Build a Dream Dynasty

The summer league is about to start. The three rookies George, Bledsoe and Whiteside have officially reported to the team. As for the other members of the team, Jeremy Lin signed the contract with the team to participate in the summer league. Naturally, he actively participated . Danny Green is also unsurprisingly striving for this opportunity to express himself, hoping to get more playing time next season. To Jiang Mingliang's surprise, Pavlovic also voluntarily returned to the team and signed up for the summer league.

So although it's only the summer league, the Nets have six players who can stay on the team next season. From this point of view, they can be regarded as a "powerful" team in the summer league.

On the first day of training, George, Bledsoe and Whiteside all came to the locker room early, changed their clothes, and waited for the arrival of their teammates.

The NBA has unspoken rules of the NBA. For example, rookies have to do a lot of chores for the old birds, even James and Paul are no exception. At that time, in an alliance where strength was respected, it also depended on your own strength. If you really show amazing strength, maybe this kind of bag-handling work will become a formality.

After the reorganization of the team, everyone is still very unfamiliar for the time being, that's for sure. However, everyone will fight side by side for a period of time in the future, and there are many opportunities for familiarity.

Jiang Mingliang personally came to the sidelines to watch the players' training. Stevens, on the other hand, took the coaching staff and staff to make arrangements on the court, prepared the equipment and props needed for today's training session, and also divided the training area by the way.

"Hello everyone, welcome to the New Jersey Nets!" Stevens swept over the crowd with a smile, "I'm Brad Stevens!"

The players below all raised their heads and looked at Stevens, "Good morning, boss!"

Stevens was satisfied with the neat shouts of the players and nodded, "The summer league is about to start, I believe everyone is full of expectations, and so am I. There are still two vacancies in our team. A place, I know you all want to fight for it, but it needs to meet my requirements and show the qualities I need. The first step is to start with training."

There are two main courts in the training hall. Stevens is divided into categories, allowing players in different positions to conduct targeted training. For example, inside players have a training plan for inside players, flanks have flanks, and even different players, such as George and Pavlovic's training focus is different.

After the entire 90-minute training session, everything went on in an orderly manner, almost in seconds. It was not until the last 15 minutes that the team had a short group training session. The players went through an intense 75 minutes. After a few minutes of high-intensity training, my body couldn't hold it anymore, but Stevens arranged group training at this time, just to let the players familiarize themselves with the way of playing when their physical fitness is close to the limit. This confrontation is even more. It is easy to expose the weaknesses of these players so that they can be corrected in a timely manner.

After finishing the morning training, Stevens returned to his office. Jiang Mingliang followed him in and asked, "How about it, the players I recommended should be able to meet your requirements, right?"

"Paul doesn't need to say much. In the summer league, I don't have the honor to arrange him to play. For him, this kind of game means little. Eric and Danny are the objects I focus on, especially Eric, who is very positive. ." In his words, Stevens was full of admiration for Bledsoe.

During the time of coaching Butler University, Stevens had a point guard with a similar style of play to Bledsoe, Shelvin Mack. Stevens believed that he had the strength to enter the NBA in the future, but in terms of physical talent, Bled asked for it. Much stronger than him.

"Then, what about Jeremy Lin?" Jiang Mingliang asked with concern.

Glancing at Jiang Mingliang, Stevens said sternly: "At present, he can only serve as the third point guard in the team. On the offensive end, his shooting lacks stability, and there are obvious problems with his choice after the pick-and-roll. , The frequency of rushing to the opponent's basket is a bit high. Because the rush is too deep, he often can't find the path to pass the ball. The defense can provide very little, and he also likes Bo-style steals."

In short, he was not satisfied. If Jiang Mingliang's wishes were not taken into consideration, Stevens would directly persuade Jiang Mingliang to fire Jeremy Lin.

The person he recommended was so evaluated by Stevens, Jiang Mingliang couldn't hold back his face. Jiang Mingliang does not dare to draw conclusions about whether Jeremy Lin's current strength can stand in the NBA, but the problems that Stevens commented on just now exist objectively and are also a bright reality. It seems that even with his own protection, Jeremy Lin will be in the Nets in the new season. The team was not having a good time.

"David called me today and arranged for the Nuggets to play the China Games with us."

The Nets are the team that was scheduled to participate in the China Games early, and the league also took great pains to choose another team. First of all, it has to be a team with a certain popularity in China. It is best to have a superstar. Second, the strength should not be too weak. Third, it is best to look good.

The selection came and went, the Nuggets led by little melon Carmelo Anthony became the Nets' accompaniment. There are Anthony, JR Smith on the outside, Nene and Anderson on the inside, the point guard is the big heart Commander Billups, and the offense of the Nuggets is quite good-looking.

"I see what you mean," Stevens said.

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After a few days of training, the players headed to Las Vegas for summer league.

Jiang Mingliang did not go with the team, but he also arranged for the staff to accompany Stevens. If Stevens finds a suitable talent in the summer league, he can contact him as soon as possible.

The so-called summer league is just a platform for teams to examine players’ status, talent, and talent. No one cares about winning or losing. In other words, coaches don’t care about winning or losing. ability.

In a week's time, when the Nets finished their summer league games and prepared to return, it was already July 23.

Basically, the Nets players, except for Paul George, who is highly valued by the coaching staff, have basically played on the court.

Among them, the best performer was Bledsoe, who was selected 16th overall.

Throughout the summer league, Bledsoe averaged 14 points, 4 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 2.1 steals per game in 25 minutes per game. Although his shooting weaknesses were exposed, his sharp breakthroughs and active defense were rewarded. Stevens takes it seriously.

Another surprise for Stevens was Danny Green, who was also satisfied on the defensive end. In this round of Summer League, Danny Green's defensive rating was quite high, not only relying on his own body, but also moving Stevens on awareness, positioning, and defensive intelligence.

Compared with Pavlovic and Simmons, whose athletic ability has declined seriously due to injuries and weight problems, Stevens is more willing to give Danny Green some chances to play in the next regular season.