Chapter 7 The joint practice begins, and friction gradually arises
At the end of August, the U.S. men's basketball team defeated the Spanish men's basketball team 118-107 to regain the gold medal in the World Series after eight years. www.biquge.info In the previous three World Championships, the United States men's basketball team lost gold medals, and in the '02 World Championships, they even only finished sixth, and in the '04 Athens Olympics and the '06 World Championships in Japan, the United States only won the bronze medal.
This time, after sending superstars such as Kobe, James, and Wade, the U.S. team finally consolidated its position as the world's basketball hegemon.
The Chinese team finished eighth, equaling their best result.
After China's defeat to Spain, Beasley flew back to the United States.
He didn't go to Wade, who was about to become his boss, to say a word, mainly because he wasn't ready to come face to face with a superstar who was once only seen on TV so soon.
This is different from seeing Pat Riley, David Stern and others, such as Wade and Kobe Bryant can be regarded as Beasley's idols, just ask, which fan will not be nervous when he sees an idol?
September is approaching, and there are not many days to spare.
Although this year's offseason can be regarded as a lively one, it is not really a sensational news.
The biggest news is that Ron Artest "The Beast" has joined the Houston Rockets.
Beasley remembers that he had been up all night because of this bombshell news. The Rockets have finally formed the coveted Big Three, and countless Chinese fans are excited and full of anticipation.
O'Neal Jr. was traded by the Pacers to the Raptors, where he will form an interior twin tower with Chris Bosh.
The bearded Byron Davis wants to play for his hometown team, and it just so happens that the Los Angeles Clippers have strongmen such as Elton Brand and Corey Magetti, and they may be able to make a name for themselves in the West, so he readily agreed to the Clippers' five-year, $65 million contract, which is actually not worthy of his value.
However, Davis came to Brand, but he didn't expect Brand to switch to the Philadelphia 76ers, which is good, Davis's dream of joining forces is shattered. Immediately afterwards, Margety, another Clippers giant, was taken off by Davis's old club, the Warriors, and for Davis, the feeling of falling from heaven to hell is nothing more than that!
But fortunately, the Clippers have a bit of a human touch, and a top guard came to flicker, but several signboards in his house have all run out, so the Clippers increased the contract amount to 82 million for 5 years, which is considered compensation for Davis.
The Clippers also acquired the old and strong Jason Williams when they signed Davis, but White Chocolate announced his retirement shortly after signing the contract, and it was probably the 15-67 record in the Heat last year that hurt the old man deeply.
He said he didn't want to be on a team that was losing all the time.
This time, the Cleveland Knights finally found a good helper for the little Emperor James.
They made a big deal with the Thunder and Bucks involving six players: the Cavaliers sent Damon Jones and Joe Smith and got Bucks guard Mo Williams; The Bucks sent Mo Jr. and Desmond Mason, and got Thunder guard Luke Ridno, Cavaliers guard Damon Jones, and Thunder guard swingman Adrian Griffin; And the Thunder got the Bucks' small forward Mason and the Cavaliers' power forward Smith by sending away Ridno and Griffin.
Mo Williams averaged 17.2 points and 6.3 assists per game last season while shooting 48 percent from the field, and he can take a lot of the pressure off James from the field.
The Lakers signed "Chinese Magic" Sun Yue on a two-year contract with a minimum salary, and Dasheng relied on his commendable performance in this year's Olympics to be recognized by Lakers general manager Kupcheko, and Kobe and Paul also praised his strength.
In terms of player contract extensions, the Washington Wizards retained General Arenas on a sky-high contract of $111 million.
Hawks Josh Smith re-signed to the Atlanta Hawks, a team that is competitive in the East every year.
After Captain Brand came to pitch, Iguodala Jr. and the team's sixth man, Louis Williams, chose to stay in Philadelphia.
The Warriors successfully retained another star guard, Monta Ellis, after the departure of the main point guard Davis, but this guy may be because the teammates who were together with the Black Eight Mavericks have all gone one by one, and he feels that it is not interesting to keep him alone, and he actually injured his left ankle while riding a motorized bicycle, which is okay, and he also lied that it was injured during training.
After that, he had surgery and will miss half a season. Warriors management found the matter suspicious and began to investigate, and the truth was finally revealed, Ellis was banned for 30 games for violating the player management system, and he will not be paid for these days.
In the free market, the Miami Heat embodies the philosophy of small business. Chris Quinn has signed a two-year, $2 million contract extension with the team, and given his excellent performances in the second half of last season and his good mentality of being willing to be a substitute, the signing is a sure deal.
