561. The difficulty of defending the title
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As a defending champion, the mentality is naturally relaxed, and the new players can almost be said to be seamlessly integrated into the system, just like when Gasol joined the triangle attack, Monroe almost integrated into the tactical system after D'Antoni only talked about the tactical system once, and he can be a perfect complement to Gasol's position.
D'Antoni's tactical system is actually very simple, that is, everyone's role is very clear, and everyone is for the two scorers Kobe Bryant and Liu Ren.
Scorers like Nick Young and Korver, who belong to the bench, have free fire when they are in the rotation.
Biyombo is responsible for the rebounding and blocking that Whiteside is responsible for, of course, he may not have the opportunity to play.
D'Antoni didn't really want to practice his tactics, which had already been in full swing last season, and now his goal is simple, to get fit.
Although D'Antoni is the first time to coach the defending champions, has he never eaten pork and seen a pig run?
If you look at most of the defending champions, they have big problems in the second year of winning the championship, in addition to the change in mentality, the most obvious is the physical problem, and then they are eliminated early in the second year.
There are so few teams in NBA history that can successfully defend their titles, the Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, Bulls, Rockets, Heat, and then there are none.
The lineup is as strong as the Spurs with the peak troika, and the coach is as strong as Popovich, who can fight with the Zen master, neither of them has led the team to successfully defend the title, and even did not enter the Western Conference Finals in the year of the defending champion, just because they just won the championship, the players were slack, and they didn't train so hard in the summer, and then the next year was in bad shape.
Of course, superstars such as Duncan who are strict with themselves still train hard, mainly because the role players are lax.
It's the same with the Lakers, Liu Ren has been training since July, Kobe doesn't know when he started training, and now Kobe looks very good in shape and condition, and the physical problem is only because of age.
And compared to those other defending teams, the Lakers' current player structure is really good, the core is all young players, and they are still on the rise, and even the main position is competing for it, so most people don't have to worry too much.
Mentality can't be controlled, so D'Antoni does what he can do, which is to pull physical fitness.
Sure enough, Nick Young, Thackeray, and Korver, the three most promiscuous guys, have been surfing almost all the offseason since winning the championship, and now they are out of breath when they do a set of physical training.
"God, kill me! Training is so hard! "Nick Young collapsed on the floor after the second set of workouts.
"Nick, you're too soft, aren't you, just this little bit of training makes you tired? Isn't it......" Liu Ren teased Nick Young after three sets of training.
"I'm too many girls chasing me in the summer, I'm too popular, you know swaggy-p can't bear to refuse girls and don't want girls to be sad...... NONONONO, how many times have you called me swaggy-p! ”
"Okay, Nick."
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Korver, who is such an old veteran, has also won the championship, it is normal for his mentality to be comfortable, so no one cares, and his three-point hand is still a large number of teams rushing to give high salaries next summer.
As for Thackeray...... He just needs to practice three points, and now he's a little fatter? That's fat, as long as he can shoot three points and resist the opponent inside, even if he completes the task, the team's requirements for him are not high, mainly because he wants his enthusiasm to bring positive energy, and people start training as soon as they return to the Toyota Center, although they are tired of becoming a dog, but they have been persistent, and they are still very professional in the summer.
The Lakers' training camp is only 15 people, not even a single free agent has applied to join their training camp, Blake and Henry have been assigned to the development league to practice, and the veteran Ci Shiping is more like a training assistant to supervise the players' training.
It's the end of another training day, and October is getting closer.
This year's preseason kicks off on Oct. 5, and the Lakers have eight games in total, again against teams from cities around Los Angeles.
In the first two years, the Lakers participated in the China game, but not this year, and this year's China game is the Rockets and Clippers, Cavaliers and Knicks.
For the Lakers, it feels normal, the Lakers' popularity in China has exploded, even if they go to the preseason again, it is just the icing on the cake, it is better to let the Rockets and Cavaliers bring the popularity of the Knicks and Clippers in China.
The same Lakers are also happy to take it easy, crossing half the world to play, which is really not a fun thing, and the problem of jet lag is very serious.
After training, Liu Ren went to the parking lot of the Toyota Center to prepare for his home.
Liu Ren left relatively late, not the latest, Antetokounmpo, Green, Whiteside they left after doing the normal arranged training, Gasol, Kobe Bryant and other veterans still have to do a long physiotherapy, Korver, Nick Young They still have to practice.
Since Liu Ren started training at the end of July, he is in very good shape now, and even the team wants him to rest more, but he still practiced a few more sets of small hooks before leaving.
Speaking of which, his little hook hand makes many teammates feel very strange, that position is too into the basket, which makes people wonder what he is doing in that position?
Only Monroe and Biyombo looked weird......
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Just now, Da Lori had called to ask him if he could go home for dinner before seven o'clock, and Liu Ren was going back in a hurry now.
Liu Ren entered the parking lot and found that there was a sneaky little man in his car.
"Damn! What did the security guards do to eat, and let the thieves in? ”
Liu Ren was speechless, this is the training hall of the NBA team, and there is no one who can be caught in by thieves.
Liu Ren walked quickly to his car, it doesn't matter if something is stolen, it is worthless anyway, if the car is spent, he will be distressed to death.
Liu Ren got closer and closer, but the "thief" didn't notice it at all, and the action was not as careful as the thief, as if he was "admiring" Liu Ren's car.
"Damn, my broken car is like a tractor in this group of people's cars, right? Isn't this a thief, but a car thief? What are you doing stealing my car...... No, this figure seems familiar! ”
Liu Ren walked next to the "thief", who hadn't noticed that someone was coming, and was still excitedly taking pictures of the car with his mobile phone.
Liu Ren picked up the little man in front of him, and then there was an exclamation.
"Ah...... I'm sorry Uncle Security, don't call the police, I promise you I won't come here again to take a sneak peek, the last time, this time it's really the last time......" The voice is very good, and the tone of English is strange enough.
Listening to what the little sister in front of him kept saying with her eyes closed, Liu Ren probably understood that this little sister was likely to have slipped in many times and been caught many times!
"Okay, okay, it's me." Liu Ren said helplessly.
"Huh?" Song Zuer opened her eyes and saw that it was Liu Ren, and instantly came out with a surprise "wow", and then her face turned red instantly, and she was caught doing "bad things......