Chapter 59: Don't Think About Prostitution
After completing Frazier's mission, Li Liang trained with the Wildcats for two more days.
Noel, Kentucky's new pride of heaven, was convinced by Li Liang.
Although in terms of actual talent, Li Liang is far inferior to Noel, but his playing style makes Noel to death.
In a short period of time, Noel will not be able to find a way to deal with this kind of outside center forward, and he will need to hone for a long time.
Of course, after a few run-ins, the freshman and sophomore teams have learned to dislocate to defend, and through the rotation of the outside line, they have played against Li Liang.
Therefore, Li Liang did not throw 9 three-pointers in a confrontation game like he did on the first day.
But Li Liang's performance on the defensive end was impressive.
In the case that a Kentucky junior guard like Mays can't limit Goodwin, Li Liang taught Goodwin a lot of lessons on the defensive end.
Just making offensive fouls many times, Goodwin didn't dare to break through when he saw Li Liang standing inside.
And his excellent perimeter defensive ability, strict footwork, cunning defensive skills, and diligent training style have taught these young players a good lesson.
People like Noel, Cauley-Stein, and Goodwin, who didn't know Li Liang before, all thought that Li Liang was the "gold medal sparring partner" of the Kentucky Wildcats. ”
With such a good sparring partner, it's no wonder that the University of Kentucky won the championship last season.
Li Liang was almost angry when he heard this.
Lao Tzu has been training hard for more than a month in order to enter the NBA, not to be a gold medal sparring partner!
Of course, the person with the most ups and downs in his heart is John Calipari.
As an experienced basketball coach, after practicing during this period of time, he will no longer see that Li Liang can play in the NBA, and he has been a coach for so many years.
Although in terms of comprehensive ability, Li Liang is seriously lame.
But in a high-level league like the NBA, the advantages are more prominent than all kinds of songs.
What's more, Li Liang's two advantages are the most important in the league now, who will enter if he doesn't enter the NBA?
After spending some time in Kentucky, Li Liang decided to end his training, where he couldn't get any better promotion.
He doesn't want to be a sparring partner all the time, and he needs to give himself more opportunities before the draft.
Before parting, Calipari and Li Liang went to the school bar for a drink together.
Calipari took the initiative to give Li Liang a letter of recommendation, saying that he hoped that Li Liang could go to the New Jersey Nets for a tryout.
Last time, Li Liang went to the training camp organized by the Nets and the Rockets, but he did not get the attention of Nets manager Max.
Calipari was a head coach with the Nets for three years and has an old friendship with the Nets.
This time, he saw the strength shown by Li Liang and thought that Li Liang could win the favor of more teams.
"The Nets have two draft picks this year, 54 and 57, both higher than the Lakers, and you can give it a try."
Li Liang took the letter of recommendation from Kalipari, and he was really sleepy and sent a pillow, just in time.
Li thanked his mentor for not expelling him from the team that year.
Xie He didn't look down on himself because of his poor level.
Although Li Liang is a water cooler, Kalipari has never relaxed his requirements for Li Liang during training.
And, after recognizing his level, he will also be sent to the stage.
Li Liang was able to get his current strength, mainly due to the system.
But if he hadn't laid the foundation for four years at Wildcat, he wouldn't have been able to complete the initial task of the system.
"Thank you, John. However, I still won't delete that video, don't worry, I really won't leak it. ”
finally left, Li Liang did not forget to "stab" Kalipari.
Kalipari knew that the small stain on his name might not be washed away in this life.
Back at Wei Dazhi's rental house, Li Liang was about to pack his bags and leave, and he bought a plane ticket to New Jersey.
Wei Dazhi's whereabouts have been erratic in the past two days, and he often does not see anyone at night, which makes Li Liang feel very strange.
The two were about to leave for New Jersey, but Wei Dazhi even sighed, as if he was very reluctant to leave Kentucky.
"Da Zhi, what is your situation? If you don't want to go along, I'll go alone. ”
"Oh, go and go, I'm definitely willing to go. You see, the number of followers on my Twitter account and Instagram account is skyrocketing. Also, there are more and more people following your news on domestic forums, do you want to take a look at the post? ”
Li Liang shook his head and said, "I'm not interested, I just want to know what you've been doing lately, and you have to disappear every night." Aren't you hurt emotionally? If you talk about a girlfriend, bring it out to meet. ”
Wei Dazhi didn't answer Li Liang's words, and played a few haha to fool around.
Li Liang thought to himself, Wei Dazhi, this kid, must have fallen into an indescribable backsliding relationship, otherwise he wouldn't be so cringe.
Anyway, when he gets into trouble in the future, he will definitely say it.
The two booked a plane for tomorrow morning, and before going to bed at night, Li Liang called Bai Xiaoting and told her that he was going to New Jersey tomorrow and could meet when he was free.
Bai Xiaoting readily agreed, telling Li Liang that she could go directly to Manhattan to find her after the trial.
In his sleep, Li Liang entered the [All-Around King] system, came to the [Personal Training Center], spent 100 points, and found the Nets' small forward, Damai James as a sparring partner.
Now Li Liang's points are not enough, and it took a lot to bring Fraser to train last time.
