The rise of the NBA superstar

Chapter 10, Contract Signing
Li Senlin was firm in his original intention, and seeing his more serious appearance, the system seemed to be a little touched.

Li Senlin's behavior is very similar to its designer's original intention. When the host resonates with the designer, the fit with the system will also improve a lot.

The system has begun to think about whether it is no longer right with Li Senlin, because he is too similar to the designer's more realistic appearance when he was young, which is also the original intention of the frustrated designer to design the system.

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At eight o'clock in the morning, Li Senlin started from the apartment and ran slowly to the Ford Center Arena, which is a habit he has always developed.

This can be regarded as a way to warm up before training. The distance from the apartment to the Ford Center is not far, and it takes only 15 minutes to run.

Li Senlin ran on the sidewalk leading to the Ford Center Arena in Ohlahoma City. The city was not very lively in the morning. There were only sparse vehicles on the road, and there were not many pedestrians on the road.

Ohlahoma City has the largest Native Indian population in the United States.

The word "Oklahoma" is derived from okla (person) and humma (red) in the Choctaw language of the Indian Choctaw people. The state is generally abbreviated as OK, and sometimes it is also written as Okla.

In addition, China has become Ohlahoma's seventh largest export market.

The journey went smoothly. The law and order in the United States during the day is still acceptable, which is completely different from that at night.

When I came to the entrance of the Ford Center Arena, I looked at this familiar place, but my mentality when I stepped here again was different from before. Thunder, here I come.

The Ford Center is a multi-purpose arena located in downtown Oklahoma City, and is now the home arena of the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA.

In addition to being used as a sports venue, the venue is also used for concerts, social events, ice shows, etc.

The person who opened the door for Li Senlin was a black old man named Rui Le. Usually, players would greet this old man when passing by. It is said that this old man came from the Supersonics to follow the Thunder.

Ruile looked at this young man. As a Thunder fan, he also knew what it meant for this Chinese young man to appear in the training hall again today.

Riller was impressed with his fourth-quarter performance against the Lakers the day before yesterday.

Although he comes very early every day, he is not the first player to come to the arena for training, he is considered a good young man.

The first two have been in the arena for half an hour.

"Morning Li, congratulations, I'm glad to see you again today, haha."

The old man Ruile told Li Senlin with a smile that as a staff member who played for the Thunder at home, Rielle has also seen the NBA's cruel elimination rules over the years.

Li Senlin is just one of the many "10-day short contracts" he has seen.

In the ten days before the day before yesterday, Riller did not find that he was no different from other players who signed "10-day short contracts".

It wasn't until he was watching the live broadcast of the Thunder's away game against the Lakers that he realized the difference.

Thunder games have a routine, usually in the first quarter, the Thunder and the opponent are deadlocked, the score is slightly opened in the second quarter, the score is opened in the third quarter, and the fourth quarter is garbage time. This is the habitual routine of the Thunder. .Ruisen thought that this match against the Lakers would be the same, because now Du Shao and Westbrook are still a little immature against the flourishing Lakers Kobe.

What he didn't expect was that at the last moment of the first half, as a "temporary worker" Chinese boy Li Senlin, he dared to single-handedly defend the MVP of last season, which made Ruisen see a different Thunder.

Sure enough, after the start of the second half, the third quarter collapsed habitually. In the fourth quarter, the bench team led by Li Senlin scored successively, which scared the Lakers back to the starting lineup.

Although the final result was that the Thunder lost the game, as a Thunder fan, he saw hope and saw a new mental outlook of the Thunder. He could fall behind but not be defeated.

"Morning, Ruile, I'm glad to see you again. I'll have to trouble you for the next year." Li Senlin also greeted him, and he was considered an acquaintance.

"Well, keep working hard today, go in first, someone is already ahead of you."

When Li Senlin walked into the arena, the team's staff hadn't gone to work, and the coaching team hadn't come yet.

The training hall without spectators seemed very empty, but there were already "shua", "shua" and the sound of iron striking accompanied by "frame" on the court.

There is also the sound of sneakers rubbing against the wooden floor and the sound of "boom" and "boom" when dribbling.

It seems that more than one person has arrived earlier than Li Senlin.

Turning your attention to the court, it is "Russell Westbrook" and "Kevin Durant". The Thunder are the only two who are earlier than Li Senlin.

Although Westbrook is a player in the team's future plan, he is still a substitute at present, and the gap between the MVP in Li Senlin's impression is not generally large.

Kevin Durant is the top card of the Thunder. The team has made it clear that he is the core of the future, and the team will build a team around him. But last season, as a rookie, he could get 20+, but he failed to get rid of the super The Sonic's embarrassment as the deputy squad leader in the West made Durant very depressed.

In addition, the media has questioned Durant a lot this season.

Some media commented that Durant is a tall pitcher, thinking that his thin body cannot gain an advantage in NBA-level confrontation.

Especially with his innocent eyes and the childish schoolbag behind his back, the media are worried about this young man, worried that if he is hit by a strong opponent during the game, he will have a concussion.

Looking at the eyes of Durant and Westbrook full of eagerness to become stronger, Li Senlin instantly understood that their ability to stand out in the NBA does not depend solely on talent.

These two future MVPs of the league, plus the third "MVP"-level Deng Ge who will be selected next year, Li Senlin is really convinced of the Thunder's management's draft vision. Also convinced.

Of the three MVP-level players, two are gone, leaving only one struggling.

"Hi, Li, good morning."

Schoolbag Du, who was practicing shooting in the left half, greeted Li Senlin very politely at this time. After all, Durant couldn't help but look at this rookie with admiration for his performance in the last quarter of the last game. .

"Morning, Kevin." Li Senlin also replied.

After saying hello, Durant started practicing on his own. He is not a very good communicator. Although he is the boss of the team, he didn't know what to say to Li Senlin for a while.

Li Senlin walked along the sideline to the right half, ready to go to the locker room to put down his backpack and put on his training clothes. Westbrook occupied the right half and was doing footwork training.

Westbrook turned around and saw Li Senlin, and said hello.

After a while, Li Senlin changed into his training clothes, came to the field, and did some stretching exercises to warm up his lower body.

"Li, come here for a one-on-one?"

Westbrook played very depressed during the Lakers game and only scored 10 points.

But Li Senlin scored 25 points in the most critical fourth quarter.

Before the Lakers game, his understanding of Li Senlin was really limited. During the match training, his impression was that he was a Chinese with average talent, and he didn't seem to be that good. But it has far subverted his impression of Li Senlin.

When I met him in the training ground, I immediately became competitive.

When Li Senlin heard this, he was joking, even if Brother Deng came out to fight one-on-one, he might not be able to beat you.

What's more, the current self, if I challenge you one-on-one, is it looking for abuse?
"Russell, I'm a shooter? How can I beat you? I admit defeat, okay."

Westbrook suddenly had black lines all over his head. Although he is a straightforward boy, he is also very smart. Are you a shooter?Anyway, I don't believe it, but he also knows that Li Senlin doesn't want to be one-on-one with him.

"OK, that's all right." Westbrook also practiced on his own.

I'm dizzy, is this gone?The chat is over.

The personalities of these two are really similar, both belong to the boring type, and they are not very good at communicating. .

No wonder Thunderclap's team atmosphere is not bad, but it can't be said to be good, because the boss's personality is really boring, and they don't talk much to each other, and their normal communication is limited to basketball. .

Later, Westbrook was because Durant did not tell him in advance that his choice was to go to the Warriors, which caused the two to turn against each other.

(End of this chapter)