June 2012, in the eyes of many, was a year of change of dynasty in the NBA.

In the Western Conference Finals, the Thunder won four games in a row after falling behind 0:2 and defeated the San Antonio Spurs, who were undefeated in the first two rounds.

Three young, promising players led the team to the finals.

On the other side, the Miami Heat led by LeBron James was once again cornered by the Boston Celtics Big Three.

With a 2-0 lead, it won three games in a row, and the sixth game was played in Boston.

James used a super-energetic burst to crush the aging Celtics in Boston and bring the game back to Miami.

Then in the seventh game, with a performance of 31 points and 12 rebounds, he finally crossed the green mountain and entered the finals again.

Thunder vs Heat.

They both lost to the Dallas Mavericks in last year's playoffs, the last afterglow of the previous era.

Mavericks, Lakers, Spurs, Celtics.

Nowitzki, Kobe, Duncan, Garnett.

The long era that began in 1999, when Jordan retired and went on a suspension, seemed to be coming to an end, ending with another suspension-out season in 2012.

For the first time in 13 years, a third team other than the Lakers, Spurs, and Mavericks in the West has reached the Finals.

Coincidentally, the Thunder defeated these three teams respectively in the playoffs, as if it was an enthronement ceremony in which the new king slaughtered the old king.

In 13 years, the East has only won 3 championships, and the rest of the time he is studying with the prince.

The formation of the Miami Heat seems to be a declaration that the rise of a super team in the East will break the comprehensive suppression of the West against the East and return history to the glory of the East.

Everything seems like this, and a new era is about to begin.

Under the curtain of the new era, Li Liang, an inconspicuous little man who is working hard for the last signing in the second round and fighting wits and courage with the Lakers and other teams, is still hidden in the corner and not known to too many people.

In addition to professional scouts, and some veteran fans.

After the Nets trial, with the release of Li Liang's scouting report, he received trial invitations from several teams with the last sign in the second round, such as the Raptors and the Timberwolves.

Despite Ryan West's objections, Li Liang participated in tryouts for these teams.

His tryout performance was the same as the scouting report.

Defensive and three-point areas are two strong points that stand out and would be a good complement at the end of the bench.

In the eyes of these teams anyway, he is a supplement to the end of the bench.

After all, he is 22 years old, he has not shown the slightest potential on the offensive end, and he can defend and make three-point points, which is already quite good.

Of course, Li Liang himself knew that his abilities were more than that.

So on the whole, he still prefers to go to the Los Angeles Lakers on several teams.

In addition to Ryan West's Bole Horse, from the perspective of economy, reputation, and strength improvement, the Lakers are a better choice than the Nets, Timberwolves, and Raptors.

At the very least, Li Liang may be able to get more opportunities to play in the Lakers.

The Nets have five players on the front line, led by Gerard Wallace, all of whom are in their playing years.

Li Liang went, and he didn't know how long he was going to queue.

The Timberwolves have two small forwards, Mike Beasley and Webster, and 11-year role model Derrick Williams sits on the bench.

The two small forwards on the list, the Timberwolves don't know how to use them, can Li Liang have a chance to show at the end?

The well-known graveyard of the Timberwolves, Li Liang didn't want to be the new wolf king, the Minneapolis savior.

Not to mention the Raptors, who are far away in Toronto, with 82 games a year and 41 games abroad.

Although there are many Chinese in Toronto, Li Liang does not like to play in cold places, he is afraid of the cold.

So all in all, the Lakers are the best fit for him.

Now, he and the Lakers are in a slight stalemate.

He didn't go to the Lakers' group tryout camp in mid-June.

Later, according to Zhu Shu's intelligence, it was correct that he did not go.

Because the main tryouts were all inside players, Li Liang was nondescript in the past, so it was better not to go.

Ryan West's side also guaranteed that he would pick Li Liang in the draft.

60 digits or a higher order to trade upwards is possible.

Anyway, Li Liang doesn't have to worry about his draft for the time being.

The NBA draft was not far away, and after traveling to several cities, Li Liang decided to end his tryout journey.

He decided to go back to Los Angeles and stay in Los Angeles for the last time before the draft began.

The Lakers team has a long and glorious history, and he is a second-round pick that must not be looked down upon.

Because his name is Bruce Lee, the last Chinese with this name, made all Hollywood people look sideways.

Before returning to Los Angeles, Li Liang entered the [Almighty King] system and prepared to continue to complete the ongoing mission.

After the three-point shooting and defensive ability basically reached the standard, in addition to continuing to train his physical fitness, plus finding someone to be a sparring partner in the personal training system, Li Liang thought about the next project that needed to be improved.

After turning around in his mind, Li Liang thought of a very important ability point - tactical running.

While practicing with the Wildcats in Kentucky, Li Liang discovered a problem of his own.

Although based on the mismatch advantage, he got some open three-point shots, and had a good performance.

But when it comes to the NBA, he can't have a mismatch advantage.

If he can't get an open spot, his three-point ability will be compromised.

At the Lakers, their core is Kobe Bryant, Kobe... If you have a vacancy, he may not pass it, let alone have no vacancy.

Li Liang felt that he needed to improve his ability to find open opportunities.

