From sparring to superstar

Chapter 297 295. Crazy offseason ([-] words)

The Lakers fans ridiculed Jordan last year when the Clippers signed him to a maximum salary, and they are scolding him now.

Li Ao was on the phone with Gentry while browsing the news.

Gentry said: "Michael has renewed his contract, so what we have to do next is simple."

Li Ao responded: "There is a perfect answer sheet next door for us to copy."

"Now there is a question. When Michael was chatting with me just now, he said that he wanted to help with recruitment. He must be very attractive to free agents, but during the contract extension negotiations, he expressed his thoughts on offseason operations. … It’s very special.”

"It doesn't matter. I just had a phone call with the big boss. The big boss is going to take Jordan to Europe to visit some countries in the next month. Michael will definitely not want to miss this kind of limelight."

"A month should be enough."

Gentry breathed a sigh of relief. This move by his beloved disciple fundamentally eliminated the terrible thing of Jordan intervening in management operations.

Gentry continued: "Since we don't have Michael's Bird rights, we have retained Mike and Matt's Bird rights to suspend the renewal process, leaving him with tens of millions of annual salary space. If he does not renew, this space is okay It is used to introduce ball-handling offensive stars in the forward and defensive line. Now that Michael has renewed his contract with a minimum salary, we can give up his early bird rights, and then officially renew his contract with a special exception of the veteran's minimum salary. We still have tens of millions of annual salary space. Wally asked me to help him Let me ask you, is it necessary to continue the plan to introduce forward and defensive stars?"

"I believe Michael can still play well next season. Ignoring high-paid players for now, having one more striker may affect our current style of play, so let's start with the substitutes.

We already have two highly paid interior substitutes in Campbell and Hill, and Matt can play power forward, so there is no need to reinforce the power forward position.

If the defensive small forward can be strengthened, then strengthen it. If we can't poach someone, we can increase Gerrard's playing time.

It seems Steve is planning to renew his contract for another year, right?We already have the backup veteran pitching staff.

Now our primary goal is to strengthen the point guard line. Earl has left, Greg has retired, and we only have Mike left on the point guard line.

Counting Steve, we now only have 12 players. Adding a backup point guard and a backup point guard is the best option. Next is the No. 4 center. We need manpower to defend O'Neal..."

With the full score answer sheet of the next door neighbor placed there, Li Ao's analysis was very simple.

After listening, Gentry responded: "Your ideas are the same as what we discussed..."

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After communicating with the team about the offseason signing plan, Li Ao left it alone.

Digging substitutes is not like recruiting stars. Role players want more than just championships. Salary is the key.

When recruiting stars, the team can change its playing style for the stars, but when recruiting role players, it is necessary to consider whether the players are suitable from the perspective of the management and coaching staff.

These are left to the team's professionals. Li Ao continues to be busy with his business activities, and at the same time seizes the time for strength training.

On July 7th, the promotional activities for Li Ao's last stop in the Imperial City ended. This year's offseason work was successfully concluded, and it was time to officially enter the offseason training.

In the past few days, he received two pieces of good news.

One is that the second point guard has been established.

Yugoslavian combo guard Marko Jaric, the second pick in the second round of the same class, decided to play in the NBA, and the Clippers signed him with a three-year, $2 million contract.

This salary is quite high. Caron Butler, the 10th overall pick this year, only has so much in the first three years of his rookie contract.

Another good news has nothing to do with the Clippers. Wang Zhizhi returned to the national team smoothly and there was no "refusal to return" incident.

The main reason is that Wang Zhizhi played well last season, averaging 19 minutes per game, 8.2 points and 3.8 rebounds, and averaging 41.4 three-pointers per game with a 1.4% three-point shooting rate.

Nelson announced that he would pick up defense again next season, saying that offense would be a dead end, so he did not renew his contract with Wang Zhizhi.

But Wang Zhizhi received invitations from many teams. When it was clear that he could get the contract, the Bayi team came out to help him mediate and obtained half a month from the Blue Association so that he could go to those teams that were interested in him. The team tried out and got a 2-year, 600 million contract from the Heat. With the help of Schwartz, he did not need to participate in the Orlando Summer League at the end of the month and successfully returned to the team on the 16th.

