"Lin, let me tell you two good news. Rick Barnes will become the team's assistant coach, and he will play McMillan's previous role on the team."

After returning to the United States from his trip to China, Dean Walken found Lin Ying immediately.

This is indeed good news, because Barnes was the former college mentor of the Texas Twins.

Although his experience in the NBA in recent years has proven that he is not qualified to be a head coach, he is very suitable to be an assistant coach.

And his role as McMillan means that he and Lue have equal status on the team.

This respect is obviously related to the Texas Twins.

"Great! Where's the other good news?"

Lin Ying was used to the way of speaking "one good news and one bad news", but when this suddenly told him that it was two pieces of good news, he was not used to it.

"Steve Nash is coming to the Nets!"

"Come to be a coach?"

"No, he will serve as a player development consultant."

Okay okay okay.

This position is somewhat similar to Iverson's previous one.

Iverson is nominally an assistant coach, but that's also the position.

At the end of last season, Iverson resigned from the Nets and went to his own training camp.

So this vacancy will be filled by Nash this season...

If this is the case, that is indeed good news.

The Nets now have a bunch of 3Ds, and with Durant, they will need Nash to give training guidance in shooting.

Historically, Nash also joined the Warriors that summer and coached the Splash Brothers and Durant in shooting training.

His unique training method has really helped the Warriors a lot.

And now Lin Ying and Nash won the championship together in Phoenix, so the significance of this signing is no less important to Lin Ying than to Barnes.

"Of course, we are very optimistic about Steve and will not rule out letting him serve as the team coach or even the head coach in the future."

"Forehead……"

Lin Ying slapped his forehead and felt that he could take back the previous words.

"What's wrong?"

Walken Dean's reaction when he saw Lin Ying was strange.

Logically speaking, Lin Ying should be excited.

After all, with the success story of Kidd, Nash will also be outstanding.

It's a pity that Lin Ying doesn't know what Walken Dean is thinking. If he knew, he would definitely say: They are different!

"It's okay, I think Coach George is pretty good."

Lin Ying explained.

"Haha, of course, by the way, how was this trip to China? If you think it is good, I will apply to the alliance again next year."

Walken Dean thought Lin Ying was unhappy because he talked about the head coach. After all, Karl was Lin Ying’s mentor in the NBA, so he quickly changed the subject.

…

In the blink of an eye, the time has come to late September.

Training camps for NBA teams are starting one after another, and the Nets also started their training camps much earlier this year than in the past.

Moreover, on the first day of the training camp, the whole team gathered and the sidelines were crowded with reporters.

If in the past, every move of James attracted media attention, and basically every year the team he played would be the team that received the most attention, then this year, everything has changed because of the reunion of the Texas Twins.

Even if they really only have two people as some fans said, these two people are enough!

Under the spotlight of the media, the atmosphere in the Nets training camp has never been better.

Especially Durant and Lin Ying, they were laughing from ear to ear basically the whole time.

It's been two months since they decided to play together, and they can't wait.

Oh, by the way, there's that little fat guy.

Jokic's body looks a bit stronger than last season at this time.

That's right, after Lin Ying's "guidance", Jokic started a hard training mode, which was rare for a person in the past, and successfully controlled his weight back.

And he was actually not idle this summer. Apart from returning to Serbia and secretly drinking Coca-Cola for a while to gain weight, he spent the rest of his time training in low-post skills under the arrangement of the team.

From the fact that the Nets let go of Chandler and Deron and didn't sign a big-name point guard, it can be seen that they treat him as a ball-handling core.

Otherwise, the Nets could win Rondo this summer.

Because the relationship with the management deteriorated, Rondo, whose contract expired, did not stay with the Celtics, but chose to join the Knicks on a one-year contract.

Jokic has high expectations, and he has lived up to them. His low-post skills are already impressive.

And his three-point shooting still maintains a very high level.

Facts have proven that when a person's golf IQ reaches the ceiling, everything he does will become twice the result with half the effort.

By the way, after watching the Nets' first training session, most people's inner thoughts have changed to some extent.

The Nets actually don't just have two people, they should be considered two and a half, and the remaining half is Jokic.

Although he is only a sophomore, Jokic's talent is visible to the naked eye.

After the training, Durant was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines.

"Your most recent game was against the Raptors in the preseason. Are you looking forward to that game?"

"I'm looking forward to it, it will be our debut and I can't wait to let the world know how good we are!"

Durant's face was filled with excitement.

Lin Ying was possessed at the moment, and when he heard what Durant said, if this were the anime world, he would have already kicked Durant down!

But he still went over and bumped Durant's shoulder.

Durant looked back and saw Lin Ying's expression, and then remembered that he had told Lin Ying not long ago that he wanted to change the way he spoke.

"I mean, we're going to try to make the game as intense as possible, but we're going to win it."

"..."

Lin Ying held his forehead, this child was hopeless.

However, the reaction from the media shows how impatient the fans are now.

Because they are no longer concerned about the regular season debut, but the preseason debut!

This is understandable. Ever since Durant officially announced that he had joined the Nets in July, they have been waiting to see what happens when the two of them play.

Although the two have teamed up in the All-Star Game, official games and performance games are definitely not of the same nature.

…

Like last year, this year's ESPN couldn't wait and started making a wave of predictions about the team's strength in the new season before the start of the preseason.

Although I got slapped in the face a lot last year, it was good to be slapped in the face.

Why does Barkley continue to bet after being slapped in the face so many times? It’s because of the program effect!

This is what ESPN wants.

As in previous interviews, this time the media is more optimistic about the Nets than the Cavaliers.

In this prediction list, the Nets rank first.

1. Nets

Durant's joining has made the Nets the most watched team in the new season. We don't know how the Nets' opponents can defend two of the league's top five teams at the same time. Moreover, they were college partners and have a tacit understanding.

Complete.

The example Lin gave at the press conference was very vivid. They are like Olajuwon and Drexler in the new era. But the problem is that Michael Jordan will not come back in the league for the third time. Who can

Stop them?

Another point that is also worthy of attention is that Mark Walkendian's operation during the offseason is completely S-level. He used almost all the resources at his disposal to find outstanding enough role players for the Nets.

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They will be the most terrifying team in the league in the new season, and their biggest opponents are injuries and themselves.

Expected: Bradley, Ariza, Durant, Lin Ying, Jokic

Projected rotation: Corey Joseph, JR, Covington/Turner, David West, Mahinmi

2. Warriors

The most successful operation of the Warriors in the summer was the extension of Draymond Green, and then they also sent away David Lee to reduce salary pressure while making some minor repairs.
To be continued...