Chapter 5: The Storm of Youth in New Orleans

On July 11, Yang Yi came to the New Orleans Arena to meet with his new teammates and deepen his relationship by the way.

Since trading the queen bee Paul, the Hornets' record has plummeted, and they have been directly rotten, and finally because of the favor of Lady Luck, they have selected Yang Yi with the fourth highest probability of winning the top pick.

When he came to the arena, the first thing the fat man saw was the team's coach Monty Williams. This guy has a big bald head like a bald head, and welcomes Yang Yi with a warm face.

The fat man also learned about the Hornets head coach on the Internet before.

Born in Virginia, Williams is 6'8" from the University of Notre Dame, and despite some problems with the small forward's heart, he was drafted in the first round in 1994 when he was selected by the New York Knicks at No. 24. During his nine-year NBA career, he played for the Knicks, Spurs, Nuggets, Magic and 76ers. Williams, 38, joined the Trail Blazers coaching staff in 2005 after retiring as an assistant coach with Nate McMillan. In 2010, he joined the New Orleans Hornets.

Williams played in 456 games and scored 2,884 points in his career, and on April 8, 1997, while playing for the Spurs, he scored a career-high 30 points, in addition to 10 rebounds and four blocks against the Denver Nuggets.

Williams was hired by the Hornets on June 7, 2010, and the new season will be his third season in charge of the Hornets. Williams has an overall coaching record with the Hornets of 67-81, a 45.3 percent winning percentage. In the 2010-11 season, Williams led the Hornets to a 46-36 record and the team made the playoffs.

So, while Williams didn't do a great job either as a player or as a coach, there's no doubt about it – he made the transition from player to coach, he understands the mood of the players on the pitch and how to choose under what circumstances, rather than being a purely academic coach.

"Hello, Coach Williams!"

"Hello, Yang, you can call me Monty."

"Okay, Monty!"

The fat man's first sense of Williams is not bad, at least an approachable guy.

At this time, there were already many players in the stadium doing their own warm-up exercises, and the arrival of the fat man naturally attracted their attention. As people from the NCAA, they know what it is to score a five-double, and the fat man is still the season scoring champion and assist king, tsk, look at his super strong body, and he is a big devil who broke into the NBA.

Darius Miller came over, as the No. 46 rookie in the second round this year, the fat man, this year's champion, is naturally a big backer, and the two have had a wonderful cooperation in Kentucky before, so it is natural to defect!

Yang Yi also saw Miller, and he greeted with a smile: "Hi, Darius, come so early!" ”

"Hey, The One, I'm relieved to see you!"

Miller's words caused a burst of laughter, indeed, Miller's body is not strong in the NCAA, in the NBA where muscular men are everywhere, it is naturally like a bean sprout, and the fat man is still as strong as ever, whether it is the NCAA or the NBA, no one on the scene has him strong anyway.

"Everyone, stop for a moment, come here, and let me introduce you to our champion this year!" Monty Williams clapped his hands and said to the players who were warming up.

The players stepped forward to listen to Williams' introduction. Although they all know Yang Yi, the old handsome man can't help but give face, so he can only listen to the lecture with peace of mind.

Similarly, while Williams was talking, Yang Yi was secretly observing his teammates. The first impression that the Hornets players gave him was: young. It's really all a bunch of young people. Second feeling: all high order, a group of promising young people.

C: Robin Lopez, born in 1988, 24 years old with the 15th pick in the first round in 2008.

PF: Ryan Anderson, born in 1988, 21st pick in the first round in 2008, 24 years old.

SF: Al Farouk Aminu, born in 1990, 8th pick in the first round in 2010, 22 years old.

SG: Eric Gordon, born in 1988, 7th pick in the first round in 2008, 24 years old.

It is no surprise that these four are the main players of the new season, the oldest is 24 years old, and the youngest Yang Yi is 19 years old this year. The starting five Tigers are not more than 25 years old, how to play the game?

The last time Yang Yi came to the trial, the players were on vacation, and they didn't see the horror of fat people. So when Williams finished speaking and took the fat man to re-test, they also went along.

It's just that when the fat man's lying out was rolled out, a group of people were scared silly.

"Is this still human?" Robin Lopez muttered. He was really devastated.

The fat man's bench press has increased again, and now his biggest strength is a frenzied 180kg, which is the strongest strength of Dampier, the 'second center in the West', ranking ninth in history.

And what about Lopez? He can't even push 120kg now, and 180 is simply a fantasy for him.

"Nima, is this the rhythm of going from the number one position to the number five position?" Lopez was a little speechless.

Monty Williams saw the shock of the players, and he wanted to strike while the iron was hot and establish the core position of the fat man. Although Yang Yi is the champion, if even his teammates can't be even, how to convince the public and lead the team?

"Why don't you have a bullfight?" Williams suggested.

Darius Miller heard this and took a step back without a trace. Just kidding, bullfighting with fat people, isn't this looking for abuse? At the beginning, when he was in Kentucky, there were people who practiced with him, but as his strength continued to increase, he pushed directly from outside the three-point line to the rebound, and then turned around and dunked, which was simply a hooligan! So no one played with him anymore.

Although Miller retreated, more people were eager to try, if they could beat the fat man, not to mention the good looks, they could also leave a good impression in the heart of head coach Williams, it doesn't matter if they lose, the fat man is the champion! The strength is definitely not to be said!

However, when you really face the fat man, the pressure that comes to your face is overwhelming, and the result is a cup!

First up with Yang is the team's starting small forward Al Aminu, the eighth-round rookie in 10 years. After two seasons in the NBA, although his strength has not improved much, he has gradually adapted to the rhythm of the league and become a qualified starting forward. That is, the strength is not strong, but it is not weak either.

The fat man motioned for Aminu to serve first, and Aminu thought that the fat man was a newcomer and shook his head to let him tee off first.

The fat man laughed, and so did Darius Miller.

Yang Yi didn't make any breakthrough movements after taking the ball, but just dribbled the ball slowly against Aminu's body, and used half of his strength to easily push Aminu back again and again.

Aminu's cheeks flushed and his hands were bruised, but it didn't work, the fat man pushed under the basket, and a small hook easily sent the ball into the basket.

Well, everyone on the field was stunned, Nima was simply a humanoid tank, crushing everywhere he went. You must know that in fact, Aminu's strength is not bad, otherwise he would not have been the team's starter, who said that the physical fitness of the yellow race is not good, Nima is simply a misguided child! Pull it out and shoot it for three minutes.

In the next bullfight, the fat man still used this trick, but Aminu stopped doing it, and he stopped playing with Yang Yi!

The fat man was helpless, so he had to say, "I don't want to go on another one." He looked at the team's starting power forward, Ryan Anderson.

Anderson saw the fat man look at him, and his head shook like a rattle. Although Nima is a big forward who is known for his strength, he can't withstand the power of the fat man.

I'll talk about it when I get back to drive a tank! He thought to himself.

The fat man impressed his teammates on the first day of the team, which he didn't expect. He thought he would have to wait until he had a regular season kill! He didn't understand that this kind of domineering and shocking crushing was the most direct way to conquer people's hearts!