Chapter 839: Closed training
As a businessman, Paul Allen certainly hopes to make money from the Trail Blazers. As the team manager, all Nell Orsey has to do is help Allen manage the team and make the Trail Blazers an enduring money tree.
As long as the Trail Blazers perform well, the team's revenue will double. As long as the team's revenue increases, the more Paul Allen will invest.
Last season, Paul Allen offered Anger a five-year contract of 220 million, didn’t he blink?
So today, when Nell Orsey brought the ticket issued by the league to find Paul Allen who had just landed in Portland, the former Microsoft giant just read the ticket and letter and wrote a check of 50,000 US dollars to Orsey.
"Sir... Actually, Coach Ricard and I are willing to bear part of the fine." Orsey thought his boss would be very angry, but he didn't expect him to be so happy.
"The league punishes the team, not you. My team is punished, of course I will pay for it. Moreover, you did the right thing, I support you." Paul Allen knew that Ricard was a very unique head coach, but this guy never disappointed him. He insisted on not letting the media enter, and there must be his reason. As long as this reason can help him get closer to the championship, Paul Allen will support it.
"Then I..."
"Go back and do your business. The finals will start tomorrow night. Get the fine done quickly so that tomorrow's whistle will not be bad for us." Paul Allen, who walked to the private car, patted Orsey on the shoulder and smiled slightly. Then, he got into the limousine under the protection of the security guard and left.
Paul Allen is such a person who is decisive and never says a word of nonsense. And there is another thing, this guy never sells the face of the league president. When the Trail Blazers won the first championship, David Stern was sore, and Paul Allen also hadn't borrowed the O'Brien Cup for a long time. Instead, he gave this supreme honor to Anjie.
Orsey looked at the check in his hand and looked at the car that had disappeared from sight. Everyone, everyone was working hard for the O'Brien Cup, including him as the general manager, and Allen's team boss.
The whole world is not optimistic about the Trail Blazers, but everyone on the Trail Blazers just don’t believe in this evil. We are one of the best teams this season, so why is the championship definitely not our share?
Orsey looked up at the huge billboard of Angel outside the airport. "Please, let's win!"
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In the huge training ground, the Trail Blazers players wearing training jerseys were running non-stop on the court. Although the finals will start tomorrow night, they are still nervously conducting team competition training.
The shouts between the players, the loud roars of Ricard and Divac, and the sound of friction between basketball shoes and hardwood floors, formed a moving "melody" that surrounded the training ground.
Iguodala carried the ball forward, and Aminu in front of him opened her long arms and tried to block Iguodala's vision.
Ricard asked the players to restore the real game situation as much as possible on the court, and only by overcoming all difficulties during training can they perform well during the game.
While Iguodala was controlling the ball, the players of the main team had already started to run in superb positions. Anjie ran to the back of the free throw line and raised his arm. Iguodala did not hesitate and threw the basketball hard to Anjie.
After Anjie received the basketball, there was no defensive player around him. But Anjie did not shoot, but observed his teammates' running position and waited for an opportunity to pass the ball.
Less than a second after Anjie received the basketball, he split the basketball again. Evan Turner, who ran to the three-point line and received Anjie's pass, took a direct move, and the basketball was hollowed out. At the moment of scoring the goal, even Ricard, who was demanding, rushing to the players to applaud.
"Evan, do a pretty job! Hachris, if you are still so defensive in the game tomorrow, I will ask you if you lose!" Ricard not only wants the players to score goals, but also wants the players not to score goals. He not only wants to improve the team's offensive quality, but also wants to build the team into a perfect defensive machine.
As for Anjie, Ricard specifically explained that during the battle training, Anjie could not move after receiving the basketball and could not attack by himself. The only thing he could do was pass the ball! Once Anjie dribbles or shoots by himself, the ball rights would immediately be returned to the substitute team.
At the beginning, An Jie was very unaccustomed to this training method. During the training the day before yesterday, because An Jie could not attack independently, the main team lost to the substitute team three times.
However, to this day, Anjie has mastered the tactics arranged by Ricard and his passing timing. Even if Anjie cannot move or attack, he can still lead the main team to win easily.
Anjie is getting used to his new style of play, and the rest of the Trail Blazers are also adapting to Anjie.
Without a large number of stars, Ricard had to use the strength of his team to defeat the Cavaliers! After tactical adjustments and several days of closed training, Ricard had already dismantled the players into parts after parts. And when these parts were recombined, what was presented to Ricard was a perfect machine that would not make mistakes!
Angel gave Evan Turner a thumbs up, then ran to his half to prepare for defense. No team would train like the Trail Blazers, but Angel and everyone believed that the sweat this summer would be worth the money.
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Everything that happened on the training ground just now was done without anyone knowing it. Tyron Lu must be very uneasy at this moment, because there is no one in the world about the training of the Trail Blazers.
The only news about the Trail Blazers these days is that the league received a huge fine of $50,000 because the Trail Blazers refused to let media interviews on the media open day. But this kind of news is useless to the Cavaliers.
It would rather go against Xiao Hua than be open to training. Tyron Lu didn't know what that guy Ricard was doing at Moda Center.
In any case, the Cavaliers are ready. As long as Ricard doesn't transform his players into robots, the Trail Blazers have no chance of winning!
If it's just some people who think the Trail Blazers cannot win the championship, you can still say they are ignorant. But if people all over the world keep looking at the Trail Blazers, that's a good idea.
Tyron Lu shook his head. This guy Ricard can do anything for victory. Now he is doing closed training, it is very likely that he is just bewitching people's hearts. If he and the Cavaliers are nervous, they will really fall into his trap.
After losing to the Warriors at a huge disadvantage last season, the Cavaliers suffered a huge blow. Last summer, the Cavaliers were able to complete several big deals because the championship was the catalyst for everyone!
Whether it is Rose, Wade, or Thomas, who performed well, they all got together because of the championship. If the Cavaliers fail this year, let alone others, even whether James will continue to stay in Cleveland will have to be a question mark.
Therefore, the Cavaliers must win no matter what this year. Faced with a Trail Blazers with severe energy injury, Tyron Lu dared not make any mistakes!
Thinking of this, this guy who was once crossed by Iverson pressed the start button again and continued to watch the Trail Blazers game video.
But this guy may not know that the videos he watched have lost their timeliness. Because Ricard and the Trail Blazers have already completed a major change!
Time passed by minute by minute, and the moment the finals began, it was getting closer and closer.
Both the Cavaliers and the Trail Blazers are fully prepared. No matter what the outside world says, the game still attracts everyone's attention.
After the day's training, Anjie took off his jersey in the locker room and rushed to the shower.
The guy let the water flow through him, and he closed his eyes tightly, as if he was thinking about something.
This is the last night's rest and the last day of Portland's peace. After returning home today, he will accompany his wife and son well. Because from tomorrow to before the end of the finals, there will be only battle in Anjie's world!
Lillard, George, James, Wade... By the way, there are also guys who are not optimistic about themselves and the Trail Blazers. Open your eyes and look forward to it. How did a legendary center who created the dynasty win the championship!
Chapter completed!