Six Hundred and Fifteen: Super Dream Lineup
On August 3, 2013, the news of Greg Oden's comeback and joining the Miami Heat was talked about by fans.
It has been two years since Oden faded out of the public eye. This super center, who made Durant only second in the draft, ended his career before he started to realize his talent.
I believe that even he himself must be very unwilling. So after two years of cultivation, he returned to the field of professional basketball again.
The whole world is talking about Oden, and people are speculating about whether he can bring new life to the Heat's weak interior. No one expects Oden to become a super center, but as long as he can take the Heat's interior to the next level, that's enough.
Just when people were speculating about Oden's prospects in the Heat, in a training base in the suburbs of Los Angeles, the training camp led by Link officially started training.
If any reporter saw the lineup of this training camp, they would be very shocked. Throughout the United States, no training camp has a lineup that can reach this level of quality.
The training camp includes the two core members of the Blazers, Lillard and Aldridge, the Raptors' star DeMar DeRozan, the King's center Cousins, and the Pacers who reached the tiebreaker with the Heat last season. The new head Paul George, last season's FMVP Link and future NBA Hall of Famers, one of the greatest guards in history, Dwyane Wade!
Wade's presence in this camp came as a shock to most. After all, less than two months ago, Wade's Heat lost the championship because of Link's Grizzlies.
Everyone thought that Wade must be quite hostile to Link. However, this is not the case, and Wade has said more than once, "If it weren't for the finals, he and I should be friends."
So here comes Wade. Last season's playoffs were the worst playoffs in Wade's career so far, averaging only 15.9 points per game in the playoffs.
What is the concept of 15.9 points? Wade averaged 18 points per game during his rookie season in the playoffs. And Wade's 45.7 percent hit rate per game is far from outstanding.
As far as Wade is concerned, the last thing he wants to do right now is to get back into shape. In order to recover, in addition to recovering his body, "The Flash" also needs to have a high level of innings to participate in.
As for the high level, there is no training camp that is higher than Link's training camp.
So Wade volunteered himself and joined Link's training camp.
It's not that Link didn't think about Wade, but in his opinion, Wade would probably reject himself, so he didn't call Wade. After all, next season, he and Wade may still be direct competitors.
But in Wade's words, "We were friends during the season, but in the offseason, we might be able to let go of that rivalry for a while."
Looking at the extremely luxurious training lineup in front of him, Brickley felt dazzled. Once upon a time, Link was still a little transparent who could only rub Kobe's game. But now, his appeal has become so great.
Those who came to training camp were all the top stars in the league. This is not something that any third-year star can do.
A few days before the training camp, almost everyone carried out their own individual strengthening training.
Link focused on improving his ability to shoot 3-pointers off the dribble last summer, and as a result he broke the league record for 3-pointers made in a single game last season. Now, Link's offensive skills basically don't have much dead ends, and he has truly become an all-round attacker.
So this year, Link has focused his goal on the defensive end.
Indeed, Link's previous defense was already amazing. He was named to the All-NBA First Team and is one of the best defensive wings in the league.
But Link is not satisfied with this, the best first team is only a phased goal. Link's real goal is to be like Larry Payton, the best defensive player on the perimeter.
It's very difficult for a perimeter player to get the best defensive player,
Since the establishment of the Best Defensive Player Award in 1982, only six perimeter players have been able to encroach on this honor.
Therefore, it is not easy to achieve this goal. This is also the reason why Link invited so many good players to train with him.
Only by playing against the top scorers will the defense level improve.
Of course, in addition to strengthening his defense step by step, Link's small white bars are also constantly rising. It's certainly not too difficult to complete the upgrade before the season starts.
Next season, Link will completely give up on anyone trying to topple the Grizzlies.
In the first half of the training camp, everyone basically spent in special training. Except for the occasional three-on-three, there was basically no full-court match.
The whole game is the moment to test the results of the special training. So don't be too hasty.
Everyone at Link's camp was very hardworking, and Brickley was mentally strained even 24 hours a day. Because you don't know which star will suddenly not be able to sleep today and asked Brickley to come out to train in the early morning.
This is not the first time Brickley has encountered such a thing.
On August 20th, nearly 20 days into training camp, the areas that everyone needs to improve have already achieved a little.
On the morning of the 20th, Link came to the training camp early as always. After the recent special training, his judgment on the timing of blocks and steals has become more accurate.
In the past, Link relied on Grant Hill's excellent awareness and experience to defend. But this year, Link has learned a lot of finesse.
He believes that next season, his defense will definitely go further. Of course, it will also make others feel more hopeless.
When Link handed it to the training hall, Wade was already putting on protective gear for himself.
As the oldest and most famous player in the training camp, Wade is almost the first player to come every day, and he has no pretense of a big name.
"Good morning, Link, today is the 20th. Is it time to arrange some five-on-five confrontation training?" Wade greeted Link casually. After getting along for nearly a month, Link and Wade got along. They are already very familiar with each other.
Their personal relationship has also become more and more intimate. Now, Link can say without hesitation, "I'm friends with Dwyane Wade".
"After training today, we will be divided into groups. Tomorrow, we will start five-on-five training." Link smiled, knowing that Wade couldn't wait.
In training camp, Wade's knee recovery is not bad. And continued high-level training has kept Wade in good shape.
Believe that now, Wade must be very eager to prove himself again. He is only 31 years old, and it is far from the time when he is old.
"Now, LeBron is participating in various business activities, right? Kobe is recovering from an injury, but there are also a lot of business activities. I heard that you pushed away a lot of business activities in order to come to my training camp?" Lin Ke sat down and changed his clothes while chatting with Wade.
"Yeah, a lot of business activities have been pushed back. The main reason is that my state is too bad. If I want to welcome next season in my previous state, I will not agree to it." Wade said, and couldn't help touching himself. knee.
As a player who had his meniscus removed before he even entered the league, God knows how Wade has persevered.
It's not easy for him to get to this point, but Wade still doesn't seem satisfied. Even though his knees were riddled with holes, he still refused to accept his fate.
Link admires Wade's determination. If he has the opportunity to be teammates with Wade in the future, it will definitely be very interesting...
"You'll be able to get back on your feet, Dwayne."
"Needless to say? The only one who can stop me is myself. Be careful next season, Link!"
"Hey, let's rush out of the East first." Link patted Wade on the shoulder. The next 5-on-5 confrontation training was interesting.
Because everyone in this training camp has one characteristic - they don't admit defeat.
George who is trying to go further, Lillard who is rebellious, Harris who is eager to prove that he can do it, Butler who never stops, Cousins who is simple but competitive...
A group of people who do not admit defeat may turn the training game into a real game.
This is what Link wants.
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