On July 13, the Las Vegas Summer League kicked off at the COX Arena at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Li Liang and ten other people arrived at the stadium in the morning for a simple run-in training.

Group training for NBA teams is actually easier than college training because NBA trainers don't take care of the players' fundamentals.

You will just will, you will not find a personal trainer to practice on your own.

Unless you are a newcomer with potential and worth developing, the team will arrange a trainer for you and tailor the training plan.

Which of the players like the Lakers look like they have the potential and need a trainer for the team?

Even if it is Li Liang, the Lakers have decided to adopt a free-range attitude, and if they can play it, they can play it, and if they can't play it, there is no way.

It's like a student leaving high school and going to college.

In high school, teachers and parents will force you to study, give you homework, and stare at you to read.

When you get to university, you love to learn or not, you can take classes and take a final exam, and you decide how much you want to learn.

Many students are supervised in high school and do well in their studies.

As soon as I entered college, I let myself go, skipped classes and played games, and four years were a flick of my fingers.

After graduation, I didn't learn anything, I barely got a diploma, and I could only go to the construction site to move bricks.

The situation in the NBA is the same, many college and high school geniuses enter the league and lose themselves.

In addition to being drunk and lustful, there is a lack of external supervision.

The trainers of the team are all working, and when you get off work, you have to practice, I am serious and responsible for accompanying you to practice, and if you don't want to practice, it won't prevent me from getting paid.

Li Liang is of course different.

Since the last time he felt the [Heavenly God descending to earth], he has already set high aspirations and has strong self-management skills.

Yesterday he came to the COX gymnasium and practiced for an afternoon.

In the evening, I returned to the hotel, played games, and went to the personal training center of the system to hone my skills.

The morning training lasted more than an hour, with just a simple tactical run practice and a half-hour shooting practice.

One after another, other teams came.

They are the Golden State Warriors, the Sacramento Kings, and the Charlotte Bobcats.

Li Liang met several acquaintances, like a Kentucky classmate who played in the Bobcats, and Jackgee.

This guy's shooting posture is still so ecstatic and blind, and even Calypari can't take him in Kentucky.

I really don't know why Qiao Gang's main game is so picturesque, why the selection of people always chooses some blind eyes.

Then there's the Kings' No. 5 pick, the heart of this year's NCAA Kentucky opponent Kansas, Thomas Robinson.

As for the Golden State Warriors, it's even more incredible, with two powerful newcomers.

One is this year's No. 7 show, Harris Barnes from the prestigious University of North Carolina, known as the "North Carolina Black Hawks."

One is the son of Mitchell Thompson, a former first-rookie in last year's rookie first team, Klay Thompson.

It can be seen that these teams still attach great importance to the training role of the summer league.

Not only were the top rookies sent in the summer league, but even the rookie players from last season came.

Look at the Lakers' side again, they sent a team of crooked melons and rotten dates, and they didn't have a decent core.

Teams with super rookies like the Warriors and Kings, and miscellaneous teams like the Lakers, that is, hang up the hammer.

What's more, the players on the Lakers' side have no intention of responding.

Yesterday for half a day, I had fun in the gentle township and ecstasy cave of Vegas, and today we got together to play a game?

During training, the reporters on the sidelines, except for the Lakers special reporter, and Wei Dazhi, did not hesitate to take photos of the Lakers.

Li Liang also attracted a little attention, after all, he had made inappropriate remarks, and he was Chinese, and he was still a little hot.

After the morning practice, the first game of the afternoon was the Kings vs. Bobcats.

In terms of lineup, the Bobcats are stronger than the Kings.

Because the Bobcats, like the Warriors, sent last season's No. 9 pick, core point guard Kemba Walker, to Vegas.

A Kemba Walker, a McKigie, an Biyombo on the inside, and a Jeff Taylor in the 31st in the second round on the outside.

The Bobcats are here for the Summer League title.