In the column of [Dimension 5: Tactical Literacy], under [Basic Offensive Tactical Awareness], there are five improvement items: [Reverse Run], [Air Cut], [Empty Position], [Blocking and Demolition Cover], and [Quick Counterattack].

Of course, Li Liang chose the [Vacant Seat] project, and his rating for this project was only 27.

Li Liang has always been at a loss for how to run the vacant position, and he lacks offensive sensitivity.

He did not hesitate to enter the task of cultivating the consciousness and ability of the [Vacant Seat], only to find himself in a pit.

[Do you want to continue the mission?] 】

[Yes.] 】

[Mission: Coach Bob Knight's training course, mission content: Complete 15 hours of empty tactical training sessions, task reward: empty tactical awareness and ability +20, and get a special item.] Difficulty: Rookie】

Just looking at this task, it is the easiest that Li Liang has carried out so far.

As long as you attend the class and complete 15 class hours, you will be able to complete the task.

And the ability value is very high, you can add 20 points at once!

Maybe the system also thinks that Li Liang's score is too low, so he will give him some tasks that can be passed in mixed time.

But after he really came in, Li Liang found that it was really not so easy to insist on 15 class hours for this task.

Just because, the person who trained him was Bob Knight!

Who is Bob Knight?

The legendary coach in the history of American college basketball and John Wooden are the brightest for a while.

And he is most famous in the basketball world, in addition to his invention and perfection of the "mobile offense" tactic, in terms of his temper.

Slapping players, throwing chairs into the field, fighting with the principal, in short, a grumpy old dude.

Li Liang's training session was carried out in the training hall as usual.

In addition to Bob Knight, he was trained by the entire West Point basketball team from 1969.

Li Liang followed the players of the West Point basketball team to receive special training in Knight's devilish tactics.

Each tactical training session consumes two hours, mainly to train tactical positioning.

Basically, every time you finish a class, you will wake up the next day with a headache, so don't think about doing other tasks.

Today was Li Liang's last training session, and he put on his tank top and small shorts from the sixties and seventies and stood with his teammates.

First of all, there is a drill for the queue, because they are the West Point basketball team.

plus Li Liang, there are a total of 13 players in the team, and Li Liang still knows one of them.

That's the current head coach of Duke, Mike Šashewski, also known as Coach K.

He's in the NCAA, and he's one of Calipari's opponents.

Li Liang didn't expect to be teammates with him once, he was still the old K when he was young, and his hairline was still very high at that time.

"Okay, today is my last tactical training session, and I'm going to organize a confrontation to test the results of training."

Bob Knight is tall and muscular, with a bell-like voice, and a temper tantrum at first glance.

In the previous class, the team members were basically scolded like their grandsons, including Li Liang, of course.

Li Liang doesn't care, anyway, if he scolds right, forget it, and if he scolds wrong, he scolds Knight.

Anyway, it doesn't matter if the system is virtual, and you can earn a lot of anger points by the way.

Of course, Li Liang can't scold too much, otherwise he will force Knight to leave the court directly, and this training session will be in vain.

After more than ten classes, Li Liang must admit that these coaches of the older generation do have a level.

It's not that the current coach can't do it, but the famous coaches of the older generation, as the pioneers and perfecters of tactics, have an understanding of basketball tactics that is beyond the reach of latecomers.

Their tactical effectiveness may have been surpassed by later generations, but the concept summed up is as glittering as gold.

"Mobile offense" is a combination of some of the most basic offensive principles in basketball, from which many tactics have been developed to this day.

Li Liang was scolded all the way and learned all the way, starting with the simplest tactical movement transfer.

to the multi-directional running position after the cover, and then to the three-person and four-person cooperation.

I learned several tactics that can generate open space in the outside attack and run to the open space in time.

In the past, in Kentucky, Calipari would not be able to teach so much detail and basics, and Li Liang has always learned relatively vaguely.

Coach Knight was holding a hair dryer behind him, and finally poured all these things into Li Liang's brain.

In the last game, Li Liang played very well.

After all, with his current ability, it is more than enough to play with the West Point basketball team in 1969.

Although there was no three-point line at that time, and there was no way to give full play to Li Liang's greatest power, he still enjoyed the fun of tactics.

As soon as the game was over, Li Liang completed his task, and Bob Knight stepped forward to hug Li Liang.

Bob Knight in 1969 was only 29 years old, his figure was not yet fat, and his hair was not yet completely white.

His "mobile offense" tactics are still in the back of his mind, and he will move to Indiana State two years later to begin his illustrious NCAA coaching career.

He patted Li Liang on the shoulder and said, "Come on, your journey has just begun." ”

Li Liang nodded, thanked the legendary coach for helping him, and said, "Well, you are the same. ”

[Congratulations on completing the quest "Coach Bob Knight's Training Session" and receiving rewards: Vacancy Awareness and Ability +20 (47,), Special Item: Bob Knight's Hair Dryer.] 】

Li Liang looked at it, how did he feel that he had gained another toy in 15 class hours?

[Bob Knight's Hair Dryer: Can make any player, coach, star, celebrity feel the power of your trash talk, explain: He once scolded Michael Jordan, and in his eyes the vast majority of players are idiots.] 】

Li Liang looked at it, this thing seemed to have some effect.