king of defenders

Chapter 1374 Delayed return to the team
Province H, Provincial City Hospital.

In the ward, Meng Yun chatted with his grandfather.

After the Basketball World Cup ended, Meng Yun canceled all the activities and did not participate in the team's celebration. He returned directly to Province H and stayed with his grandfather.

"Grandpa, you can sleep for a while." Meng Yun said.

"En." The old man responded and closed his eyes.

Looking at the old man's old and haggard face with no blood, Meng Yun's nose felt sour.

Guo Shuyao's hand rested on Meng Yun's shoulder, Meng Yun turned around and smiled slightly, patted Guo Shuyao's hand, indicating that he was fine, but he was depressed: "Shuyao, grandpa has been getting worse and worse recently, he loses energy after talking for a while, I want to stay with grandpa all this time."

"Yeah." Guo Shuyao nodded, and then hesitated: "The company's activities can be rejected, but the Nets' side"

It was already mid-September at this time, and the preseason was about to start. It stands to reason that the players should return to the team for training.

As the current core leader of the Nets, Meng Yun should return to the team earlier, not to mention that he is still relatively new to the Nets players and needs more time to get used to it.

Including the running-in of the team's lineup and tactical drills, Meng Yun must return to the team, because they are all centered on him, and it will be useless to practice without him.

Meng Yun thought for a while and said, "I will tell them about the Nets."

Guo Shuyao didn't say any more, just took Meng Yun's hand, no matter what decision Meng Yun made, she would support her and would always be by Meng Yun's side.

The nba preseason kicked off, and the players who had spent the offseason also returned one after another to start normal training.

The same goes for the Nets.

In the training arena, the players are training, but the head coach Kenny Atkinson on the sidelines is frowning and sighing at the moment.

After a while, he called a stop and waved at the players: "I'm done training here today."

The players dispersed.

Assistant coach Jacques Vaughn came over with a notebook, which recorded the training situation, and said to Coach Atkinson: "Coach, it's useless to continue training like this. Meng Yun hasn't returned to the team. Many of the tactics we formulated before can't be trained. There is no way to prove it in the game, when will Meng Yun come back?"

"It will take a while." Coach Atkinson said, "Well, I should be able to come back before the start of the regular season."

Vaughan was speechless for a while. What is the answer? Should it be? Meng Yun will not come back until the start of the regular season. Is there still time to practice these tactics?

There is also a tacit understanding with teammates, which also takes time to cultivate. If you wait until the regular season to come back, it will definitely affect the regular season record.

Next to him, another assistant coach, Pablo Prigioni, said, "Coach, what's going on with Meng Yun? Why hasn't he come back?"

Coach Atkinson sighed: "Meng Yun's family was ill before, and he almost missed the Eastern Conference finals because of this, do you remember? His family is very ill and may not last long. During the last period, Meng Yun Yun wants to be with his family."

"Oh."

"That's it."

The two teaching assistants suddenly understood, but they were a little helpless. If Meng Yun didn't come back, many things couldn't go on at all. What should I do?
Coach Atkinson waved his hand: "Okay, the normal training plan remains the same, Vaughn, you are still in charge of the preseason, thank you for your hard work."

"It's fine." Vaughan replied.

The two dispersed.

Coach Atkinson rubbed his temples and sighed again.

In fact, his head coach has more headaches than everyone else, not only because of Meng Yun's delay in returning to the team, but also because of the team's current lineup.

Originally, the Nets were full of ambition this summer, signing Meng Yun, and planned to sign one or two more All-Star players, such as signing a small forward and insider, forming the "Big Three" with Meng Yun, and hitting the overall team. champion.

However, things backfired. The Nets failed to chase Leonard. Leonard didn't want to come to New York. He just wanted to go back to his hometown and play in Los Angeles.

Butler, who originally intended to come to the Nets, learned that the Nets were in the same position, and while negotiating with him, he was chasing Leonard. It even seemed that the Nets hoped to sign Leonard.

This made Butler very upset, and finally rejected the Nets.

The Nets did not expect to have both sides to no avail, but the result was that they failed at both ends. What made them even more depressed was that the Los Angeles Clippers soon announced that they had signed Leonard and Butler. All the strikers ended up signing with the basketball team.

This incident made Boss Cai furious and almost replaced the team management.

This is not the most unlucky thing. The most unlucky thing is that the Nets put all their energy on Leonard and Butler before, wasting too much time, and when they come back to their senses, they want to chase other players Only to find that there are no All-Star players in the free market.

Originally wanted to sign an All-Star insider, but now he has been preempted.

In the end, the Nets only signed former Pacers power forward Thaddeus Young, and then traded Alan Davis and Alan Williams to center Nerlens Noel from the rebuilding Thunder. .Rockions Kurucs and Aaron Crabbe, plus a future draft pick, were traded from the Kings for 208-cm power forward Nemanja Bjelica.

This can be regarded as slightly making up for the team's inside line. However, Thaddeus Young, Norlens Noel, and Nemanja Belica are not what the Nets want at all. What they want is An all-star insider must at least be a first-class insider in the league.

But now these three people, can they assist Meng Yun in the championship?

After that, the Nets signed two more players, but they all belonged to the kind of unranked players who made small troubles and did not help the team much.

As a result, after one summer, the Nets' biggest gain was the signing of Meng Yun. However, except for Meng Yun, they were almost the same as the original lineup without much change.

This made the Nets management almost become a joke among NBA teams. With a player like Meng Yun joining, you ended up like this?

Boss Cai was also very angry. He felt very sorry for not being able to find a good partner for Meng Yun and form a lineup capable of competing for the championship.

Originally, Boss Cai had great expectations for this season, but now he can only comfort himself, this season is to let Meng Yun get acquainted with the team, and he will make a good operation next summer to form a strong enough team. The lineup, and then go to the championship.
(End of this chapter)