Frankly, Coach McHaney was a little mindful.

If Li Zhen was so evasive of his own questions before, he would definitely throw this guy into the bench without hesitation. But for now, he chose to put on a smile and say, "OK, wash away the tiredness on your face." It's really been too hard for you during this time. ”

This is the real world. When you are weak, you will find that everyone is targeting you, and everyone is intriguing with you. And as you grow stronger, you will find that everyone is tolerant, kind, and even a little flattering: even though they know that they can't get anything out of you.

Of course, Li Zhen is not strong enough to make everyone tolerate kindness. But for Coach McHaney, he is willing to tolerate Li Zhen within this range.

There's no way, if you want to win, you still have to rely on him.

Moreover, Bruce Lee's fame has been too loud in recent times. Four incredible wins in a row have put his name in the headlines of the basketball press, and now even Lakers general manager Kupchak has called to visit the team's in-house practice games to get a better look at Bruce Lee.

After the sharks swam east, the Lakers have been struggling with the Western Conference playoff threshold.

They are almost no longer strong in the five positions except for Kobe, especially in the point guard position, whether it is Smash Parker or Sasha Vujacic, they are not very useful. This season... Kobe Bryant once demanded that the team make changes immediately, and he couldn't wait to get a good point guard to help, so he even suggested that the team send potential newcomers to New Jersey. Because Jason Kidd, the league's second-best point guard, doesn't seem to be having a great time with the Nets.

But in the end, the Lakers still didn't take the initiative, on the one hand, the Nets did not give accurate information, and on the other hand, they really couldn't give up Bynum...... Because many executives believe that Bynum has a chance to take over the great legacy of the Lakers center.

So, the Lakers intend to pick a good point guard in this year's draft.

Due to Kobe Bryant's prowess this season, it is basically impossible to have a lottery pick. So they're all looking at the back areas, and the two potential point guards they're eyeing in the draft are Lagalondo from Kentucky and Jordan Farmar from UCLA.

Among the evaluation of many scouts of the Lakers, Lagalondo gave the evaluation of the poor man's version of Jason Kidd, although the future ceiling is not high, but... There is a good chance of being a qualified starter.

Jordan Farmar is clearly much more rated, and the Pacific superstar is leading UCLA on the path to greatness, with their head coach even claiming on more than one occasion that Jordan Farmar is the NCAA's Michael Jordan.

Farmar, who led UCLA to the top spot in the Pacific Division and averaged 18.2 points, 7.6 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game, is indeed worthy of praise.

On the Lakers' internal scouting report, it is clearly written: Famar is one of the best court awareness among the point guards of this year. He has a talented passing ability and a ability to read the pitch one step above the rest. He has been a leader of UCLA since his freshman year, and this temperament is quite rare in American college basketball, which is serious in seniority.

Famar is very good at controlling the tempo on the pitch and knows how to play at what speed best hits opponents and helps the team. He is clever enough to dominate the pace of the game by dribbling and dominate the opposition backline. In addition, Famar is a master of pick-and-roll, and is very skilled in the selection and timing of passes, bursts, and shots. Basketball has a high IQ and makes good use of all kinds of small moves, street skills and psychological warfare tricks. The only weakness is that the physical fitness is average, the first step is mediocre explosive, and the speed and strength are difficult to prevail in individual confrontations at the NBA level. But the strange thing is that he is not fast, but he is very good at jumping, and the maximum running jump reaches 42.5 inches! The mid-range shooting is accurate, but the three-point crosshairs have yet to be tested. Average defensiveness.

Such a reputation almost made the Lakers top brass decide to stud Jordan Farmar.

But recently... Stanford University's Bruce Lee, who caused a seismic shock in Northern California and brought it to the Mexican border yesterday, actually scored a magical double 20 in San Diego to take out the longhorns led by the top favorite Aldridge with a Jordan-style comeback.

Plus the repeated recommendations of Magic Johnson and Abdul-Jabbar.

Kupchak decided to take it personally.

In California basketball circles, the Lakers general manager has far more resources and connections than others. He easily found McHaney and got his chance to get into training. This is the envy of scouts or assistant coaches of various teams who are standing outside the door and waiting.

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Before training began, Li Zhen carefully studied the new tactical system that Coach McHaney talked about.

"That's just the way it is." Scott complained with an unhappy face: "You're responsible for taking the basketball across the half court and then handing it over to TJ Wharton for singles." I don't think this tactic will win at all. ”

"I think you should reject this tactic. You know, now that scouts all over the country are coming to San Diego to see you, if you can't play well in this game, they're going to break up. The popularity you have managed to maintain is about to fade, the NCAA March Madness is changing rapidly, too many things are happening intensively, today you are the protagonist, tomorrow maybe a player who plays an explosive performance will steal all your light! ”

Thomson also came over to emphasize to Li Zhen.

Although Frank Benson is not good at words, he also strongly supports Li Zhen's courage to say no.

No one wants to play against TJ Wharton, who is averaging 22.4 shots per game, everyone wants to play against Bruce Lee, who is averaging 13.5 assists per game in the last four games.

But... In the NCAA, the head coach is the absolute authority. Those managers can even cover the sky with one hand, they don't have to pay attention to any school instructions, and they can control the playing time of any player at will.

This is fundamentally different from the NBA, which is a business league. The NCAA is a league that extremely oppresses players, with head coaches receiving tens of millions of annual salaries every year, while players only have some school meal card subsidies, and only those who play particularly well will have full scholarships.

Li Zhen pursed his lips.

He plans to go and have a good chat with Coach Jamilin and Coach McHaney after today's training game.

And just then, TJ Wharton whistled into the locker room.

He looked quite smug.

"Guys, your king is back! Tomorrow afternoon, let me lead you through the corpses of Kansas and into the sweet Round of 16 that I haven't seen for a long time! ”

He was answered with indifference.

But TJ Wharton didn't care.

He's enjoying the feeling of all the scouts flocking to him right now, and he thinks his time is coming soon.

Thanks to Bruce Lee, that funny idiot for drawing attention to the Stamford Crimson, and... Wait for me to reap all the praise!

The scouts who came for him would eventually send scouting reports with my name on them to the desks of the general managers of the NBA clubs.

Wait and see.

The NBA will be even more exciting thanks to the great TJ Wharton!

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