NBA: Being criticized for half a year at the beginning

In just one day, the 12-man rookie training camp list was full.

Among them are Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook, Marc Gasol, Kevin Durant, Zach Randolph, Carmelo Anthony, Blake Griffin, Al Horford, Kyle Lowry, Andre Iguodala, DeMarcus Cousins ​​and John Wall.

Cousins ​​and Wall even gave up the summer league to participate in Tang Yu's training camp, which was also allowed by their respective clubs. Everyone in the league knows Tang Yu's ability to train players.

Looking at these big names in the league, Tang Yu sighed that there are really many people. Among them, some of them were late for registration. Tang Yu directly rejected them, and then sent a note in the email that this year is full, please come early next year!

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Tang Yu is not very interested in this year's draft pick, so he asked Sam Hinkie to put his first-round No. 8 pick on the tradable list.

At one time, many clubs sent offers for this No. 8 pick.

Among them, Mr. Joe even called directly to trade back his first-round pick and expressed his interest in Jordan, an inside player.

However, the Clippers have already all-in on the "White Beast" Blake Griffin, and the current players on their team can be said to be some scraps.

Tang Yu said to Jordan: "Michael, you can find a team to make a three-way trade with us. I need a pick at the end of the first round or the first few picks in the second round. And a future first-round pick."

"Tang Yu, you know the current situation of my team. We are friends, right? I can give you a future draft pick plus cash, or you can pick one of my players?"

Tang Yu smiled bitterly. There are almost no players under contract in the Clippers. How can he choose? The rest are nothing except Griffin.

"Then you can use a future first-round pick plus some cash, and then you can recruit some players in the free market and we can make a deal. What do you think, Michael?"

Jordan was helpless. This should be the best way at the moment. "Thank you Tang Yu, I will remember this friendship."

After hanging up the phone, Tang Yu sighed. If he didn't know that the Clippers had no competitiveness, he would never send warmth to his opponents.

The day of the draft came in a blink of an eye. Tang Yu didn't even attend the draft. The Rockets only had one second-round eighth pick and no one paid attention to who to choose.

Two names were given to Sam Hinkie. He could choose any player, Hassan Whiteside and Lance Stephenson, who were both the best two players in this year's second-round draft.

The No. 1 pick was won by John Wall without any surprise. The Wizards picked up the most talented point guard of this year's rookie.

The No. 2 pick was picked by the 75ers, who chose the swingman Evan Turner.

The No. 3 pick was picked by the Nets, who picked Derrick Favors, a good space power forward.

DeMarcus Cousins, the ‘God of Cousins’, was picked by the Kings at the fifth pick.

Jordan’s Clippers picked Aminu at the eighth pick. It has to be said that their vision was as bad as ever. They chose such a thing instead of Hayward and Paul George!

Gordon Hayward was picked by the Jazz immediately afterwards.

Paul George was immediately picked by Bird’s Indiana Pacers.

The first round after that was full of scraps. The Kings picked Whiteside at the third pick in the second round.

Sam Hinkie could only choose Lance Stephenson, which was within Tang Yu’s expectations.

There was another special player in this year’s draft, the Chinese-American player Jeremy Lin who later created Linsanity.

But he was eventually eliminated. Tang Yu had no intention of recruiting him. He didn’t want to interfere too much with the player’s normal development trajectory.

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On June 28, Stephenson signed a 2+1 team option contract with the Rockets. The Rockets' 8 training camp players returned, and there were 12 players from various teams.

The biggest name here is undoubtedly "Little Melon" Carmelo Anthony, but he was very humble after meeting Tang Yu, calling him "boss".

Including rookie Stephenson, a total of 21 people all stood in front of Tang Yu. Tang Yu looked at the pride of the league standing in front of him and began to speak for the first training class.

"You all know the purpose of coming here. This training camp will last for a month. If you can't stand it, you can quit at any time! You are not here for vacation or making friends. This place is like hell, absolutely beyond your imagination!"

Tang Yu then pulled out a panel in front of everyone. This is their daily training plan.

Get up at 4 o'clock, rest at 10 o'clock in the evening, and then get up to do track training: 2Hours, including 100-yard sprints and 100-400-yard walks or jogs, using HIIT training to enhance the training effect.

Then it's breakfast time, basketball skills training starts at 7:00: 2 hours, keep shooting 1,000 times a day to improve basketball skills.

Aerobic training starts at 10:00: 1 hour, mainly jogging and swimming to enhance endurance.

Then it's lunch break time, weight training starts at 1:00: 1 hour, including upper limb training, traditional weightlifting training, lower limb training, three days as a group rotation.

Strength training starts at 3:00: 2 hours, including bench press, double dumbbells, double dumbbells, pull-ups, etc., focusing on the triceps, deltoids and pectoralis major, as well as the large muscle groups in the upper torso.

The final shooting practice starts at 7:00 in the evening, 500 shooting training in 1 hour.

Finally, do 1 hour of stretching and physical therapy at 8:30 to maintain body flexibility and recovery.

All the players took a deep breath. Such a terrifying amount of training can be called a devil training camp, which has nothing to do with rookies.

"Now you can leave if you want to!" Tang Yu glanced at everyone, and seeing that everyone was standing there without moving, Tang Yu nodded with satisfaction.

"Then why are you still standing? Let's start now! Let's work on your physical fitness today, 50 round trips! Let me see your ability! GO GO GO!"

Tang Yu tapped his hands to signal the players to start training.

Under Tang Yu's gaze, all the players started training in cool clothes. By the time they had run 20 round trips, some had taken off their shirts and went shirtless.

Round trips can be said to be the nightmare of every basketball player. This is the training method they hate the most.

However, these people did not dare to object to Tang Yu's request. Everyone was running in sweat.

After a group of round trips, everyone was exhausted and fell to the ground panting. Now they no longer have the high spirits when they first entered the training center, and they are completely like dead dogs.

Five minutes later, Tang Yu blew the whistle, "Okay, everyone, get up! Gary, you hand over their training plans to these rookies!"

Tang Yu asked Gary Payton to hand over the training plans he had made for each player to these people.

Some people did not understand Tang Yu's behavior. As the head coach of a team, he was training players from other teams. Assistant coach Stevens raised this question.

But Tang Yu's answer left him speechless.

"Brad, you have to know that sports are borderless. Although we are all striving to reach the top, as basketball players, our more important task is to promote the development and progress of this sport!"

This speech completely conquered Stevens. Tang Yu's pattern made the young coach feel ashamed.