I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 55 You play like a headless chicken without the ball 15
In the second quarter, Li Ran was put on the bench by George Karl.

For the preseason, training is the main thing, and the substitute players are also allowed to play.

It is worth mentioning that because of the transaction, the Nuggets have vacated a lot of salary space.

Iverson's annual salary this year is 2084 million US dollars, Anthony Carter's annual salary is 115 million US dollars this year, and Kleiza's annual salary is 185 million US dollars.

The combined salary of Anthony Carter and Kleiza is slightly higher than that of Li Ran.

How much is Billups' annual salary?

1105 million.

This time, the Nuggets have more than 1000 million more salary space.

So the Nuggets are now frantically sweeping the free market.

They first signed the Cavaliers small forward whose contract expired this year, veteran Szczerbiak.

This is a super marksman who has averaged more than 40% three-pointers per game in his career.

With a one-year veteran's basic salary, Szczerbiak readily signed.

Then, they signed the Clippers point guard, "White Chocolate" Jason Williams.

This is also a veteran veteran.

I don't know why, White Chocolate, who originally signed with the Clippers this season in another time and space and then announced his retirement, did not renew his contract with the Clippers, nor announced his retirement. He happily accepted another basic salary contract for the Nuggets.

After signing two veterans to strengthen the front line, the Nuggets turned their attention to the inside.

The starting inside partners Hilario and Kenyon Martin have been very stable, and Birdman Anderson is still sitting on the bench, so the Nuggets offer another basic salary for veterans.

The Seattle SuperSonics, now renamed the Oklahoma City Thunder, signed and traded center Johan Petrol.

Now, should the middle class contract in hand be used up?

No. . .

The Nuggets took the drill camp to the extreme.

They gave a ten-day short contract worth [-] US dollars, and Zhuwan Howard, also known as the famous Uncle Huo, signed his name on it.

In the end, the Nuggets gave the Thunder's No. 00 pick in 17, the swingman Desmond Mason, the precious mid-level contract that they were almost sweating in their hands.

Uncle Huo is 35 years old this year, Szczerbiak is 32 years old, Jason Williams is 33 years old, and Mason is 31 years old.

The Nuggets signed a group of veterans. Of course, they are not going to let them play lore shots, but let them guide the players off the court.

Li Ran, JR, and Petro are all young, including Anthony who is only 24 years old. The experience of the veterans on and off the court can help them very well.

In the second quarter, the bench lineups of the two teams came and went. By the end of the half, the Nuggets temporarily led the Timberwolves by 53 points 46 to 7.

During the intermission, George Karl simply arranged his tactics and returned to the game.

There are a lot of new players, and many of them don't know the regular tactics of the Nuggets, and they only practiced together once.

Among them was Li Ran.

In the first half, Li Ran felt that his hands were tied. Although he had excellent performances such as dunks, he didn't dare to play the same way he played at the University of Memphis.

The heart of Memphis is him and Rose.

But the Nuggets are not.

The Nuggets now have only one core, and his name is Carmelo Anthony.

Anthony basically didn't play much in the first half, and only scored six points.

But in the third quarter, after he played, he scored 12 points in one quarter lightly, and he didn't seem to sweat much.

Li Ran didn't play until the second half of the third quarter. He started to play the role of an off-ball shooter, but his performance was terrible. He either overlapped with his teammates or couldn't get out of the open space.

At the end of the third quarter, Li Ran only scored 12 points. These two points were scored by him catching the ball and breaking through.

During the break between festivals, Anthony sat next to Li Ran, frowning at him.

"What did you hit this quarter?"

Li Ran smiled embarrassedly, he also knew that he performed poorly in the third quarter.

"Just like you did in the training camp in the summer. Don't think about anything else, I know your strength." Anthony leaned towards Li Ran and patted him on the shoulder.

Billups also leaned over.

"Lee, why don't you catch the ball? Your style is not suitable for playing off the ball. You see you are running around like a headless chicken when you are playing off the ball. You disrupt the rhythm of the team." gone."

Li Ran was even more embarrassed.

He decided to play alone in the fourth quarter.

After the training in the first three quarters, the fourth quarter began.

No matter how the two teams scored a high score.

As a result, McHale and George Karl changed into the starting lineup at the same time.

Kenyon Martin stood on the bottom line and passed the ball to Billups, and Billups slowly dribbled to the frontcourt.

Li Ran stayed on the flank, one on the left and one on the right with Anthony.

What he didn't expect was that just after halftime, Billups waved towards him and made a gesture.

This gesture meant for Li Ran to make it himself.

Li Ran glanced at Anthony on the other side, but found that Anthony had already started running towards the bottom corner

This is what it means to open up space for Li Ran.

Li Ran didn't hesitate, went out to catch the ball, and pulled the defender to the weak side.

The strong side is already full of people eating melons and watching the show, oh no, players.

Facing Gomez's defense, Li Ran was still very confident. He lowered his body and slowly dribbled the ball, looking for Gomez's loopholes.

Gomez just stood there and didn't move, thinking he was in a good defensive position.

But Li Ran's next actions told him that a good defensive position is sometimes useless!
It was unreasonable and forced to eat. Li Ran didn't use any fake moves at all, relying solely on his own speed, he passed Gomez in one step!

He took advantage of his speed to the fullest!
Gomez turned around in shock. Li Ran's breakthrough speed just now made it too late for him to react.

And when he turned his head, Li Ran was already flying in the air.

That's right, Li Ran was flying.

He jumped up straight after stepping into the free throw line, holding the ball high with one hand, his body like a big bow with a taut string.

Love and Al Jefferson returned to the basket at the same time, but when Love looked at Li Ran flying in the air with a hideous face, he suddenly regretted it.

"Huh? Why am I the only one left?"

This was Le Fu's last thought before being hit by Li Ran.

He was lying on the floor, and when he saw the simple-faced Al Jefferson running over and reaching out to help him up, he felt something was wrong.

Obviously in the position just now, Al Jefferson should be in the position before himself, right?
Al Jefferson looked at Li Ran who was celebrating with his teammates with lingering fear.

It's dangerous, but fortunately he took a step slowly, otherwise he would be the one who was detained.

As for Love, Jefferson could only say something to him in his heart, sorry.

"Sorry, but this is the NBA..."

Nuggets lineup list:

Centers: Nei Hilario, Chuck Saber, Johan Petro

Power Forward: Kenyon Martin, Chris Anderson, Juwan Howard

Small forwards: Carmelo Anthony, Desmond Mason, Wally Szczerbiak.

Shooting guards: Li Ran, JR-Smith, Deng Tai-Jones.

Point guards: Chauncey Billups, Jason Williams, Chucky Atkins.

　Chapter 1, there are five chapters in total today, everyone must read to the end, please help me to follow up~
　　
　
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