This training lasted for three days, and Sabonis participated in various individual training sessions of the team, but was never given the opportunity to participate in confrontational training, and was always pulled aside by Adelman to talk about sex.

Slowly, Sabonis felt that Adelman's main task was not to help him practice his English, rather than instruct him to play basketball.

Sabonis is a little anxious about this, because the preseason will start soon, and in the preseason, Sabonis still hopes to get a certain amount of playing time to adapt to the NBA game in advance, but now he has not even participated in the team's joint practice.

Gan Guoyang advised Sabonis not to be anxious, let him wait patiently, and at the same time do a good job of basic training, especially to supplement the knowledge of NBA rules.

Although the NBA didn't have a three-second defense rule to limit big centers at that time, not allowing joint defense would still make Sabonis feel a little uncomfortable, and some small action penalties would be different from FIBA rules.

In addition, the NBA's three-point line is much farther than the FIBA, and in international competitions, the three-point shot is also one of Sabonis's important weapons, and now if he wants to have this special weapon, he must adapt to the new three-point line.

Gan Guoyang taught Sabonis his own training methods, and after the normal training every day, Gan Guoyang, Sabonis and Duckworth would stay for additional training.

Duckworth and Sabonis are also direct rivals, but both have gentle personalities, and like many Giants centers, they are both introverted, courteous, and have a fairly good relationship with their teammates.

These two people, one is an underrated second-round show, and the other is a freshman who arrived from overseas, and both have a desperate heart to improve their strength and make a name for themselves in the league.

So, led by the league's strongest center, the University of Portland's gymnasium didn't turn off until late every day.

On the fourth day, the day before the start of the pre-season, Sabonis finally got the opportunity to practice with the whole team.

"Hey, Avidas, come on, group, you join the second team, center, but in attack I want you to be in the high position, in defense you have to go to the penalty area, of course, depending on your own observation and play." Adelman gave Sabonis a few words of advice and pushed him onto the pitch.

At this time, the first and second teams were in full swing, with Gan Guoyang leading the main lineup, and the second team was Paxson, Duckworth, Cardwell Jones, Danny Young and Adrian Blanche.

If it is a normal match day, the second team can still play with the first team with the advantage of physical strength, and sometimes it can have the upper hand, but now is not the game day, everyone is very physical, and the second team is basically beaten by the strong first team.

Anyway, the main role of the second team is to accompany the prince to study and help the first team to conduct offensive and defensive tactical drills.

Sabonis finally got his chance to come on and replace Cardwell Jones and form an inside twin tower with Duckworth.

"Behave well in Avidas, I'm not going to let go of the water, you have to give it your all." Gan Guoyang reminded Sabonis.?? This.

However, the two are not directly opposite each other on the court, and Buck Williams went to defend Sabonis, although the height difference between the two is really large.

At this time, the score was 45:22, and the first team had a brutal lead of 23 points, and the confrontation had only been played for more than ten minutes.

After Sabonis came on the court, he was not so nervous, but his heart calmed down, after all, he is not a rookie who has just started his professional basketball career, he has also worked hard in European basketball for several years.

"Go to Sabonis! Get in and get the ball inside! "Point guard Danny Young sees Sabonis so tall and wants him to go to the low post and feed him.

Sabonis shook his head, and directly in the horn position, he began to jam Williams with his back, and opened his hand to start asking for the ball.

"This guy doesn't seem to be timid at all, and he's starting to ask for the ball." Adelman saw Sabonis on the sidelines asking for the ball, and there was a lot less worry about him being too nervous.

Danny Young hesitated for a moment, but still passed the ball to Sabonis, but Sabonis didn't receive the ball at all, he only felt a figure flash, and the ball in his hand was gone after a "swoop"!

It was Gan Guoyang, he cut off this pass directly from behind!

Gan Guoyang did not hesitate after breaking the ball, and dribbled directly to the frontcourt, Danny Young and Blanche had already given up the defense and watched Gan Guoyang score an easy layup.

"Be careful with the back of your head and don't distract yourself until you get the ball." Gan Guoyang turned around and reminded Sabonis.

He knows that Sabonis has a strong sense of observation and has been watching the movements of the second team before he receives the ball, but he is a little too relaxed about the receiving session, where the defensive speed is a notch faster than on the international stage.

"Give him a little more chance!" Adelman shouted from the sidelines that he didn't want such a ball and let Sabonis' teammates give up feeding him.

