September 3.

As time goes by September, all teams will prepare for the new season in advance.

Although not all players will train, most players will re-invest their energy on the field.

Among these many teams, the Thunder is no exception.

What's more, the Thunder this season has seen many new faces, so players have to do some more and more running-in before the start of the new season.

Among them, Stephen Curry, Danny Green and Beverly, who were selected in this draft, started training early.

At the end of August, the shooting coach Dimash gave a small meal alone, which made him shed more sweat.

However, not only did the three players not feel any dissatisfaction with this arrangement, but instead devoted themselves to training.

Because from this point of view, it is not difficult to see that the team has entrusted them with great responsibility, at least it is more motivating than regardless of them.

In addition, after September, other Thunder players returned to the team and began to participate in the last training session before the start of the season.

Even O'Neal, a lazy "big shark", is no exception.

Throughout September, Thunder kept training and running-in. In addition to daily group confrontation, everyone also had their own exclusive training.

For example, Stephen Curry used his quick shot after pick-and-roll, Danny Green's three-pointer at the bottom corner on both sides, Beverly's three-pointer at the 45-degree angle on the right, and O'Neal's exit route at the basket.

In fact, O'Neal does not need technical training at all, because his playing style has long been finalized.

What's more, O'Neal at this time now has no technology, all he has is a rampant body.

As for the two players, Da Ben and Mason, Yang Fan assigned them the training tasks instead of lifting iron.

I don’t have to do anything throughout the offseason, I just need to frantically lift the iron in the gym!!

After all, these two people are not playing basketball in the team. If you fight, what kind of training do you train???

You are not doing your job properly!! Go away your hard work!!

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September 29.

Time flies, and as time comes to the end of September, it means that the offseason is about to pass, and what is coming is actually the preseason journey of the new season.

On this day, the league announced the preseason schedules of each team.

Although the preseason is for training for each team, no one will fight with real swords and guns. The main purpose is to get through.

Even in some unnecessary games, it is not a big deal to take a break occasionally to be a star.

However, other teams don’t know what Yang Fan thinks about the preseason. Anyway, Yang Fan thinks it is quite necessary to preseason.

After all, the Thunder team is always the same every year. They will have many brand new faces every year, and they are also the kind of existence that can be entrusted with important tasks.

So in this case, the preseason naturally played its part. Although Yang Fan did not care about the winning or losing of the game, Yang Fan still planned to observe the process of running-in.

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October 3.

The NBA preseason in the 2009-10 season officially started, and the Thunder's first opponent in the preseason was the Mavericks who eliminated the Thunder in the Western Conference semi-finals last year.

I have to say that the NBA always likes to do these messy things, just an unimportant preseason game, and the league must also create a bunch of howlings.

It can be said that as the NBA in the business league, it can be said that it has grasped the interests in this regard...

This season, the Mavericks have not changed much in terms of lineup. The biggest change is that they signed Sean Marion in the free market.

Secondly, there was an additional Gudeng master on the bench, which could be considered as a barely adding to the inside.

After all, the Mavericks' substitute inside line was completely ruined by the Lakers last season. With the salary space basically locked, the Mavericks can still sign a Guden, which can be said to be very powerful.

Since it was just a preseason game, both sides did not feel tense in this game, but were a little relaxed.

Before the game began, both sides announced the starting lineup of this game:

calf:

Kidd, Josh Howard, Marion, Nowitzki, and Danpier.

Thunder:

Curry, "Martial Saint" Jackson, Durant, Jamison, and O'Neal.

After the game started, the defensive intensity of both sides was not very large, and to a more tentative degree, they were running in tentatively.

However, although Yang Fan would not give the team's full strength in the preseason, Yang Fan still formed the Hawks offensive formation as soon as the game started.

Because Yang Fan really wants to test the strength of this lineup, after all, it should be said or not. This lineup not only has excellent shooting ability, but also has super strong ending ability at the basket.

In this case, in addition to being slightly weaker on the defensive end, the attacking end was simply 360 degrees without dead corners to complete the killing.

So even if the Mavericks won't do their best on the defensive end, Yang Fan still wants to see the effect of this lineup.

In the whole first quarter, the Thunder's offense on the court was very smooth.

Especially when Curry, Durant and Jamison all have excellent shooting range, this undoubtedly helped Stephen Jackson open up more space.

