From sparring to superstar

Chapter 111 109. Magical Leadership Ability

"Leo, how does it feel to play an NBA game for the first time?"

"to be frank?"

"truth."

"It's pretty simple. It's a lot easier than the NCAA game. I've always been able to get open opportunities better. My teammates have given me a lot of help..."

After the game, Li Ao accepted an interview in the locker room of a newspaper.

This time he gave a rare honest answer.

But after the Clippers came to Seattle the next day, the news that Li Ao saw was titled——"The No. It's all vacant"...

The titles are more outrageous than the other!
Rookie players have their own extra popularity. The major sports media and TV stations in North America have special rookie columns, websites have rookie sections, and newspapers also have rookie columns.

In the past ten years, the audience in this area has grown more and more, because too many new talents have emerged every year, and more and more reporters are responsible for this part of the media. In previous years, there was no worry about no news, only the lack of space , I can't fit so much content, so I have to pick it up.

But in this year's preseason, on the 9th and 10th matchdays, a total of 14 games were played, and almost all rookies played. As a result, only 3 rookies scored in double figures.

Mike Miller scored the highest score of a rookie with 17 points. The errand boy Tracy McGrady passed the ball to Duncan, Mike Miller, and Armstrong. He was as happy as a fool and scored in 21 minutes in three quarters. 11 assists.

Kenyon Martin, with Marbury passing, performed several times better than the summer league, scoring 15 points, 6 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks.

But one of these two is purely catch and shoot, and the other is purely eating cakes. There is nothing worth reporting at all, just a sentence.

Only Li Ao with 14 points, 10 assists and 3 blocks in the first game!

But the amount of news is too little, so the media took a slant!
When Li Ao saw these headlines, he regretted so much. If he had known earlier, he would not have pretended to be an honest person last night.

Just answer no!

In the end, he didn't say anything, and just recruited black people for nothing.

If you want to recruit gangsters, you have to take the initiative yourself!

Two days off, just arrived in Seattle, rest this afternoon, go to the key gymnasium for training tomorrow, and there will be a game the day after tomorrow.

After watching the first game of the preseason, Vivienne, Liam, Dean Teng, Henry Bibby and others boarded the old man's small private jet and went back to Los Angeles, leaving only Jack and his wife behind He's coming to Denver.

Li Ao only knew that the old man's family actually had a private jet, he was not envious at all, he spurned the extravagance of capitalism!
It was almost dinner time, and Li Ao was about to send a text message to Jack who lived on the other floor to help him prepare dinner. Odom asked him to have dinner with him. He knew a family restaurant with good French cuisine.

He likes to explore the store, so he chose to go, so it would be good to communicate more with his teammates.

Family restaurants are very popular in the United States, and their development has long been very mature. Li Ao was very happy during this visit. The dishes are delicious and the dining environment is very comfortable.

After the meal, Odom invited Li Ao to go to the nightclub together.

Li Ao was very puzzled: "Lamar, why are you so enthusiastic, I know you are not like this."

"Is there, hahaha, this is your misunderstanding of me. I treat newcomers like this. I am a senior, so of course I have to take care of newcomers."

"You're only in the second grade."

"Let's not talk about this, you are fine tonight, right? Let's go and have fun together. I heard that the store has a very good environment. I have long wanted to visit it."

Explore the store...

Full of temptation, Li Ao nodded, paid for the meal, and took a taxi with Odom to the nightclub.

After half an hour.

Li Ao looked at the bartender with sincere eyes, and said, "I'm really 22 years old, I forgot to bring my driver's license, you have to believe me!"

The bartender reluctantly pressed the computer on the side for a while, signaling Li Ao to enter the bar.

Li Ao looked at the computer screen.

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NBA official website, his profile interface, brightly born in 1981.

This is broken NBA, I can't do other things well, but the update data is very fast!

The bartender smiled and said, "Leo, I'm your fan. I went to watch the Trojans' 32-to-16 game. I also want to buy you a drink, but I can't. If that happens, I'll be in jail. "

Li Ao was filled with grief and indignation, he said harshly, "I want to complain to you", and then angrily returned to the bar and sat down. The bartender smiled and poured a glass of soda in front of him, and he asked, "It's free?" After getting a response, he took a Gudonggudong and drank it.

Li Ao looked at Odom who was already hugging a hostess, he believed this guy's evil!

It's not good to visit any store, so I followed this guy to explore the nightclub after a brain twitch.

Forget it, at least the environment here is quite good, unlike other nightclubs where there are a bunch of shining light balls that don’t cost money for electricity, the decoration style is very simple and elegant, the passenger flow should not be particularly good, it’s after 8 o’clock, there are still quite a few vacancy.

But the price of wine on the menu is not cheap, not the kind of quantity.

