As Robert Pera said, the entire league is brewing deals.

On July 1, the free agent market and trading market officially opened. On the first day, Celtics forward Kevin Garnett and Nets forward Gerald Wallace announced that they had officially renewed their contract with the team. Both players had both positions low, so although there was no situation where players changed teams, this was also exciting news.

And one day later, on July 2, the transaction came soon.

Atlanta sent Joe Johnson, the Hawks they couldn't afford, to Brooklyn, while the Nets sent Anthony Morrow, Deshaun Stevenson, Jordan Williams, Johan Petro and a lottery-protected draft pick obtained from the Houston Rockets.

"Eagle King" changed hands and joined forces with Delong and Wallace. This big deal involving five people was served a big dish for fans the day after the trading market opened!

Billy King, the Russian boss and general manager of the Nets, firmly believes that you can win by stacking stars. In their opinion, the Miami Heat is a living example. Only when there are enough stars can the team win!

Joe Johnson has four years left with nearly 90 million contracts, which is a big burden for the Hawks. But for the Nets' rich boss, the money problem is not a problem. If it weren't for the league's salary cap, he would probably be even more crazy to spend money.

Of course, this deal also indicates that the old Grizzlies player O.J. Mayo is likely to be abandoned again. Mayo's rookie contract expires this summer, but the Nets not only did not renew his contract, but also got Joe Johnson.

From this point of view, Mayo's Nets career should end here. By the way, the Nets almost gave Jimmy Butler to the Grizzlies in vain last year.

In the following days, Link was waiting for news related to the Grizzlies, but the Grizzlies remained silent, which made Link wonder whether Pera had encountered difficulties in the trade.

It was not until July 6 that the Grizzlies finally announced a news: the Memphis Grizzlies won free agent Nick Young with a 6 million contract a year.

There is no doubt that Pera's move is hoped to fill the flaw of the Grizzlies' bench without attacking points. The offensive ability of the Grizzlies' rotation lineup has always been criticized, and Nick Young's scoring ability is unquestionable.

Being a bench bandit is very suitable.

However, this signing is not a big deal at all. Moreover, the Grizzlies' second and third positions are already quite crowded.

Link, Guy, Bathir, Tony Allen, Jimmy Butler, Pondsett, and now, with another Nick Young, this lineup is a bit weird.

But Link didn't have time to speculate on Pera's plans later. Time has come to July, and Link now has to focus on his training.

This year, Link still hired the young Chris Brickley to train for himself. In addition, he also invited Ganner Peterson, the most famous body trainer in Los Angeles. Link wanted to further polish his body shape.

Of course, training cannot be performed alone. Since most well-known stars have to play in the Olympics this year, so it is impossible for Link to reap Kobe's benefits. If you want to organize training and the ball game, Link has to rely on his own connections.

But Link was delighted to find that it didn't seem difficult for him to form a training team this year.

After two years in NBA, Link has also gained some appeal.

Jimmy Butler, Paul George, DeMarcus Cousins, Jeremy Lin and Link himself, this five-man training team has officially formed. Although it is not like Kobe who can easily call first-line stars such as Paul and Durant, Link thinks that the training lineup is not bad. Naturally, the connections he has accumulated over two years cannot be compared with Kobe.

In the next month, they will train together and improve together.

Everyone has their own specific improvement points, such as George's main attack on the ball this year, while Butler's main attack on shooting practice. What Link wants to improve most this year is his three-point shooting ability in dribbling.

Although Link's three-pointers were very accurate last season, most of them were receiving and shooting after a fixed point. Hill's three-pointer back then was in this style, and Link also inherited it.

However, this kind of shooting method is very limited. If you encounter someone who can block your receiving route, Link will be in vain.

Therefore, Link needs to improve his ability to take three-point shots with the ball. For example, step back and step back, step-by-step three-pointer during the marching, and direct three-pointer after the screen.

As we all know, Grant Hill did not develop a three-pointer until the late stage of his career, which means that Link has now inherited Hill's strongest three-pointer ability. Even if he upgrades again in the future, it will be improved in other aspects.

If Link wants to have deeper achievements in three-point shooting, he has to rely on his own efforts.

So this summer, Link has no shortcuts and has to rely on personal efforts.

During the training, the five people often play games with each other. Of course, many people from other training camps or local street teams were invited to form the ball game.

Training alone is not practical, and there is no use for eggs. Only by exploring in actual combat can we make rapid progress.

In mid-July, Link and his group, who had been training for half a month, had already shown results. The biggest problem now is that the quality of opponents in the ball game is generally not high and they cannot achieve practical results.

It was at this point in time that Link received a call from Kobe.

When Link saw Kobe's name written on the caller ID, he was very surprised. Shouldn't Kobe be preparing for the Olympics now? Why do you have time to call yourself?

"Hello Link, I heard you and your little brothers are training in Los Angeles."

"Yes, do you want to come? I'm afraid you can't come." Los Angeles is Kobe's territory after all, so Link was not surprised to hear that Kobe knew his whereabouts.

"Hahahaha, I won't go, but you can come. How about it? Are you interested in coming to Manchester to play a practice game with Team USA?"

"Ah!?" Link's head turned blank. What's going on? Play against the Dream Team!?

The incident happened suddenly, and Link was confused.

"I highly recommend you and your friends to coach K. I promise him that you are the strongest group of people in the training camp now! We need some real confrontation, you know? So, if you accept it, we can arrange an internal game in Manchester. Hey, you must also want to fight the strongest opponent, right? Now, the strongest opponent is in the UK. Come on, and form a ball game with the US National Team!"

"But you don't have a special team to train." Link was a little confused. The United States wanted to warm up, but he would never find him.

First of all, the US team has a special sparring team before every World Championship. Link also received an invitation from the sparring team this year, but he didn't accept it if he wanted to train himself.

Secondly, if the US team wants to warm up, they can find more "regular" opponents. For example, in training camps in Las Vegas and Washington, the United States has played warm-up games with the Dominican and Brazilian national teams. And Link's own group of people is not even considered a team.

"The sparring team has returned to the United States, and we are too familiar with each other. After that, we wanted to play an internal practice game with local clubs, so we also invited the local Manchester Giants to conduct internal training. But well, although it may be a bit hurtful to say that, they are really not good enough. There are indeed national team opponents in the warm-up match, but what we need is an internal practice game. So, if you are convenient, I hope you can come to the training camp. Of course, the national team will pay your team."

After Link hung up the phone, he looked at his friends in a daze. He formed a ball game with the Dream Team? It sounds like a bit interesting!

By the way, you can also test the training results in a truly high-level confrontation.

It doesn't seem like that when looking for street teams in Los Angeles to play games with other training camps every day.
Chapter completed!