The two-month experience of the national team was easy and pleasant, and what made Lin Dong happiest was not only some slight changes in the basketball thinking of Zhu Fangyu and others, but the changes of Lao Jiang.

Frankly speaking, the stubbornness of some basketball seniors in the Dragon Kingdom has been ingrained in Lin Dong's heart.

This is not only because they find it difficult to embrace new thinking, but also because such shifts are often self-interested.

A new way to play? So who do I teach what I used to be good at?

A new way of playing better? So was my playing style the worst? Am I still the best coach? Doesn't that mean that others are better than me? Doesn't that mean that someone else is a better fit for the position than I am?

So no, I have to use my style of play, and if I get results, I'm awesome, and if I can't get results, I'm driven away, so there's nothing to say.

In a word, to admit something new is to deny themselves.

But fortunately, such a thing did not happen to Jiang Lao.

First, because of Jiang Lao's own status in the basketball circle of the Dragon Kingdom, he no longer needs to prove himself with any achievements, to put it bluntly, his status has reached the top, and no one can shake it.

Secondly, and more importantly, that is, Lin Dong's 'small ball thinking model' and 'soldier-general relationship', these things have not been put forward by others in the current basketball world, and Lin Dong is to inspire Jiang Lao to think of these in a way of discussion, rather than putting on a 'teaching' attitude.

This not only made Jiang Lao feel novel and interesting, but also after being unconsciously guided by Lin Dong to think about the results, he would think that this was his original theory, at least, it was something that he would improve and prove after Lin Dong put forward the theoretical concept.

The founder of a new style of play and basketball thinking, this name is enough to give Jiang Lao a reason to be willing to take a risk.

So it is natural to accept it, and Taishan Beidou, as the basketball coach of the Dragon Country, is now coaching the national team, and there is Lao Li supporting him, Lin Dong believes that such a theory will soon spread to the whole country with the implementation of the national team.

This may also be a big boost for myself at next year's Olympics......

Thanks to the crushing of strength, the two-month extra schedule did not bring any additional burden to the body, and it was supposed to be a vacation back to China.

By the time Lin Dong and Sakuragi Hanamichi returned to Seattle in early October, the supersonic summer team training was already coming to an end.

The newcomer Korver is still a little uncomfortable with the intensity of the NBA, if it weren't for the fact that he was hand-picked by Lin Dong's mother and son, I am afraid that McMillan would have already chosen the wrong person without giving face.

Fortunately, the training is serious and hard enough, and with Yang Dong's shrewdness, an annual salary of 500,000 yuan and a rookie contract of 2 million yuan for 3 years have also reduced the cost of supersonic training Korver to almost a minimum.

McMillan simply didn't care much about him, anyway, Lin Dong had already given Korver a standard positioning, that is, a fixed-point pitcher on the outside, that only needed to throw him the basic training plan including running without the ball, getting rid of it, shooting training, etc., every day, and let the guy practice it by himself, as for what level he can reach in the end, it depends on him.

As for the rest of the team, the training is fine.

Iguodala has improved a lot since winning the championship, and the experience seems to have given him a lot of confidence, and his performance throughout the summer training has made it impossible to see the immaturity of last year's rookie days.

In particular, the 3 points that have been practiced hard with the team's tactical needs have improved a lot in terms of pressure resistance, and in the absence of Lin Dong and Sakuragi, except for Payton, no one on the team can defend his three points...... No, there's still one, and that's the newcomer Sean Battier.

New recruit Sean Battier has integrated quickly into the team, and under the tutelage of McMillan and Payton, his already pretty good defensive ability has been further improved, and he has improved rapidly.

And what surprised McMillan even more was that Battier belonged to the type of player who was Sakuragi Hanamichi, although he was not as outstanding as Sakuragi in terms of characteristics, but he was more comprehensive.

On the pitch, Battier is like a kind of all-purpose glue, able to fill any loopholes in the team, and the ability to help defend and catch the opponent's loopholes is quite strong.

The ability to bond the team is the temperament of the deputy leader, which is the most urgently needed type in the supersonic rotation today, after all, McMillan intends to minimize Payton's playing time in the regular season in the new season, on the one hand, for the protection of veterans and reasonable rest, on the other hand, it is also to train newcomers, so other deputy leaders are needed.

