The invincible kryptonite of basketball

This picture looks familiar to Beier!

He has been with Tang Tian for four years, and he has been touched like this for four years!

Now look at Duncan's touch, it turns out that he is the culprit!

"Anthony."

Duncan then came over to say hello to Davis.

Just when Davis thought he was going to be patted on the head, Duncan reached out and shook his hand.

It seems that this is a way of expressing intimacy.

Seeing this, Tang Tian felt a little pity for Davis.

In the past, the value of krypton gold was too little to see Duncan's skills.

But after watching it, he has a new understanding of his performance in the Spurs.

Duncan's red skill "Stone Buddha" has a passive skill "Head Touch Kill", which increases the performance stability of the person whose head is touched by 10%.

At that time, he knew that his stable performance during the Spurs period, in addition to his personal ability, also had the blessing of this skill.

A few hairs less is still worth it, and there is a reason for Ginobili's steady output.

Unfortunately, Davis, not so lucky.

The three of them sat down and started chatting.

We started off talking about Duncan's auto repair shop.

He had only heard Ginobili talk about it when he was in the Olympics before, but he didn't expect it to be really good.

When he was in the Spurs before, he also heard Ginobili say that Duncan was a swimming champion before.

It seems that Duncan is really all-rounder. Even if he doesn't play in the NBA, he can do great things in other areas.

Of course, talking about car repairs, or even talking about car models, is a daily chatter.

This time I came to San Antonio specifically, not because of this.

"I want you to come to my training camp and coach AD."

Tang Tian said his intention.

Although he is confident in his absolute strength, what Bucks general manager Jon Horst said before is also reasonable.

Any lineup will have running-in problems. The same lineup with different degrees of tacit understanding will have completely different effects.

In addition to the growth of Tang Tian's personal strength, the long-term maintenance of the core lineup is also a major reason for the strength of the Pelicans' lineup to defend the title consecutively.

However, it takes time to get used to this thing, and to reduce this running-in time, stronger personal abilities are needed.

Just like the US team, a bunch of All-Star players can win the championship after a month or two of grinding, because their personal strength is superior to that of their opponents.

This theory also applies to the Pelicans.

It's not just Tang Tian who wants to improve his ball control and further enhance his strength, it's the same for Walker, Butler and Davis.

In the past few years, Davis's low-post skills have improved a lot, but his performance has not been stable enough.

To change this, it is most appropriate to find Duncan.

Duncan is the most stable inside player with low post skills, and after Davis grows to 2 meters, his body shape is very similar to Duncan's, so training will get twice the result with half the effort.

"no problem."

Duncan agreed without much thought.

In fact, it can be seen from the placement of the car models in the window that Tang Tian holds a lot of weight in Duncan's heart.

He doesn't really fix cars for a living, it's just a hobby.

And being able to train a talented player like Davis is also something to look forward to for him who has retired and become a celebrity.

Things went well, and after chatting for a while, Duncan was going to treat them to lunch.

But before that, Duncan said that an acquaintance was coming, so he left them at the auto repair shop, and then drove out to pick them up.

"Don, you are so lucky to meet such an easy-going superstar when you first entered the league."

When Duncan left, Davis couldn't help expressing emotion.

Every super giant has a personality, Kobe is paranoid, Iverson is rebellious, James is cautious in words and deeds, but Duncan is really easy-going.

He won't object to you whatever you say, and he loves to laugh.

Yes, he only found out after meeting in private that Duncan loves to laugh so much.

"Ahem, am I not easy-going?"

Tang Tian said with a smile, and reached out to touch Davis' head after speaking.

This guy, like his old self, had his head trimmed to the last minute.

Just like him in the Spurs period, he was stubborn at the end.

A little sticky, a little comfortable.

"easy-going, easy-going."

Davis quickly shrank his neck back.

After waiting for about an hour, Duncan came back.

The acquaintance he mentioned also came.

Holding a bottle of red wine in his hand, his white hair is gray and dusty.

"Let me figure it out, how long has it been since you drank with me?"

Popovich looked at Tang Tian, ​​blushing, and said radiantly.

