Time flies by, and before we know it, it’s already mid-September.
The NBA preseason will begin in early October, and players from each team in the league have also returned to their teams after their vacations.
The Warriors are no exception. On September 21, all Warriors players arrived at the Warriors training facility.
As usual, everyone has to do a body check first to test how well these players are maintaining their physical condition after a long vacation.
Whenever this happens, it's often when the assistant coach curses.
Even the Warriors, who just changed coaches, are no exception.
"Latrell, you are 5 kilograms heavier than last season! What did you do during the holiday?"
Sprewell rolled his eyes and ignored the assistant coach's accusation.
"Come on, man, aren't holidays just for relaxation? Don't worry, I can lose weight again before the regular season starts."
The team's assistant coach may have been accustomed to Sprewell's undisciplined attitude, and he knew that this guy wouldn't listen to anything he said.
As the No. 24 pick in the first round of 1992, Latrell Sprewell is definitely the dream of all low-pick players.
In the first season of his career, he averaged 15+3+3 per game. In the second season, his data increased to 21 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game.
Last season, which was the third season of Sprewell's career, his game averages were still stable at 20.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4 assists, and he was the Warriors' scoring leader for two consecutive years.
Regardless of his professional attitude or personality, his talent in basketball is indeed enviable.
At this moment, waves of exclamations came from the distance.
"Oh my god, isn't this jumping ability too exaggerated?"
Sprewell looked towards the jumping test venue not far away and saw a group of people gathered there, and the player surrounded in the middle was none other than Wang Feng.
The assistant coach responsible for testing Wang Feng's bounce was confused.
The vertical jump is 115cm and the run-up height is 384cm. What kind of monster is this? Is there springs under his feet?
Trainers and assistant coaches across the league are all well aware of the physical statistics of basketball god Jordan.
The vertical jump is 116.84cm and the run-up height is 386cm. This value is almost at the top level among guards. Looking at history, there are very few players who can reach this standard.
Although Wang Feng's jumping data is slightly inferior to Jordan's, the difference is only less than 2cm. However, you must know that Wang Feng weighs 105 kilograms, which is already a lighter inside player, while Jordan's weight is less than 100 kilograms.
, Wang Feng is at least seven or eight kilograms heavier than Jordan. With such a huge weight difference, his jumping can be comparable to Jordan. Isn't this an exaggeration?
"No wonder Wang Feng didn't lose at all when facing Jordan in the playoffs and even dominated Jordan. Just from his jumping, you can see that his physical fitness is too exaggerated."
The people who gathered around to watch the excitement couldn't help but sigh.
"cut."
Sprewell curled his lips and did not go over to watch the fun.
He doesn't like Wang Feng, in every way.
This guy, who has only been in the league for more than half a year, is already more popular than him. The Warriors even appointed him as the core of the team, completely ignoring himself who has made great contributions to the team for three seasons.
In the past few months of the offseason, Sprewell has participated in several TV programs and media interviews, but no matter where he goes, the topic is always about the name Wang Feng, and people always ask him about Wang Feng joining.
The Warriors' view is as if the whole world revolves around Wang Feng.
This was enough to make Sprewell very unhappy when he saw Wang Feng.
On the other side of the bouncing test area, there was another burst of exclamations.
After Wang Feng's test, Garnett came on the scene immediately. This rookie who entered the lottery based entirely on talent, the only thing he can rely on now is his amazing talent.
Garnett's actual height is close to 2.15 meters and his wingspan is 2.23 meters. Although his jumping ability is limited by his height and cannot reach the exaggeration of Wang Feng, but also because of the advantage of height and long arms, he can even reach the height when running.
It is even taller than Wang Feng, reaching an astonishing 388cm, which is taller than Wang Feng.
There are rumors that Garnett can touch the top edge of the backboard, but this is a rumor after all. The top edge of the backboard is 3.97 meters, and it is unlikely that even someone as strong as Garnett can touch it. In fact, Garnett has also
He personally admitted that he couldn't touch the top edge of the backboard.
