July is the most relaxing time for players, and it is also the peak period for free agents and the transfer market. Just when people were speculating about how the depressed Celtics team would strengthen last season, their wave of operations shocked the whole league.

The Celtics have officially announced that they will be sending Kevin . Garnett, Paul. Pierce, along with Yiyang's old friend "Jet" Terry, acquired three future first-round picks from the Nets in 2014, 2016 and 2018, as well as Gerald Brown. Expiring contracts for Wallace, Evans, Singria, and Humphries.

This big trade, which involved eight players and three first-round picks, represents the end of the Celtics' storied giant era. And three first-round picks and a bunch of expiring contracts also mean that the Celtics have officially entered the rebuilding phase!

The Nets are hoping for a quick championship, and the Celtics are purposefully and systematically starting a rebuild. The first step in their rebuilding plan was to get rid of the veterans who had mismatched their wages and abilities, and the second step was to find a good enough replacement for Doug. Rivers' head coach as the team's new weather vane.

When the Celtics announced the appointment of Brad for six years, $22 million. When Stevens was the 17th head coach in the history of the Celtics, people thought Angie was crazy. A giant like the Celtics was handed over to a young man who didn't have any NBA coaching experience.

Celtics fans were so heartbroken that they even burned Celtics' jerseys in protest at the North Shore Garden gates. At a time when all teams in the league are chasing big names, the Celtics are actually playing the idea of rebuilding, which is naturally difficult for Green Shirts fans who are used to winning to accept.

Yiyang saw the news on TV, and although he had long known that Stevens would sign with the Celtics, he still felt a little unbelievable when he actually saw that familiar figure appear in the NBA's media reception room.

Four years later, the three giants who were on the Bulldogs are now part of the NBA. It's just a pity that the three of them are now on their own.

"In the future, I'm afraid you and Mr. Brad will see each other often." Looking at Stevens, who was answering reporters' questions on TV, Wen Xue muttered on the side.

"Even if we meet, we meet as adversaries. This alliance is getting crazier and crazier. Yiyang shook his head, he never imagined that he and Stevens would one day become rivals. If you really meet as an opponent in the arena, how will you feel inside?

Although it is less than two months before the start of the vacation, Yiyang is already looking forward to next season. Rudy. Gobert's joining, Stevens' intake, and Carlisle's mysterious lineup...... Next season is really full of too many unknowns and fun, and of course, the O'Brien Cup is also attracting Yiyang all the time.

But before all of this, Yiyang must also rush back to China to join the Chinese national team before flying together to the Philippines for this year's Asian Men's Basketball Championship.

An NBA regular season MVP-level player participating in the Asian Championship is unprecedented in the Asian Championships, and it is very likely that there will be no one to come. Because of this, the attention of this Asian Championship is also extremely high.

Yiyang's fans are all over the world, and there is only one reason why they pay attention to the Asian Championships, to watch Yiyang play!

Just one player has brought an incomparable amount of attention and traffic to the entire Asian Championships, and everything Yiyang has done is beyond the reach of Yao Ming back then.

The Asian Championships itself is not difficult for Yiyang, the Chinese team has passed all the way, and no opponent can put pressure on the Chinese team.

Yiyang is not only strong in his own scoring ability, but also can mobilize the enthusiasm of others in the team.

In this way, the Chinese team easily defeated its old rival Iran in the final with a winning record, and embraced the Asian Championship as expected. Yiyang's average of 23 points and 13 assists per game also made him a well-deserved Most Valuable Player in the Asian Championships.

When Yiyang stood on the podium and lifted his gold medal and the huge Asian Championship championship trophy, the guy only showed a faint smile on his face. The Asian Championship championship is just a warm-up for Yiyang to launch an impact on the O'Brien Cup.

Although the level of the Asian Championships is not high for Yiyang, it has played a role in keeping Yiyang in physical condition. After the Asian Championships, the time has come to August 11. In the blink of an eye, most of the holiday has passed.

Yiyang did not slack off, and immediately contacted Brickley to start his own thunderous summer special training. Last year, Yiyang took Vignari to train with him, and Brookley ate a lot of dog food. This year, Yiyang took Gobert, who had officially signed with the team, to follow him, and let Brickley eat a "whale".

Initially, Brickley wanted Gobert to increase his mid-range range. By Yiyang's side, if you can have a big man who can shoot, the power is self-evident. But it backfired, the shooting training of the French center was very bad, Gobert's shooting was simply miserable, and even when practicing without defense, the sound of iron was endless.

After that, Brickley changed his training plan by letting Gobert take a break from basketball and then dropping the lanky French "tower" to the strength room.

Instead of letting this guy do some unrealistic shooting drills, let's make him a real defensive tower!

