That said, the players' laughter gradually subsided, followed by applause.

Those words were a bit of a boast.

But they were absolutely the truth.

Tang Tian's scene of helping UConn win the championship was sensational. You should know that UConn team, apart from Walker and Oriakhi, was made up entirely of freshmen.

In terms of experience, they were much worse than the Pelicans now, but they still won the championship in the end.

Young people have no chance with the championship?

That's not necessarily true!

Williams couldn't help but nod at this time.

On the first day of meeting, Tang Tian had already shown him his role off the court, which seemed no less important than on the court.

For a moment, he felt that they had made the right bet, even more so than he had imagined.

"Okay, guys, let's get motivated. Tang is right. Our goal is the championship. Whether we succeed in the end doesn't matter. What matters is that that's our goal."

Williams said while the iron was hot.

The players were also eager to try.

It must be said that Williams and Tang Tian had not discussed it beforehand, but they were surprisingly in sync.

The players stood up one after another, and Anderson quickly went to the door to open it for the others.

The players shouted as they walked out of the locker room, as if they were going to a real game, not a training ground.

Young people are easily motivated, and they are more energetic than anyone else when they get to the training ground.

"James, we really found the right person."

Williams said excitedly to Borrego.

"Yes, we can surprise everyone this season."

Borrego also nodded excitedly.

The two of them have a long history.

Williams was coached by Popovich in both college and the NBA, and Borrego also came from the Spurs system. He started as a video coordinator and eventually became a team assistant coach for a total of seven years.

When Williams came to the Hornets to coach, his first thing was to find Borrego to be his chief assistant coach.

After the basic training, there was a full-court scrimmage, and it was during this full-court scrimmage that something shocking happened to both of them.

Tang Tian was pulling up for jumpers.

Pulling up and hitting the shot right in Aminu's face.

Faking a shot, shaking off Aminu and pulling up after a dribble, hitting the shot.

Catching a pass from Holiday and pulling up for a jumper, hitting the shot.

…

This was a living, breathing version of McGrady!

Adding in defense and passing, this was even a bit of an upgraded version.

Although it was just a performance on the training ground, it was enough to shock them.

"Did he used to do this?" Williams turned to look at Borrego in a daze.

Borrego shook his head.

How would I know? You're the one who found him!

"We can really shock everyone, really."

Williams couldn't help but say excitedly after watching for a while.

He felt that he and the team management had already paid enough attention to and recognized Tang Tian.

But now it seemed that they had still underestimated Tang Tian!

Tang Tian really had unlimited possibilities!

He even suddenly wanted to laugh, because the Spurs had just let Tang Tian go like that!

Never mind the poison pill contract or not, Tang Tian's annual salary this season was 5 million!

He tried hard to restrain his urge to laugh out loud, telling himself that this was just a scrimmage, but his face couldn't help but be radiant.

In fact, not to mention the two assistant coaches on the sidelines, even the players on the court, except for Davis, were a little dazed.

In their understanding, or from previous encounters, Tang Tian was an excellent 3-and-D player. Had he just learned to pull up for jumpers over the summer?

Moreover, this pull-up wasn't just for show, it was really lethal!

However, they didn't think as much as Williams did, but their expressions became even more excited.

Because the team suddenly had such a strong point, the possibility of the words in the locker room becoming true was even greater.

"I hope he can continue this performance into the official games."

Borrego said with hope in his eyes as the scrimmage was coming to an end.

"He will."

Williams nodded.

The players were in a very good mood after the training, and they went back to the locker room talking and laughing.

Williams specially pulled Tang Tian at this time.

"I've never seen you score like that before, pulling up for jumpers."

Williams said.

"AD knows, he trained with me all summer."

Tang Tian smiled and looked at Davis, who hadn't yet entered the tunnel.

Williams nodded thoughtfully.

"Your technique is very similar to T-Mac."

Borrego also said at this time.

He was one of the team's assistant coaches when McGrady scored 13 points in 35 seconds to kill the Spurs.

"Because he taught me."

Tang Tian replied very naturally.

Williams was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile.

He almost forgot that McGrady was also a member of the Spurs last season, and with the history of Yao and Mac, it was too normal for Tang Tian to have learned from McGrady.

Moreover, after asking these few questions, he probably knew what Tang Tian's greatest talent was.

Learning speed, and the degree of effort.

Tang Tian's ability to evolve during the offseason was inseparable from these two.

Learning speed was talent, and effort was the way.

It's really not afraid that others are more talented than you, but afraid that others are more talented than you and work harder than you.

"James, let's go, I'll treat you to dinner."

Williams sent Tang Tian away, unable to hide his excitement.

For a young coach like him, there was nothing more convincing than leading the team to outstanding results.

Tang Tian returned to the locker room and was about to pack his things when he realized that he was too busy chatting with Williams and the others and had left his phone there.

He got up and was about to walk out.

"What are you doing?"

Anderson was at the door at this time, and asked curiously when he saw Tang Tian going out without even taking a shower.

"I forgot my phone in the training hall."

"Phone? You take a shower, I'm just going to the training hall to get something." Anderson said as he walked out.

"Huh?" Tang Tian glanced at Anderson suspiciously.

He suddenly remembered that when everyone went to training before, it seemed that Anderson also opened the door.

This guy, his personality is a bit like Green?

No, maybe even better than Green, a little more enthusiastic than Green.

With Anderson helping him get his phone, Tang Tian turned around and went to take a shower.

It was called a shower, but it was actually just a rinse.

When he came out wrapped in a towel, Anderson had just returned.

"Thanks."

Tang Tian thanked Anderson after taking back his phone.

His phone had a password, so worrying about Anderson peeking was unnecessary.

But Anderson went empty-handed and came back empty-handed, it seemed that he really went to get it for him on purpose.

"I'm leaving first, see you tomorrow."

Anderson smiled and said hello to Tang Tian, then carried his bag and left.

Looking at Anderson leaving the locker room, Tang Tian couldn't help but shake his head.

After this day, these teammates were really unexpectedly good.

This was really the same as UConn, where he had stayed before. Although the talent was a bit worse, they could really achieve something.

As he was thinking, his phone suddenly rang. He looked at it and saw that it was an unexpected person calling.

The Pelicans' general manager, Dell Demps.