At nine o'clock in the morning in mid-July, the weather was already quite hot.
With the sun shining, it was even hotter in the stadium.
But at this time, the sound of basketball kept coming from inside.
Bang - bang bang -
Bang bang - bang bang bang -
Occasionally, he would let out a strong man's roar.
Outside the door, Hilde was sitting in the shade, leaning against the wall of the stadium.
He scratched the curly hair on his head and asked, "Who do you think will win?"
Barnes ignored him and inserted the earplug into his right ear.
Hilde shook his head: "Okay, this question is meaningless. Let's change the question. What do you think the final score difference will be?"
"Within 6 minutes."
Barnes replied.
"I think it will be 7 points. The gap will even be bigger."
Hilde approached Barnes with great interest and put her arm around his shoulders: "Brother, do you want to have a bet?"
Barnes showed no interest and inserted another earplug into his left ear.
The prelude to "In the Name of the Father" began to echo in his ears.
He leaned against the wall enjoying himself, with his right leg resting on his left leg.
Hum along.
Hilde shook her head helplessly: "I think the king is right, the king is a bunch of ghosts and monsters."
Yesterday, he silently memorized Wang Yi's line about cows, ghosts, and snakes, and then found out the meaning of that sentence through a friend who knew Chinese.
However, he did not feel that Wang Yi was offending them.
On the contrary, I feel that what I said is the truth.
The current Kings team is indeed a mess.
The players all have all kinds of strange personalities, aren't they just a bunch of monsters?
While he was thinking.
Crunch——
The ballpark door opens.
Two figures came out slowly.
Wang Yi sweated slightly on the tip of his nose.
Bagley was sweating profusely.
Hilde quickly stood up and asked Wang Yi: "How was it? Who won? What was the score?"
Wang Yi said nothing.
He just looked back at Bagley: "Xiaosan is very strong!"
Hilde was still too naive after all. He looked back at Bagley.
A trace of surprise flashed in his eyes: "Wang Yi can be called very strong. It seems that you are indeed very strong. After all, the day before yesterday at Rucker Park, Wang scored 80 points in the third quarter."
He didn't notice that the corners of Bagley's mouth twitched slightly when he asked this question.
Later, when Bagley heard Wang Yi's answer, he seemed to be slightly relieved.
At the same time, I felt a little more grateful to Wang Yi.
"Let's go, why are you hanging around? Let's go find Holmes."
Wang Yi said.
Hilde looked at the time.
The winner of the 10-ball duel was decided in just over two minutes?!
Wang Yi must have won, that goes without saying, but what was the score?
The fire in Hilde's heart was burning brightly.
But it was obvious that neither of them meant anything.
Hilde could only turn to gossip about other things: "Wang, why do you always call him mistress?"
Wang Yi replied seriously: "There are two reasons. First of all, his name is Bagley III. I call him Xiaosan, right. The second reason is that there is a hero in China. With a mortal body, in the end,
After achieving the status of god, his name will be Xiao San."
Hilde nodded: "That's it."
In fact, Wang Yi called Bagley Xiaosan without any derogatory meaning.
He just thought it was fun to call it that.
It's like giving nicknames to classmates in class.
Now Barnes, Hield, and Bagley, these three people have been gathered together by Wang Yi.
They were the three main players of the Kings last season.
With them joining, it will be easy to deal with other people.
They found Holmes again in the afternoon.
Then we directly had a video call with other team members.
The main players have been assembled, what else can the substitutes say?
After a video call, all the substitutes gathered at the Kings training facility three days later.
Except, of course, TT Thompson.
The guy got in touch, but he said there were still a lot of things to deal with, and it would probably take more than a month.
Wang Yi ignored him. It was impossible for him to ruin the team's training just because of him.
Currently, the team's confirmed roster only has 9 players.
There will be reinforcements for the Kings team in the future.
When head coach Walton learned that Wang Yi had assembled the players in such a short period of time, he was quite surprised.
You know, this is the offseason.
No one likes to train on vacation.
What's more, the Kings are in disarray and there are many thorns among the players.
As a result, in just one week, Wang Yi had already assembled them all.
This gave him a new understanding of Wang Yi, and at the same time he was more assured of Wang Yi's leadership skills.
"Now that the players have been assembled, our training camp will start today."
Head coach Luke Walton and owner Ranadive came together.
This surprised Wang Yi a little.
Before he was in so many teams, he rarely met the boss.
I have been with the Lakers for nearly half a year and have only met the boss twice.
It can be seen that Ranadive is quite passionate about basketball.
The other players were not surprised by this.
Ranadive greeted the players one by one.
Then he sat on a chair to the side.
He was not involved in discussions about the team's training plans.
He just purely loves basketball.
He believes that professional matters should be left to professionals.
Although he is the boss, he cannot be too involved in the team's training plan, as that will only affect the team's training.
Head coach Walton said: "Everyone is highly motivated this season, which is a good thing. I have already made a training plan. You can take a look."
As he spoke, he handed out a stack of papers to the players.
“If you have any comments or suggestions, you can also put them forward.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Yi said: "Coach, I have a suggestion. Can we take the team to the Denver plateau for training? This way we don't have to worry about altitude sickness when we go to those plateau arenas."
Head coach Luke Walton was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at boss Ranadive.
If you don't use the existing training gym, you have to go to the Denver Plateau to rent someone else's training gym, which is also a big expense.
Ranadive nodded and said, "You can decide about the training. If you need funds, go directly to the Finance Department to get them. I will say hello to the Finance Department."
After saying that, Ranadive's eyes fell on Wang Yi.
He is quite satisfied with Wang Yi's initiative in training.
Now that the boss had spoken, the coach had nothing to worry about, and they flew to Denver Plateau the next day.
And their itinerary is kept confidential.
Apart from relevant insiders, few others know.
This gives the players a sense of mystery.
At the same time, there is a trace of expectation.
When the season starts, this Kings team should impress everyone.
Chapter completed!