From sparring to superstar

Chapter 202 200. Popovich Curses Online...

When Li Ao returned home, neighbors and relatives not far away came to visit every day, and there was never a shortage of people in the small courtyard.

He doesn't feel noisy, and every day when he comes back from training in the factory, he chats with his relatives and neighbors for a while.

Zhou Limei knew that her cub was good at chatting, so she let her relatives and neighbors in every day, not afraid of affecting her cub.

It is not very convenient to go back to China for training. Going to a professional stadium will definitely attract crowds.

Not everyone knows him. After he comes back, he can go shopping normally. As long as he doesn’t specially surround himself with a group of bodyguards, people will at most look at him a few times because of his height and good looks, and they don’t know him. mostly.

But going to the stadium is different. These days, that place is still a consumption place for the 'rich'.

So when Li Ao's father came back last time, he bought professional ball racks, floors, etc., and installed them in the factory for training when his cubs came back this time.

When Li Ao went to the factory this time, he found out that the land had been changed. He guessed that his parents would not use the money he gave him, but he didn't expect it to be used to buy land and build a new factory building...very wise!
The location of the new factory building may be demolished in ten or twenty years.

He is going to invest in his parents so that they can continue to expand the factory if they have money.

He can't help but imagine the wonderful old life in the future...

Time passed day by day, Li Ao practiced every day, went home for dinner, chatted with relatives and friends, and occasionally went shopping, living a very comfortable life.

In his spare time, he will pay attention to the situation in the NBA.

This year's offseason has been quieter than he expected.

After the finals of last season, there were many trading rumors and rumors that players wanted to change teams.

But on July 7, after Colangelo announced the cancellation of the early flanking violation and the addition of three seconds of defense, the free market immediately quieted down, and none of the big-name players moved.

The championship teams are all recruiting, and the stars are also gearing up to make an OK combination.

After the opening of the free market, the most concerned free agent change team was Joe Smith's return to the Timberwolves with a full middle class of $6 million in 3400 years.

Li Ao felt that Joe Smith had true love for Garnett. The Pistons gave him a chance to start and gave him the right to play.

On the 25th, Li Ao saw the news that Jordan sold his shares in the Wizards and resigned as the vice president of the Wizards.

He already knew this from Jordan.

Jordan bought a small amount of equity in the Wizards at the beginning of 2000 and became a small boss. If he wanted to come back, he had to sell the equity.

Li Ao could vaguely hear that Jordan regretted buying the shares of the Wizards. When talking about this, Jordan mentioned the forced auction of the Clippers by the league.

In this regard, Li Ao feels fortunate. If Boss Qiao buys the shares of the Clippers, he will absolutely seriously consider going back to college.

The gap between boss Jordan and Wally Walker may not be filled by a man with a logo.

However, during the reign of President Joe, the Wizards did not choose Kwame Brown for the second pick, but exchanged the second pick for Elton Brand, which surprised Li Ao.

Has Jordan's operational ability improved to Baylor's level?

It's rare to make a big deal. Brand is the No. 99 pick in the 20 draft. He has just played for two years and averaged 10+[-] per game for two consecutive years. He has top-notch offense and rebounds and excellent defense.

On July 7, Li Ao received news from the team that the Clippers had dug Steve Kerr from the Spurs.

He thought he would sign an inside substitute, but Gentry said that he wanted to find a senior who was good at catching three-pointers to take him to practice three-pointers.

He thinks this is not bad. Although their inside manpower is not as full as last season, there is no shortage of regular rotation. He thought that the team would sign an insider.

However, Gentry said it soundingly, and Li Ao felt that Skywalker's cousin wanted to avenge the target of the Spurs last season.

The last game against the Spurs was very dangerous. If the Spurs really succeeded in overshadowing them in that game, they only got 50 wins, and they would have to fall to the eighth place in the Western Conference. They met invincible OK in the first round. Team history Passing the first round for the first time will definitely be useless, and there is no possibility of struggling at all.

The Spurs also gave Cole a contract extension, 1 million dollars a year, and the Clippers did not add much, 220%, 10 million dollars a year. The Spurs did not match this price, hoping to rely on three years 'Friendship' keeps Kerr on the team.

But you can go to Los Angeles, and $22 is a lot of money. When he first joined the Bulls seven years ago, his salary was only $7, so he decided to leave.

