Chapter 11: Final Preparations

If you didn't know who Taylor Swift was as a young man before David was born again, you're really in the dust.

However, this chance encounter between David and Taylor Swift is just a small episode, and Taylor, who is only 18 years old, does not have a hobby of "stamp collecting" in later generations, and the other party's immature face is not quite in line with David's aesthetics.

By the time he returned to Houston on a road trip, just over a month before the start of the NBA preseason, the coaching staff of the teams had already begun to get busy for the new season.

After David got home, he went to the training hall of Team Rocket as soon as he got home, but to his surprise, there was a "bang" in the training hall, and there were already people training inside.

He followed the sound and then saw that in the training hall, five of the summer league lads from Landry, Brooks, Marc Gasol, Novak and Mike Harris were all working up a sweat.

Scola is the only one on the Rockets roster who has not trained here in advance for the summer league.

However, David can also understand that after all, the 27-year-old Scola is different from these rookies, and he has already won the La Liga MVP and Olympic championship, he is mature enough in terms of technology, and it doesn't make much sense for him to train in advance here.

After not seeing him for more than a month, David could see at a glance that Mark Gasol had lost a lot of weight, and the fat on his big arms was obviously gone. Brooks is also a big guy.

It may be difficult for others to see the progress of these two, but David, who has a golden finger, can see the efforts of Gasol and Brooks in terms of stats: Marc Gasol's speed and agility have increased by 2 points, and his overall rating has also increased by 1 point. Brooks also improved his power by 3 points, and his interior offense increased by 1 point.

Landry, Novak, and Mike Harris have not changed much in their stats, but there have been some increases in stats.

"These guys, no wonder they were able to succeed in the previous life!" David praised that in his previous life, he was not without contact with professional players who played professional basketball in China, but these people played video games during the holidays, and the lower the level, the less time they had to practice in the training hall in the offseason, but the top players were very hardworking, and it was completely reversed.

Thinking of this, he walked straight in.

"David!"

Landry was the first to spot David, and he shouted directly.

When he shouted, the other four people also stopped, and when they saw that it was David, their faces were very excited, after all, compared with the other members of the Rockets' coaching staff, David was closer to them in age, and everyone was more familiar with the summer league.

"You're not going to stay in the gym all the time, are you?" David asked after greeting Brooks.

"David, we're here on the second day of Summer League." Marc Gasol replied directly.

No breaks?

David was a little surprised, this was not arranged by someone on the Rockets coaching staff.

There are also many in the NBA who start preparing for the new season a month or two in advance, such as the "famous" hooded version of Anthony in the future, but most of these stars are looking for trainers to train alone at home, like Brooks, the five-person team training gym, but very few.

However, this also reflects the embarrassment of these five rookies - they can't afford to rent a personal training gym or hire a personal trainer.

"It's Mike's proposal, but I also want to try to live up to your expectations of us." Landry continued.

Mike Harris's proposal?

David reacted quickly, and only Mike Harris here is on a non-guaranteed contract and is one of the most likely to be cut in the preseason.

David nodded, it is definitely a good thing to practice hard in the summer, they practice hard, plus the "distribution system" in their hands, the Rocket team in the new season will definitely be stronger than the strongest rocket in his memory, and it will be much stronger.

"Okay, you don't have to worry about me, keep training, I'll take a look here first." As soon as David said a word, he stood on the sidelines with his fists clenched and observed silently.

Although David said that he didn't need to care about him, the Brooks five were not so arrogant, and deliberately added a lot of content to show their training results in training, especially when they started one-on-one heads-up later.

"Heh, these boys." David understood, but his brow furrowed as he looked at it.

Can you believe that Landry was beaten in two by three-point shooter Novak at the free-throw line in quick succession on the practice court?

"Carl, come here!" Although in the end, Landry won easily in the heads-up with Novak, but David was very dissatisfied.

"David." Landry also knew that there were some problems with his defense, and he had just eaten a few Novak feints, especially when David explained that he had to study the defense well during the holidays, so he was also a little nervous when he came to David.

"Did you watch the video during the holidays?" David asked directly.

"Yes." Landry scratched the back of his head, "But after I felt the three-second zone, I didn't know how to defend it. ”

"You know your problem, too." David knew that Landry was not lying, "Your defense under the basket in the three-second zone is still good, and the defense Mark and Mike in the three-second zone just now are very good, but you have to know that the Rockets' three-second zone belongs to Yao Ming, and the defensive zone after you come on the court will not be in the three-second zone, but will be more outside, so your defense seems to be up to par now." ”

Hearing David's stern reprimand, the other four people in the training hall not only did not gloat, but looked at Landry with envy.

They all remember that more than a month ago, after being reprimanded by David, Brooks "opened up" and began the performance of the hottest supernova in the summer league.

If they could, they would all like to be the object of David's reprimand.

"Do you remember what I just said?" David asked after giving Landry a whole bunch of defensive considerations and points.

"Remember...... Remembered. Landry was a little skeptical, after all, what David said was just a keyboard warrior's rhetoric and unrealistic.

But after Landry returned to the court and went head-to-head with Warnock again, he contributed 1 steal in the first round, another block in the second round, and then took away the game 10-0 and completely beat Novak.

"I'm not dreaming, am I?" Not to mention the confused Landry, Brooks and the other four looked at David as if they were looking at God!

"Sample, take it, right?" David chuckled.

Of course, he also knew that what he had just told Landry about defensive skills and other things was empty talk, but he couldn't stop him from having a "distribution system".

Originally, David was still hesitating to bind Landry or Scola in the power forward position, but this time Scola did not report in advance, which made him lose points in David's heart, and he lost in the competition with Landry.

The basketball star that David bound to Landry this time was Masato Muto, who was evaluated in the system as worth $2.

Muto Masa, if you are not a veteran slam dunk fan, many people will ignore the role. As Hainan's starting power forward, his main function is to help the team create opportunities, in addition to having a good hand in the offense, he is quite mediocre, but he has good defensive ability, and his defensive ability in Kanagawa is second only to Sakuragi Hanamichi.

Masa Muto, Shooting +5, Free Throws +10, Agility +5, Speed +5, Passing +5, Dribbling +10, Offensive Awareness +5, Defensive Awareness +15, Steals +5, Blocks +5, Stamina +10, Endurance +10.

Landry is not bad in his own right - 71 points overall, shooting ability stats: 71, three-pointers: 15, free throws: 72, dunks: 62, inside points: 65, offensive rebounds: 55, defensive rebounds: 68, bounces: 72, power: 61, agility: 68, speed: 68, passing: 28, dribbling: 43, offensive awareness: 66, defensive awareness: 63, steals: 42, blocks: 43, stamina: 72, endurance: 71, key balls: 48.

After binding Muto Masa, Landry's 12 values have been improved, especially the defensive awareness, which was originally only the average level of the NBA bench, has increased to 78 points, which is enough to be called a defensive giant, and his overall rating has also come to 78 points.

Of course, this score is not as shocking as Brooks's increase from 71 points to 82 points, after all, Muto is only worth $2 in the system, which is a notch lower than Miyagi Ryota, but the ability value of 78 points is enough to make Landry a qualified starting power forward for the Rockets and an indispensable partner for Yao Ming's interior line.

"Bang!"

Watching Landry block Mike Harris' layup again, David blossomed, "It's already two people bound, and the next one is Yao McBatyr." ”

(End of chapter)