As an athlete, how much privilege you want to gain in this field mainly depends on your performance.

After signing Yaric, the Clippers management focused on recruiting center candidates. They wanted to introduce another big meat shield. The first target was Adonal Foyle of the Warriors, but the Warriors The asking price was too high, and he asked for two first-round picks. Wally Walker felt that the Warriors management had lost their minds, so he gave up decisively and went to talk to Danny Ainge, the new general manager of the Celtics. Look. Can you beat the autumn wind again?

Danny Ainge wants to blacklist Wally Walker's mobile phone number, but the other party is the Lakers' new rival... He still has the patience to chat slowly and use his contacts to help find out which meat shield center has the right price.

Now the price of meat shield centers is still rising. There is Duncan in the East and O'Neal in the West. If the major championship teams want to cross these two hurdles and enter the finals, they all need meat shields.

With Foyle's ability, everyone is clamoring for a six-year, $6 million early contract extension. If the Warriors don't sell him in the next two years, they will keep him with tears in his eyes. After all, he has raised so much money. After many years, I couldn’t bear to let go until I sold it.

Ben Wallace would cry when he saw it. He worked hard to get a two-year, $2 million early contract extension. A human shield can get a salary similar to his just by standing under the basket.

Wally Walker was busy with recruitment work. After retaining the core lineup, Gentry began to work on further improving the team system. Li Ao returned to the Imperial Capital on the 20th and rested for two nights. The offseason began on the 22nd. training work.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Li Ao came to his father's factory. The fenced area of ​​the yard had become larger again, and it looked impressive from the outside.

Entering the gate...the environment is very good, full of vegetables.

The factory area has been expanded, but production has not been expanded. The land cannot be left unused and must be turned into vegetable gardens.

When he arrived at the training ground, the trainer was already ready. Li Ao didn't waste time and started to warm up.

During the warm-up, he glanced at the system screen. A few days ago, his strength had increased to 91, and his explosive power had also increased to 92.

It’s not just the past half month of lifting that increased my strength from 90 to 91. It’s a combination of the competition in the second half of last season, recent professional strength training, and the natural growth of my body.

Compared with the first two years of professional training, this improvement rate is very slow, and it seems to be almost over. According to the trainer's judgment, at this stage, if he wants to significantly improve his strength in a short period of time, he must gain weight. OK.

In the long term, there is still room for improvement in static strength. After reaching a certain age, explosive strength will begin to decline and static strength will increase.

At the beginning of last season, he had plans to gain weight.

At that time, Jordan had not yet found his position on the defensive end. Odom's performance in defending most power forwards was poor, and the team lacked defenders at the power forward position.

But later Jordan made it clear what he should do on the defensive end, and after adjusting for a period of time, he did a good job. Not only was he no longer the one holding him back on the defensive end, he also became a key part of the team's starting lineup on the defensive end. Odom To lead the second team, Matt Halprin plays the main role, the team's defensive system is perfect... It becomes less necessary for Li Ao to gain weight to help protect the frame.

Speed ​​and flexibility are more important.

By winning the championship, both finals-related tasks have been completed.

The second goal of 'Glory Belongs to Angel City' was completed and 2 achievement points were obtained.

'Dancing with the Gods' completed all goals and received 5 achievement points, three-step world level 1 and level 5 skill upgrade cards, and 1 advanced attribute point.

Season summary, winning the championship and getting 10 achievement points.

I used the level 5 skill upgrade card as soon as I got it, and upgraded the 'residual health' to the full level.

"Residual health level 5: 1. When the host falls into a fatigue state and is behind within 10 points, it will enter a hot state and its core strength will be greatly improved. 2. After every goal in the residual health state, the physical strength will rebound slightly. If the score is still behind after a goal is scored, the remaining health status will continue.

Note: The hot feeling state will not provide a physical bonus. The host must find a way to get space to take off and exert force to avoid falling into the same dilemma as the rookie Black Mamba's three-pointer due to insufficient force. "

The attribute points are temporarily useless at the moment. I will wait until the strength training is over to see if the speed and flexibility are affected. Whichever has the greater impact will be improved.

