From Kobe Bryant's reminder to perform well, Li Liang can see that Old Bass is not only here to see the excitement, but also to inspect himself.

Although Jerichbus has handed over the reins of running the team to his son, Jim Buss.

But as the emperor who has ruled the Lakers for 30 years, even at the end of his life, he still won't completely let go of his power.

At the draft, it was a phone call from Jerebus that made the Lakers decide to trade the Mavericks' draft pick and take Li Liang.

But just because you get a draft pick doesn't mean the team will definitely sign it.

First-round rookies are required by the team to sign a guaranteed contract with a player, while second-round rookies do not have this rule.

Many second-round picks, especially players at the end of the second round, are unable to sign with the team after being selected by the team.

Partly because they are overseas, there are other clubs with contracts in hand, and the liquidated damages are high, so they can't sign for the time being.

Another part is that after the team is selected, they inspect it and think that they can't sign it.

The reasons are varied, perhaps the belief that the strength is not up to expectations, or the consideration of the salary situation.

In short, these players who cannot be signed have to play in the second division or overseas.

Some may make it back to the NBA, while others will never return.

In the past few days, Zhu Shu has been negotiating contracts with the Lakers on behalf of Li Liang, and it has reached the last step.

When it was time for the final decision, Old Bass believed that seeing was believing, and he wanted to go to the training ground to see what Li Liang had to do.

After all, Li Liang didn't have any NCAA performance to support him.

Winning him in the draft showed Bass's spirit.

But a businessman is a businessman after all, and in the end, he has to speak in the way of business.

Li Liangxin snorted disdainfully, the Lakers, the grinding and chirping broken management, don't believe in their own strength so much.

Old Bass too, you are sick like this, can't you lie at home and watch TV, and find two beautiful women to serve you?

I have to run to the broken mountain where there is no signal to inspect a second-round show.

Li Liangzhi has secretly made up his mind that when he plays out in the future, he will never compromise with the Lakers on the contract issue!

Unless the Lakers offer them with both hands and feet, Li Liang must toss them!

Of course, at this time, people have to bow their heads under the roof, and they still have to perform well in the competition.

The two sides were divided into two groups.

One group is led by Anthony Davis, plus Leon, McGee, Knight and Teague.

One group is led by Cousins and Wall, plus Terrence Jones, Doron Lamb, and Darius Miller.

Both sides have very complete squads, with quality players in every position.

On paper, the Wall team is stronger.

After all, Wall and Cousins have been playing in the NBA for two years, and the improvement must be great.

The Davis team, on the other hand, has this year's champion and top eye combination, plus Knight's strength is good, but after all, he has shortcomings and experience.

Of course, more importantly, everyone thinks that Li Liang is a dragger, and neither side wants it.

In the end, Li Liang used the deterrent power of his seniors to force Davis to choose him and join the Davis team.

Davis, McGee and the others all sighed lightly, and said that they would definitely be educated by their seniors today.

Bryant took the ball to the center of the court and teed off on the floor with the Lakers logo, which felt like playing in Stamps.

Cousins and Davis, the two longs, jumped the ball in the middle circle, with the young Davis having the better reach to get the ball first.

This Kentucky Civil War began.

Knight got the ball and launched his first attack.

Knight didn't play with Davis, who didn't come until he left Kentucky.

The two didn't have a tacit understanding at first, Davis was stuck on the inside, and Knight didn't pass the ball to Davis.

It's Li Liang, who has played with Knight for a year, and knows that with Knight's speed, he can't beat Wall, who is against him.

So, Li Liang stepped forward to the high position to cover for Knight.

To be honest, Li Liang did a really good job of blocking people and covering up in the past.

Because his body is not rigid enough, his core is unstable, and he is a little faced.

So as soon as the other party squeezed out, it was difficult to block people.

Wall is one of the representatives of the emerging point guard in the league at the moment, with a strong body and a fierce defense.

He was the main defense of Naite, and when he saw Li Liang stepping forward to block and dismantle, he crashed directly into Li Liang, trying to squeeze this kid away.

Unexpectedly, Wall had a tough encounter with Li Liang and didn't squeeze him out!

Hehe, Lao Tzu is a person who has been hit by Artest, and he is not so easy to be squeezed out.

The improvement of core stability has made Li Liang's blocking more solid.

Wall's first line of defense on the outside was breached, and Cousins on the inside came over to make up for it.

Cousins' defensive footsteps are relatively slow, and Knight plays a big and strong inside!

But the last shot of the layup was not resolute enough, and the throw was a little random and missed.

Later, Davis followed, and directly dunked with both hands to make up for the basket!

Davis took the lead with two points.

This time the score is in the data, and Li Liang will not have any withdrawal.

But anyone who has watched the ball knows that it all started with Li Liang's quality blocking cover.

Kobe Bryant looked at it and thought, this kid's basic skills are good.

Players who are really on the pitch don't just look at the stats, they see more detail.

This is especially true of Kobe, an obsessive-compulsive disorder who is a true detail freak.

A lot of young players are good at breaking, shooting, and passing the ball when attacking.

