"Young, you're saying the Celtics are willing to sign me?"

At the end of the day's training, Whiteside shouted excitedly after hearing Li Yang's words. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Hassan, you're just going to be able to go to the training camp and you're going to get a non-guaranteed contract. ”

Li Yang immediately corrected and said, but Whiteside didn't think so, he said excitedly: "It doesn't matter, as long as I can participate in the training camp, I am confident that I can stay in the team, damn, I don't want to come to the stadium next summer to pick up the ball for you." ”

Listening to Whiteside's confident words, Li Yang directly poured cold water and said: "Dude, don't think it's too good, the team now has 18 players with contracts, and 3 will leave after the training camp." ”

Li Yang must put some pressure on Whiteside, otherwise he doesn't know if he will be able to work hard enough to keep this job in the next month or so with the other party's character.

"Yang, don't worry, I know what to do. Whiteside said in a rare seriousness at this time that he had had enough of the turmoil in the past two years, and the Celtics' training camp was the best opportunity for him to return to the NBA.

Starting from September 25, 2014 local time in the United States, NBA teams have started training camps for the new season, and the Celtics started their training camp on September 27, and held a media day in the morning of the same day.

Li Yang was undoubtedly the focus of all media attention on the media day, and in addition to taking makeup photos on the day, Li Yang also gave interviews to media from all over the world.

"Our goal for the new season is to get back into the playoffs, that's what we aim for as a team and what I need to do when I come to Boston. ”

"The atmosphere at Celtic is fantastic, this team has a great tradition and everyone in the team is proud to be part of this team. ”

"Stevens is a fantastic manager, his great tactical philosophy and his constant composure makes me ignore his age, and if it weren't for the fact that I couldn't hear the roar, I would have thought I was playing against Gregg Popovich. ”......

Li Yang's first appearance on the media day wearing Celtic's No. 99 jersey attracted the attention of a large number of fans, whether it was originally a Celtic fan or a fan of Li Yang.

Li Yang fans are looking forward to Li Yang's performance in his first season as the leader of the team, and Li Yang's goal of bringing the Celtics back to the playoffs in an interview is to get Celtics fans excited.

The Celtics have made the playoffs six years in a row since the formation of the Big Three in the '07-08 season, but last season, the Celtics finished 11th in the East with a 25-57 record.

After the departure of the Big Three, returning to the playoffs has become the first goal that Celtics fans are looking forward to.

However, Celtics fans and the team have set their sights on returning to the playoffs, but they are not favored for the new season.

On October 4, local time in the United States, before the start of the preseason, ESPN predicted the regular season record ranking of 30 teams in the new season, and in this prediction, the Celtics were not included in the list of playoff teams.

In ESPN's predictions, the Spurs, who have won two consecutive championships in the West, are still at the top of the table, and they predict that the Spurs will get 58 wins in the new season, followed by the Clippers with 57 wins and second place, the Thunder with 55 wins in third, the Mavericks with 54 wins in fourth, the Warriors in fifth with 51 wins, the Trail Blazers in sixth place with 50 wins, the Rockets in seventh place with 49 wins, and the Grizzlies in eighth place with 48 wins, followed by Suns with 45 wins, Pelicans with 41 wins, Nuggets with 38 wins, Kings with 30 wins, Lakers with 29 wins, Timberwolves with 28 wins, and Jazz with 26 wins.

They commented on the Spurs who lost Li Yang in their predictions: Not being able to keep the Finals MVP this summer is the biggest regret of the Spurs, however, the defending champions still retain the core of the team, they successfully renewed the contracts of Tony Parker and Burres Dior, GDP is still creating miracles, after Li Yang leaves, Kawhi Leonard will get more opportunities, for the Spurs who play overall basketball, Yang's departure will indeed affect their strength somewhat, but we have no doubt that someone will step up from the bench, this is the Spurs, they are still the hottest team in the West。

In the East, the Cavaliers, who signed James and traded for Love, are predicted to be in first place, ESPN predicts that the Cavaliers will be at the top of the league with a record of 59 wins, followed by the Bulls with 53 wins in second place, the Wizards in third place with 47 wins, the Raptors in fourth place with 47 wins, the Heat in fifth place with 45 wins, the Hornets in sixth place with 44 wins, the Hawks in seventh place with 41 wins, and the Nets in eighth place with 40 wins.

Yes, the Celtics are not in the top eight in the regular season record in the East in ESPN's predictions, and they place the Celtics in 10th place in the East, with a predicted win of 37.

ESPN had this to say about the Celtics: Young has produced amazing results in the past two years, but he has yet to prove his ability to lead the team forward, and more importantly, the Celtics have undergone a major change this summer, the team has too many new faces, and there is not even a consistent scorer except for Young. Young's stats may rise in the new season, but it will be difficult for him to achieve his goal of bringing the Celtics back to the playoffs in his first season, improving his winning tally by 12 games from last season, which may already be the biggest success for the rebuilding Celtics.

ESPN's view has been supported by a number of media, "Hoop World", Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and other media have predicted that Li Yang's data will usher in a certain rise in the new season, after all, he has absolute offensive power in the team, but no one believes that he can bring this team to the playoffs, the Celtics' lineup is too average.

The next preseason game seems to confirm these media speculations, in the eight preseason games, the Celtics have won only three of them, they have lost five games, and what makes the outside world talk is that Li Yang's performance is not particularly eye-catching.

In 8 preseason games, the average of 20.2 points, 6.2 assists and 5.4 rebounds per game is an improvement from the regular season last season, but in the preseason, such data is not too good, especially as the team's top scorer, with absolute ball possession, Li Yang only averaged 20.2 points per game, which made the media very skeptical that Li Yang's performance in the regular season could be greatly improved.

Regarding these voices from the outside world, Li Yang listened to them in his ears and saw them in his eyes, but he was not too anxious to refute them. In fact, as a preseason game for training and deciding on the marginal players, Li Yang did not contribute much in these eight games, not only did he not play for a long time, but Li Yang was also more familiar with Stevens' new tactics on the field, and played tactical cooperation with teammates to hone his tactics, whether it was data or the team's win or loss in the eyes of Li Yang and Stevens.

So for those media doubts, Li Yang did not refute, in his opinion, the best way to fight back is the game.

Since these media are doubting their performance in the new season and doubting whether the Celtics will be able to enter the playoffs in the new season, let's see the new season!