dognovel Chapter 420 The new season starts! The goal is three consecutive championships!
Chapter 420 The new season starts! The goal is three consecutive championships!
The first day of the new season is, by convention, the team open day, which is also known as the media day.
On this day, all the players and staff will appear in front of the media to show the team's new look and give fans confidence that the team's goals this year are great, the team's future is bright, the team's players All love you.
It's just that the only difference between this year and previous years is that there will always be seven or eight or more teams in previous years, saying that their goal is to win the championship, to win the O'Brien Cup. In the playoffs, there will be some wars of words between teams that have some disputes.
It can be considered that the troops and horses have not moved, and the mouth cannons will go first.
Especially at the media open day last year, the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks were full of confidence, expressing that they would overthrow the Celtics and let them know how powerful they are.
Lin Long, of course, also represented the Celtics and gave the two teams a strong fight back!
The warm-up between the three teams made all fans feel the anger of the war, and the strong smell of gunpowder spread to every corner of the United States through TV and newspapers.
But this year, because of Jordan's retirement and Ewing's injury, the entire Knicks team is rarely low-key and has not mentioned the championship at all.
On the Lakers' side, O'Neal's return to training camp is no longer full of fat and laughing at the hip-hop albums recommended to the media, but there is also no arrogance and arrogance.
Obviously, after a complete failure last year, O'Neal has matured a lot, and Malone and Pippen are the same, these two veterans who have experienced countless ups and downs, are quietly waiting for the arrival of the new season.
The only one who stands out is still Kobe!
This summer, Kobe canceled the vacation, the training camp, the cooperation of all brands, and did not carry out any business activities and rest. From the second day after the finals, he practiced for a whole summer!
During this period, Lin Long came, as did friends McGrady and Hamilton.
The team's big brothers, Pippen and Shaquille O'Neal, have also come, and even Allen Iverson and Stephen Marbury of the same class have come here to train with him.
In the end, except for Lin Long who felt that the intensity was the same, everyone else hurried away after being vomited by Kobe within 2-3 days.
The only one who practiced with Kobe for the whole summer was the famous Jordan exclusive trainer, Tim Grover.
But Kobe's training volume scared even Grover, who accompanied Jordan for almost his entire career.
The first meeting between the two was introduced by Phil Jackson. Kobe Bryant told Grover directly: "No matter how hard Jordan works, I'm going to double it.
At the beginning, Grover also thought that Kobe was talking nonsense. In his mind, Jordan's training volume was no longer something that could be done by human beings. Your Kobe actually needs twice as much?
Jackson smiled and told Grover: "You can give him instructions, as long as he is still alive, no matter how outrageous the training Kobe will be!"
After spending a few days with Kobe, Grover was surprised to find that both Jackson and Kobe were serious.
No matter what he assigns to Kobe, it sounds like a slap in the face, a completely impossible task, and Kobe will complete it meticulously and without compromise.
Even if the amount is too large sometimes, Kobe will only ask:
"Does this make me stronger than Jordan and Lin Long?"
As long as Grover nodded, Kobe clenched his teeth and continued to practice.
This summer has passed, although of course Bryant's training volume cannot be twice as exaggerated as Jordan's.
But it also reached an almost terrifying level.
Grover believes that Kobe Bryant in the new season will definitely reach a new level!
Kobe Bryant, whose confidence has increased greatly, also became the only person in the Lakers team who issued a letter of challenge like the Celtics on the media day of the new season.
No harsh words, no superfluous nonsense!
Kobe Bryant simply said a word when asked by the media about his goals for the new season.
"Boston, see you in the finals!
When the news reached Lin Long, he laughed:
"I thought that the league was all scared by us, but I didn't expect there was a pure man. Very good, Los Angeles, see you in the finals!"
・・・・Seeking flowers˙
In addition to Kobe Bryant, there is one person who is not afraid of Lin Long and the Celtics.
Son of Philadelphia, 'The Answer' Allen Iverson.
When Iverson was asked by reporters about his goals for the new season, his answer was equally simple: "Revenge, we want revenge! Whoever eliminated us last year, we'll see you in the playoffs!
Except for these two, everyone else has not posted about the championship, or beat the Celtics.
Some people don't like to say this, such as the nerd in San Antonio, but more people believe in their hearts that they are not the opponents of the Celtics or even the Lakers, and they have set their sights on next year's draft and freedom Market, when the time comes, swarms of big fish will swim to the free market.
Only when the sniping of the Celtics is completed at that time and their lineup is completely dismantled will they have a chance to compete for the championship again!
This unremarkable offseason, not only did there not be any big-name free agent transfers, but even the war of words and scolding between the players ended in a more unremarkable media day.
Each team quickly entered the training camp to run in their new tactics, adjust their lineup, and strive to play a satisfactory season.
The Celtics did not have any major personnel changes this summer, that is, Aaron moved to Toronto, Curry announced his retirement, and rookie Ginobili joined the team.
The other champions have not changed at all. Stability has always been the most important thing for a dynasty team!
The goal is three consecutive championships, the Celtics are reloading on the road!
Of course, before that, Ginobili, who had listened to Lin Long's suggestion, had gradually grown his hair. Although he couldn't grow his hair flutteringly, it had already reached a certain scale.
On the first day of training camp, the only rookie was forced by a group of big brothers to play a unique Argentine tango with a toilet seat!
It was also filmed by Billups, a big bastard, with a DV, and uploaded directly to his personal website that night, becoming one of the hottest news on the first day of the training camp.