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After signing his name on the contract, Stephen belongs to the Spurs. Presti asked the staff to take Stephen to meet the head coach, leaving Mordance to handle the beginning and end of the contract. Dance also needs to arrange life issues for Stephen, which is what his agent should do.

When Stephen met Popovich, he had already read the information in advance and knew that Popovich, who graduated from the Air Force Academy, was very disciplined, so Stephen answered a few questions of Popovich very well. Not to mention a player with a basic salary but not much difference, Popovich neither pretended to be kind like ordinary coaches, nor did he appear superior to maintain his dignity.

As stated in the information, he has the same attitude towards every player. Whether you are a big-name player or an unknown player, to him, you are all his subordinates, subordinates, not subordinates, and neither After the inquiry, the men called the team's assistant coach Chip Engelland over and asked him to take Stephen to report to the coaching staff.

With the long-term prosperity of the Spurs, the management and coaching of the Spurs have also been frequently poached by other teams. After Mike Brown became the head coach of the Cavaliers, he came to his old club to enlighten Popovich. Mentor Hank Wogan dug the past to be his assistant. In addition, there is Avery Johnson who took over the Mavericks halfway, so the Spurs' coaching staff is quite short-handed, but Engelland is the team's shot As for the coach, Popovich called him over with ulterior motives. As for the team's training affairs, it was Carlesimo, who had served as the head coach of the Supersonics.

In the past few days, apart from cleaning up my rented house, I have been doing adaptive training with the team. At this time, those who are still participating in training are basically free agents. Fake, also not training together.

Most teams have signed contracts of various sizes with their own rookies, and then the summer league begins. At this time, Stephen knows that the summer league is also divided into several parts. For example, the Clippers are participating in Las Vegas. Garth Summer League, and the Spurs are participating in the Minnesota Summer League, so Stephen's hope of meeting Coupard was defeated.

At this time, Coupard also signed a contract with the Clippers. He was a lottery pick and signed a three-year contract worth nearly 600 million yuan. Too much, of course, compared to Stephen's contract, it is undoubtedly much better.

Stephen unabashedly told Carlesimo about his shortcomings. Apart from shooting problems, he also lacked fundamentals. Carlesimo was very surprised by this. After a detailed test, he confirmed that There is indeed such a problem, but after all, after a year of college career, it is still better than those high school players. Is it just shooting? After Engelland's analysis, Stephen's situation should be physical. The problem of not being able to fully control one's own force, or the nerve's ability to control the muscles is not enough, this can only be solved through training.

Stephen made up a lie, saying that this kind of situation only happened in the past two years. First, his height suddenly increased again, and then his strength and speed also changed. Although such things as secondary growth are rare, but Not for nothing, the Spurs asked Stephen if he needed to go to the South Texas Medical Center for a detailed examination, but Stephen politely refused.

Indeed, as Presti said, after a detailed understanding of Stephen's situation, the coaching staff of the Spurs specially formulated a training plan starting from basic training for Stephen, but this plan included a lot of training. Steph doesn't need to play for shootarounds, or even summer league.

Although some local media questioned why the team signed a rookie but did not let him play in the summer league, the fans have become accustomed to trusting the Spurs' management, and the team's reinforcement work is still in progress. After the old fritter Robert Horry renewed his contract, he signed the Argentine player Fabrizio Oberto.

On August [-]nd, just as the signing of free agents began, a major event that shocked the league happened. After signing O'Neal last year, the Heat made another deal, the largest in league history, with five teams and thirteen team involved in the deal.

Heat get Antoine "Fat Toutuo" Walker from Celtics, Jason "White Chocolate" Williams and James Posey and Emmett from Grizzlies, Robert Dunas from Hornets The Grizzlies will get Eddie Jones from the Heat and Lopez from the Jazz; the Jazz will get Ostertag from the Grizzlies; the Hornets will get Butler from the Heat and Snyder from the Jazz; The Celtics got Pochart from the Jazz and Quintel Woods, Mirals, a second-round pick and cash from the Heat.

Stephen happened to be studying the trading rules of the league when he was free. After seeing this transaction, he couldn't help but start to calculate. After calculating for a long time, he couldn't figure out how to find the balance between salary and value among so many teams and so many players.

