Even with the Atlantic Ocean nearby, Boston is starting to chill a little in September, and Lee is walking on the road with Hammer.

Lee has already rented a house, and in two days it will be the day of the Celtic training camp, and Hammer is here to help him deal with related matters.

"Bruce, remember to pay attention to your physical health, the most feared thing for athletes is injury." Hammer, who was about to leave, muttered.

"Got it, Tom, you talk more than my mom." Li Chenglong said jokingly.

"You've been my most promising client in the last two years, and of course I'm worried about you."

Finally sent Hammer away, Li Chenglong returned to the rented house alone, which is a simple one-bedroom apartment plus a kitchen common in the United States, with a rent of $1,200 per month, and the rent in Boston is much cheaper than in New York, and this kind of house in New York costs at least more than 2,000.

The reason why Hammer was chattering when he left was related to the hottest news in the United States at the moment.

When Auden the Great was drafted by the Trail Blazers in New York, the smile he and Stern shook hands with was described by the American media as "the oldest rookie smile in history", but the Portlanders said that it was mature, and the mature Emperor could quickly lead the Trail Blazers to rise, but after 3 months, the Monarch was reimbursed for the season.

When representing the Trail Blazers in the Summer League, Oden missed the last two Summer League games of the Trail Blazers due to tonsil surgery, but it was only a minor problem, but two months later, Oden's swollen knee was detected and required surgery, and the Emperor was reimbursed for the season if he did not play a regular season.

Before Auden's reimbursement, the hottest sports news in the United States was the Spygate of Formula 1 Formula 1, and the Ferrari team accused McLaren of sending spies to steal their confidential documents.

But as soon as the news of Auden's season reimbursement came out, the spy gate was instantly squeezed down, and the entire North American sports news page was occupied by Oden.

Portland's center graveyard was mentioned again, and all kinds of remarks flew all over the sky, and some people on the Internet directly said that if the center was selected by the Trail Blazers in the draft, he should not go to Portland to report, and would rather play an extra year in college games, which was supported and agreed by many people.

In 1974, the Trail Blazers selected the talented center Bill Wharton with the top pick, but Bill Wharton was injured after playing 7 games in his rookie season and missed half a season.

Later, Wharton came to play for the Celtics, served as the team's sixth man, and followed the Celtics to another championship.

Although Wharton did not meet expectations, but it was not bad, his success made the Trail Blazers fall in love with the center, in the 84 draft, the Trail Blazers successfully avoided Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley with their own picks, and chose a center Sam Bowway, and another injury Trail Blazers center was born.

'84 was the year that changed the NBA, the year David Stern became president of the league, and the draft featured Hall of Famer players such as Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and John Stockton.

Before the start of the draft, Olajuwon was considered a well-deserved top pick, and the list had their own opinions, some thought it was Jordan, some thought it was Bowway, and a few thought it was Barkley, and finally the Trail Blazers chose Bowway, and the Trail Blazers manager at the time famously said, 'We need a center', and later with the comparison of Jordan's achievements and Bowway, this sentence was joked and ridiculed by all kinds of jokes.

Now, with another talented center, Oden, who is reversed in Portland, the Trail Blazers' center graveyard is solid.

Lee Jackie Lung knew Auden and played against him, Auden in the NCAA period was indeed talented, but his ending also made Jackie Lee sigh. Hammer is right when he says that injuries are an athlete's worst enemy.

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Li Chenglong came to the North Shore Garden Arena alone, tomorrow will be the first day of the team's training camp, and he plans to familiarize himself with his home stadium and stadium first.

"Hey, boy, it's not the time for the team to train yet." The staff at the door said to Li Chenglong.

Li Chenglong knew that the other party should know him, he had signed a contract with Celtic, and the staff at the stadium should know him, so he said: "Man, don't North Shore Gardens allow players to practice alone?" ”

"Absolutely, as long as it's not the holiday season, I'm welcome anyone on the team to come and practice, it's time for Celtic to rebuild their glory." The half-bald middle-aged man replied.

Some pundits are skeptical of Celtic, but fans are still more confident in the Big Three.

Walking into the stadium, because he was unfamiliar with it for the first time, Li Chenglong walked to the training hall first, the hall was empty, and the lights in the closed stadium were not very good, Li Chenglong looked for a while and found the light switch, turned on the light, and the stadium became bright and brilliant.

Walking in the training hall, Li Chenglong looked at the retired green jerseys hanging on the wall, as well as the golden championship trophies in the glass case.

The Celtics are the team with the most championships in the NBA, with 16 championships so far, and the team with the most retired jerseys in the NBA, having retired 21 jerseys and numbers up to 40, and the Celtics have retired 20.

After wandering around for a long time, I moved to the team's home basketball court.

With a home capacity of more than 18,000 people, the North Shore Garden Arena is home to the greatest team in the history of the NBA, and it is natural that there are all kinds of modern facilities, and the 16 championship flags hanging over the court are a testament to the team's glorious history.