But places where data can't be withdrawn, such as covering, blocking, and running, are likely to be a mess.

Such a player always has good stats on the field.

But the longer he played, the worse the team's performance became.

And there are some players who are not obvious in terms of statistics, but when he is on the field, the team just plays smoothly.

In Kobe's view, Li Liang has the potential to become such a player.

Of course, it's not enough to just get in the way and do some dirty work.

If you can get a foothold in the NBA just like that, there are too many people who can play in the NBA.

Li Liang also has one of his skills: defense.

Wall serves the ball in the backcourt, Wall takes the ball and advances, and he is very fast.

Wall has always been known for his punch.

He is only 22 years old this year, and his physical fitness is at its peak.

After he got the ball, he started to accelerate, and Knight, who was defending him, was always one position behind and couldn't keep up!

At this time, Li Liang appeared near the top of the arc and surrounded Wall with Knight!

Li Liang's assistance gave Wal a brake.

He originally wanted to rush directly into the inside line to play one, but he didn't succeed.

As soon as Wall's speed slowed down, Li Liang immediately returned to Jones, who was opposite him.

An inconspicuous help defense that hindered a quick counter-attack opportunity for the opponent while also protecting Davis on the inside.

This is what a good 3D player should do.

It serves as a buffer zone between the inner and outer barriers.

Help the small players on the outside to fill in the gaps, while protecting the big men on the inside from being exposed to the firepower of the opponent's outside line.

Stopping to play positional warfare, Cousins and Wall have a very tacit understanding.

After the two blocked and dismantled in the high post, Wall hit the inside line and threw it high.

Cousins scored in the air relay, there was no way to do this ball, and the threat was too great for both men.

Anthony Davis can't do that yet.

Of course, Knight's inability to keep up with Wall is the root cause.

Li Liang walked to the baseline to serve quickly, and this time it became Marquis Teague who held the ball over half court.

The chemistry between Teague and Davis is clearly better.

Davis went to the high post to cover Teague, and McKigie in the bottom corner slipped to the other side to take away the defense.

Teague made it inside, but he got caught up in Lamb and Cousins.

Teague couldn't transfer the ball to Davis, and could only pass it back to Li Liang, who was following him.

Li Liang took the ball without pausing and passed to McGee, who ran to the other side.

McKigie went into a one-on-one duel with Darius Miller in the bottom left corner.

At the University of Kentucky, Miller was a backup for McGee.

The two are of similar height and size, but their playing styles are completely different.

McGee is the quintessential defensive forward, tough defensively, with a high ball quotient, but an offensive lameness.

Especially his shooting, it was simply miserable, and the shooting posture was awkward.

In high school, he could rely on his physical gifts and go on a killing spree with Kelly Irving.

By the time he reached university, he could only become a defensive No. 3 with strong defenses and weak offenses.

In terms of his talent and strength, being a top show is really a bit elevating him.

But who made the one who chose him Michael Jordan?

On the other hand, Darius Miller, on the other hand, is weak in defense and strong in offense, and has a fairly good projection.

He couldn't defend, impact, rebound, pass, etc.

So, the two have a good complementary relationship at the University of Kentucky.

And when they were going to play one-on-one, it was a bit ugly.

McGee doesn't have any fancy offensive skills, and holding the ball is a strong rush.

Miller defended poorly and was clearly ill-prepared and was charged in from the right by McGee.

Under the basket, Cousins came up to make up for it, and McKiji missed a layup, and he grabbed a piece in the three-second zone.

Anthony Davis had already got the frontcourt rebound, but was slapped out by Cousins.

The ball flew directly outside the three-point line, and Li Liang happened to be standing there.

He picked up the ball that flew over, and with no one three meters in front of him, Jones ran inside to grab the rebound.

Li Liang made a slight adjustment, and cast with his hands open!

With three points in the air, the ball flew out of a beautiful arc and then hollowed into the net!

Crisp and neat, without a trace of mud and water.

In the past month or so, Li Liang has been practicing three points in the [Personal Training Center] with the help of the power of the system.

With the addition of the system's task points, his open three-point ability value has reached 77 points.

Quite a high score, in addition to that little feel bonus, stable is not good.

On the sidelines, Jerichs was inexplicably excited when he saw this goal.

He couldn't say anything he wanted to say, and coughed.

Jace Bass hurriedly asked his father if he was unwell, and the elder Bass shook his hand, coughed several times, and said, "No, no, I remember, I think of '02, Robert Hawley." ”

It turned out that Li Liang's three-point shot allowed Bass to see a key game in the 2002 Western Conference Finals, when Robert Hawley picked up the ball from Divac outside the three-point line and shot the shadow of the killer King with a three-point shot.

It was the most dangerous hurdle on the road to the Lakers' three-game winning streak, and that hurdle was overcome by Hawley's three-pointer.

Old Bass will never forget this.

Li Liang's decisiveness and chic when he shot the ball just now is really a bit like Robert Hawley.

Old Bass stopped coughing, nodded, and his first impression of Li Liang's court improved.

Older people always love nostalgia.