Chapter 609: The challenge is coming

When Li Liang saw Granger, he began to talk nonsense.

What Chinese want to drink water when they see their old friends, and if they want to drink, they also drink alcohol!

But Li Liang's intentions were good, because in the water, he had already put down the [bruising medicine under the overpass].

The healing ability of this medicine for injuries is still very good, although there is no way to recover as before, but it can greatly slow down the damage of injuries to athletic ability.

A few guinea pigs that have been used, such as Nash, Kobe, Griffin and others, Nash needless to say, has recovered very well, but when he is old, he will still decline, and finally retire.

Kobe Bryant's Achilles tendon also improved quickly, but there was no way to return to the state before the Achilles tendon rupture, and some minor injuries were reduced a lot.

There is also Griffin, who has had all kinds of minor injuries in the past, and since he drank bruising medicine and had a stomach strain for two days, he rarely bothered Griffin with his injuries.

Li Liang saw this effect, and during the off-season, he took a drink in the lottery, and then pulled his stomach for five days...... The chrysanthemums have lost their elasticity.

With the protection of this medicine and a body of equipment, Li Liang basically doesn't have to worry about getting hurt.

There happened to be one more in the exchange center, and Li Liang took it to Granger as a gift.

Granger didn't have a long time with the Clippers, and he didn't contribute much on the road to winning the championship, but he had a good relationship with Li Liang because he was honest!

Li Liang just likes to be friends with honest people, because he is also an honest person himself.

Honest people can't let honest people be bullied.

People like Bird should be condemned and fought back by honest people.

After Granger drank the mineral water given by Li Liang, the entire training hall was filled with cheers and applause, and their former boss was back.

Stephenson even rushed up and gave Granger a hug, which was his former big brother.

Granger also looked very excited, and after hearing the news of the trade, he was not frustrated at all, but was very happy.

The first and best years of his career were dedicated to Indiana.

Even if he is abandoned in the end, it is not a problem for the Pacers team, he still has a deep affection for this place, the familiar arena, the familiar yellow jersey, the familiar fans, the familiar cheers, and the best memories of his career happened here.

So he was very happy, and even happier was that he could be teammates with Li Liang.

Although this guy is a bit weird, he is really good at playing.

Just because Li Liang defeated James twice in the Finals, Granger admired Li Liang very much, which was something he was never able to do when he was in the East.

In addition to the players, the rest of the staff, trainers and even the cleaning aunt came to welcome Granger back.

The only person who felt a little embarrassed was, of course, Larry Bird.

Just sent Granger away last year, and then was slapped in the face like crazy, and the once good relationship between the two dropped to a freezing point.

Bringing Granger back this year, Bird's mental quality is really good.

Everything he did was for the team's victory, and he didn't take personal grudges to heart at all.

It's just that basketball is a team sport, and the team is composed of flesh and blood players, and sometimes grievances and hatreds have a great impact on the players.

After everyone else shook hands with Granger and hugged him, Bird stepped forward one last time and extended his hand to Granger.

Granger looked at Bird, his face slightly complicated.

In the Pacers' most difficult time, Bird used his wits to create a new Pacer, and Granger carried the whole team with his performance.

When the Pacers were about to reach their most glory, Bird sold Granger, although he was crooked and picked up a championship, but if Granger was chosen, he would rather stay with the Pacers and break through James and the Heat's domination of the East with his comrades.

So Granger's feelings for Bird are mixed.

After a two-second pause, Granger reached out to shake Bird's hand, and then the two of them hugged each other closely.

Granger then took part in the return to the Pacers' first workout.

To say that this [bruising medicine under the flyover] is really powerful, Granger began to rumble as soon as he began to warm up.

I ran to the toilet three times in a while, needless to say, it was sparse!

After all, Granger is now in a state of no injury, and since there is no inflammation, it has to be transferred to the stomach.

After four or five trips to the training gym, Granger asked Li Liang directly, "Bruce, what did you give me to drink?" ”

"Oh, maybe this mineral water has expired? It's okay, it's okay, I'll take you to train when you're well. ”

Granger returned to the Pacers' first day and spent it in lasa.

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After Granger was the first to report to the team, several other players who had been traded arrived in India.

JR-Smith and Shambaught from New York, as well as McGee from the Denver Plateau, have seen a crisis of declining IQ throughout Indiana.

On the 19th, the Pacers held a press conference at Conseco Arena to announce the signing of new players, and the four of them appeared with the Pacers' new jerseys in hand.

Granger wore his familiar yellow No. 33, JR-Smith opted for the No. 23 jersey, Shambaugh wore No. 1, and McGee used the traditional Super Inside Number 34!

This number embodies the glory of O'Neal, Olajuwon, and Barkley, and it depends on what kind of performance McGee can play in Indiana, and the media and fans in India are still very much looking forward to it.

And Bird, who was smiling brightly on the side, didn't have much thought in his heart, and in exchange for McGee, it was purely because Hibbert really didn't perform well and didn't fit the development direction strategy of the Pacers.

Bird's real hope is still pinned on JR Smith, an excellent outside nerve knife, and whether he can improve the Pacers' poor outside shooting percentage depends on him.

The Pacers had three full days of rest, just in time for the new players to join the team and begin to integrate.

After the press conference on the 19th, on November 20th, the Pacers are about to welcome their first opponent after the trade, the Charlotte Hornets, who just changed their name this summer.

The former New Orleans Hornets have gone with the wind, changed from bees to birds, and have changed their name to Pelicans.

And the name of the Hornets is still coveted by the Charlotte people.

Since the New Orleans don't use it, let's recycle it and let the ugly Charlotte Bobcats change their name to the Charlotte Hornets.

In this way, the Hornets were reborn from the backdoor, resurrected from the corpse, re-born in Charlotte, and continued to compete in the NBA.

Michael Jordan made a big move in the summer, changing the team's name and brandishing a checkbook to catch a big fish in hopes of reviving the Hornets' prestige in the new season.

Among them, Lance Stephenson is one of Jordan's targets, but with the arrival of Li Liang, Stephenson still stayed with the Pacers, after all, the temptation of a championship is very strong.

As a result, after fishing for a long time, I didn't catch a big fish, not to mention James, Li Liang Anthony, Bosh, etc., and I didn't think about Charlotte at all.

In the middle level, such as Ariza, Harrington, Turner, etc., did not rush any of them.

In the end, we got a Mavericks who didn't want DeJuan Blair and outside shooter Nick Young.

That's right, Yang Shaoxia came to play under the Qiao gang leader.

After getting Wiggins, the Lakers no longer need a player like Nick Young, who has no defense and only offense, but his three-point and offensive play ensure that he still has food in the league.

In fact, if he plays next to Li Liang, he may be able to get a lot of opportunities.

It's just that Indiana's IQ high ground does not allow it to be lowered any longer.

Of course, after all, the Hornets changed the new team name, which is equivalent to adding a BUFF, and they were a little fierce at the beginning of the season, winning several games.

Later, when the BUFF time came, the defects in the lineup caused the team's record to begin to collapse and lose consecutive games.

In this game against the Pacers with a new lineup, the game has not even started, and the vast majority of people are not optimistic about the Hornets.

However, there are no weak teams in the NBA, not to mention whether the Pacers' new lineup will be useful or not is still unknown.

Especially if there are three time bombs in the team, it depends on whether Li Liang can control it.

And Li Liang didn't know that after he entered the NBA, the most tragic and hard years were coming.