Chapter Seventy-Three: A Generation of Car Kings

Los Angeles in the summer is a paradise for tourists, vacationers, and all kinds of sports.

Since the 1930s, the center of gravity of basketball has been in New York, Philadelphia, and Massachusetts in the Northeast.

By the 1980s, more and more NBA players were coming to the West Coast to spend the offseason heat.

The Lakers' Magic has taken the lead in all of this, and the charismatic league superstar has attracted a lot of players to the ULCA for practice games in the summer to stay in shape until the start of the new season.

Slowly this became a routine, and the players were no longer willing to stay in the cold and cramped northeast region, preferring to come to the Pacific coast with sun, sand, blue sky and white clouds.

When the NBA shut down in the summer of 2011, the league's top superstars like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant came to Los Angeles to compete in the Drew League, which made the amateur league famous.

Every summer, more than 50 percent of the league's players travel to Los Angeles for a fulfilling vacation.

Angel City is a sports city, with a variety of gymnasiums and fitness centers throughout the city.

The gymnasiums of various high schools and universities are open to the public during the holidays, and you can play here with a reservation and a rental fee.

The players come to Los Angeles to train and never have to worry about the field.

ULCA used to be a favourite place for stars to visit, not only because it was the alma mater of many superstars, but also because their facilities were superb.

To the north of UCLA, across Sunset Boulevard and Bel-Air Country Club, is a valley area called Bel Air.

Los Angeles' Stone Canyon Reservoir sits here, surrounded by Los Angeles' premier residential communities.

And in this valley, there is a very special basketball training hall.

The owner of this basketball gym is an avid Lakers fan who built it to the configuration of Staples Arena.

Inside, it's adorned with Los Angeles Lakers floors, logos, and even a replica of the Lakers' Honor Showroom.

It can be said that it is a high-imitation Stamp Center.

If a Lakers player or other NBA star wants to play here, the owner of the arena will be generous enough to use it.

Of course, there is a very special place in this arena.

That is, it is located on a hill where there is no cell phone signal.

After arriving at the stadium, the players can only concentrate on playing and want to make phone calls and play on their mobile phones, but they can't.

On July 3rd, several luxury cars were parked in the square at the entrance of the stadium, and players came here to train.

A white Land Rover pulled up at the entrance to the plaza and two black men got out of the car.

One of them is John Wall, the leading guard of the Washington Wizards, and the other is Terence Jones, a forward who was drafted by the Houston Rockets this year.

The two were good friends in college and came to Los Angeles together today for a small bootcamp.

"Bruce doesn't know if he's arrived, there's no signal on the mountain, and he can't make a call." Wall grumbled.

The day before yesterday, Li Liang contacted him on Instagram and said that he wanted to invite him to Los Angeles to participate in the training camp, along with those alumni of Kentucky in the past.

Walben wanted to come to Los Angeles, and Li Liang's invitation was right in the heart.

It's just that he doesn't know, where did Li Liang, this kid, get the money to hold a training camp?

Inside the arena, the two found that it was a little Stamps.

Wall had played at Stamps, and he knew the structure of Stamps Arena, the floor, and the seating.

Although this arena is much smaller, the details are perfectly restored, and the seats on the sidelines are all of the same model.

The cost of renting such a stadium for one day is certainly not small.

Terrance Jones said: "I heard that Bruce's family is very rich, and his family seems to sell tanks in China. ”

Waldau: "Sell tanks? Then his family is an arms dealer? No wonder, then he didn't need to go to the NBA. ”

Li Liang's family is obviously selling agricultural machinery, but he is secretive, except for a few people who know what is going on, no one else can figure it out.

Terrance Jones, who doesn't have a lot of brains, heard rumors that he thought Li Liang's family was selling tanks.

He didn't know that there were no private arms dealers in China, and even if there were smugglers, they wouldn't smuggle tanks!

There are already a few players in the stadium who are warming up.

Wall stepped forward and said, "Hey, Boogie! ”

Wall is shouting about his one-time partner, DeMarcus Cousins.

There are also Brandon Knight, Lamb, Davis, McGee and many others.

They were all dressed in Kentucky uniforms, and it was a veritable University of Kentucky little party.

After receiving Li Liang's invitation, they suspended their vacations one after another and went to Los Angeles.

It's a good choice to take such an opportunity to train well.

Like Anthony Davis, Li Liang brought this kid here in just a few words.

said that when I train in Los Angeles, I can see a lot of Hollywood stars, and I can sign autographs and take photos together.

