899. Just a few steps away from surpassing the top

Time came to October, and the official training camp began.

This year's Trail Blazers training camp is extremely lively, with fans, media, and experts all paying attention to them.

Their attention and treatment are even worse than the Lakers in the 2002-03 season.

Political and business tycoons and celebrities from all walks of life also came to Portland to brush their faces.

This has greatly affected the Trail Blazers' preparation for the game, but this is something that everyone is happy about.

Who doesn’t want to be in the spotlight? Who doesn’t want to be a big star?

The coaching staff kept complaining privately, but they pretended to be louder than anyone else during interviews.

For Liu Xiu, the impact is not big. The starting lineup remains unchanged, the core tactical play has little impact, and the changes in tactical details are also built around him.

There was less training time during the day, so he simply took advantage of the situation and saved his energy for simulation training. Although team training was affected, the individual training effect was better.

Some things are unavoidable.

A wealthy man brings his friends to show off his team. You can't blame him for not doing so.

If you buy a team in the sport you love and build a dynasty by winning three consecutive championships in the highest league, you don't have to show off too much.

Liu Xiu had his own way of dealing with this kind of 'force majeure'.

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A bustling week has passed. After the team training on October 7th, the training camp phase of the 2007-08 season has ended.

Even the coach, who is so careless, has some headaches about the preparation progress, but he has no choice but to emphasize to his colleagues not to rush, to take his time, and not to mess with the rhythm.

The coach has always been in control of the overall situation.

After training camp, the Trail Blazers have a day off.

While other teammates were sleeping in or had not yet fallen asleep, Liu Xiu woke up on time again at 7 o'clock in the morning.

Looking at his fiancée who was wearing nothing next to him, the impulse came again, but when he saw Anne Hathaway twisting and frowning...well, last night was a bit too much.

Get up quickly and take a shower to cool down the fire.

After extracting the simulation training results, he still didn't upgrade... After feeling sad for a moment, he couldn't help but smile.

How long has it been since the comprehensive ability evaluation was raised to 94? I just want to be promoted to super giant.

But he has already reached 94, and he is itching!

When you reach 95 and surpass the top level, you can unlock another talent!

"Name: Liu Xiu, English name: Jess.

Age: 25 years old (February 17, 1982)

Net height: 188 cm, wingspan 203 cm, weight: 102 kg.

Team: Portland Trail Blazers.

Ability evaluation: 94.

Athletic ability: Speed ​​96 (87 explosive acceleration), 94 strength (84 explosive power), 94 jumping (88 bullet speed), 95 flexibility, 93 physical strength.

Basic skills: 88 three-pointers, 92 mid-range shots, 95 layups, 94 ball control, 89 passes, 89 turns, 84 strides, 85 turn overs, 86 emergency stops, 81 throws...

Skills: low post play 92, high post play 81, shot after dribbling 91, accelerating layup while traveling 89, European step 84, fadeaway jumper 84, rhythm flow breakthrough 90, forward change of direction breakthrough 84, emergency stop jumper 85

, emergency stop to catch and shoot 84, post-up application skills 87, pick-and-roll with the ball 86, pick-and-roll technology application 82..."

According to past experience, there should be room for improvement after hard training. He decided that in the preseason, he would leave it to the substitutes to play more and let the substitutes practice well.

Keep paddling, and you should be able to practice it for more than half a month. If not, we will talk about it later.

Liu Xiu took a day off.

Watching TV, reading the news, and watching Anne Hathaway’s reconciliation...

While surfing the Internet, he discovered a new thing - star rankings!

Liu Xiu couldn't remember which year in the original time and space there were detailed opening season rankings. Here, ESPN started publishing star rankings and team rankings this year!

Team rankings are based on one team per day and will begin on September 30th. It is expected to be announced at the end of the preseason.

The player rankings include not only active players, but also free agents who have not retired but have not yet found a job. Starting from 500, 20 rankings are currently announced every day.

I was so busy in the past few days, socializing every day, that I didn't notice this thing.

However, the current popularity is not particularly high, and ESPN is only testing the waters online, and it is not the kind of "season-opening event" that will be announced on live TV programs in the future.

The Grizzlies are ranked last in the team rankings, and their record this season is predicted to be around 20 wins.

The player ranked last on the list is also from the Grizzlies, and Liu Xiu is quite familiar with him - Jeremy Richardson, the rich second generation who is still chasing his dreams.

It is said that his hard work impressed the head coach of the Grizzlies, and he received a partially guaranteed base salary of US$510,000 per year.

Ranked 500th in the first detailed player rankings, looking back many years later is something worth recalling...

After reading the posts about this, Liu Xiu saw that ESPN was the one who made the ranking, and he looked forward to his ranking even more.

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After a day of rest, on the 9th, the Trail Blazers began targeted training for the preseason and made arrangements for areas to be strengthened in the preseason.

As Liu Xiu expected, the coaching staff was still concerned about the plummeting strength of the bench lineup.

They kind of regret not giving contracts to Eddie Jones and Mourning.

However, continuing to drag it out like that is not a good thing for Millsap, Lou Williams, Stevenson and others.

If Eddie Jones and Mourning continue to stay, maybe Stevenson and McDyess will be unwilling to stay.

On October 10th, the preseason started, and the Trail Blazers' first opponent in the preseason was the highly anticipated youth team, the Timberwolves.

Oden was reimbursed after being drafted and did not play in the summer league, but this does not prevent the Timberwolves from being looked forward to. Roy and Luol Deng, a pair of young cores with obvious talents, might take off if they are given a powerful inside line.

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Although he was immediately reimbursed in his rookie year, Oden still made people full of expectations.

If they can't take off this season, let Roy and Luol Deng practice for the first year.

After the game started, Liu Xiu used a pick-and-roll to break into the paint and dunk twice before starting to paddle.

Things that are planned must be executed well.

Liu Xiu was replaced after 3 minutes in the first quarter. The fans shouted in vain. They could only comfort themselves that they finally got to see the Warden's first game of the new season, even though it was only a preseason game.

Originally, the fans were worried when they saw the Warden turn into a passerby after such a long time, but after seeing Liu Xiu using such speed to pick and roll and fly inside for a dunk, the fans were relieved.

The warden will always lose weight!

The outside substitutes were very happy. Liu Xiu didn't play long, but Lei and the others got more playing time!

Then, after the trio of Blake, Lou Williams, and Ray Allen played on the outside for most of the quarter, they entered the inter-quarter break, and both Blake and Lou Williams sat on the bench.
Chapter completed!