Uh... Li Ao looked at the Lama who had started with the hostess, taking a sip, one cup after another...

Shame!
How can such a player be worthy of their Clippers... It seems that they really match their Clippers.

Li Ao looked at the other tables, and there were some called hostesses, but no one was as wild as Odom.

But looking at those hostesses and Odom called, there is a big difference in dressing.

It is estimated that it depends on the kind of person the customer is and arranges the kind of person.

After Li Ao finished his glass of soda, he reached out and handed the glass to the bartender: "One more free glass!"

The bartender refilled his glass with a smile.

It's also good to drink soda and listen to the resident singers sing, to relax the nerves that have been tense recently in order to cooperate well with teammates.

He's been really tired lately.

Only by watching a lot of videos, actively training with his teammates, and thinking seriously, can he have a relatively clear understanding of his teammates' playing habits and good shooting areas in just one week. What a pass.

He still has to work hard in the next two or three weeks, not just to have a relatively clear understanding, but to memorize those things by heart.

In the regular season games, chances will definitely not be as easy as in the preseason games.

What was performing on the stage was an electric male singer playing the guitar, and his makeup... was as unorthodox as he wanted to kill Matt.

Li Ao reckoned that San Antonio... No, it was the one in Orlando, he must like such a singer very much.

Sings okay.

After singing a song, the singer changed. Looking at the new female singer, Li Ao felt that his eyes had been purified.

It's not the stunning beauty, but it's very good-looking, and the figure is not thin, but rather full-bodied, mainly in a plain skirt, which is much fresher and fresher than the Sha Matt just now.

Seeing Li Ao staring at the little girl on the stage, the bartender said: "Her name is Kelly, and she is the bartender in our bar. She sings very well, and the boss asked her to sing to earn more money when she is not working."

"Oh... I can't drink, I can buy her a drink, right?"

"Sorry, no, she's younger than you."

"You can be a bartender without drinking!"

"The law doesn't stipulate how old you can sell alcohol, it just stipulates how old you can't sell alcohol."

While the two were talking, the singing had already sounded.

Li Ao looked at the girls on the stage in astonishment. It wasn't unpleasant, it was much more pleasant than the Sha Matt singer who could still be heard just now.

But, it's rock music!
Singing rock 'n' roll in this suit?
Li Ao complained to the bartender: "Singing rock and roll must take a lot of voice, right? Is there any apple juice? Buy her a drink."

"Have……"

Kelly finished singing one song, and when she was about to sing the second one, the waiter brought a glass of apple juice and said a few words.

She looked at the bar, saw Li Ao's handsome sunny face, her eyes widened, she smiled at Li Ao to express her thanks, took a sip and put it aside, and continued to sing the next song.

Li Ao stopped paying attention to the stage, and chatted with the bartender about bartending.

The bartender is also from Los Angeles, a fan of the Trojans football team, and also pays attention to basketball. After the rise of the Trojans, he became a fan of Li Ao, who led the team to rise. He is simply a social fear. As a fan, he is very tolerant of Li Ao, and he laughs when he is bullied, and chats very happily.

The little fresh rock singer finished singing, and Li Ao was about to leave. Odom was already drunk, and after paying by card, he had already put his hand into the clothes of the hostess.

Li Ao asked the bartender to call a car for Odom to take Odom back to the hotel. He didn't take the same car with Odom. If this guy was in the back row doing things that adults can do, the scene would be embarrassing.

These Americans are very wild, what if Odom or the hostess calls him together?
He didn't want to be like-minded, and he didn't want to do both.

After sending Odom and the hostess to the car, Li Ao went back to the bar, went to the bathroom, and drank too much free soda just now.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the bathroom, Li Ao ran into the girl named Kelly who was singing just now.

The other party seemed to want to say hello, he was anxious, smiled and immediately went into the bathroom.

After the release, the body and mind are relaxed.

After washing his hands and coming out, he saw that Kelly was still there.

Li Ao took the initiative to say hello: "Hi, Kelly, are you waiting for me?"

"Leo, how do you know my name?" Kelly asked in surprise.

"Clay the bartender told me, how do you know my name?"

"I watched the live broadcast of the Crazy Three finals, and you look better than on TV."

"You are also very beautiful, and you can sing very well, even better than those professional singers I heard at Memorial Stadium."

"Really? Thank you, my throat just happened to be a little dry. Without the apple juice you invited, it might not sound so good."

"Ah? If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have invited you. I'm curious what it's like if you don't sing well."

Kelly choked and felt fucked.

However, he looks so handsome!

He is also in good shape.

For the sake of her appearance, she didn't care about it and said, "Are you ready to go back to the hotel?"

"Yes, I'm going to take a taxi now."