When I arrived at the training ground, I realized that there was a Hollywood star with a hammer here, and there was not even a signal.

Everyone waited for about half an hour, and at 10 o'clock in the morning, everyone was almost there.

Since Calipari arrived in Kentucky in 2009, a group of star players under his command have gathered on the unknown hill of Los Angeles.

And the man who summoned them, Kentucky's water cooler, has not yet appeared.

Because there was no signal on his mobile phone, Wall and the others had no way to contact him.

Just when everyone was cursing Li Liang behind his back, a fat man appeared in the stadium and said that Li Liang was coming soon.

It was Wei Dazhi, who followed Li Liang today and said, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, Bruce Lee was pulled by Kobe Bryant to train together in the morning, and it will be over soon, and they will come over together." ”

Everyone looked at each other.

Why, Kobe Bryant is coming too?

Is Bruce Lee this kid a courtesan?

Caught up with the Lakers' star so quickly?

Two people train together in the morning, and they want to come together?

Thinking that Kobe Bryant was going to come over for training, everyone became excited.

You know, many superstars' training methods are unique and secretive.

When people like Kobe, James, Wade and others train in the summer, they are all kept secret from the outside world, and irrelevant people cannot watch and shoot.

Earlier, the basketball god Michael Jordan, the "breakfast plan" he executed during the two consecutive championships, the specific training method and content, is still a secret.

It's definitely rewarding to be able to train with a superstar like Kobe Bryant and get a glimpse of everyone's doorway.

Everyone is looking forward to this small training camp even more.

Five minutes later, Li Liang ran in from the door out of breath.

Seeing the familiar faces on the court, Li Liang waved his hand to everyone and ran into the locker room in the back.

Kobe Bryant was a close second, wearing a black t-shirt and purple sweatpants from the Lakers.

With a hot breath on his face, he looked like he had just finished exercising, and when he saw the Kentucky generals, he stepped forward to say hello.

Bryant was a rare casual chatter with young people on the court.

As he grew older, the sharper side of his personality gradually decreased.

Leng Li stayed on the court, and off the court he was a lot more approachable.

He began to mentor the young people of the alliance as a senior.

"Is Bruce Lee your classmate? This kid is good, it's my friend. He told me the day before yesterday that he wanted to get a training camp for Kentucky players and asked me for help. I chose this place and it was not bad. ”

Bryant said, picking up the ball and completing a mid-range shot, and the ball hollowed into the net.

Everyone was a little surprised, how did this kid Bruce Lee become Kobe's friend?

It turns out that he still has this relationship, and this kid is really a courtesan.

In fact, this is the role of the tap flavor agent.

At the time of the initial tryout, Kobe Bryant had just lost the playoffs and was in a dull mood.

Even if his father comes over, Kobe Bryant won't give a good face, let alone Li Liang.

Time slowly erases the frustration of failure, and the tap flavor agent will come into play.

In order to take revenge on Li Liang for dunking on his head, Kobe told West to let him take some time and arrange for Li Liang to train with him.

Of course, Kobe Bryant can't tell Li Liang directly about this kind of thing, otherwise he will lose his share.

West understood Kobe's thoughts, and it happened that Li Liang came to the door and said that he wanted to get a training camp.

That's good, add Kobe, the kind that doesn't know how to play.

Today, Kobe Bryant asked Li Liang to go out early in the morning and first went to the vicinity of the training hall for aerobic training.

Li Liang did not refuse, and followed Kobe Bryant to run around the Stone Canyon Reservoir.

As a result, it took almost two hours to run!

I can't finish running on the road!

I don't know how many laps I ran around the reservoir, and Li Liang felt like his leg was about to break.

The key is not the length of the time distance, but that it is really tiring to keep up with Kobe.

As soon as he got back to the training gym, he went back to the locker room to rehydrate and threw up by the way.

Li Liang hadn't exercised until he vomited for a long time.

When he felt better, Li Liang changed his clothes and returned to the court, and saw that Kobe Bryant was playing a half-time three-on-three with Wall and others.

Kobe Bryant looked like he was nobody, dribbling, passing, and breaking through normally.

It's terrifying.

Li Liang thought to himself, Kobe Bryant's physical fitness, it's a pity not to pull a rickshaw.

If he pulls a rickshaw, he will definitely be a self-employed star and a generation of car kings.

It seems that his physical fitness still needs to be strengthened.