On October 1, the preseason training camp for the league's 29 teams officially kicked off, and it is also a battleground for hundreds of fringe players across the league to compete for the opportunity to stay in the team, and even veterans like Greg Anderson can be brushed off here. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe Lakers' contract will not be converted into a formal guaranteed contract until November, and before that, only tens of thousands of dollars are protected, and if the Lakers are not satisfied with his performance, they only need to use tens of thousands of dollars to cut him before the season officially starts.

This is a brutal elimination, in addition to the 400 players who have won contracts, the NBA has almost the same number of unemployed people every year, who may be a little close to the strength of the NBA, or even have such strength, but have no chance, can only struggle in the development league.

In this era, players in the development league have very low incomes, and even if they work hard, they can get less than $10,000 a month. But playing here, the chance of injury is greater than in the NBA, and the money is really hard-earned money. If you are unlucky and the injury affects your ability, you will never be out of the NBA. And these low-level players who can't play anything but play are difficult to get a stable income after they can't play, and most of them are very miserable in the second half of their lives.

Zhang Yu stopped when he walked to the door of the training hall, it was not the first time he had seen these new teammates, although he had been concentrating on training in the past two months, he was not unconcerned, like Mutombo he had met four times, Anthony Jr. had also met three times, most of the rotation players in the team, he had basically met, including the three rookies he was not optimistic about.

Jerry West has changed his opinion of Wallace, through these two months of covert observation, he can see that this Ben Wallace is really a training maniac, and his diligence can be ranked first in the team, plus good physical talent, even if he is deficient in height, but with such diligence, he really has a chance to become the next Rodman.

Today is the first day of the Lakers' preseason training camp, and Zhang Yu stopped at the door to stare at his watch, pinching eight o'clock before walking to the training hall.

"I'm going to see, who came later than me today?"

This is his purpose, he dares to be late for the first day of training, he dares to come later than his boss, he will definitely kick that guy out, and don't report it in the future, he won't listen to any excuses.

"Boss ......"

As soon as Zhang Qian raised one leg and was about to walk into the door, a childish voice came from behind him, and it was the kind that choked in the middle of speaking.

The only one in the Lakers team who has such a tender voice is the little O'Neal who is not yet 18 years old, last night this guy played games until midnight, of course he got up late today, he didn't have time to wash his hair in the morning, and he hurried to come without even having time to brush his teeth.

Zhang Wei wanted to scold his mother, as soon as he stepped into the door with one foot, little O'Neill appeared, is this late or not late?

"Don't call me Boss, you're the last, you're the Boss."

Of course, Zhang Qian didn't plan to let go of this guy easily, as the most vegetable in the team, he was not stupid and the bird flew first, which couldn't be said.

"I'm sorry, I ......"

Little O'Neal opened his mouth, but he really didn't know what to say, most of the rookies in high school lacked language expression and communication skills, he wanted to make up a lie to get past, but as soon as he saw Zhang Qi's tense face, Little O'Neal's thinking ability was a little unable to keep up, and he didn't know how to speak at all.

"What an idiot!" Zhang Yu scolded in his heart, and threw his backpack in the direction of Little O'Neal, "Carry, let me see you in the future and walk into the training hall later than me, I promise that there will not be another person named Jermaine here." ”

Little O'Neill's forehead has secreted cold sweat at some point, don't look at Zhang Qi is only one year older than him, but this aura is too strong, looking at the expressionless Zhang Qi, he can't even speak, he can only nod again and again, and reach out to wipe the sweat droplets on his head.

After Zhang Qi finished educating this little kid, he was the last to walk into the training hall, where more than a dozen players were already warming up.

The NBA's annual preseason training camp is brutal, this year's Lakers have a full lineup, the number of training camp still reaches 20, and in the end only thirteen or fourteen people can stay, that is, almost ten people are competing for two or three spots, and the reward is only a base salary contract of less than $300,000, but this is enough to make them desperate.

