Big Q was selected by the Clippers with the 18th pick in the first round, and he couldn't wait to sign the contract the next day, and before the contract officially took effect on June 30, he went to the Clippers training hall to report, with a very positive attitude and full of expectations for the future life.

Two days later, teammates who played the summer league together came to report, and Big Q took the initiative to make friends with his teammates.

Then, he was bullied by Olovocandi.

Olowocandi asked him to treat him and took him to a restaurant, but when he finished eating, Olovocandi suddenly took out a packet of peanut butter and poured it on his pants, and shouted, "Why are you pulling in your pants?" Do you have fecal incontinence? It's disgusting! ”

At that time, the chattering voices and eyes of the people in the restaurant, as well as the action of the waiter pinching his nose and taking a step back when he came up to check...... For Da Q, this is the psychological shadow of his life!

But he didn't dare to say anything at all except go home and hug the pillow and cry his nose and curse a few words behind his back.

But forbearance did not help him get rid of the teasing, but the other party intensified, and Olovocandi bullied him every day for the past few days.

So that day, Li Ao pressed Olovo Kandi to the ground and beat him, for Da Q, instead of feeling scared, he turned into Li Ao's fan brother on the spot.

It's just that before he could worship the dock, Li Ao's fist was broken by Olovocandi's face and went to the infirmary for treatment.

At that time, he was worried that Li Ao would be traded away, but he didn't expect that it was Olovo Kandi who was sent away!

What this means is self-evident.

He was very much looking forward to meeting Li Ao again, and after waiting for a long time, he finally met!

However, he has passed the initial most excited time, and he did not kiss his shoes when he saw Li Ao like in the movie, but first got the relationship right.

When taking Li Ao to the room, Da Q introduced the situation of this summer league.

There are 10 teams competing in the Southern California Summer League.

The other 9 teams are the Lakers, Mavericks, Rockets, SuperSonics, Warriors, Nuggets, Grizzlies, Raptors, and the Canadian national team.

Their Clippers are currently on a five-game winning streak and are in first place.

Li Ao pondered that they have Odom, O'Neal Jr., and Corey Margety, and if they can't even win the first place in the summer league, their Clippers should really go to the CBA.

With the addition of him, Big Q, Chris Meme, and Kenyon Doolin 4 rookies, they have a total of 7 players who are sure to play in the NBA next season.

Kenyon Dulin, the Clippers traded last season's scoring champions Morris Taylor and Troy Hudson to the Magic's No. 10 pick rookie point guard.

In this deal, why does Li Ao feel that Baylor is helping the logo man pay off his debt to the Magic team?

Morris Taylor, the 14th pick power forward in '97, just played a season with an average of 17 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, and added a high-quality backup point guard who averaged 8.8 points and 3.9 assists per game, but he only traded to the No. 10 pick from the Magic?

If it weren't for the Magic's side in order to keep 3 salary cap spaces, they also set up an additional head to match the salary, this deal Clippers would be a pure loss, and Kenyon Durin estimates that he would not be able to play an average of 17+6 per game in his life.

The addition to this equalization salary is Corey Margetty, who has been a big player in the summer league and dreams of returning to college.

Chris Meme, the center selected by the Clippers with the 15th pick in the first round, this draft pick was also exchanged for a good player.

At the end of the '98-'99 season, Ramon Murray's six-year, $16 million rookie contract had one year left on his contract, and the Clippers sent him to the Bucks in exchange for a 2000 No. 13 pick to protect the draft, and the Bucks just made the playoffs last season.

Ramon Murray was sold to the Cavaliers by the Bucks, and last season the strong, well-balanced small forward averaged 15.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

Thinking of this, Li Ao's whole body was numb.

What is the operation of the Lakers' famous house, this is!

When he arrived at the room, Da Q introduced Li Ao to the bathroom, restaurant, gym, location of a nearby convenience store, and so on.

Li Ao looked at Da Q's chubby appearance, was in a good mood, and said, "Thank you, Quentin." ”

Name!

He called my name!

Big Q is about to burst into tears.

It's been a long time since I've heard anyone call him by his real name, he's been called Big Q since he was a child, and after he showed his basketball talent in junior high school, no one seems to remember his original name.

Now someone asks him why he is called 'Big Q', and he says it's because the first letter of his name is Q, and his name is hard to pronounce, so people call him that.

But in fact, this is what others ridiculed him as a child.

He had an oval braincase since he was a child, and he was missing a tooth when he changed his teeth in elementary school, and he was darker than he is now, and his face was defective, so he didn't deliberately shut up, his mouth was always open, and a single front tooth was always exposed, and his classmates made fun of his head for being a Q, or a big Q.

Later, he showed his talent on the basketball court, and the nickname Big Q couldn't get rid of it.

More than ten years have passed, and he has become accustomed to being called this by others.