Help the Thunder fight even more brutal under the Eagles' offensive tactics.

The most important thing is that with O'Neal's seat at the basket, this makes any position in the Thunder team a finishing point, and they are also players with particularly strong finishing ability!!

Whether it is the outside shooting led by Curry, Durant, and Jamison, or O'Neal's tough position at the basket, Stephen Jackson can be said to be very at ease no matter who passes the ball to when breaking through.

At least put aside some flaws of all sizes and watching these five players collaborate on the court, Yang Fan, who was sitting off the court, was so idle.

Because Yang Fan discovered that only these five people played on the court, as long as they were running in place, then even if the Hawks attacked, they would not have any impact on them even without tactics.

But Van Stephen Curry and Jamison both pulled apart one left and right, and the remaining three people would take turns to play singles and drink a pot on the other side.

Especially Durant and O'Neal, this is simply a big killer in singles!!

Fortunately, as a moral coach, Yang Fan does not want the team to become a singles team. After he retired, fans kept complaining that he would not lead the team if he left the star...

As the game continued on the court, Yang Fan roughly understood the lethality of this lineup.

The next thing the Thunder needs to do is to get in and make the players cooperate more tacitly on the court and minimize some mistakes.

Since Yang Fan had already seen what he wanted to see, Yang Fan expanded the rotation and directly replaced more players to train.

In the end, after the entire game, the Thunder played away from home were:

126:115

The Mavericks beat the Mavericks by 11 points and won the first preseason victory.

Even if neither side did all their efforts in this game, the main players' playing time was not higher than 20 minutes.

But Yang Fan still saw all O'Neal's damage to the Mavericks' inside line. This situation obviously made Yang Fan more confident.

Since both sides mainly practice and observation in this game, the main players' playing time did not exceed 20 minutes.

Curry made 4 of 7 shots on the offensive end with 16 minutes of appearance, including 3 of 6 from outside the three-point line, scoring a 11-point, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

It was also perfectly handed over his preseason debut after entering the NBA.

The most important thing is that Stephen Curry successfully found his own position on the field, which coincides with the offensive style of the entire Thunder team.

This may be the greatest wealth in Curry's career.

In addition, O'Neal, who was also the first time in his career, only made an appearance for 11 minutes in this game.

Then in these 11 minutes, Rhodes made 4 of 4 shots easily, including 1 of 3 free throws from the free throw line, and contributed 9 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block without any pressure in the face of Danpier.

After the game, before leaving the court, Yang Fan and Mavericks head coach Carlisle hugged on the sidelines. Although the Mavericks eliminated the Thunder in last year's playoffs, the Mavericks' methods were very clean in this process.

So the two teams can be said to be without grievances and revenge, not to mention that Yang Fan is quite fond of coach Carlisle.

During the conversation on the sidelines, Carlisle praised Thunder and Yang Fan several times.

It means that the Thunder's lineup in the new season is so competitive that he even feels numb from his scalp.

He also said that Yang Fan is not only handsome! His talent show vision is also a great league.

This time, facing Carlisle's praise, Yang Fan did not blindly be modest.

Because what he said is the truth, especially the handsome sentence...

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In the following period, the Thunder experienced several preseason games, and in these games, Yang Fan also adjusted the lineup one after another.

Basically, a different lineup is sent out in each game. It seems that I want to use the preseason games to get the team together.

October 21.

With the Thunder defeating the Clippers, the Thunder finished the last preseason game of this season, and then they just need to wait quietly for the arrival of the new season.

In these six preseason games, the Thunder had a total of 5 wins and 1 loss, losing only one game against the Portland Trail Blazers. As for the remaining five games, they won one after another.

And after the preseason ended, the opening time of the NBA season 2009-10 season was also determined, that is, the game will officially start on October 26, US time.

It is worth mentioning that the Thunder were in this year's NBA opener.

Obviously, the Thunder's dark horse rise last season has entered the league's vision.

And before the start of this season, the Thunder ranked seventh in the league in the official championship prediction list.

The Thunder's opponent in the opening game this season is nothing else. It was the Nuggets who had a lot of connection with the Thunder in the playoffs last year and even created the scene of bleeding and spilling the field.

Yang Fan did not have much surprises about this arrangement, after all, this is the most important thing in the league.
Chapter completed!