He's about to start frugal again.
……
On the other hand, in Los Angeles, Zhu Shu's agent training is going well.
In mid-June, she will take the Agent Qualification Exam organized by the California Athletic Association.
After passing the exam, she will be able to get the broker qualification certificate, sign a contract with Li Liang, and officially become his agent.
Earlier, Zhu Shu was a little worried that she would not be able to do it, but when she really began to dig deeper, she found that it was not a particularly difficult job.
Of course, the premise is that Zhu Shu's customer is only Li Liang.
If she wants to expand her customer base, there's a lot of work to be done.
She doesn't have that idea yet, so her life in Los Angeles is regular and a little more relaxed.
A few days ago, after Li Liang informed Zhu Shu that he was going to participate in a trial for another team and asked Zhu Shu to tell Ryan West, Zhu Shu ran into a little trouble.
Because she's really not a good person to tell bad news or reject people.
Ryan West is very nice, kind and friendly, and has always been polite in his contact with Zhu Shu.
This is not the same as Zhu Shu coming into contact with other people in the circle.
Many agents or team workers seem to be a little rude.
This may have something to do with the level of tension at work, or with the nature of the sports industry itself.
Anyway, every time those people see Zhu Shu with black eyes and black hair, and she is still a female agent, they will show a strange look.
In professional sports, men are predominant, and there are very few female workers.
Not to mention, Zhu Shu is still an Asian who just graduated from college, and she is really a minority of the minority.
But she persevered, anyway, she had customers, although only one.
For the sake of this customer, Zhu Shu still has to do what she is not good at.
She asked Ryan West to meet at a café to tell him that Li Liang would be tryouting for another team.
West didn't want to go to the appointment, and he could say something on the phone.
What's more, Li Liang's agent, he really can't handle it.
West is not afraid of the old fox among the agents, nor is he afraid of the vampires who mess around, because business is business after all.
As long as there is a common understanding between the two parties, the agent is just a middleman, and sometimes they can help the team.
Besides, if West can't figure it out, the Lakers still have Buss, Kupchak, and the Lakers.
But Zhu Shu, a fledgling who doesn't know much about anything, and is a female agent, he really has no choice.
Not at all.
Reason with her?
I'm sorry, I can understand, but I pretend I don't.
Get angry with her, threaten her?
I'm sorry, I'm a woman, and you have to respect women.
West really wants Li Liangneng to stay in Los Angeles all the time, participate in a few more Lakers tryouts, and have more contact with management, so that both sides have a good impression.
If Li Liang was looking for a professional agent, then he would definitely stand on West's side and persuade Li Liang to do so.
But Zhu Shu won't, she only listens to Li Liang.
This time she asked herself out, and Ryan West had a hunch that it might not be good news, but he went anyway.
Sure enough, in the café, before a cup of coffee was served, Zhu Shu informed West that Li Liang would not participate in the Lakers' group tryout in mid-June.
"Mr. Bruce Lee, has gone to New Jersey and he's going to try out for the Nets."
Ryan West's eyes were closed, not knowing what to say.
He now especially wants his daddy, Jerry West, to be with the Lakers.
If he is there, seeing Li Liang's performance, he will definitely not hesitate to take Li Liang at the 60th pick.
Even, he may trade upwards to get Li Liang in a more secure position.
Then, as it passes, he will concentrate on the more important issues.
He will not hesitate to do a few trials for the last show in the second round.
60 bits! If you train again, what can you train?
It's just that Li Liang is not a good liar, he is surprisingly calm and knows his own value.
Unlike some recruits, scouts and agents joined forces to coax him, and they felt that the team wanted him to open a big favor.
Ryan looked at Zhu Shu, this girl is well-behaved and beautiful, and she is still a little shy.
But after a few contacts, I found that her personality is soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, and she decided on one thing, and she didn't look back.
And she trusts Bruce Lee a lot, what he says is what he says, it doesn't matter how you coax him.
"OK, Mr. Li has any conditions? You know, if he goes to another team for a tryout, and the other team wants him, we can't stop him. ”
Zhu Shu shook his head and said, "I don't know, he doesn't have any conditions, in fact, he just hopes that you can be sincere." ”
"I'm already very sincere, and Kobe Bryant wants him too."
"Then you shouldn't continue to do any more group tryouts."
"Then he should at least stay in Los Angeles and get in touch with our managers and small bosses to let them know about ......"
Zhu Shu still shook his head and said, "No need, he can enter the NBA by relying on strength, not anything else." ”
As the saying goes, insisting that Qingshan will not relax, Zhu Shu and Li Liang have grasped the core law of this alliance - strength is king.
West was at a loss and said, "Then we can't sign a mandatory agreement with Bruce Lee, we can only make a verbal promise." ”
Zhu Shu said: "So, of course, Mr. Li can also go to other teams to participate in trials." As for how you choose him, I believe in the operational ability of the Los Angeles Lakers management. ”
Zhu Shu's voice was as soft as ever, but the meaning of the words was clear and tough.
The Lakers want Li Liang and recognize Li Liang's value, so let's do something, don't keep thinking about prostitution!