No wonder Duncan had to drive to pick him up in person. It turned out that this acquaintance was Popovich.

Chapter 49 Unexpected Surprise (3/4)

Tang Tian didn't expect Popovich to come either.

This was the unexpected surprise of this trip to San Antonio.

And it looks like Popovich is here just for him.

This reminded him unconsciously of the scene when Popovich went to New York to find himself alone four years ago.

Time really is the fastest and most insensitive thing.

The lunch was made in the car repair shop. Duncan was really just a hobby, and even set up a cafeteria behind the car repair shop.

Judging by Popovich's familiarity with the road, it is estimated that he usually comes to eat a lot.

Pour red wine, drink and eat while chatting.

Everything seems to be back to the Spurs period, but the difference is that Davis drinks a little bit, and gets down after a while.

Then came Duncan, and in the end, only Tang Tian and Popovich were left with blushing faces.

"You kid is really ruthless. Make a four-star lineup, or Walker and Butler, you are making a small group!"

Popovich said everything after drinking too much.

"It's all forced, and I don't want to, why don't you let Xiao Hua go back?"

Tang Tian was also speechless.

Popovich laughed out loud.

"That's right, I like Tatum too. If Leonard wasn't injured, you might not have had the chance to win the championship last season."

Popovich went down with another sip of red wine.

When it comes to returning to basketball at the beginning of the century, the Spurs are the team that has benefited the most.

The master and apprentice are really drunk.

"But old man, when it comes to Leonard, you should pay more attention to his injury. He will be the face of the Spurs for the next ten years, so you should pay more attention to it."

Tang had this matter in mind when he got off the plane, and now he said it all.

"He's fine, he'll probably be able to play at the beginning of the season."

Popovich disagreed.

"I was serious."

Tang Tian's expression suddenly became serious.

The management and owners of the Spurs are not at all cold, but he cares about Leonard and Popovich.

Especially Popovich, Tang Tian knew how sad he was after Leonard left in history.

With the current relationship between the two of them who are both teachers and friends, he doesn't want to see Popovich become like that.

"Now it's very common for players to apply for trades during the contract period, and you have also seen what happened to Howard. You should pay more attention to him and take good care of him. He will become your next Duncan."

Tang Tian said seriously.

Popovich put down his glass and was mostly drunk.

The two things Tang Tian said are indeed true.

"I will."

Popovich nodded at last.

A bunch of people were so drunk, it was already night when they woke up again.

Tang Tian took Davis around the San Antonio River, introducing the local scenery like an aboriginal, and telling the scene of his winning parade here.

They returned to New Orleans early the next morning, and Tang Tian also announced that the new training camp of the Hard Training Brothers was officially opened in his manor.

Walker, Butler, Davis and Tang Tian will start first, and Irving, Thompson, Drummond, Lamb and Napier will also arrive in a few days.

This year's training camp opened earlier, and there will be many more people coming than in previous years.

For the four people on the first day, Procopio was helping them with technical details.

Tang Tian and Davis basically have nothing to change, but Walker and Butler, they are receiving Procopio's guidance for the first time, and the effect is obvious.

Butler, in particular, started his own Matt Kay training method again.

And I don't know if it's because Cecilia often wanders in and out of the arena, and Butler's hormones are full during training.

Speaking of which, Cecilia's appearance and figure are too lethal to men.

And among their hard training brothers, the only one who is still single is Butler.

So, as soon as Cecilia appeared, they began to whistle at Butler, which made Cecilia embarrassed.

It was still Tang Tian who had a stone chestnut for each of them, and these people calmed down.

Your own nutritionist is not something that can be teased casually.

On the third day after the opening of the training camp, Duncan came.

This is also the time when Tang Tian made an appointment with Duncan.

But what Tang Tian didn't expect was that it wasn't just Duncan who came.

And Parker!

"You don't mind having one more person in the training camp?"

Duncan came in and asked with a smile.

"Of course not, food and shelter are included!"

Tang Tian smiled and went up to greet Parker.

It was an absolute surprise that Parker could come.

Not just because of Parker and their relationship.