"Hold it! Why are you standing there?"

Artest glanced at Zhang Hao's left and right guardians - Jia Jitou, Big Ben, and took the shopping bag handed over by the salesperson.

Artest followed Zhang Hao and the left and right guardians with a large bag, and saw that the three of them were empty and they were almost full of things. They could only swallow their grievances and tears.

When I arrived at a flagship store with two logos posted on √ and X, the manager-like person came out.

"Ron, put the things down and go in with him."

"ah?"

"Didn't you say your shoes don't fit? You can customize a pair of shoes and the latest technology insoles."

"I……"

"Go quickly, don't waste my time, I have to buy gifts for my daughter."

Artest, who was aggrieved and sad just now, is in a very complicated mood now. He followed the manager of this store into the store and went to the second floor to measure the foot shape and do some basic tests.

Zhang Hao felt the change in Artest's mood and was very satisfied.

Give a stick first, and then a candy.

A clerk tidied up the big bags that Artest placed at the door, and another clerk took Zhang Hao and the other one in to sit down and rest.

Ben Wallace looked around and asked, "Boss, is this the brand you endorsed?"

"no."

"But why are all your posters here? And your English name logo picture?"

"This brand is mine, and I with Nike and I quit a joint sub-brand."

“…”

You shouldn't ask!

Ben Wallace feels that he still has to maintain the image of Cool Brother, and Jason Williams, the old teammate, cannot relax when he is here.

Zhang Hao made a pair of shoes for Artes, a small matter, and a small matter.

But after taking the measurement, I asked Artest of the price, and when he returned to Zhang Hao and the other two, he silently hung the big and small bags on his body.

He accompanied Zhang Hao to buy children's toys, then returned to the stadium, put the things into Zhang Hao's car, and Artest was about to leave.

Zhang Hao thought of something and asked: "Ron, I heard that you can only train until three o'clock in the afternoon, but today I delayed the training until the end. What's going on?"

“I got a job to do odd jobs.”

"Working? I remember you paid 60% of your salary in advance."

This time Artest was not stubborn, but just smiled and didn't say anything.

Zhang Hao didn't ask much. When Artest left, Zhang Hao found out that he had withdrawn 60% of his salary, which is $840,000. The only thing Americans can't escape is the tax bureau and death. Even if the money paid and the 10% of his salary paid by the tax, he still got $380,000 to $390,000. According to the nature of black players, he didn't buy a car?

After Artest left, Jason Williams, who was well-informed in various ways, said: "I heard that he had many friends in New York asking him to borrow money. I guess he was about to go bankrupt at the beginning of his career."

"borrow?"

"Yes, maybe I won't pay it back."

“…”

"He is now a star in the neighborhood where he grew up, maybe he is concerned about his face."

"Okay, it's so pitiful."

Jason Williams and Ben Wallace nodded in unison when they heard this comment.

If Artest took the initiative to spend money on those people, it would be one thing, and those people came to borrow money, it would be another thing. Those black people at the bottom of society have always borrowed money based on their abilities.

As for helping Artest? Zhang Hao, Jia Jitou, and Big Ben Zhong have no idea.

Let Artest feel the glory of human nature by himself, which is much better than help Artest.

Also, I just met and haven't played together in the game yet, and there is no talk of teammates.

Zhang Hao gave some small gifts, which was what the boss should do, and as for the others, he was not so concerned.

...

...

As time passed, Zhang Hao did not train with rookies every day as he did on the first day. He went to practice in the morning, practiced defense in the afternoon, accompanied his wife and children in the evening, and had a little loli often came to grab food and drink, but he couldn't drive him away. He was not cute, but he was the landlord, and he was threatened with rent increase if he had a disagreement.

During the next period, Zhang Hao had a lot of understanding of several new teammates.

Artest's side was a little timid when facing him, Zhang, but he was still the same at other times. He might lose his fight and couldn't bear to worry about face. Occasionally, he would jump in front of Ben Wallace for a few times.

Ben Wallace wanted to maintain a cool image, but she was too lazy to deal with it. She couldn't help but want to do it. Artest looked reckless and thief, running faster than anyone else, and she would not make ruthless words and wait for being caught up, and she would run away if she said she would run away.

Ruben Patterson is quite stingy and quite stingy, but he also thinks he is very smart.

Sometimes it seems that you are self-aware, but in fact, you will know that you have a lot of thoughts after a while.

It’s not that I can’t be friends. To be precise, this person is very vulgar and is the kind of person who has really been involved in society.

Unlike other players who have entered the NBA since school, romanticism is not the case with Ruben Patterson, but most of the world are like this.

James Percy is a very down-to-earth player with a leadership temperament, but has the worst relationship with Artest and is a direct competitor. Although James Percy is positioned as a defensive off-ball pitcher and a skilled player, he may play as a shooting guard most of the time in the Supersonics lineup environment, Artest can also defend the back line.

Based on the team's lineup, Artest and James Percy are both envious of the main defensive players on the forward and counter.

Zhang Hao did not interfere with such a situation. It was normal to have competition. It was harmonious. So is it called a team?

