With Su Yang joining as an assistant coach, the Trail Blazers Summer League lineup is completely confirmed.

The venue for this game is set in Las Vegas, with as many as 22 teams participating. It has become the official event that the league participates in for the first time. There will be several live broadcasts and will receive advertising sponsorship for the first time. Many NBA stars have expressed their desire to check it out.

"Everyone, come and gather!"

Monty shouted loudly and glanced at Su Yang intentionally or unintentionally, as if declaring the authority of head coach Xia Lian.

The players on the court heard the sound, stopped and walked to the sidelines to stand there. There were as many as eighteen people in three rows in front and back.

Ad, McRoberts, Peterry and others all signaled to Su Yang, as if they were reuniting with old friends.

Su Yang responded with smiles one by one, thinking that there are so many players, each player still has different goals. Some just go through the motions, and some want to fight for a contract with all their strength. As a coach, it is difficult for them to get all the ideal display opportunities.

"Next, we focus on practicing tactics that will be used in this summer league..."

Monty slowly explained the tactical system of the two towers, but there are only some general directions. For example, when the big man A takes the ball at a high position, the big man B needs to find opportunities to cut open, while others need to look for the right time and open up space through means such as running without the ball.

Monty said that the details will not be considered for the time being, let all members be familiar with the Twin Towers tactical system first, and take it slowly without rushing.

The players were confused when they heard this, and then disbanded and returned to the court to start practicing. The first round was in chaos.

As the core of the Twin Towers tactical, Oden and Aldridge were assigned to the same group, but the two were quite awkward to cooperate.

But even if they cooperate awkwardly, the two of them easily crushed their opponents with their strong strength and could score almost every goal.

Oden wished that every attack would end with a dunk. After the dunk, he would pull the basket hard, wanting everyone to know that he is an inside monster and intends to establish prestige in the team, even if it would consume a lot of physical strength or even be injured.

Monty was quite pleased with this, and he wandered around the sidelines in small steps, occasionally giving a few words to guide him.

Su Yang was not assigned any tasks. If anything was done, he would take over the assistant coach Bill Baino and others.

Su Yang was not interested in tangling in the details. He observed the technical characteristics of each player and the reaction of the court, and found that McRoberts was a little frustrated, as if he was disappointed with the positioning of acting as the inside muscles again. The team veteran Rodriguez was a little confused, as if he was not very adaptable to the positioning of pulling the space and receiving the ball and shooting.

Aldridge is also confused at times. He took the ball to support him in several consecutive rounds. Although he successfully passed it to Oden several times, when Oden was disturbed by the front, he could not turn over and jump shots or hit the basket like he usually played.

As for players such as Peter Ri, they all became tool players, either responsible for leading the half or making useless cover.

Peter and others dared not speak out about such a dilemma, after all, they are newcomers to the NBA.

The morning training ended quickly, and Monty and other assistants were very satisfied and especially praised Oden for his outstanding performance.

Oden smiled and went out for a big meal with his agent. Monty and other assistants drove home.

Su Yang stayed at the base for dinner and pulled McRoberts and others to sit together. Everyone talked about the newly released "Transformers" and unanimously praised Megan Fox for being sexy, but also unanimously agreed that Auto talent should be the ultimate pursuit of men.

The afternoon training was still the same, and Roy and Ottoro came to visit, and the whole base became quite lively.

Qianning Fry, a rookie who had traded from the Knicks a few days ago, also came. Su Yang specially chatted with him, praising him for having excellent three-point ability as a big player, and encouraging him to persist in training. The NBA is about to enter the space era.

Fry smiled throughout the whole process, and the two exchanged contact information and made an appointment to do a radio program together when they were free.

Fred Jones, who also traded from New York, also visited the training. As a player who once stopped Jason Richardson from dunking three consecutive times, Su Yang felt that his winning odds were an accident, and only praised his sluggish dunk during chatting.

Su Yang also greeted James Jones, talked casually about vegetarianism and how to maintain the intensity of confrontation.

When the afternoon training ended, Xia Lian's coaching team was arranged to be interviewed by the official website reporter, and Su Yang also participated.

As a small character, he received the last interview order. He waited for nearly two hours but it was not his turn.

He felt a little unhappy, but he wasn't too entangled. After all, this was the second opportunity to show his face publicly, which was quite rare.

It was not until the entire base was about to disappear, and the official website reporter Casey Hodell waved to him.

Su Yang quickly walked to the opposite side of the camera and sat down. Casey, who was sitting opposite him, looked bored and a little irritable, because the previous interviews did not get any valuable news material, so it was difficult to write a high-click report.

Seeing this, Su Yang thought: It seems that if you want to be written into the report, you need to talk about some controversial topics.

"OK, the first question, as a Chinese, why did you choose the job of scout?" After Kathy said that, he looked up at Su Yang mechanically, then lowered his head to look at the manuscript, without any concealment of his appearance when he was following the program.

Su Yang didn't care, but remembered a talk show joke and replied: "Otherwise? Go to be a doctor? Or a teacher or a lawyer? We Chinese don't just like those jobs, we also have many hobbies."

Casey suddenly looked up and stared at Su Yang in surprise.

"Being a scout is my hobby. I like basketball and watching NBA games. It is a wonderful memory of my youth. I can still make money and have no difficulties. Why not do it?" Su Yang shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands slightly.

Casey nodded: "Then let's talk about the team. How have you felt since you joined the company?"

"Everything is good." Su Yang thought for a moment, "but we urgently need innovation, it's time to say goodbye to the past."

"Tell me in detail..." Casey showed expectations.

“We have a lineup with young people at the core, they are gifted, we also have a new set of managers who work well, and we deserve to set a new goal, and that’s the kind we never thought of before.”

“For example?”

"For example, to enter the playoffs next season and strive to advance to the second round, and then to the Western Conference Finals next season, challenge the top-level team like the Spurs head-on, so that the players can get more experience and reach the finals within five years to compete for the championship."

"Do you really think that?" Casey looked suspicious.

"Of course, our players are very strong, and what they lack mainly are game experience and ambitious goals."

"Greg Oden's arrival has made you feel so strongly confident?"

"No! I had this confidence on the first day of my job, and Oden's arrival was more of an improvement."

"If you report this sentence, other teams may increase their intensity during the matchup after seeing it."

"Let them come and ravage the pioneers to the fullest, and there is not much time left to bully young people."

"Okay, let's talk about this summer league. What do you think the team can get?"

"We will win the championship, Aldridge will be elected the MVP, and we will show our strength."

"Are you sure? There are many teams participating this time, and our lineup is formed and there are only three days of training."

"Of course, we're too strong..."
Chapter completed!