Li Ao felt that the Spurs were miserable this summer, and Cole was not the only one who was poached.

The young general Johnson was poached by the Nuggets with the full middle class of $3 million in three years.

Samaki Walker was poached by the Lakers.

Elliott chose to retire.

Veteran forward swingman Jalen Jackson was poached by the Magic.

Derek Anderson applied for a transfer, and the Spurs had no choice but to trade the 26-year-old Derek Anderson with the Trail Blazers in exchange for the 31-year-old Steve Smith.

The role player lineup that the Spurs created for Duncan last season was completely divided by the teams.

Li Ao seems to have seen the picture of Popovich swearing wildly...

Soon, on August 8st, a new month arrived, and Li Ao's birthday in the Gregorian calendar also arrived.

His real birthday is actually August 8th, the second day of July. Today he celebrated with his neighbors and relatives and friends. On the second day of July, several members of his family celebrated privately.

Of course, they also attached great importance to today. Many people came, people from the agency, friends from the media, heads of sponsors, neighbors, distant relatives... Li Ao's father hired a restaurant to entertain him.

The old professor's family next door also came. When he saw the beautiful young lady next door, Li Ao secretly called out that something was wrong, and the auntie assistant ran over!

Sure enough, when he leaned over, he heard the young lady talking about his lovelorn drinking and alcoholism after graduating from junior high school.

This matter is nothing, the key is that he was sent to the pediatrics department!
Hearing the two of them chatting and laughing out loud, Li Aosheng has nothing to love...

Fortunately, Yao Ming, who was far away in Shanghai, also rushed over, which made Li Ao feel a little bit of comfort.

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After a lively birthday, on August 8rd, Li Ao, the hospital assistant aunt, and mother took AJ's special plane to leave the capital and fly to Los Angeles.

At this time, Li Ao felt the benefits of hiring a nanny. The house has been kept clean, and the flowers and plants planted by his mother in the yard, as well as the vegetables pretending to be potted, are also well taken care of.

It's been a while since I left, and I need to buy a lot of things. Li Ao rested for two days, went to the supermarket with his mother, and worked as a porter.

On August 8th, after Li Ao woke up at 6 o'clock in the morning, he didn't go back to sleep. He got up directly, did morning exercises, took a bath, helped his mother make breakfast, and returned to the rhythm of work.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the neighbor next door who had made an appointment to train together came to Li Ao's house.

Kobe politely greeted Li Ao's mother and sent greetings to Vivian, without even looking at Li Ao, he walked to the warehouse training ground by himself.

Where did you mess with Snake?
Didn't this guy hang up on him after sending the video of training with Jordan last time?
Li Ao followed in confusion. After walking into the training ground, he saw Kobe take out a gift box from his bag and put it on the small table in the rest area.

Li Ao: (￣～￣)
That's it!

He said: "Oh, don't be awkward. The birthday on the 1st is just for ordinary friends. Our flower growers have our calendar. According to our calendar, my real birthday is on the 20th of this month. I will call you when the time comes." Come to eat."

Kobe stared at Li Ao for a few seconds, confirming that this guy was telling the truth.

His eyes flickered and he said, "Number 20? I'm number 23."

"..." Li Ao responded with squinted eyes: "If you want to invite me to dinner, just say so, so awkward."

The afro's hair seemed to explode, and he shouted: "Then don't come!"

"I don't, it's a fool not to have a meal."

Kobe took a deep breath, closed his mouth, and exhaled heavily from his nostrils. He nodded to the waiting trainer, warmed up, and practiced fadeaway jumpers.

Li Ao also warmed up to practice basic skills and techniques. He has adapted to the unstable shooting and passing caused by gaining weight and strength, and has reached the stage of intensive training.

Individual training in the morning and two hours of sparring starting at [-]:[-] pm.

Now Li Ao and Kobe's duel has transitioned from the former's pure defense to Li Ao's attacking one group and Kobe's attacking two or three groups.

I haven't trained together for more than two months. Kobe felt the pressure when defending Li Ao's back.

This made Kobe feel bad. After two hours of sparring, he immediately started to practice fadeaway jumpers.

This big spider is progressing too fast!
I haven't played against each other for more than two months, and my post-up technique has become more mature. It is no problem to be used as a regular offensive method in the game.

