After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 388 Preparing for the New Season

After Li Chengming came back, he quickly found some new faces in the team. In fact, basically, except for those who had been expected to stay, everyone else who could leave has left.

Then, in addition to Mbah a Moute, a rookie forward who has long been known, there are also forward Michael Pietrus and point guard Anthony Johnson signed by the team from the free market.

Pietrus was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 03th overall pick in the first round of 11. He is one of the creators of the "Black Eight Miracles". The forwards the Magic need.

Anthony Johnson is a veteran player. He was selected by the Kings with the 97th overall pick in the second round of 2. Since then, he has moved to many teams. He is a typical homeless player. After the 11-99 season, Johnson joined the Magic for the second time. Team, he will be the team's backup point guard for the new season.

It can also be seen from these supplements that whether it was originally considered in this way or after listening to Li Chengming's suggestion, Austin Smith's selection of the team lineup is basically based on Li Chengming's departure before. Suggesting the direction to do it can be regarded as handing over an answer sheet that Li Chengming is quite satisfied with.

As for the players who left, except for Arroyo who left directly after his contract expired, Doolin was signed first and then traded to the Nets, Maurice Evans signed with the Atlanta Hawks in the free market, and they will become rivals next season .

The general structure of the Magic's current lineup remains unchanged, that is, three or four role players have been replaced.

However, given that the Magic's core lineup is already very young, it is likely to continue to maintain a jump-like growth, and its performance next season is still worth looking forward to.

The American media ranked the Magic as the most powerful team in the new season, which is also based on this consideration.

Especially Li Chengming's strong performance in the Olympics will naturally make him look forward to the help he will bring to the Magic in the new season.

However, the player list excludes him from the top ten, and even ranks only No. 12. This is more or less suppressed.

Objectively speaking, even if it is a comprehensive offense and defense, are there ten players in the league who can completely overwhelm Li Chengming?
Li Chengming himself doesn't know, because strength is actually hard to quantify, and it's hard to compare different positions.

But at least if he is in the fourth position, Li Chengming feels that he is now at the same level as Duncan, Nowitzki, Garnett and other veteran superstar power forwards. Even if they are on a downward trend, he is on an upward trend. He should Still a little higher.

For the rest, more depends on the effect of the type.

To be honest, as long as the Magic can achieve good results in the new season, Li Chengming does not believe that the media can continue to ignore him.

The fans will definitely not ignore him. If the media still suppresses him, it will belittle his own influence in disguise. It must not be so stupid.

The media can be foolish and duplicitous, but they must never be fooled.

If you fight against the audience, you think you have too much money.

"Hey, LI, it looks like you're doing well?"

Coach Van Gundy immediately arranged for Li Chengming to weigh himself after he came back.

For him, Li Chengming is definitely one of his most concerned objects in the team now.

He also paid attention to the Huaguo men's basketball game in the Olympics, just to see Li Chengming's performance, but found that he seemed to have improved again.

These improved parts are not easy to quantify. To use a more mysterious term, it is called the ability to control the game, or in other words, the ability to lead the team.

Among other things, in the two games after the absence of Dayao, the Huaguo men's basketball team can be regarded as Li Chengming alone but leading the team. Not only his statistics are excellent, but his personal performance on the field is also amazing. .

Especially considering that it is not easy to achieve this step with the teammates who have most of the strength and the opponent has a grade gap.

In short, it is the basic standard for leading a team as a star, and that is the ability to cover the bottom line.

In the NBA, that is whether it can lead the team to the playoffs under the condition of a single-core team.

Of course, this is just a basic requirement, and it will also be affected by many factors, such as injuries, so it is just a saying.

It’s like evaluating a player’s historical status. You can’t just look at one or two seasons, because there must be peaks and troughs. It’s better than Joe’s leader. There are times when the Wizards can’t lead the team to the playoffs, but no one will Consider that Jordan came back from retirement for the second time at that time, hadn't touched the ball for a long time, and was at the end of his career, and the league begged him to come back.

In the same way, there is also a staggered time between the peak of Kobe's personal performance and the current peak of leading the team, and even the best performance of the previous team.

Therefore, to evaluate a player, one must consider the entire career and consider all aspects.

However, Li Chengming's current career is too short, and it will be his second season next, so it's hard to say what he will do.

However, with his performance in the Olympics, it is not a big problem if he continues to maintain the state of last season, and there are no accidents such as injuries.

Of course, the rules of FIBA ​​and NBA are different, so it is not good to make unwarranted judgments now.

He also needs to pass the physical fitness test and physical examination results after returning to the team to judge whether Li Chengming has really improved, not just a temporary outbreak or illusion.

It turned out that although Li Chengming was busy running the schedule during the period after the Olympics, he was usually a little free and did not lack exercise.

As for the maintenance of the state, this should be attributed to the system.

But there is still some rebound. After all, there are many things to do, and I eat more when I am too tired, but I don’t exercise so much, so I have gained three to four kilograms compared to before.

But this is definitely within the range of Van Gundy's acceptance. He originally thought that Li Chengming's weight would exceed the standard, such as seven or eight kilograms. This is not a strange thing for someone who was so fat before to "rebound".

"Haha, it's okay, I think I'm still a little fat..."

"You guys are athletes, what's the point of gaining a few pounds while you're on vacation?"

Van Gundy doesn't care. It's not that easy to maintain an athlete's figure. The amount of exercise in training and competition is too much. If you want to maintain the same calorie consumption during the vacation, it's not called a vacation.

Even the most self-disciplined players still need to relax a little bit, otherwise, if they are always tense, it is not good for not only the nerves, but also too much pressure on the body.

As long as the ups and downs are within a controllable range, it will be quick to adjust after the new season training.

"I forgot to congratulate you, this time I helped your Huaguo men's basketball team win the bronze medal."

Li Chengyin shrugged and said, "It's a pity that I didn't get the gold medal..."

Van Gundy laughed and said, "You really want to win Mengba?"

"Mengba is not invincible, or does it mean that if I win Mengba, I will not be able to come to the United States and will be threatened by fans?"

Van Gundy laughed. In fact, it is a good thing for Li Chengming to have such a heart. He was worried that after winning the championship last season, he would be satisfied.

For a team committed to defending its title, this is a big problem.

Compared with strength, whether they have the determination to continue to win the championship will affect their performance in the new season.

For most players, the contract is definitely more important, so Evans and the others will choose to leave, and the team also needs to add new blood.

It's like a catfish effect, requiring new championship-hungry players to stimulate the old players.

But the core of teams like Howard and Li Chengming don't need any extra motivation to compete for the championship, because it is attractive enough for them.

It's not about the historical status in the future, but for them, if it's not for winning or the final championship, what's the point?

As for the data and historical status, it is incidental to this process.

This is actually the true meaning of competitive sports. Maybe there is only one winner in the end, but this process of hard work and competition is actually attractive enough for spectators.

"By the way, Dwight is going to hold a pre-match training camp again. Are you going with him, or..."

When Van Gundy said this, he seemed to want to help Li Chengming contact Howard and coordinate the relationship.

Li Chengming thought for a while, then shook his head and smiled, "I'd better just practice here..."

In fact, he also wants to hold a training camp, which is an opportunity to expand his personal influence.

Maybe there will be some "Li Chengming disciples" in the future, but he seems to be not qualified enough now, the main reason is that he is afraid that not many people will come, and it will be embarrassing.

So take it easy...

(End of this chapter)