Now that his strength had increased to 91, Li Ao did not feel the decline in speed and flexibility. The speed on the system panel was still 93 and the flexibility was still 92. He added advanced attribute points to the bounce, raising the bounce to 90 and the bullet speed. It subsequently increased to 95.

Improving the bounce to the top and the bounce speed to beyond the top, although the importance is ranked after speed and flexibility, it is also very important for him who is now being guarded more and more tightly.

Looking at more than 48 achievement points... I have never had such a rich offseason!
"Level 1 of the Three-Step World: After the host successfully breaks through, the speed of the second step will be +1, and the speed of the third step will be +1."

3万4千成就点砸了出去，1张2级技能升级卡和1张3级技能升级卡到手，李敖将‘三步天下’升到了3级。

"Level 3 of the Three-Step World: After the host successfully breaks through, the speed of the second step will be +2, and the speed of the third step will be +2."

When you upgrade to level 2, the bonus in the third step increases by 1 point. When you upgrade to level 3, the bonus in the second step increases by 1 point.

Direct, hard-core, Li Ao likes this skill. He just needs to find a way to improve his breakthrough. There is no need for supporting technology to trigger this skill.

After glancing at the comprehensive evaluation, he turned off the system and, with the help of the trainer, began training tasks related to the basic skills of three-pointers and mid-range shots.

I haven’t played basketball for more than a month, and I also conducted strength training for more than half a month. My shooting feeling has been greatly affected. The training in the past few days was mainly to regain my shooting feeling.

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Li Ao has entered training mode. In the NBA, the free market is quite lively.

Larry Bird stayed dormant for two years after failing to bring in O'Neal Jr. in 2000. After freeing up salary space this summer, he finally took action!

First, Larry Hughes was hired from the Warriors for $3 million over three years.

Larry Hughes, a player in the 98 class, signed a rookie contract before the lockout. The Warriors did not have the right to match the home team, so they couldn't keep him even if they wanted to. Larry Hughes had long wanted to escape.

According to ESPN, Larry Hughes initially wanted to follow his idol Jordan, and the Clippers were also interested. Unfortunately, the Clippers had too many shooting guards, so he finally chose the sincere Pacers.

Big Bird's actions didn't stop. After determining the outside core, he used Jaylen Rose, who averaged 20+5+5 per game, as a bargaining chip to trade Sharif Rahim from the Hawks.

The Miami Times broke the news that Hawks owner Steven Price is not satisfied with the team's current rebuilding progress and wants to speed up the rebuilding process.

After bringing in Jaylen Rose, the Hawks poached Big Dog Robinson from the Bucks for almost free.

When Li Ao saw these two transactions, he felt that Rahim was lucky!
He didn't expect that when they snatched away O'Neal, the final result was to prevent Raheem from sinking.

Last season, Raheem escaped from the Grizzlies' devil's nest and partnered with Terry and Muhammad, who have a positive attitude towards playing. He rediscovered his passion for basketball. He played very hard and performed well. He was selected as an All-Star for the first time in his career. .

However, the young owner of the Eagles, Steven Price, fits the public's impression of the second-generation rich man. He has a high ambition but extremely poor abilities.

When Price first took over the Eagles a few years ago, he was not satisfied that the Eagles were only a second-round team. He took action himself... and destroyed the Eagles.

Now that things have finally improved, Price is back to work.

If things develop normally, there is a high probability that Raheem will be tricked by Price, lose his passion for basketball again, and retire at his peak... Now Raheem has just played a beautiful season and has regained his love for basketball and himself. The confidence was immediately taken away by Big Bird.

Li Ao is very much looking forward to the future prospects of this young man.

The core lineup of Tinsley, Larry Hughes, Reggie Miller, and Raheem, plus Al Harrington, Ron Mercer, Dale Davis, Jonathan Bender... …and other high-quality role players.

Big Bird is Big Bird, and the Pacers will eventually rise.