What Stephen didn't know was that at this time, Popovich had already summoned all the coaching staff to discuss the possible consequences of this deal. After getting O'Neal, coupled with the team's original lineup, the Heat's strength is no longer tolerable. Underestimated, and then traded so many seasoned and experienced veterans, the Heat made such a big effort, and the goal was directly aimed at the championship. The threat to the Spurs suddenly surpassed the Lakers and the Pistons Team.

"Such a big deal must have been planned by the old fox Patwright." Copperswell interjected from the side.

"There is no doubt about it. If this guy doesn't make a shot, it's a big deal." Carlesimo also said on the sidelines. Patwright has been dormant in the Heat for so many years, just when everyone almost forgot about him. , He stands out for his heavy hand and has formed such a consistently strong team. He really deserves to be called a "magic fortune teller".

A person's name may be wrong, but his nickname is definitely not wrong. Even Popovich has a cautious look on his face. O'Neal is the only player who can pose a threat to Duncan in the interior, and the Heat Dwyane Wade, who was selected in [-], also grew very rapidly. This kind of lineup combining inside and outside is also what Pat Riley is best at, so Popovich has a hunch that Pat Riley will never be willing to be behind the scenes Instead of being a manipulator, he would go to the front desk and prove his coaching ability again, but he didn't say this doubt.

It's a pity that the Spurs' lineup has been formed, and they can no longer make big deals. They can only choose reinforcements. However, in this year's free agent market, there are no worthwhile targets. The Spurs' team building policy has always been budget-conscious. It is impossible to change because of an unknown threat.

On August [-]th, as soon as the Mavericks made the decision to abandon the head star Michael Finley, the Spurs immediately received the news. There is no need to ask why the Spurs knew so quickly. Look at the Mavericks. Just look at coach Avery Johnson's resume.

Michael Finley is only 32 years old. For an outside player, he is not too old. As the former boss and first scorer of the Mavericks, his ability cannot be described as strong, and he can do it without paying any price. It is definitely a very good opportunity for the Spurs to get such a player. The Spurs immediately sent someone to contact Michael Finley.

At the same time, the Spurs signed Van Exel, who was nicknamed "Madman". , For the dream of a championship, Michael Finley accepted the 500 million but two-year contract offered by the Spurs, and chose the Spurs, because he can also get a salary of nearly 500 million US dollars from the Mavericks, so the salary Not a major consideration for him.

Stephen has been training. Under Engelland's professional guidance, his shooting ability has improved very quickly. During training, his shooting percentage has reached more than [-]%. In this way, his shooting ability has been greatly enhanced. Shooting training efficiency. In the past, it took nearly [-] shots a day to complete the training task. Now it only takes [-] shots. Moreover, someone specially feeds the ball, which also saves a lot of training time.

The intensity of strength and physical training that was seldom done in college has also gradually increased. After analyzing Stephen's shots, Engelland believes that Stephen should increase strength training so that the body can better adapt to this strength, and then he can be better After listening to his words, Stephen also felt that it made sense, so he increased his training in this area and found that the effect was really good.

Just like things are divided into macro and micro, strength control also has this aspect. Some can control the movements of muscles every day, but they can't fully exert the energy contained in the muscles, and some can be extremely explosive, but But he can't weakly control his own muscles. Stephen's situation belongs to the latter. Others also have this problem, but not as serious as Stephen.

Seeing that Stephen's shooting is expected to improve, Engelland immediately reported it to Popovich. Popovich was very happy after hearing it. Originally, the reason why they signed Stephen with a two-year contract was a long-term plan. It took a year to develop Stephen's offensive ability, and seeing the effect so soon, Popovich was naturally happy.

"Okay, you work hard, let him continue to train well, this little guy is improving so fast, maybe by the beginning of the regular season, his offense will be practical." Popovich is very happy to face Engelland Said.

"This little guy asked for leave and went back, saying that he has business activities." Engelland's answer immediately made Popovich very dissatisfied with Stephen. What kind of commercial contract will a newly signed second-round player have? This is not an obvious deception. People, it is said that it is a vacation now, and players have the right to arrange their own actions, but since you have promised the team to train hard, and the team has even arranged for you, how can you leave as soon as you say, and use Such a lame excuse.

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