"Tether Mission: those sissies and shoot them.

Mission Objective: After the start of the regular season, win the first meeting with the Pistons with Arte.

Reward: With Ron. Artest reached a bond. ”

Looking at the task in front of him, Wayne was a little panicked.

I thought the system would let me ask Sava to do it, but I didn't expect it to let me do Atai!

Well, it seems that this is a serious basketball system. The things of life are not under its control.

And...... The co-authorship bond relationship can be achieved directly in this way.

In other words, completing the task is the fastest way to brush the bonds.

Sure enough, this bond value cannot be simply and rudely equated with the personal relationship between the two, but increasing the personal relationship can also increase the bond.

After all, feelings are really unquantifiable.

That's fine, Wayne was worried that he would have a few more sworn brothers......

The difficulty of this task is not very difficult, but mainly trouble.

While keeping an eye on Atai's emotions at all times, he also has to try his best to win the game.

Wayne feels like he's a dad in the best of the best.

Oh, and by the way, there's a Rashid on the Pistons' side who is ready to kill himself.

It's so exciting!

In any case, this task must be accomplished to the best of its ability.

Because from Atay, you should be able to farm more useful defensive badges.

Don't look at Artey's madness right now, but his Defensive Player of the Year award last season was the real deal.

Tony's Tool Man No. 2 decides it's you!

Tony: Aren't we brothers?

It seems that the game at Auburn Hills Palace in the new season will be the starting point for the butterfly effect to happen.

After putting the lucky tennis ball in his pocket, Wayne took a taxi back to the hotel.

It's time to wrap up this New York tour.

Back in Indianapolis, Wayne continued his training as planned.

Anyway, there is a "body of steel" badge, which is so durable and capricious.

If you can't die, then practice to death.

Since there is not much time left before the start of preseason training camp, this time, Wayne also got the support of the Pacers and sent several trainers to him.

Among them is Dutch centre-forward Rick, who retired four years ago. Schmitz.

As a guest trainer, he coached Wayne's interior offensive skills until the start of the new season.

Although Bird mainly wanted Wayne to play small forward, he also found that Wayne basically didn't play with his back and didn't play at all.

It's okay to play inside without a back, after all, Wayne is still very skinny.

But if it's misplaced to the point that the small back can't hit, it's very crotch-pulling.

Therefore, Bird felt that Wayne had to know a few tricks, so he brought such a teacher to Wayne.

Rick. Schmitz was the No. 1 pick in 1988, the second-best player for the Pacers in the mid-to-late '90s, and the team's strongest star besides Miller.

When Yao Ming first entered the draft, the template was the Dutch center.

He is a typical European big man, 2.24 meters tall, with a soft touch and delicate inside skills, but his physical fitness is a little less interesting, and his style of play is soft.

Although he is not a superstar, he has been very consistent throughout his career. From his rookie season to his retirement year, he averaged double-digit scoring contributions per game every season.

He averaged 18.5 points per game in his peak season and was an All-Star in the '97-98 season.

Although Schmitz was not very well-known in the era when the four centers dominated the interior, his strength was indeed commendable.

Being a teacher is more than enough.

And when it comes to learning, it's not just the teachers who are important, but the students who are also important.

"Big Dreams" is so bullish, not everyone can teach it.

Schmitz didn't want to coach a rookie, but after retiring, he threw himself into the sport of motocross, which he loved.

Well, a 2.24-meter man riding a motocross bike and running wild in the mud is unimaginable.

The motorcycle can be driven as a truck.

However, due to Bird's personal invitation, the Dutch agreed to come and help the child.

Schwartz is very respectful of Bird.

In the first few seasons of his career, Schwartz was tepid with the Pacers.

It was the arrival of Bird, the brilliant use of him, that gave Schmitz a brief peak.

Because Bird himself has average physical fitness, he is also very good at using this kind of player with less outstanding physical fitness after becoming a coach.

If it weren't for Bird, Schmitz's All-Star might be gone.

I have to say that the face of the famous house is still a little valuable.

In this way, Wayne's low-post offensive skills have finally improved.

Finally, the day before the start of the Pacers' preseason training camp, Wayne got on the scales and found that he had reached 105.2 kilograms.

The weight gain program was a great success!

"Great, all you have to do this season is keep this weight!" Mancias looked at his results with a sense of accomplishment.

At this time, Mancias pulled out a newspaper from a few months ago. Above, it's a picture of Wayne in the March Madness Tournament.

Wayne picked up the photo and compared it to himself in the mirror.

It's big, it's big, it's thick and big!

