Leo...... Leo...... Leo ......"

It's September 27th, and it's time for the Clippers to assemble.

A large number of fans gathered outside the Memorial Stadium, chanting Leo's name.

It is the first time for the veteran players of the Clippers to feel such enthusiasm from the fans, even Odom, who has never had such treatment, there are many people who buy tickets to watch the Clippers game for his reputation as a 'left-handed magician', and marvel at his amazing talent, but it is difficult to worship such a player, and there is no heart visible to the naked eye.

And a rookie who has never played an NBA game has such a high popularity.

Envy! Eat one's heart out!

It is much more convenient to change to a large stadium as a training hall and have multiple business districts around...... My teammates didn't think it smelled good.

Originally, everyone was not popular, but now they have a traitor!

"Boss, you're so popular!" Big Q exclaimed.

"Hey, there's no way, I'm already very low-key, but some people are like fireflies in the night, no matter how they hide themselves, they are so dazzling."

Teammates who were sore next to me: Phew!

Who is the blue sports car in the parking lot that still has light pollution when it starts?

Big Q started filming strongly: "Boss, you are good at everything, but you are too low-key." ”

Teammates: Vako! Don't have a face!

The Clippers players were called in by Gentry to take promotional photos of the new season after watching the enthusiastic fans outside Memorial Stadium in front of floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor.

Today's Gentry is particularly serious and meticulous in his work.

The players can understand that the team has changed dramatically, and the people in the management from general manager to publicity to finance have been collectively cleaned up, and a professional basketball manager named Wally Walker, who served as the general manager of the Trail Blazers around 1990, single-handedly created the Trail Blazers' 90 and 92 overall runner-up lineups;

Walker went to the SuperSonics in 1995 as general manager and quickly helped the SuperSonics build a lineup that made the '96 playoffs to the Finals through minor repairs.

A very good professional manager, but also known for his ruthlessness, mainly targeting management, coaching staff, and support staff, and in those years the Trail Blazers and SuperSonics often had management and staff fired for violating team rules.

But for the players, it is particularly humane, especially for the veteran, when he was the general manager of the SuperSonics, the 33-year-old Schramf's contract expired, that age, and the previous two seasons were absent from the 20 games, testing the free market was cold, the SuperSonics team management wanted to keep Schramf, but most people suggested giving a short contract of 2.5 million for 1 year, playing for a year and another year, at that time, Pippen, who was at his peak, was almost this salary, but he was overwhelming, Gave 1 generous contract for 3 years and 10 million US dollars.

Of course, this contract is worth it, and Schramf got rid of injuries in the next three seasons and played at a very high level, averaging 16+7+4 per game for three years.

Drexler was able to hug Olajuwon's thigh, he operated, two Finals trips, the two formed a deep friendship, the glider reached the end of his career, the Trail Blazers had lost the ability to compete for the championship, he stood up, and the final result was that he was fired.

Although this operation has made Walker controversial and has been rejected by some NBA team owners, let's just say that he has no human feelings for players.

With such a 'notorious' general manager, the rest of the team's old people are all in danger.

In the past two years, it has been too difficult to find a good job, although Sterling has been picked, and there are often people doing the work of multiple people, such as electricians and part-time cooks, but the NBA has treatment regulations in terms of staff, ensuring the professionalism of the staff who serve the players, it is difficult for them to find jobs with the same salary as now, and now they have to work more seriously and seriously, for fear of being cleared out of the club.

This has no impact on Li Ao, everything is new to him now, and he has not experienced it.

He happily went to participate in the promotional photo shoot, and then, except for Da Q who took a photo with him with a smile and a smile, everyone else was very reluctant to stand with him.

Obviously it is the same team training uniform, Li Ao has an idol drama style, sunny and cheerful, and he is tall, with broad shoulders and a straight chest, and he looks upright.

When I got to them, it was the style of gangsters and hooligans, one by one crooked melons and cracked dates, mainly standing together and contrasting.

Whoever loves to take a group photo is who is together!