The hips were Gobert's primary training target area, and strengthening his hips took the strain off his knees and ankles and enhanced his ability to fight hand-to-hand in the paint. Brickley never wanted him to look like Hercules or even Dwight. Howard. He didn't want Goebel to sacrifice mobility and flexibility to gain strength, and most of his strength training consisted of a series of movement exercises using light weights and tension bands. For example, there is a 15-minute routine focused workout designed to mimic what Gobert would do during a game: he would do defensive slides with a tension band tied to his knees, and he would hold a light weight dumbbell to imitate a one-foot dunk and other jumps. The goal is always to maintain a unique body shape suitable for the game of basketball, not to be bodybuilder.

To put it bluntly, finding the perfect balance between flexibility and confrontation is what Brickley is racking his brains for Gobert.

Back then, Brickley was able to train Yiyang to be stronger. Now it is not difficult to transform a Gobert with a better foundation.

After changing his training plan, Gobert's progress has skyrocketed. The guy is getting stronger day by day, but his flexibility is not affected. He's very well-balanced, not the kind of muscular club, but not so much that he doesn't fall when touched like he used to. Watching Goebel sweat in the power room day and night, and practicing with Yiyang after that, Brikley felt a little incredible. In order to become stronger, to silence the guys who don't think well of him, Gobert seems willing to do anything.

"Anyone who can come with you is a monster!" That's what Brickley says about Yiyang and Gobert, the two of them never seem to know what it means to be tired.

Maybe this Frenchman, who was only selected in the 27th pick, can be like Yiyang back then, without being favored, and make a splash.

Both of these guys have a terrifying perseverance that most people don't have, so maybe another superduo is about to be born?

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Yiyang and Gobert are seizing the time to spare no effort to strengthen themselves in order to challenge for higher honors. Carlisle and Cuban are not idle, but their battlefield is not in the training hall, but in the transfer market.

When Murphy chose to retire and Carman joined the Lakers for $3.18 million a year, the Mavericks currently have only Gobert as a pure center on the roster. But even so, Cuban did not fight with Howard and Al again. Jefferson contact.

Howard joined the Rockets after not seeing the sincerity of the Mavericks, and Jefferson himself was very eager to come to Dallas, but in the end, the signing was dissuaded by Carlisle.

"Al. Jefferson is an offensive No. 5, and he's very mature in the low post indeed. But we've got Dirk, and he's a great inside scorer in his own right. What we need now is a center forward who can defend, like Tyson. And defense, this is precisely the weakness of the slow-moving, overly short Jefferson. So, I think Al. Jefferson isn't the guy we're looking for either! ”

"So where do I find a center forward with a good defense? Howard and Jefferson are the two best centers on the free agent market this year. This feeling of not being able to smash the money made Cuban very aggrieved.

"Don't look for it, we have Rudy. Goebel! ”

"You want me to count on a rookie!?" Cuban looked at Carlisle in disbelief, he really couldn't put Al . Jefferson is seen as a player on the same level as Gobert.

"Isn't that a rookie back then?" Carlisle smiled, sometimes rookie players can indeed plug and play.

"But we have so much salary space this summer, we can't just use it all to sign those role players."

"Don't worry, Mark, do you still have to worry about the money not being spent? I have a candidate here, even a star, and a better than Al. Jefferson is better suited to the team. ”

"Who!?" Kuban couldn't wait to ask.

Carlisle smiled mysteriously, this guy, Carlisle has been following him for a long time......

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Facing the early morning sun, Yiyang and Gobert completed the task of running in the morning. When the two guys returned breathless, Brickley had prepared a glass of milk, an egg, and a loaf of bread for each of them.

"Are you still teaching me how to pass today?" Sitting at the dining table, Gobert and Yiyang chatted without saying a word. has been with Yiyang for so long, and the two have changed from strangers to good friends. It's not often for a rookie and a star to form a friendship before the season starts.

"Of course, like I said yesterday, you're still in a hurry when you pass the ball. In the NBA, if you're facing a pack, your kind of passing will only lead to mistakes. Yiyang gestured with his hands as he spoke, he didn't expect to turn Gobert into a master passer, or even how strong he was to respond. As long as Gobert doesn't make a pass error at every turn, that's enough.

"When passing the ball, you have to be calm, you have to think clearly about who you want to pass the ball to......" Yiyang said halfway through and suddenly stopped. Because he found that Goebel was not listening at all, but was staring intently at his phone.

"What's wrong, Rudy?" Yiyang knew that Goebel was not the kind of person who didn't know how to respect people, so he looked curiously at Goebel's phone screen, but Gobert suddenly put the phone in front of Yiyang's eyes.

"Look! We've got new teammates! ”

Yiyang steadied Gobel's hand and focused his gaze on the glowing screen. In the past few days, there have been countless NBA transfer news, but this news made the corners of Yiyang's mouth slightly curl.

"48 million in 4 years, Andrey. Iguodala officially joins the Mavericks! ”

Carlisle, that's a good job......