From sparring to superstar

Chapter 208 206. Jermaine O'Neill: I feel like I'm going to lie down again (full 4W recommended tickets plus more updates)
The Clippers' training camp unfolded in an orderly manner.

The first time is raw and the second time is familiar, Li Ao's training camp this year is not as curious as last year, focusing on what he should do.

Familiar with the running route after Jordan and Bibby, help teammates with insufficient tactical understanding to understand tactics, observe teammates' running habits, passing and receiving habits, shooting habits... and even grab Gerald Hua Lester practiced his scoring ability.

Gerald Wallace was surprised when Leo went to practice cutting to the rim after team practice.

He asked puzzledly: "Boss, isn't my position a defensive vanguard on the bench? Michael also said that I am as strong as Oakley. Let me watch Oakley's videos more."

"You can't give up on yourself just because you look like Oakley..."

Gerald - Wallace: (▼dish▼#)
At this point, if he hadn't been pressed on the floor and hammered in February last year, he would have jumped up and hit someone!

We trained together 19 times last season, and he already has resistance, and he endured it.

"It's okay to learn his defense. Your defensive talent is very good, but your offensive talent is also very good. It would be a waste not to develop your offense. Do you really want to be the next Oakley? Can you play with him?"

"There's nothing wrong with being Oakley. He can play for more than ten years and earn 5000 million! If he can't fight, I don't want to fight. I can pretend to be fierce. I still look as fierce as Oakley." of."

Li Ao: ()
This junior was only thinking about making money, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with wanting to make money, but he felt that Gerald Wallace's thinking was just wrong.

A player's name suddenly flashed in his mind, and there it is!
"Ever heard of Brian Grant?"

Gerald Wallace responded: "I know, Shelby also prepared Grant's defensive highlights for me to study."

"Grant and Oakley are both fierce defensive players, but he has more hands-on shots and pick-and-roll cuts than Oakley. After his current contract is over, he will earn 12 million in 1 years."

Gerald Wallace: (⊙_⊙)
!!!∑(Дノ)ノ

"Boss! I want to learn to attack! Teach me!"

"It's good to learn, but I can't teach you."

"why?"

"I don't know as many frame-attacking skills as you. You can learn from Lafonso. He is good at this."

Li Ao admitted without hesitation that his attacking skills were not as good as that of a rookie, and Wallace, who was a rookie himself, was stunned for a while.

In the eyes of Gerald Wallace, Li Ao is regarded as a superior existence in the basketball industry. Henry Bibby often uses Li Ao to motivate him. Just got 1000 million US dollars in endorsement fees, and as a rookie after entering the NBA, he got hundreds of millions of endorsement fees...

He can't say he loves basketball, it's just the sport he is best at, and he doesn't have any admiration for basketball stars.

He lived in a chaotic and poor town since he was a child. His dream is to be a policeman, an FBI agent, to protect himself and his mother.

Playing basketball is purely for making money, and his mother is positive and strict in his education, so he takes his study and work seriously and hard. After working in the basketball industry, he trains hard and concentrates on playing.

But when Li Ao said 'I'm not as good as a rookie', he hit Gerald Wallace's heart.

This is the example he should follow!
Some people fall in love with basketball first, and then like a certain player.

There are also people who fall in love with a certain player first, or because of the achievements, or the screen image, or because of the person's personality and work style...and then fall in love with basketball.

Gerald Wallace now only thinks that he wants to take Li Ao as a role model, learn from Li Ao's humble and hard-working attitude in work, and at the same time he has more interest in basketball.

He had read a legendary story reported by Sports Illustrated. Li Ao got into fights a hundred times a year when he was a freshman. Its name is 'executing justice'.

USC had already wanted to expel Li Ao, but the Trojans champion coach Henry Bibby rescued Li Ao, brought him to the Trojans, let him vent his energy in the game, and finally gave birth to the "Trojans" who shocked the United States. People legendary genius'.

This legendary experience also made Li Ao countless fans.

Gerald Wallace is very curious, does basketball really have such magic power?

After he came back to his senses, he quickly shook his head to get rid of distracting thoughts. It's working time now.

He asked: "No one is better than the god of basketball, right? Why don't you learn from him?"

Li Ao rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, I'll take you to learn from him."

After speaking, Li Ao walked towards Jordan.

Gerald Wallace excited to keep up, possibly learning from the basketball gods, so cool!

When Jordan heard Li Ao say that Gerald Wallace wanted to learn how to attack the frame from him, he immediately became interested and could teach others how to play!so happy!
Jordan took a second look at Gerald Wallace. He was strong. He remembered that his rookie teammate was very fast and flexible when he moved around.

