Chapter 226: This is Already the Shape of Jack Fan

OLD! WEAK! SICK! DISABLED!

The sharp mockery didn't stop the Clippers from turning back; they were quickly gathering in the City of Angels and would enter a training state before other teams started training camps.

In this world, there are always some people who are willing to work harder than others.

It just so happens that this bunch of old men and young people on the Clippers are like this.

Larry Brown and Mike Brown were also not idle; they participated in the Clippers' video conference interview. Old Dunleavy and Boss Sterling personally checked it.

Larry Brown, this iron-blooded coach, came prepared. As an academic coach, he showed his tactical plan for the Clippers in the video conference. He praised the advantages of the Clippers' lineup, believing that with his tactical ability, plus Fan Xi's leadership, and such a powerful lineup, entering the Finals in three years would not be a distant dream.

He is very rich in leadership and speaking ability; in fact, his glorious resume in the past is also trustworthy. He has partnered with superstars with distinct personalities like Iverson to enter the Finals. And he made the commoner Five Tigers of Detroit defeat the Lakers who had a group of superstars.

However, he was not selected.

The Clippers chose the seemingly mediocre Mike Brown.

Mike Brown is a head coach who started as an assistant coach; he learned a lot from Popovich. He had a long honeymoon with James, entered the Finals, and also won the NBA Coach of the Year in the 08-09 season.

However, all of this disappeared with LeBron James leaving for Miami in the summer of 2010.

Mike Brown now has to find a new job, or rather... a new object of attachment.

He chose Fan Xi, who took down James in the Finals last season.

So, he came for an interview; he held a video conference with the Clippers at a hotel in Los Angeles. He also prepared some of his things, but he only prepared for the defensive aspect... he is a builder of a defensive system, and his team's defensive quality is very good.

Then Old Dunleavy asked him about offense.

He spread his palms: "With Jack here, I think the offense can be based on his characteristics."

"I will do my best to coach Jack well, let him do what he wants to do. Just like in Cleveland, I let LeBron do what he wants to do. Top-tier players are far smarter than we imagine, as long as we give tactics, give freedom."

Mike Brown's words sounded a bit like a hands-off boss.

But Sterling decided on the spot, letting Mike Brown come over to sign the contract.

Although Larry Brown's resume is richer, Sterling felt he was not suitable for Jack; his personality is too strong, he always wants to control everything. And, his set of playing methods might really not be suitable for today's NBA.

Old Dunleavy called Fan Xi afterwards, and he talked to Fan Xi about Mike Brown.

Fan Xi affirmed Mike Brown's talent.

And Old Dunleavy told Fan Xi what Mike Brown said in the video conference.

Fan Xi laughed loudly and said: "Oops, I've become the second James."

This joke diluted Old Dunleavy's worries a lot.

He knew that no matter what, Jack Fan would not become the second LeBron James.

After solving the head coach problem, this fleet in Los Angeles officially took shape. At this time, the time was also approaching October.

The weather became cool, and there was even a trace of chill in the early morning.

Fan Xi was photographed with lace news for a week in a row; he first went to see a movie with Scarlett Johansson. Although there was no intimate behavior in the process, they entered a hotel together and didn't walk out one after another until the next afternoon.

A new tattoo was photographed on the back of Scarlett's neck, a small basketball.

This makes people think about it; why would Scarlett, a female star who had nothing to do with basketball before, suddenly tattoo a basketball on her neck.

"Who knows? Anyway, I wouldn't do such a stupid thing."

Jennifer Aniston answered this way when asked about this question in an interview.

Because she had collaborated with Fan Xi once, and she clearly stated that she didn't like Fan Xi. So to some extent, she became a symbol of "Hollywood resisting Jack Fan's invasion."

"I'm not just uninterested in Jack; I'm uninterested in all young little boys."

Jennifer said it like the expression of Jack Ma talking about money. "I'm not a young little girl like Selena."

Selena was also photographed shopping with Fan Xi on Wednesday; she was attached to Fan Xi like a sloth, and she even followed Fan Xi to the Clippers club, and then they returned to Selena's luxury apartment in the city center.

Such pictures were exposed, obviously another wave of public opinion offensive.

Everyone was fascinated by these intricate relationships of Fan Xi, and guessed what kind of relationship they had.

Because it was too open and honest, some people felt that there might be nothing between them.

"Maybe Jack doesn't like women at all?"

There are always media outlets making such shocking remarks.

Fan Xi didn't respond at all.

Just like his view on feelings: don't take the initiative.