But suddenly someone called him 'Quentin' instead of 'Big Q', and he broke the defense......

…

After putting away the luggage, Li Ao went to choose the jersey, No. 0 no one used it, so he continued to use it, and when it was close to noon, nutritionist Jack and his girlfriend came to a nearby homestay to live and prepared a nutritious meal for Li Ao.

When Gentry came to ask Li Ao to go to lunch, he saw that someone had brought a nutritionist...... They all have only one nutritionist on the team, and they will have a holiday after the season! Resumption of work in October!

After lunch, Gentry thought it was time to test Li Ao.

Thinking about it, he feels miserable, the players who were drafted back with the scout, three weeks have passed since the draft, and their Clippers didn't even have a chance to try out for each other.

Gentry is full of anticipation for the genius of making the Lakers risk demoralizing the team during the Finals to negotiate a draft pick trade with the Magic.

There are commercial reasons, but commercial reasons alone are not enough for the Lakers to take that much risk.

Just the static physical fitness makes Gentry's eyes shine!

With a height of 201 centimeters and an arm span of 218 centimeters, a weight of 94 kilograms is too light, and Gentry estimates that confrontation is a problem, and he will have to find a way this summer.

When it was time for the speed, strength, etc. test, Gentry quietly found a corner where no one was and slapped himself.

In the strength test of the equipment, although Li Ao is not as good as Margeti and Odom, one of the two is a muscle monster, and the other is a body that can top the center, but compared with Da Q and Piakowski, who are of similar height in the team, Li Ao, who is more than ten pounds lighter, has better test results!

And the speed is also in the same gear as Margeti and Big Q, you must know that the athleticism of these two people is the best among blacks.

When it came to the technical test, Gentry took Li Ao and the trainer to the small square.

That's right, that's how it goes, and their Clippers' summer league training is open-air.

The first is the shooting test.

The teammates who were practicing in the square came forward to watch.

I'm afraid, but they're all curious about the strength of this tanhua show.

Especially the newcomer O'Neill, 4 years of garbage time career, did not wear out the fire in his heart.

Now he finally has a chance to come out, and it's on a belly team like the Clippers, and his goal is to be the boss - boss!

He has two competitors in mind, one is Odom, who averaged 16.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.3 blocks per game in his freshly concluded rookie season, and is an all-around player like Grant Hill.

The other is the flower show in front of you.

In view of Li Ao's excellent mid-range performance in the crazy third phase, Gentry arranged a large set of 100 mid-range shots, one step inside and outside the free throw line, five fixed angles, and 10 balls each.

Then, the teammates heard the non-stop sound of "smack", occasionally hearing a "smack", but then "swish" again......

The trainer next to him was counting every hit.

When he threw 99 times, Li Ao had already hit 89 balls, and the last ball hit the basket with a "bang", and he spewed out a "" in annoyance.

This performance exceeded the expectations of his teammates!

Is this the mid-range shot that an 18-year-old should have? They heard that Li Ao will only turn 19 next month!

But this person who killed a thousand knives actually had a very dissatisfied expression.

But they felt that this guy was really dissatisfied with this training performance.

Gentry was ecstatic, and he stepped forward and said, "Leo, you're doing well. ”

'It's still a little bit close, I was able to score 90 goals a few days ago.

Gentry completely forgot the other party's brutal appearance before, patted Li Ao on the shoulder and said: "Haha, at the end of this summer, you will definitely be able to score 90 goals steadily, or even more, and you are already the best player in our team." ”

Li Ao questioned: "Not really, right?" ”

Gentry was a little embarrassed by this.

The teammates scolded the street in their hearts, but they didn't dare to speak out.

Despite the embarrassment, Gentry had to let his players know that the team was not the case, and he replied: "That's right. ”

Li Ao's mood at the moment is very good!

Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he asked Gentry, "That means we don't even have a good mid-range scorer on our team, so I can get a lot of chances?" ”

Gentry swallowed.

It's such a thing, but you don't have to say it so directly, it's very hurtful.

He responded: "That's right, based on your style of play and performance in college, I plan to make you our No. 1 choice in the middle distance.

Your mid-pitch is even better than I could have imagined.

Lamar is the best all-around fighter in the whole world.

Jermaine, God, I've never seen a center with such great talent, it's a shame he's wasted four years, but it doesn't matter, he's still young, not yet 22 years old, and there's time to improve.

I've talked to other coaches and management, Leo, Lamar, and Jermaine are our core trio in the future, and in my opinion, you may be the strongest frontcourt duo in the league! ”

In front of everyone, confirm who the players the team values the most and clarify the training goals, Gentry is an operation, Li Ao likes it very much.

It will discourage some players who want to be the core of the team, but at least there will be no outrageous thing like Poole asking the team to use the best player in team history as a trade chip.

