I'm good at basketball too

Among them, the individual scoring performances of Kobe and Anthony made the fans hooked.

It's not unreasonable for both men to claim the offensive kaleidoscope, and they can get the ball to the basket in almost every way.

However, Li Ran discovered one thing.

Anthony's current style of play has become more and more inclined to the "human jump shot essence".

His shot selection is getting more and more outside, and the number of times he goes inside is getting less and less.

Although Gua Ge's jumper posture is as picturesque as ever, this style of play is very harmful to the team. . .

An offensive method that is too single can easily be targeted by opponents, and it is not a good thing for the team's overall offensive tactics.

For a superstar like Anthony, his scoring is basically singles with the ball. After winning the championship and FMVP, it is even more impossible to learn off-ball offense.

Is this melon sweet?

Li Ran didn't know.

It's just that he was very happy to watch this game.

After educating several newcomers, Li Ran sat on the sidelines.

Let's give more opportunities to newcomers. There are not many opportunities to play against the league's top superstars.

Senior Li Ran thought so.

However, it was the management of the two teams who were most surprised by this training game.

It was the Hornets and the Bulls.

The Hornets' management was actually very dissatisfied with Li Ran's meddling in the team's affairs, but there was no way. Who would let him be the big boss?
Li Ran single-handedly dismantled the combination of Paul + West they worked so hard to build, and selected a group of rookies.

Running an NBA team is not like playing 2K games. You choose a bunch of rookies, whether you want the results or not, and whether you want the ball market.

But after so many days of close observation in training camp, the Hornets' front office was pleasantly surprised.

Why?Interesting Hey!

Although Clay can't run fast, jump high, and has poor dribbling ability, he has good static talent, strong core strength, quick shots, and accurate shots. He is a standard template for a 3D player.

The most important thing is that these three points are too accurate.

It even feels a bit like Stephen Curry next to Li Ran.

The same is true of Jimmy Butler. Although he is an older rookie, another meaning of an older rookie is that his style of play has matured and he is a very good immediate combat power.

Moreover, this buddy is really hardworking on the court, and he looks very tough, possessing all the qualities that a small forward should have.

The same is true for Harris, the 18th pick. He is the complete opposite of Beasley, who was touted as capable of three and four, but in fact he is not three or four.

This guy is really capable of three and four. Although he mainly plays the [-]th position, his attack range can cover the entire half of the court, from the three-point line to the inside. It's just that his offensive skills need to be polished, he has height and movement, and he has a large defensive range. The upper limit is expected to be similar to that of David West, who has left the team.

The last one, Thomas, who basically didn't play much. .

Anyway, it's the 48th pick, you can't expect Li Ran to be the most correct candidate in all the drafts, right? It's normal to miss once in a while.

In addition to Nash, who was traded by Li Ran, the Hornets uniform team was also convinced.

What is a professional?

Li Ran is called professional. It only took one offseason to rebuild, and the team has changed into a decent one.

If you think about the rumor, that is, who is Li Ran's next family, the Hornets uniform team is even more looking forward to it.

This lineup, if you add Li Ran. . . .

Tsk tsk, the picture is too beautiful to imagine.

On the other hand, the Bulls' management was even more pleasantly surprised.

Because the Bulls are limited by their salary space, they have no way to continue to strengthen through trades in other positions.

But Li Ran, the half-sold, half-gifted first-round pick, specially selected this expressionless small forward, his talent is really outrageous.

Next season, the starting lineup composed of Rose, Luol Deng, Xiaoka, Bosh and Noah has infinite associations.

If this lineup waits for Xiaoka to grow up, it may really bring some threats to the Grizzlies' dominance.

Li Ran didn't care about these.

He just felt that there were not many teams that could only challenge him, and it was too boring to rely on a super team built by himself to win the championship without any suspense every year.

He is not afraid of the birth of other super teams, otherwise he would not have pushed Yao Ming and Paul to join the Lakers.