In this era, $300,000 is enough to buy a good house in a safe neighborhood in Los Angeles, and in second-tier cities, it can be equipped with all living facilities such as houses, cars, home decoration, and household appliances, and most ordinary people need to work hard for ten to fifteen years to complete all this.

"Hi Leon!"

"I'm XX, I'm so happy to see you."

"Boss, how was the holiday?"

“……”

Zhang Yu walked into the stadium to face the greetings of his new and old teammates, and showed a kind smile: "Gentlemen, this is a great team, welcome here." ”

I have to mention here that the bosses of many NBA teams actually don't communicate with the bench and rookies at all, for example, Jordan rarely communicates with low-pick rookies and bench players outside the rotation, those people must use their strength to make him recognized, otherwise they can only get a cold face if they go up and say hello.

There are too many such team bosses in the NBA, and Zhang Zhu is of course unwilling to have more ** with these players, but unlike Jordan, who is not very good at hiding his emotions until now, these Lakers players can't see Zhang Fu's psychological activities from their expressions at all.

"Recently I was asked a question, whose team is this?" In his first official meeting with his new teammates, Zhang decided to confirm his authority first and save himself from trouble, "I don't want to say, 'Okay, let's take it together,' no, this is my team." However, I hope that everyone will be able to work together in the new season, because this team needs to be shared by every player, and no one person can do everything. I can do what I can do perfectly, but there are other things that we need to work on together. ”

Zhang Mao's words may be regarded as too sharp in China, and if you don't do it, you will be labeled arrogant and domineering. But in the United States, especially in the NBA, he is already a very gentleman, not only to determine the authority, but also not to make anyone feel unacceptable, after all, in the NBA, everything must be spoken with strength, and Zhang Mao's performance in this area last season is enough to convince these players in front of him.

Mutombo and Little Anthony are both coming for him, although Little O'Neill was sprayed, but at the moment he was honestly carrying his bag next to him, and he couldn't see any reluctance on his part, and Fan Maniac had already changed from being unruly at the beginning to being willing to accept his fate now......

In the face of Zhang Mao's authority, these players only surrendered and did not resist.

Zhang Qi knew that it was not enough to just talk with his mouth, and now they were convinced, it was because of his performance last season, and he had to show his hand today to deepen his obscenity.

To put this kind of thing in layman's terms, that is, he has to find an opportunity to pretend to be forced.

This opportunity to pretend to be forced will come soon......

Harris was greeting the members of the coaching staff, many of whom had just finished their vacations, and of course they had to greet each other after the meeting.

By 9 a.m., when the coaching staff was almost finished and the players had warmed up, it was time to start the first task of the new season – the body.

Zhang Wei still remembers this time last year, Campbell was weighing on the scale with a big belly - 30 pounds overweight, almost Harris to death!

This year has not happened again, including the figure of several veterans, these people have come to the Lakers this year to win the championship, at least in order to win honors, so no one slacked off in the offseason, everyone is in good shape, this time almost moved Harris to tears.

Zhang Zhu also performed a static body side, this time the specific data are: barefoot height 204cm, shoes height 207cm, weight 242 pounds, arm span 222cm, standing touch height 280cm, body fat rate 6.1% (subcutaneous fat), palm length 23.8 cm, palm width 23.5 cm.

Ben Wallace was a bit awkward on the side, having entered the draft with a height of 206cm and a weight of 230 pounds. But in fact, he is not as tall as Zhang Qi, only 202cm barefoot height after measurement, but the arm span reaches 218cm, excellent arm span can somewhat reduce some of his height defects, and at the same time, the weight increased to 244 pounds gives him the ability to fight at the inside level.

Jerry West also came to the training gym at this time, continued to spy on his players, and when he saw Ben Wallace's weight increase to 244 pounds, he happened to talk to Harris about the hard-working little guy.

Most people here don't know what kind of player Ben Wallace is, who has a meaty face and rarely takes the initiative to speak.

