Chapter Ninety-One: Retreat and Cultivation
Li Liang's excellent performance in the summer league in July has attracted the attention of many sports media at home and abroad.
Zhu Shu began to receive calls from various column groups and reality shows, inviting Li Liang to participate in talk shows.
There are also some unknown small brands that ask Li Liang to do advertising endorsements.
There are people who sell Chinese medicine in Los Angeles, do massage, do bruises, open a sporting goods store, and work as a study abroad agent.
Anyway, there is no big company or big brand that is serious, Li Liang asked Zhu Shu to refuse one by one.
For those shows, he chose to ignore them as well.
Of course, Li Liang didn't want to pay attention to it, because he was about to go crazy with his own training plan in Miami.
Following Mike Brown's advice, Li Liang decided to use this summer to pull his passing and rebounding up to the 40-point line.
In order to prevent interference, Li Liang went to the cleaner south coast.
He turned off his phone and tried not to control social media.
In Miami, he continued his physical training here in Alexandria.
At the same time, for the first time, he started the task of [Dimension 2: Transmission and Control Ability].
And the task in this dimension is comparably difficult, quite large.
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"Dazhi, share your resources with me."
One morning in August, at a hotel in Miami, Li Liang woke up and looked for Wei Dazhi on a communication app.
After a few minutes, Wei Dazhi sent a string of mysterious codes, "The code is here, give you a URL and you can make it yourself." ”
"Get out! I want your NBA game footage! Follow this list and find it for me. ”
Li Liang sent Wei Dazhi the list of video recordings he wanted.
On December 12, 1973, the Boston Celtics played against the Buffalo Braves; New Orleans Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers on December 13, 1977; There's also most of the Celtic game footage in the '70s.
"Damn, what are you trying to do? Do you want to be an NBA all-time insider? ”
"Don't talk nonsense, try to help me find it, it's okay if you can't find the video highlights, remember to send it to me." I'm going to do a workout, and when I come back, I'd love it out and see the footage! ”
After speaking, Li Liang went offline and turned off the computer.
He believed in Wei Dazhi's ability to retrieve videos.
After packing up, Li Liang went downstairs for breakfast and walked to Alexandria's fitness center.
He left Los Angeles for Miami at the end of July, effectively escaping the busy summer days in Los Angeles.
The more stars there are, the more media, the more fans.
Li Liang wants to avoid all interruptions and complete the final upgrade of himself before the start of the training camp!
Of course, the process is quite painful.
Work on your fitness in the gym and fitness center during the day, and either enter the personal training center to practice your technique or start a mission at night.
Li Liang checked the data of his passing ability in [Passing Control Ability]:
[Basic Pass: 35/100] (Mission increased by 5)
[Long Biography: 5/100]
[Short pass: 40/100]
[Hanging pass: 25/100]
[Ground Pass: 30/100] (Mission)
[Pass Awareness: 35/100] (Mission)
Among them, the basic pass completes a novice task, adding 5 basic passes and 2 pass awareness.
The task of ground passing and pass awareness is underway.
There is also [Defensive Rebound] in the [Defensive Ability] dimension, after completing a normal task, the ability value reaches 51 points.
Heading towards the 60-point standard line.
After arriving at Alexandria's fitness center, Li Liang first had a one-hour aerobic session.
Alexander came over and squeezed Li Liang's arm, and said, "Your muscles grow so fast... Have you medicated? ”
Li Liang shook his head and said, "No, I never use medicine." ”
Alexander smiled: "It doesn't matter if you use it, anyway, the alliance is not strict about drug control." ”
The use of some banned drugs in the NBA is an open secret, especially those for muscle gain.
Li Liang didn't explain much, because his muscle increase relied on the system, which was more terrifying than drugs.
"Today, let's train the waist and hip muscles and the large shoulder and back muscles, oh, mainly to enhance muscle endurance."
In addition to the tasks of passing and rebounding, Li Liang also started the physical fitness task of [wrestling with Artest].
So, here in Alexander, he focuses on muscular endurance training.
Anyway, the improvement of absolute power can be left to the system task.
Alexander said that he did not understand very well, but the customer's request is the purpose of his service.
He quickly came up with a training plan and began to help Li Liang achieve his goals.
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In the evening, Li Liang dragged his tired body back to the hotel.
After a frenzied dinner, Li Liang turned on the computer and received the game video sent by Wei Dazhi.
Lately his tasks have focused on the 70s game, especially with the resurgence of Havlicek.
By 1974, Havlicek had grown into a core player for the Boston Celtics, taking over the torch from Russell, Coussy, Jones and others to lead the Green Shirts on their way to the championship.
Of course, the Celts of the '70s no longer had the unrivalled dominance of the '60s.
The overall level of the NBA is improving, and the league's style of play and style of play are also in the process of transformation.
More and more black players are making their way into the NBA, and dunks and quick dunks are starting to appear on the court.
And the Celtics, with two white players as the core, look archaic and traditional in terms of play.
Just like Havlicek's style of play, he has a simple technique, tireless running and defending, and a selfless style of play that doesn't care about his own stats.
Relying on this style of play, the Celtics won two titles in the post-Russell era in '74 and '76.
And in 1977, when the ABA merged with the NBA, and more super-talented black players entered the NBA, the old Celtics were completely gone.
Havlicek will also fulfill his mission.
By then, of course, Auerbach had already found a successor for the next generation of Green Shirts.
Li Liang actually doesn't understand this system very well, Lao Tzu is a current Lakers player, why do you TM let me learn from the Celtics old stars every day?
You teach me selflessness, running, defense, passing, how else can Lao Tzu play with Kobe?
Is this still a Los Angeles Lakers player?
How can you be embarrassed to say that you have played with Kobe Bryant in the future?
I scolded in my heart, but if I want to improve myself, I can only follow the route given by the system.
After downloading all the game videos, Li Liang began to study them one by one.
Study the style and routine of the Celtic play in that era, and study Havlicek's ideas on the court.
Although that was more than 30 years ago, a lot has changed on the NBA court.
Basketball in the 70s doesn't feel like the same game compared to now.
But some of the most basic things in basketball are still common.
The passing ability is different from the previous defensive ability, and there is no cleverness.
If you don't understand tactics, you don't understand the offensive habits of your teammates, and if you don't have a tacit understanding with your teammates, you won't be able to pass the finishing goal.
By the way, I also have to improve my passing skills, short passes, long passes, and ground passes.
In short, this thing is a lot more troublesome than defending and shooting threes.
Li Liang watched it for more than 3 hours, he was completely immersed in the basketball world and studied with his heart.
When it's time to go to bed at night, enter the quest again.
[Mission: Play like Havlicek, Date: December 12, 1973, Venue: Boston Garden Arena, USA, vs.: Buffalo Braves vs. Boston Celtics, Mission: Replace John Havlicek, lead the Celtics to victory, and get at least 10 assists.] Rewards: Basic Passing Ability +5, Passing Awareness +3, Difficulty: Rookie. 】
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[Mission: Brave as a Truck, Date: December 13, 1977, Location: Louis Coliseum, New Orleans, USA, Match: Los Angeles Lakers vs. New Orleans Jazz, Mission: Replace Truk Robinson and pick up at least 20 rebounds on Abdul-Jabbar's head.] Rewards: Defensive Rebounding Ability +10, Offensive Rebounding Ability +3, a random value-added agent, Task difficulty: Normal. 】
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[Mission: Wrestling with Artest......]
This task one by one, Li Liang decided to eliminate them all before the start of the new season!