In fairy tales, Little Red Riding Hood is radiantly seducing the big bad wolf, Snow White also has seven dwarfs as spare tires, and Cinderella's sister's feet are chopped and she doesn't cry...

Life is much better than fairy tales.

Corey Benjamin is as casual as ever and often offends people, but he is more aware of it than in high school, so he hides if he can't afford to offend.

In terms of strength, whether it is Artest or James Percy, in Zhang Hao's opinion, they are very average and talented, but they are still very average now. I will train hard. At the beginning of the season, it is possible to start with a weak team... Their Supersonics, at present, are weak teams...

...

By early September, the Supersonics players returned to Seattle one after another.

Zhang Hao met Ratliff, who was in the same class, and his relationship was neither too weak. Although he was in the same class, the two had very little contact and could meet them during the competition.

Sam Perkins is a player with a good personal connection. Jordan's college teammate is honest but also eloquent.

Vernon Maxville has a hot personality and doesn't like Zhang Hao's neither salty nor light personality. She wants to change Zhang Hao's personality, but in the end it's fruitless.

Schramv returned to Germany to live for nearly two months, and was the last one to return to the team on September 2nd.

The coaching staff did not require returning to the team so early in advance. Although it was one week earlier than the week before the training camp started, it was only arranged to return to the team on September 16.

But the Supersonics players all returned to Seattle from the end of August to September 2, came to the Key Stadium, met new teammates, and started training.

Generally speaking, after a team has been in the peak period for several years, it encounters changes in core players. The original main players have aging, retired, left, and those who stay are veterans at the end of their careers. Many new players have come, most of them are low-level players in the league... For such a team, players will not have any enthusiasm.

No matter from any aspect, their Supersonics are now in a low period after their peak. Even if they get young superstars, they still need time to rebuild. The reconstruction period is to say it directly, it is a bad stage.

But the players of the Supersonics just feel that they are different from other rebuilding teams because... they have Zhang Hao!

Throughout the history of basketball, there is almost no magical player like Zhang Hao. No matter what the current trend of the media are, players who have played in the NBA and colleges in the United States in the past few years believe that Zhang Hao is the ceiling of basketball talent.

Rebuilding the team, the lineup is terrible, but they just feel that they are different.

Of course, the veteran still has doubts...

After returning to the team to observe for a few days, after Zhang Hao finished a shooting training, Schramf approached Zhang Hao: "Aix, I remember you said that our first year's goal is the playoffs."

"Yes, what's wrong, Mr. Schramph?"

"...It's okay, I'll go and help Rashad train to run."

After leaving Zhang Hao's training halftime, Schramf couldn't help looking back at Zhang Hao. Seeing Zhang Hao's back so firm, he already knew the answer.

This super genius who has been retiring for a year and is only 22 years old will lead them forward!

Schramf was actually very uneasy now, still worried, and still regretted choosing to stay at that time, but as long as he saw Zhang Hao, his negative emotions were calm.

...

As September comes, the offseason is approaching.

The free market this year is very quiet and there is no free agent flow.

Raheim, Marbury, Anthony Walker, Ray Allen, Camby... and other geniuses in the 1996th class completed the contract renewal one after another. Some people had the idea of ​​leaving the team, but they still did not leave in the end.

Some are because of confidence, while others are due to face.

In terms of trading, the transactions that can be successfully completed were completed very early, and the transactions that were not able to be completed were at this time, and the negotiations had long collapsed.

As the training camp gets closer, the enthusiasm of fans is getting higher and higher, the news reports about each team are getting higher and higher, and the discussions about the NBA are getting more and more intense online.

What fans are discussing are naturally popular teams and popular stars.

The Supersonics are one of the popular teams. Zhang Hao, who is discussed most in their team, is still one of the most popular stars.

But the evaluation they received was not very good. The public opinion about them was mainly focused on Zhang Hao’s wrong choice, the boss of the Supersonics was bad, is there any offense in this broken lineup... etc.

This has greatly affected the mentality of the Supersonics players. Fortunately, they can see Zhang Hao when they go to the stadium every day. Seeing Zhang Hao's calm expression and firm training attitude, the Supersonics players will at least calm down because of Zhang Hao and train patiently when training.

The players returned to the team early, and the coaching staff also started the players' personal training plan in advance, which is a training to regain their competitive state after the offseason.

On September 17, the original plan to start personal training, which became a small-scale cooperation training, and the progress was faster than originally expected.

But this is also what it should be. If they are weak, they have to put in more effort than other teams.

In a blink of an eye, it was September 28, and the early training time before the training camp began was over.

The Supersonics will have two days off next, and the official training camp will begin on October 1.

Before the training ended and disbanded, Zhang Hao called his teammates together.

Ben Wallace stood on the left, Jason Williams stood on the right, and Zhang Hao always felt so down-to-earth.

“We are about to start the new season soon, this is our first season together, and I’m very happy to be teammates with you.

During this period, I have learned a lot about my new teammates, that is, you. I know that there are a good part of you who are very active in character. This is a good thing. I don’t like quiet and dull teams…”
To be continued...