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Chapter 561. 561. The Difficulty of Defending the Title

Sorry for being late today, it won't be tomorrow, continue to the next chapter.

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As a defending champion, the mentality is naturally relaxed, and the new players can be said to be seamlessly integrated into the system, just like when Gasol joined the triangle offense, Monroe almost only talked about D'Antoni. It was integrated into the tactical system once, and he can perfectly complement Gasol's position.

D'Antoni's tactical system is actually very simple, that is, everyone's role is very clear, and everyone serves the two scorers Kobe and Liu Ren.

Scorers like Nick Young and Korver who belong to the bench have the right to fire freely during the rotation.

Biyombo is only responsible for rebounding and blocking shots that Whiteside is responsible for. Of course, he does not necessarily have the opportunity to play.

The training camp started two weeks in advance. D'Antoni didn't actually want to practice tactics. This tactic has been perfected last season. Now his goal is simple, to increase his physical fitness.

Although D'Antoni is the coach of the defending champion for the first time, has he never eaten pork or seen a pig run?
Looking at most of the defending champion teams, there are big problems in the second year of winning the championship. In addition to the change of mentality, the most obvious problem is physical problems, and then they are eliminated early in the second year.

There are too few teams in the history of the NBA that can successfully defend the title. The Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, Bulls, Rockets, Heat, and then nothing.

The lineup is as strong as the Spurs with the top three carriages, and the coach is as strong as Popovich, who can fight with Zen Master. He has never led the team to successfully defend the title. Because just won the championship, the players are slacking off, and they didn't train so hard in the summer, and then the second year was bad.

Of course, Duncan and other self-disciplined superstars still train hard, mainly because the role players are lax.

The same is true for the Lakers. Liu Ren has been training since July, and Kobe has started training at some unknown time. Now Kobe looks in good shape and condition, and his physical problems are only due to age.

And compared to other defending teams, the current player structure of the Lakers is really good. The core is all young players, and they are still on the rise, and even the main players are competing for positions, so most people don't have to worry too much.

Mentality can't be controlled, so D'Antoni can do what he can, which is to increase his physical fitness.

Sure enough, Nick Young, Thackeray, and Korver, the three most sloppy guys, have been sloppy in the offseason after winning the championship. Now they are out of breath after doing a set of physical training.

"God, kill me! The training is so hard!" Nick Young collapsed on the floor after completing the second set of physical training.

"Nick, you are too soft. Just this little training will make you tired? Isn't it..." Liu Ren even teased Nick Yang after doing three sets of training.

"I have too many girls chasing me in summer and I am too popular. You know swaggy-p can't bear to reject girls and doesn't want to make girls sad... NONONONO, how many times have you told me to call me swaggy-p!"

"Okay, Nick."

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Korver, such an old veteran, has also won the championship. It is normal for his mentality to be more comfortable, so no one cares about him, and his three-pointer will still be a lot of teams competing for high salaries next summer. .

As for Thackeray...he just needs to practice three-pointers well, and now he is a little fatter?Then fat, as long as he can make three-pointers and can resist the opponent inside, even if he has completed the task, the team does not have high requirements for him. The main thing is that he wants his enthusiasm to bring positive energy, and he once again I started training when I arrived at the Toyota Center. Although I was exhausted, I persisted. In the summer, I returned to the waves and returned to the season. I am still very professional.

There are only 15 people in the training camp of the Lakers. Not even a single free agent applied to join their training camp. Both Black and Henry were sent to the development league to practice. They train.

Another training day is over, and October is getting closer and closer.

This year's preseason started on October 10th, and the Lakers had a total of eight games. Similarly, the opponents were basically teams from cities around Los Angeles.

The Lakers participated in the China game in the past two years, but not this year. This year's China game is the Rockets and Clippers, Cavaliers and Knicks.

It’s normal for the Lakers. The popularity of the Lakers in China has already exploded. Even if they go to the preseason, it’s just icing on the cake. It’s better to let the Rockets and Cavaliers take the Knicks and Clippers in China. Popularity brought up.

The same Lakers are also happy and relaxed. It is really not an interesting thing to travel halfway around the world to play games. The problem of jet lag is very serious.

After training, Liu Ren came to the parking lot of Toyota Center to go home.

Liu Ren left relatively late, not the latest. Antetokounmpo, Green, and Whiteside left after completing the normal training. Veterans such as Gasol and Kobe still have a long time to go. For physiotherapy, Korver and Nick Young have to practice more.

Since Liu Ren started training at the end of July, he is in very good condition now, even the team wanted him to rest more, but he still practiced a few more sets of small hooks before leaving.

Speaking of his small hook, many teammates feel very strange. That position is too close to the basket, making people wonder why he practiced hooks in that position?

Only Monroe and Biyombo looked weird...

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Just now Big Lolita had already called to ask him if he could go home for dinner before seven o'clock, and Liu Ren had to rush back now.

Liu Ren entered the parking lot and found a sneaky little man in his car.

"Fuck! What are the security guards doing to let all the thieves in?"

Liu Ren was speechless, this is the training hall of the NBA team, and it is no one to be sneaked in by thieves.

Liu Ren walked quickly to his car, it didn't matter if it was stolen, it wasn't worth much anyway, if the car was stolen, he would be very distressed.

Liu Ren got closer and closer, but the "thief" didn't notice at all, and his actions were not as cautious as the thief's, as if he was "appreciating" Liu Ren's car.

"Damn, my broken car is similar to a tractor in the car of this group of people, right? Could it be that this is not a thief, but a car thief? But what are you doing stealing my car... No, this figure seems very familiar! "

Liu Ren walked to the side of the "thief". The "thief" hadn't noticed that someone was coming, and was still excitedly taking pictures of the car with his mobile phone.

Liu Ren picked up the little man in front of him, and then there was an exclamation.

"Ah... I'm sorry Uncle Security, don't call the police, I promise you that I will never come here to take pictures again, the last time, this time is really the last time..." The voice is nice, and the intonation of English is quite strange.

Listening to what the little sister in front of her kept saying with her eyes closed, Liu Ren probably understood that this little sister had probably sneaked in many times and was caught many times!
"Okay, okay, it's me." Liu Ren said helplessly.

"Huh?" Song Zuer opened his eyes and saw that it was Liu Ren. He immediately said "wow" in surprise, and then his face flushed instantly, and he was caught doing "bad things"...

(End of this chapter)