On October 1, 2008, all teams in the NBA issued a call for heroes, and the stars' comfortable summer vacation life was over, and the fishermen had drunk enough fish soup, put away their yachts and prepared to go to the battlefield; The tourist changed out of hiking shoes and put on basketball shoes, and the most painful thing for everyone to sleep at home, they want to lose weight, at least they can't take a body of fat to the game.

The Warriors have a full team of 15 players, and their lineup this season is:

Centres: Oxlade-Chamberlain, Brandon Wright, Reggie Evans

Power forwards: Serge Ibaka, Al Harrington

Small forwards: Stephen Jackson, Barnes

Playmaking guards: Monta Ellis (two-way guard), Chauncey Billups, Stephen Curry (two-way guard), CJ Watson

Shooting guards: Delonte West, Kailana Azubuuk, Marco Belineri, Anthony Morrow

Chamberlain has been practicing hard in retreat this summer, and he is not very clear about the changes in the team's lineup, mainly because the team has not changed much, and there have been no large-scale personnel adjustments, which is in stark contrast to the situation where most of the players on the Knicks and Cavaliers are replaced at every turn.

This is thanks to Nelson Sr., if Mullin is still in power, there will definitely be some people who will be sold to make money, such as Monta Ellis and West, but Nelson Sr. left these people to keep the lineup unchanged, and his explanation to the outside world is that the team's lineup is very reasonable, but the lack of run-in and the core is too young and inexperienced, otherwise they should have won the championship last season.

However, the lineup was still adjusted, and there were people in it that Chamberlain didn't know, and he sent the Li brothers and Doll and Shirley to school early that day - all four of them are now going to St. Lawrence Middle School, which covers 7th, 8th, 9th and third grades of high school, so it can meet the needs of four people.

Sending these four imps into school, Chamberlain rushed to the training hall to prepare for the warm-up, waiting for the return of his brothers, since the Beijing Olympics nearly two months later, he and most people have not met, still miss very much, the brotherhood of this team makes him nostalgic.

As a result, when he entered the training hall, he was stunned to find that someone was already practicing, and he was sweating profusely, obviously not just here.

Chamberlain took a look, the black man's body was about six feet five inches long, and the exposed muscles were quite strong, but the body was generally thin, and he was afraid that he would suffer a loss defensively, but his shooting was very domineering, and when he pushed the door open, the black man was practicing the emergency stop jump shot, and the shot was fast and steady, only to hear the 'bang bang' basketball hit the floor, followed by a 'bang' crisp sound, and the ball fell into the hoop.

After looking at it for a while, there was a sound of footsteps behind Chamberlain, he looked back and saw that it was old Nelson, the old guy was shy, with a big belly and a smile on his face, he seemed to be in a good mood, Chamberlain hugged him and asked, "Hi, Dad, who is this guy?" It's not very ripe. ”

Old Nelson didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically, "What do you think of this kid?" ”

Chamberlain thought for a while and said: "There is nothing to say about the offense, like Monta, he is a good player, I watched his training, the range is all over the entire half, at least he can maintain his hand when no one defends, he has a strong offensive ability with the ball, and his ability to break through should be no problem." However, his physical fitness is average, and when he encounters a strong defender like Wade when he breaks through, he is afraid that he will be deflated, and he will not be able to squeeze into the penalty area. ”

Old Nelson smiled and said, "What do you think of him?" ”

"At the very least, I'll be a good shooter." Chamberlain said in a pertinent tone, this person not only has a good projection level, the key is to work hard, it can be seen from the fact that he came to train so early, today is the first day of the team's report, Chamberlain bets that Jackson and Barnes are still sleeping with their heads covered.

"Of course, Moreau is a great shooter." Curry walked over quickly, and he added when he heard the two of them discuss the black man inside, who seemed to be quite familiar with the black man.

"You know?" Chamberlain asked.

Curry spread his hands and said with a smile: "Don't tell me you don't know this guy, Anthony Morrow, the captain of the Georgia Tech Hornets, played in 123 games in four years for the team, and averaged 25 minutes per game, probably 12 points and 3 rebounds." When I first entered the NCAA, he was the template, and of course that might be a bit of an overestimate of me, because Moreau was the basketball man in North Carolina the year before. ”

Hearing Curry say this person's name, Chamberlain also had a faint impression, Anthony Morrow, who seemed to have seen him when he was at the Portsmouth Invitational, but this person didn't play much, so he didn't pay attention. This player must be a rookie, because Chamberlain has never seen him before, and he has participated in the draft, and he knows every rookie who is selected even if he is not familiar with it, and this one is so unfamiliar, it is obviously a rookie who has been undrafted.

Sure enough, when he said his guess, Nelson Sr. nodded and said, "Yes, this kid participated in the draft but was not selected, and I signed him with two years' salary." ”

Hearing this, Chamberlain and Curry were a little surprised, two years of salary? Generally speaking, for undrafted rookies, the team will only give a ten-day contract, just like when Chamberlain first entered the Warriors, he got a ten-day contract, and if he performs well in ten days, then he can renew the contract, otherwise, please get out, this is the NBA, a business that is inhumane in some aspects.