The players of the first team did not relax their defense at all, Gan Guoyang was still eyeing the rear, Delexler could step forward to grab the ball at any time, and suddenly Sabonis felt that there was a danger around him, and Gan Guoyang was too fast just now.

It was still Danny Young who dribbled, but this time Sabonis didn't ask for the ball again, but stepped forward to make a block for Danny Young, and his tall and thick side provided very good cover.

However, Yang did not choose to break through, but dribbled and feigned a breakthrough, and then passed the ball back to Sabonis.

Obviously, the ball was not handled well, and the breakthrough was a better option, but Young was disturbed by Adelman's shouting and subconsciously fed the ball king Sabonis.

Sabonis receives the ball high at the top of the arc, a position that is really not a good attacking position for a center.

But after Sabonis received the ball, there was no delay, I saw that his right wrist with the ball flicked, and his fingers flicked, like pushing Tai Chi, and he hit the ball and flew straight inside.

After passing the ball, Young cut inside as usual, but he didn't expect Sabonis to pass the ball back again.

Yang's preparation was slightly insufficient, but he still took a step forward, got the ball, and then on the bottom line, facing Gan Guoyang who came up, forced a layup and was slapped off.

But the bell man, who was the referee on the sidelines, blew the whistle, and Gan Guoyang used too much force to press down.

"Pass the beautiful Avidas." Although he was fouled, Gan Guoyang also admired Sabonis in his heart, in fact, he had expected Sabonis to pass, but he was still a step late.

This kind of ball Gan Guoyang can also be passed in the game in normal times, but it is a flash of inspiration, and the two hands that pass out in a season and successfully score can be counted.

But for Sabonis, it's an ordinary in-cut pass, and you can tell from his approach and his eyes that he can make such a quick "no-look-pass" at any time.

Adelman nodded as well, as the data and footage show that Sabonis does possess superior passing ability, which he possesses and can display wherever he plays.

However, this alone does not satisfy Adelman, who wants to see more from Sabonis.

The confrontation continues, the second team is still not the opponent of the first team, and the first team obviously did not do its best, Gan Guoyang's main task on the court is to grab rebounds to make up for defense, basically not in the low post singles, occasionally still two three-pointers, if he scores, laugh at Drexler, saying that his three points are not as good as a center.

The main advantage of the second team is on the inside, Sabonis and Duckworth, two heavy centers over 7 feet and weighing more than 250 pounds, are combined together, and the interior line is almost full.

In contrast, the advantages of the first team's small and flexible team were fully utilized, and once the fight started to attack quickly, it can be said that the second team suffered a lot.

However, the score never opened up, until the second half, the second team was like a tortoise and a rabbit race, slowly catching up with some points, narrowing the difference to less than 20 points.

All this cannot be said to be the credit of Sabonis, but in Adelman's eyes, many of Sabonis's characteristics are displayed on the field little by little, as he expected.

First of all, on the defensive end, although Sabonis is tall and heavier, Sabonis still has a pair of good legs in 1988, and after the treatment of the Trail Blazers team doctor in 1986, his knee condition has improved greatly.

Therefore, there is no problem with his movement, and his tall stature and super long arm span allow him to have a relatively good coverage and defense ability in the three-second zone, and the second team is also very tacitly using the strategy of the inside line of the twin tower piles, and the whole team shrinks and puts one team to shoot.

In the case that Gan Guoyang did not attack hard, the second team could barely hold its own defense line and not be defeated.

Sabonis's talent is still reflected in the attacking end, and Adelman's deepest impression of Sabonis is not his passing skills and passing awareness, which Adelman has seen in previous trials and videos, and it is not surprising.

The reason why Adelman did not let Sabonis play for three days to participate in the confrontation, but kept chatting with him on the sidelines, is to instill Sabonis with the style and playing system of this Trailblazers, and at the same time ask Sabonis to carefully observe the characteristics of each player in the team.

After three days on the field, Adelman quickly discovered that Sabonis was almost well integrated into the team's system, and although this integration lacked the test of high-intensity official matches, at least it seemed that he had become the pivot and core of the second team's attack.

For passers, technique and skill are actually secondary, the most important thing is to understand their teammates, Sabonis obviously has a talent for this, in just three days, in the continuous observation, Sabonis has a basic picture of the whole team in his mind, this ability is hard to find.

"Avidas! Come down and get some rest, you're going to have to play tomorrow. ”