"The weight gain was successful, but you have to take a break for the next month. If you get injured before the start of the new season, it will not be worth the loss. ”

"Mmmm, don't worry, Mike, I feel good." Wayne looked at himself in the mirror and nodded.

Rashid probably didn't know himself when he saw it.

In addition to his weight, this period of training has also increased Wayne's other attributes a lot.

The strength is naturally a huge progress, rushing to 65. Paired with Carl. Ma Long's iron elbow is estimated to make Rashidra thin.

The low-post offense followed Schmitz's gourd and drew a scoop, and there was also 52.

It's hard to say how superb it is, but Wayne's turnaround small jumper in the three-second zone is pretty good right now.

The range of low-post offense is too wide, and Wayne estimates that it is a combination of multiple abilities.

He visually saw that his close-range turnover jump shot was sixty or seventy.

Don't ask, ask is shooting talent.

In terms of ball control, I just practiced to 50.

If you want to say that like AI and Owen, butterflies wear flowers and take steps to harvest ankles, and it really can't be reached.

But some simple breakthroughs with the ball, basic change of direction, can basically play.

Wayne found that ball control is not only about increasing the proficiency of dribbling, but also about the ability to combine shots and shoots, such as pull-up jumpers and fake shots, which seem to have increased a lot.

As a result of the increase in strength and weight, as well as training, the interior defense rose to 61.

Then Wayne also found out...... The dunk god went up 3 points......

Could it be that I have jumped higher than before?

But it doesn't seem to be useful to raise these 3 points.

But...... It doesn't matter if it goes up, thanks to Mr. Sun Zhengping, Wayne is a brutal power forward who flies in the sky and plays in the eyes of Chinese fans.

This wave of holiday upgrades is a relatively large upgrade, increasing the values of 5 attributes at once.

But Wayne also found that attributes such as three-pointers, blocks, and physical fitness are already relatively high, and it seems that it is difficult to practice, and they can only rely on adding points.

Wayne guessed there could be two reasons.

First, the lower the attribute, the easier it is to practice. If the attribute is high, it is very difficult to break through the bottleneck.

Second, some attributes may only be able to reach so much by practicing at the highest level because of Wayne's own negative nature.

It's like Mr. Tony, if you practice lying on his corpse, he won't be able to become Ku Ritian.

Also, if Wayne can become a supergiant by practicing on his own, then what else does the system do.

Therefore, this kind of attribute can basically only rely on adding points.

In other words, the higher the attributes in the future, the more difficult it is to improve by training.

If you want to break through the bottleneck, you still have to rely on Krypton!

But then again, there are also growth points for training, and the higher the level of training, the more growth points you get.

It's not enough to rely on the growth points of playing games.

So even if Wayne can't practice on his own in the future, he can't stop training.

It's a dead loop.

There's no way, it's just the life of a gym rat.

The ultimate achievement of retiring a jersey in a nightclub, Wayne probably can't achieve it.

Hey, it's a pity......

But overall, the summer effort has not been in vain.

Tomorrow the preseason training camp will begin, and Wayne's NBA career will officially begin!

It's a little exciting to think about.

In the afternoon, Wayne returned home early.

He bought a two-story house in North Indianapolis, which wasn't a mansion, but it was certainly much more comfortable than a college dorm.

Since Wayne doesn't have a driver's license yet, Mike. Mancias also temporarily worked part-time as Wayne's driver.

Well, I'll have to solve the problem of the car after a while. As an NBA player, he rubs the trainer's car every day, and he is not afraid of jokes when he says it......

On the way home, Wayne saw posters about himself on street billboards more than once.

I have to say that Nike has really done a good job in advertising.

Another reason is that the citizens of India are indeed very enthusiastic about basketball, so basketball-related advertisements are very marketable.

"Basketball was invented in Massachusetts, but basketball was invented for Indiana."

This sentence is really not unreasonable.

As soon as she got home, Aunt Jenny called to say that the press release had been sent to her email.

Tomorrow on the first day of pre-season training camp, the reporters must have a lot of questions to mess around, and Jenny simulated more than 100 questions and perfect answers like guessing questions in the college entrance examination, so that Wayne had time to take a look......

As soon as Wayne saw the words, he immediately fell asleep.

Well, don't worry about being so excited that you can't sleep tonight.

So, Okafor's thing must have been carrying this thing.

Mr. Perfect is not for everyone.

Just as Wayne was about to start working on Aunt Jenny's manuscript, his newly purchased Motorola E680 rang off.

This phone has a touch screen and a stylus, and it is so advanced that it explodes in this era.

One look at the caller ID, it's Tony.

