Time passed slowly, and the players who were traded during this period passed the medical examination and began to train in the training hall.

The most famous of these players is Van Exel, who is also the only All-Star player in the tournament and is still in his prime.

In the trade with the Lakers, the Nuggets took a big advantage and traded the cabbage price for an All-Star point guard at their peak.

In addition to Van Exel, there are Lauren Mayer, Keown Clark, John Taylor and Chauncey Billups.

That's right, it's the famous flounder.

In the 1997 draft, Billups was selected by Boston as a scout.

After playing 51 games in Boston, Billups began a career of wandering.

In 1998, in a big deal involving seven people, Billups came to cold Toronto.

Unfortunately, the ill-fated Billups failed to join forces with Carter and was soon traded by the Raptors to the Denver Nuggets.

Although Billups is a point guard, he will struggle to be the team's starting point guard because of Van Exel, and he may move to the point guard position.

With their joining, the Nuggets have 12 players, which also makes the training camp a lot more lively.

Of these, Van Axel was the strongest, but he was also notoriously prickly and had an extremely bad temper, and was known as 'Van Crazy'.

Van Exel is a bit like Rasheed Wallace, who often loses his temper with his teammates, even off the pitch.

Because of this, he was unwilling to be inferior and wanted to challenge the status of the OK group, but he became the target of Jackson's knife and traded to the Nuggets with the worst record last season at a humiliating cabbage price.

After being traded, perhaps to adapt to the new environment, Van Exel restrained a lot and did not lose his temper with his teammates for the time being.

In addition to his fiery temper, Van Exel is also very cheap, and with a salary of 1.9 million this year, Lafrenz is higher than him.

It was also at this time that D'Antoni accelerated the integration of actions, in addition to physical reserves, mainly to run in the cooperation of the players and implement some simple tactics.

Now less than 20 days before the start of the league, the Nuggets are in the process of rebuilding and need a lot of run-in time.

The rest of the time, it is simply impossible to run in.

Fortunately, other teams are similar to the Nuggets, mostly at the same level.

The worst was the Bulls, Jordan retired for the second time, and Pippen also left the Bulls after 11 years of service, and finally signed with the Rockets.

As for Dennis Rodman, he went to work as a reporter after leaving the Bulls and ended up signing with the Lakers.

The current Bulls are also in the rebuilding stage, but unfortunately they didn't catch a big fish, and the biggest card is still Tony Kukoc, and the lineup is not as good as the Nuggets.

On January 22, the Nuggets finally got good news, with Antonio McDyce signing with the Nuggets as a free agent.

McDice, a 1995 star who was also a player for the Nuggets, is now signing with the Nuggets as a free agent and can get a salary of 9 million in the first year, which is also the highest salary on the Nuggets.

Now McDeis has initially reached his peak and has become one of the top power forwards in the league.

His technical characteristics are very similar to that of Al Jefferson in later generations, with a solid foundation, good at playing low back, and catching the ball and turning over jumpers are as beautiful as textbooks.

Unlike Al Jefferson, his defense is more prominent, equivalent to a more defensively strengthened version of Al Jefferson.

During the training camp, the team trained for eight hours a day, and in addition to the physical reserves, the players began to implement some simple tactics.

These tactics include pass-and-cut coordination, long passes, fast breaks, pick-and-roll covers, etc., as well as off-ball running and interspersing.

D'Antoni's tactics are undoubtedly inclined to attack, and he has already initially developed a style of running and bombing tactics.

Run-and-bomb tactics refer to the basketball tactical idea of using high-speed and smooth rotation movement as the main tactical feature, emphasizing the speed of offensive and defensive conversion, and partially sacrificing the offensive and defensive ability of the half-court position.

Run-and-gun tactics aren't complicated, but teams must have good point guards, which Van Exel barely has.

In addition to point guards, the run-and-gun tactic encourages players to shoot quickly, but instead of shooting casually, they must find the best shooting opportunity in the shortest possible time, which is not easy, and requires players to have good off-ball movement and switching ability.

For the Nuggets players, they are relatively new to the run-and-gun tactics and do not have enough physical reserves.

With the physical reserves of the Nuggets, it is impossible to achieve the conditions of run-and-gun tactics in a short period of time.

Winter in Denver is very cold, but with willpower, Ji Liang wakes up early in the morning every day, and after solving personal problems, he goes to the training gym to train.

He was also one of the first players to arrive at the training gym every day.

"Hey, who predates me?"

When he came to the training hall, Ji Liang heard the sound of the basketball hitting the floor, and his heart was full of doubts.

After entering the training hall, Ji Liang saw a tall figure practicing shooting.

Antonio McDyce!

"Good morning, friend, I'm McDyce!"

After Ji Liang came in, McDyce stopped practicing and greeted Ji Liang in a friendly manner.

"Morning, McDyce, you can call me Chi Liang!"

Chi Liang was slightly surprised and hurriedly responded.

McDyce only arrived in Denver yesterday and turned out to be premature with him, so it's no wonder he's going to be a top power forward.

After saying hello, because they were not familiar enough, the two began to practice their own practice.

Brush~

Outside the three-point line, Ji Liang jumped up to shoot, his shooting speed was extremely fast, but he was able to maintain the shooting rate, and he saw the basketball continue to rise, and then fell into the net.

At this time, McDyce stopped moving, and Ji Liang's shooting speed and shooting percentage surprised him.

Even Steve Kerr and Reggie Miller, their open three-pointers are not necessarily better than Chi Liang.

At this time, the NBA still advocated the theory that the closer to the basket, the higher the shooting percentage, and neither players nor coaches paid enough attention to three-point shots.

But no one can deny the role of the three-point shot, as long as the feel comes up, even if you encounter a strong team, there is a possibility of shooting the opponent to death.

Bang Bang Bang ~

After Chi Liang fell behind for a while, McDeis clapped his palms and came to Chi Liang.

"Ji Liang, your shooting is great! However, there are limitations to practicing alone, and we can get better results if we don't train against each other! ”

"Gladly!"

Ji Liang did not refuse, and training with McDece not only inspired him, but also formed a friendship.

Compared with McDyce, Chi Liang, who has just entered the NBA, still has a lot to learn.