As Robert . Pera said a deal is brewing across the league.

On July 1, the free agent market and trade market officially opened. On the first day, Celtics forward Kevin . Garnett and Nets forward Gerard. Wallace announced that he had officially renewed his contract with the team. Both players are not low, so although there has been no change of teams, this is also exciting news.

A day later, on July 2, the deal came right away.

The Atlantans put the "Eagle King" Joe they couldn't afford to raise. Johnson was sent to Brooklyn, while the Nets sent Anthony away. Moreau, Desean. Stevenson, Jordan. Williams, Johan. Petro and a lotto protected draft pick from the Houston Rockets.

The "Eagle King" changed hands with Delon and Wallace, and this big deal involving five people served a big dish to fans the day after the trading market opened!

Nets Russia owner and general manager Billy. King is a firm believer in stacking stars to win, and in their view, the Miami Heat is a living example. Only if there are enough stars will the team win!

Joe. Johnson has four years left on his contract of nearly $90 million, which is no small burden for the Hawks. But for the Nets bosses, money is not a problem. If it weren't for the fact that the league has a salary cap, he would probably be even crazier to spend money.

Of course, this deal also portends that O.J. Mayo, a Grizzlies veteran, is likely to be abandoned again. Mayo's rookie contract expired this summer, but instead of renewing his contract, the Nets brought in Joe. Johnson.

In this way, Mayo's Nets career should end here. In this way, the Nets put Jimmy for almost nothing last year. Butler gave it to the Grizzlies.

In the days that followed, Link waited for news about the Grizzlies, and as a result, the Grizzlies remained on hold, which made Link wonder if Pera was having trouble in the trade.

It wasn't until July 6 that the Grizzlies finally announced the news: the Memphis Grizzlies acquired free agent Nick on a one-year 6 million contract. Poplar.

There's no doubt that Pera's move is hoping to fill the Grizzlies' bench for no point of attack. The Grizzlies' offensive ability to rotate their rosters has always been criticized, and the Nicks. There is no doubt about Yang's scoring ability.

Being a bench bandit is very suitable.

It's just that this signing is not a big deal at all. Moreover, the Grizzlies' No. 2 and No. 3 spots are already quite quite crowded.

Link, Guy, Battier, Tony. Aaron, Jimmy. Butler, Poundset, and now, with the addition of Nick. Yang, this lineup is a bit strange.

But Link didn't have time to speculate on Pera's future plans, and as the time had come to July, Link had to focus on his training now.

This year, Link still hired the young Chris. Brickley trains for himself. In addition, the most famous physical trainer in Los Angeles, Ganner, was also invited. Peterson, Link wants to further polish his physique.

Of course, training can't be done alone. Because this year, most of the big names have to go to the Olympics. Therefore, it is impossible for Link to touch Kobe's light again. If you want to organize training and games, Link has to rely on his own connections.

But Link was pleased to find that it didn't seem difficult for him to form a training team this year.

After two years in the NBA, Link has a little more appeal.

Jimmy. Butler, Paul. George, DeMarcus. Cousins, Jeremy Lin and Link himself, this small five-person training team was officially formed. Although it is not like Kobe Bryant who can casually call in first-line stars such as Paul and Durant, Link thinks that this training lineup is not bad. The connections he has accumulated in the past two years are naturally not comparable to Kobe.

For the next month or so, they will train together and improve together.

Everyone has their own specific points that need to be improved, for example, George focused on ball-handling offense this year, and Butler focused on shooting practice. What Link wants to improve most this year is his three-point shooting ability on the dribble.

Link's three-pointers, while accurate, last season were mostly catch-and-shoot shots from the spot. Hill's three-point shot that year was that style, and Link inherited it.

However, this shooting method is very limited, and if you can block your receiving route, Link will be blind.

Therefore, Link needs to improve his ability to shoot three-pointers with the ball. For example, the three-point step back, the three-point pull during the rush, and the direct three-point shot after the cover, etc.

As we all know, Grant. Hill didn't develop a three-point shot until later in his career, which means that Link has now inherited Hill's strongest three-point shooting ability. Even if it is upgraded in the future, it will be improved in other aspects.

And if Link wants to have a deeper level of three-point shooting, he has to rely on his own efforts.

So this summer, Link has no shortcuts, and has to rely on personal efforts.

Outside of training, the five often play against each other. Of course, a lot of people from other camps or local street teams were invited to form the game.

Light training is not actual combat, and eggs are useless. Only by groping in actual combat can we make rapid progress.

In mid-July, Link and his party, who had been training for half a month, had begun to show results. And now the biggest problem is that the quality of opponents in the game is generally not high, and the actual combat effect is not obtained.

It was at this point in time that Link received a call from Kobe.

Link was very surprised when he saw Kobe's name written on the caller ID. Isn't Bryant supposed to be preparing for the Olympics right now? How do you have time to call yourself.

"Hello Link, I heard that you and your little brothers are training in Los Angeles."

"yes, do you want to come? I'm afraid you won't be able to come. After all, Los Angeles is Kobe's turf, so Link wasn't surprised to hear that Kobe knew his whereabouts.

"Hahahaha, I'm not going, but you can come. What do you think? Interested in coming to Manchester to play a practice match against Team USA? ”

"Huh!?" Link's head went blank, what's the situation? Play with the Dream Team!?

The incident happened suddenly, and Link's thoughts were repeatedly confused.

"I highly recommend you and your buddies to Coach K, and I assure him that you are the strongest group of people in the training camp right now! We need some real confrontation, you know? So, if you accept it, we can arrange an internal game in Manchester. Hey, you definitely want to play against the strongest opponents, right? Now, the strongest opponent is in the UK. Let's play a game with the U.S. national team! ”

"But...... Don't you have a sparring team? Link was still a little confused, the U.S. team wanted to warm up, how could it not find their head.

First of all, the U.S. team has a dedicated sparring team before each World Series. Link also received an offer from the sparring team this year, but he didn't accept it when he wanted to train on his own.

Secondly, if the U.S. team wants to warm up, they can find more "regular" opponents. For example, in the previous training camps in Las Vegas and Washington, the United States played warm-up matches against the Dominican and Brazilian national teams. And Link's own gang is not even a team.

"The sparring team has returned to the U.S., and we know each other too well. After that, we wanted to play an internal practice match against the local club, so we also invited the local Manchester Giants to do internal training. But...... Well...... It may hurt to say that, but they're not good enough...... It is true that there are opponents of the national team in the warm-up matches, but what we need is an internal practice match. So, if it's convenient for you, I hope you can come to the bootcamp. Of course, the national team will pay your team. ”

Link hung up the phone and looked at his companions with a confused expression. Playing with the Dream Team? Sounds interesting!

By the way, it is also possible to test the results of training in a really high-level confrontation.

Playing against street teams and other training camp guys in Los Angeles every day doesn't seem to be the case.

"Guys, let's discuss something." Link then gathered everyone and prepared to go to Manchester to fight the American team!