Chapter 217: Recruiting Howard
"Li, this amount of training is like being my successor" Li Hao dared to complete a set of training, Kobe Bryant ran over and sneered, and this product has been a "successor" since the training camp.
"Kobe, Lee's training volume has exceeded the program" As a result, Grover next to him did not give the former employer face.
Li Hao came to the training hall at nine o'clock in the morning, and it is already nine o'clock in the evening, aside from the time for eating and resting, Li Hao has at least more than eight hours of training.
At this time, everyone else in the training hall has left, only Kobe, Grover and two sparring partners who passed the ball for Li Hao remained.
After normal training, Li Hao will practice three points, and Li Hao faintly feels that after practicing for a period of time, three points should be able to come to 93.
"No, won't Vanessa talk about you when you go back so late?" Everyone who is a player has finished a day of training and went back to rest, and Kobe, a retired player, is still spending time with Li Hao in the training hall.
"Of course not, Vanessa knows that I am supervising and guiding you" Li Hao didn't bother to refute Kobe's words, because Li Hao knew that Vanessa didn't say anything because Kobe was with him.
Anyway, Li Hao doesn't know why Vanessa trusts him so much, but so far Li Hao is indeed worthy of Vanessa's trust.
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"I made an appointment with Dwight," Li Hao said suddenly on the way back.
In the regular season, the Rockets ranked eighth in the West, facing the Warriors, who were the first in the West, but the Rockets barely had any power to fight back and were swept by the 4:1 gentlemen.
And with the Rockets being swept away, the Rockets players are also ushering in their own vacations, long before the playoffs, Li Hao had a call with Howard, so after the playoffs, Li Hao called Howard again, and then the two agreed to meet tomorrow.
Originally, Li Hao took the initiative to find Howard, but Howard said that he would come to Los Angeles for two days, and then the two set the agreed location in a Chinese restaurant.
"Although I don't like Dwight's attitude, he can really help the team" The Lakers' internal weakness is not a day or two, Hibbert was pinned on high hopes when he was playing, but he meowed directly and took more than 10 million wages for nothing.
And in the current free market, it's almost impossible to find a better center than Howard.
"I hope Dwight can recognize the reality" Li Hao can only hope that Howard will recognize his current self now.
"There's someone who can make him see reality," Bryant said.
"That's why I'm telling you, I know that when it comes to basketball, you've never been right about things and not about people," Li Hao patted him lightly.
"What do you want me to do?" Kobe Bryant had a big look on my face.
"No, I just want you to go with me" Li Hao has actually been struggling with whether to see Howard alone or to take Kobe Bryant with him.
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The next day, Li Hao trained as usual in the morning, and even played a 3v3 practice match in the afternoon, and there are currently 8 players in the training camp, Li Hao, LaVine, Wiggins, Randle, Russell, Nance Jr., Booker, Powell.
By the way, there is Kobe Bryant, although Kobe Bryant has retired, he can also be counted as half, this thing will itch after watching it for a while, and then he will go down in person, and he will guide him in the name of beauty.
But don't say it, Kobe's guidance is still quite useful, especially for players in the same position such as LaVine and Booker, who have been competing because of Kobe's relationship.
Seriously, boring training is a good pastime to watch the two of them compete, and besides, it's good for them to compete with each other, and competing with each other means promoting each other.
"Where are you going?" At five o'clock in the afternoon, Li Hao and Kobe Bryant went to take a bath.
"Something" said that he would not give everyone another chance to ask.
"What are these two people doing?" For the two to leave, several other people suddenly gathered together with curious faces.
"What are you doing? Keep training," but before they could say anything, Grover's voice rang out.
You must know that in this training camp, Grover is better than Li Hao.
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"Hey~~~Li~~~ Kobe" Howard was still grinning when he came in, but when he saw Kobe, his smile narrowed slightly.
In the past few years, as long as the Lakers and the Rockets are against each other, Kobe and Howard will definitely pinch each other, so the two are still a little embarrassed at the moment.
But at this time, Kobe Bryant took the initiative to extend his hand to Howard, and when Howard saw this, the trademark smile returned to his face.
"Dwight, come to the Lakers" Li Hao was very direct, and as soon as he sat down, he got straight to the point.
"The Lakers can't give me what I want?" Howard put away his smile.
"The Lakers really won't give it to you, but Dwight, do you think other teams will give it to you, don't forget, you're no longer the No. 1 center in the league you once was" Li Hao said very bluntly, even so bluntly that Kobe Bryant and Howard himself were stunned.
"Dwight, do you really think there will be a team that will give you a central position?" Howard's face was a little ugly, but Li Hao didn't stop.
"Why not?" Howard said hard-mouthed.
"We have an idiom in China called self-deception, which probably means that we are unwilling to face reality and choose to deceive ourselves," Li Hao said.
"Damn, I don't think we need to talk about it," Howard, a somewhat annoyed, stood up.
"No, Dwight, I genuinely invite you to the Lakers" Li Hao grabbed Howard Hu.
"Is that what you're telling me?" Howard said angrily.
"So what do you want me to say? Dwight, come on, you're going to be the core of the Lakers, and I'm going to support you, do you believe that? Li Hao said.
Howard is not a fool, of course he won't believe it, although Li Hao has just finished his second season, but in terms of Li Hao's performance in the past two seasons, no matter how brain-dead the management is, they all know that Li Hao should be the core.
"We want to be teammates, we want to make a difference next season, and the only option is to be honest," Li said.
"Honest?" Howard snorted coldly.
"The Lakers need a tough center to guard the basket and protect the rebounds" Hearing Li Hao say this, Howard raised his head slightly, the three best defensive players are not in vain.
"But it only takes a center like that to protect the basket," Li Hao emphasized.
"So you're belittling me like that?" Howard said.
"No, I just want you to recognize the reality, people get old, you look at Kobe, he used to be the best player in the league, but now? He recognized the reality and chose to retire," Li Hao said, pointing at Kobe.
"Damn, Dwight, how about we beat this guy up?" Kobe, who heard Li Hao's words, suddenly couldn't sit still.
"That's a good idea," Howard nodded.
"I've got bodyguards with me, and are you sure you can win?" Li Hao's two bodyguards were at the door of the box at this time.