In comparison, the Kings have a Thomas Robinson and an 11-year, 10-pick Fredette.

Neither Robinson nor Fredette are the kind of players who can score like crazy.

Such a player can't carry his teammates, and Li Liang, the rest of the king, doesn't know any of them.

In a summer league like this, having two players on the team who can score points is better than any messy tactics.

Sure enough, as Li Liang expected, after the game started, the Bobcats took the initiative on the court.

All five of their starters can last a quarter in the NBA, let alone summer league.

The rules of the summer league are different from those of the NBA, with 10 minutes per quarter, fewer breaks in between, and more foul plays.

The purpose is to speed up the pace of the game and give the players more room for individual performance.

The more talented Bobcats used their individual ability to quickly attack the Kings' inside line.

Where can a Thomas Robinson manage Walker, McGee, Taylor.

With two punches and four hands, the Bobcats took the lead in the first quarter and then extended the advantage in each quarter.

Under such a blow, even if the Kings' players are competitive and want to turn the tables, there is a lack of tacit understanding between teammates.

Without defense, without reasonable tactics, the efforts of one or two people are really powerless.

Soon, the pitch became a more boring solo show.

Anyway, whoever gets the ball in his hand will play by himself, focusing on showing his personal ability.

As for the score on the field? Who cares, both sides have given up.

The Bobcats have already put down the main force and let the substitutes go up and go through the motions.

The king sent his troops and took turns on everyone.

If you play well, you will play for a while, and if you can't play, you will change it.

Summer league is brutal and these players have very short contracts.

If you don't play well today, you'll be notified tomorrow that you don't have to play again.

So, the players are desperate to seize the time to show themselves.

There were quite a lot of spectators, many of whom were tourists to Vegas.

Just time out for fun and check out the NBA's first-round rookies.

But it's a bit boring to play like this.

By three o'clock in the afternoon, the game between the Bobcats and the Kings was over.

87:121, the Kings suffered a heavy defeat to the Bobcats, Kemba Walker had 16 points and 7 assists, and McKiggie had 18 points, 5 assists and 8 rebounds.

And the Kings' Thomas Robinson had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 5 fouls, and 8 turnovers along the way.

The number of mistakes is quite superstar-like.

As soon as the game between the two teams is over, it will be the turn of the Lakers and Warriors.

With 10 minutes of warm-up time, the game is about to begin.

At this time, Mike Brown made an improvised decision on the Lakers' starting lineup.

"Chinemerou Elonu, Christian Aienga, Robert Thackeray, Darius Morris, and... Eric Griffin. ”

Li Liang didn't even hear his name?

In Summer League, he couldn't even get a starter?

Li Liang directly questioned on the sidelines: "Coach, why don't you let me start?" ”

Brown pushed his glasses and said, "It's my arrangement, you've endured enough scrutiny to sign with the team." Some people have not yet been examined, and more opportunities should be given to them. And the bench is not necessarily shorter than the starter. ”

Brown's words made Li Liang silent, although he wanted to say, didn't Kemba Walker and McGee stand up to scrutiny and sign a contract? Why did they start?

But he knew that Brown could certainly still say that different teams had different strategies for summer league.

Moreover, this will push Li Liang down against other fringe players, and these simple-minded guys are easy to incite.

Li Liang doesn't care about them, but he still cares about Brown and the management behind Brown.

He knew that Jim Bass and Kupchak should be upset with him.

Especially at the press conference that day, he chattered and stole the limelight.

Brown is a tool that Bass Jr. found to clean up Phil Jackson's poison, and used it to suppress Li Liang a little, which is normal.

A starting spot in the summer league, a very small thing, no one will pay attention to, but it can make the person concerned very unhappy.

I'm good.

Li Liang still obeyed Brown's arrangement for the time being, and decided to endure it for a while and watch the game progress later.

Anyway, he must play, and if he can't bear it, he will blow him with a hair dryer!

Li Liang has already prepared [Bob Knight's hair dryer].