Chapter 51 Big brands are coming

After Stephen returned to the team, although he was educated by assistant coach Caresimo, Stephen quickly impressed him with hard work and hard training. At the same time, Stephen's skill in learning and understanding tactics also satisfied Caresimo. He was used to seeing black players for a long time to understand any tactics. Stephen's understanding at the first glance really made the coach worry-free.

Since Caresimo admires Stephen very much, the higher his expectations for Stephen, the more Stephen's training intensity is increasing. Even Stephen's perverted training was a little unbearable at the beginning, but he still persisted. As he persisted for a longer period of time, Stephen felt that his body was more and more able to adapt to such intensity training.

But Stephen didn't know that he could adapt to such high-intensity training so quickly, which is already very strange. Many people first entered the league and it takes one or more time to fully adapt. This is closely related to the basic physical qualities. If you can't withstand the reaction after training, the team doctor will naturally detect it. However, Stephen's training was completely adapted to this intensity training after only less than a month. It is really surprising.

In the pre-season training camp, although they were both newcomers, Stephen was completely different from others. Just when others were trying hard to show themselves, Stephen was training step by step slowly. Here is the difference between a guarantee contract and a non-guarantee contract.

When the guarantee contract has not been obtained or the contract has not been converted into a guarantee contract, players are like they are in danger of danger and may be laid off at any time. Therefore, those who have not obtained the team's contract or obtained a non-guarantee contract must try their best to show their talents and win the favor of coaches.

However, even if you perform desperately, it may have a counterproductive effect because of the wrong direction. For example, the coach wants to see your performance on the defensive end, but you are desperately showing your comprehensiveness on the offensive end; the role the coach has assigned you to attack the tight bandits, but you keep pretending to be coolie, that is, it is completely different, the direction of hard work is wrong, and no matter how hard you work, it is useless.

There was a player named Keller Bailey in the training camp. He got a non-guaranteed contract. In order to maintain his job, he showed his comprehensiveness to the coach alone, assists, rebounds, and inferences. It was just that he wanted to tell the coach in this way, keep me, you can do anything, and put it in that position.

Sometimes comprehensiveness is a good feature, but at some point, the coach wants not your comprehensiveness, but your strengths in a single item. Keller Bailey is like this. He figured out the coach's thoughts wrong, but Calesimo became increasingly dissatisfied with him and quickly gave up on him among the five players. He was the first to be eliminated. In Stephen's observation, he should be the strongest among the five.

At this time, news came that a certain team signed a free agent, and news came that the team gave up a certain player. After the Clippers signed Tian Woyong, they quickly gave up. Stephen was thinking about teaching him a lesson when he was on the court. Now there was no chance. The Spurs' training camp was constantly staged with the scene of you singing and I finishing the stage, but all this had nothing to do with Stephen. He sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and watched others come and go.

It’s good to have a guaranteed contract. When Stephen saw others looking at him, he felt very happy. Although the training was hard and tiring, Stephen was not afraid. In addition to the food here that makes people uncomfortable, they have no place to eat Chinese food, and they just want to buy some materials and have no place to buy them, which makes Stephen very distressed.

However, Stephen's joy was shattered by the official players who came to the training camp to report one after another. Robert Holly came, Brent Barry came, and Nick Enixel came. As soon as he saw Stephen, Robert Holly pointed at Stephen and asked him to buy a bento for Brent Barry, otherwise Brent Barry would have to hold him accountable for his infringement.

This is also an old custom in the NBA. New players serve old players, whether carrying shoes or carrying luggage, are common. Relatively speaking, buying bento is easier to complete. As long as the old players are not intentionally difficult, let alone Robert Horry just let Brent Barry buy it alone.

It is normal not to buy it for others. The free throw posture Stephen used in the NCAA finals was created by Brent Barry's father Rick Barry. Maybe he was not the first to use it, but he definitely carried forward this posture. From this perspective, Stephen is also the inheritor's mantle.

Brent Ribbon is Rick Barry's third son. His brother Joan Barry has just renewed his contract with the Houston Rockets. At the same time, Brent Barry has also played a legend who can fly even with white people. Although his bounce is not as good as before as before, his importance in the team has not decreased. Before Michael Finley arrived, he was the team's first substitute for small forwards and shooting guards.