Basketball media seized on these lace news of Fan Xi to make a big fuss, criticizing Fan Xi for having no professional spirit.

Because at this time, the NBA training camp had officially started.

The vast majority of NBA players returned to their posts, although they might be carrying full-body fat and hollowed-out bodies.

"I think I represent old, you represent weak, Grant Hill is sick, Billups is disabled."

When Blake Griffin walked into the locker room, Rasheed Wallace was discussing the attribution of the old, weak, sick, and disabled with Kwame Brown.

This was something Griffin hadn't encountered before. He now felt that the whole team was strange; only 1 teammate from last season remained, DeAndre Jordan.

"No, no, no. Rasheed, I cannot agree with this question. I am the sick one; my brain is not good. Grant is disabled; his athletic ability is far from his peak. You are weak; you are as weak as air now. Billups, Hamilton, Carter, Nash, these are old."

Kwame Brown had his own completely different view.

Rasheed Wallace immediately stared, and he went up to dry Kwame Brown, but Kwame Brown turned around and pinned him to the locker room door panel: "Brother, my brain is not good."

Then, Griffin watched Rasheed Wallace, who was known for being irritable, say: "Okay, okay, I recognize that you are that 'patient'."

Wallace is still very "open-minded."

Other teammates around also watched them with smiles, and no one went to stop them.

Obviously, such things have happened frequently.

Griffin came over the second day after the Clippers training camp started; he was on vacation in Hawaii before. And, he didn't participate in some joint training before the training camp started.

He had zero contact with his new teammates.

Even for a long time after Fan Xi joined the Clippers, he didn't call Fan Xi, and their social networks didn't follow each other, which made some media call it a knot in each other's hearts.

After all, Mike Brown joined the Clippers only a few days ago, and he has to have at least 70 minutes of phone calls or video conferences with Fan Xi every day, even if they meet every day.

They have preliminary plans for offensive tactics in high-frequency communication.

Mike Brown is stepping up to formulate a tactical manual; he is a worker-type head coach.

After Griffin entered the locker room, he didn't take the initiative to greet other players; of course, other players didn't isolate him. He is the most promising violent-style power forward in the NBA; both the team and the coaching staff have high hopes for him, hoping that he can cooperate well with Fan Xi and play a good offensive season.

When Griffin didn't take the initiative to greet him, Fan Xi didn't either.

He knew that Griffin couldn't accept this fact in his heart; perhaps he felt it was a dove occupying the magpie's nest. But now the situation is very clear; it's best if Griffin can accept it, and if he can't accept it, he has to accept it.

The players changed their clothes and soon went to the arena to take photos for the new season, and then they would open to the media.

After the media day, it is the official start of the new season.

This year, the Clippers have 8 preseason games, and after they are finished, the opening game is against the Chicago Bulls.

The opening game of the NBA this year is arranged very interestingly.

On the West side, it is the Clippers at home against the Chicago Bulls, which can be considered a battle of league newcomers; although the media currently generally doubts the Clippers' combat power, in terms of influence, the Clippers are on par with those championship-contending teams.

Everyone is looking forward to the confrontation between the Bulls and the Clippers.

And on the East side, it is the Miami Heat at home against the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Finals battle of last season, the Heat strengthened their inside line effectively this summer, and LeBron James also learned back-to-the-basket singles from Olajuwon for most of the summer; according to Olajuwon, LeBron James is already the number one back-to-the-basket single player in the league today.

Such bragging is naturally free of charge; after all, the tuition he got from James is already enough.

After Olajuwon retired, one of the important sources of income was giving back-to-the-basket lessons to superstars. The results were good and bad; the good ones were Kobe, Yao Ming, etc. The not-so-good one was Howard; Howard paid the most tuition, but the effect was the worst.

I don't know which sequence LeBron James is in; anyway, you have to play to know.

Although the Lakers changed from Jack Fan to Chris Paul, the overall lineup didn't change much. Basically, there is a consensus that the Lakers are stronger; Chris Paul's strength is not comparable to Fan Xi's, he has been verified by time, while Fan Xi is still just a rookie.

"Jack, you should stand in the very middle."

Stephen Nash suddenly raised this question when taking a group photo.

Then, without saying a word, Leonard and Butler escorted Fan Xi to the middle, with Kwame Brown leading the way.

No one felt strange about this.

Even Vince Carter took the initiative to hand the flower ball representing "privilege" from the side to Fan Xi.

In this process, no one had any objections, and no one looked at Griffin more.

Griffin already understood completely at this time that this was already the shape of Jack Fan.

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