Billups joined the Pistons for a five-year, $5 million full mid-level deal and did not stay with the Timberwolves.

Last season, when Billups was the sixth man and fully in charge of the offense, he averaged 15 points and 3 assists per game. However, after Terrell Brandon was retired, Billups could only play defense with Garnett in the starting lineup. , the defensive performance was very good, and the number of assists doubled in the second half, but he averaged only 9 points per game in the second half, returning to the performance of the 00-01 season.

The Nets acquired Mutombo from the 76ers in exchange for Van Horn.

The focus of the media and fans on this deal is not who makes and who loses, but is shocked that Mutombo's large maximum salary contract was actually got rid of by the 76ers!
Moreover, the 36-year-old Mutombo actually exchanged for the 26-year-old Van Horn who was in his prime... It is simply incredible.

This is not the only outrageous deal.

The Jazz used a mere first-round pick in 03 to acquire assist king Andre Miller from the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers don't want any players, they just want a first-round pick, which is almost like giving it away for free!
However, there are rumors later that LeBron James of St. Mary's High School in Akron, Ohio, is suspected of receiving funding from local limited edition jersey seller Rich Paul, and the NCAA is secretly investigating the matter.

As a freshman and sophomore, he led the St. Mary's High School basketball team to win the Ohio High School League championship for two consecutive years. In his senior year, James, a talented high school student who still led the team to the semifinals despite a broken finger and injury, will most likely be banned from participating in the NCAA competition. According to Local media in Cleveland broke the news that James has confirmed that he will enter the NBA early after finishing his senior year of high school.

After the news came to light, people understood the Cavaliers' operations.

The Cavaliers definitely want to land local talent.

Andre Miller, who leads the league in assists, is too much of a hindrance to the Cavaliers' performance. Trading back role players of equal strength also affects their performance, so it's just a waste.

This operation also amazed the fans. Changing teams may not necessarily have the determination of the Cavaliers management. After all, Andre Miller is a passing master who can win the assists title in his third year.

There is also news that the Timberwolves were the first team to pursue Andre Miller, and the Jazz fell back after failing to poach the Clippers and pursued Andre Miller second.

But some things don't come early. The Timberwolves can provide players, but the Cavaliers only want draft picks. The Timberwolves are not allowed to participate in the first round of the draft until 2005. Even if they trade the picks back, they can only watch. The Jazz snatched Andre Miller away.

The owner of the Timberwolves quit and went to Stern to ask for draft picks.

Stern also felt that the Timberwolves were pitiful, so he discussed with the owners of each team and returned the two first-round picks in 03 and 05 to the Timberwolves.

After the Timberwolves owner's demands were met, he almost lost his temper. If he had known it, he would have come earlier to cause trouble. Now he can only watch Andre Miller fly to someone else's...

The Nuggets spent $3 million over three years to acquire Camby, an expiring free agent from the Knicks.

Camby has doubted his life this summer. Centers with the strength of Foyle and Ostertag can get contracts with an average annual salary of 700 million. Is there anything wrong with him asking for an annual salary of tens of millions?
But after wandering around in the free market, no team was willing to give him a contract above the mid-level. The Knicks selected Yao Ming and did not give Camby an offer to renew his contract. It is impossible for him to stay in New York.

In the end, the Nuggets management suddenly wanted to form twin towers and gave him a three-year contract with an average annual salary of 3 million.

After signing with the Nuggets, Camby retreated to his home in New York for a week and came to a realization - he was not a human shield, his statistics were not good, and he would definitely not get a big contract!
If he can't be a human shield, then he can improve his data.

The Nuggets cleared out Avery Johnson, Voshon Leonard, Joey McLeod, James Posey, and other high-quality outside role players during the offseason, and it looks like they are going to be ruined. Looks like, the time has come for the No. 96 pick in the [-] class to earn a higher salary!

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Time has come to the end of July, and the busiest stage of the free market has passed. This summer, free agent movements and transactions are more frequent than in the past two summers.

However, there was little movement among the four major championship teams last season.

