Although he lost weight, Tang Tian's height of 2.01 meters wouldn't change, so if he was buying a car, he'd definitely need one with a lot of space.

In the end, he chose a Dodge Journey, which wasn't too expensive, less than $50,000.

In the United States, the mainstream cars are Japanese cars like Honda and Toyota, but American cars like Dodge and Chevrolet are actually better quality.

Moreover, this car was a practical SUV, with enough space and comfortable seating.

With a rented apartment and a car, Tang Tian had temporarily settled down in San Antonio.

In the next few days, he familiarized himself with the surroundings of the apartment while continuing to train at the team's arena, gradually integrating into the city.

Time flew by, and December 9th arrived, the opening of the new season's free agent market and training camp coinciding on the same day.

Because of the tight schedule, various kinds of information exploded almost the moment the free market door opened, making it Wojnarowski's busiest day.

The Warriors offered Clippers center DeAndre Jordan a four-year, $43.04 million contract.

Marc Gasol rejected offers from the Knicks, Rockets, and other teams, choosing to sign a four-year, $57.85 million max contract with the Grizzlies.

Yao Ming will not renew his contract with the Rockets, and he is likely to announce his retirement this summer, ending his career.

The Hawks signed veteran Tracy McGrady using the veteran exception, a one-year minimum salary contract.

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The Spurs didn't have much activity, and apart from the departure of some bench players, the core players, and even the rotation players, were basically retained.

Because the total salary of 70 million had far exceeded the salary cap of 58 million, the biggest change for the team was probably the addition of three rookies.

Because the training camp started on the same day, Tang Tian also drove to the AT&T Center, welcoming his first training session with the Spurs.

The AT&T Center had more than 6,000 parking spaces, and players and team staff had a dedicated parking area.

When Tang Tian went in, he happened to see a car stop. He got out, and then he saw it was Richard Jefferson.

Jefferson was one of the original Nets' Big Three, a famous dunker. He was traded to the Spurs in the 2009-10 season, and last season he renewed a four-year, $38.8 million contract with the Spurs, and was undoubtedly the team's starting small forward for the new season.

"Hey, Richard," Tang Tian said with a smile after seeing him.

Jefferson looked back at him, didn't respond, and just put on his headphones and walked forward on his own.

Tang Tian was stunned for a moment. Jefferson's attitude… was a little unfriendly.

Speaking of which, he had never met Jefferson before, let alone had any grudges with him.

Could it be that this guy was naturally aloof?

But he didn't care too much, closed the car door and walked towards the elevator.

There were a few reporters in the parking lot taking pictures of the players' arrival.

"Godfather!"

Someone spotted Tang Tian, and immediately all the reporters walked towards him, a burst of flashes, definitely the treatment of a superstar.

Although "The Godfather" was temporarily suspended, the popularity accumulated over the summer wouldn't just disappear.

Tang Tian was quite easy-going, stopped and let the reporters take pictures for a while.

Over there, Jefferson waited for the elevator, glanced back at Tang Tian, a sneer on his face, then turned and entered the elevator, preparing to close the door.

"Wait a minute." Danny Green arrived at this time, stopping Jefferson from closing the door.

After getting inside, he shouted to Tang Tian, "Tang, come on over, this elevator takes a long time to wait."

Tang Tian heard Green calling him, greeted the reporters, and then quickly walked over.

"Thanks," he said to Green after getting in.

Compared to Jefferson, this teammate Green was obviously more like a teammate.

"You're really popular, I'll have to ask you for an autograph later," Green said with a smile.

"You want an autograph? Ten is fine," Tang Tian replied.

Green was amused by Tang Tian's words.

The two hit it off pretty well as soon as they met.

After the elevator went up, a short walk led to the locker room. Tang Tian pushed the door open and walked in.

"Woah, our Godfather is here!" Ginobili shouted, looking at Tang Tian who had just entered.

A chorus of whistles sounded in the locker room.

"I have to take a picture, I'm on the same team as the Godfather," Ginobili said, and actually came over to take a picture with Tang Tian holding his phone.

This guy seemed a bit flamboyant.

"Tim, come over here, I'll take a picture of you guys," Ginobili shouted at Duncan, who was changing clothes.

Duncan turned his head, showed a smile, and then turned his head back.

Tang Tian was a little surprised. Ginobili's flamboyance was expected, but Duncan smiling so easily in the locker room? That was a little different from what he imagined.

But thinking about it, it made sense, this was the locker room anyway, smiling wouldn't get him a T.

"Manu, okay, let's leave our big star alone for now, come on, Tang," Parker said, coming over to greet Tang Tian.

"This was originally Steve Novak's locker, now it belongs to you." Parker led Tang Tian to a locker. Novak's name was still on it, it probably hadn't been changed yet.

Novak, Tang Tian couldn't help but smile when he saw the name, it really was fate.

After Tang Tian, Leonard and Joseph also arrived one after another. Leonard still had a cold face, as if the whole world owed him something. Ginobili's flirting didn't elicit any reaction.

"Code red." Ginobili pushed the door open again, lowered his voice after coming in, and said.

After he said that, the players all started tidying up their things in their respective areas, and Green even winked at Tang Tian.

Not long after, Popovich pushed the door open and came in, followed by the team's assistant coach Mike Budenholzer.

It seemed the old man had requirements for the players' personal hygiene.

"Today, in addition to basic training, we will also have extra full-court scrimmages. The preseason game will start on the 18th. This year is different from the past. We don't have much time to integrate, so everyone needs to be serious." Popovich was relatively serious when he spoke, and the players listened attentively.

After finishing his opening remarks, he then pulled over the hanging whiteboard and talked about some basic tactics that would be used during training later, as well as some points to pay attention to.

Popovich got into the zone quickly.

Actually, it wasn't just Popovich, the other players also quickly got into the zone.

Speaking of which, the Spurs were one of the teams in the league with the least personnel changes, this kind of tacit understanding was really rare, and Tang Tian unconsciously integrated into it.

Popovich finished speaking and pushed the whiteboard away.

"Welcome back, guys, I missed you." At this time, Popovich suddenly said with a smile.

"Don't do that!" Ginobili joked with a smile.

Duncan shook his head with a smile, while the others booed.