When I woke up the next day, it was already noon, and the sun was shining on my buttocks.

The attendants outside had already prepared lunch, so there was no need to shout at all.

After lunch and ready to leave, they knew that their car was rented and was about to go to the airport, and after the hotel inquired, they directly helped them to return the car, and sent them to the airport with a hotel-specific Rolls-Royce.

The service is truly unbeatable.

Returning from Dubai, Hathaway was tired enough to go home to rest.

Tang Tian returned to Houston non-stop.

With only about a month left before the start of the new season, the new season is already imminent.

At the Toyota Center, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue, Landry, Jordan Jr., Dragic and Morrow have already started training.

However, unlike the previous two years, apart from a few of them, no one else was seen.

Tang Tian thought that he just didn't come today, and asked Xibodeo, only to know that only a few of them had trained in advance this year.

It was not a particularly big thing, but Tang Tian faintly smelled a different smell.

Although there were few people coming, Tang Tian and the coaching staff were still busy in advance as last year.

Compared with last year, the team has changed a lot this year, Millsap, Novak, Mutombo, Barria, and Hyde have all left the team one after another, and the team has left 5 people at once, and there are as many as 6 new players, 4 of whom have come to train in advance, and these 4 are really young players.

In addition to the technical and tactical aspects of the coaching staff, the development of young players is also an important part of the daily work.

Among the four people, Yi Jianlian is Tang Tian needs extra care, not just because he is a Chinese relationship, but just like investment, you have already invested costs in it, and there will naturally be follow-up.

Because there are only 2 honor points left, Tang Tian doesn't want to use them in advance until he has to, so according to Yi Jianlian's current situation, Tang Tian formulated a targeted training plan for him to improve his shooting stability, strength and confrontation ability.

As for the others, Dragic gains muscle, Jordan Jr. practices free throws, and Moreau practices defense, and they also have their own plans.

With Tang Tian, a traverser, these trainings are twice the result with half the effort.

Tang Tian was busy, and Morey was not idle.

After listening to Donald's suggestion, he communicated with Kings management and finally pulled the Grizzlies in for a three-way trade before the preseason began.

The Rockets sent a 2009 first-round pick and Dan Gazuric, got a two-way guard from the Clippers, Jason Hart, and a $4 million trade exception.

The Kings sent Bobby Jackson to Dan Gazuric and the Rockets' 2009 first-rounder.

The Clippers sent Jason Hart to get Bobby Jackson.

The Clippers did not sign Baron Davis in the offseason, which changed hands to find Bobby Jackson to replace him, although Jackson's strength is not as good as Davis, but the victory is that the contract expires, and he will not lose money.

The Rockets finally sent Gazuric out and got a contract that expired for more than $2 million, significantly reducing the amount of luxury tax.

Only the king, for the sake of eating a garbage contract at the end of the first round, really responded to Tang Tian's sentence, one of the most cheating management in history.

The Rockets' training has been steady, and as time goes on, other members of the team have returned to the team.

But after returning to the team, trouble also followed.

Many players, including Maddie, have excess body fat levels.

Many NBA players have a busy season and will indulge in the offseason, and the more well-known one is Carmelo Anthony, who is a "little melon" during the game and becomes a "fat melon" in the offseason.

It's not a big deal, because with the NBA's professional trainers, you can basically recover in a month.

But just like Tang Tian smelled before, such a change is obviously not a good thing for the team.

"Tom, Steve, come to my office." On the first day after the whole team's training, Tang Tian called Thibodeau and Cole.

When he got into his office, he took out two plans and gave them to the two of them.

'We're going to be very focused against our opponents in the new season, so the substitutions will be more important for the team than last year, and that's something we're going to do this season.

Thibodeau and Cole looked surprised after a few glances, they began to think that Tang Tian called them because of the body fat of the players, but they didn't expect it to be about the training of players.

"Develop Mark's ability to play the ball and make him the axis of the offensive end like Yao?" Thibodeau read aloud.

'Yes, Mark has that potential, he's shown it in the Europa League and the national team. Tang Tian opened his mouth and said that this trip to the Olympics was not without help for his new season, at least Gasol's performance made him realize that Gasol could become a weakened version of Yao Ming.

"Train Landry on his three-point shot?" Cole continued.

"Yes, the departure of Paul [Millsap] has made the power forward position a lot weaker, Luiz's defense is a problem, and his offensive area is mostly inside the three-point line, he can't open up enough space, and it's hard to adjust because of his age, so we need Landry to be the next Millsap, at least a weakened version." Tang Tian continued.

After hearing this, Thibodeau and Cole both nodded one after another, Tang Tian's consideration was much more far-sighted than they were.

Because many players had to regain their shape, the team's tactical training only lasted about half a month.

During this time, the Rockets have successively signed some players with base salaries and non-guaranteed contracts, and the team's preseason roster for the new season has also been released.

Centers: Yao Ming, Marc Gasol, DeAndre Jordan, Marcus Campbell (one-year non-guaranteed contract).

Power forwards: Scola, Landry, Yi Jianlian.

Small forwards: Battier, Brent Barry (one-year veteran base salary), Mike Harris (one-year non-guaranteed contract).

Shooting guards: Maddy, Petrus, Anthony Morrow, Van Weaver (three-year non-guaranteed contract), D.J. Stroberg (one-year non-guaranteed contract).

Point guards: Billups, Sun Yue, Dragic, Jason Hart, John Lucas III (one-year non-guaranteed contract).

16 of the 19-man roster have guaranteed contracts, as the rest of the positions have been largely determined, and what will actually change is the swingman at the forward, with Jason Hart, Barry Sr., Harris and Weaver competing for the final two spots.

Tang Tian was also a little helpless in his heart, after missing Barnes, no matter who stayed, these people would not be of much help to the team.

In other words, this year's squad is much worse than last year's, and with competitors all strengthening one after another, it will be much more difficult to achieve a triple title than last year.

On October 8, US time, after a long offseason, the new NBA season finally kicked off.