As for the Big Three of the Heat, Li Ran can only say——

If I don't give it, you can't take it!
Regarding James, Li Ran has always believed that with his personality, he is more suitable to be a businessman than to play basketball.

Not to mention how surprised the management of the Bulls and Hornets is, the first training game that has attracted the attention of countless people has finally come to an end.

Kobe is so paranoid that he doesn't want to lose even in training games.

At the last moment, Kobe led his team to a 13-2 spurt to overtake the score and kept the lead until the end.

With Li Ran too lazy to play, Anthony obviously didn't have Kobe's obsession.

Therefore, the first game of this round of the series unexpectedly ended with Kobe leading the team to win.

After the game, Anthony complained to Li Ran about that meal.

Li Ran could only invite everyone to have dinner together at night, including all members of the training camp and the newly formed Big Three of TNT

The person who played the least was the one who lost the most in this match, which made Li Ran very helpless.

In the evening, Li Ran held a grand open-air party at Taylor Swift's residence in New Orleans. Although there were many reporters carrying cameras outside the fence, this did not affect the interest of the players attending the party at all.

Li Ran, Curry, and Ross ate barbecue and drank beer, chatting about their future in the league.

"Li Ran, your contract is about to expire this year, where will you go?"

While eating happily, Ross suddenly said to Li Ran.

It was quiet next to it.

That is to say, they were far away from the fence, and those reporters couldn't hear the conversations of several people. Otherwise, even if these reporters forced their way in, they would definitely come in to hear what Li Ran would say.

Li Ran smiled slightly when he heard this, and looked down at the lawn.

"The future? Who knows."

Seeing that Li Ran didn't really want to answer this question, several other people also thoughtfully didn't ask any more questions.

In the second game, under the unanimous request of all the players, Li Ran increased his playing time.

Under Li Ran's marking, Kobe's scoring efficiency began to decline. Coupled with the Ross-Li Ran-Anthony connection, the Anthony team successfully pulled back a victory.

According to TNT's statistics, the ratings of this game have actually exceeded the average ratings of the just-concluded finals.

This is just a training match in a training camp!

Stern didn't know from which channel he got the news, and he stayed up all night worried.

The name Li Ran has almost been linked to the attention of the NBA.

Although he is about to start his fourth season, he has been delivering phenomenal performances since entering the league, and has already established himself as No.1 in the league through three championships.

That's right, the current Li Ran is actually No.1 in the league.

Both Kobe and James were defeated by him, and they were undoubtedly overshadowed by Li Ran.

"Maybe it's time to adjust the next marketing strategy?"

Stern sat in his study, thinking silently.

The 23VS24 that the league played in the past few years is obviously out of date.

Currently, there are two hottest players in the league, one is Li Ran and the other is Rose.

"A duel between 0 and 1? Or a battle between brothers?"

When the little Jewish old man was about to retire, he was still thinking about the future of the league.

No matter how Stern plans, the training camp organized by Li Ran will be the most popular place for basketball in the whole world during the offseason.

In the end, Li Ran and Anthony led the team to win the series 3-2.

After the series ended, it was time for Kobe and Anthony to set off for China to start their trip to China.

Training camp is also drawing to a close.

But at this time, there is a very embarrassing but realistic problem in front of everyone.

Training camp is over, what should they do?
Labor negotiations are still ongoing, and the suspension of this season is already a fact.

They can't have contact with any team management, and they can't use any league team's arena to train.

They now have only two options.

One is to find a place to train by yourself, and the other is to go to other leagues to do a part-time job.

However, which of these two choices seems less enjoyable than continuing to train with Li Ran?

then. . . .

Without many people knowing, Li Ran moved the training venue to the gymnasium of the University of Memphis.

After a closed special training session that lasted for three months, the league lockout finally came to an end.

The labor and management of the alliance finally reached an agreement.

Other aspects are similar to Li Ran's previous life, but the famous "Ross Clause", which should now be renamed "Li Ran Clause", is quite different from the previous life.

The salary cap for the new season will remain unchanged at $5800 million.