Battier is obviously competent in this regard, and in the absence of Lin Dong and Sakuragi, he has been able to take Team 2 and Team 1 led by Payton to wrestle his wrists a little.

This is definitely a strong reinforcement for supersound.

Another supersonic player, Chandler, who has come out of the hospital to recuperate, is now recovering well, and is expected to return to the court at the end of this year to follow the team back to daily training, and if the recovery is good, there is even a chance to catch up with the playoffs in April next year.

McMillan can already imagine the core of this year's superSonics.

There are Chandler and Sakuragi Hanamichi on the inside, two stable shooters on the outside, Battier and Iguodala, Payton on the outside, and NBA king Lin Dong ......

This lineup is only stronger than last year, and it also increases the bench depth of the main team.

It's all good news.

But there are also bad ones.

For example, the SuperSonics were forced to cut Weinbeck directly at the end of September.

Although it was dealing with a salary burden of 12 million per year, it was undoubtedly a loss-making deal for the SuperSonics to use an All-Star player like Weinbeck to trade a big chip before the contract expired.

In fact, Bob and Yang Dong also thought about signing first and then exchanging before, but after contacting and inquiring around, there is no league team willing to take over Winbeck at this time.

It's not that no one in the entire league is optimistic about Weinbeck, after all, he is a former All-Star insider, but everyone knows that Weinbeck is useless to the SuperSonics, and he barely got any playing time in the playoffs last season, and the players and teams are almost at a loss, and everyone knows that their contracts expire at the end of September.

Supersonic will never spend money to renew Wenbeck's contract, so why change with supersonic and let supersonic pick up a cheap and continue to reinforce? When their contract expires, Wenbeck becomes a free agent, and then interested teams go directly to the talks? Except for a salary, everyone doesn't have to pay anything extra, and a fool will trade with supersonic at this time.

And this attitude also made Bob and Yang Dong completely give up the plan to sign first and then exchange.

If they continue to sign Weinbeck, other teams will laugh and watch the SuperSonics drag a big burden for nothing, and will never give the SuperSonics an equivalent trade for Weinbeck.

After all, the superSonics are the public enemy of the league today, and all teams are counting on the object of defeat, and there is no way to suffer a dumb loss in this kind of thing.

And what worries McMillan is Payton's state.

Although he performed bravely in G7 in the finals and seemed to recover well from the knee water problem afterwards, McMillan could feel a slight decline in Payton's form when the official training began.

There's nothing wrong with the way you play, and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with your knees, but it's just not as aggressive as it used to be.

Probably because of old age...... is also because after winning the championship and taking revenge on Jordan, this old guy who has been holding back his anger for eight years finally vented the anger in his heart, and at the same time, he also vented the last breath of anger in his heart.

Actually, McMillan understands this.

Once the heart that has been held back for eight years is snowed, anyone will relax, and for a 34-year-old veteran, after this relaxation, there may not be a return to form.

Fortunately, experience and technology are there after all, and even Peyton, who has completely relaxed, is still the undisputed second leader of supersound.

But it seems that Bob doesn't think so.

McMillan heard that the guy had reminded Yang Dong more than once, saying that Payton was no longer at his peak, and the team should quickly consider taking advantage of Payton's ability to play and be valuable, and also held Payton's remaining two years of contract in his hand to seek a trade before the next season, and use Payton to exchange for a younger point guard, and use the ball with Lin Dong to make a more long-term dynasty plan.

For example, Nash of the Mavericks or Kidd of the Nets, this year's Payton is definitely qualified to be traded for a single exchange, and there is also the possibility of negotiating, but it may not be next year......

McMillan was disgusted with the guy, even though he knew that Bob's suggestion was the best for the SuperSonics, and the team that had just won the championship was the most taboo for the general, but he couldn't help but be disgusted.

Fortunately, Yang Dong did not listen to his advice, but said to him: Winning the championship is a hero, and supersonic will not abandon anyone who has merit.

Although I don't know if Yang Dong deliberately leaked this, McMillan is very grateful for it anyway, and it has also made the supersonic up and down now twisted into a one, there is a little bit of a feeling of unity, and the atmosphere in the team is harmonious.

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After Lin Dong returned to the team, the NBA's new year's schedule is about to begin.

