Reaves' approach also caused a lot of waves within the Clippers, the team's chief assistant coach Cassel asked more than once, but he never got a clear statement, Paul and Griffin were also dissatisfied, and the atmosphere of the whole team seemed very weird.

This is different from the preseason, or even the beginning of the regular season, when Tang Shuai didn't have a chance to play, it was a normal thing, after all, he was just a rookie, but in the current situation, he was inexplicably DNP when he had proven that he could take on big responsibilities and even play well, and there was no proper way to say it, which was unacceptable to others.

After a three-game road streak, the Clippers returned to their home court after a day of rest to prepare for their upcoming game against the Suns.

Unlike the noisy but morale-high scene during the five-game winning streak, the training at this time seems very dull, the main bench is inexplicably sitting on the cold bench, the core players are tired of playing time to a record high, coupled with all kinds of rumors, this three-game losing streak has never been a big blow to the Clippers, and the fighting spirit of the players has dropped to the lowest point since the start of the game.

It was Kassel who led the training, and Reeves didn't seem to be in a good mood, locking himself in the coach's office and not knowing what he was doing.

At the end of the training, there was not much communication between the players, so they went to the locker room in twos and threes.

Tang Shuai didn't go in immediately, he walked to Cassel, who was sorting out the documents in his hand.

"Coach Sam."

Cassel heard the shout, saw that it was Tang Shuai, and smiled at him.

"At home, did Coach Doug say I could play?" Tang Shuai said with a hint of expectation, when he was in China before. It's laughing at the fans saying on the forum that those players who can't play don't have to work. Get paid for free and enjoy the front-row viewing treatment, but it's really on yourself. The feeling of watching the team lose and not doing anything at all is really as uncomfortable as an ant sitting on a hot pot.

Cassel sighed and said, "Don, you know, I've been fighting for it, but on Doug's side, I don't know what's going on. ”

He looked in the direction of the door, and when he saw that the other players had entered the locker room, he lowered his voice and asked, "Did you offend Doug in some way?" ”

Tang Shuai shook his head. Speaking of Reeves' relationship with him, because there was a little Reeves in the middle, there was a contradiction when he signed the rookie contract, but after he subdued Reeves Jr., Reeves didn't seem to treat him well, and he was constantly increasing his playing time, but he didn't expect things to suddenly take a turn for the worse, as for what Duffy said that day, it was just speculation.

Cassel reached out and patted Tang Shuai on the shoulder. He said earnestly: "Don, be patient, your road has just begun, and I believe that things will slowly get better." ”

Tang Shuai nodded. He knew that Kassel had already helped him fight a lot, and he said this to comfort him.

"Let's go, maybe Doug will change his mind for a while. I'll send you again in the evening. Cassel said with a smile.

Tang Shuai smiled reluctantly and followed Kassel to the door of the locker room.

Cassel patted him on the shoulder. And then he left.

Tang Shuai didn't go into the locker room right away, and waited until he saw Cassel walking away. With a calm face, he quickly walked towards Reeves' office on the other side of the aisle.

Cassel's inquiries were fruitless, Paul's and Griffin's proposals didn't work, and even Duffy's communication with the team was in vain, and when it came to this, all he could do now was fight for himself.

When he reached Reeves' door, he took a deep breath and knocked hard.

"Come in." A slightly tired voice came through the door, and it felt like the team's losing streak was not too good for Reeves.

Tang Shuai pushed the door in.

Reeves looked up and saw that it was him, frowned slightly, put down the document in his hand, and asked, "You have something to do with me?" ”

Tang Shuai nodded, closed the door and walked to the desk, and said in a firm tone: "Coach, I want to play." ”

Reeves was stunned, perhaps he didn't expect Tang Shuai to speak to him so directly.

'Coach, I think I'm in good shape and I can play.' Tang Shuai thought that Reeves didn't understand, so he repeated it again.

Reeves frowned and said: "Don, the player's appearance is arranged by the coaching staff, not by me alone, and this kind of thing, it should be your agent to communicate with the coaching staff, not you stand in front of me now and say to me, you have to understand this." ”

"Jaime has already communicated." Tang Shuai said with some unhappiness, he was ready to go out today, he had tried other methods, if he couldn't play again, he could only take the last step and let Duffy apply for a deal.

"That's fine, since we have communicated, then you should know the decision of the coaching staff, okay, you go out first, I still have something to do." After Reeves finished speaking, he took the file and prepared to continue reading.

"Coach, I think I should play, now that the team is losing in a row, I believe I can help the team!" Tang Shuai said directly, when the matter came to this, he didn't want to worry about it anymore.

"What are you talking about?" Reeves looked at Tang Shuai in disbelief.

"I think I should play, didn't I play well in the previous game? There's no reason why you're going to make me a cold bench for no reason, and I'm not breaking any of the team's rules! Tang Shuai looked directly at Reeves and said.

"Bang!"

Reeves slammed the table, got up and yelled, "Do you know who you're talking to right now?!" ”

"I know very well." Tang Shuai said without showing weakness.

"Soldiers take obedience to orders as the first principle, and players take obeying the coach's arrangement as the first principle, haven't you read the team's rules?!" Reeves glared.

"The rules are dead, people are alive, people have to be reasonable, if you can say a reason why I can't play, I won't say a word right away, but you let me sit on the cold bench so unexplained, I'm sorry, I can't obey this rule." Tang Shuai is also-for-tat enough.

"Really?" Reeves' face became gloomy, and he said coldly, "Don, the NBA is a big league, do you know how many people work hard to get into this league, you know Kobe, you know Arenas, do you know how many cold benches those superstars sat on when they first entered the league?" Who do you think you are? ”

Tang Shuai was speechless for a while, here Fusi avoided the truth, not to say why he didn't let him play, but to put out a bunch of examples of players, as if the rookie should be sitting on the cold bench.

He calmly said, "Coach, I just want to play. ”

Reeves glanced at Tang Shuai, and didn't seem to want to say more, so he sat down directly and said, "You go out!" ”

Tang Shuai wanted to say more.

"Bang bang!"

Just then, there was a knock on the door outside.

Tang Shuai and Reeves unconsciously looked at the door.

"Doug, it's me." Cassel's voice followed outside the door. (To be continued.) )

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