He is a good seedling who can be taught!
In fact, no one told Gerald Wallace 'You are only suitable for being a defensive leader', but the coaching staff assigned him the tactical role of a defender on the bench based on his current ability, Jordan said casually' You're as strong as my former teammate Oakley', and with Shelby Jordan, who coached him, only playing defense, he was obsessed with becoming the next Oakley.

One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer... No, it is because one has a correct attitude towards learning and the other is highly motivated to teach. Jordan immediately found a half-time to start teaching.

On the second day, Gerald Wallace came to the Memorial Stadium half an hour early and went directly to Rafonso Ellis to learn the skills of cutting and attacking the frame, and did not give Jordan the opportunity to catch him to learn...

He was about to collapse yesterday afternoon.

What do you mean by rushing in and jumping up, avoiding the defense this way and that, and putting the ball into the basket after the opponent falls down and can't interfere?
Boss, you tricked me!Thank you for taking you as a role model!Wait, it seems that I offered to learn from the god of basketball... Vaco!I just said why the boss's eyes were so weird at that time!
...

A few days passed and a new month arrived.

On October 10st, the media day came, and a large number of media reporters poured into the Memorial Stadium.

The new players of the Clippers were surprised by the number of media. They couldn't fit in such a big training ground. Fortunately, Wally Walker was already prepared and rented several adjacent training grounds to divert them.

Each Clippers player is surrounded by multiple cameras and reporters, including two rookies, Gerald Wallace and Jaron Collins, who have enjoyed superstar-level media treatment.

Of course, most of the questions asked were related to Li Ao and Jordan.

In this training camp, the Clippers players were extremely excited.

Last season's 51 wins, this season has been reinforced, and they have higher expectations for the results.

The man they were most excited about was Michael Jordan.

In the past few days, they have been amazed-as expected of the gods of basketball!

It has been 3 years since he retired, and at the age of 38, Jordan still has such a strong strength!
The young players of the Clippers have held back for several days, wanting to complain about Jordan.

In the past few days, it’s too funny for Jordan to come out at this age to get the maximum salary, Ballmer should sell your software, if you think too much money, you can kill me, the Clippers set sail are about to hit an iceberg, Stockton and Malone Finally a chance to abuse Jordan... Such remarks continue.

At the beginning, Jordan won as many black fans as he defeated, and now the "backlash" is coming.

Jordan didn't bother to respond with words, but the young players of the Clippers were not happy. Now they finally have a chance, and they started to rant!
Big Q, the Chicago native, has the loudest voice.

"Ma Long? Let him wash his neck and wait! When he faces God, there is only one result - lose!

The boss is right, Ma Long should retire and become a postman. In the postman class, he has stronger endurance than others and may become a champion. "

"O'Neal, hahahahaha, how dare you bring up the center who was swept away by the dream? He also took advantage of Michael's lack of preparation and stole a series victory, and Michael swept him the next year."

"..."

"..."

For this, Jordan was very useful. He didn't bother to respond, he just tried to save face, and he was of course happy to have teammates to help reply a few words.

As for offending a certain player... He dared to come back, so he was afraid of it?

There is only one person on the team who feels like he is going to spiral again-O'Neal.

Little O'Neal, who was in a sad mood, was suddenly taken aback—why again?
Vaco!It's not enough for a Spider-Man to draw hatred, another basketball god is here!
...

After the media day, the Clippers continued to conduct intensive tactical training and team training games.

How arrogant the media day is, how scared the Clippers players are now.

Especially the phrase "just because there is no center now" that Big Q yelled... It can be predicted what they will encounter in the opening game.

However, they still have confidence in the strength of their own team.

As a point guard, Mike Bibby was better than most of his teammates expected.

Mike Bibby has been described by the media as a data brush before, and was brought together with Jamison, and the reputation was very bad.

But during the training camp, the teammates learned about Mike Bibby, which was completely different from the impression.

He has good skills, a calm personality, and doesn't talk much and trains frequently. Even Spiderman relies heavily on this new point guard. When encountering tactical problems, he will always discuss with Mike Bibby.

Greg Anthony, a seasoned veteran.

Boykins, the fastest player on the team, an excellent substitute assaulter, has the league's top counterattack ability.

As for the shooting guard, Li Ao, their boss.

Big Q, good three-pointers, fast counterattack, tough defense and focus.

Piakowski, an excellent backup pitcher, is excellent in the middle and long range.

Steve Kerr, who has rich game experience, has provided a lot of training help to his teammates.