But even so, the height of 3.88 meters is only 9 centimeters away from the top edge of the backboard of 3.97 meters.
"Both of them are monsters..."
Someone in the crowd of onlookers sighed.
"However, Wang Feng seems to be more of a monster. He is lower, heavier, and faster than Garnett. His reach is only slightly lower than his opponent. The gap in jumping ability between the two is clear at a glance!"
"With Garnett's outstanding talent, maybe he can really play in the league."
Looking at Garnett standing next to Wang Feng after the test, talking very familiarly, Sprewell's eyes narrowed slightly.
…
A moment later, the team's new head coach Adelman looked at the detailed test report submitted by the assistant coach.
This report is clear at a glance. In almost all tests, it can be seen that Wang Feng's name is at the top.
It includes multiple tests such as jumping, field sprinting, forward bending, and bench press.
Wang Feng's test report is perfect, with no flaws at all.
Adelman has been coaching in the NBA for so many years, and this is the first time he has seen a player with such exaggerated physical fitness.
These are the core players of the team he will coach next.
"Such an outstanding player would be a waste if he did not serve as the core of the team to build tactics around."
Adelman coached Glider Drexler during the Trail Blazers. He was also a player with extremely good physical fitness. He was once even tied with Jordan, so he knew very well how to maximize the abilities of such a player.
of play out.
"In this case, the Warriors will be competitive in the new season..."
At this moment, there was a noise not far away.
Adelman looked at the scene of players gathering together on the training field, frowned, and quickly said to the assistant coach on the side: "Go and see what happened?"
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Time goes back a few minutes.
After the collective test, the players sat on the benches on the sidelines to rest and wipe off sweat.
Garnett rushed to get Wang Feng a towel and water.
As a first-year rookie, this kind of trivial errands are unavoidable. He is as strong as the chosen son James. When he first joined the league, he also carried bags and towels to the old people in the team. Of course, who dares to do this?
The guy who did it was traded away from the team not long after, and he said that classic sentence that has been handed down forever.
"I thought the team drafted LeBron to help me."
At this time, Wang Feng and Garnett had been getting along in the arena for about two months. Wang Feng supervised Garnett in daily training and assisted him in strengthening his training. He had successfully made Garnett convinced of him and willing to work for him.
Wang Feng followed the lead and was a perfect little boy.
But this scene was a bit unpleasant to be seen by someone who was interested.
"Hey, rookie, I'm thirsty, go get me a bottle of water."
Sprewell yelled at Garnett.
As a prominent figure in the team, although Sprewell has only been in the league for three seasons, he has already developed the bad habits of those league veterans.
Garnett didn't say anything more, and turned around to get Sprewell some more water.
However, a hand stopped in front of him.
Wang Feng stopped Garnett, glanced sideways at Sprewell, and said calmly: "Sit down and rest. If anyone wants to drink water, go get it yourself. It's not like you don't have hands or feet."
In an instant, all the players who were still chatting and discussing fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on Wang Feng.
"What do you mean?"
Sprewell was also stunned. He didn't expect that Wang Feng would actually do this.
Although Wang Feng is not young, he is technically a second-year rookie after the start of the new season, and is also a newcomer in this league.
The most important thing is that the person he just ordered was Garnett, not Wang Feng. It has long been an unwritten rule of the league for a rookie to be ordered to do things by the team's elders when he just joined the league. However, Wang Feng stopped him with words. This was obviously because he was doing nothing.
look for a job!
Is this guy so arrogant because he has the highest salary in the team?
"It doesn't mean anything, it's just what the words convey." Wang Feng looked at Sprewell and said in a calm tone: "If you want to drink water, just go get it yourself. I'm taking care of Kevin. If you want to control him,
Just ask me first if I agree."
Wang Feng had also heard of the famous Madman Sprewell for a long time.
Although he has never seen him play, Wang Feng knows his deeds very well.
Although this well-known thorn in the league has good playing ability, his character and character are really unflattering.
Domestic violence, fighting with teammates, threatening to shoot teammates, choking the head coach, rejecting the 3-year, $21 million contract offered by the Timberwolves because he thought the salary was low, and publicly declared that if he did not have an annual salary of tens of millions, I would rather sit at home.