Miss me so soon? What a sworn brother! Well, although it was fooled.

Wayne answered the phone, and immediately Tony's voice rang out over there.

"Hahahaha, Wayne, how's it going in the big cornfield?"

"It's okay, it's just that the city is full of my posters." Wayne said this on purpose, who let Tony Sr. mock himself about the big country of the city.

"Ouch, that's amazing. Do you know what I got today? Don't be envious when you say it. ”

Over the phone, Wayne could imagine Tony's underwhelming expression.

Before Wayne could speak, Tony impatiently announced the answer himself.

"And Paul. On the first day we met today, Pierce gave me a $30,000 Czech Leopard watch. Hey, I was too embarrassed not to, so I accepted it. What do you think? Would you like to send you a picture? ”

"This ......" Wayne really didn't expect Ah, Pierce shot so wide?

"Don't be envious, I'm looking forward to the news of your first meeting with your teammates Oh Wayne. I'm sure the guys from the Pacers will be good for you.

After all, the Pacers are the gentlest team in the league. ”

Wayne was speechless, Tony went to Boston to become an onmyoji.

Although I knew he was joking, I still wanted to hit someone.

Hanging up, Wayne wasn't interested in reading any interviews.

It's better to go to bed early and set off tomorrow in good spirits.

As for the interview...... Well, just answer as fate would have it.

Early the next morning, Wayne hitchhiked his ride to the Bankers' Living Arena.

When Wayne walked into the locker room, there were already several people inside, and O'Neal Jr. was among them.

In Wayne's impression, little O'Neal is also a fierce and irascible guy.

But to his great surprise, O'Neill was very kind when he saw Wayne. His baby face is also very likable.

"Yo, Watsiap, Wei. Join our team and work together this season. As soon as he entered the door, Xiao Ao warmly high-fived and hugged Wayne.

Under Xiao Ao's leadership, others also bumped fists with Wayne.

It is not difficult to see that Xiao Ao wants to take the initiative to take on the responsibility of the leader of the locker room.

Miller is old after all, and Atay is unreliable, and the most suitable person to be the next leader is Xiao Ao.

And he's really working in that direction.

"Hello everyone." Wayne nodded kindly, it didn't seem to be as scary as he thought.

"Wei, do you see what's written on the locker room?" At this time, O'Neill Jr. pointed above the locker room door.

Wayne then noticed that the words were written on the wall of the locker room door: "Don't let your teammates down." ”

That's the Pacers' locker room motto.

It's like the Celtic saying, "Which hurts more?" Do you train hard or do you regret it?"

"Remember, on the basketball court, we're all as one. Only when the five of us clench into a fist can we be lethal. Haha, relax, change your clothes and get ready for training.

Your locker is on the right, near Ron. ”

After saying that, Xiao Ao patted Wayne on the shoulder.

I have to say that the image of little O'Neal has undergone a 180° change in Wayne's heart.

Therefore, it is really easy to misunderstand some people who don't actually touch it.

After a while, most of the Pacers went to the locker room, and even Miller, who is nearly 40 years old, and new signing "Martial Saint" Jackson also walked in gracefully.

However, at this time, the owner of the cabinet next to Wayne still did not appear.

"Where's Ron?" Little O'Neill frowned, visibly upset.

He and Artai haven't spoken since they finished last season, and they have been holding grudges for a long time.

Miller shrugged, as if he was used to it, "Leave him alone, he'll show up later." ”

Under the leadership of Miller Sr., his teammates who had changed their jerseys walked to the training ground.

On the field, head coach Rick. Carlisle and assistant coach Mike. Brown is already waiting for everyone.

Wayne found that the atmosphere of this championship team is indeed a little subtle.

On the bright side, everyone is united to win the championship again. But under the table, a bomb seems to be counting down at any moment.

Just as Carlisle was about to speak, "The Tennis Master" pushed open the door to the gym and swaggered in, as if he hadn't noticed anything wrong with being late.

"You're late, Ron." Carlisle shouted forcefully.

"Uh-huh, I'm sorry Coach, let's get started." Artey's hippie smile stood in the middle of the crowd, right next to Wayne.

"Yo, I've gotten a lot stronger, Wei." Atay glanced at Wayne approvingly.

"Uh-huh, the training worked."

"But it's still too thin, let's play two rounds later? Let you get used to the intensity of the NBA in advance. I said, I'll test you out for myself before the season starts, right? ”

After Atay finished speaking, he winked at Wayne.

This...... Going to do it on the first day?

Sure enough, his teammate here is the gentlest existence in the league.