After the training camp, the new season begins, and the development league starts slightly later than the NBA because of the lack of games, but it will not be much later, about half a month. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In mid-November, the regular season of the Development League began, but Li Yang was not initially included in the team's starting lineup.

Although the progress and ability he showed in training camp made Tyler Jenkins very satisfied and expected, however, the Austin Bulls were the champion team last season, and several big players in the team were there, in addition, the parent team Spurs sent several people were going to enter the starting lineup, so Tyler Jenkins still had to put Li Yang on the bench from the overall situation.

was placed on the bench, but Li Yang did not disappoint Tyler Jenkins, although in the first half month, Li Yang did not adapt, but in the subsequent games, Li Yang, who began to adapt to the game and has been improving, began to perform well.

In the first five games of December, Li Yang played as a substitute, averaging 28 minutes of playing time per game, he was able to get 18.6 points, 2.5 assists and 7.8 rebounds.

In addition to arranging more tactics for Li Yang on the court, Tyler Jenkins also gave Li Yang a lot of guidance on both offensive and defensive ends outside of game time, which is why Li Yang can maintain steady progress.

In mid-December, Corey Joseph and Nando De Colo were recalled due to a series of injuries to their parent team, and the team's starting lineup suddenly became vacant, and Tyler Jenkins added Li Yang to the starting lineup.

Although there are Justin Duntumon, the former MVP of the Development League, and Eric Dawson, who won the championship last season, Tyler Jenkins, the new head coach of the team this season, obviously likes Li Yang more, and after Li Yang entered the starting lineup, he decisively established Li Yang's position as the tactical core, which created better conditions for Li Yang's growth and progress.

Tyler Jenkins' move made several veteran players on the team somewhat uncomfortable, but Li Yang quickly responded with an excellent performance.

In the next five games, Li Yang's playing time increased to 32.6 minutes, and his various technical statistics also ushered in an increase. He averaged 22.4 points, 4.8 assists, 9.8 rebounds, 2.4 steals and 1.6 blocks per game.

Strength is respected, and the winner is king. Li Yang's performance has convinced the vast majority of the team, and the other two big names in the team, Justin Duntumon and Eric Dawson, will not complain too much, at least on the surface.

However, this does not mean that Justin Duntumon and Eric Dawson have no ideas in their minds, and they immediately show hostility towards Li Yang as soon as other interests arise.

That was the day when Tyler Jenkins called everyone together for another session.

Li Yang came to the training hall alone in advance, because the player mobility is stronger than that of the NBA, and most of the players in the development league are not very close to each other, and the relationship between teammates is not deep. Therefore, it has been more than two months since he joined the team, and Li Yang has not had a particularly good relationship with any player, and he is not accompanied by anyone in every training.

Of course, there is another reason for this, that is, Li Yang has been devoted to training during this time, and there is not much communication with other people.

When Li Yang trained alone in a corner for a while, the other players began to come one after another, and then stood together in twos and threes chatting. Thinking that the time was almost up, Li Yang also walked over, and while greeting the players who usually communicate more, his eyes swept over Justin Duntumon and Eric Dawson.

It's not that Li Yang pays much attention to these two people, but he finds that the two of them have been staring at him when he walked over. Li Yang guessed that maybe the two had been staring at him before this, but he buried his head in training and didn't pay attention.

"Is there something wrong?" Li Yang muttered to himself in his heart, he knew that under normal circumstances, the two of them would never take the initiative to look at him off-the-scenes.

"Young, looks like you don't know what's going to happen yet. While Li Yang was pondering, the team's starting interior liner, Jermichael Green, walked over.

"Yes, I don't know, Jermichael, but why do I feel like the whole world knows. Li Yang and Jermichael-Green were joking.

Jermichael Green is a player who has a relatively better relationship with Li Yang in the current team, perhaps because the appearance of Li Yang has not affected his status in the team, because Jermichael Green was not the top of the team before, of course, another more important reason is that Jermichael Green is very good everyone.

Hearing Li Yang's words, Jermichael Green also joked with Li Yang: "Of course." It's not the whole world that knows about it, but it's such an important thing, I think everyone in the team knows about it, oh, except for you. ”

Li Yang spread his hands, off the field, he did communicate less with others, this is not because of his character, in fact he is a more extroverted person, but during this period of high-intensity training every day, he has little time to communicate with others.

"Well, Young, let me tell you. Jermichael Green looked very helpless, but Li Yang was not confused by his expression, he knew that Jermichael Green was actually a very gossip person, and this guy's favorite thing was to share news with others.

Sure enough, Jermichael Green quickly said to Li Yang with a twinkle in his eyes: "Hey, young, do you know what, Kawhi Leonard will be sent to the team to participate in training today, Kawhi Leonard, do you know who it is?"