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Then he really sat at home until he was heavily in debt and declared bankrupt.
Wang Feng doesn't have a good impression of such a controversial and troublesome player. If it weren't for the fact that he was still holding a rookie contract and his annual salary was not high, it would not have been Hada who was traded away from the team to free up salary space.
It's him who is the most powerful.
Of course, the main reason why Wang Feng stopped Sprewell from using Garnett was to establish his authority.
Today is Wang Feng's first meeting with all members of the Warriors. He can see the hidden meaning in the eyes of these people looking at him.
Indifference, disdain, questioning.
No matter how strong Wang Feng performed in the playoffs, such a newcomer received the highest salary in the team, and it also caused Tim Hardaway and Marshall to be traded away from the team to free up salary space.
It would be strange if everyone was convinced by Wang Feng right from the start.
Wang Feng has encountered this kind of situation before, when he first joined the Lakers.
In order to establish his authority at that time, he thought of a move and had a one-on-one duel with Ingram, who was the strongest in the team at that time. He completely tortured the opponent, thus gaining the respect of other players and also impressed Ingram.
Here, Wang Feng is also preparing to use the same method to establish his authority.
Sprewell, who averaged 20+ points per game for two consecutive seasons, is recognized as the strongest player on the Warriors.
Wang Feng didn't expect that the other party would come to his door so quickly.
In fact, he had long noticed the slightly hostile look in the other person's eyes when he looked at him.
This is not surprising. As the team's first scoring point, Sprewell has the highest shot authority in the Warriors. He ranks first in the team in playing time and number of shots.
Wang Feng's arrival is likely to change everything.
To a certain extent, Wang Feng's arrival has greatly threatened Sprewell's tactical position in the Warriors. It is not an exaggeration to say that Wang Feng is his enemy.
That's just right. Wang Feng can't wait for this kind of player to come to his door to establish his prestige.
"It's okay, it's just a bottle of water. I'll just go get it."
Feeling the tension in the atmosphere, Garnett swallowed his saliva and quickly said to Wang Feng.
"It's not about the water." Wang Feng shook his head, looked at Sprewell, and at the same time glanced at the other Warriors players. His tone was still calm, but his words made everyone hold their breath. "I know,
When I first arrived, you were all dissatisfied with me. Maybe it was because I had the highest salary in the team, maybe it was because the team valued me, or maybe it was because what I said in interviews with the media was a bit too arrogant, but
It doesn’t matter, I can tell you clearly now.”
"When I came to the Warriors, I came to be the boss. If any of you are dissatisfied, you can challenge me. If you can beat me on the court, then I will immediately apply for a trade to leave the team without saying anything. But if I win, you will
Everyone listens to me."
Garnett's mouth was so big that he looked at Wang Feng in shock.
He had already understood Wang Feng's strength in the past two months of training, but Garnett never imagined that Wang Feng could be so crazy and tough!
Say this on the first day of training with the team.
I want to be the boss, and if any of you dissatisfied, come out and challenge me!
"So this is the NBA? I've learned, I've learned!"
After the shock, Garnett looked at Wang Feng with stars in his eyes.
If anyone hears Garnett's thoughts at this time, they will definitely not be able to help complaining.
"Sorry, you may have some misunderstandings about the NBA. Most normal people would not do this."
Indeed, Wang Feng's behavior was a bit too arrogant.
Although strength is paramount in the NBA, such rampant behavior is also uncommon. Such scenes mostly appear in cool articles or hot-blooded comics.
The protagonist raises his arms and tells everyone he meets that he is the man who wants to become the king of xx.
It does seem quite fun, but once the pretense fails, the price paid will be very painful.
Social skills are the most basic. It is very likely that you will not be able to survive in the NBA in the future.
Of course, Wang Feng did this because of special circumstances.
He is not Jordan and does not have enough reputation in the league, but he is stronger than Jordan.
Based on strength, this method is also the simplest, direct and fastest way to control a team.