"Are you sure he's worth it?" Chamberlain asked rhetorically, "Don't buy him out in the middle of the season and pardon him, that would be a shame." ”

Old Nelson Haruha smiled and asked, "Do you think he is not even worth the base salary?" ”

Judging from Morrow's performance in the previous half-hour training, signing him with a base salary is definitely earned, but the problem is that now he is unguarded, and O'Bryant is even more powerful when he is unguarded, known as Duncan II, otherwise he would not **** Mullin signed with the tenth pick in the first round.

After Chamberlain and Curry, West also rushed over, and as soon as he saw a few people, he quacked in his trademark male duck voice and laughed, "BABY, what are you all crammed here for, are you waiting for me?" Flattered, flattered! ”

This is a big change for West, he is no longer as autistic as he was when he first came to the Warriors, Chamberlain hugged him heavily, and he and West have been separated since the end of training camp in Z, and the latter accompanied his good daughter to the Maldives for a vacation.

More and more people came, Moreau put away the ball, he honestly stood aside, his left hand grabbed the ball in his lower abdomen, and his right hand was on his left hand, like a little brother.

Chamberlain took the initiative to fist him and said, "Pearl Dust, man, welcome to the Warriors, we are very glad to have a guy like you, and we really have to thank the brain-dead uniforms of the other twenty-nine teams, otherwise we would have to face you as a terrible killer on the field." ”

Every player has a template, even if it is as strong as Kobe, James, and Howard, but Chamberlain does not, he is unique, everyone knows that he will be a legend in NBA history, the cornerstone of a team, and he is so praised by the team boss, Morrow is very happy.

Then Reggie Evans also arrived, this big man's summer vacation should not be in vain, his size is bigger, the original wide skeleton is hung with thicker muscles, walking like a mecha fortress is moving, with that unique appearance of terrorists, absolutely murderous.

"Welcome back, terrorists." Chamberlain and West were the first to hug Evans, while Curry and Morrow came together, both rookies and NCAA comrades, and they formed a rookie trio when Ibaka arrived.

As Chamberlain said, Barnes and Jackson were the last two to arrive, and the latter was the last to report to the team, just in time for Nelson Sr. to set for nine o'clock.

After Jackson entered the goal, Chamberlain and his players began to scream, using all kinds of abuse to express their friendship:

"Pirate Captain, is your ship fucking leaking? Damn it's coming at this time! ”

"Let's go, let's have dinner, damn, just wait for Boss Jack."

"Dude, did you get your turn last night by a big guy in Utah? Why are you so listless? ”

"I think he's masturbating.,Tell you.,Boss.,The little masturbation is a big masturbation and the body is in ashes!"

"it,, who's the boss of the team? Be honest with me, rookie, buy me mouthwash quickly! Jackson swatted the crowd away like a fly, and the players laughed loudly.

Moreau hurriedly took out his wallet and was about to buy water, Chamberlain took out a hundred-dollar bill and handed it to him, and said with a smile: "You don't have to pay, man, just buy them something, they will pass you more balls on the court in the future." ”

After the newcomers come to the team, they help the old players buy water and bags and call for supper, which is the unspoken rule of the NBA.

Billups stopped Chamberlain and said, "According to the rules, shouldn't Monta be paid?" That kid signed a big contract, damn it, his contract made me red. ”

When he said this, everyone was puzzled, they were all a little excited just now, and they really didn't notice that Ellis didn't come, they only saw a bunch of people gathered together and chatting, and according to the fixed thinking, it must be Jackson's last arrival, so they thought Ellis was coming.

Jackson called Ellis, only to have two calls go unanswered.

Everyone was puzzled, old Nelson walked in with a heavy face, and when he saw the old man's expression, the hearts of the players suddenly rose, because old Nelson is a lover, and today is a day of reunion, unless he encounters a problem that makes him really feel tricky, he will not show such an expression.

Sure enough, as soon as Old Nelson spoke, everyone was stunned: "I just got the news that Monta sprained his ankle during training, and now he has been hospitalized, and his left ankle deltoid ligament has been torn!" ”

"Torn deltoid ligament? Shit, what the fuck is going on, how could something like this happen to him?! "Jackson, the temperamental, was the first to scream, he really cared about every brother in the team, and because of this, even if he could only play ten minutes a game, the team still called him 'big brother' from the bottom of his heart.

The deltoid ligament is located on the inside of the ankle joint, there are four in total, the talar scaphoid ligament, the calcaneal talar ligament, the anterior tibial talar ligament and the tibial talar posterior ligament.

Chamberlain and the others were also taken aback, and greeted each other with gossip, or Billups was the most sophisticated, he waved his hand to stop everyone, and asked Old Nelson seriously: "How did Monta get hurt?" ”

Ellis just signed a big contract and was injured before he could perform, which is fatal for a player, and the Warriors actually don't lose much, because they have countless outside talents, although the loss of one Ellis will reduce the firepower, but as long as Curry performs as expected, it can still make up for the problem.

Billups is a very knowledgeable question, because if Ellis is injured in some dangerous sport, he will probably be punished.

The elder Nelson breathed a sigh of relief when he said, "According to Monta's agent, he was injured when he accidentally rolled his shoelaces into a treadmill while exercising in a training room in his hometown of Jackson City. ”

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, so that Ellis at least did not have to suffer the punishment of the team.