Corey Benjamin thought for a while and said, "I was selected in the first round by relationship."

"That's great. We just like your family is a famous basketball goal and the relationship behind it is strong. The Bulls are willing to use the first round to choose you and have a good relationship with Colangelo."

Corey Benjamin continued: "I have a weak strength and have no chance to play, so I can only be a sparring player."

"It's not bad! You are really good at helping your teammates train. Don't Jordan likes to find you as a sparring coach? His mouth is very annoying, but he always chooses you as a sparring coach, which means you are very good in this regard. I am planning to tell your boss that when your rookie contract is over, let the boss keep you as a sparring coach."

"But I've always been like a joke on the team. Every time the media and experts evaluate the players in our team, I'm always scolded the one that's the worst."

"It's great. You can help us attract scolding. It's a good thing for us. Your thick-skinnedness comes in handy. And your teammates seem to like you very much. Rookies can chat with you, veterans can also make a good relationship with them, and team lubricant."

"I……"

Corey Benjamin was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say...

At this time, Corey Benjamin remembered that when Zhang Hao talks to him, he is always different from talking to others.

If you want to talk to someone and talk to, that is Jason Williams.

Everyone knows that Zhang Hao has the best relationship with the team, not Kassel or Ben Wallace, but Jason Williams, who has the second highest salary but has declined year by year.

Seeing Corey Benjamin's confused face, Zhang Hao really wanted to know what happened to this second-generation football player who was "arrogant" but "can do something". However, he is not a person who is very careful, and he can guess that it is likely that he was scolded by a No. 23 player who did not want to be named...

But seeing the other party doing this, it is unlikely that he will continue to be autistic and said, "Are there any questions to ask me? I'll go back without me."

"Ah...? Oh! OK, see you tomorrow." Corey Benjamin drove away with a dizzy look.

When leaving Zhang Hao's yard, Corey Benjamin looked back at Zhang Hao who was walking into the gate... Almost digging the ditch, he quickly focused and drove home...

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Veterans have physical problems and strength decline... There are many problems, age, which is a hurdle that players cannot overcome.

But veterans have the benefits of veterans and are experienced!

The Supersonics’ style of playing has actually been quite big this year, but it’s faster to adapt than last season!

The veteran not only adapts quickly, but also plays a great role in helping young teammates!

On October 10, the Supersonics preseason began.

No. 10 and No. 12 played the Nuggets and Grizzlies at home, No. 16, No. 18, No. 20 played the Nuggets, Rockets, Warriors, and No. 23 played the Clippers at home.

After the first 6 games, the Supersonics' preseason record was only 2 wins and 4 losses, but the adjustments after each game were very effective!

Losing too much is because whenever a good tactic has been played several times and after confirming that it has effect, he starts to play those tried-and-test tactics. Some will succeed, some will fail, and some will see the possibility of progress, but if you don’t play well, you can adjust and try again. Since you need to adjust, it means that you are really not good at playing well... It is normal to lose more and win less.

From Zhang Hao starting from No. 9 to No. 23, half a month has passed, and the Supersonics team's improvement is very obvious!

Defense is the foundation, everything revolves around this foundation.

After the game on the 23rd, on the morning of the 24th, the Supersonics coaching team held a team meeting.

After each game, there will be a team meeting the next day. At the beginning, the people who stood up to speak were Zhang Hao... Jordan, Kukoc, and Hornersek, the three newcomers were surprised at the beginning.

But the first time they listened to Zhang Hao's analysis, they were convinced.

Really convinced!

On the night of the 10th, they lost to the Nuggets 67-79.

Such a bad game, the next morning, Zhang Hao raised the basket of problems one by one and analyzed that although he did not give any solutions, he told them all about the poor things they did in the Nuggets game.

In just such a game, Jordan is not too scary to watch the video.

But Zhang Hao actually analyzed it! It seems that he is still a kind of analysis one by one!

Jordan used to think that Zhang Hao was lucky in the early days of his career. At the beginning, the Lakers traded him back when his trading value was still very cheap. Later, he had so many good teammates to win the championship at the age of 20.

But after becoming a teammate, Jordan's view on this matter had changed drastically in just half a month.

Of course, Jordan won't tell anyone about his opinion on this.