Take Li Ran, the name of the terms, as an example. He could have gotten a contract with a starting salary of 1450 million yuan, but after Li Ran's terms were met, he could get a contract with a starting salary of 1740 million yuan.

This means that his salary ratio has increased from 25% of the original salary cap to 30%.

The conditions for reaching this clause are: being elected MVP in the first four years of the rookie contract, or being selected to the starting lineup in the All-Star Game twice, or being selected to the best team of the year twice.

Until now, this clause is exactly the same as in the previous life.

However, the Li Ran clause is different from the Rose clause, or what surprised everyone is that this clause allows the player to sign a new contract immediately after the conditions are met, but the player's original team has the right to match .

This is not over. For example, Li Ran’s salary this year is about 250 million. After he signed a maximum salary contract of 1740 million, the original team only needs to pay the luxury tax according to 250 million, but other teams want To trade Li Ran, the luxury tax needs to be paid in accordance with 1740 million.

As soon as the new terms came out, the entire league was in an uproar.

This means that Li Ran can now re-sign the contract with the Grizzlies or other teams, while his previous contract is void.

But the Grizzlies still only need to calculate the salary share based on Li Ran's salary in the last year, and other teams need to calculate the salary share based on the 1740 million maximum salary.

This is undoubtedly a great burden for the team that wants to trade Li Ran, and the Grizzlies can better keep Li Ran.

Now, in the entire league, how many players meet this condition?
Li Ran, Rose, Durant.

Li Ran meets all three conditions. He has MVP, was selected to the All-NBA Team three times, and started three times as an All-Star.

Rose is the MVP, Durant is an All-Star and the best team meets the conditions.

Durant's first contract has just expired, and he can directly sign a contract with the Thunder next season with a starting salary of 1740 million.

Li Ran and Ross were even luckier.

They can change the contract now, which means that they can get at least 1500 million more wages.

After this clause came out, Pera immediately called Li Ran and Curry.

He wants to leave the cornerstone of these two teams as soon as possible.

Curry readily agreed to Pera's proposal.

After all, if you can get more money, who doesn't want it?
Don't be a fool!
Coincidentally, Li Ran was that fool.

After thinking about it, he did not directly agree to Pera's contract renewal proposal.

He had a long talk with Pera.

Carlos - Pera now highlights a spring breeze.

The Ubiquitous technology company he founded was just listed on Nasdaq in October, which doubled his worth several times.

And the Grizzlies he acquired are also the most popular team in the league now, having won championships for two consecutive years.

For Pera, who has been a basketball fan since he was a child, it is even happier than the listing of the company he created.

"Carlos, I don't want to sign for the time being. There is a high probability that I will not stay in the Grizzlies next season."

Li Ran said to Pera straight to the point.

The people of Pella are stupid.

The dynasty is about to be established, and you told me that you will not play with the Grizzlies after this season.

How can this work?

He began to try his best to keep Li Ran.

"Carlos, next season the team's salary pressure will be very high. The salaries of me, Stephen, Tim, Andre, Jamal and Mark have completely locked up the salary space, and the team has no possibility of reinforcement. , You can see that the league’s introduction of this clause seems to be specially designed for Stephen and me, but this clause is plainly intended to restrict us.”

Li Ran said calmly.

Pera was taken aback.

"Stephen's contract has two years left. If you renew his contract two years in advance, it means that the team will lose 1500 million in salary space in two years. If you add me, the two of us account for more than half of it. Where does the team go to reinforce? Under such circumstances, the departure of any player is an irreparable loss to the strength of the team."

"Besides, after executing the rookie contract, I was going to try other teams. I would get tired of staying in the same place for too long. So in the last year, I won't trouble your wallet."

Li Ran said with a smile.

"Then, Li Ran, can you tell me, where are you planning to go next season?"

Pera struggled for a long time, and finally opened his mouth. His voice was a little hoarse, and it was obvious that he hadn't calmed down yet.

"Next season? Next season I'm going to take a break."

Li Ran calmly threw a bomb into the calm lake.

Pera was dumbfounded again. (end of this chapter)