From sparring to superstar

Chapter 107 105. Change, a future full of unknowns! (full 200 monthly tickets plus more)

"The host has signed a contract with the Los Angeles Clippers. Congratulations to the host for getting the first signing reward: 10000 achievement points."

"Los Angeles Clippers roster:
Point guard: Jeff McGinnis, Kenyon Dooling, Earl Boykins (injured), Greg Anthony.

Shooting guards: Eric Piakowski, Quentin Richardson.

Small forwards: Li Ao, Corey Maggette, Teyron Nesby.

Power forwards: Lamar Odom, Brian Skinner.

Centers: Jermaine O'Neal, Sean Lukes, Cherokee Parks, Chris Mihm.

Players can view their teammates' past game history. Before the start of the regular season, the player evaluation report will be updated for the first time. The player evaluation report will be updated in real time based on the player's recent performance. "

After completing the signing, Li Ao received a system notification that the team interface was updated.

He scanned the information of his teammates, and couldn't help but let out a "fuck".

Of the 15 players, 14 entered the NBA in the first round.

The only non-first-round player -- Boykins, the shortest active player.

After losing in 98, he signed short contracts with the Cavaliers, Magic, and Nets for two seasons. At the end of last season, he played a certain value in the Cavaliers. He played 10 minutes as a substitute in each game and shot 47%. The rate averaged 5 points and 1.8 assists per game, showing the potential of a high-quality substitute assaulter.

After the season, the Clippers signed him with a one-year minimum salary.

The most exaggerated thing, Li Ao saw the team's total salary, 2931.9 million US dollars.

This is the total salary of all 4 rookies after signing.

The most frightening thing is that his contract of $328.8 million for the new season is the team's second highest salary. Only O'Neal's salary of $571 million is higher than him.

He was wondering how to describe their team's salary structure.

In the end, he muttered: "My teammates are all of good quality and low price, mainly because they are cheap..."

The action of the management is really fast!
After Li Ao completed the contract and returned to the apartment, it took only an hour for the team to officially sign the contract with him.

No press conference is held, and the news is sent to the media in a hurry.

In the evening, he didn't know where to complain about the TV news he saw after returning from the dinner.

The starting salary is 328.8 million US dollars, and the total of 4 years is 1551 million US dollars. The increase in the first three years is not large, and the fourth year is nearly 100 million US dollars more than the third year. 120% of the standard salary of the third pick, the highest salary.

At the same time, it was announced that he was provided with additional conditions such as 4 sets of season tickets and relatives and friends taking team chartered flights.

This additional condition was made public, and Li Ao was in pain.

He seemed to feel the gaze of two pairs of eyes.

Vivienne wondered: "Other teams won't announce the details of the contract after signing the contract. Why does the Clippers seem to want to give the contract to others directly?"

Li Aoying said: "It's probably for the sponsors and fans of our flower planters. This Jew is not good at sex, and he really has a way of making money."

Once the complaint started, he couldn't stop. He complained about some outrageous money-saving places he saw in the Clippers these days after returning to the team.

Not to mention, Vivienne, who was watching for fun, was so amused that she couldn't stop laughing, teasing Li Ao if she couldn't stand it anymore and ran to be the team chef by herself.

Li Ao thought about it, and it was really possible.

terrible!

After a night of rest, Li Ao got up early the next morning to plan the next training.

The summer league was not fruitless. He had a direct understanding of the playing style characteristics of several core teammates and teammates with good potential.

Furthermore, he has a clearer direction on what aspects he wants to improve this summer.

He originally planned to finish college before going professional.

The earliest idea was to gain a firm foothold in the sophomore season, mature off-ball play in the junior season, develop a certain ball-handling ability in the senior season, and enter the NBA as a mature player through two and a half years of practice. .

What I want is a word of stability.

But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. He won the championship directly in his sophomore season. He had nothing to pursue in college and entered the NBA ahead of schedule.

Now let alone a mature professional player, he has not even developed to a satisfactory level off the ball.

So it has to be adjusted according to the actual situation.

First, clear positioning.

The point guard structure in the team is good, rookie Kenyon Dooling, Jeff McGinnis in his prime, veteran Greg Anthony, and Boykins as a backup assaulter, even Odom can play control guard.

Based on such a team environment, Li Ao decided to continue the previous style of play at this stage, off the ball + defense + support.

This can be regarded as a continuation of the university's plan.

He has a relaxed mentality and treats the next season as a junior season with a lot of small money to get.

He swished down 5 goals.

The first goal, CIC.

The first step in CIC's strengthening is to first train your own basic skills to the first-class level in the NBA.

He discovered a bug in his shot development during summer league.

Teammates also have good mid-range shots, but they generally only have good mid-range shots in a certain area, and poor shots in other areas. However, their mid-range shots are generally only in the areas they are good at.

He also discovered a similar situation when he was in college, but he thought it would be different now that he was an NBA player.

The result is the same.

But here, from the beginning of the development of CIC, it is an all-round and balanced development from all angles, and the training tasks also have requirements in this regard.

Therefore, he relied on his skills to raise the mid-range shot to the NBA's first-class level, which surprised Gentry, an old assistant coach who has been working in the NBA for nearly 20 years. He said that he had never seen a player who had just entered the NBA as good as him. CIC.

Li Ao's previous comparisons were Eddie House, White Mamba, Kapono, Mike Miller and other players. These players have full coverage and accuracy in long-range shots from all angles.

After learning the truth, he decided to target those people. Of course, the huge advantages brought by Omnidirectional CIC must continue.

After raising the mid-range shot to the first-class level, the catch-and-shoot, the emergency stop catch-and-shoot, and the lay-back mid-range shot he has been thinking about... improve as much as possible.

The second goal, three points.