As expected, today, Zhang Hao analyzed the game of last night's 98-94 win over the Clippers in a very detailed manner...

The coaching staff of the Supersonics team have long been accustomed. After Zhang Hao finished analyzing, the most experienced Silver Fox went up to summarize and emphasized the most important aspects of the problems encountered by their team that Zhang Hao analyzed. The ones that were the best and most outstanding were also emphasized.

Then, the 12-man roster in the regular season was announced.

The villain, Doug Collins came. He flipped the manual and said, "Based on our actual situation in the preseason, we decided to put Corey, Detreff and Sam on the waitlist in the regular season, but you need to be ready to play at any time. Although we don't want to see anyone missing the game for any reason, if that happens, you need to stand up..."

The coaching staff's decision is not surprising now.

But before the preseason starts, it was Hornersek, not Schramf who thought he would be put on the unactivated roster.

However, Schramf did not have too many negative emotions. The coaching staff communicated with him last night.

There will be dissatisfaction, but on the second day... Of course I chose to accept it!

It's time to reach this stage of his career. Zhang Hao and Jordan finally hugged each other with their thighs. Ben Wallace has also seen the super defensive strength that he has shown in this season when he built a defensive system entirely based on him.

Why are you fighting for that little playing time at this time? Isn’t it tiring enough to play in the past ten years?

The part of Zhang Hao's analysis summarized by Silver Fox in the team meeting mainly focuses on issues in individual players or small-scale cooperation. After the meeting, no team training was arranged today, and most of the players stayed for training themselves.

The new season is about to begin. The day after tomorrow, on the 26th, the last game of the preseason will definitely be dealt with in the attitude of playing a formal game.

Although the 12-man roster has been confirmed, it is hard to say whether it will be adjusted in the future. Even if the roster will not be adjusted easily, there will definitely be competition in terms of playing time.

Anyway, the information revealed from the current coaching staff is Zhang Hao on the offensive end and Ben Wallace on the defensive end.

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Zhang Hao did not go to practice three-pointers after the team meeting as usual today, practice three-pointers, and practice jumping skills as he did, but followed the coaching team to the head coach's office.

Scott Collins asked: "Aix, Michael asked to participate in the competition for playing time. I agreed. Do you think he deliberately showed this posture, or just said that?"

"I don't think you have to worry about what he is thinking. Coach, you agree. Then just do what he said, anyway."

Doug Collins took over the conversation: "If he is really willing to participate in the competition for playing time, it will be a good thing for the whole team, but I'm afraid he will not be happy."

"It's okay, we just do this. He's very proud of his face. Since he said it out loud, even if it's an impulse, as long as we take it seriously, he can only take it seriously. And he's very confident, and he won't worry that he won't get the time to play."

"It makes sense..." Doug Collins suddenly thought of something and asked, "Aix, how did you make Corey active again?"

"What's wrong?"

"Before you came back, he was scolded by Jordan and was scolded by him for a long time. He became active again today."

"Uh... I'm really scolded by Jordan to doubt his life? It's okay, I told him to keep him as a trainer after his rookie contract ends."

"That's it?"

"That's it."

The coaching staff stared at each other. Cory Benjamin's family worked in various NBA teams. Uncle is the background of Colangelo, the chairman of the US Basketball Association. Not to mention being a trainer, he worked as a consultant and assistant to the management of some teams. There is no problem at all. Some teams may even give him a less important position in the security or logistics department head.

Their Supersonics, at least at this stage, need Corey Benjamin very much.

Don't worry about this for now, Doug Collins said: "I really feel a waste to put Detreve on the unactivated roster, but now with the younger and stronger Tony, he or Tony would not have too much playing time, and it is even more inappropriate to split it into two people. For our team, now with Jordan, Detreve's role in playing is actually higher than James...

The most important thing is that I worry that Detreve's condition will start to decline over time, and Sam encountered this situation last season."

Zhang Hao was a little puzzled... Is this something he, a player, needs to take care of?

But I don’t know when the team’s management and coaching staff were used to finding him when they encountered trouble. Moreover, they all knew that what the boss wanted to listen to was Zhang Hao’s opinions.

However, this problem is not big or small. For a team, no matter how small the problem is, it is naturally the best if you can think of a solution.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Hao thought of someone, and he had it!

"Actually, there is no way..."

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Chapter completed!