Chapter 150 Interesting Teammates (3/10)
Chapter 150 Interesting teammates (310)
Although he has lost weight, Tang Tian's height of 2.01 meters will not change, so if he buys a car, he must buy one with more space.
In the end he picked a Dodge Corvette, which was inexpensive, less than $50,000.
In the United States, the mainstream cars are Japanese cars such as Honda and Toyota, but the quality of cars like Dodge and Chevrolet in the United States is actually better.
Moreover, this car is a relatively practical SUV with enough space and comfortable seating.
After renting a house and buying a car, Tang Tian lived temporarily in San Antonio.
In the next few days, while familiarizing himself with the environment around the apartment, he insisted on training in the team arena, and gradually integrated into the city.
The time came to December 9th in a blink of an eye, and the new season's free agent market and training camp opened at the same time.
Due to time constraints, all kinds of information broke out almost as soon as the door of the free market opened, and this day became Woj's busiest day.
The Warriors offered Clippers center DeAndre Jordan a four-year, $43.04 million contract.
Marc Gasol rejected offers from the Knicks, the Rockets and many other teams, and chose to sign a four-year $57.85 million maximum salary contract with the Grizzlies.
Yao Ming will not renew his contract with the Rockets. He is likely to announce his retirement this summer and end his career.
The Eagles signed Tracy McGrady with the veteran clause, the contract is a one-year minimum salary.
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The Spurs basically have no movement, except for the departure of some bench players, the core players and even the rotation players are basically retained.
Because the total salary of 70 million has far exceeded the salary cap of 58 million US dollars, the biggest change in the team may be the addition of three rookies.
Because the training camp started on the same day, Tang Tian also drove to the ATT Center Arena to usher in his first training session with the Spurs.
There are more than 6,000 parking spaces in the ATT Center Arena, and players and team staff have an exclusive parking area.
When Tang Tian entered, a car stopped just in time. He got out, and then he saw Richard Jefferson.
Jefferson was one of the Nets' tridents and a famous dunker. He was traded to the Spurs during the 2009-10 season. He just renewed his contract with the Spurs for a four-year 38.8 million yuan last season. The starting candidate for the small forward position in the new season.
"Hey, Richard." Tang Tian greeted him with a smile after seeing him.
Jefferson glanced back at him, didn't answer, just plugged in his earphones and walked forward on his own.
Tang Tian froze for a moment, Jefferson's attitude...was a bit unfriendly.
Speaking of which, he had never met Jefferson before, let alone any grievances.
Could it be that this guy is naturally withdrawn?
But he didn't care, he closed the car door and walked towards the elevator.
Several reporters in the parking lot were snapping pictures of the players entering the stadium.
"godfather!"
Someone spotted Tang Tian, and immediately all the reporters walked towards him, and the spotlight flashed for a while, it was definitely the treatment for a superstar to appear on the stage.
Although the filming of "The Godfather" has been temporarily suspended, the popularity accumulated over the summer is really not something that can be said to disappear immediately.
Tang Tian was more easy-going and stopped to take pictures for the reporters.
Over there, Jefferson waited for the elevator, glanced back at Tang Tian, a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, then turned around and entered the elevator to close the door.
"Wait a minute." Danny Green also arrived at this time, and stopped Jefferson from closing the door.
After entering, he yelled at Tang Tian: "Tang, come quickly, this elevator will take a long time."
Tang Tian heard that Green was calling him, and after greeting the reporters, he walked over quickly.
"Thank you." After entering, he thanked Green.
Compared to Jefferson, Green's teammate is obviously more like a teammate.
"You are really welcome, I have to ask you for an autograph later." Green said with a smile.
"Do you want to sign? Ten will do." Tang Tian replied.
Green was amused by Tang Tian's words.
The two chatted speculatively as soon as they met.
After going up the elevator, a short walk leads to the dressing room, Tang Tian pushed the door and went in.
"Oh, our godfather is here!" Ginobili looked at Tang Tian who opened the door and came in, and shouted.
There was a whistle in the locker room.
"I have to take a photo. I'm on the same team as the godfather." After finishing speaking, Ginobili came to take a photo with Tang Tian with his mobile phone.
This guy seems a little flamboyant.
"Tim, come here, I'll take a picture for you." Ginobili shouted at Duncan who was changing his clothes.
Duncan turned his head, smiled for a while, and then turned back again.
Tang Tian was a little surprised. Ginobili's flirtatiousness was in his expectation, but Duncan laughed so easily in the locker room? This is a bit different from what he imagined.
But it's right to think about it, this is the locker room anyway, and if you laugh, you won't get blown T.
"Manu, well, let's let our big star go first, come on, Tang." Parker came to greet Tang Tian at this time.
"This was originally Steve Novak's cabinet, but now it belongs to you." Parker led Tang Tian to a cabinet, which still had Novak's name written on it, and it probably hadn't been replaced in time.
Novak, Tang Tian couldn't help laughing when he saw this name, this is really a predestined relationship.
After Tang Tian, Leonard and Joseph also came one after another. Leonard still had a cold expression on his face, as if the whole world owed him, and Ginobili didn't respond when he yelled at him.
"Alert Level 1." Ginobili pushed the door open again, and said in a low voice after entering.
After he finished speaking, the team members packed up the things in their area one after another, and Green gave Angel Tang a wink.
After a while, Popovich pushed the door and came in, followed by the team's assistant coach Mike Budenholzer.
It seems that the old man still has requirements for the personal hygiene of the players.
"In addition to the basic training today, we will have an additional full-court confrontation. The preseason will start on the 18th. This year is different from before. We don't have much time to run in. Everyone should be more serious." Popovich Qi was more serious when he spoke, and the team members listened carefully.
After finishing his opening remarks, he then pulled the hanging tactical board over, and then talked about some basic tactics that will be used in training later, as well as some points that need attention.
Popovich gets into shape very quickly.
In fact, not only Popovich, other players also quickly entered the state.
Speaking of which, the Spurs are one of the teams with the least fluctuations in personnel in the league. This kind of tacit understanding is really rare, and Tang Tian blended in unconsciously.
After Popovich finished speaking, he pushed the tactical board away.
"Welcome back, guys, I miss you." At this time, Popovich suddenly said with a smile.
"Don't do that!" Ginobili complained with a smile.
Duncan smiled and shook his head, while the others booed.