The Kings only signed Geon Clark with a mid-level contract. The reason for using the mid-level exception was that Scott Pollard, their main inside substitute, was accidentally seriously injured while participating in the Dream Five training camp. To be on the safe side, he signed 2 for two years. Ten thousand dollars to poach Geon Clark from the Raptors.

In addition, the Kings only used two basic salaries to sign Damon Jones and Jim Jackson to make up a 15-man roster, and made no other moves.

As for the Magic, they had no other signings after signing Sean Lukes, and the Timberwolves poached Troy Hudson for $2 million over two years.

The Magic's operations this summer...were wrong, there were no operations at all, which confused the media and fans. They couldn't survive?
The Lakers have not made any achievements so far in the offseason. They have only split up the mid-level team. They spent US$1 million a year to poach Tracy Murray from the Raptors and used the remaining US$320 million to extend the contract of part of the mid-level team. Center Medvedenko, who did not have bird rights, was out of action after that.It's not that the Lakers don't want to operate, but that they don't have the conditions to operate.

After several years of competing for the championship, the Lakers have become "full of mid-level employees." Counting the mid-level exception that has just been used, the Lakers already have 5 mid-level contracts. Most of them are at the end of the contract, when the salary is the highest. Just these 5 The middle class occupies more than 2000 million U.S. dollars of space.

Even if NBA revenue did not decline like the other three major leagues last season, instead rising instead of falling, the salary cap would still be only $4775 million. These five mid-level figures, plus O'Neal's $5 million and Kobe's $2357 million, the Lakers The team's salary already exceeds $1238 million, and nothing can be done.

That is, falling into the 'middle class trap'.

It is naturally impossible for other teams to step forward to help the Lakers make space at this time, and they are unwilling to take over when the contract expires.

The Lakers can only suffer this summer. Fortunately, they have three mid-level contracts that will expire in the summer of 3. The bulk of the mid-level exception they just used is only signed for one year. They still have hope.

After the Clippers traded draft picks for Te'Lon Hill and signed Marko Jaric, who was drafted in 00, there has been no movement. This was within the expectations of the media and fans, and is completely different from the situation of their next door neighbor. The difference is that they take the initiative, while the neighbor is forced.

On July 7, Li Ao and his family left their hometown and flew to Los Angeles.

He has completed a week of recovery training, and will next conduct targeted technical strengthening training.

He has made appointments to train with Kobe Bryant, Big Q, Gerald Wallace, O'Neal Jr., Odom and others, and Jordan may also come.

He arrived in Los Angeles for a night's rest, and when Eagle Time arrived on August 8, his teammates and former landlord who learned that he had returned came to his house to celebrate his 1st birthday.

He had forgotten about it. His birthday was always on the lunar calendar, which was on the 10th of this month, the second day of July. However, as a social person, he liked the excitement, so everyone had a good time together.

Just when Li Ao and his teammates were celebrating, a piece of breaking news came.

The Magic team had been holding it back for a month, and they really got a big move!
...

The Bucks continue to 'tear down the house'.

The Bucks previously traded Big Dog for Kukoc, which was equivalent to giving Big Dog to the Hawks for free.

Now, the Bucks have sent out the other two of the three Musketeers.

On August 2002, 8, the Magic, Pistons, and Bucks completed a three-way trade!

The Pistons sent Clifford Robinson and Brad Miller in exchange for Ray Allen.

The Bucks sent Ray Allen, Cassell, and Jason Coffee in exchange for Brad Miller, Grant Hill, Horace Grant, and the Magic's 2003 first-round pick.

The Magic sent Grant Hill, Horace Grant, and a 2003 first-round pick in exchange for Cassell, Clifford Robinson, and Jason Caffey.

The free market, which had just cooled down, exploded instantly after the deal was announced.

Fans' reaction after seeing this deal - the Magic are finally willing to trade Hill. If they don't trade, they will lose their money.

After the Magic reached the Eastern Conference Finals in the 00-01 season, many media and experts suggested that they sell Hill. However, the Magic's management was full of thoughts about the "Big Three" and was reluctant to part with it. Later, they reached the Finals because of the role player. I regretted it after losing to the Clippers so badly.

