"Jimmy, long time no see."

Tang Wenlong stepped forward and greeted Butler with a smile.

Butler smiled slightly awkwardly, reached out to shake Tang Wenlong's hand, and the two looked at each other, and both saw the calm in each other's eyes.

So a feeling of emotion arose, and the guy in front of him had grown to this point.

The core of the team, the young leader, the All-Star starter, the All-Second Team, the most talented and potential players are the envy of a professional basketball player.

It's really a world change, it's unexpected.

Butler naturally remembered the year before last, at that time, he was still a substitute player in college, facing Tang Wenlong in Syracuse, he did not admit defeat and resisted others, but the result was still invincible, at that time, Tang Wenlong had already shown superhuman offensive ability, but because he was in the No. 1 position, too much talent was covered.

He cleaned up his fluctuating thoughts, his eyes were still very calm, and there was a mature taste, "Tang Wenlong, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Tang Wenlong laughed, stepped forward enthusiastically, and hugged Butler firmly.

Collins saw the scene of the two getting acquainted with each other, and nodded secretly, a harmonious relationship within the team is the first step towards team victory.

Tang Wenlong turned to look at another rookie, Jon Loyle.

He was obviously a lot nervous, although he was 2.08 meters tall, he had white skin and a handsome appearance, more like a movie star.

"Welcome, Jon!" Tang Wenlong smiled and shook hands with Loyle.

Loyle forced his composure and stretched out his hand to greet Tang Wenlong. But there is a trace of it in the voice. Barely audible trills. "Hello, Tang Wenlong."

Tang Wenlong raised his eyebrows and hugged him, "Welcome to the NBA, come on!" ”

The two are rookies, which naturally attracts everyone's attention, and everyone pulls the two people to ask questions, and then like Louis Williams. Iguodala was a couple of outgoing guys, pulling the two of them to talk loudly about meat, and it looked like they were eating meat with me.

The coach saw that everyone knew each other, so he started the regular closed training content of the team.

The first is the measurement of physical fitness that has not changed for thousands of years, for every famous NBA player, the holiday is likely to be the poison that destroys them, there are many people who indulge themselves on a vacation, and then come back with excessive fat content, various physical functions decline, and even waste basketball skills.

However, the 76ers' players are also okay. There's no one particularly seriously crazy about it, and Louis Williams is on the skinny side. The Drew League, which he participated in during the holidays, lost three pounds after he came back, and the staff thought that the scale was broken, so he tested it twice, which made him very unhappy.

"I'm drunk, is it necessary to discriminate as well?"

Subsequently, Tang Wenlong, Iguodala and others also took measurements, and the most surprising was Jimmy Butler, who seemed to have average physical fitness, with a body fat content of only 5%, second only to Iguodala and Tang Wenlong among the crowd.

This made Coach Collins's evaluation of Butler go up by another point, he has the data from Butler's draft, and it can be seen that the young man must have had special training in the summer after being drafted.

Those who work hard always get their chances, and Butler made a good impression on the coaches, even if he didn't know what that meant.

The morning was spent in testing and basic training, and at noon we had a nutritious meal together. Seeing the two rookies frowning and eating the nutritious meal, everyone laughed happily.

At 3 p.m., everyone regrouped on the pitch, the coach blew the whistle and began to prepare for the intra-team match.

Intra-team matches are an important part of regular training, and can be played in three-on-three, four-on-four, or regular full-court matches, but coincidentally, with the addition of two rookies who are now exactly ten players, Collins simply split up and have a five-on-five full-court matchup.

Lowry, Tang Wenlong, Meeks, Jon Loyle and Whiteside were in one group, while Williams, Butler, Iguodala, Speights and Hawes were in one group.

"It's so insidious." Tang Wenlong complained in his heart about Collins's scheming grouping, Butler and Iguodala were in a group, was this going to kill his rhythm?

After grouping, the two teams changed into different red and white training vests, Tang Wenlong's team wore white vests, he walked to the bottom line and began to serve.

Lowry advanced with the ball, and Tang Wenlong ran behind, thinking that he must let the coach see the results of his summer training.

As a result, after halftime, the little curly-haired Butler came over and stuck to the side like a bulldog.

As soon as he looked up, Iguodala not far away covered his mouth and sneered, Tang Wenlong's mind turned, and he knew that Iguodala must have said something to Butler, and he was really drunk when he saw the young man's fighting spirit now.

The point is, Butler's defense is really good, the physical confrontation is good, the defense is clean, and the concentration is extremely high.

After Tang Wenlong got the ball, he looked left and right, and the other tall rookie stood in place in a daze, and he didn't know how to come up to make a block for him.

Speechlessly, he passed the ball back to Lowry.

"Hey Jimmy, I haven't seen you in two years, you're still so excited, I like your fighting spirit." Tang Wenlong passed the ball, looked like he didn't care about anything, and chatted with Butler.

Butler opened his mouth and responded, "I've been thinking about playing against you for a long time, and this has helped me a lot."

Before a big word fell, Tang Wenlong suddenly burst into acceleration, dodged Butler, and cut diagonally into the position, as fast as a bolt of lightning.

"Big" Butler was taken aback, and when he turned his head, Tang Wenlong had already received Lowry's ground-hitting ball, and Tang Wenlong, who was sent in advance, was not comfortable, and Tang Wenlong did not impact the inside line, and hit the free throw line.

Tang Wenlong retreated, passed by Butler's side, and said with a smile: "Jimmy, in the NBA, you must not be distracted, just follow what the opponent is saying." ”

Butler stopped speaking sullenly, where would he have thought that Tang Wenlong was so insidious, he was still just a rookie.

But he also learned to be obedient, and then he didn't answer whatever Tang Wenlong said, just as Tang Wenlong was talking about stand-up comedy, and Tang Wenlong said for a while, seeing that Butler didn't react, he silently praised this little brother in his heart, didn't speak, and began to really focus on training.

After not training for a while, Collins was pleasantly surprised to find the progress of Tang Wenlong, the core of the team, when defending Iguodala, his feet moved faster, his judgment was obviously more accurate, and his technical and tactical level was obviously improved!

Iguodala was annoyed by Tang Wenlong's many mistakes in defense, and turned around to let Butler dodge, and personally defended Tang Wenlong.

It made Iguodala even more depressed (to be continued.) )