The Way of the Center

In this year's free agency market, the Oklahoma City Thunder didn't make any big moves. After all, the Thunder's lineup is already strong enough. Under normal circumstances, teams that reach the Finals will not make much adjustments in the team's lineup.

But Presti was still very angry lately. When Nicholas Batum did not immediately renew his contract with the team, Presti felt that something was wrong. But now, the **** bad news still happened.

36.72 million in 4 years, such a price is simply not something Presti can afford. What's more, Batum's position in the team is just a substitute for Durant. A substitute player earns almost tens of millions of annual salary every year, which is a luxury for Presti.

Durant and Westbrook have just signed a major contract with the team, and Morris and Ibaka are about to face contract extensions. In order to ensure that these four guys will not leave, Presti had to give up Batum and let the Blazers complete their contract match.

Losing Batum is actually not a big deal, but Batum returned to the Trail Blazers, which means that the Trail Blazers used only one draft pick and Craig Smith to replace Anjie!

Presti now hastened to stop the **** Olssi, or God knows what Thunder players he will be poaching away. Fortunately, this time, Orsi really planned to stop.

The Blazers lineup has basically been built, and the Blazers' cap space has been exhausted. Now even if they sign again, they can only sign some shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Orsi has done his job, he has done everything he can for the championship. Now, the baton on the way to win the marathon has been officially handed over to Ricard and Anjie.

"You old guy, don't notify me if you change your career." An Jie was talking to Divac at the moment. An Jie had no idea about Divac joining the team as an assistant coach before.

"I want to give you a surprise, haha. This humanitarian consultant sits in the office all day. It's so boring. After holding back for so many years, I decided to let myself return to the court. Originally, the Kings invited me to go. As a personnel consultant, I still find it interesting to be a coach." Divac didn't answer seriously.

"Hey, after I'm here, the training requirements will definitely be very strict. You kid, you have to be prepared."

"Relax, let you send it!" Anjie is not afraid of Divac's rigorous training. The arrival of Divac means the arrival of more experience. As one of the most passable centers in NBA history, Divac gave Anjie the guidance that no one else could give.

After the call, Anjie asked Meslav to help him settle the expenses incurred in hiring a trainer. After that, Anjie bought a ticket to Brazil. He and Catherine must hurry up and spend their last free time.

While in London, Anjie and Catherine's free conversation made the relationship between two uncommon couples better. The half-month trip to Brazil was sweet as honey to Anjie and Catherine.

The two had fun by the beach in Brazil, forgetting all the craziness at the carnival. It took only half a month for An Jie to really understand the meaning of the word vacation.

When Anjie and Catherine had to part ways again, the time had come to the end of September. Since Anjie led his team to the Western Conference Finals last season, this is also the shortest vacation since Anjie entered the NBA.

Draft, Olympics, summer trade, training, travel...just a blink of an eye, the new NBA season is coming.

"I will strive to propose to you with the championship trophy this season." Before leaving, Anjie lightly kissed Catherine on the forehead. This year, with a brand new lineup, the word championship will no longer be just a fantasy.

In the first season, Anjie's main goal was to survive in the NBA. In the second season, Anjie's main goal is to lead the team to the playoffs. In the third season, Anjie just wanted to recover and re-enter the court. In the fourth season that just ended, An Jie just wanted to prove himself again at first, and then he started the O'Brien Cup idea. This year, Anjie has no other goals. He focused all his attention on the finals and on the O'Brien Cup! This year, he must succeed!

The plane took off, and the two lovers parted again. But this time, An Jie didn't plan to go home empty-handed.

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"The dirtiest players in nba playing: World of Warcraft and Love were selected, and Angel ranked second!" Now there is only one and a half months from the beginning of the new NBA season, and only half a month from the beginning of the NBA summer training camp. During this period of time, various articles about the new season are naturally the preferred themes of major newspapers and magazines. The Sports Illustrated magazine chose a very novel perspective to warm up the upcoming 12-13 season.

"Butcher, this nickname is definitely a well-deserved reputation for Ann. It does not mean that he is a person who can cause serious damage to a player like Bowen. But Ann's small moves on the court and his tough style still make a lot of NBA players stayed away from him. Pulling the jersey, topping his knees, dark elbows, and of course, the superb flops, these are all moves that Anjie is likely to use in a game. If you want to talk about historical rankings, maybe An Can’t make the top ten. After all, those villains in the 90s were too brutal. But among the dirtiest players in active service, I think Ann can definitely be ranked second!” Next to the text, there is a high-definition photo of the game. . In the photo, Anjie was elbowing Garnett's envoy. The topic of this issue of Sports Illustrated is full of pictures and texts. The players on this list just want to quibble and are nowhere to be found.

