The older superstars of the NBA

training day.

Two days before the Minnesota Timberwolves set off for China to participate in the preseason game.

In the morning, the players' routine training.

Zhao Feiyang and Adrian Ennis entered the training hall early in the morning to warm up.Since Zhao Feiyang got acquainted with him, the two almost trained together and left together, which can be said to be quite tacit understanding.

After arriving at the training hall, the two of them changed their clothes and started running. Not long after warming up, an old man wearing a cleaner's costume entered the arena.

The uncle seemed to be in good spirits. He was about 60 years old. After seeing Zhao Feiyang and Adrian Ennis, he also took the initiative to stand on the sidelines and chat with them.

"Young man, why are you here so early? It's not even the opening time yet!"

Zhao Feiyang and Adrian Ennis looked at each other and smiled, and responded to the uncle in a friendly manner.

"There is a saying in China that says the early bird catches the worm... If you want the team to achieve better results, what if you don't get up early?"

The uncle nodded, as if he was very satisfied with the actions of the two of them.

Soon, other players entered the field one after another.

The third person to enter the training hall was Zach LaVine, and then Ricky Rubio, followed by others who stepped forward and arrived smoothly.

Whether it was the main players or the substitutes, or the temporary signings of rookies like Adrian Ennis, they all arrived within the specified time.

There was only one person who did not come for a long time.

It wasn't until half an hour after the training time that this latecomer arrived late.This person is none other than the super center Dwight Howard who just joined the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Since coming to the team, Dwight Howard hasn't been very punctual. He is not keen on training, and it can be said that his attitude is relatively average.

If it weren't for his explosive talent, I am afraid that with this training attitude, he will need to put in more effort to become a super center in the league.

"Hey guys, good morning!"

"Oh! You guys arrived so much earlier than me? I'm sorry, I just ran into an old man who needed to cross the road on the way here. Unfortunately, no reporter took a picture of it, otherwise this would be a good positive news... ..."

"That's why I'm wasting time...but I'm sure you'll understand...."

Dwight Howard is still the same as before, always in a "pistachio" state, joking with his teammates while taking off his headphones and sunglasses.

Coincidentally, the uncle cleaner happened to be standing near Dwight Howard. Dwight Howard didn't notice anything wrong with this uncle at all, and handed him to the other party after removing the extra things.

"Old man, please, can I return my things to the locker?"

"As a thank you, I can offer you $10 in travel expenses...I'm sure you won't refuse me..."

The uncle just smiled lightly.

"Dwight, I remember you, you are a top striker in the league! So why are you late? And I heard you are always late..."

Dwight Howard was naturally a little uncomfortable with the "nosy" uncle, but he just frowned slightly, and explained, "Of course there is a personal reason for being late...But, then What is the effect?"

"I don't think it doesn't matter whether you are late or not. This sport relies on talent, not hard work... If hard work is useful, what is talent for?"

"Old man, I have been in this industry for so many years, I know these things better than you..."

Unexpectedly, the uncle laughed when he heard Dwight Howard's words.

"Talent is of course important, but if talent is combined with hard work, then everything will only get better...Dwight, I am very disappointed when I first met you...."

With that said, the uncle turned around and walked towards the entrance of the arena.

Dwight Howard stood behind with a dazed face, not knowing who the uncle was. Seeing the other party's behavior, he had to ask other staff to help him send the clothes back to the locker room.

However, soon, not even 10 minutes later, the uncle appeared in front of everyone again.

This time he was not wearing the cleaner's clothes, but a suit, with tactical boards and other things on his arms, and his expression was completely different from the previous cleaner, as if he had changed.

The uncle walked slowly to the middle of the court under the astonished eyes of everyone, first suspended all training on the court with a whistle, and then called everyone to gather in front of him.

The players looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.

"My name is Norman Thomas. I am the new head coach of the team. I originally wanted to say that I am very happy to meet you, but everything I saw just now made me lose my good opinion of you... I I have to say, you guys are a really bad team...."

Although Norman Thomas' tone has always been relatively flat, he is full of confidence, and he has an aura of his own, which makes the players on the scene stunned.

It also made the faces of the players sink.

There has been no head coach during this period of time, and the players are a little slack in mentality.Now that they have been arrested, most people are somewhat embarrassed.

Zhao Feiyang didn't know the specific situation, so he became a melon eater for the time being.

Dwight Howard, who had just been ridiculed, was undoubtedly deceived, with a look of bewilderment on his face.Obviously, he didn't expect to hit the muzzle of the new coach.

"I came to the arena at six o'clock in the morning. Except for Zhao and the rookie named Adrian, no one else from the entire team also entered the arena early for training..."

"Of course, I won't force you to practice more, but, what are you doing during training? Some people come at the right time, and they don't practice carefully during training and always chat with other people... What are you guys doing?" What are you thinking? How can such a team make it to the playoffs?"

"Today I have to criticize one person in particular, and that is Dwight Howard."

As soon as these words came out, before the new coach Norman Thomas could continue, Dwight Howard's face darkened suddenly.

"Coach, I'm just accidentally late, it's no big deal....I don't think you should criticize me in front of so many people..."

"I'm the leader of the team, I'm an All-Star player in the league, I'm the main player of the US national team... So what if I'm late? Does it affect me getting these honors?"

Dwight Howard snapped back.

As soon as he stood up and expressed his opinion, the face of the new coach Norman Thomas also turned cold.

Everyone thought that the new coach would choose to give in to the star that the team had spent a lot of money to sign. Unexpectedly, in the next second, Norman Thomas actually said to Dwight Howard very forcefully, "Dwight, I will tell you This sentence, starting from tomorrow, every day you must enter the arena for training one hour earlier, otherwise, I will not let you have a good time......"

As soon as these words came out, the players in the entire training hall were stunned!