But Li Ao found the lever: "Coach, if Duncan goes to the Magic, they can send McGrady, Hill, and Duncan's frontcourt combination." ”

Gentry closed his mouth and snorted, his nostrils widened, and he roared, "I just think the three of you will be better than the three of them in the future!" ”

Teammates: Die Dead! Their head coach yelled at the violent handsome guy! Will it be beaten?

What to do? A little bit to look forward to!

Li Ao plucked his ears and responded: "Yes, yes, I know that you are optimistic about us, what is fierce, hurry up and continue to test, isn't there still a team training later?" Hurry! Is the three-point test next? ”

His reaction greatly surprised his teammates.

"Henry gave me all the video clips of all your college games, I've seen them all, I remember you don't know how to score threes, right? Newly trained? Gentry inquired about Lee's training with the Lakers and knew that the genius wouldn't be willing to test things.

"Yes, I deliberately developed three points for the draft trial before, but I didn't expect it to be useful."

Gentry: ( ̄┏_┓ ̄)

The teammates have different ideas at this time, the talent is average in the NBA, and they just want to scold the street;

Odom's kind of heartless, who doesn't care about other people's talents or something;

O'Neal Jr., he doesn't believe that anyone can develop three points in two months, if it is a three-point in preparation for the trial, the NCAA season ends on April 4, and he participates in the NBA trial in early June, and it will be two months to play a full game;

There are also worshipped ones - Big Q.

Soon, the three-point test began.

Li Ao received the ball for the first time and made a three-point shot, which made Gentry stunned and his eyes lit up at the same time!

Why is the three-point shooting action different from the mid-range shooting?

Oh, it must be because the mid-range shot always needs to face the defense, so the shot point should be higher; And the three-point shot is often an empty three-pointer, so practice a faster shot?

Oh! Is this something that ordinary people can do?

However, this action is too suitable for catching threes!

For a moment, Gentry couldn't think of a better catch-and-shoot than this.

Watching Li Ao's catch-and-shoot three-point shooting, he felt like a pleasure!

If you want to talk about the disadvantage, it is that this action is not suitable for singles and threes.

Li Ao is playing without the ball, at least at the age of 18 now, he still plays without the ball, and he doesn't need to think about holding the ball and playing three points alone for the time being.

Gentry put away his distractions and focused on Li Ao's three-point shot.

72 out of 100, Li Ao threw the last ball, the joy on his face was visible to the naked eye, it was better than usual, and the hit rate broke 7.

Gentry recalled that Li Ao didn't shoot a three-point shot in the crazy three finals on April 4, which has been 3 months after a full game, right?

Ponder a new shooting move, and practice to a smooth and complete force and shot.

72 out of 100 training three-pointers, it is definitely not accurate, and there are more in the team than this.

But it's only been 3 months! By now, the foundation has been laid, and it is one of the most difficult stages to develop and shoot from zero to being able to shoot! Now it's time for growth!

Gentry has only one thought on his mind now: Leo, who else do you want to fight? Just hit! If you hit me, you will immediately beg the general manager and beg the boss to drive him away!

…

Physical condition and shooting talent can be shown very intuitively.

In terms of passing and control, technical testing, etc., Li Ao's performance was mediocre, except for the back hook hand under the basket against shorter players, there were almost none, but this Gentry didn't care much about the test data, and paid more attention to Li Ao's talent in the NCAA game.

Then it was time for the team to practice together, and the content of the joint practice was the intra-team training game, which was divided into two teams, Kenyon Dulin, Big Q, Li Ao, Odom, and undrafted Darko Anderson were assigned to the first team.

After the game started, the teammates frantically passed the ball to Li Ao, and when they saw Li Ao coming out, they passed.

After playing for a while, Li Ao called a stop to the game.

He was just wondering at first, but then he realized that something was wrong, but he chose to endure it first, and he couldn't help it when he stopped the game.

He yelled at his three teammates: "Lamar you shouldn't have passed to me just now, I moved to the high post, the defense followed me, Darko has already reached that position, you pass it to him, he can shoot with one step."

Kenyon, what did you give me the ball in the previous round? Lamar drew Jermaine's defensive attention from the baseline, Chris couldn't make up for it, and Quentin and I pulled people away from the outside, and you can score straight from the free-throw line.

You two should have this sense of competition!

Quentin, don't hold the ball, blind passes, breakthroughs are not as good as mine, running long shots and air cutting counterattacks are more suitable for you......"

Suddenly, a thought popped up among his teammates: This new violent man, shouldn't he really want to cooperate with his teammates?

Especially the three teammates who were accused by Li Ao, they had mixed feelings.

They don't have brains to pass the ball, and they actually have different ideas.

Odom has a ghost in his heart, worried that Li Ao will know that he is playing the water in the future and let him go single-line, so he wants to pass a few more passes to Li Ao to make a good relationship, but the passing choice is not done well.

