After more than two hours of training in the morning, and during the lunch break, Li Liang went to the locker room to take a shower and went to eat with the Wildcats.

Wildcat's players have a school meal allowance and a special sports nutrition meal.

Li Liang is no longer a member of the team, so he can't enjoy this treatment.

In this case, of course, he has to rub Calipari.

Anyway, the old card has a bumper harvest this year, and it is estimated that the money will be cramped in the hand, and a piece of rice will be a dime.

Calipari didn't care about inviting Li Liang to eat, but when he saw that Li Liang's food plate was full, as if it was a robbery, he was still surprised: "Bruce, do you still want to take it after you eat?" Take-out is not allowed in the cafeteria. ”

Li Liang said: "Who wants to take it out!" That's all I have to eat! ”

After speaking, Li Liang began his lunch, one meal at the top of the others' three meals.

Calipari shook his head and said, "Bruce, you're playing basketball, not sumo." ”

Li Liang chewed on the bacon egg burger in his mouth and said, "I need to replenish energy, you know, I train a lot." ”

Kalipari thought that in the past month or so, Li Liang must have undergone inhuman training, otherwise he would not have improved so quickly.

It seems that I really underestimated him in the past.

Li Liang's body may contain potential, but this potential is very deep and needs to be explored deeply.

"Bruce, if you think there's anything you need in training, you can ask me. ”

Li Liang chewed the hamburger and said, "I think... I want to know how to practice the whole game and improve the fastest. ”

Calipari said: "You followed the whole court, you practiced well today. However, Hood and Perisrees, who are on the same group as you, have average ball control, so I can try to let you team up with Goodwin tomorrow. Also, I can take you alone if you need to. ”

When Li Liang heard it, Lao Ka was so good, he wanted to take him to practice alone.

Calipari will easily not take the time to take players to practice alone, and only talented players like Wall, Cousins, and Davis are qualified to let Calipari coach alone.

The last time Lao Ka helped Li Liang practice three-point shooting, he gave Li Liang a lot of help.

Li Liang hopes to improve quickly this time, so that Frazier's damn mission can be completed sooner.

For lunch, Li Liang ate three bacon egg burgers, two bowls of potato salad, six slices of chicken breast, and a large bowl of Thai fragrant rice.

Generally speaking, basketball players will eat much more than ordinary people, but it is really rare to eat so much like Li Liang.

After eating, Li Liang walked around the campus in Kentucky twice to digest and digest.

In the afternoon, the arena will be regrouped for an hour and a half of confrontation training.

Calipari divided the players into two groups to play against each other, with a group of juniors and seniors and a group of freshmen and sophomores.

There are a total of 9 people in the freshman and second groups, and the junior and fourth groups plus Li Liang are exactly 5 people.

Calipari's arrangement is to let the freshman and sophomore groups play wheel battles, and let the juniors and four groups do sparring.

Li Liang is very familiar with the work of sparring, that is, to be a blueman.

Calipari will make tactical arrangements and coaches for the sparring team.

The freshman and sophomore teams solve the problem of tactical coordination and rotation on their own.

Calipari is keen to see how this year's four newcomers perform.

Li Liang and his old teammates, Hood, Julius Metz, David Beckham and Jarrod Parson.

This is a purely small lineup, because Li Liang, who is 6-foot-9 tall, is the tallest of the five.

So in this lineup, Li Liang wants to play center!

Li Liang is not afraid of the position of center, and after a period of training, his physical fitness has been greatly improved.

Although he can't reach the level of an inside player in the confrontation, he really has the strength.

Especially in the [Physical Fitness] training, he completed a series of tasks of [Wrestling with Iron Man], which improved his confrontation ability to a certain extent.

Nowadays, there are no low-post monsters in the NCAA, whether it is Noel or Cauley Stein, they are both modern centers.

The biggest thing to worry about on the side of the junior and senior teams may be that the frontcourt rebounds will be snatched up.

But so what, just get it back on the offensive end.

The freshman and sophomore groups lined up with center Noel, power forward Wilcher, small forward Perisrys, shooting guard Veron Hairo, and shooting guard Goodwin.

There was also a tall man sitting on the bench, Cauley Stein.

Although there are nine people in the freshman and sophomore groups, these six can be regarded as real players.

There are also three guys, and the level is slightly higher than Li Liang in the past.

"Well, the opponent has an advantage on the inside, but we can cause them a little bit of trouble. Pull away from the four corners, rush inside with Mace's speed, and get ready for three-point shots on the outside. It's as simple as that and see how they'll respond. ”

Before the matchup, Calipari made a very simple tactical arrangement.

Suddenly, in short, it is to open up the space to throw.

Julius Mason, now in his senior year, is a modest but experienced point guard.

With him, the offense of the junior and senior teams doesn't have to worry too much.

After getting on the court, Mason looked at Li Liang and said, "Bruce, it's okay for you to play center, right?" ”

Li Liang said: "Of course it's no problem, anyway, I'll just pull it out and shoot three points." ”

Mason pouted and smiled, and said in his heart Li Liang, this kid, what else can he do besides making free throws?

In the summer, he actually came over to be a sparring partner, and it seems that Coach Kalipari is quite kind of to see him, I really don't know why.

Mason didn't notice Li Liang's performance in defensive training in the morning, thinking that Li Liang was still the useless substitute before.

The two sides came to the court, and Li Liang stood in the middle circle, ready to jump the ball.

When he was in high school, Li Liang used to play as the center of the team.

At that time, he had grown to 1.95 meters, and he was simply invincible in the class competition.

When he came to the United States, he entered college, and he jumped to 205, and found that the position of center was not at all suitable for him.

Standing across the middle circle is Nolens Noel, the University of Kentucky's hope for next season, and Anthony Davis' replacement.

Like Davis, he is tall and has long arms, measuring 6'11.

However, Li Liang looked at the bulging hair above his head, and thought to himself that this hairstyle was at least 1 inch.

Before jumping the ball, Li Liang first opened the [Ball Blind Identification Device] and made an appraisal for Noel, a kid who looked a little stunned.

[The ball blindness index is 67%, and the understanding of basketball is stuck in a more primitive era, such as 1961 or earlier.] I was introduced to the game of basketball with instinct and talent, but my mind was a mess about how to play basketball well and how to plan my basketball career. If he doesn't have a body that's perfect for playing basketball, he'll undoubtedly be close to the 90 percent black blind line — and he'll have trouble even sensing light. 】

Li Liang took a look, this guy is finished, and the ball quotient is not high.

After many appraisals, Li Liang slowly discovered that judging a person's ball blindness index mainly depends on two parts.

One is his basketball level, and the other is his understanding of basketball.

The understanding of basketball is divided into the understanding of basketball skills and tactics, and the understanding of the sport itself.

In short, playing the ball well does not mean that you have a good understanding of basketball.

If you have a deep understanding of basketball, you may not know how to play at all.

This Noel looks like a stunned young man who can play, but doesn't have a deep understanding of basketball.

This test result is much worse than that of Anthony Davis.

Looking at it this way, if you have to rely on him, next season's Kentucky Wildcats are not very good.

Just thinking about it, the referee threw the ball into the air and jumped the ball.

Noel jumped hard and jumped high to touch the ball first.

And what about Li Liang?

He didn't jump at all.

"Hey, fool, who's going to jump with you."