Li Du didn't want to dampen Yao Ming's confidence, but said that he would wait and see. In fact, in Li Du's heart, unless Yao Ming is out of the way this time and plays a monster-level performance like O'Neal regardless of his physical condition, the Chinese men's basketball team will still fail this time.

In fact, it is not that Li Du does not believe in the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team, Li Du has also seen their strength, in fact, in terms of personal strength, Li Du believes that all the men's basketball players who can be selected for the national team have the strength to gain a foothold in the NBA. What he doesn't believe, or what he thinks limits the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team, is not the individual strength and overall strength, but their mentality!

Li Du has watched their games a few times, and is very disappointed in them, obviously they have the strength that is not inferior to anyone else, but they can't play it, either they want to use their bodies to fight, or they want to fight for speed, and the result often causes nonsense and random fights, and once the opponent gets up, with aggressive defense, they are often in a hurry, and the good advantage is given away.

For these weaknesses, Li Du, who started from defense, knows best, and he himself is often aggressive in defense, hoping to force the opponent to be at a loss, but he also understands that when the opponent is in danger, he has no chance to take advantage of it. Basketball, after all, is a sport that is relatively more advantageous for the offensive side.

It's not yet July, and it's still early before the World Championships in Turkey, otherwise Li Du would like to take Pretti to the scene to see what Yao Ming will do in the World Series after recovering from injury and losing weight. On the one hand, he also wants to see which young players in this year's American team are worthy of his attention.

It can be said that the whole month of July and August is the most leisurely time for Li Du, he basically has nothing to do in these two months, and he is finally able to relax, practice boxing, read books, and take Pretti around to play.

But Li Du forgot one thing, he rested, but the team operation could not be stopped, as the absolute core of the Warriors, the old Nelson and the Warriors uniform team have been looking for trades and picking rookies since the Finals have not ended.

In this Finals, the Warriors have exposed a lot of problems, and in Nelson Sr.'s heart, except for Yao Ming and Curry, no one else in the current Warriors team can help Li Du at all. Such a Warriors team is only strong on Li Du alone, not on the overall strength. As the head coach of the team, Nelson Sr. felt that he had to build a strong Warriors team around Li Du!

Li Du generally doesn't pay much attention to the team's affairs, he only has two requirements for the team, one is not to trade himself again, and he has shown the value of being able to stay with the Warriors for life. Another request is not to trade Yao Ming, even if the oriental giant has the help of the world's number one master, miraculously returned from a major injury, his career is not a few years away, his figure determines that his career will not be very long, Li Du hopes to be able to accompany Yao Ming, a gentle brother, through the last years of his career.

On this day, Li Du had just finished teaching Zhang Ziyi and Zhang Jin martial arts movements, and was sitting on a chair in the practice room, leisurely drinking the tea that Pretti had made for him, when old Nelson suddenly came to the door.

Li Du hurriedly went out to greet him, and after letting old Nelson in the door and sitting down, Li Du asked: "Coach, it's all offseason, you don't have a good rest, why did you come to me?" ”

Old Nelson seemed to be in a hurry to tell Li Du what news, he walked a little hurriedly, he took a little breath, took the tea handed over by Pretty, took a sip, soothed his breath, and then said to Li Du: "Li, I have found a very good player, but I may need you to come forward." ”

Hearing that it was the team trading players and that he still needed to come forward, Li Du asked puzzledly: "Coach, who is it?" Besides, I don't seem to be able to get involved in the team's trade of players, right? ”

Nelson Sr. didn't explain much, handed a stack of materials in his hand to Li Du, and said: "This kid used to be a talented player, but unfortunately like Brandon Roy, he was ruined by injury, and it took him two years to get up and return to the NBA, but his athleticism is far from being compared to his peak, and now he is in various teams, I believe he can bring new changes to the Warriors." ”

Li Du heard old Nelson say this, his eyes lit up, and he looked at the information seriously.

The hero of the inspirational story of an injury, who was almost ruined by an injury and finally returned to the NBA with his amazing perseverance, is named Shaun Livingston.

Livingston is 2.01 meters tall and weighs 185 pounds, that is, 166 pounds, and plays a point guard! Such a tall point guard has a big advantage on the court, so he was drafted by the Clippers with the fourth pick in the first round in 2004 and is also a high pick.

After entering the league, Livingston played very beautiful statistics in his rookie season, immediately becoming the team's starting point guard, and the future is bright. Unfortunately, he suffered a serious injury in the 2007 game against the Bobcats, rupturing his left knee on the spot and tearing multiple ligaments in his knee, which was a terrible condition at the time and was called the most serious injury.

Livingston recuperated for almost two seasons, and doctors said it was almost impossible for him to return to play, so the Clippers didn't hesitate to cut him. An injury that sent Livingston from heaven to hell!

After two years of recovery, with amazing perseverance and a love of basketball, Livingston finally returned to the NBA at the end of 2008 and signed a short-term contract with the Heat. But when he returned to the court, he found out that he was no longer the talented tall point guard he used to be, so many teams used him as a trade chip to make substitutions, and he moved from team to team for a few years, and even was traded several times in the 2008-09 season, and was cut several times! But he never gave up and kept going!

After reading Livingston's information, Li Du frowned and asked old Nelson: "Coach, his story is indeed very inspirational, very touching and admirable, but so many teams don't want him, which means that his ability is indeed not good now, we don't need a player who can only sit on the field and be inspirational, right?" ”

These words are a bit unkind, but what Li Du said is true, and no team would want to get a player who can only be a water cooler keeper. The elder Nelson understood these things better than Li Du, so he said: "Lee, I have carefully observed, in fact, although Sean's athleticism has decreased a lot, his skills have improved, especially the stability of the mid-range shot is very good. He hasn't found his place on the team before, so he's been on the move, and I'm sure you can help him find his place with the Warriors! ”

"Well, I'll meet him!" Li Du nodded, if Livingston is really as Nelson Sr. said, it will be very helpful to the Warriors.

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