Chapter 151 The First Training Session (4/10)

Chapter 151 The First Training Session (410)

The atmosphere of this team is really good.

After Popovich finished speaking, he left the locker room first, and the players began to change clothes one after another.

Budenholzer called the three rookies together at this time, and then asked them about picking their jersey numbers.

"No. 50 belongs to David Robinson, No. 44 belongs to George Gervin, No. 12 Bruce Bowen, No. 6 Avery Johnson... these 7 numbers have been retired and cannot be selected, of course there are these, You can’t choose the teammates you already have, and the rest are 0~99.” Budenholzer reminded.

"I'll take No. 5," Corey Joseph said.

"Is there any reason? Just asking." Budenholzer looked milder and said with a smile.

"I used to wear No. 6, but it has been retired, so I will choose No. 5." Joseph's reason is relatively simple.

"No. 2 and No. 15 belong to Bonner." Leonard said.

Budenholzer nodded.

"Godfather, what about yours?" Budenholzer asked with a smile. He really had a more easy-going personality, which was directly called Tang Tian's nickname.

Tang Tian wore No. 12 at UConn, and it didn’t have any special meaning. It was purely because there was a striker from UConn who ran for the election after finishing his freshman year. He had new clothes that he didn’t wear. I've always worn that number.

Most people use college jersey numbers in the NBA, such as Joseph's No. 6, and Leonard also wore No. 15 at San Diego State University.

"No. 31." Tang Tian thought for a while and said.

"No. 31? You didn't seem to have this number when you were in college?" Budenholzer said.

Tang Tian nodded.

"Don, Sean is also number 31." Joseph said.

"Sean?"

"Sean Battier."

With Joseph's reminder, Tang Tian remembered that his template was Battier in the draft, and the number he picked was the same as him.

"Because of this?" Budenholzer asked next.

"No, it's just because I was selected by No. 31, it makes a lot of sense." Tang Tian said.

Choosing this number is a commemoration of the draft, and it also reminds him of the fact that the Heat released him.

"OK, the jerseys will be ready in a week. Before that, you should wear training clothes for training. This is made according to your size." Budenholzer said and gave them a few jerseys.

After they all changed their clothes one after another, they followed them to the training hall.

Budenholzer called the team together, let the players run a few laps around the field, and then did a dozen sets of suicide drills.

Tang Tian persevered, but he found that none of his teammates were left behind. Except for Joseph who was a little out of breath, everyone else had finished, and it seemed relatively easy.

This is the gap between the NBA and the NCAA. Physical fitness alone is not an order of magnitude.

Of course, this is also related to the self-discipline of the Spurs players. Many players need a month or two to recover their shape and fitness after returning from the offseason. For those people, the new season will definitely not be easy.

Popovich nodded in satisfaction. This year's lockout may be a good thing for the Spurs.

After physical fitness is shooting. Shooting coach Ingold is leading them to practice.

Tang Tian's quick three-pointer has already adapted to seven seven eight eight. At this time, the shooting percentage of open shots is very close to that of the NCAA period.

"He's really underrated," Budenholzer said next to Popovich.

"Otherwise, why would I be willing to spend 1 million." Popovich said with a smile, he rarely buys draft picks with money.

After the shooting training is over, there are passing and dribbling projects.

Joseph did a good job here.

Popovich and Budenholzer always have smiles on their faces, and it can be seen that they are quite satisfied with the performance of the three rookies this year.

The last event of the training is full-court confrontation, with one team for the starting team, one team for the substitute team, and one team for the bench team, with a total of 15 players in three groups.

Blair, Duncan, Jefferson, Green and Parker are the starting group.

Splitter, Bonner, Leonard, Ginobili and Gary Neal are on the bench.

Ike Diogu, Malcolm Thomas, James Anderson, Tang Tian, ​​and Joseph are on the bench.

(Note: The Spurs had a total of 16 players in the preseason, and Mills did not participate in the full-court confrontation due to injury.)

The three groups alternately play the full court, and Budenholzer and Popovich will observe their performance from the sidelines.

First, there was the match between the starters and the substitutes. Tang Tian and the others watched from the sidelines.

Both Duncan and Ginobili are in their thirties, and Parker is about to hit three, but they are still the best performers on the court.

Duncan still had no solution inside, Parker's breakthrough also made it difficult for Neal to parry, and Ginobili's various breakthroughs and pass passes stalemate on the bench.

In 10 minutes, the final starting group won 20-16.

After a short break, there was a match between the substitute group and the bench group. Ginobili's body was warmed up in the previous game, and he was almost unstoppable. The performance of the bench group was a bit ugly because they played together for the first time. The biggest The highlight is Tang Tian's beautiful misplaced defenses against Neil several times.

The substitute group finally won by a score of 22 to 9, and Ginobili scored 16 points alone.

"Manu is in good condition." Budenholzer couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"He's young," Popovich said.

Budenholzer laughed at Popovich's bad joke.

However, last season Ginobili returned to the starting lineup with an eye-catching performance, and it is indeed a second spring.

After a short rest, the last group confronted the whole court.

At this moment, Tang Tian called several people from the bench team together.

"We attack with pick-and-rolls and cuts to open the space. On the defensive end, we can defend the 2-3 zone defense. Parker can't make three points. There are only two preseason games this year. If we don't show some good performance in the training game , didn’t have a chance to play in the preseason, and probably won’t have a chance for the whole season.”

After Tang Tian finished speaking, the others nodded in unison. There was nothing wrong with what he said, and it touched their hearts.

Popovich looked at Tang Tian, ​​who was talking to his teammates, with a smile on his lips and he was very interested.

People from the starting group and the bench group all appeared one after another.

The bench group took the lead, Joseph took the ball to the frontcourt, Tang Tian and Anderson opened up the space, Dio Guti put on the pick-and-roll, Joseph quickly went to the basket for a layup, and was chased by Duncan.

Back on the defensive end, Duncan caught the ball in the low post and hit Thomas with his back, turned around and hit the board with ease.

It is difficult for the bench group and the substitute group to parry, and it is indeed too difficult for them to play against the starting group.

After playing for more than three minutes, the score was already 8-0, and the bench team hadn't scored too much.

Ginobili couldn't help scratching his head while watching this scene.

But after scratching it twice, he remembered that his hair seemed to be running out, so he let it down unconsciously.