After the shutdown ended, the team began to gather the players for training camps.

On this day, Chi Liang and Lafrenz came to the team's training hall on time, and it was not as lively as imagined, but a little more deserted.

The rebuilding Nuggets have traded most of their players, and only a handful of them can stay with the team.

In addition to them, there are five players in total, and they are Eric Williams, Danny Foxon, Corey Alexander, Bryant Stich and Eric Washington.

The focus is still on Eric Williams and Danny Foxon, as they are both small forwards in the same position as Ji Liang.

The former played in four games last season, averaging 19.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3 assists per game, but he shot less than 40% from the field; The latter should not be taken lightly, averaging 10.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1 assist per game in a limited time.

Even if it was Chi Liang, he couldn't help but feel pressure.

There is bad news, and there is good news, and during the shutdown, Eric Williams did not discipline himself, resulting in his current body being seriously out of shape and almost as fat as a ball. Now let alone running, Chi Liang feels that he is struggling to even walk.

As for Danny Foxen, he looks very strong, a lap stronger than Ji Liang.

As things stand, Danny Foxon is more likely to be his main rival.

As for the players who are traded, they still have to go through some specific procedures, and it takes a certain amount of time to arrive.

At this time, Chi Liang and Lafrenz came to the locker room, and due to their different statuses, their wardrobe positions were also different.

Chi Liang's wardrobe is closer to the corner, while Lafrenz is located in the center, which has to make people reverie.

"Whew, it looks like I'm going to have to fight for the wardrobe!"

Ji Liang shook his head, and after changing into his jersey, he came to the court to start warming up.

In the selection of the jersey number, the team's retired jersey cannot be selected, plus the number that has been selected by the players, Chi Liang finally chose the '1' number!

Ji Liang has a dream that he can become a unique player.

He doesn't want to be Pippen's successor, he wants to be as great as Pippen, or even surpass the other side, and become a template for other playmaker small forwards, like LeBron James......

Not long after, after the warm-up, Ji Liang began to practice shooting.

As he was practicing, he felt a faint gaze on him, and when he turned to look, he found that Eric Williams was not looking at him friendly, but faintly hostile.

Not only him, but Williams' eyes were full of malice when he looked at Danny Foxen.

Williams is full of a sense of crisis now, and due to the lack of self-discipline during the shutdown, his current body is seriously out of shape, and it is difficult to guarantee the main position.

Then, he was full of hostility towards the players in the same position. Compared to the rookie Ji Liang, Foxson is obviously a greater threat to him.

Ignoring Williams, Ji Liang began to continue training.

In the past few months of training, Chi Liang's main focus is to strengthen his core strength, especially to enhance the strength of the lower limbs and reduce the fat content.

Strict self-discipline training has made Chi Liang's body fat rate close to 5%, but his weight has not decreased, but has increased to 104 kilograms.

However, this weight did not affect his advantage in speed, but increased the bench press to 140 kilograms.

Everything he does is mainly to strengthen the efficiency of low-post singles and become his regular style of play.

In addition, Ji Liang also practiced his running skills, wanting to liberate his shooting ability, even if he couldn't control the ball, he could also get opportunities through running.

The NBA is not the NCAA, and if you want to farm good enough data, you must enrich your arsenal to avoid being targeted by opponents.

It didn't take long for the coaching staff to start pouring in, and due to the team's poor performance last season, the Nuggets fired their head coach and ended up with Mike D'Antoni as head coach.

That's right, it was D'Antoni, who was later known for his 'run-and-gun tactics', and this was his first time in charge of the team as a head coach.

In addition to D'Antoni, there are three additional assistant coaches who make up the Nuggets' coaching staff.

On the first day of training, the Nuggets' coaching staff did not arrange technical and tactical training, mainly to familiarize themselves with the players and observe their state at the same time.

Bang Bang Bang ~

D'Antoni clapped his hands, and at his signal, the players began to assemble.

Looking at the seven players in front of him, D'Antoni had a serious expression, this was his first time as a head coach, and at the same time, he was excited, but also had a feeling of gaining and losing, for fear of leading the team to poor results and then losing the job.

"I'm the head coach of the team, Mike D'Antoni, and I want everyone to stick together and get good results for the team in the next season! Okay, let's introduce ourselves briefly! ”

"Coach, I'm Eric Williams as a striker, 203 cm tall......"

At the first moment, Williams couldn't wait to step forward, wanting to make a good impression on D'Antoni.

It's a pity that Williams has no self-knowledge, and with his almost chubby body, how can he get D'Antoni's attention.

D'Antoni frowned slightly, he worked for the Nuggets last year and naturally knew Williams.

Originally, D'Antoni was impressed by Williams, and in his plan, Williams would serve as the team's starting small forward. As a result, after a few months, his figure has been completely out of shape, and he can be compared to Sean Kemp this season.

"Thankfully there's Danny Folkson, otherwise I'd have had a headache with the small forward!"

Compared with Williams, Foxson is good at grabbing rebounds, doing all the dirty work, but the organization is a little worse, and he is a high-quality blue-collar small forward.

After Williams' introduction, the rest of the players began to introduce one by one, and soon it was Ji Liang's turn.

Seeing Ji Liang's figure, D'Antoni said that he was very satisfied, and he had read all the players in the team, including their basic information, including the basic information of the rookies.

It can be seen from his figure that when he stopped, Chi Liang did not fall behind in training.

Every coach loves players who are strict with themselves, and D'Antoni is no exception.

In this case, D'Antoni attaches a little more importance to Chi Liang, and he is willing to give him a certain opportunity.

Among these seven players, D'Antoni is more interested in Chi Liang, Folkson and Lafrentz, especially Lafrentz, who is a scout and is likely to be the team's starting center.

As for the other four players, it was clear that they had neglected training during the lockdown, and no one knew how much more they could play.

In order to get a better understanding of the players, D'Antoni did not let them continue training, but recollected their physical data.