The addition of Jamal Magloyle is a bit redundant. While the 30-year-old was named to the All-Star team in 2004, the latest news is that he will be out for four to six months due to injury, meaning the team's one-year salary has all but gone down.
At the forward position, the Heat signed James Jones and Dorrell Wright for a combined $7 million annual salary to fill the void left by the departure of Ricky Davis. This second-year young man who once threatened to be James' boss in his rookie season has declined rapidly.
Legendary center Alonzo Mourning is not on the Heat squad and looks like he's going to retire.
That's pretty much the way the offseason trade news went.
In September, Wade gathered his teammates to practice together. The boss of the team has spoken, unless there is really something, who dares not to come?
Beasley, of course, also went, his feet had already recovered, and if he rested, he would probably be rusty.
The training venue is in Miami, Florida has a pleasant warm season, and many players come here to train in the summer.
On the first day of meeting, the Heat will get together for a meal, which can be regarded as getting acquainted with each other.
Beasley was a little nervous when he met Wade, and among his favorite players after watching the game for so many years was Wade, the champagne man with his knees.
Wade was quite friendly, and he spoke in a rough voice: "Rookie, welcome to the Heat!" ”
"It's an honor to play with you in the future, Dwyan, I'm a fan of yours." Beasley smiled and hugged Wade.
At the dinner table, Beasley sits with the funny Chalmers, and they hit it off and become good friends. After learning more about Chalmers, Beasley became more and more sure that Chalmers was lured by himself in his previous life and then caused the "marijuana incident" that shocked the alliance.
He also knew everyone else: the white and pure Chris Quinn, the future three-point king Daquin Cook, the big-eyed Mark Blunt, and the strange-looking James Jones......
The gang were all very nice, but there was only one person who upset Beasley, and that was the hacker Sean Marion.
This extremely ugly guy spoke in a weird way, it was just a dinner, he actually offered himself as the boss, one time he asked Chalmers to carry his bag, the other asked Chalmers to tie his shoes, and after eating well, he said that he wanted to eat pizza from a certain store, and then asked Chalmers to buy it.
Chalmers knows that this is the rule of the NBA, although Marion is a little too much, but he still endures it, who calls himself just a second-round show!
Beasley couldn't take it anymore, Chalmers had become a good friend of his, and he couldn't sit idly by.
"Sean, that's enough, if you want to eat pizza and order takeout, you can't do it!" Beasley grabbed Chalmers, who was about to get up, glared at Marion and said.
Marion's face was gloomy, and he had one year left on his contract, so he didn't want to get into any trouble, including offending the new showman. But even if it's a show, it's a rookie, and it has to obey the rules of the NBA.
"Did I let you buy it? Do you want to buy it for him? Rookie! "Marion is not to be outdone.
"Michael, it's okay, I'll just go buy it, that store is quite close." Chalmers saw that the situation was not good, and said to Beasley.
Beasley waved his hand at Chalmers, his expression had a super mocking effect, and he sneered at Marion, "You don't have long legs? Won't buy it yourself? ”
"Whew!"
Marion suddenly stood up from the stool, his ugly face was extremely hideous, and he pointed at Beasley: "Rookie, don't think that you can ride on the head of the old bird if you are a top performer, Lao Tzu tells you, in the NBA, you are nothing!" ”
Beasley also stood up, nostrils facing Marion, as if to say "what can you do to me"!
"Enough!" Wade spoke up.
He sat down in his chair and glared at Beasley fiercely, then did the same to Marion again.
In fact, he was partial to Marion in his heart, after all, he was also an old bird, and if he stood on Beasley's side, it would definitely be difficult to convince the public. Who didn't come from the rookie back then, and why can you avoid what we experienced back then?
But Marion went too far in this matter, and he himself was a little unhappy with Marion in his heart, so he planned to let the two of them solve it on their own.
"Everyone is a Heat person, and the new season is about to start, and I won't pursue it if it's like this today, but I don't want to see the news of the Heat players quarreling and brawling in the newspaper one day, you guys do it yourself." Wade spoke slowly in his thick voice, full of bosses.
After saying this, he turned around and left the restaurant, probably not having the heart to eat.
The rest of the players also left one after another, and in the end, only Marion was left looking at Beasley with an unhappy face: "Rookie, wait and see!" Then he turned around and walked away.
"Humph! You're a blue pool! Beasley yelled disdainfully at Marion's back.