Chapter 57: First Strike

Valentine got the ball, but he and Grant's level was at least two notches behind, and it was a little difficult to dribble in the face of him, so he quickly passed the ball to the inside, Kanin received the ball, this is the most popular style of big center at the moment, what is the most popular center at the moment? To put it simply, you can eat bread.

But a good cake is still a bad cake, at least they can be gnawed.

After catching the ball and dribbling, he didn't entangle with Lopez behind him, and directly made a flexible small turn and scored a cricket ball.

"No wonder so many teams rushed to ask for Lopez when he was in the Suns two years ago, but now no one cares about it in the past two years!" Seeing this, Li Ming muttered in his heart. This guy has a good defensive attitude and is not afraid of confrontation, but his pace is too slow, and a rookie can turn around directly, let alone other top centers in the league.

Li Ming dribbled the ball across the midfield line, and Holiday over there directly forced over, looking at the bitterness and hatred on that face, it was clear that he wanted to take revenge!

"Hey, do you think I'm a dribbling like you?!" Li Ming spewed trash words and rushed directly to the left of Holiday .

"Think beautifully!" Holiday snorted and moved to the left, while his chest squeezed towards Li Ming.

"Huh!" Li Ming chuckled, pulled the ball behind him with his left hand, the ball went around from the left to the right, and the center of gravity of his body also swung from left to right.

It's a classic change of direction.

"I've already said it, think beautiful!" But before Li Ming took a big step to the right, Holiday 's body actually followed.

"Yo, you're so focused!" Seeing this, Li Ming's foot that stepped out to the right stood in time, and the ball that had been sent to the right was instantly pulled back, held it with both hands, and his body took a small step back, jumping directly.

"Oops!" Holiday himself was guarding against Li Ming's strong burst, where did he expect that he would retreat and throw directly, and he had the heart to pounce again, but his steps were out of order, his center of gravity was lost instantly, and he staggered forward and fell.

"Huh!" There was a bang, and Holiday heard the sound of the ball going into the frame.

He was just about to get up with his hands, a pair of sneakers came out of his eyes, and when he looked up, Li Mingzheng was looking at it with a playful expression.

"Wow~" shook Holiday gorgeously, and a group of people on the sidelines involuntarily sighed.

"This little ability, don't stand up for others in the future, it's annoying to watch!" The sound faded away, and the sneakers slowly withdrew from Holiday sight.

"Damn!" Holiday clenched his fists, his face full of unwillingness, but now, he had to admit that Li Ming's strength was indeed above him.

The team game continued, Li Ming played unusually high, took out all the skills of a summer training, breakthrough, mid-range shooting and three points, and even tried to hit the back once, although it was not successful, but he found that if he practiced for a period of time, this skill could still be used, and some of the steps that LaVine taught him still seem to be very threatening.

Hojberg looked at this completely crazy guy with a shock in his eyes, he didn't deny that Holiday was a role player, and even in this age of guards, he couldn't even reach the league average, but he wasn't so bad that he was completely blown up on both the offensive and defensive ends.

can reach this level, Li Ming's ability is at least a quasi-first-line star in the league. And having such players in the team can be said to directly speed up the rebuild.

"The most important thing is that this season, we don't necessarily have to be bad!" Hojberg looked at Li Ming's figure, and the light in his eyes was even brighter, although Foreman promised him that he would stand firmly behind him when his record was rotten to a certain extent, but this kind of agreement obviously could not be established when the big boss was determined to drive him away.

The NBA is a basketball court, but for coaches, it is more like a shopping mall, and in business, it is better to have your fate in your own hands.

A light flashed through Hoiberg's eyes, and a smile appeared on his face, as if he had an idea.

"Beep!"

As Pinckney blew the whistle for the end of the game, the playfulness on Li Ming's face did not decrease, and he glanced at Holiday and said, "If you want revenge, I will accompany you at any time!" ”

"Humph!" Holiday looked ugly, but he had just lost so badly that he didn't even have the temper to speak harshly.

The players stood in a row, and Hojberg wrote and drew on a tactical board for a while, then looked up at everyone and said: "Let's talk about the starting lineup in two days, point guard Li Ming, point guard Dunn, small forward Nwaba, big forward Mirotic, center Kanin, the five people who shouted their names stayed to run tactics, and the rest of them asked trainers to start their own training according to their own plans!" ”

Simply announced, Li Ming, who performed well in the training game, is undoubtedly in the starting lineup, which makes him feel excited, although it is only a preseason, when LaVine comes back in the regular season, this lineup will have to be replaced, but now he has the opportunity to show himself, which must be exciting!

And this Hojberg seems to be determined to play well, and even put Dunn and Kanin, who worked best with him in the summer league, on the team.

This gave him more confidence in the game two days later.

In the next two days, Li Ming followed the other four teammates to run tactics repeatedly, although it was a little boring, but this was the best way to establish a tacit understanding with each other.

When they are familiar with their respective positions, the five began to practice passing to each other again, in fact, passing ability was originally a hard indicator of guards, but since the Warriors successfully won the championship by five small deaths, breaking the traditional iron law of no rebounds and no championships, the passing skills of big men are also within the required range.

Take the current two top centers in the league, Timberwolves' Towns and 76ers' Embiid, these two people have a variety of lethal weapons and a good ability to respond.

And this is also the development trend of the center forward at the moment.

Of course, the Pelicans' interior twin towers, Brother Thick Eyebrows, and his cousin still use their terrifying interior skills to continue to prove for traditional centers.

Fortunately for Kanin, receiving the ball is not a problem, he is a rookie with the potential to become a running center, in addition to the ability to eat cakes, he also has a good ability to attack with the ball, and it is also for this reason that he can help Li Ming open up space with Dunn in the summer league.

The training went unusually well, and after two days of tacit training, Hoiberg let the five and other team members play a training match, and as a result, Li Ming's side easily penetrated.

"Okay, now we're looking forward to your pre-season performances!" Hojberg was very satisfied with the performance of this lineup, and after two more words of encouragement, he let everyone else disperse, leaving Li Ming alone.

In the arena, as everyone left, it gradually became silent.

Li Ming looked at Hoiberg and found that the latter's face was a little solemn, and he said curiously: "Coach Hoiberg, what other instructions do you have?!" ”

“。。。。。。 It's nothing! Hojberg was silent for a long time before he spoke, "But tomorrow night's game, I will give you unlimited firing rights, you don't care about anything else, just fight!" ”

"What?!"

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