the Athens Olympic Games next year, and only by winning the championship can they get it.

So Wang Dalin completely issued a military order in front of the leaders. If the Chinese team can't win the Asian Championship this time, even if the Basketball Association blocks him, he will never complain.

It was also because he patted his chest and signed the military order that the leader agreed to Wang Zhizhi's report back to the country with him. If someone else had to talk to the leader about this matter, it would definitely not work.

Director Jiang was obviously more talkative, and he agreed immediately after hearing Wang Dalin's request.

After all, Wang Dalin is currently the top superstar in the NBA. As long as he comes back, plus Yao Ming, a new NBA inside star, and two NBA players, Wang Zhizhi and Bateer, as well as domestic outstanding players such as Li Nan, Zhang Jinsong, Fan Bin, and Sun Jun, won't it be a joke to win the Asian Championships?
Now, Wang Dalin leads a large group of people to spend all day training in the "Reaper Special Training Camp". Under Grover's high-level guidance, almost everyone is making rapid progress.

Time passed day by day, and soon at the beginning of September, the first "Reaper Special Training Camp" finally ushered in the time to disband.

All NBA teams will gather all their players for training camps in mid-to-late September, and the intercontinental competitions on all continents are about to start. The "Reaper Special Training Camp" must naturally be disbanded.

In more than a month, "Lord Baylor" finally signed the team's starting center. His name is Alonzo Mourning... That's right, that's Alonzo Mourning who dominated the league back then!

He didn't play at all last season, battling his kidney disease for nearly the entire season.

He didn't play a game, but received $2063 million in the last year of the contract from the Heat. Mourning was undoubtedly the representative of the highest salary and low ability in the league last season.

Probably because of this, after Mourning, who has become a completely free agent, announced his comeback in mid-August, Pat Riley, who has always been cold-blooded, did not offer a decent contract to the Heat hero.

Although Mourning is 33 years old and has serious injury risks, the lean camel is bigger than the horse. After all, he was also a super center after the four major centers.

In the end, "Lord Baylor" signed Alonzo Mourning with a 2-year contract of 1033 million US dollars. He will serve as the Clippers' starting center in the new season.

In fact, all the teams in the league were uncertain about Mourning's current state, so the conditions they offered were a bit conservative, which allowed "Master Baylor" to take advantage of it.

At present, the outside world is skeptical about Mourning's status. Most people think that Mourning's current status is definitely not worth the average salary of more than 500 million US dollars. ESPN only scored C+ for this operation of "Baylor".

But Wang Dalin knows that Mourning has a lot of fuel in the tank now. In the 2005-2006 season, he replaced the injured O'Neal in 20 starts, and even had a super performance of 9 blocks in a single game.

The annual salary of around US$500 million is really worth it!

Mourning's strong joining, coupled with the new signing of "Baylor" Bijelo Polje's meat shield center Pedrag Drobiak, the Clippers currently have 14 players on the roster. They are:
控卫：马科.雅里奇（20号，年薪193万美元）、埃迪.豪斯（55号，年薪75万美元）、肯扬.杜林（1号，年薪226万美元）；

Shooting guard: Quentin Richardson (No. 3, annual salary of $181 million), Kyle Korver (No. 26, annual salary of $64);

小前锋：科里.马盖蒂（50号，年薪700万美元）、鲍比.西蒙斯（21号，年薪64万美元）、马特.巴恩斯（22号，年薪64万美元）；

Power forwards: Wang Dalin (No. 7, annual salary of $1239 million), Chris Wilcox (No. 54, annual salary of $207 million);

中锋：阿朗佐.莫宁（33号，年薪492万美元）、王治致（16号，年薪209万美元）、佩德拉格.德罗比亚克（14号，年薪250万美元）、梅尔文.伊莱（2号，年薪163万美元）。

Although the team's 15-man roster has not yet been filled, it is enough for the new season.

The team's head coach, Old Mike Dunleavy, is also in place, and now they are like a big ship that is about to embark on an expedition, and is about to pull anchor...

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