Everything looks to be going very well, and if nothing else, Li Tian will get a chance to start the Summer League and then show himself to the fullest.

However, that all changed the day before Summer League began, when Isiah Thomas, the team's starting point guard late last season, joined Summer League on an interim basis.

In addition to Li Tian, the other four confirmed starters are all official players of the Kings, so after the arrival of Isiah Thomas, Li Tian was directly excluded from the starting lineup.

Li Tian and Thomas Robinson were also helpless about this, and the two of them were soft-spoken, and it was impossible to affect Jim Ain's arrangement.

"Don't be sad, Lee, Mr. Jim Ain has made a very good impression of you, and although you can't start, you can still play and show yourself."

Listening to Robinson's reassurance, Li Tian nodded, if it was just a summer league starter, Li Tian didn't care too much, but the opponent of the Kings' first game was the Bobcats, and they had the Bobcats of Michael Kidd Gilchrist.

Of course, Li Tian will not forget the scene of the other party's call fifteen days ago, and he can't go on the field to overturn the other party at the beginning of the game, which is what makes Li Tian the most unhappy, but there is no way to change it at this time.

On July 15, the Las Vegas Summer League officially kicked off, and the Kings had a game on the first day against the Charlotte Bobcats.

Summer league is a good opportunity for the league's respective teams to look at rookies and undrafted picks, so no matter what the game is, there will be some scouts and even management sitting on the sidelines.

It is also for this reason that although it is still in the warm-up stage, the players are already very excited, and many people have even started a dunk show, among which Michael Kidd Gilchrist, the Bobcat's top show, is the most eye-catching.

"Wow!" After Michael Kidd Gilchrist's big windmill dunk after a run-up, there were exclamations from the audience, including quite a few reporters.

After the top pick Anthony Davis has confirmed that he will not play in the summer league due to injury, Michael Kidd Gilchrist, who is the star of the list, is naturally the focus of media attention, this is the debut of the top eye, so this game also attracted many media reporters.

"Lee, that guy is so annoying!" Standing beside Li Tian, Thomas Robinson said very dissatisfied.

"Huh!" Standing outside the three-point line, Li Tian shot the ball steadily, glanced at Gilchrist opposite, and then said to Thomas Robinson: "Don't you dunk?" Thomas, go wreak havoc on the basket and tell everyone that he's just our loser. ”

"No problem!" Thomas Robinson nodded excitedly, he was still very convinced of Li Tian's words, in fact, in the team that won the championship at the University of Kansas, although Thomas Robinson was the absolute core of the court, in the locker room, Li Tian's status was not low.

"Bang!" With a fierce two-handed slam dunk, Thomas Robinson also successfully attracted the attention of reporters, although Gilchrist is the No. 2 show, but Robinson is also the No. 5 show after all, in terms of future development, no one can be sure that Gilchrist will be better than Robinson.

The next warm-up time became a slam dunk show for two high-ranking rookies, and one by one the energetic dunks made the atmosphere of the scene extremely hot.

It was in this atmosphere that Li Tian quietly practiced shooting, throwing basketballs into the basket one by one in the two-point area or outside the three-point line.

After the warm-up, Li Tian and his teammates prepared to walk to the sidelines, although it was the summer league, but the tactics would still be arranged, and the general assistant coach would also exercise his skills and tactics at this time.

"Lee, that guy is here." At this time, Thomas Robinson suddenly stabbed Li Tian with his hand.

Turning his head, Li Tian followed Thomas Robinson's gaze and saw Gilchrist walking towards him.

"Oh, something interesting is about to happen!" At this time, the reporters also found out, and many people exclaimed. Just in the warm-up stage, the two high-ranking artists have already used dunks to face each other, and now, it is finally time to meet each other, which makes them extremely excited.

And everyone in the room knew the feud between the two high-ranking players, Thomas Robinson was the team's champion when the University of Kansas eliminated the University of Kentucky in March, and there was once news that Thomas Robinson could steal Gilchrist's name on the list.

Gilchrist walked up to Li Tian and Thomas Robinson, and the reporters' cameras immediately focused on the two high-ranking showmen, ready to record the scene.

"Chinese boy, are you here to watch me perform?"

To the surprise of those reporters, Gilchrist didn't pay attention to Thomas Robinson and found Li Tian instead.

"Thomas, who is this?" Li Tian didn't pay attention to Gilchrist, but asked Thomas Robinson with a puzzled face.

"It looks familiar." After two years of partnering with Li Tian, Thomas Robinson and Li Tian already had enough tacit understanding, and he also showed a puzzled expression on his face, and then pretended to suddenly shout: "Lee, isn't this a guy from Kentucky, he was knocked over by you in the NCAA finals, and he scored 2 points in that game?" Oh, sorry, I seem to be misremembering, it's 3 points. ”

"Is that the guy who got the 3 points? Perhaps, I don't have the name of the loser in my memory. ”

Li Tian and Thomas Robinson sang and harmonized, which made Gilchrist, who came to prepare to taunt Li Tian, look ugly, especially Li Tian's nobody expression where did you run away, which deeply stimulated his pride.