West knew that this guy's steely muscles were beaten out of sweat day after day, and he wasn't as strong as he was now three months ago, and Wallace's body had grown in such a short period of time.

Zhang Zhu is watching Mutombo's static physical measurements, and "African Mountain" is very easy-going off the field, always smiling in his speech and demeanor, just the opposite of Ben Wallace's eternally tense face.

Mutombo's official height is 218cm, which is of course the height after the false report, and his real height is 213cm, which is 214cm. He weighed in at 269 pounds this year, which was basically his heaviest season, and since then, as he has gotten older, Mutombo has dropped to about 260 pounds.

O'Neal Jr. is still in the stage of growing his body, his real height at the time of the draft was only 206cm, and now he has grown to 207cm, and it is estimated that he can grow two or three centimeters taller, which is not a false report, but the weight is slightly lighter, which will only be 220 pounds, and it is estimated that he will have to fly out if he is touched by Zhang Mao on the field.

Anthony Mason is the Lakers' high expectation of recruitment, he has been called the "New York murderer" by local fans in New York, two arms like iron rods, so strong that Ben Wallace, who runs with a parachute every day, sighs to himself, the size of the two is a full circle apart, this is the current real combination of outside height and center weight.

Zhang Qian is not afraid of this guy, he didn't play against the Knicks last season, when the two had a hard anal a few times, one of which he repelled Mason with an elbow, although he received a foul, but he really didn't suffer......

Well, this kind of thought makes Zhang Wei himself a little embarrassed.

He certainly can't anal this guy, but he's not going to go hand-to-hand with a stout interior like Larry Johnson or Anthony Mason.

Although these people are strong in confrontation, their speed and agility are a few blocks behind him, and he has no reason to fight these guys.

Anthony Mason is only 200cm tall, but weighs 265 pounds, no wonder he is a lap older than Ben Wallace, and his upper body strength is probably much better than that of Malone and Big Mom.

This also sets off Zhang Zhu's metamorphosis in disguise, there are too many such strange inside lines in the nineties, in addition to Aunt and Mason, there are also Oakley and Barkley, they are all short and stout forwards, all of them are less than 205cm tall but have the weight and strength of a center, and their fighting ability is also the top in history, Zhang Zhu can also play historical-level data in front of these monsters, and the gold content here can't be higher.

Anthony Mason is also an unruly player, and a large part of the reason he is leaving the Knicks is that he feels that Ewing is not qualified to make himself play, he believes that he has the ability to be the boss of a weak team, and if he really wants to help others, then this person must be a real superstar, a real genius like Zhang Zhu to qualify.

Zhang Yu himself probably didn't know that he was so popular now.

Barkley chose the Rockets, not because he didn't think he was strong enough, but because he felt that he couldn't afford to wait.

Big Ass can feel his decline, so he has to join a team that has a chance to win the championship right away, and the Lakers will have another two or three seasons to beat the Bulls in the eyes of many, and it will be difficult to beat the Bulls led by Jordan and Pippen this season.

The power rankings and odds released by Dragonborn Sports also prove that most people think similar to Barkley.

The Lakers are only in fourth place in this season's power rankings, behind the Bulls, Rockets, and SuperSonics. At the same time, in terms of championship odds, it is only in third place, one step stronger than the superSonics, but behind the Bulls and Rockets.

The Houstoners' Big Three, at least on paper, is very strong, and the combination of three superstars who didn't have a serious decline last season will seriously threaten the Bulls' title defense, and indeed look stronger than the Lakers, who only have a young supergiant.

This is also the opinion of most people, Mason is now considered a low-profile version of Larry Johnson at best, Mutombo is weak in attack and strong in defense, Magic is 38 years old, Van Exel's scene of being ravaged by Payton last season is still vivid, and the rest is a bunch of low-ranking rookies and veterans, no matter how you look at it, you still have to rely on Zhang Ju alone to attack the rhythm of the city, and the strength is a little stronger than last season but also limited.

