basketball kingdom

Chapter 28 Team Training Match

Boss Jin sitting in the jewelry store was reading yesterday's "Houston Chronicle", when a piece of news caught his attention.

"The Rockets' prospects for the new season are not optimistic? Coach McHale is dissatisfied with some players in the team."

Boss Jin didn't read the content right away, but first looked at who wrote the report.He is an old NBA fan, and he knows that some news are just speculations of small reporters, so before reading the content, he is used to reading the signature of the article first.

If the signatory was a reporter he didn't know, he would quickly skip the news, but Boss Jin saw a familiar name - Jonathan Feigen, which made him frown.

Fagan is the chief basketball reporter of the "Houston Chronicle". He will follow up and report all the Rockets' games. He is a relatively credible source of news, but his reputation among domestic fans is not good.

When Boss Jin saw the name and knew it was a reliable piece of news, he went to see what was written in the news.

"For most NBA teams, even those with veterans who have been in the league for many years, training camp is very important before the start of their new season.

For the current Rockets, the exciting event of accidentally picking Xu Tian in the draft does not guarantee anything at the beginning of the new season.This team needs to run in from the roster, although this roster looks very good.

However, what happened a few days ago made it difficult to realize this most basic vision-after Xu Tian refused the trial training in the summer, he once again rejected the Rockets' call-up invitation due to personal reasons.Such a thing is undoubtedly intolerable for the Rockets, who are aiming to win the championship.

Bickerstaff said: Kevin is very dissatisfied with the attitude of some players in the team, and there are already plans to cut the player's playing time.

Although Bickerstaff did not directly name the player, if a player is cut in the upcoming preseason, it may help us make a good judgment on this matter. "

After reading this news, Boss Jin's mood became very bad.Before Xu Tian returned to the national team to report, Li Lang had already communicated with the Rockets' management. Now that this happened, he felt that the Rockets' management was a little bit back on their word.

After parking the car, Alice walked into the store, saw Boss Jin's expression at first glance, and asked, "Dad, what's bothering you?"

When Boss Jin heard Alice's words, he raised his head and saw Alice with a smile on his face. Because he was too lazy to explain, he put the Houston Chronicle in his hand on the counter and pushed it forward.

Alice was a little curious, and walked quickly to the front of the counter.She quickly discovered Feigen's column, and quietly browsed through the content, her expression gradually becoming serious.

Boss Jin saw that his daughter was a little unhappy, so he turned to comfort her and said, "Xiaotian has experienced a lot this summer, so he should be able to cope with such a situation."

When Alice heard these words, Xu Tian's resolute face appeared in her mind. This boy has a strength far beyond ordinary people.But now when it comes to the locker room, she can't help but worry a little, can Xu Tian solve it?
Xu Tian and Li Lang were standing outside the Toyota Center. The two of them didn't know the Houston Chronicle's report at all, nor did they know that Alice was worrying about them, but they were immersed in the shocking feeling brought by the Toyota Center.

In the training hall, Howard and Harden were leading the team to play a training game. The two of them had no idea that Xu Tian would come to the stadium.And even if they knew, they wouldn't care.

After Xu Tian walked into the arena, he first greeted the security personnel of the arena.This summer, his English level has made great progress. Although he is not yet able to pass the CET-[-] exam, there is no problem with his daily communication at all.

At first, the security personnel thought it was two unrelated people entering the venue, and they wanted to stop them, but when they walked up to Xu Tian, ​​he recognized the tall boy and asked in surprise, "Oh, Are you Xu?"

Xu Tian stretched out his hand and said friendlyly, "Yes, I am Xu Tian. Hello!"

The security personnel did not expect that Xu Tian would take the initiative to extend his hand, so he quickly extended his hand, shook hands with Xu Tian, ​​and said, "My name is Mike James. Nice to meet you."

After hearing the name of the security guard, Xu Tian smiled and said, "Your name looks like a star, it's a pity you don't play basketball."

Mike James laughed, "All my friends say that, but I don't have that kind of talent, and I can't play basketball like you."

Li Lang stood beside Xu Tian, ​​raised his left wrist, and looked at the watch on his wrist.

It is now 45:[-] in the morning, and there is still a quarter of an hour before the [-] o'clock agreed with McHale. Li Lang reminded Xu Tiandao: "Xiao Tian, ​​it's time for us to see the head coach."

Xu Tian understood what was more important, ended his conversation with Mike James, and walked to the training ground with Li Lang.

Still far away, Xu Tian heard voices in the training ground, and unconsciously quickened his pace.

