Ci is not in charge of the army, let alone a weak brigade.

Tang Tian knew this truth in his previous life, and he had already proved it once.

Now that he has two years of experience in the NBA, he knows this even more.

So he dared to gamble and was willing to gamble.

Tang Tian also did what he said, and starting the next day, he let the three teaching assistants start to execute.

On the first day, the players were all ready to arrive at the training ground and start running according to the tactics.

It was at this point that the tactical run went wrong.

Wang Zhizhi made two mistakes when he was running.

When the training was over, Tang Tian looked at the panting players, and then spoke directly: "The tactics of today's training are the simplest, you can barely complete it, but during the training, someone ran in the wrong position twice, and according to the requirements, he needs to complete 10 full-field sprints and turnaround runs." ”

Hearing Tang Tian's words, the team members unconsciously turned their heads to look.

"It's me." Wang Zhizhi took the initiative to reach out at this time.

When a player runs in the wrong position, the assistant coach will remind him on the side, others don't know, but the person who runs the wrong place knows it very well in his own heart.

Seeing that it was Wang Zhizhi, the other team members unconsciously began to discuss.

Wang Zhizhi is the first Chinese player to land in the NBA, although there have been some entanglements with the national team, but he is an absolute veteran.

"Coach, he probably has a little leg injury, you see......" Li Nan, the oldest member of the team, said at this time.

"You're with him." Tang Tian didn't wait for Li Nan to finish speaking, and said directly.

Li Nan was stunned, and the other team members were also stunned, including Guo Shiqiang.

This time the two oldest people on the team were punished.

"Let's get started." Tang Tian didn't give them any chance to argue.

When the rules are set, they must be strictly enforced, otherwise it is impossible for the players to execute on the field, which is also the original intention of formulating those rules.

In addition, he has long had private communication with the assistant teachers with physical fitness, and he is clear about the physical condition and tolerance of each of them.

Wang Zhizhi took the initiative to walk out of the queue at this time and walked towards the bottom line.

Although he is old, he has a relatively easy-going personality.

Li Nan paused, and then followed.

10 full-field sprints and turnaround runs, which is relatively simple in normal times, but at the end of the day's training, the physical consumption of the team members is very large, and it is a little difficult to run.

"Sprint, what is a sprint, is this walking the same as a sprint? Pout my ass and run! Tang Tian shouted.

This shout was like a whip, not only on Wang Zhizhi and Li Nan, but also on the hearts of all the other team members.

Wang Zhizhi and Li Nan's speed increased significantly.

The other team members were watching, and they also knew that Tang Tian's rules were definitely not joking.

Punish someone as a warning to others.

After the experience of this day, I can clearly feel the concentration of the players.

No one was late, and they worked hard to run to the tactical position during training, and with the continuous enrichment of the tactical system, even the assistant coaches who followed Tang Tian could clearly feel that this team had become more like a team from a scattered individual soldier.

In the afternoon of this day, a truck drove into the men's basketball team's North Warehouse training base, which was loaded with some sports equipment airlifted from Houston.

Because the big equipment can't be transported, this time the shipment is some simple and practical.

Most of the players had never seen the new equipment, and their eyes were full of curiosity and delight.

"This is the NormaTec, a special boot that can massage the lower or upper limbs of an athlete by adjusting the air pressure in different positions to achieve a recovery effect, which is used by almost all NBA teams." The assistant coach in charge of physical training is introducing the players of the national team.

"This is AlterG, and he's a treadmill, but unlike the treadmills we've seen before, he can adjust gravity by changing the air pressure so that the athlete doesn't have to bear his weight when he runs."

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The physical fitness coach was introducing, Tang Tian was standing aside, and these were all bought after he discussed them with the basketball management center.

With the help of these professional equipment, if not anything else, the players will be much better in terms of training injuries and injury prevention.

Just as he was listening to the teaching assistant's introduction, Tang Tian's mobile phone rang.

The dot shows that it's Morey.

It has been more than a week since he returned to China, and according to the time, the freeze period in July has passed, and the time for the official signing should begin.

Sure enough, as soon as the phone was answered, Morey said about the renewal of the contract.

But it's not good news.

Millsap's contract extension is in trouble.

Originally, the Rockets' plan was to sign Millsap with an annual salary of $500~$10 million.

Hyde didn't execute the contract for the fourth year, and then tried to trade Francis's contract, so that even if he had to pay extravagance, it would be five or six million at most.

But Millsap got an offer that far exceeded that.

"Paul's performance in the Finals was so good, with at least seven team offers, and the minimum salary for the first year of his contract was also above $10 million, and we couldn't keep him." These are Morey's concluding words.

The league's salary cap for next season is $58.68 million, and according to the league's rule that 48% of the league's income is the salary cap and 55% is luxury, the starting line for next season's luxury is $67.23 million.

The Rockets now have a guaranteed contract of about $66 million, and if they want to sign this contract, they must not only move Francis and Hyde, but also trade one or both of Petrus or Battier.

This is obviously unrealistic, and without these two defensive elites, the Rockets' outside defense will be like paperwork.

"I'll talk to Paul." Tang Tian said after thinking for a long time, the renewal of the contract still depends on Millsap himself, if he is willing, the contract is one or two million less, and the Rockets are willing to pay luxury for him, he can still stay in the end.

"If you insist, but I've talked to him once before, his idea, he himself wants to play in a different place."

"What?" Tang Tian was surprised.

"Specifically, you can talk to him." Morey didn't say much.

Tang Tian hung up the phone, saw that the players of the national team were trying out the new equipment, and went directly to the outside of the training hall with the phone.

The phone called, and it didn't take long for the other side to pick up.

"Coach, I was about to give you a call, I heard that you are leading the Chinese national team, so I am still hesitating." Millsap was apologetic, and it seemed that he was talking more than what he said.

"Haven't you done it yet?" Tang Tian's character is not the kind of beating around the bush, and after coming up, he asked directly.