Superstar Tyreke

Chapter 9 Team Training
On the second day of the rookie media meeting, Tyreke saw a lot of news about himself on the Internet.

"Tyreke Evans made a surprise appearance at the Kings rookie meeting, encouraging rookies to be the best."

"Best rookie Tyreke Evans highly praised the team's rookie showing the domineering of the number one star!"

"Cousins ​​is better than Wall? Tyreke Evans' outrage may put Cousins ​​under heavy pressure!"

"Whiteside, the second-round pick, should be in the top ten? Evans slapped the managers of the teams!"

Some of the news praised himself and others belittled himself, but Tyreke didn't take these to heart. What he has to do now is to continue to adapt to life after suddenly becoming an NBA player and prepare for the upcoming new season.

Tyreke spent another two months getting acquainted with the life and training of an NBA player. During the period, Tyreke did not go out with the team in the Las Vegas Summer League. The league is for rookies to get acquainted with the game and for the team to observe the performance of free agents. Evans can also be regarded as the team's number one star, and it will not be too late to wait for the preseason.The second is Tyreke's own wishes. After all, I have only become Tyreke Evans for a month or two, and I still don't understand many things.

This day is the first time for all players of the Sacramento Kings to practice together in the new season. For the first time seeing all his teammates, Tyreke still felt a little excited in his heart, so he drove to the Sleep Train Arena early in the morning.

As soon as Tyreke parked the car in the garage, he saw a figure in a loose T-shirt from the back. It looks like Cousins!Tyreke chased after him in three steps and two steps, and patted Cousins ​​on the shoulder hard from behind, "Hey! DeMarcus!"

The expression Cousins ​​turned his head was obviously taken aback. Seeing that Tyreke sighed lightly, he said with a smile: "It turned out to be Tyreke. I haven't seen you since the last media meeting." gone."

"Oh, I didn't go to the summer league, I heard you played well in the summer league!"

Hearing Tyreke's boast, Cousins ​​scratched his head and smiled brightly, "Haha, it's okay, it's okay, the praise you gave me at the media meeting last time also gave me a lot of encouragement. To be honest I'm also a little bit dissatisfied with the fact that I fell to fifth overall."

"Well, I know that DeMarcus, your strength is definitely not inferior to that of Wall, who is also one of the Kentucky Five Tigers!"

"However, I am still very grateful to you for being so sure of me, and let me tell you that after you left that day, Hassan kept mentioning you to me. I think your words had a greater impact on him, after all, as the second What the round show needs most is to be affirmed."

After exchanging contact information, the two came to the training hall side by side. The head coach Paul Westphal and three assistant coaches Mario Ely, Jimmy Ian, and Turke Robinson were already in the training hall. waiting.

"Tyreke! DeMarcus!" Coach Westphal called them to his side after seeing them.

"The other players haven't come yet, so let me say a few words to you alone. Tyreke, you were the No. 4 pick last year, and DeMarcus, you are the No. 5 pick this year. You also know that the team's record last season was not ideal. , the current team will use the two of you as the core of training, I believe that you will definitely grow into a strong force in the league! I have set two goals for you, Tyreke, we will be an All-Star with our performance! Dema Cus, Tyreke said very well that day, you have the strength of the No. [-] pick! You come to win the best rookie by the Kings for two consecutive years! How about it, and you have no confidence in yourself?!" Coach Westphal Put their shoulders on their shoulders and give them encouragement.

"There must be! This year we will make it to the playoffs!" Terri Kron said loudly.

"Very good! Quite good! You need to have such confidence!" Coach Westphal paused for a moment, and then responded loudly.

"We wait for the players to arrive and start the team's first joint training for the new season."

Soon, all the players arrived, Tyreke Evans, DeMarcus Cousins, Benno Udri, Carl Landry, Jason Thompson, Francisco Garcia , Omi Casspi, Samuel Dalembert, Dante Green, Luther Hyde, Eugene Jeter, Darnell Jackson, Antoine White and Hassan White Seid, this is the Sacramento Kings lineup for the 10-11 season.

"Very good, everyone is here, and the preseason of the new season will start soon. Today is our first team practice. We will familiarize ourselves with the new players first. After warming up, we will conduct physical training and shooting training. I plan to let you play an intra-team match, but because it is the first time to practice together, let's take it easy and not have a match. Alright, let's warm up first."

As soon as everyone dispersed, Whiteside followed Tyreke and stood beside Tyreke. Whiteside whispered: "Terreke, I have to say thank you, I didn't expect you to be so optimistic Me, I told them about my strength during the trial training, but they all dismissed me."

Tyreke approached Whiteside, and secretly said to Whiteside with his vision ahead of the times: "Hassan, I am very optimistic about you. I know you are definitely capable and have a talent that is visible to the naked eye, but you are extremely talented." Confidence is not necessarily a good thing, especially now that you don’t have too many opportunities in the team, practice with peace of mind, seize opportunities, and I will speak good words to you in front of the coach.”

Tyreke knows Whiteside's experience. Because of attention deficit disorder and extreme ego, he was not selected until the second round. He couldn't play in the NBA at the beginning of his career. The team looked good, and it wasn't until the Heat got a chance that it was finally noticed by the world.

Even without the help of Tyreke, Cousins ​​​​will definitely become a superstar, but Whiteside has gone through twists and turns, so Tyreke intends to help Whiteside, so that his career will take a few detours and let himself One more helper on the basketball road.

Hearing Tyreke's words, Whiteside rolled his eyes thoughtfully. Indeed, he has very few opportunities in the team now. Cousins ​​​​needless to say that he will be the starter next season at the center position. Dale Mpo Especially for the team with the highest salary next season, playing time will definitely be indispensable.

"Dude, you're right, you'll be my big brother from now on!" Whiteside said with a big smile as he put his arms around Tyreke. Understand, in his eyes, Tyreke, who is the team's number one star, still has a certain right to speak in the team. Since Tyreke is willing to help him, he also boldly plans to hang out with Tyreke in the team.

"Okay, okay, let's warm up." Tyreke pushed Whiteside away with a smile, and started today's training...

(End of this chapter)