"He said LeBron was injured."

Ryan's words made Tang Tian's heart tighten.

James is injured?

This is completely adding insult to injury.

"Did you say anything about injuries?" Tang Tian asked.

Ryan shook his head, apparently Rich Paul hadn't revealed much either.

"Go down first." Tang Tian waved his hand.

After they all left, he took out his personal cell phone to call James, and after calling two but no one answered, the call showed that the other party was turned off.

Obviously, the call was connected, but James didn't seem to want to answer the phone.

He naturally remembered the incident between the Spurs and Leonard in his previous life, and vaguely felt that maybe things were not so simple.

He tried to call Gilbert, but it showed that the other person was on the phone all the time.

After trying twice to no avail, he threw away his phone and didn't bother to bother with it.

He returned to the training hall and led the team to continue training.

"If LeBron can't play, the rest of the game will become very difficult!" During training, Casey spoke.

Tang Tian was silent and didn't speak.

In the previous life, Leonard couldn't play, and the Spurs went directly from a first-class team to a second-rate team, and they were swept by their opponents one after another in the playoffs.

This kind of inability to play is not just a matter of losing a star, but that this star actually accounts for a large amount of salary cap.

"Let them play the whole game, let Jimmy take LeBron's place." After the basic training, Tang Tian said directly to Casey.

Casey froze for a moment, then nodded.

The full-court confrontation is a confrontation between the main group and the core substitute group, 20 minutes.

On the side of the main group, Paul and Green on the outside, Yao Ming and Artest on the inside, James was not there, and Butler took his place.

On the bench side, Jeremy Lin and Stephenson on the outside, Whiteside and Vallejo on the inside, and Battier at small forward.

The main group attacked first, Paul held the ball to the frontcourt, and Yao Ming broke through to attract the bag after blocking and dismantling, and gave the ball to Green on the outside, and Green's three-point shot hit.

Jeremy Lin carried the ball to the frontcourt, and Whiteside's blocking, the same tactic was given to Stephenson, who received the ball and shook off Green to the basket.

Green defended quickly and didn't give Stephenson too many chances.

Stephenson missed a layup, and Yao Ming collected a defensive rebound.

Attacking the front court again, Paul made a quick stop after blocking and dismantling.

There is still a big gap in strength between the main team and the substitute group.

After about 10 minutes, the main team led 16-6.

Casey, for his side, replaced Vallejo with Parsons and also started playing a big four lineup.

Parsons' counter-run, using his speed to get rid of Artest, received a pass from Jeremy Lin and made a three-point shot.

"Huh!"

Parsons made his first three-point shot.

Yao Ming's basket offense scored, and when he turned around, Parsons cut to Jeremy Lin's pass, accelerated away Artest, and made the first shot before Yao Ming made up the defense.

"Bang!"

The ball falls into the net pocket after a high hit board.

Parsons was on fire and scored five points in a row.

"Chandler's instant combat power is pretty good." Casey turned his head to Tang Tian at this time and said.

Because it is just training, in addition to substitutions and overall tactical thinking, they will not direct every detail like an official game, but more to look at the tactical effect and the individual performance of the players.

Tang Tian nodded, Parsons's words, he will be 23 years old when he enters the league, a proper old rookie, but because he has played in college for 4 years, his instant combat power is very good.

Paul's jumper was missed, and Parsons grabbed the rebound.

At this moment, a more interesting scene happened on the field.

As he stepped back, Butler motioned to Artest to defend against Parsons.

Jeremy Lin took the ball in the front court and saw the defensive adjustment on the main team's side, directly signaled his teammates to pull away, and then let Parsons have his back to the position.

The ball went in, because Battier and Stephenson both had three-point range, and the main team didn't have a catch.

Parsons turned his back to Butler.

Parsons is in the 3/4 position and Butler is in the 2/3 position, and the difference in height between the two is 7 centimeters, 7 centimeters is not a concept in numbers, but the contrast on the court is obvious.

After Butler sank down to the top defense, the two men were a head apart.

Parsons didn't push twice, and he didn't have an advantage in power.

Taking a step, he opted for a jumping step back.

Butler was suppressed in height and had limited interference.

"Bang!"

The ball was rebounded, and it rebounded!

Parsons' hands are hot in this training match!

'He should have some playing time.' Casey nodded when he saw this.

The Cavaliers have James and Battier, basically sharing all the playing time at the No. 3 position, and when he didn't play one big or four small, Artest could also play the No. 3 position, so Parsons basically didn't have much of a chance to play.

But in this case, it can be considered.

Paul returned a jumper after the pick-and-roll.

Although the number of shots has decreased during this period, his form has remained very good.

Back up, Jeremy Lin also gave the ball to Parsons.

Parsons hit again with his back to Butler and turned around for a jumper.

"Smack!"

This time, though, Butler managed to anticipate Parsons' shot, and the moment he turned, he made a lightning shot and cut the ball off.

This time it came down very suddenly, and the players on both sides were a little unresponsive.

After Butler broke the ball, he rushed forward directly and scored a layup in the front court in one go.

"He's really good at learning." Casey said with a smile at this time.

Tang Tian nodded.

The game on the court continued, and Parsons and Butler, two rookies who had not played much before, both performed brilliantly on the court.

Parsons is on the offensive end, with good ability and speed, passing vision, while Butler is on the defensive end, not only switching to Parsons' break at the beginning, but also breaking one when he is misplaced against Vallejo, looking at the momentum from the No. 2 position to the No. 4 position.

After 20 minutes of full-court confrontation, the main team defeated the substitute team 38-18.

Compared with the score and the result, the bigger gain of this training match is the team's two rookies.

After the training match, Tang Tian took out his mobile phone and looked at it, that is, there was no return call from James, and there was no Gilbert's.

"Hasn't LeBron replied yet?" Casey asked, holding the playbook.

Tang Tian shook his head.

"But tonight, Chandler and Jimmy are in good shape, I'll discuss with Sam later on the allocation of playing time, and the number three position shouldn't be a big problem." Casey continued.

Tang Tian was silent and didn't speak, and after a while, he suddenly laughed.

Casey looked at him with a puzzled look on her face.

"Do you think that our No. 3 position is actually a bit 'overcrowded'?" Tang Tian opened his mouth and said.