On March 1, in Columbia University's training hall, offensive assistant Kevin Horford asked Li Wu after watching Li Wu's pull-up jumper: "Lee, are you still unable to break through with the ball?" ”

"If I'm across from a bulky big center, I can use my starting speed to shake him off, but because of my slow acceleration ability in the back, it's easy for players in the short corner to get back to the inside line. I'm also working my technique of accelerating with the ball, hoping that my speed can catch up with my starting speed. Li Wu replied.

"Your average speed is among the best in the NBA, and as long as you can get the ball up and down the game, you're going to have a better future. But it's not an easy thing to do, at least in a short period of time, you know, we still have two more games to go into the March Crazy tournament, and now that Mak's guy has exposed your shortcomings, the opponents behind will go crazy against us, so I suggest you practice more points. Coach Smith on the side also spoke.

"Divide the ball?" Li Wu thought to himself that I don't need to practice to distribute the ball to Maodore.

"I mean you have to read the game at all times, don't give the ball to Maodore every time, in fact you throw the ball to Maodore every time you encounter a bag and let Maodore do a second treatment of the ball. You know, most of the time, even if you're packed, there are defenders in front of Maodore, who is the main scorer of our team. In the Ivy League, Maodore's one-on-one ability is trustworthy, but after March Madness, the level of offense and defense will go up a level, and when encountering excellent defenders, Maodore can't even find a chance to play. So I want you to take the initiative to look for a pass and create scoring chances. Coach Smith explained to Li Wu.

Head Assistant Coach Derrick continued: "You have a good shot and you can find players who can go down the fast break very quickly after a steal, which shows that you have great vision and passing ability, and it's easier to practice sharing the ball than to break through with the ball. ”

After some explanations from the coaching staff, Li Wu followed their advice, although his ability to accelerate with the ball has improved a lot after running the cylinder side dribble, but it will take a long time to reach the level of threatening all the NCAA college paint areas, time waits for no one, Li Wu has no time to improve, and he will soon face a large wave of planetary players who want to step on his top position.

So starting today, Coach Smith gave Li Wu everyone's tactical manuals, so that Li Wu could familiarize himself with the running and standing positions and shooting positions of these players under each tactic, and at the same time, the chief assistant coach Derek also gave Li Wu the shooting heat maps of all the players on the team.

The shooting heat map is a map of the area where a player shoots, generally the place with a low shooting percentage will be marked with blue, the lower the shooting rate, the bluer the color of the mark, and the place with a high shooting rate will be marked with red, from dividends to crimson, the higher the hit rate, the more red the color will be.

For example, Li Wu's red markers are all outside the three-point line, Maodore's red markers are in the horn area, elbow area, short corner area, and secondarily outside the three-point line, and the red mark of center Osette Kowski is in the paint area on the map.

Both the playbook and the shooting heatmap are designed for Li Wu to learn to pass the ball to the right person at the right time, striving to create a scoring opportunity with the highest probability with each pass.

After today's training, Abby and Li Wu went to the campus cafeteria to eat together. Now Abby is almost inseparable from Li Wu, and in addition to filming videos of his training, she spends time doing interviews with Li Wu every day, most of which are done while they are having dinner together.

"Since you announced your entry to the NBA Draft, the Lions coaching staff has changed their training strategy for you." Abby said with a smile.

"Oh? Why? Li Wu was obviously unaware of this.

'They started expecting you to improve your ability to accelerate with the ball as quickly as possible, which is to improve your ability to get into the box. Anyone who has ever played basketball knows that accelerating with the ball is hard to do in the short term, and the coaching staff is still doing it in the hope that you will be able to play in the NCAA for a few more years. After all, a backcourt player who can shoot with speed and power is unstoppable in the NCAA. Abby replied.

"In other words, after I announced my participation in the NBA draft, the coaching staff knew that they couldn't wait for me to improve my offensive ability with the ball, so they changed to training my passing ability, which is relatively quick, can improve the team's strength in a short period of time, and can also allow the Colombian Lions to get the best results in this crazy March. Is that right? This reminded Li Wu of the coaches who asked him to train to resist head hits in the early days of his life, which is also training that can produce results in the short term, but it is not good for the health of athletes.

"It's normal, the NCAA is also a place of efficiency and results, and since you don't stay on this team for long, they will naturally choose a way to train that will bring out the best in you, and I can guarantee that if your performance suddenly deteriorates, or if you are killed, you will be put on the bench very quickly. And your team will be eliminated early, which will have a big impact on your draft pick. Abby reminded Li Wu.

In fact, she didn't think it had much impact on Li Wu, he was sure that his father would try his best to use the lottery to pick Li Wu, even if Li Wu only played one game in the tournament, but if Li Wu was eliminated in the championship, his order could only depend on the Suns' draw order, this is still under the premise that the Suns' signing is outside the 10, if he enters the top 10, even if Hornacek wants to choose Li Wu, he must ask the board for advice.

After all, the future of a player who has only proven himself in the Ivy League but eliminated early in the tournament is far less promising than that of a player like UCLA and North Carolina who has proven himself in a strong division. Therefore, if the Suns' signing is in the top 10, the odds of selecting Li Wu will be reduced.

What's more, from Abby's point of view, she hopes that Li Wu's draft pick will be more advanced, because the higher Li Wu's pick, the more attention he will receive, and Abby's exclusive interview will be more valuable. Now Li Wu's performance has made Chinese fans crazy, and his influence continues to rise, if the order is more advanced........... The newsworthiness of Abby's interview is even more immeasurable.

Although her dad is the coach of the Suns, Abby is more desperate for Li Wu's pick to reach the top ten, which means that her interview documentary will become a super hit, if it is sold to China in the future......

Of course, Li Wu, who was sitting opposite her, didn't know Abby's hard work, but just took this as a kind spur to remind him, so he thanked Abby very seriously.