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Volume 4 The Golden Years Chapter 1013 Conflict in the training camp

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    Ahead of the start of training camp, the Seattle SuperSonics roster is set to be:

    Center: Yao Ming, Kupard

    Power forward: Serge Ibaka, Kurt Thomas, Nick Collinson

    Small forward: Kevin Durant, Travis Outlaw, Omikaspi, Grant Hill, Duffy

    Shooting Guards: Stephen, Allen Iverson, Von Weaver

    Point guard: Russell Westbrook, Earl Watson

    Among these five positions, the center and point guard are relatively weak, with only two players, but Kurt Thomas can also play center, and Allen Iverson can also play point guard, while Travis Outlaw and Omi  Cass is a player who can play either a small forward or a power forward, and Grant Hill can play a small forward or a shooting guard. But even so, the lineup is still unbalanced, which makes Presti not satisfied, but  That's the thing sometimes, you can't have the players you need at every position.

    This season, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka will become regular players, from substitutes to starters, while Earl Watson and Kurt Thomas will retire to substitute positions, and Yao Ming, Stephen, and Kevin  Durant and the three of them will not change. This is also the Iron Triangle of the Seattle SuperSonics, and when on the court, it is basically exactly the same triangle.

    The substitute lineup includes Grant Hill, Allen Iverson, Coupard and Earl Watson. These players who are very different from the main force can prove the thickness of the Sonics' lineup. This is also the Sonics' consistent strength.  Style, never reduce the strength of substitute players just because the main team players are strong, and the current super luxurious lineup proves this point. Both Allen Iverson and Grant Hill are former All-Stars.  Together with Yao Ming and Stephen, this team already has four All-Stars.

    In the internal meetings and fan meetings attended by all players, Allen Iverson did not receive the treatment of an extraordinary player. Stephen was still sitting in the middle, Kevin Durant was on the left, Yao was on the right, and other teams  Sit casually, which made Allen Iverson very disappointed. He has never suffered such treatment in his career. Even when he came to the Detroit Pistons last season, the team also attached great importance to him. Separate news  Press conferences and fan meetings were only met with resistance from other players.  He just failed to open up the situation. He didn't think it was a problem with his own strength.

    He feels that since he has come to your place and accepted a salary cut, you should make up for me in other aspects. Even if you can't compare with the core of the team like Stephen, you should at least be treated the same as Yao Ming.  From other teams, Yao Ming got more money, but after arriving at the SuperSonics, he found that the team did not value him as much as he imagined, and completely treated him as an ordinary player.  How could the arrogant Allen Iverson accept it.

    Jeff Van Gundy brought his own coaching team without exception. The only remaining members of the original coaching team were Robert Horry and a psychological counselor. This was hired by the team. There is no such thing in Jeff Van Gundy's team.  The people naturally stayed.

    After signing the contract, when Jeff Van Gundy appeared in front of the players again, his face had darkened and became serious. Looking at the unsmiling Jeff Van Gundy now, he felt like he was different from the Jeff Van Gundy on the TV show.  Like two people.

    Jeff Van Gundy emphasized the importance of defense and strict obedience to tactical disciplines in his first meeting with the players. He said nothing about the team's offense. Everything was business as usual. He also used the tactical manual left by Carlesimo.  The offensive coach in the team has seen it and is still familiar with it, but he also knows that since the Sonics can win the championship with this tactic, it means there is nothing wrong with this tactic, so he does not intend to interfere with the offense, and  It's a defensive improvement.

    So the tactical manual he distributed only contained defensive content. From now on, everyone will put aside the previous defense and adapt to the new defense. Looking at the thick tactical manual, it only contains defensive content. Compared with before, Kalesi  Mo's playbook, offense and defense combined were not even half as good as his, and many people secretly groaned in pain.

    It¡¯s not surprising that many players can¡¯t understand the tactical manual. It contains a lot of technical terms that are difficult to understand. It doesn¡¯t matter. There will naturally be professional assistant coaches who can explain it to you and help you learn. The problem for many people is that they  If you can't remember the tactics, you have no choice. Either the team will adapt to him, or else he will be excluded from the tactics.

    As a result, something happened during the team's first joint training. According to the general training model, the assistant coach divided all the players into the main team and the substitute team. The other players sat on the sidelines and watched, waiting to be replaced.  The two teams started trainingIn practice, the color of the jerseys is usually used to distinguish who is the main player and who is the substitute. The main player on the SuperSonics team is dark green, and the substitute is gray and white.

    At the same time, there is a very simple way to distinguish who is on the same team as Stephen. Players from last season can easily detect the changes in the team. Originally, Earl Watson was always on the main team, and so was Kurt Thomas.  But this season both of them have been on the bench.

    The main team is Yao Ming, Serge Ibaka, Kevin Durant, Stephen, Russell Westbrook, and the substitute team is: Coupard, Kurt Thomas, Grant Hill, Allen  Iverson, Earl Watson.

    But when Allen Iverson saw that he was wearing a gray vest, but the one facing Stephen was dark green, he immediately knew that he had been assigned to the substitute team. Allen Iverson took off his vest without saying a word.  He threw it to the ground and walked to the locker room shirtless. The assistant coach opened his mouth in surprise and didn't know what to say, but Stephen stood up and blocked Allen Iverson.

    Allen Iverson glanced at Stephen, ignored him, and planned to bypass Stephen, but Stephen blocked him again and asked directly: "What do you mean? What do you want to do?"

    "I'm not here to be a substitute." Allen Iverson reached out and was about to push Stephen away, but Stephen grabbed his wrist and stopped him from moving. Then Stephen asked: "Then who do you want to be a substitute?"

    "Huh, this has nothing to do with me. I won't be a substitute anyway." Allen Iverson glanced at the teammate next to him and did not directly specify who it was. Anyway, he was not a substitute.

    "I respect you as a senior, but you must also respect this team and all of us. No one stipulates who must be the starter and who must be the substitute. This is determined by ability and status, not by name.  It's decided." Stephen stared into Allen Iverson's eyes and said to him seriously. Although he was once very obsessed with Allen Iverson, now seeing him like this, Stephen was still very angry. He couldn't recognize him.  The reality is that players who cannot accept change, no matter how good or great they have been in the past, will not be able to integrate into a strange team, let alone a championship team.

    "Very good, then let's have a one-on-one game to see who is more capable." Allen Iverson immediately challenged Stephen unconvinced.

    "The court is not a one-on-one place, and you are not my opponent now. I will not bully you. If you really want to compete, come on, compete with Russell. Whoever wins will be the starter.  How are you?" Stephen will not go one-on-one with Allen Iverson. It is meaningless. It is obvious that Allen Iverson is in extremely poor physical condition now, so Stephen immediately put Russell Wei  Brooke pulled out.

    Russell Westbrook was a little embarrassed, but also a little eager to try. After finally getting the starting lineup, he was used as a bet. Instead of being angry, Russell Westbrook was excited because his opponent was Allen Iverson.

    "Him? Huh!" Allen Iverson glanced at Russell Westbrook from the corner of his eye, snorted with contempt, said nothing, and once again prepared to bypass Stephen and go to the locker room. This time Stephen did not stop him.  Instead, he warned him from behind: "If you choose to leave this time, this team will not give you any chance again." As a result, Allen Iverson ignored him.

    "Okay, let's start training. One less person will give the others one more chance. Come on, Omikaspi, come on." Stephen directly designated the candidate without the need for an assistant coach to decide.
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