The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 24 Team Lineup
Durant's training camp, which lasted less than two weeks, is drawing to a close.

The offseason of NBA players is quite precious. There are countless things to do, such as rest, travel, family reunion, commercial endorsements, etc.

It is impossible to devote all of your energy to training every day.

After all, life is bigger than basketball!
Li Pu was an exception, who made him have no father, mother, or partner, no happiness or worries, and only training was left.

After leaving Miami, Li Pu returned to Oklahoma City. His agent, Montgomery, had already found a single-family villa in Oklahoma City for Li Pu in advance. As for Lin Shuhao, he moved in unceremoniously. Li Pu's house.

There's no way, as far as the salary of his second-round show is concerned, he won't get much next year, so he might as well live here with Li Pu with the audacity!
As for buying a house, let’s wait until the wages become fully guaranteed!

After returning to Oklahoma City, Li Pu returned to his boring training life. Apart from going back to Palo Alto once with Lin Shuhao and meeting An Jiali again, he didn't go anywhere. .

Even Huaxia didn't go back.

There is no way, even if Li Pu wants to go back again, he has no money in his pocket!

So I can only endure it.

In this way, the boring life continued until September 9, when the Thunder's training camp for the new season officially opened.

It was still Lin Shuhao's second-hand Chevrolet, which was actually driven by Lin Shuhao from Palo Alto to Oklahoma.

At this time, it slowly stopped in the parking lot of the Thunder team's training hall.

No way, a person who already has a mortgage on his back doesn't want to take on a car loan again!

Isn't it reasonable for Li Pu to buy a house, Lin Shuhao to provide a car, and live together?
Get out of the co-pilot seat, put the backpack on your back, look up at the giant posters of Durant, Westbrook and others hanging above the arena, Li Pu felt emotional.

"He can be replaced!"

"Da da da..." Just as Li Pu was immersed in a sweet dream, he heard a rush of footsteps behind him.

Li Pu turned his head and saw Westbrook, who was wearing a baseball uniform, running quickly in Li Pu's direction.

"This guy is actually wearing such an ordinary dress today? It's still a little nice, what's wrong with me?"

For a while, Li Pu fell into deep self-doubt.

At this very moment, Westbrook didn't even give Li Pu a chance to say hello to him, and quickly ran past Li Pu.

Almost the moment Westbrook overtook Li Pu, Li Pu's face changed immediately, and he quickly followed up.

Lin Shuhao, who had just locked the door, was numb when he saw this scene.

What are they doing?Why run?Crazy?

"Shashha..."

When Lin Shuhao walked into the locker room, he saw Li Pu and Westbrook lying on the floor panting heavily.

"You... why are you running?" Li Pu who was lying on the ground struggled and said.

"What's your business? Why are you running?" Westbrook replied.

"It's none of your business to return your words to you?"

Well, the mutual animosity between the two didn't decrease because they haven't seen each other for two months.

"Hey, Jeremy, what are they?"

At this time, a dark and hard person walked in with a rough voice, just like his...well, what, seeing Li Pu and Westbrook facing each other on the ground, he was also taken aback. .

It was 28... Ibaka, Serge Ibaka.

"It's okay, they just ran all the way up from the parking lot!"

Ibaka immediately understood what was going on. In the training camp before, it was not uncommon to see the two of them competing with each other, and they have long been used to it.

Soon after, other players came to the locker room one after another, and the empty locker room suddenly became lively.

Thanks to the training camp held by Durant in the summer, rookies such as Li Pu and Lin Shuhao were easily integrated into the locker room, which also saved a lot of unnecessary trouble.

After some squabbling, it wasn't until Coach Brooks led the entire coaching staff into the locker room that everything quieted down.

The Thunder's coaching staff is still very good, including: Needless to say, head coach Brooks.

Chief assistant: Maurice Cheeks, a famous 76ers, was an All-Star guard before retiring.

Chief physical trainer: Joe Sharper, who later became the physical trainer for the 2012 Ugly Olympic Men's Basketball Team.

Assistant coach: Rex Kalamian (Rex Kalamian), nearly 20 years of NBA experience, in addition to routine scouting work, he is also responsible for the training of backcourt players.

Assistant coach: Brian Keefe (Brian Keefe), formerly of course the Thunder's player development coach, started this season, mainly responsible for the Thunder's wing players.

Assistant coach: Mark Bryant (Mark Bryant), Li Pu's old acquaintance, in addition to routine scouting work, he is also responsible for the training of the Thunder's frontcourt players, especially the center group.

Chief of the Medical Services Department: Dr. Donnie Strack (DR. Donniestrack), who was a member of the Pacers uniform team, was poached by the Thunder in 2008.

"I haven't seen you all in one summer, I don't know how much you have gained? James, I'm talking about you! Are you still laughing?
The new season is about to start, some people leave, some people join, first let us welcome the newcomers! "

The applause rose and fell, and Brooks continued.

"Last season, although we made it to the playoffs, we finished eighth and were eliminated in the first round.

Even if the opponent is the championship Lakers, failure is failure, don't make excuses for yourself.

However, this season is different. I believe that you have all made great progress. Therefore, this season, we have to go further. Oklahoma City needs a championship too much. I hope we will not let these love Our fans have waited too long! "

Brooks is indeed an old master of chicken soup. His rank is much higher than that of Li Pu. The chicken soup is full of flavor as soon as he opens his mouth. Even Li Pu, who thought he was immune to it, is excited at this moment, let alone these other young guys.

Each of them is like howling wolves, wishing to rush up and bite the opponent to death immediately!

"Very good, keep this fighting spirit, train hard, play well, and compete for the honor we deserve!"

In this way, Brooks led this group of young people and started the first training session of the new season.

In fact, too much fighting spirit is not a good thing.

The first day of training was mainly about warm-up and recovery. These young people who had nowhere to vent their energy did not feel satisfied with these soft training at all.

In the end, I can only vent excess energy in confrontation training.

Seeing their real action on the court, Dr. Donny Strack off the court was terrified, and he couldn't help persuading Brooks: "Let them take it easy, this is the first day! It's better to proceed step by step. "

"It doesn't matter, they are young people, they have been holding back for the whole summer, and they need to vent!" Brooks didn't care at all.

"Coach, do you have any thoughts on this year's official roster?"

"Let's wait until the end of the preseason to decide!"

NBA teams can have up to 20 players in preseason training camp and up to 17 players at the start of the regular season (15 regular contracts + 2 two-way contracts).

Therefore, the real lineup is generally established before the start of the regular season.

Before that, many people will be laid off.

Just like that, time passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the 8 preseason games are fleeting, the time has come to the end of October, and the new season is about to start.

Regarding the lineup for the new season, it is finally confirmed:

PG: Russell Westbrook, Eric Maynor, Lin Shuhao

SG: Thabo Sefolosha, James Harden, Daequan Cook

SF: Kevin Durant, DJ White, Maurice Peterson
PF: Jeff Green, Serge Ibaka, Nick Collison
C: Nenad Kostic, Cole Aldridge, Lee Pu

(End of this chapter)