Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 35 The King
The Cavaliers' season training camp officially began on the second day.

The training was scheduled to start at 9 a.m. Hansen arrived at the stadium an hour early and went to the gym.

He has to do a set of 45 minutes of strength training before training.

When he returned to the training hall after practice, Hansen found that the rest of the Cavaliers had already arrived.

He was attracted to O'Neal at first sight.

O'Neal was much bigger than Hansen had imagined, and he looked like a giant from a close distance.

For such an inside monster, one can imagine how dominant he was during his peak period.

But the current "Shark" is actually not bad. Last season, he averaged 17.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game for the Suns. He was also selected to the All-NBA Third Team. He is also the second player after Jordan who can still score 37+ at the age of 45.

So you say he is old, he is indeed old, but if you say he has no dominance at all, that is complete nonsense.

In fact, a more accurate statement would be that his dominance in the low post on offense is still there, but his defensive performance has declined to the point where someone needs to clean up his mess.

When Han Sen looked away, Cunningham saw him and walked closer.

"You went to the gym?" Cunningham looked at Hansen, who was soaking wet, with surprise. They had trained a lot yesterday.

Han Sen nodded.

At this moment, the Cavaliers' head coach Mike Brown also came to the stadium, accompanied by two assistant coaches, Mike Malone was one of them.

Brown looks very serious, which is consistent with the image of a defensive coach.

Because it was the first day of training camp, Brown did not make any specific tactical arrangements, but only performed some simple warm-up and shooting training.

This day was more about allowing the new and old players of the Cavaliers to get to know each other.

Compared with the past, the Cavaliers have undergone quite a lot of personnel changes this summer.

After a day of training, Hansen had a basic understanding of the Cavaliers.

James puts on airs, giving people the feeling of being superior;

Ilgauskas seems to be a warm-hearted person, and is very enthusiastic and proactive in treating the new players;
Varejao was like an African bee, circling around James;

Delonte West's face had a look of "No Trespassing" written on it, and he looked extremely lonely;

Anthony Parker always smiles at everyone he meets, and looks like a nice guy;
However, the one who impressed Han Sen the most and made him feel the most comfortable was O'Neal.

He doesn't have the airs of a superstar at all. He seems to get along well with everyone, and sometimes what he says is really funny.

His presence makes the atmosphere of the Cavaliers training camp relaxed and cheerful.

After the day's training was over, Brown announced tomorrow's training time before the end.

Just like today, it will be 9am, but tomorrow will be an open training session and many reporters will be there.

So strictly speaking, tomorrow is the first day of training camp.

But just after Brown finished his announcement, James suddenly spoke up:

"No, we start training at 12 o'clock tomorrow."

This was so sudden that even O'Neal's eyes widened when he heard it.

Hansen was a little confused about what James was up to, because this was a complete challenge to Brown's authority in public.

But Brown's next reaction was even more surprising.

"Okay, then we'll train at 12 o'clock."

He didn't even ask why!
Is this guy still the head coach?

James is the head coach!
However, when he turned around and saw O'Neal's shocked and unbelievable expression, Hansen seemed to understand why James did this.

A show of force.

After all, O'Neal is a famous superstar in the league, a guy with four championship rings.

Even though he is old and even though he keeps a low profile during training, he can, if he wants, stretch out his hand and make the "four" gesture to everyone present.

This is like when an old wolf king comes to the wolf pack, doesn't the wolf king have to assert his sovereignty?
What's more, the old wolf king had already become friends with his people when he first arrived.

But I'm afraid only James can do such a thing as trampling on the dignity of the head coach.

It can be said that after this incident, the serious image that Brown had worked hard to create collapsed in the hearts of the Cavaliers players, of course, mainly the new Cavaliers players. However, despite the complaints, Hansen saw an opportunity.

Because after O'Neal came to his senses, Hansen saw that he looked obviously unhappy.

O'Neal is not a fool, on the contrary he is very smart, there is no way he couldn't feel it.

Moreover, he has worked with Kobe and Wade before and achieved success. James' weight is obviously not enough for him.

This is a form of forced suppression, so of course people are unhappy.

But this is also Han Sen's opportunity, because as long as he is not in the same boat with James, he can unite with him.

……

After the training, everyone returned to the locker room.

Although there were some minor incidents, no one was unhappy after get off work and the locker room was still filled with laughter.

"What's wrong with you?" But at this moment, James' cold voice broke the atmosphere.

Everyone looked over and saw James frowning while holding the shoes in his hand.

Beside him, Cunningham was scratching his head.

He took James's shoes by mistake.

Every NBA team has its own shoe manager, but for some reason James prefers to let rookies help him carry his shoes.

"You, switch places with him." James threw his shoes aside and looked at Han Sen.

"Hey, kid, the king asked you to change your position!" Vallejo quickly stood up and walked to Hansen, ordering him.

Han Sen frowned.

He didn't expect that O'Neal had just been given a warning, and it would be his turn so soon.

At this time, everyone else in the locker room was watching the show.

A rookie has no right to resist when encountering such a thing.

Han Sen shook his head.

His reaction made everyone's eyes widen.

"This is arranged by the team. The rule is that I can only be here."

"Rules?!" Valanciunas couldn't help laughing. "Did you know that in Cleveland, the king's words are..."

"cough!"

James' cough interrupted Varejao's words.

After taking his loving gaze away from Vallejo, he looked at Jackson on Hansen's right and said, "I'm talking about him."

Perhaps because he didn't want to leave an impression of being too domineering to other new players, mainly because of O'Neal, James changed his mind temporarily.

After all, it is enough to give a warning once. If you give it too much, it will only backfire.

Vallejo pointed at Hansen with his index finger, then directed Cunningham and Jackson to switch positions.

"I'm sorry." When leaving the stadium, Hansen apologized to Cunningham. It was because he changed his position yesterday that Cunningham was scolded.

"I took the wrong shoes. Why are you apologizing? And everything is fine now." Cunningham is a really good person.

"No matter what, you've been wronged today. I'll treat you to a meal." Han Sen said with a smile.

"That's fine. I heard there's a very good pizza restaurant nearby." Cunningham is also a foodie.

"By the way, you still have to be careful with that guy," he reminded.

"That guy can't beat me." Han Sen saw that Vallejo was simply the type who took advantage of the power of others to bully others.

"I'm not talking about him, I'm talking about him." Cunningham looked around as he spoke, and after making sure that there was no one else around, he lowered his voice.

"LeBron can change the team's training time at will. He is the 'king' here. If you directly reject him in public, will he just let it go?"

(End of this chapter)