Unfortunately, since Larry Bird's retirement in '92, the Celtics have been the underdogs in the East most of the time, and their best performance was in the 01/02 season, when Pierce and the fat head Antoine Walker won the third place in the East in the regular season and reached the Eastern Conference finals in the playoffs, but lost 2-4 to the New Jersey Nets led by Kidd.

"Do you think the flags flying on it will add one or two in recent years?" Li Chenglong was looking at the flag above, counting the eight consecutive championships won by the Celtics in which eight years, and suddenly a voice came from behind him.

Li Chenglong turned around, and the first thing he saw was a shiny bald head, about the same height as himself, it was Ray Allen, who had just been traded from the supersonic this year.

"Hello, Ray, nice to meet you." Li Chenglong opened his mouth to compliment, but seeing that Ray Allen was still staring at the flag above and had nothing to say, thinking of the question he had just asked, he replied: "I think it only needs to be next summer, and a champion flag will be added to it." ”

Li Chenglong only said next summer, as for the future? He didn't say.

Ray Allen finally turned his head and looked at Li Chenglong seriously, as if to see if what he said was true.

After looking at it seriously for two seconds, Ray Allen showed his snow-white teeth, patted Li Chenglong's shoulder with a smile and said, "I heard that your draft template is me?" So you're going to give me a substitute? But it looks like you're going to have to compete with another Aaron. ”

With that, Ray Allen turned to leave, as if to go somewhere else in the arena.

Li Chenglong looked at the back of Ray Allen leaving, he knew who the other Allen was talking about, Tony Allen, a rookie selected by the Celtics in 04, although he played as a scoring guard, he was actually a full-time defender, an outside defense expert in the future, and his scoring ability was very weak.

Lee is not afraid to compete with Tony Allen, the purpose of coming off the bench is to grab points, and offense is much more important than defense.

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Li Chenglong's rented house is only about 20 minutes away from the North Shore Garden Arena, but he went out early the next morning, and today is the first day of the team's training camp, so it's better to arrive early than late.

The time notified by the team was to start training at 9 o'clock, and Li Chenglong arrived at the door of the stadium at 8 o'clock.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the stadium, a reporter came up, but it was clear that it was a rookie rookie, and most of them dispersed again, continuing to look at the others, and only two local reporters in Boston asked Li Chenglong a few questions.

"Hello, Bruce, I'm a reporter for the Boston Herald, do you feel a lot of pressure to be teammates with the Big Three in your first year in the NBA?"

Li Chenglong thought to himself, what kind of bullshit problem is this? However, he still said seriously: "It's an honor to be teammates with the Big Three, and I will do my job and do my best to help the team." ”

"Someone who is not very optimistic about the combination of the Big Three, do you think they will succeed?"

"Of course it will work, and I believe that the team can reach the finals and win the championship in the new season."

"And who do you think will win the Finals MVP?"

Asked and began to dig a pit, no matter who said this question, it would offend the other two, of course Li Chenglong would not be fooled like this: "The one with the best performance." ”

After answering a few questions, Li Chenglong left.

Through the middle-aged bald uncle, Li Chenglong learned that on the first day of the new season training camp, the stars in the team will generally arrive at the stadium in advance, and reporters will come in advance to wait for the interview.

The Celtics are the big deal that shook the league this summer, and today there will naturally be reporters from all over the United States waiting to interview the Big Three, but I didn't expect to wait for him as a rookie first.

After more than 10 minutes, three luxury cars appeared one after another, and it seemed that they had agreed to come together.

The Big Three parked in the nearby parking lot, then got out of the car and walked all the way to the entrance of the arena, where a group of reporters buzzed around like flies to ask questions.

The three of them answered as they walked, and when they arrived at the door of the arena, they separated, each dealing with a group of reporters.

Li Chenglong, who had nothing to do for the time being, watched from the sidelines, and the reporter had been interviewing the Big Three for more than half an hour, and the tacit staff went up to remind the reporter that the training time was coming, and the reporter let the three go.

Garnett, Pierce and Ray Allen got rid of the reporter and noticed Lee Chenglong on the side.

Garnett said, "Hey, rookie, you came early, didn't you?" ”

Li Chenglong didn't know whether Garnett was a normal question or a counter-talk, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Li Chenglong was embarrassed, and suddenly heard a voice: "Rookie, bag!" Then something flew towards him, and he subconsciously caught it, only to realize that it was Lei Allen who spoke just now, and threw the bag to him.

The Big Three walked in front, and Li Chenglong walked behind with his bag.

He doesn't have any opinion on the bag, this is the sports culture of the United States, the old man calls the rookie, the football league directly lets the rookie who enters the team only wear underwear to run on the street, the NBA is not as perverted as the football league, most of them let the rookie run errands or something, and sometimes there are spoofs.

When LeBron James first arrived with the Cavaliers, Ricky Davis, the original boss of the Cavaliers, asked James to lift his shoes every day and yelled at him on the court. ”

In fact, Li Chenglong vaguely felt that Ray Allen was helping him by asking him to carry his bag just now, and he couldn't go back to Garnett's words, and Ray Allen asked him to carry his bag and skip this embarrassing stage directly.

(To be continued)