If Hill had been sent out for a role player earlier, maybe last season's championship would be theirs!

Hill, who is now about to turn 30 and has been out of service for two years, has seen his market price plummet. That means the Bucks management is tired of the internal conflicts among the three Musketeers and is bent on tearing the family apart. Otherwise, the Magic won't even get this deal. You can't get any returns.

Cassell and Clifford Robinson do not have high trade value. It is either a matter of strength or they have no 'trade value'.

Cassell has always been unpopular. In his nine years of career, he has never even received an annual salary of US$9 million. The trading market is not good. Every time he is traded, he is treated as an addition or a burden and dumped. However, He is obviously the best performer on the team.

Clifford Robinson is too old, he will be 36 years old soon, and his salary is as high as 800 million US dollars.

To replace these two people with Hill, you have to add a first-round pick, Horace Grant, and Jason Caffey's $500 million garbage contract.

This three-way deal has received mixed reviews from the Magic.

Some people praise the Magic's management for finally no longer being obsessed with the 'Big Three', while others say the Magic are impatient and have hope for Hill.

Putting aside the question of whether it's a loss or not, the Magic's role player lineup has been greatly improved compared to last season. McGrady has an excellent backline helper, and Duncan also has an inside partner who can help rather than hinder.

The Bucks were seen as gambling on their luck.

There are rumors that the Bucks management, which has been dissatisfied with Ray Allen's character for a long time after seeing Reid's rapid progress, is determined to give up on Ray Allen and instead train Reid.

Now that the trade has brought back Brad Miller, who can defend, shoot, and support, if Grant Hill can recover from injury, not to mention the performance of the Pistons, as long as they have [-]% of the original strength, the Bucks' three-core The lineup came together, and it was a three-core that was far more reasonable than the three musketeers.

The Pistons are regarded as the biggest winner of this three-way deal. They have retained Ben Wallace and Artest, the core defensive combination in the frontcourt is still there, and the back line has been replaced with cannons.

After completing the three-party trade, the Magic continued to strengthen.

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The world is changing so fast!

Li Ao woke up after a birthday party, and the two strong teams in the Eastern Conference had qualitative reinforcements!
The Magic lost a shooting point guard, sent away Hill, whose current style of play is likely to continue to be injured, and the aging Horace Grant, and introduced 5 players, whose strength is significantly improved compared to last season. improvement.

The main ones are Cassel and Clifford Robinson who were traded back. The three players signed with basic salary and mid-level exception are all additions. If the first two are not traded, will the last three be available? It will be similar compared to last season. .

The Pistons' championship team is basically complete. The core lineup of Billups, Ray Allen, Artest, and Ben Wallace looks scary.

But Li Ao was amazed that the Bucks were really helpful. They made two championship favorites in one go and didn't take it to heart.

Both teams are Eastern Conference teams, so let Kidd have a headache first.

Their priority opponent here is still their next door neighbor.

On the 2nd and 3rd, Li Ao took a two-day break and helped his mother and the hospital assistant clean up the house and take care of the yard. He had not lived there for more than a month. Although the nanny had been cleaning, he just wanted to tidy up.

On the 4th, Vivian, who had taken a year off, returned to campus and started working. Li Ao and his teammates began a six-week training camp.

During training breaks, Li Ao would also go back to school to prepare for his graduation thesis. It was time for him to graduate last semester, but he was too busy in the past year. He originally thought that the second grade was still in the developmental stage, but as soon as Jordan came, their Clippers team suddenly When he reaches the championship stage, he can only postpone it for one year. He must take some time to get his degree certificate this year, otherwise he will not be confident enough when he teases Kobe who only has a high school diploma.

The three-way trade between the Magic, Bucks, and Pistons was the last carnival of this offseason, and it became even more deserted after the carnival.

Fortunately, the World Basketball Championship is about to begin, and it will be held at Yingjiang's house. Basketball fans will have topics to discuss, which is not as boring as in previous years.

