The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 22 Sunny Beach
Sunshine, sand, waves, but unfortunately there are no bikinis, only a group of strong men with bare upper body.

"Ah ah ah ah..."

A seagull was resting on the beach, suddenly there was a sound in the distance, which disturbed the seagull.

The seagull spread its wings and flew high, and a group of black and white men under it, each with a huge tire tied to their body, ran on the beach.

The one running at the front was tall, long-armed, and thin, so naturally it was Li Pu.

Although the other person was not as tall as Li Pu, he was still more than 190cm tall. He had a strong body and a hulking waist. He looked like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle with his blindfold removed.

That's right, this person is Russell Westbrook.

I saw that the two gradually separated from the crowd and rushed to the forefront.

Li Pu has long legs, and one step is equivalent to two steps for others, while Westbrook has short legs, but he can move fast. Li Pu takes one step, and he can run two steps.

In this way, the speed of the two did not decrease, and finally they rushed past the flag tied on the beach side by side.

"Wooha, wooha..."

"Sha, Sha..."

After passing the flagpole, the two immediately fell to the ground, panting heavily regardless of the hot sand that had been exposed to the sun.

Not long after the two rested, the others also crossed the line one after another, fell to the ground, panting heavily like Li Wei and the two.

This is the team training camp held by Durant.

I don't know whether it was intentional or not, Durant put the training camp in Miami.

Most of the players who came to the training camp this time were young players from the Thunder.Such as: 21-year-old Durant, 21-year-old Westbrook, 20-year-old Harden, 23-year-old Jeff Green, and 20-year-old Ibaka.

In addition, there are Nick Collison, Safrosa, Eric Maynor, and three rookies this year.

Young teams are generally difficult to manage, and infighting in the team is common, but there are also many bad habits in the locker room, such as letting rookies run errands and bullying rookies.

This is how Li Pu felt in the past few days after he came to this training camp.

Durant is the absolute core and leader of the team, but he leads people in a friendly manner and doesn't look like a ball tyrant.

Of course, it may also be that he is too young to know what kind of treatment a superstar has.

I remember that Durant once accepted an interview in later generations. He mentioned that when Harden was traded in 2012, he didn't even know that he could go to the boss's office to pat the table, ask the team to pay the luxury tax, and keep Harden.

However, this is also good, and it also allows Li Pu to quickly integrate into this Thunder team.

"I...I won!" Li Pu, who was lying on the ground, suddenly heard Westbrook say to himself.

"You put p... It's clear that I won!"

Li Pu sat up abruptly.

Not to be outdone, Westbrook also sat up and glared at Li Pu.

"Where did you get it?"

"Just now it was clear that my left foot crossed the line first!"

"You read it wrong, it was my head that crossed the line first!"

"Your head can stretch so long, are you a turtle?"

"You are the turtle!"

Seeing that the two were arguing again, the other people around them finally sat up impatiently and moved their buttocks to the side, leaving a space for the two of them.

Lin Shuhao in the crowd couldn't help shaking his head watching Li Pu who was arguing fiercely with Westbrook.

Why is Li Pu so hostile to Westbrook?
I remember the first time the two met when they first came to the training camp, Westbrook dressed that day: as the saying goes, a green shoulderless hoodie with double peaks, pink ripped straight pants and crotch pants.

Well, it's hard to imagine such a bold and avant-garde outfit with the face of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, how hot the eyes are?

After Li Pu saw it, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

The laugh, though fleeting, caught Westbrook's attention.

At that time, Lin Shuhao's scalp felt numb.

Good guy, just joined the team, oh no, before he joined the team, he offended the second leader of the team first, isn't Li Pu planning to mess around in the future?
Fortunately, Westbrook is quite generous, and he doesn't care about Li Pu's evaluation of his appearance. Instead, he came to Li Pu and said solemnly: "I have heard of you, you are very talented, but I want to tell you that hard work is more important. , Don’t be complacent just because you think you have talent!”

Hearing Westbrook's inexplicable words, Li Pu replied with a black question mark face, "Do you think I'm not hardworking enough?"

"That's right, with your talent, if you practice hard, how could you be like this in the summer league?"

Who doesn't practice well?I'm the real dish, okay?
However, Li Pu didn't say this. After all, Li Pu still has face.

Poor grades without hard work, and poor grades after hard work, obviously the latter is more embarrassing.

However, in terms of verbal disputes, who can compare with Li Pu?

"Well, what you said is that I will learn to attack from Kevin and James!"

When he said this, Li Pu looked serious.

"Then... um? What do you mean?"

Although Westbrook is easy to play and does not seem to have a high golf quotient, it does not mean that he has no brains. On the contrary, he is very smart.

His GPA score reached 3.9 in high school, and after graduating from high school, Stanford University once provided him with a partial scholarship. Please note that what Stanford provided him was not a sports scholarship, but a scholarship based on his performance.

In other words, he is a top student who can be admitted to Stanford University.

Therefore, it quickly realized that there was something in Li Pu's words.

Learning from Durant and Harden means that they work hard so their skills are good, and their skills are not good because they are not working hard enough.

Hey, I have a bad temper!
"You can question my taste in clothes, but you can't question my hard work!" Westbrook immediately said to Li Pu: "Just wait, I will let you have a good look at the next training camp, what is called effort!"

"Okay, I'll keep my eyes open!"

In this way, because of the unpleasantness of the first meeting, Westbrook worked very hard in the following training, trying to do his best in every item, in order to show that he is the one who works the hardest.

However, what Westbrook didn't expect was that Li Pu didn't lose at all, and was even better than himself in some training programs.

And this even aroused Westbrook's competitive spirit. After a few days of development, it turned into a situation where the two would compete with each other in every training event.

"Hey, Prince, when did he become so childish?" Lin Shuhao couldn't help sighing.

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to argue with you, this one is considered a tie! What's the next one?"

"That's right, the next item, I will win you!"

The quarrel between the two was coming to an end, and at the same time they looked at Durant who was panting heavily.

"Next is shooting drill!"

"Uh……"

Hearing this, Li Pu and Westbrook fell silent at the same time.

Not long after, on the basketball court not far from the beach, there was an endless sound of hammering iron.

(End of this chapter)