The Godfather of Basketball

"I can't wait to play with LeBron and Yao."

At the press conference, Paul was also very excited.

"Coach Tang Tian is the godfather of the dynasty, and he believes that he will lead us to create new history."

Paul was affected by a left knee injury last season. He played on and off and only played more than 40 games. He didn't play in the end of the regular season. For him, this transaction is also a new beginning. challenge.

After the press conference, Paul and the rookies and Matt Barnes took a makeup photo together.

He was joking with Stephenson, and laughing with Barnes. It can be seen that he is a very easy-going person off the court.

Before the makeup photos were finished, James, Brown, Artest, Beverly, Green, and Anderson came to the arena together.

"Hey! Brother!" Paul hugged James directly after taking the makeup photo, and then greeted other players.

It's not surprising that James came to the arena, after all, he has a close relationship with Paul, but Tang Tian didn't expect so many people to come.

"Coach, we decided to start training today."

After the chat over there, James came over to say hello to Tang Tian.

When Tang Tian heard this, he quickly understood.

The Big Three form a team, with a lot of attention from the outside world, and they are also under a lot of pressure.

It is difficult for people to relax and play under heavy pressure. At this time, it is better to start training in advance.

Tang Tian nodded.

This month is almost enough rest.

He then called Casey and Cassell to the arena.

The Cavaliers' preparations for the new season started two months in advance.

The first training was mainly based on basic and recovery training, and finally there was a full-court confrontation.

It can be clearly felt that although the players are not in the best condition on the court due to a long time of lack of training, they are very excited mentally.

It was at this time that I could feel the difference between Paul on and off the court.

Even in the first training session, he had extremely strict requirements on his teammates, and he directly reprimanded some mistakes that should not have occurred.

If James didn't know his character, it might have been a fight.

But this is a good thing for the current Cavaliers.

For a brand new team, even if they train in advance, the time left for them is only two or three months.

However, during this process, Tang Tian discovered something that was not unexpected.

Paul's impact on the field is much weaker than that of two years ago, and he doesn't dare to make too many offensive moves. It can even be clearly felt that the rounds of his offensive initiation and passing are obviously much more than his personal offense. .

This is probably the impact of the successive injuries last season on him.

Tang Tian thought of some fans' evaluation of Paul after suffering a serious injury in his previous life: He was just chasing the former self.

Now it seems that such an evaluation is very appropriate.

Of course, Tang Tian is a systematic person after all.

He got 3 honor points for winning the championship last season, and with the remaining ones, he has a total of 4 honor points.

It is not a problem to spend 2 to exchange for an iron knee for Paul. As for the remaining 2, just give Yao Ming's ankle.

After the training, Tang Tian called Paul to his office.

But it was not to give him the ability to exchange, but to talk to him about the team's tactics in detail.

Just like what Tang Tian said at the regular meeting of the coaching staff before, Paul is the commander on the field, he knows which tactics to use under any circumstances, but first of all, he must be familiar with the team's tactical system.

Training continued on the second day.

But as soon as he arrived at the training hall, Tang Tian was startled.

Yao Ming actually came to the training hall!

And there are long-distance jumper training!

What's happening here?

Ankle healed?

Tang Tian walked straight over.

"Coach." Yao Ming saw Tang Tian approaching, wiped off his sweat, and greeted with a smile.

His clothes were drenched with sweat, and he looked like he had been practicing for a while.

Speaking of his busy schedule recently, this is the first time we met after signing the contract last time.

"Your ankle is healed?" Tang Tian asked suspiciously. He remembered that Yao Ming said that it would take about two months to recover, and it has only been one month.

"Okay, it's amazing. It got better at the end of last month, and I didn't know it would get better so quickly." Yao Ming said a little excitedly.

"..."

Just last month? ?

"The system's ability to use the target, after returning to the host, the ability will recover in a short time."

At this moment, a familiar prompt sounded in Tang Tian's mind.

Yes, enough show.

In order to reflect the core value of the host, the setting of this system is really awesome.

But this also matches its presence that is so small that it can be ignored.

Otherwise, if you really have to start all over again, his honor points are really not enough.

After chatting with Yao Ming for a while, other players also came to the arena one after another.

Kathy and Cassel came too.

Tang Tian asked them to lead the team for training, sat on the sidelines by himself, and then entered the system's different dimension.

Iron Knee: Ability to restore injured knees to normal levels. (Note: Meniscus removal cannot be repaired)

Steel Knee: Able to restore a completely damaged knee to its normal level. (Note: including meniscus removal, etc.)

The selling price of Iron Knee is 2 Honor Points, and that of Steel Knee is 3 Honor Points. The price is the same as the previous Iron Back and Steel Back.

The difference is that the condition of the meniscus is additionally noted.

The meniscus was removed. These words reminded Tang Tian of Roy in his previous life. It was because of this that Huang Mamba retired sadly.

But Paul is not in this range. He just tore the meniscus and then underwent repair surgery.

Of course, it is impossible to fully recover with existing technology, otherwise Paul in his previous life would not be forced to change his style of play.

Tang Tian exchanged the Iron Knee, and then directly used it on Paul's body.

Paul was practicing three-point shooting under the guidance of Dell Curry at this time.

He had just voted for one, and he suddenly felt the slight soreness in his knee after the operation disappeared, and at the same time, he felt his intimacy with Tang Tian suddenly increased a lot.

He turned his head, and then saw Tang Tian looking at him.

He responded with a smile, then turned his head and continued training.

Maybe it has something to do with the two people talking about tactics yesterday.

Tang Tian withdrew his gaze, and then continued to observe the training of other players.

The basic training is over, followed by full-court confrontation.

But at this moment, Tang Tian noticed that Paul's style of play was still the same as yesterday, and it hadn't changed because of the exchange of Iron Knee.

System failed?

Nope!

This has never happened before.

Tang Tian thought for a while, and soon realized that this might be inertial thinking.

Paul may feel better about his knees, but last season's injuries did scare him a bit.