However, the teammates didn't expect their violent handsome guy to be so shameless, and forcibly pulled his teammates to take a photo.

Everyone else broke free, only poor Boykins was directly picked up by Li Ao and took a picture.

Boykins was so sad and angry, but what he hated most was the group of people who ran away, and no one came to save him!

The team took a group photo, others couldn't escape, Li Ao pushed three times and let three ways, and finally stood in the middle position, one left and one right, two guys who smiled like Han Criticism, it was Odom and Big Q, the players next to the two of them silently left a vacant seat in the middle, and Little O'Neal, who wanted the boss position, didn't want to stand next to him......

…

By the 28th, the Clippers had started training camp three days early.

This is late in the NBA, and other teams basically gather in early September, like the 76ers and Spurs, and they start arranging training for players in mid-September.

But the Clippers have barely started training camp early, and the sooner they start running the team, the sooner they start spending money.

Now it was different, Gentry proposed to start the training camp early, and the new general manager immediately agreed, but the time was too tight, the team's management and logistics staff changed hugely, and they couldn't keep up quickly, so the No. 25 manpower was barely assembled, and it took two days to hurry up and prepare, so the training camp was ready on the 27th.

Gentry has been assigned to test the player's aptitude today.

Li Ao was looking forward to it, but when it came time for him to measure his height, he was not calm.

"How did I grow taller again?" Li Ao muttered to the teaching assistant, then opened the system and looked at it, it was really 203 cm!

Larry LaRue, the assistant teacher in charge of static data measurement, said with a smile: "You are only 19 years old, it is normal to grow a little taller, but the physical examination at the beginning of the month showed that many of your epiphyseal lines have begun to close, and there is not much room to grow taller, according to my experience, you can grow at most 0.5 inches or 1 inch." ”

"Please God bless me not to grow taller, then I have to customize new clothes, I just customized some new clothes a few days ago, they are so expensive, I can't wear them anymore."

"Uh......"

"Larry, keep busy, I'm going to do another checkup."

"Wait, you haven't measured your arm span yet."

"You can fill it in casually, and no one will check it."

"Oh, good."

Larry LaRue flipped through the arm span that Li Ao filled in when he applied for the draft, which is the length that Vivian remembered when she played with Li Ao in October last year.

Vivian knew how much taller Li Ao had grown, and the height written in the draft application was 201 cm, but Li Ao would tell her how much taller she had grown, but she didn't say how much her arm span was, so she wrote an impression of 213 cm.

Then, Larry LaRue fills in a 215-centimeter arm span.

He was also a former NBA player, a talent with the 17th pick in the first round in '80, averaging 20 points and 8 assists per game in his peak year, and also won the Player of the Month award.

He came to Los Angeles in the last 4 years of his career, first mixed with the Clippers for two years, and in the last two years he went to hug the Magic's thigh, although he didn't succeed, but he finally tasted the feeling of playing in the Finals, and it was a dream come true, he was very envious of the tall point guard like the Magic, because he was only 185 cm tall and had an arm span of 188 cm.

Looking at the height difference of 6 feet 8 inches, 7 feet 1 inch of reach, weight of 218 pounds (99 kg), and 5 inches (12 cm) of arm span, Larry LaRue sighed that it was really an excellent static physical condition, and he was envious.

Li Ao's side, looking at the extra two centimeters of height on the system screen.

He hadn't noticed this before, and when he went to customize clothes, he had to buy clothes because of changes in his arms, shoulders, chest and abdomen.

Fortunately, during the bone age test, the doctor also said that he had no room to grow taller, and he didn't have to worry about not being able to wear the clothes he bought.

"Name: Li Ao, English name: Leo.

Team: Los Angeles Clippers.

Age: 19 years old (August 1, 1981).

Height: 203 cm, Arm Span: 227 cm.

Weight: 99 kg.

Overall rating: 77.

Physical fitness: speed 91 (burst acceleration 89), strength 86 (explosive power 82), bounce 85 (speed 89), flexibility 92, physical strength 89......

