After Paul joined, there were more people who were optimistic about the Clippers. After all, he was the one to contend for the regular season MVP in the 2007-2008 season.

In Yang Rui's previous life, according to the NBA's consistent selection criteria for MVP, Paul must have won the award in 08, after all, Nash won the MVP in the third place in the West in 06. The Hornets are significantly worse than the Lakers, playing the second-best record in the West, only one less win than the Lakers, which is definitely a miracle.

Paul's efficiency rating of 28.3 ranks second in the league, behind James' 29.1, and beats Kobe Bryant, who is ranked eighth. It's a pity that he is still too young.

Most experts said that they are optimistic that the Clippers' offense will increase greatly next season, and their strength is still lacking, and it is very difficult to soar to the sky. The Clippers have two weaknesses that are difficult to solve, one is that there are too many newcomers, and the other is that the defense is not good.

On the Internet, fans discussed the lineups of each team, and also felt that the Clippers were very strong and had no problem entering the playoffs, but it was difficult to steal the limelight from the Lakers and Cavaliers, and those two teams were the favorites to win the championship. The Clippers will have a hard time beating the Mavericks and Spurs in the West.

The new Clippers players passed the physical examination, held a press conference, and slapped Yang Rui's ass fiercely in an interview, and said that they would play strictly according to tactics, and selflessness and unity came first.

Because Paul and Curry are both point guards, reporters asked if Curry would be willing to take on the bench.

Curry was bitter, but Curry didn't say anything, saying that he was willing to accept all arrangements from the coach.

He can't compete for the top spot in the Bucks, and after Ellis and Horford, he is only ranked third on the team, so how can he be in front of Paul all of a sudden when he arrives at the Clippers?

Moreover, Curry and Griffin were drafted in the same year, and even if Griffin was reimbursed last season, he knows very well what kind of monster this is. His position with the Clippers is not optimistic, and it would be good to be a three-in-command.

Then, with a cooled heart, Curry drifted to the Dream Nine training team.

This time, the Dream Nine team is not the best team, and the Dream Eight team is completely incomparable, the stars attach much less importance to the World Championships than the Olympic Games, and the big names of the 03rd class quit en masse, and Paul also chose to rest, so Curry was fortunate to be selected.

Centres: Tyson Chandler, Kevin Love.

Power forwards: Lamar Odom, Blake Griffin.

Small forwards: Kevin Durant, Danny Granger.

Shooting guards: Eric Gordon, Andre Iguodala.

Point guards: Chauncey Billups, Stephen Curry, Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook.

Of the 12 men, there are four point guards, a first for a national team. Griffin's selection was due to Yang Rui, who asked to take the Clippers' champion to the international arena to warm up, and Rudy Gay, who was supposed to be selected, was not selected for the training team.

There were too few stars willing to play in the World Championships this time, and even fewer people participated in the training camp, with Rockets' Trevor Ariza, Trail Blazers' LaMarcus Aldridge, guard Brandon Roy and Celtics' Glenn Davis all willing to participate, but eventually gave up.

OJ Mayo and Thaddeus Yang couldn't look down on them, they were too featureless, and they didn't stay.

"The Great" Greg Auden wanted to come to the training camp, Yang Rui directly asked his subordinates to persuade him to go back to rest, for fear that he would hurt the Knicks during the training camp and ask him to compensate, which he meowed to touch porcelain.

On the first day of meeting, Yang Rui greeted Curry and Griffin cordially, without discrimination, invited all the players to eat together, talked about tactics, and carried out a detailed division of labor.

Rose and Westbrook are responsible for breaking through with the ball, counter-attacking and are key players when playing small-ball tactics. They can play together, and if the opponent doesn't have a combination of defenders with great physical fitness, it's impossible to defend them.

Durant is the first core of the team, he can play fast breaks, positional battles and heads-up with the ball, and his single play is enough for the opponent. Last season, at just 21 years and 197 days, Durant became the youngest scoring champion in NBA history, something neither Kobe nor James did.

Granger and Iguodala focus on defense, play 3D players in positional battles, shoot at opportunities such as opening up on the outside, and can go fast when counterattacking, relying on individual ability to attack.

This arrangement is best suited to Iguodala, who has a clear physical advantage and often produces spectacular dunks on counter-attacks.

Granger is almost, he can play beautiful stats, mainly because the Pacers are the core and have the ball. When he arrived at the Dream Nine team, he could only be a fixed-point pitcher.

Curry, Billups, and Gordon's task is to practice three-point shooting, rely on the inside to cover the ball and shoot, if there is no opportunity to shoot directly, break through when encountering the interior misplaced defense, and strive for the inside layup to score or burst teammates, and the mid-range shot is the last option.

Griffin practiced jumpers and air cuts in the middle, just like Yao Ming did when he first joined the Lakers. Griffin has a certain accuracy in the middle jumper, but not in other positions, and Yang Rui did not force him to practice, so the shooting rate cannot be greatly improved in the short term.

The two responsible for side cover are Chandler, Love, and Odom, the latter two have three-point ability, their main task is to cover, protect the rebound, do not attack the basket on the offensive end, withdraw to create opportunities for teammates, and the person with a sharper breakthrough and stronger impact will attack.

The players practiced tactics together for two weeks, and did not play many warm-up games as before. As a result, the media is generally not optimistic about the Dream Nine team, believing that their run-in time is too short.

Experts also feel that this squad wants to win the championship is a bit hanging, and it is impossible to crush the opponent like the 2008 Olympics.

As a result, the performance of the young players of the Dream Nine team in the four warm-up games in August was eye-catching, and they won easily, averaging 27.6 points per game, including on the 26th, Greece, which played 95-59.

After this game, Greece is no longer embarrassed to call itself a "world powerhouse". The "old K" coach who was far away in the United States unfortunately lay down and was pulled out by many fans to "whip the corpse", and everyone felt incredible that he could lead the team to lose to Greece.

Griffin's performance was eye-catching, and he unexpectedly became the most popular player on the team, with a lot of violent dunks in every game, four dunks, knocking over opponents, unstoppable.

Curry, on the other hand, was the worst player on the team, the fourth choice among point guards, and barely played.

Most of the time, two fast defenders rushed on the field; When it was time to land, the veteran Billups controlled the tempo and handed it over to his teammates to attack; The side is covered without the ball, playing the most time, and the person who catches and shoots three-pointers is Gordon, if he doesn't have a direct shot, he will break through with the ball, get on or attract the bag by himself, and pass the side of Love and Odom to shoot.

Gordon's small steel cannon has obvious physical advantages, outstanding comprehensive strength, and it is difficult to defend the opponent's guards and interior lines.

Curry is depressed, he shoots the ball most accurately among guards, but he is just a miscellaneous player on the team, guarding the water cooler on the sidelines, waving towels to cheer on his teammates.

He really wanted to ask Yang Rui: "Can't you see how accurate my shooting is when I am training"? But he didn't dare, for fear that Yang Rui would be angry, and it would be more difficult for him to mix with the Clippers in the future.

Curry also thought about using other ways to prove his strength, so that the coaching staff could see his good and be reused, so he asked Rose and Westbrook to go head-to-head.

It turned out that he was killing himself, those two were crazy people alone, how could Curry prevent it?

It's okay for Rose, all kinds of pull-up layups, throws, and the scene is like a college student bullying an elementary school student.

It's miserable for Shangwei, and the scene is like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles bullying humans......

Before the World Championships even started, Curry was on the verge of collapse.