In fact, the cannon head is not completely untouchable.

For example, Deng Dadai, who has a habit of touching his head, touched Paul's head last season and escaped unscathed.

As a senior at Wake Forest, Duncan is very admired by Paul.

When Paul chose to join Wake Forest, Duncan was one of the reasons.

Therefore, when Duncan touched Paul's head, Paul not only did not resist, he even enjoyed it and took the initiative to cater to him.

So it can be concluded that the cannon head can be touched, but you have to let it obey you.

Either defeat him or defeat him, you have to win against him in both playing and fighting.

Paul is the kind of person who is extremely demanding on his teammates and extremely eager to win, but if you have the same desire as him, you can still get along very happily with him.

On the third day of preseason training camp, the Trail Blazers are already getting better.

McMillan told everyone on the first day: "Our goal this season is to win!"

Therefore, everyone works very hard.

It doesn't matter if you don't work hard, because the two main players of this team work very hard.

The duel between Paul and Wayne is simply Patterson's favorite highlight every day.

Unlike Carlisle of the Pacers, McMillan arranged a 5-on-5 simulated confrontation for the players on the first day.

Doing so requires competition. After all, the Trail Blazers have a total of 9 new players this season, which is basically a complete change.

The lineup will definitely not be the same as last season.

Therefore, McMillan needs to let the players find their position in the confrontation. To put it bluntly, how much playing time you have next season depends on how much strength you can show during this period.

Secondly, McMillan also wants the players to be in fighting shape from the beginning.

The mission given by the management is obvious, which is to win the championship.

Owner Paul Allen's original words were: "Within three years, I want to see Portland win the championship."

Well, it said three years, but McMillan knew that was just a euphemism. Paul Allen couldn't wait any longer.

Since the boss has spent money, of course he hopes to get something in return.

A team without a competitive spirit cannot be a championship team.

Therefore, we must start cultivating our competitive spirit from now on.

At this time, it’s time to reach the last part of every day’s training—5-on-5 simulated confrontation.

All players gathered together, waiting for McMillan to group.

In the past two days, no matter how they were divided, Paul and Wayne were always on opposite sides of each other.

Today is no exception.

"Team A: Fred Jones, Anthony Parker, P.J. Tucker, Wayne, Gasol.

Team B: Paoluo, Juan Dixon, Amy Uduka, Outlaw, Mourning.

Everyone else is on standby!"

After McMillan agreed to rent the loan, the players were eager to give it a try.

Paoluo also immediately became serious. In the past two days, his team lost to Wayne's team.

Today, he must come back!

The training match officially started. Since it was a training match, there was no scrimmage for the ball.

Paul's team directly gained the right to attack first, and Paoer slowly advanced with the ball.

He first called Mourning to come up and cover him. Mourning also knew his status this season, as a veteran who came to assist the young people, so he always obeyed.

Making money with your hands, why is it so embarrassing?

Taking advantage of the screen, Paul broke through Jones.

As he advanced, he glanced at Mourning.

Moning's heart skipped a beat.

Boy, I know what you mean, but... spare me, it's not easy for me to play alley-oops when I'm old, I'm just here to defend and grab the rebound.

Just when Mourning was about to leap up, Paul suddenly took back the basketball and lightly threw it to hit the board.

This makes nine people nervous when one person holds the ball, because even those on his team don't know what he is going to do next.

At this time, Paoluo, who has extremely strong core strength and is completely healthy, can cancel an action midway as he wishes.

After scoring the goal, Paul called on his teammates to retreat quickly.

But soon, Wayne returned the ball to Paul.

On this shot, Gasol and Wayne played high and low.

Well, don't get me wrong, Gasol is not in the low post and Wayne is in the high post.

This time, it's Wayne in the low post and Gasol in the high post.

Although the "Kidney Fighter" is old, he still has a few drops left, and he averaged 2.7 risks per game last season.

To still score 2.7 risks despite such a decline in athletic ability shows Mourning's defensive skills.

As long as he doesn't play too much time, Mourning is still an excellent engineer in the paint.

Therefore, Gasol did not confront Mourning in the paint.

Anyway, Gasol can also support and shoot in the high post, and it is perfect for him to cooperate with Wayne in the high and low posts.

There is no situation where the ball cannot be passed in or the space cannot be opened.

At this time, the person guarding Wayne was Travis Outlaw, the Trail Blazers' third-best player.

Well, before Paul came, he was the hardest-working player of the Trail Blazers.

Now that Wayne is here, he can only settle for third place.

Outlaw heard a rumor that Wayne trained with Kobe at 4 a.m. every day in the summer.

Do not know is not true.

But it's so outrageous.

Although Outlaw has a gentle personality, he has excellent athletic ability.

He is a true brutalist forward.

However, Outlaw's strength and height mean that he will not be an excellent low-post single defense gatekeeper.

Like Wayne, he is more suitable for sweeping the court rather than fighting in the low post.

So facing Wayne, Outlaw said he was under a lot of pressure.

Wayne caught the ball, leaned back hard, and then shook his shoulder to the left.

Outlaw took a step, but Wayne pulled his body back in the next second, turned in the opposite direction, jumped, leaned back, shot, and hit.

"brush!"

"Wow, he's a bit handsome... Damn, he's so handsome!" Paul wanted to slap himself. Why did he appreciate Wayne more and more?

This idea is very dangerous, young man!

Wayne scored and celebrated with a high-five with his sister-in-law.

"Come on Chris, can you beat me today?" When he ran to Paul, Wayne didn't forget to yell at Paul.

Paoluo didn't say anything, he had to win a game today!

After that, Paul used a very beautiful change of direction breakthrough to shred Jones' defense.

Jones is no match for Paul on the defensive end.

Fred Jones's strongest ability is dunking. Although he is less than 1.9 meters tall, his legs look like they are full of explosives.

However, apart from dunking, Jones' other business abilities need to be improved.

After Paul broke through, Wayne immediately made up the defense.

Pao'er naturally observed Wayne, but he still jumped up and assumed a throwing posture.

Little did he know that in the air, Pao Luo changed his shot into a pass and sent the ball to Outlaw.

Otherwise, would you say that Paul is the most difficult defender to block?

Outlaw catches the ball and shoots. After several years of experience, Outlaw is now somewhat confident in the mid-range shot.

But unfortunately, this shot failed to hit.

Paul, Wayne and Gasol are in good shape because they just came out of the World Championships.

But others are still at the stage of entering the state.

Gasol got the rebound and passed the ball directly to Wayne.
To be continued...