He tried to shoot three-pointers in the summer league. Even in the summer league, his shooting rate was not ideal. Under the influence of factors such as running in a large area, confrontation, and physical exertion, the shooting rate in large gaps was not high.

He estimated that even if more than 60 is a pass, but you have to practice to a good level of 70+, in order to truly be regarded as "able to shoot in the game".

3rd goal, pass.

This is not so urgent, you can practice after training, if you play without the ball, there is a bonus of 'transfer expert level 2', which is enough to deal with it.

The fourth goal is to continue to improve the basic defensive skills. This is the most boring, but it needs to be practiced.

The last goal, to improve strength and stamina.

This is very important.

He has already hired a trainer. The old man opened a gymnasium and has a lot of information and contact information of registered trainers. He is responsible for paying for it.

After determining the goal, he began to make a detailed training plan for mid-range shots and three-pointers.

It took a whole morning to finalize the training plan, and in the afternoon he couldn't wait to take the courtyard assistant aunt to the Memorial Stadium for training.

After playing a few summer league games, he was even more eager to play at a higher level.

In order not to be abused, he has to be stronger!
Li Ao returned to the two-point and one-line life of the training ground and the apartment.

Occasionally, I go to the library to borrow a few books, and when Liam has time, I make an appointment to play games together.

Time passed day by day. On August 8st, he suspended training for a day, and many people came to celebrate his 1th birthday.

The assistant aunt, Liam, Dean Teng, the coaching staff of the Trojans and some players staying in Los Angeles, the coaching staff of the Clippers and a few teammates... Li Ao had a lively birthday.

At this moment, he felt that playing basketball was really good, and he had more partners around him.

As the time came to mid-August, the last summer league ended, and the NBA entered a long draft period, and basketball news that had passed for a long time was repeatedly hyped.

For example, the fact that Li Ao just turned 19 was hyped up every two days, coupled with his 4 points per game in 31.5 summer league games.

In the past few years, there were many rookies that could be hyped during the offseason. From 94 to 99, too many top talents emerged every year.

But this year, only Li Ao stands out.

No matter how hyped the news was in the past, the heat will become less and less popular.

Just when basketball fans' enthusiasm for watching basketball news reached a freezing point, a blockbuster woke up all basketball fans!
On August 2000, 8, the Magic held a press conference and Tim Duncan attended.

The Magic used two future first-round picks as compensation, completed Tim Duncan's signing and replacement, and signed a 5+2 full-maximum contract with a total salary of 7 million US dollars for a total of 9300 years!
When Li Ao saw this, he sprayed more than a dozen "I 豮艸芔茻" in a row.

What about GDP?
He is full of expectations for the future against GDP.

As a result, such a large GDP will disappear if it is said to be gone?

But after being shocked, he looked forward even more!
This is definitely a signing that changes the league structure!
The future of the basketball world will be very different from what he remembers!
Losing his knowledge of the future of the NBA never mattered to him.

He chose to play basketball, just simply like it.

Later, he decided to take a career path. I have to say that it has nothing to do with the basketball dream system or understanding the future of the NBA. He just wants to play, likes to win, and likes to stand in the spotlight and enjoy the feeling of fans cheering.

Moreover, he had thought early on that when he was added to the basketball world, there would inevitably be a huge change from the original time and space.

He came up with an idea-could the fact that the Clippers agreed to let his relatives and friends take the team's chartered plane affect the choice of River Document?

He was a little sore for a while.

He chose to add this condition that is insignificant to him, the purpose is to talk trash to Duncan during the game!
'I can take my family on the team's chartered plane', he wanted to see how Duncan reacted when he heard this.

As a result, that might be why Duncan signed on to the Magic contract?

It's very sad!
but……

Although it's a pity that he can't play against the troika, the basketball career full of unknowns makes him look forward to it even more!
Now he is full of curiosity.

McGrady was forced to take over because Duncan didn't come + Hill was reimbursed. The Magic didn't expect McGrady to have the talent to lead the scoring.

Now with Duncan, what will McGrady look like?
With Duncan and McGrady supporting him, will Hill come back in a hurry every time the injury is not healed, and the injury will be worse every time?

Without Shi Buddha, the sports car and the demon knife, would he have grown into an All-Star player?
Can Popovich be a top coach without Duncan?
The Lakers have more opponents like the Magic, can the dynasty still succeed?
How does Duncan's team change affect other teams?
All of this made him eager to start his career.

What he is most curious about is, in such a basketball world full of unknowns, what kind of existence will he become?
...

Like Li Ao, all the media, basketball fans, and NBA players focused their attention on the Magic.

Magic fans stand up now!

After that summer, from the team to the fans, they have always been the object of ridicule by other fans.

The matter of "Is O'Neal worth [-] million" makes them repeatedly whipped by the media and fans every summer.

Even though O'Neal lost repeatedly in the playoffs in the first three years of joining the Lakers, the number one center has become more and more stable in these three years.

In June, after the Lakers won the championship, the topic of "Is O'Neal worth 6 million?" reached the highest level since it happened.

Now, the situation is different!

They have Hill and Duncan!
Their team has become the focus of the media and fans!
They are full of confidence in the streets, in the forums, and when they are in line with other fans.

Magic fans were enjoying the moment... but, it didn't last long.

Here comes the show-stealer!

It has only been two days since Duncan joined the Magic, and Magic fans have not had time to enjoy this highly anticipated moment, and a more explosive news is coming!

On August 2000, 8, ABC TV broke the news that the owner of the Clippers, Donald Sterling, had terrorist tendencies, anti-social personality, and genocidal thoughts.
As soon as this news came out, it wasn't just the eyes of basketball fans, and it wasn't just sports fans... The entire United States was shocked!
(End of this chapter)