In the arena, head coach Doug Rivers was making a speech before the start of the training camp: "We have the strongest team in the league this summer, the whole world knows what we are aiming for, if we fail, we will be the laughing stock of the whole world, this is what none of us want, all I have to do is to arrange the team's tactics, what you have to do is play well, so we will be on the right path." ”

"We've changed a lot in our squad this year, and we all know big stars like Kevin [Garnett] and Ray [Allen], so let's have the newcomers in the team come up and introduce themselves today." Rivers is trying to get this almost new team to merge quickly.

"Bruce, you can introduce yourself first." Seeing that no one took the initiative to go up, Rivers directly clicked people, and the team's two latest newcomers were Li Chenglong and Glenn Davis, and Li Chenglong was directly targeted.

"Hi, I'm Bruce Lee, I'm from New York, I used to play at Columbia University, and I played mainly as a shooting guard on the court." Lee's introduction was simple and straightforward.

"Columbia? Did he come to the wrong place? He should go to Harvard or MIT across the river......"

It was Garnett who spoke, his voice was not too loud, but it was not small, almost everyone heard it, and there was obviously a little surprise in his tone, it seemed that he really didn't expect someone from Columbia University to enter the NBA.

Li Chenglong's performance in the NCAA is obviously not enough for the NBA stars to know him, especially Garnett's high school directly into the NBA, and he has never even played in the NCAA, and Garnett is talking about across the river from the Charles River next to Boston, across the river is the town of Cambridge, where the main campuses of Harvard and MIT are located.

"I actually grew up playing basketball in New York, and my maternal grandfather was a basketball player, and I was half Chinese, three-eighths Mexican, and one-eighth black."

Li Chenglong had to move out his grandfather, who he hadn't seen much, to show that more than eighty percent of his 'basketball family' in the NBA were black or had black blood, indicating that he had black blood to get closer.

Sure enough, many people below showed their expressions like this.

Then Glenn Davis went up and introduced himself, and then the team began to warm up.

Due to the fact that most of the players are not in good shape after just a few months of vacation, the warm-up training is carried out very slowly, for a long time, and the warm-up is not over until noon, and it seems that the real training camp will not start until the afternoon.

Everyone sweated profusely and returned to the locker room, and Li Chenglong was called again: "Bruce, go get some drinks and come back." ”

It was Lei Allen who called him, but Li Chenglong was also willing to do such a thing, which was also a way to get closer to his teammates. Li Chenglong feels that Lei Allen seems to be secretly taking care of him, is it because his draft template is him? Or did yesterday's remarks win his favor?

In the storage room next to the locker room, a box of energy drinks was carried back, and everyone drank the drinks he brought back, and Li Chenglong could feel that he was quickly integrating into the locker room.

The nutritious meal eaten at the stadium at noon, Li Chenglong is the first time to eat this kind of more orthodox nutritious meal, the meat is basically chicken breast and lean beef, the bread is whole wheat bread, the chicken in the burger cannot be fried, the milk is low-fat, and the oil must be olive oil.

I have to say that the United States is indeed the world's top in sports research, and this kind of nutritious meal in the nature of a big pot of rice is also strictly formulated, and many football stars are particularly strict about their diet, eating the same set meal almost every day.

In the CBA, the team's nutritious meal is not much better than the college cafeteria, except for a few special things that cannot be touched (those that may be tested for doping), there are basically nothing taboo at all, and there will often be players who go out to eat pancakes and fruits, drink Coke and eat hot pot.

Three points rely on practice, seven points rely on eating, this can't be faked. There are many people in the NBA who can't control their mouths, but even if this kind of player is talented and famous, he will quickly decline.

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In the afternoon, Rivers began to arrange the team's tactical play.

There is no doubt about the main lineup of the Celtics, point guard Rondo, point guard Ray Allen, small forward Pierce, power forward Garnett, and center Perkins.

As a substitute for tactical sparring, the point guard is the newly signed two-way guard Eddie House, Li Chenglong and Tony Allen are both in the point guard position, and both are only suitable for point back, but in the end, Tony Allen went to the small forward position, big forward Leon Powell, and center was Glen Davis.

Rivers and assistant coach Thibodeau talked about tactics to the main five, Rivers is actually a traditional coach of the academy, and he wrote and drew on the strategy board: "Kevin (Garnett), I need you to guard more inside and help the team defend, and Paul (Pierce) and Ray (Allen), you need to share the ball more......"

As for the sparring team's bench team, Rivers has not yet done it on the main side, and he has no time to arrange substitute tactics for the time being, and they are basically free to play.

Tactical training begins, with the main team attacking first and the substitute team defending.

Li Chenglong faced Ray Allen, the main team's Rondo came over with the ball and handed the ball to Pierce, Pierce singled Tony Allen with the ball, Ray Allen ran to the bottom corner to wait for the opportunity, and Li Chenglong followed. Pierce didn't have a good chance against Tony Allen's defense, the ball was passed back to Rondo, Rondo hoisted the ball into Garnett inside, and Ray Allen continued to run outside for three points.

Garnett dribbled twice in the face of Powell, got stuck and jumped to dunk the ball into the basket, turned around and yelled twice in his chest, well, this is very Garnett. Powell is a jumping man, but he is not tall enough, and when he gets stuck, it is normal for Janet to be able to dunk on his head easily.

The substitute team attacked, Li Chenglong, as a newcomer, only ran on the outside and waited for opportunities, Eddie House couldn't break through Rondo with the ball himself, or Li Chenglong helped him block people, he seized the opportunity to break inside, but shot wide under Garnett's interference.

After two rounds, Li Chenglong understood Rivers' tactics.

On the offensive end, Pierce on the outside and Garnett on the inside are connected, Ray Allen is responsible for running and receiving the ball, Pierce or Garnett has a good chance to attack by himself, and the opponent will transfer the ball to Ray Allen for him to shoot.

Does Lee Chenglong think such offensive tactics will be too hasty? It seems that this has not brought out the best of the Big Three.

However, the team's defensive tactics are good, with the fast-moving Garnett and the meat shield Perkins on the inside, whether it is to cover the opponent's interior or deal with the opponent's outside breakthrough, it should have a good effect, enough to cope with most situations, and the outside Rondo's defense is very good, and he can quickly rotate with Ray Allen and Pierce at any time, I believe the Celtics will become a team with good defense.

looked at the fat man Tom Thibodeau on the sidelines, Li Chenglong knew that Thibodeau has been famous for defense since then, and the teams he coached are all defensive iron troops, and this defensive tactic should be formulated by Thibodeau.

In this overall strategy, Garnett needs to give up part of the ball and stay on the inside to strengthen the defense, otherwise there is only one meat shield Perkins, and the inside line will be burst into a sieve, and Ray Allen on the outside line has also given up his ability to hold the ball and turned into a complete running shooter, only Pierce has not changed much from the previous style of play, but the ball has to be divided into the other two.

Maybe he just came back from vacation, Pierce and Ray Allen are not in good shape, but Garnett scored back-to-back points against Powell, who was a head shorter than him.

Rivers has been standing on the sidelines watching the team's effect and not speaking, but assistant coach Tom Thibodeau has been directing the team, but he has been directing the defense, and has been directing the players how to rotate quickly and how to help defend.

Li Chenglong suddenly felt that the team's defense did not have to worry too much, but the offense was completely dependent on the Big Three, and there were not many highlights in tactics.

(To be continued)