"Should I feel honored for this?" An Jie picked up this issue of Sports Illustrated, somewhat dumbfounded.

"Of course, the top three people in this list are not easy to be annoying." Ricard replied with a smile, making An Jie feel sweaty.

"The team will be assembled in a few days. There will be so many new players coming this season. This is a special topic on Sports Illustrated. That's not to discredit me in front of the new players." An Jie This makes sense, as if he has been playing ball and guarding himself.

"Your opponent may hate you for it, but trust me, as long as you can lead the team to victory, your teammates won't care what you use." Ricard snatched the Sports Illustrated in Anjie's hands. For him to be ranked, Garnett must also be ranked behind Anjie.

"The people who are willing to switch to the Trail Blazers this summer are all players who are eager for victory and championship like you. The only criterion for them to play on the court is to win! So, rest assured. Your new teammates will not be because of one. This article hates you. On the contrary, you can be on this list, but it injects greater confidence into them. With a leader who is unscrupulous in order to win, they don't have to worry about victory. Okay, go on training. You I don't want to be looked down upon by my new teammates after the training camp begins." Ricard blew his whistle, and An Jie continued his jumping training under the leadership of the trainer. It is only 10 days before the Blazers summer training camp begins. After 10 days, Anjie will start training with his new teammates. The group of people who get together 10 days later will be strong contenders for this season's championship!

Signing, transferring, trading, the long summer has made all fans can't wait. Of course, as players, there will always be a few weirdos who think their vacation is too long. And Anjie is one of them.

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It was the first time Andre Iguodala came to Portland to participate in summer training camp. He was not familiar with Portland and even got lost on the streets. The GPS navigation shows that Iguodala should turn left at this intersection, but now to the left of Iguodala is an artificial lake that has just been dug.

Iguodala’s map information must have not been updated for a long time.

"Hey, Andre?" a guy on a motorcycle yelled to Iguodala who was driving. Iguodala thought it was the Portland fans greeting him, but when the rider took off his helmet, Iguodala realized that the guy in front of him was the sixth overall pick of the Blazers this year. The drafted rookie, Damien Lillard.

"It's nice to see you, do you know the way?" Iguodala felt that he had found a savior.

"I have navigation in my headset." Lillard pointed to his secret Bluetooth headset, and looked at Iguodala's car with a strange look.

"My GPS guided me to swim in the river." Iguodala pointed to the newly built artificial lake, and Lillard immediately understood Iguodala's situation.

"Hahaha, it's okay, just follow me, my map information was only updated yesterday." After speaking, the green light turned on, and Lillard and Iguodala headed towards the Rose Garden Stadium not far away at the same time.

Although it was only the opening of the summer training camp, there are still many fans standing outside the Rose Garden Arena today. In order to maintain order on the scene, the Portland City Police had to deploy a lot of manpower to ensure that the players would not run into trouble.

Iguodala and Lillard were surprised to find that countless signs with the words "Welcome to Portland" were raised in the crowd. The Trail Blazers had not played a game before they had already received fans. Passionately sought after. No matter who it is, it will be in a good mood in such a situation.

With a happy and expectant mood, Lillard and Iguodala walked into the stadium. For Iguodala, the Rose Garden is not unfamiliar. After all, he would come here to play a few in each previous season. Away. But for Lillard, the perfection of the facilities of this modern stadium shocked him.

"Hello, please here." As soon as he entered the door, a security guard appeared in front of Lillard and Iguodala. In order to allow new players to find the home team training ground in this maze-like player channel, Orsi today specially arranged for a man to wait at the door.

After turning a few turns in the player channel, Lillard and Iguodala heard the voice of "Peng, Peng, Peng". And the more you go in, the sound gets louder and louder. There is no doubt that this is the sound of the impact between the basketball and the wooden floor, but who will be there?

"That's it, if you need it, please call me anytime." After the security asked Iguodala and Lillard to sign for themselves, he turned and left. Iguodala and Lillard looked at each other, then pushed open the gate of the training ground.

The training ground is very empty, because there is no time for the team to gather. Iguodala and Lillard were afraid of getting lost, so they went out so early and arrived so early.

Only one person was playing in the huge training ground~www.NovelMTL.com~ Seeing that the door was pushed open, that person also stopped his movements and walked towards the door.

As the tall figure got closer, the shadow on the person gradually dissipated. When this guy walked in front of Lillard and Iguodala, he was the first to speak.

"Hello, I'm An Jie. Welcome, welcome to join the Blazers family!" An Jie rushed to the door and smiled friendly.

New season, new teammates, first contact. How much energy this group of guys working together for the first time can burst, no one can give an accurate answer.

No matter how they play, the final result of the Blazers this season will certainly not be as plain as their beginning.

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