"Li, my family is going to celebrate for me tonight, can you come and join us?"

Looking at Judy-Annette's face full of anticipation, Li Tian nodded and said, "Of course." ”

"That's great!" Judy Annette showed Li Tian a sweet smile that was enough to kill most screen actresses in seconds, "I'll call you later."

"Oh, by the way, Lee, I've been calling you since last night but you haven't answered."

Cell phone? Li Tian thought about it, and after answering that guy's call yesterday, he threw himself in the dormitory, and then ran out, and when he came back, he fell asleep because of the iron book, so he didn't know who called him, so he said to Judy-Annette: "I threw my phone in the dormitory." ”

At this time, Li Tian suddenly remembered that the iron book was still thrown on the bed by himself at will, and immediately said: "Judy, I'll call you later, now I have something to do and go back to the dormitory first." ”

"Okay, Lee, do you need help?"

"No!"

Saying goodbye to Judy-Annette, Li Tian immediately rushed to his dormitory, that iron book is very important and must not be discovered.

Rushing back to his dormitory, seeing that Tie Shu was still quietly placed on the bed, Li Tian breathed a sigh of relief, this thing was a treasure to him.

With an unusually apprehensive mood, Li Tian looked at the iron book again, this time he saw every word clearly in his heart, and then locked the iron book and took out his mobile phone.

When he opened his mobile phone, Li Tian found that there were dozens of missed calls inside, and looking at the familiar names on the screen, Li Tian's heart suddenly warmed.

"Dad!" Li Tian took the lead in dialing Li Mingyuan's phone.

"Xiaotian, I know the matter, it's not a big deal, I just failed to participate in a draft, it's a big deal to come back next year. People used to say you couldn't play in the NCAA. Li Mingyuan's voice came from the other end of the phone, and when he said this, Li Mingyuan's tone slowed down slightly.

"If you're tired, go back home and stay for a while, I'...... I'm nothing, but your mother is talking about you every day. ”

"Hmm!" Hearing Li Mingyuan's obviously insincere words, Li Tian only felt that his nose was a little sour.

"Xiaotian, don't listen to your father's hard mouth......" Hearing his mother Liu Yun's words, Li Tian immediately laughed again.

After chatting with his parents for a while, Li Tian called coach Bill Seff: "Coach, I'm fine!" What are your plans for the future? I still need a little time to think about it. ”

Dialed the phone numbers of his teammates one by one, Thomas Robinson, looking at the last missed call on the phone, Li Tian hesitated for a moment and dialed back. The reason for the hesitation is because of something peculiar, this teammate of his does not like to listen to the phone

"Lee? God, I've finally waited for your call. To Li Tian's surprise, the phone was quickly connected, and the familiar voice of Thomas Robinson came.

"Thomas, congratulations!" Li Tian replied with a smile that Thomas Robinson, who was the absolute hero of his team's championship this year, had been selected by the Kings with the fifth pick.

"Thank you!" After Thomas Robinson finished speaking, he hurriedly said without waiting for Li Tian to speak: "Lee, after being selected by the Kings last night, I recommended you to the team's vice president of basketball affairs, Mr. Stu Jackson, in the hope that they will sign you. Mr. Stu Jackson regretted that they couldn't sign you directly, but he promised to have you on the team's Summer League roster and said that if you did well, they could consider signing you, would you be interested? ”

"What?" Li Tian shouted, he was digesting the news brought by his friend Thomas Robinson, if he had the opportunity to represent the Kings in the summer league, it would mean that he had another chance to show his strength to various teams.

Li Tian's eyes began to shine, now he has the league's top off-ball running, compared with himself in the NCAA period, with the originally stable outside shooting, it means that not only on the defensive end, but also on the offensive end.

If teams really understand that in addition to being an excellent outside defensive player, they are also a player with top-level running skills and stable outside shooting, Li Tian believes that it is very likely that some teams will extend an olive branch to him.