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McHale stood on the sidelines, watching the training match with his brows furrowed. He was a little dissatisfied with Howard and Harden's attitude, and roared angrily twice.

Harden didn't pay much attention to McHale's yelling.He looked to the sidelines, where Khloé Kardashian was sitting.

Kohler Kardashian watched what was happening quietly without speaking. Her ex-husband was Lamar Odom, and she was very clear about the operating rules in the NBA.

McHale had just finished yelling at Harden, and before he had time to yell at Howard, he saw Xu Tian who had just entered the training ground and shouted, "Rookie, come here!"

When Xu Tian heard McHale's words, he hurried to his side.

McHale first took a look at the newcomer in front of him. He was about 2 meters tall, his hair was the shortest round inch, and he looked very handsome. The most attractive thing was his eyes.

After looking at the appearance, McHale noticed that Xu Tian was wearing the Rockets' training uniform. He was a little satisfied with Xu Tian's attitude, but the anger on his face remained unchanged. He pointed at the court where no one was practicing and shouted: "You go first Run back and forth on that empty court!" (Shutback running is the most basic training program in basketball, which can improve physical fitness and speed)

Xu Tian didn't say much, trotted to the empty field, and started his own back and forth run.

Li Lang didn't say anything. Although he was allowed to watch the training, he didn't dare to question the coach's training program at all.

The team members who played the training game on the field saw Xu Tian running back and forth, and they all stopped their movements because of curiosity.

McHale looked at Xu Tian who was earnestly running back and forth. The anger in his heart had just subsided a little, and he immediately saw the players on the training ground who were not paying attention, and shouted loudly: "What are you looking at? You are playing now. In the training match, be more serious to me."

Howard complained loudly, he didn't like others to keep yelling at him, "Coach, it's just a training match, there's no need to be so serious!"

Harden stood on the court with his hips akimbo, as if nothing had happened.He wasn't going to stop Howard, and he wasn't going to stop McHale, waiting for a good show.

After McHale was refuted, his face was livid, and the loose attitude of the whole team made him forget Stan Van Gundy's advice to him, and yelled directly at Howard: "With your attitude, if you want to win the championship, you still have to dream Bar!"

Howard had an angry look on his face. Since entering the NBA, no coach has dared to treat him like this, and he sat on the sidelines to rest.

The NBA is very different from the NCAA. The coaches have absolute say in the NCAA, but in the NBA, the stars still have the final say.Of course, there are a few exceptions, such as former Jazz coach Jerry Sloan and Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who have supreme authority.

McHale glanced at Howard who was sitting down, and didn't dare to say anything more. He suppressed his anger and shouted to Xu Tian: "Rookie, come here!"

Hearing McHale's call, Xu Tian trotted to McHale's side again, and asked, "Coach, what's the matter?"

McHale's anger still persisted, and he said loudly: "Dwight is tired! You replace him and finish this training game."

Xu Tian didn't take McHale's attitude to heart. In China, his coaches were stricter and he was familiar with this coaching style.He put more attention on the court to see which players are currently playing in the training game.

Howard is wearing a red training uniform, with point guard Ty Lawson, shooting guard Corey Brewer, small forward Trevor Ariza, power forward Donatas Motiejunas.

After Xu Tian understood who his teammates were, he looked at the five people wearing white training uniforms on the field, namely point guard Patrick Beverly, shooting guard James Harden, small forward KJ McDaniels, power forward Terrence Jones, center Clint Capela, these five are opponents in this field.

Sitting off the court, in addition to Howard, are Jason Terry, Marcus Thornton, Montrezl Harrell and Alan Williams.These people plus Xu Tian are the Rockets' 15-man roster for this season.

Xu Tian naturally also saw Khloe Kardashian sitting on the sidelines, but he knew that Harden was in a relationship with her, so he was not surprised by her appearance.

After seeing who was in the training ground, Xu Tian looked at the scoreboard next to Finch. The white team is now leading by 35 points 32-3.
Bickerstaff brought a red training uniform, Xu Tian quickly put it on and walked onto the field.

Capela and McDaniels came over and gave Xu Tian a high five.Although the three of them were not on the same team in this training match, the experience of playing together in the Summer League made them more familiar, so they took the initiative to say hello.

After greetings, the training match continued.

The ball belonged to the white team, and McDaniels sent the ball to Beverly, who quickly passed the ball to Harden.

Xu Tian touched the bracelet on his wrist, looked at Harden who was dribbling, and put on a defensive posture.

He is going to try to defend Harden now, and see how the results of the summer special training are.

(End of this chapter)