Zhao Yong's car is a second-hand Ford SUV produced in 2015.

For NBA players, such a car is unpretentious.

Zhao Yong is a 20-minute drive from the team's training hall and will pass through the city center.

The scenery along the way is beautiful, there is a section of coastal road in the middle, and Zhao Yong sometimes opens the window to feel the sea breeze.

However, it is still winter, and the sea breeze of only 2 degrees Celsius is still quite cold.....

After a while, I came to the training hall, and the parking lot was very good.

Zhao Yong flipped on the way to the locker room to scare his mascot.

There are often such tidbits in some NBA-related shows.

The mascot dressed up as a variety of animals to scare the players, and the camera captured the players' embarrassment.

When Zhao Yong came to the locker room, many people on the team had already arrived, chatting in twos and threes.

Zhao Yong's wardrobe is located in the corner, next to only Marcus Smart.

Smart is the Celtics' backup point guard, strong defense, was drafted by the Celtics with the 6th pick in the first round in 2014, and has continued to improve in recent seasons, averaging 10.2 points, 4.8 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game this season.

If it weren't for Irving's arrival, he would have been the Celtics' starting point guard.

In his previous life, Zhao Yong had a deep impression of Smart, who was another guard who won the best defensive player after Payton.

Although many people like to say that he fakes a fall, it cannot be denied that his defensive ability is great.

Smart is also a strong defender and has a crushing advantage against many defenders.

Seeing Zhao Yong's arrival, Smart said: "Dude, you played so well last night, by the way, did you really spray KD like that?" ”

Smart's question instantly attracted the sideways glances of other players nearby, and the hot search is still hanging.

They are also curious about this kind of hot search.

Zhao Yong generously admitted: "Yes, that's what I said. ”

You can't say these things to reporters, but you don't have to hide them from your teammates.

Smart came over and put his arm on Zhao Yong's shoulder and said, "Haha, well done, that guy is just too soft, I'll scold him like this in the future." ”

Smart grew up in southern Dallas, a neighborhood he named the "War Zone." Before he was 13 years old, Smart was shot.

Smart had witnessed one of his older brothers die of cancer and the other nearly died of cocaine.

Smart was often involved in brawls when he was a child, he was a bad boy, and in terms of personality, he was also a tough guy!

He also can't get used to Durant's behavior of joining the enemy.

"Okay, next time you go guard against him."

"Haha, let's get him together."

Zhao Yong smiled and didn't say anything else, Smart also returned to his position and started to work.

Wear gear, tie your feet, wear sneakers, and wear training clothes.

The equipment manager had everything the players needed ready early on and put it in the closet.

......

The Celtics' next game is tomorrow night, when they host the Houston Rockets, and it's a tough one.

Stevens' training assignments in the locker room were more of a tactical drill.

The current style of play of the Rockets is Harden's various trick singles, and how to prevent Harden is the top priority of the Celtics' game.

Stevens tactically arranged for Smart, Jaylen Brown, and Tatum to take turns defending Harden.

Zhao Yong is still playing his No. 4 position, and his main role is to block and dismantle Irving, Brown, and Tatum when they attack.

Zhao Yong can only be said to have received the attention of his coach now, and his rotation position is still unstable.

There are too many players in the NBA who have broken out like this.

The manager will also give playing time based on how well the players perform in training.

In the past, Zhao Yong didn't have much to look out for when he was training....

Today, Zhao Yong's performance in training was average, not good, nor bad.

The main reason is that Irving and Tatum like to play by themselves after blocking and dismantling, rather than giving him the ball, and they still don't trust Zhao Yong enough.

Irving is the kind of big man in the 0.75 category, and he has no problems with his own individual ability, but he just can't make the team stronger.

And Tatum and Brown haven't fully grown up yet.

Halfway through the training, Anji's assistant came over to inform Zhao Yong and motioned for Zhao Yong to go to the office.

Zhao Yong looked at the head coach, Stevens patted Zhao Yong's shoulder and said with a smile: "Come back early, and your tactical arrangements." ”

Hearing the head coach's words, Zhao Yong had a bottom, and he also smiled and nodded at Stevens.

Obviously, the management has already made a decision about whether he will stay or not.

There were not too many accidents, and after Anji was polite to Zhao Yong, he officially notified him that the contract had been regularized.

"Zhao, keep up the good work, I am very optimistic about you, you will be a part of the future of the team." Angie said.

"Thank you, boss." Zhao Yong said.

Zhao Yong didn't believe Anji's nonsense at all.

If he were really part of the team, would he only have a one-year contract?

However, Zhao Yong didn't say anything, because he would use the next game to surprise everyone.

Next, he wants to renew the contract, and it won't be 800,000 that can be won.

There doesn't seem to be an Arenas clause in this parallel world, and the hole for a good second-round pick hasn't been closed, and after a year of play, he's a free agent.

Zhao Yong also understands that there will be these small differences in parallel worlds, after all, the situation of the Arenas clause is quite special, and a butterfly may change these.

Since there is no such clause now, Zhao Yong wants to teach NBA owners a lesson.

For the next salary, his goal is to get the highest salary!

"Do you have any requirements?" Angie asked.

"Let's change my number 56 to my number 4 jersey." Zhao Yong said.

"Okay, start expediting your new jersey today." Angie said.

Celtic have their own jersey factory and it can be done very quickly, which is not a big requirement.

After leaving Anji's office, Zhao Yong returned to the training hall.

At this point, the tactical training is over, and the players are free to move.

"Zhao, let's play one-on-one?" Owen shouted at Zhao Yong.

Irving was in a bad mood during this time, mainly because not everyone in the team was using him as the boss, and then head coach Stevens didn't play around him.

This kind of treatment is completely different from the idea of Irving leaving the Cavaliers and coming to the Celtics, and Irving thinks that he is here to be the boss.

As a result, it now seems to be treated like an ordinary core, and there are two more such cores, and the Celtics have two other cores.

Owen is in a bad mood and wants to find someone to fight alone!

In previous one-on-ones, Irving has beaten Tatum and Brown in almost every game.

The current Owen is obviously more mature than the double tanhua, and Owen, as the winner, feels that these two are far inferior to himself, which makes Owen even more unhappy with the team's decision.

Almost everyone on the team has played one-on-one with Owen, and Zhao Yong has played with Owen before, and the loss is ugly.

It's common for NBA players to fight each other in training, and anyone can do it against anyone, and it can't be said that Irving wants to bully Zhao Yong or anything.