I can't go on with a friendly match, so the next step is free training!

Zhang Weiping came this time, and Richard directly asked him to take little O'Neill to training......

Although O'Neill Jr. has a basket, his style is extremely traditional inside, and his style can be compared to Aldridge in later generations.

Aldridge is a defensive intensifier, offense, weakening, and a greater focus on the interior.

Of course, the offensive weakening here refers to the shooting ability, not the offensive ability under the basket, and the offensive ability under the basket O'Neal Jr. is better than Aldridge.

Richard didn't expect O'Neal Jr. to deliberately develop and improve his shooting ability, let alone let O'Neal Jr. develop his three-point shooting ability.

At least not yet......

Richard's goal is for O'Neal Jr. to continue to focus on the offense under the basket, which is what a traditional interior player should do.

And Zhang Weiping is obviously the person to guide O'Neal Jr.'s offense under the basket!

It can't be said that it is the best candidate, but the qualified candidate can always be called the best candidate.

……

Since Curry Sr. didn't come to the training camp so early, Richard's idea of letting Curry Sr. coach Rasheed Wallace and Kobe Bryant's projection fell through for the time being......

However, it does not mean that these two people will not practice, Richard directly arranged Dazhi as Rashid's sparring partner, which is beneficial to both of them.

Dazhi can learn defensive experience from Rashid.

And Rashid can also have a sparring partner who is not weak......

……

As for Kobe, Richard arranged an incomparably perfect sparring partner for him......

Big Ben!

When he won Big Ben and Kobe Bryant at the same time in the draft, Richard had already determined that these two would be a training group!

Kobe Bryant is Big Ben's sparring partner!

Big Ben is Kobe's sparring partner!

……

Big Ben needs to train his rebounding ability consistently, and with a short interior like him, the most important thing to train is the sense of smell of the rebounding point!

I can't even find the rebound where the rebounds landed, how can these short insiders still mess up.

And Kobe Bryant is simply the best object to train the nose of the big book rebound!

Kobe Bryant plays infinite iron, and Big Ben unlimitedly observes the rebound landing point under the infinite basket......

Perfect!

Kobe Bryant is the perfect sparring partner for Big Ben!

In addition to training shooting, Kobe Bryant naturally needs to train to break through......

Big Ben, a top defender, came to be his target......

Equally perfect!

It's a heaven-destined couple......

The training of Xiao Ao, Big Ben, Kobe Bryant and Rashid has been arranged, and the remaining players who came to the training camp will naturally not be able to let them fend for themselves......

Several of the boilermaker's players were assigned to these players and they were used as sparring partners......

This is probably the peak of these players' entire careers, as almost every one of them has a future All-Star as a sparring partner!

When they retire in the future, thinking about it, it is estimated that it will be enough pride for them to brag about for the rest of their lives.

……

The training has been going on continuously, and the intensity is not too high, basically maintaining four hours of training time every day, and the rest of the time is freely distributed by the players......

But even with free allocation, Richard forbade newcomers from training for more than eight hours a day.

Ultra-high-intensity training can indeed improve the strength of players in the short term, but the cost is too great, which will affect the length of the player's career.

Others don't say it, the old Sabonis in the Trail Blazers is the best example!

Sabonis Sr. is actually not old, and he is only 32 years old at the moment, which is placed in the NBA, not to mention the golden peak, but at least it is not so much that the team specifically limits his playing time......

Generally, those who are limited to appear on the stage are veterans after the age of 35!

Of course, veterans who can't get playing time if they can't do it are two more words.

Sabonis is the kind of player who has the quality but can't play for too long......

The reason why Sabonis has this situation is that he did too much high-intensity and unscientific training when he was young, which led to a lot of injuries on his body!

Americans who don't like Sabonis very much once joked that Sabonis is in his thirties, but he has knees in his 130s......

Richard didn't want all of the newcomers he was optimistic about before they got old......

Kobe Bryant is a training maniac, pinching eight hours of training time every day, it is conceivable that if Richard had not limited his daily training time, it is estimated that this madman would be on the training ground twenty-four hours a day.

……

In the blink of an eye, the time is mid-September, and there is only half a month left before the preseason in early October!

It's time for the Trail Blazers to start preparing for an all-out training camp within the team!

Half a month of training, plus a preseason game that lasted more than half a month, was basically enough for the initial run-in of the players in the team.

"Lee, here's our roster for the new season, how do you see how we prepare the starting lineup?" In Richard's office, Carlyle handed Richard a list of lists.

Richard nodded, Carlisle is the team's chief assistant coach, and he has to participate in all kinds of tactical construction of the team, so he needs to know the team's starting lineup!

The position of the players was not marked on the list, and Carlisle knew that Richard had other arrangements for certain players in the team, so he deliberately did not mark the position and waited for Richard to come up with the final decision.

Richard took out his pen and began to transcribe the list.

Center forwards: Jermaine O'Neal, Avidas Sabonis.

Power forwards: Ben Wallace, Dontunio Winfield.

Small forwards: Rasheed Wallace, Harvey Grant, Gary Trent.

Shooting guards: Clifford Robinson (S-m), Dale Curry, Rumil Robinson.

Playmakers: Kobe, Randolph-Childrides.

Among them, the S-m behind Robinson is naturally not a shorthand for a shaman or a shorthand for that kind of alternative fetish.

It is a shorthand for Swing-Man, and a few fans believe that the concept of Swing-Man came into existence because of Maddie......

If Julius Owen knew about this point of view, I am afraid he would be angry.

……

Excluding the players who were traded, plus some players who didn't get a contract extension, there are only 11 players left in the Trail Blazers' roster.

You're going to have to bring in three or four players, at least one more, twelve people......

"Carlisle, the remaining three or four spots, you go and pick a few of the undrafted spots, you are fully responsible for this!" Richard said with a smile.

He's ready to be the shopkeeper in this matter......

With the remaining few places, Richard is ready to give full control to Carlisle, after all, Carlisle will be in the summer league, and he will be more aware of the strength of the players in the summer league.

If Richard is allowed to choose, he has no goals, and the only missing pearl of the 96th draft is Big Ben, which has long been pocketed by Richard......

For the other undrafted picks, Richard doesn't care who he chooses, anyway, he just makes up the numbers!

Carlisle nodded, a smile on his face......

It may seem like a big deal to pick a few players, but for an assistant coach, it's already a great privilege!

Even if it is a base salary player, it is a contract of 200,000 US dollars, and signing two is equal to the annual salary of the assistant coach......

Imagine, your company boss puts you in charge of a project equivalent to your annual salary, do whatever you want, do whatever you want, even if you lose money, you will not be held responsible, is this considered a privilege?