Chapter 014 Training Camp Begins

The trial contract is like a small wave floating in Liang Xiao's heart, because he knows that this contract can only guarantee the end of the training camp, and if he can't get further favor from Van Gundy in this week and a half, then he will still incur the same fate of packing and going home. Liang Xiao also knows that the Knicks have formed a tough style of play and strong defense under Van Gundy's training, if they can't go further with their current physical fitness and defensive ability, even if they can appear in the Knicks' 15-man squad in the future, it is estimated that it is the share of the water cooler, which is not what Liang Xiao wants, body and defense are the next goals, and in the land of the NBA, it is to live with the coach and die against the coach.

Liang Xiao's performance on the first day was an arrogant guy in everyone's eyes, some people like it and some people can't get used to it, Liang Xiao seems that people should do it by nature, always take care of this and that, it is likely to be timid. If you don't show your momentum in the face of a role like Cauchy, you will eventually lose yourself, and Cauchy's departure also proves this, blood is also applicable in the NBA arena, and players without fighting spirit can definitely not go far here.

After signing the trial contract, Liang Xiao was arranged in the Knicks' player apartment, and for three days, he continued to strengthen his strength and defensive training every day, training with the team during the day, and strengthening himself at night at the talent training ground.

Liang Xiao originally planned to strengthen his natural skills in four ways: Piercing Yang, Fast as the Wind, Holding the Sheep by Hand, and Seeing the Seams, but he didn't want to come to the Knicks to meet Van Gundy, so he had no choice but to add his defensive skills to E-, and at the same time strengthen the strength and defense of the ball carrier and the vacant position, although the effect is not obvious, but this requires the accumulation of time, and the talent points that can be obtained in three days are only more than 40 points, which is already Liang Xiao's limit.

The training camp officially began, Liang Xiao prepared everything and came to the team's training hall, but no player arrived at the training hall at this time. Liang Xiao is used to coming alone so early, without the bodies of those black people and the skills of the veteran players, the only talent system must rely on his continuous efforts to be rewarded. The early bird catches a lot of insects, and this sentence that can't be worse anymore is suitable for Liang Xiao now. After a person warms up, he starts shooting training, and his superb technique must be honed every day.

"Ninety-eight, ninety-nine" Liang Xiao made a hundred free throws at the free throw line, and was working hard to send the ball out at the three-point line in the corner. Liang Xiao knows that the three-point in the corner is often a big weapon, which can not only increase his offensive means, but also make corner strategies, so that people in the high and low positions have more opportunities, and at the same time, they can also give themselves more opportunities.

He was about to shoot his hundredth corner three-pointer when he heard someone behind him calling his name.

"Liang, you've been here so early these two days." Turning around, he saw a square-faced black man with a bag on his back, and smiled approvingly.

"Oh, Alain, you came early too, I'm single now, I'll come here if I'm fine." Alan Houston, the first brother of the team, said.

"Liang, you wait for me to change clothes, let's come together."

Alan Houston constantly shoots at the three-point line, the NBA's "mid-range shooting king" textbook-like shooting, accurate shooting is really not blown, and last season's 90.9% free throw shooting rate ranked second in the league. Liang Xiao looked at this accurate shot one by one, and couldn't help but let Alan know that Alan Houston is a good gentleman, and when he saw Liang Xiao so serious, he didn't forget to promote his juniors. The two kept sending basketballs into the frame one by one, and for more than an hour, players began to arrive one after another.

Van Gundy announced the team's training camp roster after all the players arrived, and those rosters will also carry over into the preseason. Alan Houston, Antonio McDyes, Ratriel Sprewell, Shanton Anderson, Charlie Ward, Howard Easley, Clarence Witherspoon, Kurt Thomas, Travis Knight, Ocella Harrington, Michael Doliak, Frank Williams, Mark Pope, Lee Nairon, Ravel Bosto, plus Liang Xiao, there will definitely be two more people on the 16-man roster, as the Knicks still have one more injury. Among them, as a guard line player, Liang Xiao will first fight for Ravel Bosto and Frank Williams, who came to the Knicks as an addition to McDyes, and there will be one person in the power forward and center positions, most likely Mark Pope.

"The new season is about to start, and we should all know the current situation of the Knicks, what we need to do now is to strengthen our physical reserves, and we don't want to see that we can't keep up with the pace in the middle of the season, although we are facing many problems, but our goal is still to enter the playoffs." In the face of the Knicks' general veterans, Van Gundy has no better strategy in his heart, McDice, who came from the Nuggets on draft day, to supplement the position after Camby left, is a strong point of the team, but it still can't solve the team's older flaws, Van Gundy hopes to find some people to supplement the bench in the new players, form an alternate, and alleviate the shortcomings.

Van Gundy spoke out about the team's shortcomings on the first day of training camp and set goals for the season, so that all the players could understand their problems, and at the same time, they should not discourage everyone, and the team that has been in the playoffs for many years cannot let everyone fall in the sand here because of these.

A simple set-up that allows the team to split into two groups for a competitive match. Group A: Ocella Harrington, Kurt Thomas, Sprewell, Liang Xiao, Howard Easley. Group B: Clarence Witherspoon, McDyce, Shanton Anderson, Alan Houston, Charlie Ward. In such a grouping, the strength of Group A is weaker than that of Group B, the "King of Shots" Alan Houston and one of the top power forwards of the Texas Three Heroes McDyce can be ranked in the league, and only the "madman" Sprewell can stir up the storm in the league in Group A. Ocella Harrington, who is also one of the Texas Three, is not as famous as McDyes, but fortunately there is also "Crazy Eye" Kurt Thomas, a defender who is also known for being dirty.

On the center circle, Osella Harrington flicked the ball to the backcourt, and Liang Xiao took the ball and handed it to Howard Easley, the Knicks' first point guard, and Eisley's rival Charlie Ward clinged to him, constantly swimming forward court.