6. Individual training

After accepting the welcome of Ma Aldo and the others, Li Wu pulled He Dabao out of the stadium, and the two came to sit on a stool outside the library of Columbia University, looking like two Chinese alumni chatting.

"Holy. Big brother, although I don't know much about basketball, I also feel that you are really a cow! For a character like you, returning to the CBA is definitely a talent for foreign aid! It's not a problem to get six million! Why play in the NCAA? You have to know that the NCAA can't make money! You can't even take ads! As soon as He Dabao sat down on the stool, he immediately repeated what he had just said on the road for the sixth time.

"Bro, I want to play in the NBA, and then .... I want you to be my broker. I know the NCAA doesn't have any money, but after the game comes out, I'm going to go to the NBA draft, and when the time comes, we'll be paid eighty-two cents, what do you think? Li Wu said to He Dabao seriously.

"Huh? NBA? Are you serious? You're going to play in the NBA? And then you want me to be your broker? In other words, you want me to be your Paul-Ritchie? He Dabao looked at Li Wu in surprise and said.

"Yes, I'm serious, and I think I can do it, although my current breakthrough dribbling, layup, and back-to-back singles are not strong enough, but as long as I am given time, I can improve, brother, I know that Columbia University is very strong in metrology, and I can go to Wall Street to wear a suit when I come out of eight achievements, but for the sake of everyone who is compatriots, you can help me! If I don't make it to the NBA next year, I don't waste your time, what do you think? Li Wu said.

He Dabao looked at Li Wu carefully, and said seriously: "Big brother, as far as you are concerned, you will definitely be rich and expensive in the future, there is nothing to say, as long as you don't go to the ring, brother, I will be your agent!" I am absolutely confident that I will be Paul Richie! Of course, if you're going to get into the ring, tell me in advance, I'll have to buy you a big insurance....."

Li Wu patted He Dabao on the shoulder vigorously, grinning his teeth in pain, and he couldn't say the next words anymore before he said with a smile: "We will be partners from today onwards, I invite you to eat dumplings at the 456 Shanghai Restaurant in Chinatown!" ”

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The next day, Li Wu arrived at the arena on time, where Maodor Lo was having one-on-one singles training with another white man who was slightly shorter than him, but rather muscular, while several players were doing various warm-up exercises.

Seeing Li Wu walk in, Maodore stopped first and walked towards Li Wu, and the white man who was one-on-one with him also followed: "Lee, let me introduce you to our main point guard, Steven Franksky." ”

The white man smiled and shook hands with Li Wu: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not a European, I'm an authentic New Jersey." ”

Li Wu greeted him with a smile, but he felt a little embarrassed in his heart, no matter how he said this name, he was an immigrant from Yugoslavia or Russia, and he didn't have the courage to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, which was really sad.

After that, other members of the Columbia team also came to greet Li Wu, and old acquaintances Maodor and Luke Piedrasek began to introduce Li Wu to the players he had not met yesterday, including their grades and positions, as well as team roles.

Li Wu didn't know much about the Columbia University basketball team before, except that there was a great guy named Maodor Lowe on the team, who averaged 14.7 points per game last year, which is a very remarkable result in the NCAA with an offensive violation time of 35 seconds, and he has been selected for the German national team and become a teammate of Nowitzki and Schroeder, which in itself shows his strength.

As for Luke Piedrasek, he is a newcomer who has only emerged this year, and as a sophomore, he has performed well in the first few games of the year. As for the others, Li Wu doesn't know anyone, obviously most of these guys who were admitted to Columbia University did not regard basketball as a future plan, after all, Ivy League students are not short of jobs in the United States, and playing basketball is more of entertainment and interest.

This situation directly led to the lack of strength of Columbia, and even the team lineup of Columbia University is very weird, 8 of the thirteen registered players are guards (Li Wu counted himself in the guards), 5 strikers, and two of them are centers that can only play inside, that is to say, only three people can be qualified for the 3rd and 4th positions, even at the moment when small ball is prevalent, the number of forwards still seems very shabby.

As if seeing Li Wu's confusion, Maodore smiled and said, "Li, don't be too surprised, in my eyes, God is fair, give you a head, and he will give you a little less IQ." So there are a lot of small people and very few big people, but every big man is God's favorite. ”

It had to be less, and the level of complaints and compliments of Maodore was very high, and the main center Corey Ossetkowski, the substitute center Connor Wirth, the main power forward Chris McCombell, and Luke Piedrasek all laughed, obviously they agreed with Maodore.

"Alright, boys, are you all here?" A serious-looking Smith walked into the court, and behind him, there was Adam, whom Li Wu had seen, and two other white coaches.

The players all came over, Smith glanced at Li Wu, and said: "I think you all know Lee, from today onwards, he will replace Noha-Springwater's position, his tactics are very simple, block shots, open shots." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief to hear Smith say this, and the block shot and open shot meant that the new Chinese didn't need to take up too much of the ball, which everyone was happy to see.

Only Ma Oduo and others, who had seen Li Wu's projection ability yesterday, knew that this tactic was the most suitable tactic for Li Wu, after all, this guy's dribbling level and layup level were as clumsy as a primary school student.

"There are two days left before the Princeton game, and Lee still needs to work on his defensive and off-ball running skills, so there's only one day left for him to practice his tactics, and I want you all to pick up and focus and help him integrate into the team." After Smith finished speaking, he asked Adam to take Li Wu to the side to practice defense and running without the ball.

Accompanying Li Wu in defensive training was Kyle Casterling, who helped Li Wu pick up the ball yesterday.

Kyle is a freshman, 195cm tall, weighing 82kg, and slightly thinner, which also makes him more flexible and has outstanding dribbling ability, making him a good training object.

For defense, Li Wu believes that it is much easier than ball control and layups, and he can easily defend against the fists of any genre of martial arts master with a set of punches, which depends not only on the kung fu of the hands, but also on the pace, reflexes, concentration and physical coordination, plus his experience playing in the varsity team, defense is not a technical problem for him, but an attitude problem.