He didn't make things difficult for Stephen, but he just asked for an ordinary American pizza. Stephen naturally wouldn't really buy it for him alone, and he couldn't forget the other two big brothers aside. Robert Horry didn't make things difficult for Stephen. He was more than twice as old as Stephen, and he had long been used to these things. He asked for the same food as Brent Barry and a cup of hot orange sweat. When asked about Nick Van Exel, he glanced at Stephen with a squint eyes, spit out the name of a food casually, and then turned his head.

Stephen knew that this was Van Exel, which was a difficult situation for him, but there was nothing to say about this. It was normal for an old player to be a new player. Who told the team of Malay to choose him this year? Ion Masinmi, who was selected in the first round, stayed in the French League due to some contracts and buyout fees, so he was the only new player.

Robert Horry kindly asked him if he needed to drive his car, but he was rejected by Stephen. He was not familiar with the streets here, so driving was even more troublesome. And who knew that the thing Van Exel wanted was there? Stephen now prayed not to break it if the whole San Antonio was gone. This guy was still in Portland last season, so don't buy the food that only Portland has.

Stephen went outside the training hall and called the rental company directly, asking the rental company to find him a driver who knew about food. After getting the driver's number, Stephen called him directly to tell him that from now on, you go and buy these foods for me, and then deliver them here. I will give you money. Soon, in less than twenty minutes, a taxi stopped in front of Stephen. Two American pizza, a cup of hot orange sweat, and a Mexican food mentioned by Van Exel were delivered to Stephen. When Stephen paid the bill, he also gave the other party twice the tip and told him that he would call him if he needed it in the future.

Seeing Li Daxiao buying food so quickly, the three of them showed a very surprised look. Even if they bought what Brent Barry and Robert Horry wanted, it would take so much time, not to mention what Van Exel wanted. Seeing that the food Stephen bought was exactly what he wanted, Van Exel smiled at Stephen and took the food.

In this way, Stephen is equivalent to being involved in their small group of three. Brent Barry is very easy-going. Although Robert Horry likes to play and make some harmless jokes, he also likes to support the backwards. Although Van Exel is not easy to approach, after getting familiar with him, he will give some advice if he needs attention.

Especially after seeing Stephen's training focused on basic training, he gave Stephen a lot of guidance with his own experience and experience. Especially in terms of shooting, Brent Barry's shooting percentage has remained at a lower rate of 50% and a three-point shooting percentage of over 40%. For outside players, this is a very high shooting percentage, and he naturally has his own unique insights on shooting. Robert Horry is famous for his winning streak, and naturally has certain unique secrets for psychological changes when shooting and shooting. After a few days of contact, Stephen felt that his shooting had also made great progress.

Although the other people in the training camp knew that Stephen was different from them, they saw him following several well-known players every day and saying that they were not jealous was fake, but they could only be jealous. They couldn't protect themselves, and their competitors were only these people in the training camp. Stephen was no longer on the same level as them.

Other players also started to come to the training camp one after another to report. Tim Duncan was here, Bruce Bowen was here, and Michael Finley was here too. With the help of Robert Horry and the others, Stephen was easily accepted by these big guys, especially Duncan looked dazed. The first time he met Stephen, he actually said in Chinese: "Hello."

The handsome French man Tony Parker who came to the team to report directly with his suitcase shocked Stephen. He has been here for several years and he will not even have a place to live. But when he saw Tony Parker and Duncan and others hugging passionately, he couldn't help but feel the atmosphere inside the team. Even at the University of Southern California, he did not feel such a harmonious atmosphere.

During the first training session, Stephen saw how amazing Tony Parker's speed was. This speed was the speed of driving the ball, not the speed of running empty. No wonder someone called him a sports car. This speed was the same as a sports car, which was amazing.

In the end, in addition to Manuginobili and Fabricio Oberto who were still playing for the national team, the contracts for the official players had been completed. At this time, head coach **Vic also came forward. At the first meeting of meeting with all the team, he pulled Stephen out and introduced it to everyone solemnly, which was meaningful.

Of course everyone knows that the coach tells everyone that this is a formal member of the team, not a short-term worker, everyone should treat him as a teammate, but everyone is familiar with Stephen at this time, **Vicci's introduction only increased everyone's emphasis on Stephen.

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