This year's NBA preseason has only one European game, and the Spurs and Kings went, after all, the Spurs' Ginobili and the King's Peja are both European players, and they have more appeal and market in the local area, but they have nothing to do with the supersounds.

The SuperSonics' preseason warm-up games are also scheduled for six games, against three teams, one home and one away, the first game against the Kings, the second game against the Wizards, and finally the Charlotte Bobcats.

This arrangement, what is the warm-up or not to warm up, in fact, it is clear that it is to rush for tickets.

Although the Kings reached the playoffs in the Western Conference last year and finished second in the regular season, in today's NBA powers, their real strength can only be regarded as a team in the upper middle of the table.

It's just a preseason, you don't need to find the strongest team to fight to the death, and people may not want to fight you.

As for the second game against the Wizards and the last game against the Bobcats, the former is the final team that has just completed the tie-break with the SuperSonics, and the heat of the previous finals is still there; The latter has just been acquired by the god of basketball, and playing against it, it is still a cold rice that is still hyping the heat of last year's finals, and it can be regarded as helping the bobcats, who have just started with the god of basketball, to increase their popularity.

This kind of warm-up game is completely different from the last time they played against the Wizards in Yanjing.

It's just a warm-up, and the rookies who were enthusiastic in last year's preseason are now old fritters, just put them away and play casually.

This year's regular season will start on October 22, and with the SuperSonics ranking last year, the first few games were also weak teams, and for Lin Dong, who has just experienced the Asian Championships, this whole period of time is equivalent to a rest period.

However, during this 'break', several things happened that are worth mentioning.

Mito Yohei dug up the Chef Huang, who was originally in Chinatown, with a lot of money, and the physiotherapy shop that had been tossed for a long time finally opened.

WWF, the Way of Fire and Water!

The spa shop has an American fantasy name, which is quite novel in the eyes of Lao Mei.

Coupled with the endorsement of the ancient skills of the mysterious ancient country of the East, it seems to be covered with a mysterious veil of fantasy, coupled with the fact that the supersonic side is almost all on the platform, Peyton became a free image ambassador, and even helped WWF play a wave of free advertisements in an interview, introducing their new dynasty spa method that combines acupuncture and various things, plus the price is not too expensive, so that many middle-class people in Seattle are eager to it.

At present, the turnover is quite considerable, roughly calculated, the net profit in the first month has reached 50,000 US dollars, and the overall turnover is in a continuous growth period, as long as there is no accident, it is expected to run to 100,000 monthly turnover within half a year is not too much of a problem.

Compared with Lin Dong and Mito Yohei's current overall investment of nearly 2 million, the annual rate of return has reached between 60% and 80%, which makes Mito Yohei and Sakuragi Army full of energy, which is a great joy.

Secondly, there is the supersonic subordinate team, and the Seattle Storm team has ushered in a wave of 'new talents'.

A Dragon Country player, He Ning, Lin Dong's teammate during the trial of the Magic Sharks.

Although it was recommended by Lin Dong, there is obviously no such thing as a black-box operation.

With the salary cap of the whole team that has reached the top of 170,000 yuan in the second-tier league, there is basically no money to play here, and the team eats, and the little given is only enough for the players to spend.

Compared with the long-term contract that the Demon Capital Shark had planned to give He Ning, the one-year short-term salary contract of 15,000 here is really not a way out.

But still let him come over, the main thing is to cultivate and learn, this guy currently has a pretty good 3 points, mainly to adapt to the intensity of the confrontation.

The second is a Japanese player, Akira Sendo, who was formerly affiliated with Mitsui Heavy Industries of the Japanese J League.

Mitsui Heavy Industries is Mitsui Shou's team, and as the current star of Mitsui Heavy Industries, this also belongs to getting gold plating and learning, and the strength of the NBDL is definitely much stronger than the Japanese J League.

Of course, there are two salaries, one is the worthless $8,000 annual salary in the Storm team, and the other is a three-year $750,000 annual salary contract originally in Mitsui Heavy Industries, and the team buys him out at one time.

Anyway, as long as the money is enough, the angler can buy his favorite fishing rod without any scruples, and Seattle also has a sea, so Xiandaozhang has no objection to this.

The rest of the other player is also from Japan.

Compared with the previous two, this one really has a bit of weight, the main rotation player of the former Charlotte Bobcats - Rukawa Kaede.

(End of chapter)