Luke has no idea about the conversation between Allen and Larry, and now he only knows how to play his own basketball. Don't look at the 76ers who are firmly in the first place in the Eastern Conference now, if they don't work hard now, they are likely not to make the playoffs. If you can't make the playoffs, it's all empty talk, let alone a championship.

During the break in the practice game, Luke picked up the ball and practiced free throws there alone.

"Boom, boom, boom." "Hey, hey, Luke, take a break, don't try so hard, we're all embarrassed." Reed said as he fell to the ground and drank water.

"You're just so lazy." Luke stopped the free throw, "Your next contract is definitely not going to be too good if it goes on like this!" ”

"It's too early to say that." Reid sat up a little, "I still have a full year of contract, and besides, I'm not happy that I can jump out of my contract next year." ”

"You signed one plus one?" Luke was a little surprised.

"I didn't think there were many opportunities to play, after all, the 76ers already had you and Allen, and McGee, all good scorers, and the guard line of such a team was too crowded, and Brian Cardinal, Raja, I really didn't know if I could get ahead, so I signed such a contract. What's wrong? ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Luke thought about his own business.

"Brian was even more annoyed, he only signed a one-year contract, and he didn't know what to do with it in the future." Reed said as he looked at Brian Cardinal, who was also resting on the side.

"And me?" Brian Cardinal didn't know what they were talking about.

"It's okay, it's okay, you continue, you continue." Reid shut up.

"Okay, have you rested, hurry up!" Larry is coming.

"Hello coach!" Reid quickly got up from the ground and said hello to the coach.

"It's okay," Larry said after a brief response, "all the players are coming for a meeting!" ”

"Yes, Coach!"

When everyone was around, Larry began to say, "Everyone's here." I'll start with the first thing of the day: Aaron is out injured. ”

"Ahh When Larry broke the news, everyone was stunned. Allen Iverson, who has always appeared in front of people as a fighter, is injured like this?

"No, didn't you just fall on the ground? Not really, right? Reed asked first.

"This problem is in the hands of the doctors, and I can't take care of it." Larry explained, "That's the situation anyway, and now we're going to play with this lineup. Now I'm going to say the second piece of news, which is also bad news. We now have a super long road trip. And it's going to happen soon. ”

"First we were going to New Jersey to take on the Nets, then we were going to New York to challenge the Knicks, then we were going to the capital city of Columbia to challenge the Washington Wizards, then we were going abroad to Canada to play the Toronto Raptors, then we were going to the Vancouver Grizzlies (the Grizzlies hadn't moved to Memphis at the time), then we were going to the Denver Plateau to play the Nuggets, and then we were going to the Utah Plateau. Then there's the Golden State Warriors and the SuperSonics, and finally after we get back to the East and play the Orlando Magic, we can go home, and then it's a three-day break and heading into All-Star Weekend. That's where we are. ”

“ohmygod!” Reed said as he touched his head in pain. The rest of the team wasn't much better.

"What's the matter?" Even Luke couldn't stand it anymore.

"Is this the Alliance's decision, and I can't do anything about it." Larry shrugged and said, "But luckily, these are not all back-to-back, only the Nets and New York, the Raptors and Grizzlies are back-to-back, and the others are separated by a while." It's going to get you used to it. ”

"But it's also hard to fight, it's very cold in Canada this season, especially in Vancouver! Besides, there are still two plateaus, how to fight? Reed spoke again.

"Huh?" Larry raised an eyebrow.

"Michael, stop talking!" Seeing that something was wrong, Luke quickly pulled Reed and told him to shut up. "Coach, you go on."

Larry's face is a little better. "Okay, there's no Allen now, but we can't be discouraged, we're going to play every game and try to get a good result before the All-Star break! Then live the All-Star in peace. I'm here to promise that if we win more than 70 percent on this road trip, which means we've won more than seven games, when we come back to Philadelphia, as long as you don't make a mess, I'm going to take care of you until the All-Star break, which means you don't have to assemble, you don't have to train. Except, of course, the players who are going to be in the All-Star Weekend, you have to go with the team to the game. ”

"Is this true?" Reid said.

"Of course it's true, when did I lie to you?" Larry seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness, but he added, "But don't be too happy, you're in trouble." ”

"Ahh Reed said in surprise. "Hahaha......" Everyone must know that Reid offended Larry just now, and now they laughed heartlessly when they saw him like this.

"Coach, boss, you don't want this! I was wrong just now, really wrong, don't punish me! Reed said "pitifully".

"Don't show that disgusting look on your face." Larry slapped Reed and then continued, "It's a good thing that you and Luke were both selected for this year's All-Star Rookie Game." But it's better if you don't go, we'll take one less person with us. ”

"Don't, don't, coach, don't play like this!" Reid was in a hurry.

"Hahaha......" Everyone laughed at Reed's expression again.

"Okay, okay, you're going, don't worry, we won't leave you alone!" Larry said with a laugh.

"Also, Luke, Big Ben, you've been selected as this year's All-Star, and it looks like Mourning and Granger Hill won't be able to play, so you and Big Ben have to be ready at any time." Larry continued.

"Got it, Coach." Big Ben and Luke said.

"Also, Luke, your task this year is a bit heavy, you have to participate in the Rookie Challenge, the Slam Dunk Contest, and the All-Star Game, so you have to pay attention to safety." Larry instructed.

"Got it, Coach." Luke replied.

"Okay, that's all for today's training, if you still want to continue training, if you don't want to do a set of strength training while training and then take a break and then go home, that's all for today's meeting!" Larry announced.

"Yes, Coach!" Everyone said in unison, and then most of them walked to the power room. Luke was left, Raga was shooting, and Reid was training alone with the help of a trainer. Big Ben did at least three sets of strength training before he stopped.

"That's the difference between star players and average players!" Larry said.

But he only said it in his heart, and then walked into his office, and he still had a lot to do.

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