"Yes, I know. ”

Li Yang nodded, as a basketball fan, although the young Kawhi Leonard is not very famous, but Li Yang still knows that the player selected by the Spurs with the fifteenth pick traded from the Pacers last season sat firmly in the team's starting small forward position in the first season, with excellent physical fitness and defensive ability, and was selected to the first team of the best rookie team last season.

"Has his injury healed, and why did he come here for training?" asked Li Yang towards Jermichael Green.

Li Yang now finds time to follow NBA games and news every day, not only because he likes it, but also because it is his goal to enter the NBA. Of course, Li Yang will not let go of the news of the parent team Spurs, and he remembers that Kawhi Leonard was suspended some time ago due to a quadriceps injury.

"Yes, he's recovered, so he's coming here for training and the team doctor will check on him as well. Jermichael Green explained.

Li Yang is not surprised, as one of the teams in the NBA that pays the most attention to using the development league to develop players, the Spurs can do something to delegate an absolute workhorse like Leonard.

However, Leonard's decentralization to participate in the training is estimated to be short-lived, and it has no impact on his own people? Li Yang was a little puzzled, not knowing why others were so concerned.

"Hey, Young, that's not the point. And just then, Jermichael Green had spoken again.

"I heard that Manager R.C. Buford and Coach Greg Popovich will be coming. ”

When he said this, Jermichael Green's voice was noticeably higher, so much so that the other team members around him stopped talking when they heard it, and although most of them knew the news, they still pricked up their ears to listen to Jermichael Green's words at this time.

"I heard ......"

Hearing that everyone was paying attention to him, Jermichael Green's excitement also came up, and he stopped whispering to Li Yang, but turned to everyone, and the beginning was still his opening remarks as a "source".

"I've heard that Manager R.C. Buford and Coach Gregg Popovich are not just looking at Cologne's recovery, they're looking at us. ”

"Oh God, you know what, as a Development League player, there's not a lot of opportunities for the general manager and the head coach to watch you train. ”

"And they just cut James Anderson, a swingman at the front, and then came here to watch us train, maybe because they wanted to sign another player. ”

Jermichael Green spoke passionately in an infectious tone, and his words really brightened the eyes of those present.

But then, everyone scoffed at Jermichael Green's words.

"But you don't need to think too much about it, because the Spurs need a big man right now, so here's my chance for Jermichael Green!"

Immediately after Jermichael Green said this, there was a chorus of boos.

"Jermichael, your message has never been accurate. ”

"I think your nickname should be called, braggart king. ”

Everyone was in an uproar, but Li Yang knew that although everyone didn't believe Jermichael Green's last words, it didn't mean that they questioned the news brought by Jermichael Green, in fact, most of them knew the news and were looking forward to it, which could be seen from their expressions and the glances they glanced at the door from time to time.

Li Yang finally understood why Eric Dawson and Justin Duntum were hostile to him, and apparently they also had the same idea as Jermichael Green, believing that the Spurs' management came to such a big battle this time to scout the players of their subordinate teams, and they were regarded as competitors because of their recent performances.

"Being scouted by an NBA team and then fancied?"

When Li Yang thought of this, his heartbeat couldn't help but speed up, and if he could join the NBA now, it would undoubtedly be exciting.

However, it didn't take long for Li Yang to calm down, and being able to cross over to such a talented body and play in the Development League was unimaginable for him before, so to some extent, Li Yang is now very satisfied, especially when he can feel his own progress.

As for entering the NBA, of course he wants to, but Li Yang believes that he is not fully ready, both physically and mentally.

"NBA, I'm definitely going to go!"

With his current talent and his own hard work, Li Yang believes that he will definitely be able to enter the NBA, so he is not in a hurry. From this point of view, Li Yang's mentality at this time was more peaceful than that of Dawson and Duntmont, and he completely ignored the hostility shown by the two.

What's more, the Spurs management may not have come down to investigate, but just to observe Kawhi Leonard's rehab training?

Li Yang even thought that maybe the Spurs had already had an interested candidate, otherwise how could they cut James Anderson and vacate a team spot as Jermichael Green said? After all, this is not the beginning of the new season, and the NBA regular season has been playing for almost two months.

"Oh, here they are!"

Just when Li Yang thought of this, there was a turmoil around him, and Li Yang couldn't help but turn his head to look at the entrance with the others.

The group walked in through the door, and Tyler Jenkins was among them, but at this moment, as the head coach of the Austin Bulls, he was no longer the one who attracted the most attention, and almost all eyes fell on the two in the middle.

One of them, a slim-looking blonde white man in a gray suit and glasses, was none other than Spurs' general manager, RC Buford.

Another old man with gray hair and even a gray beard, Li Yang, is of course no stranger, he is the head coach of the Spurs and the famous Greg Popovich.