Chapter 248 - Dismounting
After the draft held on June 25, all teams began to replenish the depth of the roster, and on the other hand, the Clippers have become complete and are waiting for the arrival of this summer league.
On this very day, the general manager of the Clippers, Nell. Orsi called Li and asked if he would like to play in the summer league in Orlando from July 7 to July 20.
Li Yao asked Nell. Orsie later got the news that only 6 teams signed up for the Orlando Summer League during this time, and after thinking about it, Li Yao decided to give up participating in the Summer League this time.
But then Nell. Orsi asked Li if he would like to play in the second Summer League in Las Vegas from July 11 to July 20.
"Nima, can't you finish it all at once?" Li Yao is called a complaint in his heart, this special thing that can be said at one time, do you have to divide it into two parts?
Li Yao learned that there will be 22 teams to participate in the summer league held in Las Vegas, Li Yao decided to participate in the summer league in Las Vegas after thinking about it, after all, although he began formal training after returning from injury, but training is just training, and there must be many gaps with the official game, although the intensity of the summer league is not high, but Li Yao also needs to find a feeling before the start of the men's Asian Basketball Championship, he doesn't want the revenge of the Men's Asian Basketball Championship to become an empty word.
Due to the sudden change in the summer league, Li Yao had to call Da Yao to inform him that he might not be able to return to China with him.
Da Yao on the other end of the phone frowned, if he can't come back for the time being due to injury, and Li Yao can't return to China for training with the team as soon as possible, will there be problems with the cooperation of the Chinese men's basketball team at that time?
After Li Yao heard Da Yao's doubts, Li Yao also fell into deep thought, although he felt that there was no big pressure at all in the men's Asian Basketball Championships, but it could not be ignored.
"Since we can't return to China as originally planned, why don't we arrange the Chinese men's basketball team to train in the United States?" After thinking about it, Li Yao told Da Yao what he thought.
Da Yao was also stunned by Li Yao's words, yes, why didn't they pull the Chinese men's basketball team to the United States to practice? immediately agreed to Li Yao's suggestion.
"But Li Yao, what opponent did our Chinese men's basketball team come to the United States to train with?" While Da Yao was happy, he suddenly remembered that it seemed that their Chinese men's basketball team did not have a suitable training partner after coming to the United States.
"Well, that's a thing, I'll get in touch with my alma mater and see if Coach Trent Johnson can arrange for the Stanford men's basketball team to practice with us for a while during this time." After thinking about it for a long time, the only opponent he could think of for the Chinese men's basketball team was his alma mater, Stanford University.
Although in this year's NCAA National Championship, the Stanford men's basketball team lost to the University of North Carolina and stopped in the round of 64, on the one hand, North Carolina is the NCAA champion this year, and secondly, his three primary school brothers are not to be underestimated, and I believe that Stanford University is more than enough as a training target for the Chinese men's basketball team.
"Stanford men's basketball?" Da Yao couldn't help frowning when he heard Li Yao's words, how can it be said that the Chinese men's basketball team is also a national team, is it a bit inappropriate for them to practice with a college men's basketball team in the United States?
"Brother Yao, don't laugh at our Stanford University, I dare to say anything else, as far as our Stanford men's basketball team pulls it into the men's Asian Basketball Championship, at least we can win a runner-up, and the championship is even possible." Li Yao couldn't help but chuckle out loud when he thought of the two junior brothers who would crisscross the NBA league at that time.
"Okay, I'm going to contact the Basketball Association now and arrange for the men's national basketball team to come to the United States for training, I think we should find some players to practice with everyone?" Although Da Yao felt that Li Yao had exaggerated the strength of his alma mater Stanford, it was not easy to refuse Li Yao's proposal, after all, Li Yao still had to participate in the summer league after that, and there was no way to return to China in advance to cooperate with the players in the team to train together, so the best way was for the Chinese men's basketball team to come to the United States to train.
"Okay, Brother Yao, you can arrange it." Li Yao also heard from Da Yao's words that the big brother seemed to look down on his alma mater, and he didn't explain much, he believed that his group of junior brothers would definitely give these teammates in the national team a big surprise at that time.
On July 2, after Da Yao's arrangement, the Chinese men's basketball team embarked on a training trip to the United States, and after Li Yao communicated with Coach Trent Johnson, Coach Trent Johnson also agreed with the idea of this training, and he felt that this sparring training could also make his boys see for a long time.
So on July 3, in the basketball hall of Stanford University, the first meeting between the Chinese men's national basketball team and the Stanford University men's basketball team officially began.
In order to kill the arrogance of his teammates in the Chinese men's national basketball team, Li Yaojue directly said that he would not play in the first training game, and secondly, Li Yao also found his juniors and told them to do their best to give the Chinese men's national basketball team a dismount.
Although Da Yao's foot injury has not completely healed, the plaster has been removed, and it is not a big problem to walk in all aspects, so Da Yao also followed Li Yao to Palo Aldo City.
