Chapter 277 Champion Speech

After the parade, the Spurs gave a championship speech outside the AT&T Center.

Popovich teased the team members one by one again.

"If he hadn't made those key shots, Pete would definitely have asked me for that million back."

Popovich said when he mentioned Tang Tian.

His words immediately caused a burst of whistles from the audience, which was a bit of sarcasm towards Holt's stinginess!

Holt wasn't angry and sat there laughing.

"But if I had the chance again, Pat Riley would definitely have his assistant hold his mouth. Without his help, I wouldn't be able to buy this championship with a million!"

Popovich's next words caused a burst of whistles from the audience.

This ridicule was ruthless enough!

Tang Tian also laughed non-stop.

After today, the Spurs and the Heat have formed a rivalry.

If they meet again next year, it will be like a collision of Mars and Earth in every game.

Popovich's championship speech ended, and the parade also came to an end.

With the end of the parade, the 2011~2012 season came to a complete end.

The league entered a long offseason.

There was no lockout this year, and it was a long fallow period for all the players.

After staying in San Antonio for two days, Tang Tian packed and shipped his luggage, and then took a plane to New York.

Walker and Thompson had been waiting for him there for a long time.

After getting off the plane, Thompson drove directly to the airport to pick him up.

Walker was sitting in the back seat.

But to Tang Tian's surprise, Irving wasn't there.

"Where's Kyrie?"

He asked.

"Kyrie went back to Cleveland. The Cavaliers have found a team for him specifically." Thompson said.

"They want to build him into the team's new face after LeBron." Walker said with a hint of envy.

"I see..."

Tang Tian nodded, which was reasonable.

Cleveland was an even smaller city than Oklahoma, and James's appearance made them the focus of the league for a time.

Now, with James's departure, they have returned to the bottom.

It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

They really needed a new face to regain their reputation.

Irving had a gorgeous style of play and had just won the Rookie of the Year award, making him the perfect choice.

But in that case, their hard training quartet in the summer was disbanded?

He originally said that they would be as stable as the banana boat brothers.

Just then, Walker's phone rang.

He picked it up, frowned, and then handed the phone directly to Tang Tian.

"I can't remember how many times Jimmy has called me. I shouldn't have given him my phone number that day!"

Walker looked like he wanted to slap himself.

"Haha, Tang, don't blame Walker for complaining. Jimmy has to call twice a day to ask if you've arrived."

Thompson laughed gloatingly.

Tang Tian answered the phone.

"I'm back in New York, Jimmy."

Tang Tian said directly after answering the phone.

"Okay, I'm in Chicago now, I'll be over tomorrow."

Butler said quickly, as if he was afraid that Tang Tian wouldn't let him go the next second.

"See, that guy is being too enthusiastic."

Walker was still complaining.

Tang Tian nodded with a smile, but didn't say anything.

Enthusiasm isn't necessarily a bad thing, especially when training.

He put his things down at the apartment.

This time they rented a large four-bedroom apartment directly.

Thompson really wasn't going to nightclubs like Walker said before, and he was living with them too.

There were four rooms, originally for Tang Tian, Walker, Thompson, and Irving.

Now that Irving was gone, Butler's addition would fill the spot perfectly.

They rested in the apartment for one night, and went to the training hall early the next morning.

Although Tang Tian had just finished the Finals, he had rested for nearly a week afterwards, and his body and mind had recovered.

The krypton value wasn't enough, so his training was mainly focused on two aspects.

One was dynamic vision.

This had brought much more help than expected last season, so this area couldn't be neglected.

The second was ball control.

He strengthened his breakthroughs in the second half of the season, but as he practiced, he realized that breakthroughs depended on ball control.

Ball control was the foundation. Good ball control not only related to breakthroughs, but also helped with passing and ball protection.

Before the krypton value accumulated, this became the aspect he focused on training.

They hadn't been training for long when the door of the training hall was pushed open.

Butler came in with large and small bags.

This was the first time Tang Tian had seen Butler again in nearly half a year.

He looked obviously much stronger, and seemed to look more and more like Jordan.

"I've finally waited for you. I was training alone in Chicago before."

Butler came up and hugged Tang Tian, ​​really like seeing an old friend he hadn't seen in a long time.

"Jimmy, come, this is Tang's phone number."

Walker's first sentence made Tang Tian and Thompson laugh.

This guy wasn't afraid of playing basketball, but he was really afraid of being harassed by Butler!

Irving's departure and Butler's joining meant that their training had returned to four people, which was good news.

Moreover, Butler's style of play was completely different from Irving's.

He now had a bit of the meaning of a weakened version of Tang Tian with unlimited offense and slightly weaker defense.

Moreover, he had a good understanding of his own strength. He was really invested during training and basically didn't rest the whole time.

As expected of the man who was ruthlessly used by Thibodeau for 42 minutes in his previous life and was still going strong.

After a day of training, they all returned to the apartment to rest.

They were tired enough, and they fell asleep fast enough.

When he woke up the next day, Tang Tian went to knock on the doors of the others' rooms one by one.

Walker got up when he heard the knock, and Thompson dawdled for a while.

But there was no movement in Butler's room for a long time.

"Did that guy train too hard yesterday?" Walker said.

His own training was considered relatively hard, but he was a little intimidated by Butler's intensity yesterday.

He was really a ruthless person.

Tang Tian also pushed the door open in confusion, only to find that the quilt inside was neatly folded there, and the person was gone!

Butler had been looking for Tang Tian for a summer, so it was impossible for him to run away after one day of training.

"Did he go to the training hall first?"

Tang Tian looked at Thompson and Walker in confusion.

They both shook their heads. They got up later than Tang Tian, so it was impossible for them to know.

They bought some breakfast downstairs and then drove to the training hall.

When they arrived at the entrance of the training hall, they heard a banging sound inside.

They pushed the door open and took a look.

Sure enough, Butler was already inside.

And he looked sweaty, obviously he had been training for a while.

"I came over first when I got up because you were all still asleep."

Butler smiled awkwardly when he saw Tang Tian and the others, and then said.

"What time did you get here?"

Tang Tian couldn't help but ask.

"Six o'clock, maybe."

Butler said with a smile.

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