As for the small forward, Jordan, god, old and strong, has the best skills in the team, and the team is the strongest when he is physically strong.

Matt Harprin, the captain of the team, is an iron-blooded tough guy. He has excellent long two-pointers, strong running positions, and brave attacking the frame.

Gerald Wallace, strong and aggressive rookie.

For power forward, Odom, left-handed magician.

Rafonso Ellis, has excellent defense, has a mid-range shot, and has top-notch cutting skills.

As for the center forward, O'Neal Jr. has a strong defense, his offensive skills are getting better, his mid-range shots are accurate, and his talent is so regrettable.

Sean Lukes, a veteran with rich game experience and active play.

Jaron Collins, the treasure picked up in the second round, is a tough center like Matt Harprin, with solid basic defensive skills and excellent combat power.

I don’t know if other teams mistakenly think that the Cardinals only have one center. After all, the two centers look exactly the same, so they missed this one. The performance in the training camp stage is already better than that of the veteran Sean Lukes. Excellent, O'Neal Jr.'s evaluation of him - better than Chris Mihm in his rookie year.

This year's lineup is so much better than last year, they are more confident, and at the same time, they are more stressed.

They felt that the boss said a lot-if we have talents like ours, if we fail to realize our talents because of not working hard enough, and our results are not as good as last season, it is too shameful.

In addition to the arrogant words they said in front of the cameras of hundreds of media...

Train hard!Get it done ASAP!Strive for good grades!
Under the leadership of Li Ao, Jordan, and Matt Harprin, Gentry was pleasantly surprised by the progress of the Clippers' tactical training.

The new two starters, Mike Bier, fit in as well as they expected.

But compared to the speed of integrating into tactics, Jordan is even stronger.

The style of play of divine players has a wide range of adaptations, because they don't stick to the ball. If you see that they have a high ball possession rate, there is only one reason-there are countless singles.

Their high ball possession rate is not because they have to hold the ball to find passing opportunities and wait for their teammates to move, but because they feel that they have an opportunity when they hold the ball and go directly to it.

Maybe the divine players don't play like traditional shooting guards, but in terms of adaptability, they are really as versatile as the players who were only responsible for catching, shooting and defending before the 80s.

A week passed, and on October 10th, the training camp ended.

On the 8th, he had a day off. On the 9th, Li Ao left Los Angeles with the team and flew to Sacramento to start the preseason tour.

After a night's rest, on the morning of October 10th, Li Ao got up earlier than his teammates. After breakfast, he went alone to the Sports Landscape Avenue, which was 10 minutes' walk away, where the Arco Arena, home of the Kings, was located.

After trotting all the way to Sports Landscape Avenue, Li Ao felt envious.

Is this the charm of the basketball god?
It's just a preseason game, and it's still an away game. This road in the old city is covered with red floor tiles full of history, and there are already a lot of fans wearing the Bulls' No. 23 jersey.

Arriving at the Arco Arena, Li Ao put on the training uniforms that the team staff had prepared yesterday.

He opened the main interface of the system.

"Name: Li Ao.

Age: 20 (August 1981, 8).

Height: 203 cm, arm span: 227 cm.

Weight: 104.6 kg.

Comprehensive evaluation: 83.

身体素质：速度92（爆发加速92），力量90（爆发力91），弹跳88（弹速93），柔韧性92，体力92……

Basic skills: 78 three-pointers, 90 mid-range shots, 91 layups, 80 hooks, 76 ball control, 86 passing balls... 89 step-backs, 92 lateral moves, 91 rounds... 79 strides, 81 turns, 82 emergency stops , leaning back 72, high back 78, turning over 74...

Skills: 80 hooks, 85 catching and turning shots, 84 catch-and-shoot jump shots, 79 high-post techniques, 71 turn-around jump shots, 71 fadeaway jump shots, 67 stop-and-go jump shots..."

After an offseason of hard work, what he is good at has become better. The newly developed technology has also reached a fairly good level. The basic skills and application skills of post-up singles are already close to excellent. The newly developed breakthrough emergency stop jumper, He also got started smoothly under hard training.

There are also straight-line breakthroughs with the ball and counterattacks with the ball that cannot be seen in the system evaluation. They have also made great progress.

Although the offensive method is still very simple, but the strengths are strong enough.

Recalling the grand occasion when the 38-year-old Jordan came back, he was full of yearning.

However, the longing scene needs to be down-to-earth step by step.

His current goal - to improve the overall evaluation to first-class!
　Ask for a monthly pass!Ask for a recommendation ticket!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)