With a one-year $3.5 million contract, Rondo has no reason to turn down the Nets.

With the exception of the Pelicans and the Nets, no other team is willing to offer him a contract above the base salary.

And after the Nets assured him that he would be the team's No. 1 backup point guard at the beginning of the season, he didn't hesitate to sign the contract.

Playing time and a chance to chase a championship is what he's always wanted, and now the Nets are giving him a chance.

With the signing of Rondo, the Nets also have 14 players on their roster for the new season, and they still have one spot.

But Tang Tian doesn't need it for the time being.

On the one hand, the team has already exceeded the luxury tax, and it doesn't make much sense to sign a 15th man who doesn't play much, and on the other hand, if they really need to, they can wait until the trade deadline or even the buyout deadline to make a decision.

After that, the Nets made a two-way contract offer to Chinese player Ding Yanyuhang, who did well in the summer league.

The latter did not refuse as in his previous life, but chose to accept it.

This was somewhat unexpected by Tang Tian.

However, after thinking about it, it seems to be understandable that the Nets still have 1 spot, and two-way contract players have a chance to become regulars, and the Nets now have Yi Jianlian, the big brother, who will help him a lot.

In addition to Ding, the Nets signed center Adrian Payne to another two-way contract.

Last season, the Nets had two two-way contracts, with Ferrer and Dillon Wallace both secured contracts on free agency, which made some of the NBA's lowest players happy to choose the Nets.

After taking care of the lineup, Tang Tian directly began to organize the training camp, and did not take a vacation like last year.

The team has changed a lot this year, and if the goal is to beat the strongest warriors, this team needs to do more, at least the new players need to get familiar with the team as soon as possible.

The Nets have been able to reach the Finals and snatch a championship from the Warriors in the past two years, and chemistry is a big part.

Irving began training after reporting to the team, and he was trained with several rookies from the team, except for Dillon Brooks, who has been traded, the rest of Mitchell, Markkanen and Kuzma are all there, and Ding Yanyuhang is also there.

These are all straight to the end of the summer league, just in time to connect with the training camp.

Two days after the start of training camp, Tang Tian also met Paul George, who completed the team's physical examination and officially became a member of the Nets.

"Hey, coach." George still respects Tang Tian very much, not only because of Tang Tian's status as the godfather of basketball, but also because in order to get him in trade, Tang Tian is willing to send Devin Booker, who has been trained for 2 years, out.

"Yes, George." When he first met George, Tang Tian didn't call him by his name, but was still more polite.

The two chatted for a while, even if they had met face-to-face.

George also went to say hello to Owen, and the two had a good personal relationship, so it was a blessing to get together to play on the same team at this time.

George will not be in training camp because of other arrangements in the offseason.

Tang Tian didn't care, the current George may not be completely on the Nets, although he is confident that he will keep him tomorrow summer, but it will definitely be a relatively long process.

The training camp was going on in an orderly manner, and Tang Tian took the time to go back to China, and spent most of his time in the training camp.

As time went on, the rest of the team joined the camp one after another.

Butler, Jokic, Tucker, and Green are the second batch, Yi Jianlian, Brogdon, and Oden are the third batch, and George also reported to training camp in early September.

The training hall at the Barclays Centre was bustling with activity, with sweat and laughter from the players.

They want to prove themselves, and they want to beat the Warriors, which is a group of like-minded people.

Among them, Ding Yanyuhang's progress is particularly obvious.

The domestic CBA foreign aid system has always been criticized by fans, but it has to be mentioned that it is precisely because of the outstanding ability of foreign aid that domestic players have to improve themselves, and a group of outstanding guards such as Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei have emerged (most of the big foreign aid in China are guards).

Most of Ding Yanyuhang's confrontations in China are local players, and when he goes to the training camp to fight against people who are a few grades stronger than him, he will naturally work harder and work harder, and the improvement he has obtained is also visible to the naked eye.

At this rate of improvement, even if he doesn't get a chance to play with the Nets in the new season, he has a good chance of playing in the NBA next season.

Fast forward to October, and after a long grass period, the pre-season has finally kicked off.

The Nets' new lineup, the preseason is still dominated by running-in.

Compared with the previous two seasons of the Deron period, the Nets still have big changes in the new season.

In the new starting lineup, Butler and George can shoot and defend, but they are not very good at organizing, Yi Jianlian naturally needless to say, even Irving is more of a terminator.

This also means that the new lineup Jokic will be the most central point of organization, which can also maximize his organizational ability.

The results of several preseason games have also been very good, and although they have not been played for a long time, the Nets still give fans a feeling of great strength, and also make fans look forward to the upcoming new season.

After all, the Warriors booked a championship season in advance like last season, and they don't want to see each other again.

In addition to the starters, what makes fans even more excited in the preseason are several newcomers to the Nets.

Mitchell, Markkanen, and Kuzma shined in the summer league, but it was only summer league after all, and many people who performed well in the summer league may not get a guaranteed contract, and the preseason is the stage where the players are really examined.

And the performance of the Nets' three rising stars did not disappoint the fans.

Kuzma averaged 20 minutes per game in 7 games, handed over 9.2 points and 3.5 boards, in addition to outstanding rebounding ability, his three-point shooting surprised everyone, and his 39% three-point shooting rate made other teams chagrined, which scout said that this is a forward who can't shoot three-pointers?!

Markkanen's play is stable, averaging 25 minutes per game, 10.2 points and 5.6 rebounds, shooting 45% from the field and 35% from three-point range.

The real explosion was Mitchell, who was full of lethality with the ball, averaging 15.6 points and 2.8 assists in 25 minutes per game, and even a 28-point performance in a single game!

It's not summer league, it's a real preseason!

It wasn't until this time that the other general managers woke up, no wonder Tang Tian dared to exchange Booker for George, it turned out that he had chosen such a baby!