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After the press conference, Chamberlain really joined the supersonic team. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although Seattle's ball market can hardly be called hot, it is just a so-called small team, but this team's record cannot be said to be bad.
The SuperSonics entered the NBA from 1967 to 1968, and won the championship twice in a row in the 70s, winning the championship in 1979. The supersonic had its ups and downs in the '80s, until it began to resurrect in the '90s, making it to the Finals under Payton's leadership.
Well, as we all know, the SuperSonics lost the most important game of the series, which also led to the departure of former star Payton.
After Payton's departure, the SuperSonics officially entered a rebuild, and they traded All-Star outside Ray Allen in the 03 season, plus Lewis's assistance, under the tutelage of "Mr. SuperSonic" Nate McMillan, the SuperSonics' vitality began to recover......
That's fake!
"There is no hope for the loss of the main force of the supersonic team!"
"The supersonic rebuild is still going hard and slowly, and the team was going to regroup with Allen at the core. SuperSonics manager Sander, who wanted to renew his contract with Allen, received an offer of 100 million in five years, which also made the two sides stalemate on the issue of contract renewal.
It seems that the SuperSonics will not be as easy as imagined if they want to improve in recent seasons.
Coupled with the departure of the main point guard Barry to the Spurs, in exchange for their backup center Chamberlain last season, although in the finals, such a young undrafted player played well, successfully restrained O'Neal, and helped the Spurs finally win the championship, but his poor health made his career not look forward to much. And last season, Barry was the superSonics' assist and steal king, and the three-point shooting rate was also the highest.
And in the summer transfer market, the SuperSonics can be said to have nothing to look out for, and they don't have any noteworthy deals other than the aforementioned deal, plus the exchange of center Booth for the Mavericks' abandoned Fortson.
Before the new season arrives, the SuperSonics have already begun to be forgotten!"
This is the most real situation of SuperSonics when Chamberlain joined this team!
Against this backdrop of lamentation, Chamberlain met his new teammates during the team's first joint practice.
Unlike last year, when he joined Spurs, Oxlade-Chamberlain is welcomed by the vast majority of people.
"Good morning, Zhang. Good morning, Alonzo!"
Early in the morning, Chamberlain and Mourning arrived at the arena together. In the still empty stadium, Ray Allen had already arrived early.
"Good morning, buddy!"
"Good morning, Ray!"
Chamberlain and Mourning each greeted Ray Allen for a while, and other teammates arrived one after another.
"Good morning, Ray. Good morning, two dudes!"
Lewis, Redno and others, who arrived later, also sent greetings to Chamberlain.
However, the likes of Jerome James and Swift, who are competing for Chamberlain's position, are not so easy-going.
But this is not an obstacle for Oxlade-Chamberlain and Mourning to integrate into the new team, in fact, the guys who are hostile to their arrival are just marginalized people here. People who are really powerful are never afraid of competition!
Chamberlain fit into the team so easily, and by the time McMillan arrived, Chamberlain had already greeted most of the people here.
"All right, lads, come to me. ”
As soon as McMillan arrived, he announced the team's assembly.
McMillan is not a well-known coach, or even a "rookie" in the coaching world, but he has a high prestige here, because he has dedicated his entire career to this team.
"It's great to see you all again, especially to see you all in good spirits, looking like a long vacation, and not making you forget the fact that you're a basketball player. But unfortunately, some people still need to lose weight, and that is you Jerome, you go to our strength and conditioning coach Lowry right now!"
Jerome, one of Chamberlain's rivals, hit the streets.....
After Jerome was taken away by his strength and conditioning coach, McMillan continued: "The rest of you are smart people with moderation, and you don't have to be trained by Coach Lowry before the new season starts like Jerome. But that doesn't mean you can rest easy, I would say that no one has a fixed position, we're a rebuilding team and we've changed a lot of squads, you know what I'm talking about?"
"Then get ready to warm up, and soon we will start the first training session of the new season, and the fate of most people will be decided here!"
After McMillan said this, he left the field to the players, and he went to the side with another assistant coach of the team to prepare for the next confrontation training, and the players quickly began to warm up before the game, especially the three positions of point guard and power forward and center, the players were the most excited.
Although this year's superSonics are not much of a trade, the changes in the team are not small.
Before the start of the SuperSonics season, Brent Barry went to the Spurs, Booth went to the Mavericks, Emmet was also traded, and Fram was drafted by the NBA's new team Bobcats, and Cisse was also traded to the Warriors, which made the superSonics' lineup for the new season very uncertain.
The appeal to the players is understandable.
Not everyone likes basketball, but everyone will love "money"!
So when McMillan, who was busy with it, came over to announce the lineup, everyone's eyes widened.
McMillan announced the "red team" roster first, and there was no doubt that Ray Allen and Lewis occupied both the shooting guard and small forward positions.
"The point guard is..... Rednor!"
Under the close attention of Gallen Young and Morry, Redno, who joined the NBA in the same year as Chamberlain, excitedly walked out of the team.
"Power Forward ....."
By Mo Ning's side, Chamberlain clearly felt Mo Ning's rapid breathing at this moment.
But McMillan still chose the "monster" Fortson, who was ruined by injury.
This is a guy who was thought to be the next Rodman.
"Center ......"
"Chamberlain!"