Chapter 360: Cool and Crooked Setting (1/4!) )
"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, who suffered a left knee injury last season and played in just over 40 games, including the end of the regular season, was a new start for him, with opportunities but also challenges.
At the end of the press conference, Paul took a make-up photo with the rookie and Matt Barnes.
He joked with Stephenson, and he laughed with Barnes, and you could tell that he was a good guy off the court.
Before the makeup photos were taken, James and Brown, as well as Artest, Beverley, Green, and Anderson, came to the arena together.
"Hey! Brothers! After Paul took the makeup photo, he hugged James directly, and then greeted the other team members.
It was not surprising that James came to the arena, after all, he had a close relationship with Paul, but Tang Tian didn't expect so many people to come at once.
"Coach, we've decided to start training today."
After chatting over there, James came over to greet Tang Tian.
When Tang Tian heard this, he quickly understood.
The Big Three teamed up, and the outside world paid a lot of attention, and they were under a lot of pressure on themselves.
It is difficult for people to relax and play under heavy pressure, so it is better to start training in advance.
Tang Tian nodded.
This month is almost enough rest.
He then summoned Casey and Cassel to the arena.
The Cavaliers' preparations for the new season began two months early.
The first training session was based on basic and recovery training, and finally there was a full-court confrontation.
I can clearly feel that although the players are not in the best condition on the field because they have not trained for a long time, they are very excited mentally.
It was at this moment that the difference between Paul and off the field could be felt.
Even in the first training, he is extremely strict with his teammates, and some mistakes that should not occur are directly reprimanded for victory.
If James hadn't known his character, he might have had to fight.
But that's a good thing for the current Cavaliers.
For a brand-new team, even if you train early, you only have two or three months left for them.
However, in this process, Tang Tian discovered something that was not unexpected.
Paul's impact on the court is much weaker than two years ago, and he doesn't dare to do too much offensive action, and it is even obvious that he attacks and ends in passes in many more rounds than individual attacks.
This is probably the impact of injuries last season.
Tang Tian remembered the comments of some fans in his previous life about Paul after suffering a major injury: he was just constantly chasing after his former self.
Now it seems that such an evaluation is very apt.
Of course, Tang Tian is a systematic person after all.
He won the championship last season and got 3 honor points, plus the original left, he still has a total of 4 honor points.
It's not a problem to spend 2 to exchange for an iron knee for Paul, and as for the remaining 2, give Yao Ming's ankle.
After the training, Tang Tian called Paul to his office.
However, instead of giving him the ability to exchange, he talked to him about the team's tactics in detail.
As Tang Tian said in the regular meeting of the coaching staff before, Paul is the commander on the field, he knows what tactics should be used in what situations, but first, he must be familiar with the team's tactical system.
The next day's training continued.
However, as soon as he arrived at the training hall, Tang Tian was shocked.
Yao Ming actually came to the training gym!
And there are long-range jump shot drills!
What's going on?
Ankle injury healed?
Tang Tian walked straight over.
"Coach." Yao Ming saw Tang Tian coming, wiped his sweat, and greeted him with a smile.
His clothes were soaked with sweat and he looked like he had been practicing for a while.
Speaking of which, he's been busy lately, and this is the first time we've met since the last signing.
"Your ankle is alright?" Tang Tian asked suspiciously, he remembered that Yao Ming had said that it would take about two months to recover, and it had only been a month.
"Okay, it's amazing, it will be fine at the end of last month, and I didn't know it would get better so soon." Yao Ming said with a little excitement.
“……”
It was fine last month??
"The ability of the system to use the object, after returning to the host, the ability will be restored in a short time."
At this moment, a familiar prompt sound sounded in Tang Tian's mind.
Yes, enough of it.
In order to reflect the core value of the host, the setting of this system is really awesome.
But it also matches its negligible presence.
Otherwise, if he really has to start all over again, his honor points are really not enough.
chatted with Yao Ming for a while, and other team members also came to the stadium one after another.
Casey and Cassel also came.
Tang Tian asked them to lead the team to train, sat on the sidelines, and then entered the system's interdimensional space.
Iron knee: Able to restore the injured knee to a normal level. (Note: Meniscus removal cannot be repaired)
Steel knee: Able to restore a completely damaged knee to a normal level. (Note: Including meniscus removal, etc.)
The price of the iron knee is 2 honor points, and the price of the steel knee is 3 honor points, and the price is the same as the previous iron back steel back.
The difference is that the meniscus is additionally remarked.
Meniscus removal, these words reminded Tang Tian of Roy in his previous life, and it was because of this that Huang Mamba retired gloomily.
But Paul wasn't in that range, he just tore his meniscus and then had surgery to repair it.
Of course, it is impossible to completely restore it with existing technology, otherwise Paul in his previous life would not have been 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 his three-point shooting under the guidance of Dell Curry at this time.
As soon as he cast one, he suddenly felt that the slight soreness in his knee disappeared after the operation, and at the same time, he felt that his intimacy with Tang Tian had suddenly increased a lot.
He turned his head, and then saw Tang Tian looking at him.
He smiled in response, then turned to continue training.
Maybe it has something to do with the two of them talking about tactics yesterday.
Tang Tian withdrew his gaze, and then continued to observe the training of the other team members.
The basic training is over, followed by a full-court confrontation.
However, at this moment, Tang Tian noticed that Paul's playing style was still similar to yesterday, and it had not changed because of the exchange of iron knees.
System failure?
No, it won't!
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 knee, but injuries last season did make him a little scared.