Zhang Wei didn't feel that his new teammates were really that bad, and in the subsequent dynamic physical test, Mason's maximum bench press reached an astonishing 180 kilograms, which made the Lakers players staggered.

But even fans know that upper body strength alone is not enough to measure the defensive ability of an interior player, and the squat that tests the strength of the lower limbs is the most important test link. It's a pity that there is no squat test today, but Mason's lower body strength is definitely not bad, which can be inferred from his performance against Mourning and Malone last season, and his lower body strength will definitely not be weak.

Ben Wallace's bench press also reached 160 kg, and it seems that he still has a little energy to spare, and he quickly finished 5 putts, which is not all his strength (the maximum bench press must be 5 consecutive pushes to reach the standard, and only one push does not count).

Jerry West remembers very well that this guy pushed four 40KG barbell plates during the trial, and found it a little difficult to try it at the time, so he only pushed it twice.

He believed that even if Wallace could lift 160kg five times, he would easily get injured after being unable to do so.

In the NBA's bench press test session, no one will be stupid enough to challenge the limit, generally take out eighty percent of their ultimate strength, and the highest increase to nine achievements is the limit, otherwise it is easy to get injured.

It's rare for Ben Wallace to have made such progress in just three months, and without Mason's terrifying bench press stats, it's staggering enough for Wallace's size. But tragically, Wallace's performance was ignored again. Whoever called him had an "unhappy" expression all day long, coupled with his fierce and vicious appearance, the Lakers players were reluctant to take the initiative to communicate with him, and they were too lazy to pay attention to him.

Mutombo thought it was funny and went up to play with it, but the 160-kilogram barbell didn't move at all, just shook it twice, KO!

The Lakers players coaxed one after another, but everyone knew that Uncle Mu was just going up to amuse, his slender body shape determined that he was not a muscular stick type of insider, his specialty was air defense and supplementary defense, and he has always been a relative weakness in the top link. The Lakers know he can't guard against opponents like O'Neal, so they bring in Mason, but Uncle Mu can seriously interfere with Jordan and Pippen's breakout, and any attack from the outside or from high in the air is in his defensive range.

Since Zhang Fu wanted to pretend to be forced, of course he wanted to go up and show his skills, but he didn't dare to push 160 kilograms, so he chose a weight of 130 kilograms to try his state.

It was the weight he lifted during the tryout last year, and it was a bit tough at the time, but after a season of training, it wasn't much of a weight for him, and the whole process didn't take much effort and the test was done quickly.

"Add the barbell to 140 kg!"

Zhang Wei felt that this weight was not up to eighty percent of his strength, and he added another ten kilograms.

The Lakers players once again let out an exclamation exclusive to passers-by, don't look at Zhang Zhu, even if he pushes up 140 kilograms, he is still much worse than Mason in terms of numbers. But he is an outside lineman, and the inside players of this era must be more than 120 kg in the bench press, otherwise they will not have the strength to be an inside line.

It can be seen from this several times that the 130 kg score is qualified for the inner line, and 140 kg should be regarded as a relatively good result in the inner line, but Zhang Qi is only an outside line, and the arm span is so long, which is a bit excessive.

"He's not an outsider!"

Both Mutombo and Mason said that this result is normal, and if Zhang Zhu did not have this strength, how could he be called a "monster", and last season would not have made them a head or two.

"It's okay, I guess I can push 150 kilograms."

Zhang Wei put a little effort this time, but he still pushed the 140kg barbell five times in one go, which also means that he is eligible to try the 150kg barbell.

"Boss, try it with 150 kilograms."

"Awesome, with such long arms and such strength, no wonder it's so perverted!"

"I bet the boss can definitely push 150 kilograms."