"I drove here, let me see you off."

Li Ao feels that this girl is plotting something wrong, but he has no evidence, but if he can save the fare...

"Thank you so much. It's probably not easy to take a taxi at this time and this location."

The two did not stand in front of the bathroom, but walked out of the bar while chatting. There were taxis parked everywhere on the street outside the bar and on the opposite street. It costs a few dollars to carpool, and leave when the seat is full.

Kelly nodded and replied, "It's really not easy to take a taxi at this time, but my car is very cheap, so you can't hold it against."

On the side of the road, I saw someone coming out of the bar and was about to ask the taxi driver if he wanted to take a taxi. Hearing the conversation between the two, he felt like the Timberwolves.

Seeing the two talking and laughing as they walked towards the parking lot, the driver cursed, "Bah, deaf and blind dog and girl..."

...

In the early morning of the next day, Li Ao woke up early, and beside him lay a clean and fresh rock bar singer.

Last night, it was his turn to open a room on another floor.

You like apple juice, and I like it, and that's a reason to spend the night.

He felt very good last night. The other party was neither skillful nor wild, nor did he suck indiscriminately. Feng Yun's figure was full of temptation, but also had a gentle feeling like water. After using two saliva pockets, they hugged each other And fell asleep.

Suddenly, Li Ao thought of something, picked up the driver's license on the bedside table and looked at it.

On the road last night, I encountered a routine inspection by the traffic police. Kelly showed her driver's license and threw it on the bedside table when she got to the room.

Seeing that he was born in April 1982, Li Ao was relieved.

18 is full, full and full.

These Americans can't tell their age just by looking at their faces.

Like Vivienne, who just passed her 31st birthday in summer, she looks a little younger than this little fresh rock bar singer, without looking at her driver's license, he would have thought that Kelly was already 25-[-].

and many more!

Kelly Clarkson?
An image of an aunt appeared in Li Ao's mind.

Looking at the female singer who was sleeping soundly on the bed, he twitched his mouth a few times.

If it's really that Kelly, those years are really a fodder, so don't be too cruel.

Li Ao took a shower, went to the restaurant to eat the breakfast delivered by Jack, and brought a breakfast for Kelly by the way.

Kelly also woke up and got dressed. During breakfast, neither of them did anything extra, they exchanged contact information. Kelly asked Li Ao to tell him the next time he came to Seattle to play a game, and she sang to him. listen.

Li Ao agreed, regardless of whether it is the singer who will be destroyed by the years in the future, anyway, he just sings well.

But he put this aside first, the next time he comes to Seattle seems to be at the end of next month, it's still early.

After a wonderful night, following the team to the Key Stadium, he became more active in team training.

The players who have been wandering all year round are under pressure. In the game against the Nuggets, the coaching staff has made it very clear through the lineup rotation. Although Tan Hualang is not the core of tactics, the player rotation is based on the degree of adaptation with Li Ao.

Whoever can adapt faster to partner with Li Ao and cooperate better with Li Ao will be able to get more playing time in the regular season.

Seeing that the players were so active, Gentry sighed at Li Ao's unique leadership ability.

He had heard Henry Bibby say it, but he didn't know how amazing it was until he really felt it.

Another day passed, on October 10th, at 13 pm, the Clippers' second preseason game, the away game against the Sonics, started.

The day before yesterday, Li Ao didn't waste the time to say that he had never lost before, but he lost today.

86 to 95, the Clippers lost away.

Li Ao will be forced to make more calls tonight. The opponent is a fairly mature team. Under the leadership of Payton and Ewing, the team has done a good job defensively. Open, Li Ao can only rely on his personal ability to run around the pile to catch the ball and shoot.

However, although he took a lot of shots, he had a good hit rate.

20投9中，其中三分球3中1，加上4中3的罚球，拿到22分6板4助攻1抢断2盖帽。

The worst performer was undoubtedly Greg Anthony, who played relatively simple, and was defended by Payton, who was at his peak.

On the contrary, McGinnis and Boykins, who played blindly, played well against Payton's defense, at least not holding back.

Kenyon Dooling was the worst when he faced Payton. The waves were not as good as McGinnis and Boykins, and he was not as stable as the experienced Greg Anthony.

In fact, the player Payton wants to target tonight is Li Ao, who likes to abuse food the most.

However, with Li Ao's off-ball style, the 32-year-old Payton couldn't catch up after a while, so he could only abuse the Clippers guards.

Li Ao had no choice but to taste his first loss since he started his career.

It doesn't really matter, it will come anyway.

He looked at Lewis, Salmond Williams, and Brent Barry, three pitchers who made over 4% of their three-pointers last season, with endless envy in his eyes.

Especially Brent Barry, who was originally on their team!

(End of this chapter)