The rise of the NBA superstar

Chapter 2, Who am I and what have I done?
Li Senlin followed everyone back to the locker room.

On the way back to the locker room, seeing the familiar scenes, Li Senlin finally turned his head.

"The Staples Center"!
This is the home of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, NHL's Los Angeles Kings, WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks, and the former AFL's Los Angeles Avengers.

No wonder it looks so familiar, isn't it? CCTV often broadcasts live games.

The Staples locker rooms are all on the bottom floor of the basement.

This is not only a place for player reporter activities, but also an exhibition hall displaying the history of the Lakers.

In the short aisle of the Lakers locker room, there are pictures hanging one after another, recording historical moments one by one.

When Li Senlin passed by, he was shocked by the historical scenes of the real photos hanging.

It's really the NBA.

Li Senlin has a hard time admitting the current situation. He has really changed from an ordinary white-collar worker on the other side of the ocean to an NBA player.

Li Senlin carefully recalled the memories in his mind.

In this world, Li Senlin, his family background, and the location of his hometown have not changed, but this Li Senlin came to the United States after the college entrance examination, played in the NCAA for three years, and participated in the draft as a 22-year-old senior college student this year. The 56th pick was selected by the Sonics, which is now the Ohlahoma City Thunder. He is 1 meters tall and serves as a combo guard. .

On the morning of September 9 this year, as the former Oklahoma Sonics held a press conference, they announced their new team name-Thunder.

This year can be regarded as the first year for the Thunder team to be established. Of course, the players are basically from the original Supersonics.

But it is a pity that Li Senlin, who was selected by the Supersonics, did not get a contract from the Thunder in the summer.

It wasn't until the middle of the season that several backup guards on the Thunder's guard line suffered from injuries. The general manager found out when he looked at the list of personnel given by the scouts that his team actually had a second-round pick to sign.

In line with the idea of ​​not wasting draft pick resources, although the Thunder don't have many, they only have draft picks and many rookies.The general manager gave Li Senlin a 10-day contract in case the team had no backup guard due to too many injuries.

Li Senlin was forgotten at the time, and it was also related to the Supersonics moving to Ohla Homa. At that time, the management changed frequently. In addition, the Thunder team was famous for having many rookies. The management hurriedly gave first-round pick Russell After Westbrook signed the contract, he stopped signing other rookies.

The members of the management team were overwhelmed by changing bosses, and the work of the team was almost stopped. In addition, the NBA did not agree on a system to guarantee contracts for second-round picks, so Li Senlin was just forgotten.

When a player is selected in the first round of the draft, the team that selects him must sign him to a contract with a period of at least four (3+1 or 2+2) years.

The player team of the player selected in the second round can "own" the player for three years, but the team does not have to sign with them.

Many American NCAA players, if they cannot be selected in the first round, would rather stay in the NCAA, because the players selected in the second round are not good for the players. If an unsuitable team is selected, the road to the NBA will be difficult in the future. Therefore, under such a background, Li Senlin was completely put on hold.

When the first 10-day contract ended, it happened that first-round pick Westbrook suffered a slight injury, so the coaching staff, who were worried that no one would be available, gave Li Senlin a second 10-day short contract.

The 10-day short contract is generally a contract signed when the team is in short supply, or to examine whether a player is suitable for his team system.Commonly known as "temporary workers".

To be honest, Li Senlin was also the one who had a particularly bad time in the second round of the show.

Seeing that the second 10-day short contract is coming to an end today.

Westbrook's injury has improved again. After all, he is an iron man, so he will basically not be absent due to injury. In addition, the original Thunder's backcourt is very crowded, and there are many players with guaranteed contracts.

So after today, either Li Senlin will sign a guaranteed contract with the Thunder, or he will be sacked.

According to Li Senlin's performance during the two 10-day short contract competitions and training in memory, Li Senlin has a high probability of being cut.

Li Senlin's performance in training and previous games can be regarded as a model of failure.

Coach Scott Brooks has evaluated Li Senlin as a guard with poor physical confrontation ability without excellent shooting ability, unstable shooting, and good ball-handling ability, but the overall situation is not good.

These have come close to deciding to cut his kind of evaluation.

Thinking about these things in his mind, with the mixing of the two memories, now Li Senlin can't figure out whether he was playing the 2018K game in 2, Li Senlin who traveled through inexplicably, or the original Li Senlin who traveled to the future Go through those scenes.

Is Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly?Simply illogical?Wear it all time?Are you still talking about science?So Li Senlin is ready to accept the current status quo.

