Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Strongest Chicken Soup Master for the Soul - Li Fu
At halftime, the Lakers led by a full 22 points, and the game seemed to have lost its suspense.
At halftime, on the Lakers bench, all the players stared wide-eyed, looking at the young rookie Miha standing in front of them, what was going on.
Miha said politely to everyone: "Big brother, little brother is polite, I have an immature suggestion, I don't know if to talk about it or not?" ”
"Miha, don't give me this set, I don't know you yet, what do you say!" Team boss Hart waved his hand and scolded with a smile.
"Although we are leading by a full 22 points, we still have to maintain the intensity in the second half, don't underestimate Li Yang, I have watched his trial performance, and I clearly know how terrible this guy is when he breaks out."
"Miha, are you overestimating Yang a little? This guy is only the No. 13 show, and he didn't play much in the first half, so he is probably a parallel commodity and not worth mentioning. Lakers starting center Jonathan Williams said disdainfully.
"Okay, he's a three-point shooter, we just need to guard his three-pointers, and the rest doesn't seem to be that great, so you don't have to make a big fuss." The boss Hart still looks calm and light, and the overall situation is in control.
"Haha! Either way, tonight's win is definitely ours, but we're the Los Angeles Lakers, a team looking to defend their title. Alex Caruso shouted proudly.
A large portion of the Lakers are undrafted this year, so summer league champions are actually rare.
Although Miha patted his chest and assured these teammates of Li Yang's amazing scoring explosiveness, these veteran players didn't care at all, and they looked indifferent.
Having seen NBA superstars, they don't think that rookie Li Yang can lead the team to a reversal alone.
Seeing this heart-wrenching scene, Miha could only shake his head helplessly, he only hoped that Li Yang would not break out in the second half.
On the Clippers' bench, the atmosphere was very heavy at this time, and everyone was silent, or bowed their heads and sighed.
Because of the previous two consecutive wins, many players here are a little fluttering, and they think that their strength has been put into the room.
As a result, as soon as they met the strong Lakers, they were directly stunned by the opponent at the beginning, and the whole team had no confidence and no fighting spirit.
This is Natalie's first time leading the team to participate in the summer league, and this summer league is also a test for her from the top management, but at this time, she trustfully handed over the pacification work directly to Li Yang, and I have to say that she is very courageous.
Looking at the Clippers bench, everyone sat in their chairs with their heads down, and there was no momentum to fight back at all.
Li Yang stood up and walked across from his teammates, he clapped his hands vigorously, signaling everyone's attention to come over.
After countless exchanges on and off the field during this time, almost everyone recognized Li Yang's strength from the bottom of their hearts, and most of the originally jealous eyes had turned into envious eyes at this time.
Everyone's opinion changed from "why is the No. 13 show" to "it really deserves to be the No. 13 show"!!
Li Yang's style of play does not occupy a lot of balls, and it is also a great offensive endpoint, he has helped many people here brush up a lot of assists, even as this year's closing show, Li Yang did not put on a high-minded attitude, as long as someone is willing to chat with him, he will talk to others, and even mess around.
Now Li Yang has conquered this team to a large extent, and he is already the absolute core of this temporary team.
"I know you're all going to want to get into the NBA and get a guaranteed contract."
"I also know that some of you may have given up on the NBA in favor of the European League, CBA, NBL, etc.!"
"But I always felt that we shouldn't have given up so soon!"
After saying these few words, Li Yang could see the disdain in the eyes of some people.
Although they recognized Li Yang's strength, they did not think that an 18-year-old hairy boy was qualified to teach them the importance of winning.
"Yang, not everyone is a genius like you, we are not children, if you want to say these big truths, let's avoid it, we can all understand, but we have to live." Delgado, black and hard, said.
Delgado said what many people were thinking, in the first half Delgado didn't pass the ball to Li Yang very much, he thought that he wanted to score very much, wanted to prove himself, showed himself, but as a result, his brain was hot and he made a lot of wrong offensive choices.
Li Yang looked at Delgado and said patiently: "Angel, I didn't expect you to have such an idea, but this may be the gap between us, which is why I am the No. 13 show, and you can only go to play in overseas leagues." ”
"We didn't have the same desire to win, I was arguably worse than you two months ago, I had the same opportunities, I was a bench and I knew very well that if I didn't show myself, I would lose my chance to get into the NBA."
"For this reason, I fought hard, and I succeeded, and my current position is the best proof of my own hard work."
"If I give up as easily as you do, I'm sure I'm going to lose the election, and ask yourself, do you think you're really desperate to win every game? Do you deserve a guaranteed contract from an NBA team for you, who is not talented in your own right? ”
"If you only complain, give up easily, and have no talent, then why are you favored by the major teams in the NBA, based on your appearance? Bah? ”
"The NBA is a business league through and through, there's no humanity here, they only value themselves, and if you can't win and you don't play at a dominant level, what do they want from you?"
Li Yang's words are very realistic and even a little bloody, but the NBA is such a cruel arena, and his words are ostensibly said to Delgado, but in fact they are said to everyone.
Li Yang's words were like an enlightenment, and everyone present woke up at once, everyone's eyes widened, and they still couldn't believe that such a deafening words came from the mouth of a 19-year-old boy?
Delgado suddenly felt very ashamed, thinking that he had lived all these years to live to the dog, and the others lowered their proud heads and asked themselves, and for a moment they were ashamed.
Indeed, why?
If they can't keep winning and playing well, why would NBA teams want them?
Coach Natalie showed a smile on the corner of her mouth, and looked at Li Yang with a look of relief, he wanted to see what Li Yang would do next.
There are always some geniuses who can show that they are different from other players when they are rookies, whether it is on or off the court, maybe this is a natural leader!
Seeing that the numb teammates finally began to loosen up a little, Li Yang continued: "Remember how we won the game the other day? Isn't that feeling of winning in the third quarter comfortable? ”
"Every single one of you knows me very well and I know your personal style, we just need to play according to the tactics set out by the coach and we have a chance to turn around."
"But if everybody thinks about themselves, about their stats, about their contracts, then we don't have any chance of winning, even the slightest hint of it, and that's the end of our cooperation.
I'm going to go back to the Clippers to get my guaranteed contract, and you guys continue to look elsewhere for opportunities, maybe the same in the future, and then face defeat again!! ”
"Grant, your under-the-basket and pick-and-roll advantage can be great....."
"Rod, what about your three-point shot and breakaway?"
"Angel, we need your rebounding !!"
……
Li Yang knows every teammate very well, and directly said the tactics and playing style they should run in the second half!
Such a sincere speech made these people instinctively admire and obey Li Yang.
It turned out that Li Yang also remembered their names.
"If we turn the game around, I think the media will pay more attention to you, maybe in addition to the Clippers, there will definitely be other NBA teams that will notice you, and you need to use this game to show yourself as much as possible."
"This is also an opportunity for us, it depends on whether you have faith or not!!"
Li Yang's words were extremely inflammatory, and they easily resonated with these people.
"Yang is right, we shouldn't give up so early, we still have a chance!" Delgado next to him shouted excitedly.
He was the first to question Li Yang, but he was also the first to be conquered by Li Yang with words.
"Farke, brothers! Fuck it!! ”
"Orichette, when did Lao Tzu coax!"
"yes, give him to me!!" Almost everyone roared.