His face turned cold, Gilchrist stared at Li Tian and sneered, and said with a mocking face: "Chinese boy with sharp teeth and sharp mouth, raise your head and take a look, there are many reporters here who come here for the show, but, does anyone know you?" ”

"Bangyan show? Michael's team, Michael is the king of the field, but the eye for the players is ...... It seems that he was laughed at by others for one more incident. Li Tian said with a look of regret.

"Lee, maybe the flyer chose this guy just because he had the same name." Thomas Robinson also said at this time.

Li Tian nodded and said, "Makes sense!" “

Gilchrist suppressed the urge to burst into foul language, stared at Li Tian and said, "Poor worm who lost the election, I will kill you on the field later!" ”

As he spoke, Michael Christ was about to turn away, then paused slightly, spread his hands and said, "If you can play." ”

"Poor draft loss, not even eligible to start Summer League." Gilchrist turned to his team's bench and shouted as he walked. After speaking, he quickened his pace, for fear that Li Tian and Robinson would say something more to blow, and in terms of bickering, he was not the opponent of Li Tian and Thomas Robinson.

Looking at Gilchrist's back, Li Tian's eyes flashed with anger, his former subordinates were defeated, and now they dared to bully him again and again.

"Lee, I'll go and tell the coach to give you the starter and teach that guy a hard lesson." Thomas Robinson shouted at this point.

Li Tian shook his head, if Thomas Robinson really said that, Jim Ain would not have a good impression of the two, but he had decided that as long as he got the chance to play, he must let Gilchrist relive the nightmare again.

Li Tian and Thomas Robinson walked back to the bench, and the reporters and scouts on the scene only then remembered that Li Tian was also one of the main players who won the championship in Kansas this year, and he was extremely successful in restricting Gilchrist, the leader in the final, plus with the scene just now, some eyes began to be on Li Tian.

Thomas Robinson was back on the field soon after arriving on the sidelines as the game got underway, with Hassan Whiteside, Chris Middleton, Jimmer Fredette and Isiah Thomas on the field.

On the other side of the Bobcats, the most talked-about team is undoubtedly Michael Kidd Gilchrist, but the most threatening is point guard Kemba Walker, who entered the draft last year.

At the beginning of the game, the Kings took the lead in attacking, and when they came to the offensive end, Isaiah looked scrappy against Kemba Walker, who was also a short point guard from last year, and directly singled out the mid-range pull-up jump shot, but he obviously didn't find the feeling when he just came on the court, and the basketball bounced out of the basket.

On the other side, Kemba Walker also tried to complete a solo single, but couldn't hit it.

After the Kings launched an attack, Isiah Thomas missed the single again, but this time Thomas Robinson judged accurately and rushed to the basket to complete a dunk, which ignited the scene and officially kicked the battle between the two teams.

As the eye of this year's list, Gilchrist still has some strength, especially when Kemba Walker intends to make the ball for him, the opposite Chris Middleton can't limit well because he doesn't know him, and Gilchrist frequently hits the basket to score.

On the Kings' side, it didn't go so well, Isiah Thomas didn't participate in any training because he only came to Las Vegas yesterday, and he felt very bad today, but he didn't seem to realize it at all, he was very obsessed with individual offense, and he didn't string the team's offense together at all.

Thomas Robinson was a strong point for the Kings, but without the passing support of his teammates, he could only run back and forth on the court and grab rebounds.

Halfway through the first quarter, the score was 6-13, and the Kings were on the losing side, and Jim Ain, who called a timeout two minutes earlier, had to call a timeout again.

"Coach, I think we should replace Lee on the court, he is very experienced in defending the guy from Kentucky." As soon as he came to the sidelines, Thomas Robinson immediately said to Jim Iron.

Jim Ain raised his head and glanced at Li Tian, he also watched the NCAA Finals, and knew that the top show on the opposite side of that game did not play well, but he always thought that it was because the other party was not in shape, Li Tian's body was not strong, much worse than Chris Middleton, and it seemed difficult to resist the impact.

However, after hearing Thomas Robinson's words at this time, Jim Ain was going to give it a try, and it happened that Isaiah Thomas was in a bad state today, so he said: "Lee, come on the court, replace Isaiah." ”

“OK！” Li Tian stood up happily, he had been waiting for this moment since the game started!

Isiah Thomas, who was next to him, was very unhappy about replacing himself at this time, because it was a sign of obvious distrust, but he obviously couldn't refute Jim Ain's arrangement, so he glared at Li Tian and Thomas Robinson.

However, his glaring had no effect, and Thomas Robinson was excited about the success of his recommendation and did not pay attention to watching.

As for Li Tian, his eyes had already turned to Erchrist on the other side.