Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 720 Team Gathering
At 10 a.m. the next day, the Dream Team officially assembled at the UC San Diego Arena to start their first training session.

The 12 players were lined up in two rows according to their height, and the awe-inspiring aura exuded by standing together could be felt eight meters away.

In addition to this group of stars, head coach Don Nelson led three assistant coaches, and also had the first official meeting with 12 of them in the arena.

Since these people are big-name players, it is impossible to control them. Not all players are as obedient and self-conscious as Li Weisi.

Fortunately, Nelson was well prepared. After a brief self-introduction with a few people, he said, "There are 12 of you, all of whom are All-Stars and future Hall of Famers. I can't make all of you get used to it. Playing time..."

Before Nelson could finish speaking, Jordan and Magic Johnson spoke first.

"Nellie, it won't be a problem."

"We're here to win, and no one cares about playing time."

With these two people expressing their opinions immediately, others will naturally have no objections, which makes everyone feel that this will be a good start.

Although everyone has known each other for a long time, they have met as opponents on the court for a long time. They have never trained and played together like this.

So everyone is trying to adapt to everything, not only the players, but also the coaches.

The team's four coaches have a clear division of labor. As the head coach, Nelson is mainly responsible for the team's tactical arrangements and general opportunities for training. Coaches Old K and PJ Carlesimo are in charge.

However, as college coaches, the two of them have never been in contact with such big-name professional players, let alone getting along with them.

Especially old K, as the head coach of Duke University, he made Jordan and Li Weisi suffer a lot back then, and now coaching them, whether they will give him face is still unknown.

However, he soon realized that he was thinking too much, and saw Li Weisi, who was wearing the No. 13 jersey, and Jordan, who was wearing the No. 9 jersey, walked over together.

Since jersey numbers need to comply with FIBA ​​rules, only numbers 4 to 15 can be selected, so these dream team players have re-selected numbers.

Among them, O'Neal is No. 4, David Robinson No. 5, Ewing No. 6, Bird No. 7, Pippen No. 8, Jordan No. 9, Drexler No. 10, Malone No. 11, Mullin No. 12, Li Weisi is No. 13, Barkley is No. 14, and Magic Johnson is No. 15.

Originally, Li Weisi wanted to choose No. 9, because this number happened to be very similar to his jersey number 99. However, when he learned that Jordan had chosen No. 9, he took the initiative to change it to No. 13.

Well, there is no half-cent relationship between this number and 23.

This is Frank's school team number when he was playing with Frank when he was a kid, oh, this refers to the elementary school team.

After all, after entering middle school, with Frank's skills, it is no longer enough to enter the school team.

"Hi? Coach K, do you have time? I just discussed some training with West and I want to hear your opinion." Jordan came to the old coach K and said proactively.

"Oh? What's the problem?" Old coach K was a little suspicious. After all, the two of them didn't need to talk to him about these things. But then, when he saw Jordan finished speaking and Li Weisi looked at each other, he felt hesitant.

Jordan and Li Weisi are taking the initiative to give him a step, showing that they are very important, and just looking at their behavior, it is not difficult to see that this is what Jordan meant.

The fact is true. Although Jordan has various problems, it is undeniable that he is much better than Li Weisi in terms of dealing with people.

Whether it is giving up the position of captain or trying to win over the coaching staff, it can be said that if Magician and Bird are the nominal captains of this team, then Jordan is the real captain of this team without a title.

As for Li Weisi, he is more like a tool man. Almost everyone will take the initiative to ask Li Weisi about basketball.

After all, over the years, the reputation of Li Weisi's generosity and San Francisco's Xiao Mengchang has long been resounding in the league. When everyone encounters a problem, the first thing that comes to mind is Li Weisi.

Unlike other famous stars, O'Neal is the most out of place in the entire dream team.

From O'Neal's point of view, he thinks he is a stronger player than Laettner, but unfortunately the gap in team strength still puts him at a disadvantage in the competition for being selected for the Dream Team.

So when he was able to defeat Laettner and was successfully selected for the Dream Team, he was so happy that he almost danced on the sofa at home.

However, when he checked into the hotel yesterday, he realized that the real test had just begun.

In the team, apart from him, even Pippen, the youngest, is also the second head of the Bulls and the star who has won two consecutive championships, so who would ignore a rookie like you?

Maybe they will smile at you, but that's just a way to show their heart. Even people like Barkley and Malone don't even have superficial politeness.

In fact, it is very simple to conquer them. As long as their strength is recognized by them, they will naturally not reject themselves.

Therefore, today's training O'Neill is very much looking forward to, already gearing up, ready to bring his talent to San Diego, a good shock to them.

However, what he didn't expect was that the way the training unfolded today was completely different from what he had imagined.

In the training at the university, they need to follow the coach's arrangement completely, such as warm-up, training without the ball, training with the ball, etc. meticulously, but after the coach finished speaking tonight, he directly chose free arrangement, and did not give them any collective training. train.

It made O'Neill feel like he had punched Cotton.

However, at the same time, he couldn't help crying out in his heart, this kind of training is really great!Is this heaven?So will my training in the NBA be the same in the future?
In the past, he always thought that NBA training would be cruel, but he didn't expect it to be so easy?
In fact, this is entirely O'Neal's overthinking.

The reason why Nelson arranged this on the first day of the game is because, on the one hand, each player in the team has a different rest time. There are some like Jordan who just finished the game for a week, and some like Li Weisi who haven’t played for a year. of.

Everyone's physical condition is not on the same level. If you rashly train together, it will only get twice the result with half the effort, so it is better to let them train freely!

In addition, there is another reason, that is, Nelson needs them not to be in a good state for the time being, at least until after a game tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)