For Oklahoma City fans, happiness came too suddenly.

From Wei Dazhi's Twitter message to the completion of the transaction, the dust settled in two days.

Li Liang's change of team has always been like this, crisp and neat, and he never acted in soap operas by his mother-in-law.

So, when Li Liang arrived in the city, the people here were not ready to welcome the father of the NBA's most amazing champion.

Accompanied by Zhu Shu, Li Liang went directly to the Thunder headquarters to report, and only the general manager Presti and some senior officials greeted him, and the team owner did not come.

It's not disrespectful, but the news is really sudden, the boss Bennett is not in Russia, the schedule is full, and there is no time to rush over.

The first time Presti saw Li Liang, the first thing he said was: "The boss is on his way here, I'm very, very sorry." ”

The Thunder were brought to Oklahoma by Bennett from Seattle that year, because Bennett didn't have much money and Oklahoma was also a small market, so he had been running a small business.

It wasn't until 2014 that George Kaiser, a billionaire in the energy industry, and many other partners became rich.

If Caesar had come earlier, the Thunder wouldn't have traded Harden in '12.

Of course, these are all in the past, and now Thunder has a more powerful hand, from his loving father Li Liang.

At the moment of shaking hands, Presti could feel the strong power in Li Liang's hands.

Look at his size... It seems to be a lap bigger than last season.

What happened this summer? Did Bruce Lee gain weight?

No way, he's getting stronger.

It seems that the position of the team's power forward is not to be worried.

Of course, although the boss did not come, and the fans were not ready, the reporter was always the fastest runner.

Reporters from ESPN and many other TV stations and newspapers gathered in Russia to witness Li Liang's joining the Thunder with cameras and cameras.

Because it was traded, there was no signing ceremony, and Presti took Li Liang to visit the team's headquarters, training ground, and the Chesapeake Energy Center arena, while explaining to him the Thunder's management philosophy, operation methods, and team culture.

There are 30 teams in the NBA, which is theoretically 30 basketball management companies, and each company operates differently.

Like some team owners who are always up front, such as Cuban's Dallas Mavericks.

In some teams, you don't even know who the owner is, and the general manager and head coach support the façade.

Some teams have a more bureaucratic atmosphere, such as the Pistons, and some teams have a more flat management, more like high-tech enterprises.

The Thunder are one of those teams that is relatively lightly managed, and although the market is small, the loyalty and fanaticism of the fans are very high.

Presti told Leung that tomorrow he would hold a big fan meeting for him at the Energy Arena and release his Thunder jersey for the new season.

Li Liang nodded, he still needs this kind of pomp, after all, after winning the championship for 15 years, he has become one of the first people in the league.

Although Li Liang himself believes that he still has a lot of room for improvement in strength, fans feel that this product has reached its peak.

The 50 points in the two finals in 15 years really convinced the opponents and teammates.

The explosive scoring power in the game, and the firepower performance of chopping melons and vegetables after the feel came, is really breathtaking.

Presti, as the general manager of the Thunder, has Kevin Durant, a player known as the league's dead, and is very clear about Durant's strength.

To be honest, Durant's scoring explosiveness, especially in the finals and playoffs, is at best a dead ghost in front of Li Liang.

Of course, Presti didn't know that Li Liang used props in the finals, and just looking at the regular season, the two had their own strengths.

In terms of ball holding ability, Durant still has to beat Li Liang, and Durant's no-ball is no worse than Li Liang.

Li Liangqiang is strong in defense, strong in shooting against the sky, as well as the ability to control the top level of the game, as well as some advantages in small details.

Many talented players don't do a good enough job in the details of the game, after all, when they are young, they are crushed with talent, and they still need any details.

It is not until I slowly mature, after the age of 30, that I accumulate more and more experience in the game, and the gap in details will be reflected, especially in the key games.

Like Kobe, who also scored 30 points in a single game and scored 20 iron games, he may have lost when he was young, but he may have won later.

Why? Because the teammates have become stronger!

As for the details... Anyway, Lao Ke still has details, and the role is also there, so I don't know how big it is.

Now Li Liang will be the same, I have details, but I have more powerful teammates!

"Where's Kevin? Didn't he come today? Li Liang also specifically mentioned Durant and asked him if he had come.

Presti shook his head and said that Durant didn't come, that he was still on vacation in his hometown, and that he didn't say he was coming.

Instead, Westbrook said that he would come to Li Liang's appearance ceremony tomorrow.

Li Liang nodded, thinking that Durant was probably still a little unconvinced.

Since Li Liang entered the alliance, there have been a lot of duels and comparisons between the two.

In the 13 Western Conference Finals, the two sides battled, and Durant was higher than Li Liang in terms of data at that time, but the Thunder unfortunately lost the series, and watched the Lakers and Li Liang enter the Finals and win the championship.

In 14 years, I still wanted to meet again in the West, but I didn't know that I was beaten by the Spurs, and I couldn't beat it at all.

In 15 years, year after year, there was no qualitative improvement in the team's roster, and then Durant's injury was affected, and finally he was reimbursed.

The player who carried Oklahoma's hopes, who was thought to be a champion soon after 2012, has been wasting his time year after year.

He was always pressed by James before, thinking that he could turn over, but James was pressed again.

The second thousand-year-old suddenly became the third-thousand-year-old, and he couldn't turn over.

Now that Li Liang has come to the Thunder and brought you to win the championship, it is really a question for Durant how to deal with and face it.

Continue to be the boss? Hold out your hand and see, how many rings do you have? How many times have you won a head-to-head conversation?

Do you be a little and be a second? I've always been the second, and now I'm going to be the second......

Durant was selected by the SuperSonics that year, and he was directly cultivated as a boss and superstar, with unlimited shot power and casual play.

You let him be the second child...... Who knows, people, can bend and stretch, in order to win the championship, what is the eldest and second, maybe the fifth and sixth can also be.

What exactly he thinks, Li Liang doesn't know for the time being, and he doesn't want to know.

No way, you didn't win a championship before I Bruce Lee arrived!

After visiting the Thunder's headquarters and meeting all kinds of staff, Li Liang was led by Presti to visit the team's training center.

Compared with some teams with luxurious equipment, the Thunder's training center is a little more plain, not so big, so new, but well-equipped.

Now that the summer has come to an end and players have begun to train at the training center, Li Liang met with future teammates Singler, Adams and others.

Under Presti's guidance, Li Liang shook hands with them one by one, making him feel that he was not here to play, but to inspect the work.

Speaking of work, Li Liang remembered one thing and said to Presti: "Sam, I want to ask, is the team still short of assistant coaches?" ”

Because of the rush of the transaction, there is one person whose work Li Liang has not yet arranged, and that is his dear little henchman, Mike Brown.

Presti smiled lightly, and his eyes gestured to the court, Li Liang looked at it, and walked over with a black bald head - it was Mike Brown!

The first thing Li Liang noticed was his big white teeth, and he changed the frame of his glasses to blue.

"Mike?" Li Liang was surprised, why did Brown come before him?

"Welcome, Bruce."

Brown also made a gesture of "Lao Tzu has come a long time ago and welcomes you as the master", which made Li Liang very unhappy.

Presti explained that as soon as the trade was agreed, he contacted Brown to bring him to Oklahoma.

The contract hasn't been signed yet, but Brown already has a place with the Thunder, and he should be the assistant coach.

Leung Mike Brown is currently the league with the highest championship percentage.

Brown patted Li Liang's arm and said with a smile: "Bruce, are you strong again?" ”

Li Liang suddenly felt a hint of ill will.

"Mike, I don't want to play center anymore, you just let me be a big forward quietly, let's take a step back, okay?"