The starting lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team is: center: Space Yi; Power Forward: Roughly; Small forward: Zhu Fangyu; Shooting guard: Dapeng; Organizational defender: Liu Wei.
The Stanford men's basketball team sent a center at the behest of Coach Trent Johnson: Henderson; Power Forward: Jimmy; Small forward: Landry. Fields; Shooting guard Klay. Thompson; Defender: Kemba. Walker's starting lineup for next season at Stanford.
Landry. Fields, the captain of the Stanford men's basketball team, and Klay Brown. Thompson and Kemba. Walker's three starters were all instructed by Li Yao in advance, and Li Yao believes that they will definitely give the Chinese men's basketball team a disadvantage.
To know Landry. Fields actually wanted to participate in the NBA draft this year, but gave up on the draft under the analysis of coaches Li Yao and Trent Johnson. After all, Stanford University's record of stopping in the round of 64 this year will definitely make Landry. Fields' draft market has been affected, and it is better to fight with the juniors for a year, get a better result and participate in the draft next year.
In addition to Clay. Thompson and Kemba. Walker, the two potential cores who have been training with Lee in Los Angeles since the NCAA Championship loss, is not the end, but Stanford still has Iman Shampert, a junior who also trains with Lee, sitting on the bench.
Li Yao knows the strength of these three junior brothers, and the reason why he decided not to play in the first training game is to let these three junior brothers teach the teammates of the Chinese men's national basketball team a good lesson, so that they should not be too proud.
Because Li Yao found out that when he saw this group of teammates in the United States this time, he felt that he didn't know if it was because he defeated the Dream Eight team in the Beijing Olympics and won the gold medal, these teammates seemed to be full of confidence one by one, and they didn't look down on the training arranged by Li Yao for them, although it was a good thing to have confidence, but it was not normal to be too arrogant, he just relied on his primary school brothers to sound the alarm for the teammates of the Chinese men's national basketball team.
After the game officially began, Space Yi's physical fitness was still very strong, and he beat Henderson to win the middle circle jump ball.
Then handed over the basketball to Liu Wei to organize the offense.
Li Yao knew that this veteran was going to suffer when he saw Liu Wei's careless dribble.
Sure enough, Kemba, who was originally bent on the waist and made a defensive posture. Walker suddenly burst out, slammed the floor under his feet, and the instantaneous increase in speed startled the veteran Liu Wei, and before he could protect the ball, Kemba. Walker had already lightly lifted his ape arm to point out Liu Wei's dribble basketball, and rushed all the way to the front court to end the fast-break defensive counterattack that made all the Chinese men's basketball team members unable to react with a split.
Kemba after dunking. Walker didn't forget to wink at Li Yao, the senior, and Li Yao could only smile bitterly at this, because this trick was given to Kemba. Walker's, you must know that Li Yao has been occupying the first place in the steal list before his injury in his NBA rookie season, and most of them rely on this trick to completely jam the dribbling gap of the opposing point guard, and instantly catch the opponent off guard with strong explosive power.
Liu Wei, a veteran, didn't expect that he was robbed by a college student at the beginning, and his face suddenly darkened, you must know that they didn't look down on this group of college students who hadn't even played in an official game before, and they didn't expect that they were given a dismount by this college student just one face at the beginning, which made him unbearable.
Liu Wei, who wanted to regain face, commanded his teammates to pull away 1-4 in the re-attack, he wanted to single-handedly beat the kid in front of him who dared to steal himself, and he wanted to let this little guy know that he was not easy to mess with.
Li Yao couldn't help but shake his head when he saw Liu Wei's movements, he knew that the show was about to be staged again.
When the teammates completely opened up the space, Liu Wei chose to teach the little guy in front of him a lesson directly by breaking through.
But what he didn't expect was that his breakthrough couldn't shake off the little guy in front of him at all, and he was even forced to be a little uncomfortable. Walker's explosiveness was once again on display, and his strong body forcibly squeezed Liu Wei's position away, snatching the basketball out of Liu Wei's control again.
Kemba after the break. Walker didn't stop at all, his speed soared to the extreme, and another slash ended the fast attack.
Kemba after landing. Walker first glanced at Li Yao suspiciously, could this be Senior Brother Li Yao's national team? With their level of competition, they actually defeated the Dream Eight team last year? Kemba. Walker was in disbelief.
After Li Yao saw the eyes of this junior brother, he also understood the meaning, but he was also a little helpless, you must know that Liu Wei was the starting point guard who occupied the Chinese men's national basketball team all the year round before him, although he has a relationship with Da Yao, but his strength is also the top among Chinese point guards. was rubbed by his junior brother like this, although this dismount was instructed by Li Yao, but Li Yao's mood at this time was still very uncomfortable, after all, he represented a member of the Chinese men's basketball team.