Chapter 150： The first training session (four / ten)

The atmosphere of this team is really good.

Popovich left the locker room after speaking, and the team members began to change clothes one after another.

Budenholzer called the three rookies together at this time, and then asked them to choose a jersey number.

"No. 50 is David Robinson, No. 44 is George Gwen, No. 12 is Bruce Bowen, No. 6 is Avery Johnson ... These 7 numbers have been retired and cannot be selected, and of course there are these, You can't choose any of your teammates already, the remaining numbers 0 ~ 99. "Budenholzer reminded.

"I'll pick number 5." Cory Joseph said.

"Is there any reason? Just ask." Budenholzer looked mild and said with a smile.

"I used to wear No. 6 before, but it is retired, so choose No. 5." Joseph's reason is relatively simple.

"No. 2 and No. 15 are from Bonner," Leonard said.

Budenholzer nodded.

"Godfather, what about yours?" Budenholzer asked with a smile, he is really easy-going, which is directly called Tang Tian's nickname.

Tang Tian wore the No. 12 at Kangda, which has no special meaning, purely because a former Kangda forward had entered the election after finishing freshman, and there was no new clothes that he just used. I always wore that number.

Most people will use college jersey numbers when they arrive in the NBA, such as Joseph's No. 6, and Leonard also wears No. 15 at San Diego State University.

"31." Tang Tian thought for a while.

"No. 31? It didn't look like this number when you were in college?" Budenholzer said.

Tang Tian nodded.

"Don, Sean is also No. 31," Joseph said.

"Shawn?"

"Sean Battier."

As a reminder of Joseph, Tang Tian remembered that when he was drafting, the model was Shane Battier, and the number he chose was the same as him.

"Because of this?" Budenholzer asked.

"No, just because I was selected on the 31st, it makes sense," Tang Tian said.

Choosing this number is a commemoration of the draft, and it also allows him to remember the hot release of his pigeons.

"OK, the jersey will be ready in a week. Before that, you should wear training clothes to train. This is based on your size." Budenholzer said to give them a few jerseys.

After they changed their clothes one after another, they also went to the training hall.

Budenholzer called the players together, first let the players run around for a few laps, and then did a dozen sets of suicide training.

Tang Tian persisted, but he found that none of his teammates had left. Except that Joseph was a little breathless, everyone else was done, and it seemed easier.

This is the difference between the NBA and the NCAA. Physical fitness alone is not an order of magnitude.

Of course, this is also related to the self-discipline of the Spurs players. Many players will have to recover their physique and physical fitness for a month or two after returning from the offseason. For those people, the new season will definitely not be good.

Popovich nodded satisfactorily aside, this year's shutdown may be a good thing for the Spurs.

After physical fitness is shooting, shooting coach Ingeld led them to practice.

Tang Tian's quick three-pointer has been adapted to seven hundred and seventy-eight. At this time, the open shot and the NCAA shooting rate are very close.

"He's really underrated." Budenholzer said next to Popovich.

"How else would I be willing to spend 1 million." Popovich said with a smile, he rarely does the money to buy draft picks.

After shooting training, these are the items of passing and dribbling.

Joseph did well in this period.

Popovich and Budenholzer always have smiles on their faces, and they can see that they are more satisfied with the performance of the three rookies this year.

The last item of training was a full-field confrontation, with a starting group, a bench team, and a bench team. There were 15 people in three groups.

Blair, Duncan, Jefferson, Green and Parker are starting groups.

Split, Bonner, Leonard, Ginobili and Gary Neal are on the bench.

Eke Diogen, Malcolm Thomas, James Anderson, Tang Tian, ​​and Joseph are on the bench.

(Note: The Spurs have a total of 16 players in the preseason. Mills did not participate in the full match due to injury.)

The three groups played alternately throughout the game, and Budenholzer and Popovich would look at their performance.

First was the match between the starter and the bench. Tang Tian watched them from the sidelines.

Duncan and Ginobili are both in their thirties, and Parker is rushing to the third, but they still perform best on the court.

Duncan still has no solution inside. Parker's breakthrough also makes it difficult for Neal to parry. The substitute team has Ginobili's various breakthroughs and stalemate passes.

In 10 minutes, the starting group won 20-16.

After a break, there was a game between the bench and the bench. The previous game warmed Ginobili's body. He was almost unstoppable, and the bench side was a bit ugly because they played together for the first time. The highlight is Tang Tian's beautiful misplaced defense against Neil several times ~ www.novelhall.com ~ The bench finally won 22-9, and Ginobili scored 16 points by himself.

"Manu is in good shape," Budenholzer couldn't help feeling.

"He's still young," Popovich said.

Budenholzer was amused by Popovich's cold joke.

However, last season, Ginobili regained his eye-catching performance and indeed gave off his second spring.

After a short break, the final group confronted.

Tang Tian called several people in the bench group together at this time.

"We have offensive pick-and-rolls and air cuts to pull out the space. On the defensive end we can defend 2-3 defenses. Parker will not have three points. There are only two preseason games this year. , There is no opportunity to play in the preseason, it is likely that there is no chance for a season. "

After Tang Tian said this, the others nodded unanimously. This was all right, and it was said that they went to their hearts.

Popovich looked at Tang Tian, ​​who was talking to his teammates, and was very interested with a smile.

Both the starting group and the bench group have appeared one after another.

The bench group attacked first, Joseph took the ball to the frontcourt, Tang Tian and Anderson opened the space, Diuguti's pick-and-roll, Joseph quickly hit the layup under the basket, Duncan directly chased him and flew.

Back on the defensive end, Duncan hit Thomas in the low post, turned back and hit the ball with ease.

The bench group and the bench group are both difficult to fight, this is really too difficult for them to play with the starting group.

After playing for more than three minutes, the score is already 8 to 0, and the bench group has not scored too much.

Ginobili couldn't help but scratch his head while watching the scene.

But after scratching it twice, he remembered that his hair seemed to be running out, and he unconsciously put it down.