“…………”

The Lakers players were coaxing on the side, but Zhang Yu stopped trying, don't look at the fact that he didn't seem to have much effort to push 140 kilograms just now, in fact, he has taken out at least eighty percent of his strength, I believe that 150 kilograms is his current limit, but he will not pay the price of possible injury in order to challenge this useless limit.

This test is less important to outside players, and the current data is enough for him to abuse 99.9% of players in the same position, and few people believe it.

Finley later went to try it, he first tried the 130 kilograms that Zhang Qi pushed up for the first time, and the result was different from the whole process of Da Shuaibi's relaxed and happy, he even used the strength to feed, and he couldn't even push it once.

There was no way, Finley, who recognized the reality, could only reduce his weight to 120 kilograms, and then he gritted his teeth to complete the test, but from his miserable expression, it could be seen that he was several times more difficult than Zhang Mao's process of pushing 140 kilograms.

The Lakers players can also see that Finley is at least 95% of his strength, and such an attempt is easy to get injured, but in order to make himself look less backward, he can only fight.

O'Neill Jr. said, "Can I fail to do this?"

Zhang Yu slapped him hard on the ass, meaning: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and test".

Little O'Neill could only make a bitter face, take out the same constipation expression as Finley, and use his strength to feed, and finally only lifted the 120-kilogram barbell once before Zhang Yu took the initiative to stop.

Zhang Fu saw that eighty percent of this goods could not complete the minimum standard of 120 kg of internal bench press, so gritting his teeth and holding on was the most likely situation to be injured, Zhang Fu hurriedly asked him to stop, this little kid is not yet 18 years old, in case of injury, it will be tragic, but he still scolded "waste" in his heart.

Lakers players take a break from bench press in the bragging shot, and then they test switchback runs, sprints and bounces.

Zhang Qi gave an order, and little O'Neill immediately ran to buy drinks.

This is his most dish, and he doesn't do this kind of errands.

Fisher, who is also a rookie, has a loyal and honest face, but I don't know if it is the same as his appearance in the heart, anyway, Zhang Zhu's impression of him is very average, because his intuition tells him that this person is not honest.

Fisher said at this moment: "Jermaine may not be able to carry it alone, so I'll go with him." ”

Zhang Yu nodded, his impression of him was a little better, but unfortunately this guy's girlfriend was too ugly, so it was better not to accept this kind of little brother.

Before the two rookies came back, the test restarted.

This time, Ben Wallace finally made people impress him in the bounce and speed section.

Lakers players found that this guy is not only strong, but also has a vertical jump of 1.01 meters, ran 3.49 seconds in 3/4 of the sprint, and ran 11.46 seconds in the baseline switchback.

Harris began to talk to the coaching staff about this inconspicuous guy, and it turned out that there was such an overlooked geek on their team?

Mason's bounce test is also good, this cargo from the tonnage and size, it should be a floor flow that can't jump, but when the vertical bounce height of 72cm is measured, everyone knows that this guy is not a pure floor flow, he can actually jump very high, but the bounce speed is a little slower.

Of course, his tonnage is not destined to look good in terms of speed and agility, but his baseline switchback run stats of 11.94 seconds and 3.78 seconds of 3/4 sprint time are still excellent on the inside, and this guy is really seriously underrated.

Zhang Yu is also continuing to pretend to be forced, there are really few players who are more conspicuous than him in this kind of test, although his weight has increased this year, but the baseline switchback run is still 11.03 seconds, the 3/4 sprint time is 3.23 seconds, the bounce height in place has increased to 93cm, and the run-up bounce height is 101cm, these data are still a Bug-level existence.

These physical test data also prove that his weight of about 240 pounds will not affect his agility and explosiveness, but his confrontation ability can be improved a lot, and his actual combat ability will naturally improve significantly.

Unfortunately, today is the first day of the training camp, and there are no confrontation sessions in these days.

The Lakers' coaching staff can't wait to see the actual combat ability of these players, what kind of performance the Lakers will have after strengthening this season, Harris and others are really excited to think about it!