After going back, Li Lei's family celebrated, needless to say.

Li Lei also called Crawford, Alstom, and White Chocolate to thank them for their help, and made an appointment to invite them to Chinese food after the start of the season.

During this time, Li Lei was really not available.

On July 9, the Summer League kicked off, and the time was tight.

After a day of playing in New York with his parents, Li Lei's family returned to Los Angeles.

Su Qun is still following, and he still wants to continue to record Li Lei's summer league, contract signing, preseason, and regular season.

At the same time, he also faxed several articles to the basketball editorial department of the domestic "Sports Weekly".

One is called "Li Lei's NBA Draft Record".

It is a record of Li Lei's experience of playing street ball, knowing Crawford, White Chocolate, and Alston, and then being favored by scouts, participating in team trials, being selected by the Mosaic team, and trading to the Heat.

One article is called "Dreams are Up, Roads are Down".

is Su Qun's feelings about Li Lei's experience, which belongs to the explosion of literati feelings.

The gist of it is: people must have dreams at the top and choices at the bottom.

Only by choosing the right path can we keep getting closer to our dreams and illuminating reality.

It's like Li Lei, who found his own characteristics, defense and three-pointers, and then used those two to win the attention of NBA teams.

The same is true for China's basketball road, which should follow the path that suits us, rather than copying other countries and taking the path of basketball with Chinese characteristics.

These articles have attracted a lot of attention and have increased Li Lei's popularity in China.

Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean also started a heated discussion.

In this era, the Internet was not yet developed, even semi-smartphones were not yet widespread, and there were not many households with computers.

Fans exchange information through forums and post bars on major websites.

"Another Chinese has entered the NBA, blessings, I hope that Chinese basketball will become stronger and stronger, and reach the top as soon as possible!"

"What about dreaming upstairs? The Dream Team is unbeatable, and it would be nice for China to keep the top eight. ”

"Dreams always have to come true?"

"But Li Lei is the fifteenth in the second round, this order is very low, it's not easy to mix."

"Yes, Wang Zhizhi was seventh in the second round that year, and now he can only play in garbage time, and he is about to lose his mix."

"It's a pity for Dazhi, the Bayi team and the Basketball Association ......"

"Don't mention the past, it will always get better and better, we have to be optimistic. Da Yao's road is better than Dazhi's, and Li Lei's road is much better than Da Yao's...... It's going to get better and better. ”

At the same time, Li Lei continued his training in Los Angeles, sweating like rain every day.

While training, Li Lei also groped for the rules of the system on the other side.

Strength 66, Speed 51, Stamina 48, Reaction Speed 62, Explosiveness 38, Balance 50.

The average is 52.5.

Skill Proficiency:

Bloody Cap (Beginner 68/100).

Accurate steals (99/100 beginner).

Kraft Candy defense (beginner 55/100).

100 steps through the poplar (beginner 48/100).

This is now the system panel.

It is mainly divided into two parts: physical fitness and skill proficiency.

There are two ways to improve: training and actual combat.

But whether it is training or actual combat, the difficulty of improvement is increasing.

For example, training.

Li Lei started shooting 100 three-pointers, and his proficiency in 100 steps could be increased by 1, but now he needs 200 three-pointers to add 1.

Li Lei can understand: it is very easy to increase the full score of 100 points from 59 to 60, but it is super difficult to go from 99 to 100.

The higher the score, the harder it is to improve by 1 point.

A hundred miles, half ninety.

……

Time flies, and on July 8, Li Lei boarded a passenger plane to Orlando.

This year's Summer League will be held in three locations.

The Heat participate in the Orlando Summer League, with a total of six teams, namely: Heat, Cavaliers, Timberwolves, Bucks, Magic, and Pistons.

According to the tradition of summer league, the assistant coach of each NBA team serves as the head coach of the summer league and directs the team.

The players are made up of the rookies of the year, the rookies (sophomores) who did not perform well in the previous year, the undrafted drafts of previous years, etc.

Generally speaking, they are all marginal people in the NBA, and if they don't play well, they may get out of the way at any time, and if they play well, they may sign a small contract.

Li Lei quickly arrived at the hotel designated by Eric Spoelstra.

Coach Spo patted Li Lei's buttocks: "You are the second to arrive." Just got off the plane, do you want to go and rest for a while? ”

"No, I'm in good shape."

Li Lei replied.

So, the staff of the Heat team took Li Lei to the arena rented by the team.

Coach Spo will continue to stay in the hotel and wait for the rest of the team.

Bang Bang Bang!

Before entering the arena, Li Lei heard the sound of the basketball hitting the ground.

Li Lei is not surprised, Coach Spo said that he is the second, that is, the first person to arrive is already training.

Entering the arena, Li Lei saw a black player, who was about the same height as Li Lei, but much stronger than Li Lei.

His training clothes were soaking wet, and it was clear that he had been training for a long time.

"Hey, man. Hello! ”

When the black man saw Li Lei, he stopped training and came up to greet Li Lei.

It's pretty friendly.

"I know, your name is Lee... Lei, Chinese. ”

Black people actually know Li Lei.

It's just that Li Lei's two words are quite awkward, and it is very difficult for foreigners to learn Chinese.

Li Lei is not surprised, as long as you watch this year's draft, you can remember him.

After all, he is the only yellow-skinned rookie, and there is no other number two.

Moreover, Li Lei was traded as soon as he was drafted by the Mosaic team, which can add a lot of memories to people.

It's normal for rookies to be traded, but there aren't many who are traded before the interview is over.

Li Lei is one of them.

"Hello, you can call me Stone!"

Li Lei shook hands with the black man.

"Hi Stone, I'm Haslem. Udonis Haslem. ”

The black man breathed a sigh of relief, and he also found Chinese super difficult to learn.

"Haslem, you're trying too hard."

Li Lei praised.

Haslem smiled: "No way, I was an undrafted pick last year." If you want to stay in the NBA, you have to work harder. ”

Haslem has a good mentality and still laughs when it comes to losing the election.

Li Lei nodded: "You will get your wish!" ”

This guy is very friendly, Li Lei likes it quite a bit, and hard-working and positive people are always likable.

Subsequently, Li Lei changed into training clothes and trained with Haslem.

After a short while, Li Lei knew the reason for Haslem's defeat.

This guy actually trains all the skills of the inside.

Only 2cm taller than Li Lei, 203cm Haslem plays the No. 4 position, the position of power forward.

The most suitable height for this height is actually a small forward, and it is a great loss to play a big forward.

Li Lei didn't know what to say, so he could only bless Haslem.

Then, one by one, the Heat players arrived.

Dwyane Wade, Jerome Beasley, Kirk Penney, Rasol Butler......