Time passed day by day, and Li Ao took a break from training to make a guest appearance as a small boss of a major film company invested by Universal Pictures. The role was very simple, playing a 20-year-old college basketball genius, the heroine’s ex-boyfriend, and a playboy. The heroine is a scumbag... He protested this character image to the director, but the director said that this was a character setting that was in line with his image in college, and asked him to act more restrained than the first movie in which he had a cameo, and not be too much. pass.

Angry and cowardly, he used his beauty to seduce the heroine Scarlett Johansson and went to the hotel... but the other party spent more money than he did.

A few years later, after Durant entered the NBA and played well, he had material for trash talk - the black widow drank my bathwater.

He didn't even use the towel after taking a bath. He was sucked dry by the future black widow, which was like drinking the bath water.

On September 9th, the six-week training of the "Los Angeles Twins Training Camp" came to the last week.

Everyone did not train today. In the morning, everyone gathered in front of the TV to watch the third-place match, and in the afternoon, they watched the championship match.

There is no Team Rabbit, and there is no Team Eagle.

Wang Zhizhi was not expelled, and together with Yao Ming, who was playing in the World Championships for the first time, and Battelle, they luckily made it to the top 8, but then disappeared, and finally finished in 8th place.

The Dream Five team, which did not include any big-name stars, finally finished in 6th place. This is the latest ranking of Rabbit and Eagle in the history of basketball.

After the national team was eliminated from the quarter-finals, Li Ao saw domestic media and fans calling for him to return to the team. He thought so too, but the grandsons from the Blue Association did not contact him. Did he take the initiative to contact him?God knows what those grandsons could ask for, but he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold back and shout at them.

He is not in a hurry. When he becomes stronger, those grandsons will always take the initiative, and then he will make the request.

In the end, the German team defeated the New Zealand team and won the bronze medal. The Silver Horn King caught up with the last tail of the golden era of the German men's basketball team. Next, the Silver Horn King's national team career will have to endure hardships.

The Yugoslav men's basketball team bloomed with their final glory, completing two consecutive World Championships and once again reaching the top of the world.

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The time came to September 9th, and the "Los Angeles Twins Training Camp" ended. It was a torturous time for Big Q, Odom, Gerald Wallace, Matt Halprin, O'Neal... and others. It's over too.

Spider-Man, the God of Basketball, and the Black Mamba are three training freaks who put tremendous pressure on them.

This is actually not bad. The three of them are training like crazy, but they are all competing against each other and they are not pulling them to practice together. They just see that these three of them are practicing so hard, so they don't mean not to work hard.

The torture mainly comes from Spider-Man!

They have personally experienced what talent is. Spider-Man is already stronger than them and is progressing faster than them!

The intensity of training did not make them think about quitting training. The bullying they felt from Spider-Man made them want to escape from this sad place.

6 weeks!A full 42 days!Finally got over it!

After the training camp, Jordan acted as a host and invited his training partners to a party at his manor.

Not long after the party started, Jordan regretted why he built a basketball court in the yard.

Neither Spider-Man nor Black Mamba took a sip of wine, so they started another one-on-one duel.

It was a great party. He invited so many hot swimsuit models and N-list celebrities, but everyone was watching the two of them duel.

"Kang-kuang" What's so good about blacksmithing?

However, Jordan was a little excited when he watched Li Ao pose as a triple threat at the free throw line, feint a shot, then turn around to hit, then turn around and take a step forward to hit the mid-range shot.

The big spider's high position singles skills have been greatly improved!

The progress is really too fast. In just 6 weeks, the Big Spider's triple threat play has been established. With his outstanding wingspan, even Kobe Bryant has to be stunned.

If it weren't for the fact that the duel between two people requires shooting from the mid-range, the big spider would have the conditions to break through in this singles.

In addition to developing the triple-threat style of play, Jordan also saw progress during the training camp in the big spider's post-up play, turning and breaking the rhythm, pull-up jump shots, catch-and-shoot, three-pointers... and so on.

The progress was so fast that he wanted to take the initiative to teach the opponent two moves.

Thinking of this, he became a little angry. In the past six weeks, Big Spider often studied and discussed how to adjust training methods with Black Mamba, James Worthy, and David Thompson, but he never took him to play with him. He wanted to Take the initiative to join, but he is the god of basketball and needs others to ask for advice. It is shameless to take the initiative to guide him.

