NBA: I'm really just an ordinary coach

Before the start of the new season, the NBA will announce the opening time of the pre-season training camp in advance, usually in late September and early October.

This year's training camp will open on September 30. It was also on this day that Pippen, the last player in the Trail Blazers lineup, came to the arena.

When Pippen came to the arena, a fierce competition was going on in the training ground.

The new season is approaching.

Tang Feng no longer stayed in the office most of the time as before, but appeared more and more in the training ground, especially in the past ten days, Tang Feng almost soaked in the training ground.

Pippen's arrival did not affect the ongoing competition.

Although the players on the court also noticed Pippen, Tang Feng stood on the sidelines and roared loudly at the court. How dare they relax?

At this time, Tang Feng was like a different person, and the friendly face in the office was no longer there.

On the other side, D'Antoni was no less inferior. Even if the team's star player Rasheed Wallace made a mistake, he would scold him. In addition, Thibodeau would scold him from time to time.

It can be said that in the past ten days, the Trail Blazers players have been miserable.

At first, Pippen didn't think anything of it and walked up with interest.

After watching for only a minute, Pippen's brows furrowed.

This is not an ordinary competition at all. The intensity of this competition is not much different from the playoffs.

However, Pippen didn't say much, just stood there, squinting his eyes and watching this competition.

"Scotty, how do you feel? Sabonis walked over slowly and said

"Such a fierce competition is rare." Pippen responded and continued,"Is the team going to play run-and-gun in the new season?"

Sabonis nodded with a smile and said,"Yes, there is no problem with some basic cooperation, and we have a tacit understanding between each other, but we haven't formed a system yet."

"Have you been here all this time?" Pippen asked

"Well, but I can't keep up with their training pace. I can only do one-tenth of their training volume."Sabonis said with emotion.

Pippen frowned slightly and said nothing more.

Soon, the competition was over.

Pippen walked up at the right time, looked at Tang Feng and said,"Tang, hello, nice to meet you."

Tang Feng replied,"Me too, next, they are going to do shooting training, you should go too."

"OK"

After a very polite greeting, Pippen walked into the stadium.

Soon, Pippen discovered that the shooting training that Tang Feng mentioned was three-point training. All the players, including the center, were shooting three-pointers from the outside, which made Pippen frown.

Moreover, the kid from Russia on the team always looked at him with a bit of eagerness to try. In his long professional career, he had met too many people, so he naturally knew what this kid was thinking.

As for the others, except Sabonis and Rashid who chatted with him for a few words, the rest of the people just greeted him and threw themselves into training.

For a moment, Pippen was a little uncomfortable, and looking at this stadium again, it seemed a little more unfamiliar....

Tang Feng naturally saw Pippen's discomfort, which was also expected.

Pippen missed nearly three months of training, and with the new offensive and defensive system, it was normal for him to be uncomfortable.

However, Tang Feng did not say much.

If Pippen really intended to integrate into this team, with Pippen's many years of experience and tactical qualities, it would only be a matter of time for him to catch up.

If Pippen did not have such an intention and just wanted to muddle through, he would not mind letting Pippen spend his last season with the Trail Blazers on the bench. The current Trail Blazers, even if they are not strong in men and horses, are well-staffed. It is naturally best to have Pippen, and they will not force it without him.

October 4th.

The three-month training camp officially ended.

Two days later, on October 6th, with the start of the game between the Utah Jazz and the Seattle Supersonics, the preseason of this season officially began.

This season's preseason, the Trail Blazers have eight games.

The opponent of the first game is the Utah Jazz, one of the two teams in the preseason opener, and the game is scheduled for October 8th.

Although it was just a pre-season game, both the coaching staff and the players took it very seriously.

After just one day of rest, everyone gathered at the training ground again to prepare for the pre-season game....

October 8.

Rose Garden Arena.

Home team locker room

"For me, this is a special night.

This is my first game in the NBA. Even if it is just a preseason game, it has extraordinary meaning for me.

Similarly, this night should also have extraordinary meaning for many of you.

The doubts and criticisms of the whole summer will gradually be broken and shattered starting from this night."

Standing in the middle of the locker room, looking at the players sitting around, Tang Feng said loudly

"You may not know that only 2,453 tickets for this game were sold! Even if I don't tell you, you know what this means."

While speaking, Tang Feng wrote these four numbers on the writing board in the locker room.

"To be honest, I don't care about the criticism and doubts from the outside world, because I know how ridiculous and ignorant these doubts and criticisms are, but I care about the attendance of this arena.

It has nothing to do with money.

I just simply hope that I can hear the cheers and shouts of 20,000 people in every home game I coach.

This is something I have never experienced, so I urgently hope that this day will come as soon as possible.

And you decide when this day will come."

Billups said loudly:"Kill them! Win this game, the next game, and countless games! Only victory can allow us to win the recognition of this city again!"

Rasheed Wallace also said loudly:"I will go all out in this game!"

"Brothers, let us fight side by side to defend the glory of this stadium!"

"Kill them! Let everyone see whether we are weaklings or not!"

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