On August 3, 2013, the news that Greg Oden made a comeback and joined the Miami Heat was talked about by fans.

Oden has faded out of people's vision for two years. This super center, which made Durant only ranked second in the draft, ended his career before he began to realize his talent.

I believe that even himself must be very unwilling to accept it. So after two years of cultivation, he returned to the professional basketball field.

The whole world is discussing Oden, and people are speculating whether he can bring new vitality to the Heat's weak inside. No one expects Oden to become a super center, but as long as he can make the Heat's inside strength higher, that's enough.

Just when people were speculating about Oden's prospects at the Heat, at a training base in the suburbs of Los Angeles, the training camp led by Link officially began.

If a reporter saw the lineup of this training camp, he would definitely be very shocked. Looking at the whole United States, there is no training camp's lineup quality that can reach this level.

The training camp includes two members of the Trail Blazers, Lillard and Aldridge, Raptors star Demar DeRozan, Kings center Cousins, Pacers new leader Paul George, who played tiebreak with the Heat last season, FMVP Link and NBA future Hall of Fame members, and one of the greatest defenders in history Dwayne Wade!

Wade's appearance in this training camp shocked most people. After all, less than two months ago, Wade's Heat lost the championship because of Link's Grizzlies.

Everyone thought that Wade must have hated Link very much. However, this is not the case. Wade has said more than once, "If it weren't for the finals, he and I should have become friends."

So, Wade came. Last season's playoffs was the worst playoffs Wade has played so far in his career, and he averaged only 15.9 points per game in the playoffs.

What does 15.9 points mean? Wade averaged 18 points per game when he played in the playoffs in the rookie season. Wade averaged 45.7% shooting percentage, which is far from outstanding.

For Wade, the thing he wants to do most now is to restore his state. If he wants to restore his state, in addition to recovering himself, the "Flash" also needs to have a high-level ball game to participate.

In terms of high level, no training camp can be higher than Link's training camp.

So Wade recommended himself and joined Link's training camp.

Link had thought about Wade, but in his opinion, Wade would most likely reject him, so he did not call Wade. After all, next season, he and Wade will still be directly competitors.

But in Wade's words, "We are friends during the season, but in the offseason, we may be able to temporarily put down this hostility."

Looking at the extremely luxurious training lineup in front of him, Brickley felt dazzled. Once upon a time, Link was still a little transparent person who could only take advantage of Kobe's ball game. But now, his appeal has become so great.

Those who come to the training camp are all the top stars in the league. This is not something that any third-year star can do.

A few days before the training camp, almost everyone carried out their own individual intensive training.

Link focused on strengthening his ability to shoot three-pointers in dribble last summer, but he broke the league's single-game three-point shooting record last season. Now, Link's offensive skills basically have no big blind spots, and he has truly become an all-round attacker.

So this year, Link focused his goal on the defensive end.

Indeed, Link's previous defense was already amazing. He was selected into the All-First Team and was one of the best defensive wings in the league.

But Link was not satisfied with this. The best team was just a phased goal. Link's real goal was to become the best defensive player like Larry Payton.

It is very difficult for outside players to win the best defensive player. Since the establishment of the Best Defensive Player Award in 1982, only six outside players have been able to win this honor.

Therefore, it is not easy to achieve this goal. This is why Link wants to invite so many good players to train with him.

Only by competing with the top scorers can the defense level be improved.

Of course, in addition to strengthening his defense step by step, Link's little white strips are also rising. It is definitely not too difficult to complete the upgrade before the start of the season.

Next season, Link will completely give up all those who try to overthrow the Grizzlies.

In the first half of the month of training camp, everyone basically spent the special training. Except for occasionally playing three-on-three, they basically never played any full-game games.

The whole game is the moment when the results of the special training are fulfilled. Therefore, don’t be too impatient.

Everyone who participated in Link training camp was very hardworking, and Brickley was even nervous 24 hours a day. Because you don’t know which star suddenly couldn’t sleep today, so Brickley came out to train in the early morning.

This is not the first time Brickley has encountered such a thing.

On August 20, nearly 20 days after the training camp began, everyone had achieved some improvement in the aspects they needed to improve.

On the morning of the 20th, Link arrived at the training camp as usual. After the recent special training, his judgment on the timing of blocking and stealing was more accurate.

In the past, Link relied on Grant Hill's excellent awareness and experience to defend. But this year, Link learned a lot of skill.

He believes that next season, his defense will definitely go further. Of course, it will make others feel more and more desperate.

When Link handed to the training hall, Wade was already wearing protective gear for himself.

As the oldest and most famous player in the training camp, Wade is almost the earliest player every day, without the airs of a big brand.

"Good morning, it's already the 20th day. Should I arrange some five-on-five confrontation training?" Wade greeted Link casually. After getting along for nearly a month, Link and Wade have become very familiar with each other.

Their personal relationship has become increasingly close. Now, Link can say without hesitation, "Dwyne Wade and I are friends."

"After training today, we will start five-on-five training tomorrow." Link smiled, knowing that Wade could not wait.

In training camp, Wade's knee recovery was pretty good. Continuing high-level training kept Wade in good condition.

I believe that now, Wade must be very eager to prove himself again. He is only 31 years old and is far from the time to accept his old age.

"Now, LeBron is participating in various business activities? Although Kobe is recovering from his injuries, there are many business activities. I heard that you have pushed down many business activities in order to come to my training camp?" Link sat down and started chatting with Wade while changing his clothes.

"Yes, I have pushed back a lot of business activities. The main reason is that I am in a bad state. If I were to welcome the next season in my previous state, I would not agree." Wade said, and couldn't help but touch his knees.

As a player who has removed the meniscus before entering the league, God knows how Wade has persisted until now.

It was not easy for him to get to this point, but Wade still seemed to be unsatisfied. Even though his knees were already full of holes, he still refused to accept his fate.

Link admires Wade's determination. If he has the opportunity to be his teammates in the future, it will definitely be very interesting.

"You will definitely be able to get back in shape, Dwyne."

"That's all I can stop is myself. Be careful next season, Link!"

"Hehe, you'd better rush out of the East first." Link patted Wade on the shoulder. The next 5-on-5 confrontation training was very interesting.

Because everyone in this training camp has a characteristic that never admits defeat.

George, who is trying to go further, the unruly Lillard, Harris, who is eager to prove that he can do it, Butler, and the simple but competitive Cousins

A group of people who are unyielding may turn the training match into a real game.
Chapter completed!