One of the conditions for Li Liang to join the Pacers is that he hopes that Larry Bird can return as the team's head coach.

When he was with the Cavaliers, Li Liang wanted Mike Brown to be the head coach.

When it comes to walkers, it's a different story.

The current head coach of the Pacers is Vogel, and as an important contributor to the Pacers' resurgence in the past two years, Bird has no reason to fire him.

This is different from the new Cavaliers coach David Blatter, who just signed with the team in the summer and has no relationship with the Cavaliers players, as long as the Cavaliers want to, they can be exchanged.

And the person Li Liang wants to change is Mike Brown, an old friend of the Cavaliers.

So when the knight refused, Li Liangcai was particularly unhappy.

When it comes to the Pacers, the current batch of people are all brought out by Vogel, and they want to insert Brown into it, even if Li Liang is a ball bully, he doesn't think it's appropriate.

Besides, Vogel used to teach at the University of Kentucky and was Li Liang's teacher, how could Li Liang make him unemployed?

Then Li Liang had a flash of inspiration, thinking to himself, didn't Bird be the head coach back then, and he also won the best coach.

Li Liang took this matter to try Bird, to see if Bird respected himself enough and was willing to go out of the mountain, but he didn't expect Bird to agree, so Li Liang was naturally happy to come to the walker.

Bird is indeed a genius in basketball.

As a player, as a coach, as a general manager, he has won the highest awards, and he is unique in the entire history of the NBA.

Generally speaking, superstars on the pitch are not very good at coaching, management or bosses, and the higher the achievements on the court, the more sparse the off-field achievements.

After all, the world is still fair.

Bird is an exception, he is as good on the court as he is off the court, and the only regret is that he has not won a championship as a head coach or general manager.

It is also because the Pacers are really a small club, they really can't pull superstars, and they have a bad fate, and they always encounter unpredictable accidents when they are about to produce results, which leads to the death of the championship in the middle of the journey.

This time, Bird decided to make a final fight and return as head coach himself.

Like Pat Riley in '06, it doesn't work out.

……

Li Liang joins the Pacers and will wear the yellow, white and black No. 28 jersey.

The Pacers officials soon held a press conference for Li Liang's new jersey, and the Pacers' package for the new season quickly sold out.

Not only are tickets sold out well for the Pacers' home court, but many tickets for away games are also sold out in advance.

The east, which had been weak before, suddenly gave people hope for revival.

The Cavaliers have formed a new three-headed monster, and the Pacers have gotten rid of George and come with a more powerful one, and the pattern of the Eastern Conference duo has been formed before the start of the new season.

Last season's crushing championship of the Clippers is a thing of the past, and fans are already looking forward to the battle between the two heroes in the East in the new season.

Overall, most fans still believe that the Cavaliers have a deeper roster, especially between Paul George and James, which is considered a more suitable match than James Wade.

Because George has better projection ability and is more tall, there is not much conflict with James in terms of playing style.

As for the interior, the arrival of Masimmi has given the Cavaliers better ability to protect the rim under the basket, and with Tristan Thompson, a more balanced and fearsome lineup has been produced than the Heat.

On the Pacers' side, although they have Li Liang, they have more problems to face.

The core of the team has not changed, but the loss of morale over the past few seasons, especially last season, has been a big blow to the team's effectiveness.

The good news is that Li Liang is still improving, and with Bird as head coach, he may be able to bring the team out of the slump.

Li Liang also faced several major challenges, first of all, many people didn't know that he could still improve, thinking that he was at the top and it would be good to be able to maintain it.

Li Liang is a sophomore, yes, but he graduated from his senior year and entered the league, and some of the players who were the same year as him have been playing in the league for five or six years.

So most people think that Li Liang has reached the top.

Li Liang must say when he knows it, Lao Tzu is still a child, and I am not fully developed!

Originally, he was a knight, and Li Liang wanted to practice his back body ability.

After meeting Anthony Mason and coming to the Pacers, Li Liang decided not to practice......

Practice a fart, Lao Tzu wants to dribble!

At present, his [basic ball control] is 70 points, but he still has serious deficiencies in several basic skills such as [ball control acceleration], [ball control direction], and [ball control turning], all of which are below 40 points.

So since August, Li Liang has been focusing on improving his ball control ability in the system.

Possession acceleration follows James Worthy.

Possession changes direction and follows Monroe – finally no longer having to follow Fraser.

Possession and turning follow Oscar Robertson – although his dribbling posture is ancient, his technique of turning and turning with the ball is very solid.

The training of ball control is very hard.

Because Li Liang does not have the talent in this area.

His own shooting talent is very good, so the three-point practice is very smooth, and the more he practices, the more he practices, the more he practices, the more powerful he becomes.

Ball control is a thing that pays attention to ball nature, and if you don't have ball nature, the system will force you to create ball nature.

As a result, Li Liang experienced various "inhumane" therapies in the system, forcing his muscles to form ball control skills on the one hand, and completing the system tasks on the other hand, allowing black technology to transform his body.

In addition to ball control, Li Liang further improved his physical fitness.

Especially the [push/hold/pull/action strength], which Li Liang rarely paid attention to when practicing in the past.

Now he believes that if you want to strengthen your ability to break through with the ball, the strength of your hands is very important.

The core of the confrontation comes from the torso, and the small movements in the hands must not be missing, otherwise under the intensity and reaction speed of the NBA, you will not be able to rush into the basket with the ball.

Li Liang relied on the quest and some additional skills he obtained to increase this item to 70 points.

The whole month of August and September passed like this.

Summer entered the tail, Li Liang did not participate in and organize any training camps this year, including the Kentucky alumni training camp, he only paid for the organization, and as a result, he did not go himself.

He is like the protagonist in martial arts, who fell into a valley and studied hard there with a book of cheats.

Indiana is indeed a place for quiet practice.

In addition to staying in Indianapolis, he traveled to Fort Wayne and Portland, driving through the endless fields of India, enjoying the beauty of country life.

Compared to Los Angeles, life in Indiana is indeed much more monochromatic and boring.

No beach, no studio, no big playground.

The media here is not developed enough, and reporters will not spy on Li Liang's privacy all day long, report on his affairs with the beautiful agent and her friends, and so on.

The days went by quietly, comfortably and peacefully.

In late August and early September, the Men's World Men's Basketball Championship was held in Spain.

The U.S. team dominated again and won the championship, with Paul George joining his teammates in the gold medal.

It is a pity that the Chinese team was not able to participate in this competition.

So Li Liang has no chance to join the national team if he wants to, why did he go, did he play a warm-up game? Or play Asian matches?

This year's U.S. men's basketball team can be said to have concentrated the elite among the young stars.

Curry, Harden, George, Thompson, Davis and others, such a high-level joint practice, their skills and experience are extremely high.

It is foreseeable that the 2015 season will be a season of stars, and the new generation will stand at the center of the stage, like the evil forces of the league to challenge them.