Chapter 234: Las Vegas Training Camp

On July 6th, the first training session of the Dream Ten team officially began at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for these stars who are galloping in the NBA, there is no problem with individual ability, teammates are familiar with each other's style of play, familiar with the coach's tactical style, this is the focus of their training.

For Terek, who has not participated in an international tournament, the difference between FIBA basketball rules and the NBA is also something he needs to adapt to as quickly as possible, and after a six-day mini-training camp, the final selected 12-man Dream Ten team will play a total of five warm-up games before the Olympics, namely Dominica on July 13, Brazil on July 16, Great Britain on July 20, Argentina on July 23, and Spain on July 25.

In the training hall where the first training session of the Dream Ten team was held, Tyrek wore a white American team training vest of No. 65 and communicated with Durant, Westbrook and others on the sidelines, Durant They had just eliminated Tyreck's Kings team in the playoffs, but everyone had a good relationship off the court, and now they met again in the national team, so they naturally teased each other again.

Westbrook has been shouting at Tyrek from the time Tyrek scored 61 points in a single game against them, to the All-Star Game and then to the playoffs, and he put his arm around Tyreco's shoulder and teased, "Tyreco, how does it feel to be on the national team for the first time?" It's okay, I'm an old-timer who competed at the 2010 World Championships in Turkey, and I'll take your ...... with me," he said, patting Terek earnestly.

Tyrek frowned and glanced at a triumphant Westbrook, "Old-timer? Don't play as well as me in the ring......," Tyrek replied with a merciless return to Westbrook.

As soon as Westbrook wanted to speak, there was a sound in the distance from the head coach of the Dream Ten team, Mike. Shashewski's voice, "Everyone come and assemble!" ”

Everyone who participated in the mini training camp stood in front of Coach K, "Okay, today we are here to start the first training session for the London Olympics, among you will be the 12-man squad for the London Olympics, and now there are 9 places already confirmed, and another three places will be produced in the next few days...... Today is the first day, we don't play in groups, we are mainly doing physical training, and in the next few days our coaching staff needs to get to know each and every one of you, and we have only one goal, which is to win the Olympic gold! ”

After that, everyone officially started their own training, for these NBA stars these training is commonplace, the difference is that the teammates around them have become other first-line stars in the league, but for the fans on the sidelines, it is rare to see so many stars gathered together.

The first training session of the Dream Ten team is open to the media and fans, but it does not mean that future training sessions will also be open, after all, the first day is just for everyone to get acquainted with each other and warm up for the future. After the first day of training, the stars left the training gym surrounded by fans, and the most popular was of course Kobe Bryant. Bryant and LeBron. A superstar like James, this can be seen from the media interviews after training, and the reporters surrounding these two are definitely the most.

Of course, I have to mention Tyreco, although Tyrek has only experienced three seasons in the league, but at this time he can be said to be the most top-notch in the league, except for Kobe Bryant, James who has been in the league for many years and is the league's golden signboard, Tyreco's popularity can be said to be the highest in the entire American team, judging from the reaction of the media and fans, Tyreek's limelight at this time is even more than Durant, who aims to compete with James for the first person in the league.

In the following days, the intensity of the U.S. team's training camp in Las Vegas gradually increased, group confrontations, intra-team training matches began, and the team's training was no longer open to the media. Shashewski, Tyrek also has a deeper understanding, this well-known NCAA coach does have his own uniqueness, closely integrating 12 top NBA star players, this thing is not a few people can do well, and his knowledge of the game also makes Tyrek look at it, and the leadership of the old K coach also affects Tyrek all the time.

On July 8, the U.S. team has fully finalized the final 12-member London Olympic roster and held a press conference, while a family photo shoot of the Dream Ten team was held in Las Vegas. In addition to the previously confirmed list of nine people, Blake. Griffin, Kevin. Lefou, Andrey. Iguodala filled the last three spots, and James Brown. Harden, Rudy. Guy, Eric. Gordon and this year's champion Anthony. Davis was named on the bench and will be selected as a substitute if one of the 12 players unexpectedly exits due to injury.

At the press conference, the coach of the United States team, Coach K Lao, bluntly said that this team is extremely comprehensive, from offense to defense, everything you can think of this team has it. No longer low-key, Korangino claims that the U.S. team is terrifying, athletic, and more in-depth and talented than the 2008 Dream Eight team.

The U.S. will play an exhibition warm-up match against the Dominican Republic in Las Vegas on July 12, followed by warm-up games in Washington, Manchester, and Barcelona, with the U.S. playing their first game at the London Olympics against France on July 30.

In the warm-up match with the Dominican team, the Dream Ten team showed their strong strength for the first time, although it was a warm-up game and the United States team did not play its full strength, but in the face of the Dominican team with a huge gap in strength, it easily defeated the opponent with a huge difference of 54 points, the old K coach gave each player plenty of playing time to find the feeling of the game in the actual battle, Tyrek came off the bench for 18 minutes, and scored 15 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists of good data.

Just as the U.S. team got off to a good start in the first warm-up game, they suffered a serious blow. Griffin was diagnosed with a torn meniscus in his left knee after accidentally spraining his left knee and could undergo arthroscopic surgery early next week, announcing that Griffin will miss the London Olympics starting later this month.

In such a situation, Anthony, who has not played a single NBA game. Davis was appointed to replace Griffin at the London Olympics, where the warm-up for the U.S. team continues as the quadrennial sporting event gets closer and closer......