"Lee? Are you interested? Thomas Robinson's voice came from the receiver of the phone.

"Of course!" Li Tian nodded heavily, of course such an opportunity cannot be missed.

"That's great! Lee, the summer league will be in Las Vegas in fifteen days, and the teams will assemble five days early, so you just need to be in Las Vegas in ten days. ”

Li Tian memorized what Robinson said, and then replied, "Okay, Thomas, then we'll see you in Las Vegas in ten days." ”

"It's exciting to see you in 10 days and we can fight together again." Robinson shouted on the other end of the phone, Li Tian was moved to hear it, he didn't expect Robinson to recommend himself to the team's management on the first day.

"Thanks, Thomas." Li Tian whispered into the phone, but his actions were quickly interrupted by Robinson: "Stop, Li, don't stir up this with me, we are brothers." ”

"Yes, we are brothers!" Li Tian said with a smile.

Hanging up Robinson's phone, Li Tian waved his fist excitedly, but soon he calmed down and participated in the King's Summer League, which was a very good opportunity for him, and all he had to do was to show his best side.

Li Tian began to think about it, there were still ten days of precious time before the training camp, and he couldn't waste it like this.

In the past, Li Tian's positioning in the team was an outside defensive guard and open pitcher, his fixed-point shooting was good, but after having a top-notch off-ball run, just fixed-point shooting could not fully play this advantage, and he also needed to strengthen his ability to catch and shoot.

What makes Li Tian feel fortunate is that he also had a certain ability to run without the ball before, although he was not too good, but he had also practiced a lot of catching and shooting after running, and what he had to do now was to take advantage of the ten days to get familiar with the rhythm.

Before that, he needed to find someone to pass the ball for him, and the figure of Judy Annette flashed in his mind, and Li Tian smiled slightly, It's you.

Attending Judy Annette's celebratory dinner in the evening, Li Tian made this request, and Judy Annette agreed almost without any hesitation.

In the next ten days, Li Tian stayed in the stadium every day, familiar with running without the ball, familiar with the rhythm of catching and shooting, although the ten days of training time is not long, but because Li Tian is only consolidating training, such a ten-day training is very effective for him.

In terms of the newly mastered technique of running without the ball, Li Tian is becoming more and more proficient in using it, and the catch and shoot because this has a great similarity with fixed-point shooting, and Li Tian has been practicing before, so the rhythm is also easy to find.

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"Lee!"

"Thomas!"

In the arena in Las Vegas, Li Tian and Thomas Robinson came to a bear hug.

"Lee, let me introduce you to a few friends." After the bear hug ended, Robinson began to introduce several of the Kings' summer league players to Li Tian, center Hassan Whiteside, who joined the Kings in '10, Jimmer Fredette, last year's No. 10 pick, and Chris Middleton, a small forward who was drafted in the second round this year.

As for the rest of the players, Robinson didn't introduce them again, in fact, he didn't know most of these players, most of them were players who had lost the draft in the past two years or players from the Development League.

"Hey, Lee, if nothing else, you're going to be the starter, we've got players in four positions, just one shooting guard short." After the introduction, Robinson whispered to Li Tian, "Of course, in training, you have to make a good impression on the coach. ”

As he spoke, Robinson glanced into the distance, where stood the Kings' assistant coach, Jim Ain, who led the Kings' Summer League this year.

Li Tian knew that Robinson had a point, so in the next few days of training, Li Tian worked hard and seized every opportunity to show his off-ball running skills and stable outside shooting, and his performance also made Jim Ain very satisfied.

Similarly, Li Tian's performance also surprised Robinson very much, of course, Li Tian also gave his own explanation, claiming that after the end of Crazy March, he realized his shortcomings, so he deliberately learned to strengthen his off-ball running skills, but he never had the opportunity to show it.

Robinson didn't dig deeper, and he was happy to see Li Tian's performance getting better and better.

Li Tian is also happy that in Las Vegas, the Kings will play against five different opponents, and he has five games to perform and prove himself.