Moreover, his strength has been significantly improved. With the inertia of his weight when he hit the impact, it was already quite difficult for him, who has some strength advantages, to carry it hard.

Now he can still bully the big spider because he is not proficient enough, but with the speed of the big spider's progress, in two months, he probably will be difficult to be locked up, at most it will be a restriction.

Originally, he was not good at defending off the ball, but now he can't defend against one-on-one singles. Kobe has nothing to do about it. There is a size gap, and back-ups are the best way to play big and small. It is very rare to be able to barely lock the big spider now. He is glad that he changed from the main offense to the first development of defense because he was blown away by Iverson. Prevent the big spider from hitting back under any circumstances.

There is a limitation of size difference on the defensive end, which cannot be changed, so Kobe chose to come from the offensive end!
In fact, he decided very early on that one day he would not be able to guard against this big spider who is quick to learn everything, so he will blow him up on the offensive end!

Li Ao also did extra training after the two-hour practice, the content was passing the ball and accelerating the breakthrough in a straight line. Compared with last summer, his physical strength has improved a lot. At that time, he only had the top physical strength of the university. Now he is a real NBA 92. physical strength.

...

On the second day, James Worthy and Skywalker came to Li Ao's house after their vacation and continued to guide Li Ao in training.

The star of the team came, Kobe also had the cheek to rub class, Skywalker also rubbed together, the idol of the idol is almost equal to the idol, there is no shame.

Not to mention asking for advice from these two with no grievances, he also ran to Oakland in the middle of last month, and Payton, who was back in his hometown for vacation, learned off-ball defense.

Although Payton was extremely displeased with this afro, he was approached by Jordan's successor for advice, and Payton still taught him.

The NBA has entered a long grass period. This summer, there is no soap opera of "Where is Duncan going", and the fans have a very boring life.

On Li Ao's side, entering the intensive training of basic skills and techniques is also very boring. It is far less interesting than when developing techniques, just repeating and repeating.

Three-pointers, post-ups, straight-line breakthroughs with the ball, emergency stop jump shots, these newly developed techniques are not bad, and intensive training can see progress.

But mid-range shots and catch-and-shoot jumpers, these really depend on time to accumulate.

Rao loves to play the game so much, and he also had the idea that 'the mid-range shot is already good, and it is good to be able to reach the top with skill bonus catch-and-shoot', but there is a paranoid next to him...keep practicing!

Catching and shooting is very good, but singles shooting with the ball can't trigger the 'catch and shoot expert', you have to improve your hard power.

The goal of this summer - the top of the CIC!
Time passed day by day. On the 20th, Li Ao celebrated his birthday. There were quite a lot of people invited this time, and there was enough in the yard. Kobe and his wife, Dean Teng, the old man, the coaching staff, a few teammates, Bibby and his son , Gerald Wallace, the old captain White Mamba who was also selected at the beginning of the second round, Jessica who has a close personal relationship...

His father also came from China to celebrate his birthday and left the next day.

After receiving his son's investment, Li Weidong continued to buy land to expand the factory building. He did not expand production blindly, but expanded the factory area purely for the sake of expanding the factory area.

On the 23rd, Kobe invited three members of Li Ao's family to his house for a birthday party, a birthday dinner for five people.

There are more guests than the host's family. Li Ao feels...it's pretty good. After two lively birthdays, it's also a different experience to have a quiet birthday once in a while.

It's just that Kobe is a little puzzled, the gift that the big spider gave him is a flute?
He seems to have seen this instrument in an Indian movie, but he doesn't know how to use it!He only knows piano and violin.

But he, who is eager to learn, decided to learn this, and if he wants to learn, he must be number one in the NBA!

He saw that the big spider took out another flute, and he played it very well, he couldn't lose to this guy!
Soon August will end, September 8st will arrive, and the offseason will enter the last month.

The NBA officially announced the schedule for the new season, and Li Ao burst into tears when he saw the schedule.

Although it is not as overbearing as the neighbor's schedule, it is also the schedule that a strong team should have, and finally it is not seen as a fish.

There is another good news today, the team has been strengthened inside!
They completed a deal with the Timberwolves, using Kenyon Doolin and Brian Skinner as bargaining chips, in exchange for Garnett's substitute Lafonso Ellis last season!
(End of this chapter)