Li Ao and Kobe competed in a few singles matches and it was over after they had a great time. They didn't practice for too long.

Li Ao didn't get an experience pack this time, but it's not bad to have hundreds of achievement points.

Shooting in a fixed area, he didn't get many achievement points by scoring goals, most of them were obtained by preventing Kobe Bryant.

After finishing the duel with Kobe, Li Ao went to get a glass of wine and watched the newly opened battlefield - Jordan and Kobe playing cards.

I can finally have a few drinks openly at Yingjiang’s house. It’s not easy.

While watching, Li Ao opened the system and took a look.

"Name: Li Ao.

Age: 21 (August 1981, 8).

Height: 203 cm, arm span: 227 cm.

Weight: 105.6 kg.

Comprehensive evaluation: 88.

身体素质：速度93（爆发加速93），力量91（爆发力92），弹跳90（弹速95），柔韧性92，体力93……

Basic skills: 85 three-pointers, 92 mid-range shots (upper limit), 93 layups, 80 hooks, 78 ball control, 86 passes... 92 steps back, 92 lateral moves, 92 forwards... 80 strides, 92 turns, Emergency stop 89, lean back 80, high back body 86, turn over 79...

Skills: Hook 83, catch-and-turn shot 91, pull-up jump shot 87, high post skills 85, turn-around jump shot 77, fadeaway jumper 79, pull-up jump shot 80, behind-the-back dribble turn shot 75, three-threat 64... …”

The biggest improvement this summer was the three-pointer. On the 11th, he successfully broke through to 85 and reached the first-class level. All three dimensions of shooting exceeded 85, and the matching catch and shoot were also above 85. He confirmed to the system that the direction of development is to catch the ball. After shooting, the task of "becoming a first-class player" was completed, and his comprehensive evaluation, which had been kept at 84 before, soared to 88.

He estimates that if he can improve his turnaround jump shot, fadeaway jump shot, and behind-the-back dribble-turn shooting to an excellent level, his overall rating can be improved further.

He has made great progress this offseason, and he is very satisfied with it, but there is still a problem - the basic mid-range shooting skills have reached the upper limit of his talent.

The upper limit of 92 is actually very high. The upper limit of mid-range shooting talent of many players is less than the first-class level.

It's just that he is only 21 years old and his basic mid-range shooting skills have reached the upper limit... Is it because he has improved too quickly in mid-range shooting?

But there is nothing he can do. The level 4 mid-range shooting training methods, level 3 mid-range shooting training tasks, DeRozan's mid-range shooting package, and experience bracelets add up to an additional 260% training effect bonus. His mid-range shooting is already a top talent. One hour of practice is equivalent to several hours of practice for others. Less than two and a half years after entering the NBA, he has already perfected his mid-range shooting talent.

Next, we can only look forward to seeing if there are any mission rewards that can break the upper limit. If there are, it will be great. If not, we will move the training time of CIC to supporting technology. The top CIC will be enough in the playoffs. Specific There are additional bonuses for shooting.

He feels that although his current comprehensive evaluation is not as good as some top stars with a 90+ evaluation, the main reason is that his finishing ability is not comprehensive enough. If he focuses on a few strengths, he will never lose to those top stars or even some super giants.

The mission "Advanced to the First Class" also gave him a skill, and he spent 4 achievement points to upgrade to level 3.

"Open Killer Level 3: When you catch and shoot in an open position, you will get a 15% adaptive shooting speed increase. When your hand feels cold, open shots will speed up the recovery of shooting feel and rhythm."

This skill is completely opposite to 'Tracy's Elbow Pads'.

'Tracy's Elbow Pad' can only be triggered by facing the defender and shooting directly without dribbling. Catching and shooting in the open will not increase the shooting speed. , which rounded out his hand speed bonus for running without the ball, catching the ball and shooting directly.

There is still one and a half months until the start of the regular season. Take the time to practice and pack up with Kobe and Jordan!

(End of this chapter)