Kenyon Doolin, who is also a rookie in the lottery, is not convinced, the team values you so much, so give you the ball and see what you can do.

The big Q is - give the ball to the boss!

They didn't expect Li Ao to react like this.

After Da Q calmed down, he had a grievance, he felt that his breakthrough was better than Li Ao, but he still responded: "I know." ”

The other two didn't speak, but after Gentry signaled to continue training, they both focused and threw themselves into the team's training match.

A few more rounds passed, and the teammates who didn't have those distractions had a different opinion of Li Ao.

Diligent running, passing first, always at the right point of contact, the person with the ball wants to pass the ball, always finds someone......

The team training match, and it was the first time to participate in the team training match, and their Tanhualang didn't care at all if there was a chance to make a move!

Is this a high degree of self-confidence? Or is it just that selfless? Or both?

Gentry, who was onlookers, was also sighing - he was worthy of being a super genius who could enter the NCAA and lead the team to win the championship.

When he and Henri Bibjerg had dinner, what the other party said, and what he analyzed when he watched the video, were all right!

Li Ao's court awareness is too good!

Give full play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses.

And passing, why does Gentry feel that in the game, their genius Tanhualang's pass is more accurate than when he was tested just now?

They all have the right point guard level!

His mind has changed now: Leo, do you want to hit me? If you want to fight, just take it lightly, but don't drive me away......

Gentry was startled by this thought, and quickly dispelled the distractions, he had no masochistic tendencies.

However, Li Ao's performance on the offensive end, Gentry was mentally prepared and happy, but not a surprise.

Li Ao's performance on the defensive end surprised him!

Li Ao's defensive object is Margeti, Margeti's brutal breakthrough, Li Ao can't bear it, but the confrontation performance is not as unbearable as other college students in the summer league against Magetti, and can even play some necessary restrictions.

The most eye-catching thing is that Li Ao can guide Margeti to the breakthrough line that he is not good at, and create opportunities for his teammates to make up for the defense, but Darko Anderson is not capable enough and does not use it well, when he swaps the center forwards of both sides, the situation is different, with the help of Mime, Li Ao can limit Margety!

The choice of confrontation timing, the awareness of occupying the position, and the defensive footsteps in single defense...... Li Ao's performance in this aspect, in Gentry's opinion, is even more eye-catching than his offensive end!

…

In just one day, the teammates' perception of Li Ao has undergone some subtle changes.

His violent image is deeply engraved in the minds of his teammates.

But today, Li Ao's attitude towards the game and the way he played made his teammates appreciate it.

After the team's training, when everyone else was ready to have fun, Li Ao stayed and practiced half an hour of three-point shooting and half an hour of mid-range shooting, so that his teammates could see his efforts.

Based on the above, the attitude of teammates towards Li Ao has changed somewhat.

Like Odom, he thinks Li Ao is very violent, but he doesn't provoke it, he is really afraid, and he doesn't have contact outside of competition and training.

The next morning, Li Ao followed the team to an open-air court on the outskirts of Santa Ana.

Although it is open-air, it is also a full-fledged stadium, with more than 3,000 seats in a circle around the stadium, and there are many drive-in restaurants, auto convenience stores, and so on outside the stadium.

The Clippers players are excited today!

There are so many journalists!

And the audience was packed! Played 5 games and this is the first time!

Almost all the reporters came for Li Ao.

Kenyon Martin and Swift, two top-three rookies, had disappointing performances.

Kenyon Martin's athleticism, defensive awareness, and offensive rebounding are all remarkable, but in the Boston Summer League, he averaged only 8.5 points per game in six games, and in the summer league, which is all grown, Kenyon Martin has little independent offensive performance.

Swift couldn't even play in the summer league, Kenyon Martin managed to get 11.7 rebounds per game, and Swift only averaged 7 points and 4 boards per game except for his dunk in blocks.

At this point in the summer league, the best performer was Jamal Crawford, who played seven games in the Rocky Hills Summer League in Salt Lake City, averaging 25 points per game in singles, like a superstar, but shooting 40 percent from the field was dismal.

The Bulls drafted DeMar Johnson with the 7th pick and sent him to the Cavaliers in exchange for Jamal Crawford, a future second-round pick, and some cash.

Another high-profile rookie, Mike Miller, is in a similar situation to Kenyon Martin, with no one to feed the ball and no ability to show.

Both of them have teammates similar to Crawford, who can do it on their own.

At present, the performance of the class of 00 rookies in the summer league can be described as a total annihilation, and the media thought that this rookie would be very poor, but they did not expect the summer league to be pulled to this extent.

Now Li Ao is the only one left, and the media is looking forward to Li Ao's performance.

It doesn't matter if it's a standout or a garbage for all employees, it will be a hot topic!

(End of chapter)