With the successful signing of Baron Davis, the Bulls' main lineup for the new season has been basically determined.
Starting lineup: Point guard Baron Davis, shooting guard Duane, small forward Luol Deng, power forward Josh Smith, center Tyson Chandler.
Substitute lineup: Sixth man Ben Gordon, forward group Andres Nocioni, Boris Diaw, Toni Kukoc.
Next, we only need to add a few veterans inside, and when the rookies grow up, they will be enough to compete for the championship.
Like last year, in order to enhance the competitiveness of the new season, Dunn held a training camp in Chicago to help the team's rookies grow faster.
And Dunn himself also needs to use the training camp to digest the new player templates-Grant Hill template and Gary Payton template!
The Grant Hill template was drawn from the All-NBA first team lottery, and Payton was the first defense.
If it were his rookie season, such a player template could bring great help to Du En, but now it can play very little role.
However, having more playing skills and abilities is not a bad thing.
The following season is another year when the no handcheck rule is officially implemented. Grant Hill and Payton happen to be both breakthrough masters.
Unlike Parker who relies on skills to break through, Grant Hill and Payton both rely on speed to win.
However, Wade, who is as fast as lightning, has countless tricks and fake moves during the breakthrough process.
If Du En wants to master body flow and speed flow breakthrough, he will naturally need new technology to support it.
It is worth mentioning that now that Duan has Baron Davis, a bearded Westbrook who flies into the sky and escapes the earth, he does not need to keep scoring inside.
However, skills can be used, but not without them.
In the past two years, Baron Davis has been relatively glassy. Duan has to guard against Baron Davis, who is injured and absent. No one on the outside can tear apart the defense through breakthroughs.
In other words, with the opening of training camp, Kukoc's value has been reflected.
Kukoc is a European player who attaches great importance to basic skills.
In Kukoc's words - I think European players have better basic skills than American players.
Regardless of whether you are a defender or a forward, European coaches require you to be able to dribble, pass, and shoot.
I have developed the ability to play multiple positions since I was a child. I can deeply understand how to play different positions and why I play them the way I do.
Kukoc also knows that in the new season and next year's playoffs, he may not be able to help Duen in the playoffs as he is one year older.
So in today's training camp, Kukoc must find his own position.
That is, passing on the knowledge he has learned since childhood and the experience he has learned from the game to the Bulls' rookies.
In the game, Kukoc could only swing from the third or fourth position, but in the training camp, Kukoc could swing from the first to the fourth position.
For rookies such as Ben Gordon and Luol Deng, it will naturally be of great help.
Even the bearded Baron Davis would run to Kukoc from time to time and humbly ask for advice.
After all, Kukoc is also the main player in the Bulls' last three consecutive games. In the eyes of many people, Kukoc is the third giant, not Rodman who only does the dirty work.
"Duane, this is Clifford Robinson.
I once played against Michael, and I never dreamed that I would be able to play for the Chicago Bulls!
It would be quite interesting to be a teammate with you now. "
At the end of August, the Bulls management made another achievement and signed veteran Clifford Robinson on the free market with a two-year basic salary contract of 4 million.
Duan has played in the NBA for two years. Although he has not had much contact with Clifford Robinson, he also knows that Clifford Robinson is a tough guy.
From the perspective of playing style, Clifford Robinson's offense is mainly based on shooting, and his playing style is soft.
But in fact, Clifford Robinson works very hard whether he is defending or rushing for rebounds. He even got two second defenses in the past few years.
As the backdrop for Jordan's showdown in the 1992 Finals, Clifford Robinson scored 20+ points for several years during his peak period.
In addition to being outstanding in scoring and defense, Clifford Robinson also has certain support capabilities.
If it were in the small ball era, this type of player would definitely be more popular. However, in this era, it is difficult to get a maximum salary contract.
Now in order to receive a championship ring, Clifford Robinson gave up the opportunity to get a mid-level contract from other teams.
In this regard, Du En, as the team boss, naturally wanted to welcome him.
"We need your shooting, your defense, your experience, and your fighting spirit! Clifford welcomes joining the Chicago Bulls!"
It can only be said that the Bulls' forward group is a bit fierce in the new season.
Those who can defend can form a team, and those who can shoot can form a team.
Even if Tyson Chandler's backup center hasn't been found yet, the forward group alone can clearly arrange the centers of many teams.
Besides, in the East, Duan doesn't have to worry about that guy O'Neal at all.
However, based on Dunn's understanding of O'Neal, O'Neal, who has received a big contract and five championships, may not be able to settle down.
As long as the Celtics don't form a super team, the Bulls will be the strongest team in the Eastern Conference next season!
This means that as long as they are not affected by injuries during the regular season and playoffs, the Bulls only need to worry about the strong teams in the Western Conference.
If the Mavericks can help defeat the Spurs, then Duane will achieve three MVP achievements, perhaps next season.
As the time approached September, the Bulls management took action again and signed undrafted veteran Mickey Moore to serve as Tyson Chandler's substitute.
Coupled with Janello Pago and Joan Barry who were left over from previous seasons, the Bulls' lineup for the new season is already in full swing.
Duane doesn't attach much importance to unconventional rotation players.
What Du En cares about is the rookies he has trained and trained.
Watching Ben Gordon and others become stronger and stronger, Duan will inevitably have some sense of accomplishment.
When the time came to the end of September, the Bulls' new season training camp started, and the recruited veterans Clifford Robinson and Mickey Moore finally appeared in front of Duan.
For the upcoming preseason games, the Bulls are still focusing on training rookies.
As the boss of the team, Du En can finally go to work and fish in a legitimate manner.
In the regular season, in order to win the second consecutive regular season MVP, Du En will definitely have to get more data.
But in the preseason, it doesn't matter. Whether you win or lose next is not that important.
However, in the first game of the following preseason, before the game even started, Duan got a big surprise.
"Brother, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Dunn couldn't help but feel a little excited when he learned that Hollywood female stars Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson came to the Chicago United Center specifically to watch Baron Davis play.
It turns out that Baron Davis was Kate Hudson's high school classmate.
In the words of Baron Davis - Kate Hudson has always coveted his beauty.
It's just that in high school, Baron Davis was a popular figure in the Los Angeles area, and Kate Hudson was a follower behind him.
Therefore, Baron Davis has no feelings for Kate Hudson, his best friend since childhood.
As for Jessica Alba, she is the goddess of Baron Davis. However, she has been chasing her for several years without success. For the time being, she can only be friends.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? If I had known something like this happened, I would have become brothers with you last year!"
(End of chapter)