This time, Li Senlin's memory from the future takes the initiative, so the pictures from the future in his memory are absolutely real, not dreams.

After sorting out his thoughts while walking, Li Senlin also walked back to the dressing room, found a stool and sat down, and continued to sort out his memories while sitting on the stool.

Coach Scott Brooks ignored Li Senlin, who was in a daze, and directly picked up the tactical board, and explained the tactics for the second half to several starters.

Today is November 2008, 11. The rookie Thunder challenged this year's strong contender for the championship, the Los Angeles Lakers.

Thinking about my current situation, combined with the performance just now, it doesn't seem too good. Today is the last day of the contract. Will I have to be laid off after today?

Judging from the coach's attitude towards me now, he is completely unwilling to talk to me. If there is no change in the next game, then I should lose my job tomorrow.

It's really cool, and my heart is stuffy.

Li Senlin is now worried about his future life. He thinks about time travel. If he doesn't play, how will he live in the future?Hesitating whether to make a resume and go out to find a job interview after returning home at night. .

It has to be said that Li Senlin can't help but want to bring the experience of finding a job in his previous life here to try, this mentality.

I don't know if my college diploma will be recognized if I am a junior who has not graduated and participated in the draft to find a job?

Brooks was still lecturing the players. Now that the Thunder trailed by 11 points at halftime and Li Senlin was still wandering, Brooks' eyes shifted to Li Linsen's side, and he already had a plan in his heart.

After the training, there was still some time in the intermission. The white assistant coach Jack came over and said to Li Senlin: "Li, do you know what you did in the last attack in the first half? Why didn't you follow the previous tactics? Set it up? Now it's done, get ready to pack up and leave."

Jack said to Li Senlin angrily, he had won this opportunity with the head coach with great difficulty, and it was wasted like this, Jack expressed his distress.

Li Senlin looked at the white man who pushed him to play and got angry at him. This was the first time Li Senlin was noticed in the locker room. Although he was sprayed, he still felt a little warmth. He suffered a series of blows. At least someone Come to spray.

What Li Senlin didn't know was that no one ignored him in the locker room,

Let’s live broadcast in China, Hupu, people who watched various text live broadcasts and video live broadcasts on Sina have pissed him off, and the anchor of the text live broadcast has also made the series of actions he was singled out by Kobe into a GIF animation , for netizens to vent, netizens stepped on Li Senlin again and praised Kobe.

Looking at this familiar face, the memory came back. This assistant coach is the head coach of my NCAA university. He is only 35 years old. He has taught him for three years. He just joined the Thunder coach during the offseason of this season. Group of Karen Jack.

After spraying Li Senlin a series of times, Jack sat down next to him, looked around, and made sure there was no one around. He said to Li Senlin in a low voice: "Li, if there is a chance in the second half, I will fight for you with the head coach." Last chance to play. Don't mess it up again."

Facing Jack who did his best for him, Li Senlin only replied in a low voice.

"OK!",
This can be regarded as a back door. In the whole world, not only in the Celestial Dynasty, any relationship is a help for advancement. However, these are all based on your own strength and resources. Li Senlin is in such an embarrassment now At this stage, there are people above, and it is related, but his own strength is too weak, so it is difficult to handle. .

Then Jack talked a lot to Li Senlin, saying how he should play, and Li Senlin had no choice but to do so.

After a while, Jack also got up and walked away. He still had work to do, and he had already explained what he had to say to Li Senlin, and it was up to him to do the rest.I have tried my best, if he still can't grasp the opportunity, then he doesn't belong to this alliance.

Li Senlin agreed very readily, but now he is riding a tiger. At first, he thought it was just a wild ball game. Who knew this shit was the NBA
NBA and wild ball?Is it comparable?Even if it is CBA, it is still professional, and the gap is all-round.

At this time, Li Senlin suddenly thought of the funny behavior just now.

Single-defense against the peak Kobe, his teammates wanted to attack, but he was stopped by himself, and he was delusional about stealing the ball.

This deserved to be swayed into evil. Thinking of this, Li Senlin was so ashamed that he wanted to hit the wall. It was too embarrassing for him to wear it or not.

When Li Senlin was hesitating whether to hit the wall, the halftime break came. The coach organized everyone to play, and Li Senlin also stood up and went out with everyone.

Good guy, look at familiar figures walking by, Westbrook, Durant, Green. . . .Deng Ge has not been selected yet.Li Senlin felt like he was dreaming again, although none of these people spoke to him.

(End of this chapter)