Basic skills: 71 three-point shooting, 86 mid-range shooting, 88 layups, 65 hook hands, 63 ball control, 82 passing, 87 step back, 88 lateral moves, 87 forward rounds, 70 strides, 75 turns, 71 emergency stops......

Technique: 65 hook hands, 74 catch-and-turn shots, 70 ......stop-and-go jump shots"

At present, he is still good at mid-range shooting, defense, and passing, but he has improved significantly compared to before.

In the past two months, the three-point improvement has been obvious, and the success has broken through to a good level, relying on the full-level 'catch-and-shoot expert', the catch-and-shoot three-point can be raised to a good upstream level of 76, and he can shoot in the game.

But the pace of progress has slowed down.

When you reach the NBA-level level, it's hard to improve by 1 point!

From July to September, in three months, it will increase by 3 points.

After he was selected, the mid-range shot in the evaluation report dropped from 88 to 83, not because his ability had declined, he was still an 88-mid-pitcher at the NCAA level, and his improvement rate had slowed down when he reached the top level of the NCAA.

In the NBA, the improvement in the number of increases in the system evaluation is greater than the amount needed in the NCAA, and the improvement is naturally slower.

If it weren't for the level 3 training method, the mid-pitch bag, and the full-level experience bracelet, it would be impossible to improve from 83 to 86 by training alone in a summer.

After reaching an excellent level, actual combat + training is the best way to improve.

However, as long as the mid-range shot can reach 85, he can rise to the top level by relying on the full-level 'catch-and-shoot expert', and at present, he is playing without the ball, and it is enough to increase the mid-range shot to 86.

Physical fitness has improved again!

Gaining muscle and weight went smoothly, at that time his upper limbs were 'developing', and under the professional guidance of the trainer, he successfully gained about 6 kilograms of weight, and there was no negative effect.

Combined with strength training, his strength has increased to 86, and his explosiveness has also increased to an excellent level of 82, with a speed of 91, a starting point of 89, a bounce of 85, and a bounce speed of 89.

But the flexibility dropped from 94 to 92, but he didn't feel any effect, he didn't care about it for the time being, and he will add more points when he has the conditions in the future.

At one point, the physical strength increased to 90, but after the weight gain was completed, it fell back to 89...... That is, at that time, he may have just practiced to 90, but because of the increase in exercise consumption caused by weight gain and muscle gain, he fell below the top line.

Li Ao opened the props section, 5 basic attribute points.

The offseason is over, it's time to use.

He added 3 points to his strength, increasing his power from 86 to 89, and his explosive power from 82 to 85 along with his strength.

1 is added to the bounce, which increases the bounce from 85 to 86, and the bounce speed increases from 89 to 90.

The last 1 point is added to the explosive power, increasing the explosive power to 86.

The improvement of the three basic attributes of strength, speed, and bounce can lead to the improvement of the burst attribute.

At present, in fact, with the addition of bounce, the benefits are greater, after all, the bounce speed has reached the top.

But his static power has reached 89, and if he doesn't catch up with his explosive power, when his strength increases to 90, his explosive power is less than 90, and he has to spend more basic attribute points to increase his explosiveness alone.

This kind of addition was something he had thought of before.

Next, if he gets attribute points, the priority is to add explosive power, and increase it to the same level as static power, and then he only needs to add strength to drive explosive power.

As for the speed side, it has reached the maximum speed of 91 and the starting speed is only 89, so it can only be done first.

For catch-and-shoot players, there is no big disadvantage to starting not as fast as the fastest.

As for the progress in other aspects, it is not so obvious, and the greater improvement is also related to the technology and passing of the shot, after all, the time is only three months.

Turning off the system, Li Ao enthusiastically devoted himself to the team test!

…

Li Ao took a series of tests that Gentry prepared for him, and instead of 'picking and choosing' like he did during the tryout for the Lakers, he tested them all.

It's not a draft tryout, and there's no need to 'play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses'.

He needs to tell the team his situation completely through the team test, so that the coaches and trainers can understand the situation in order to better plan his future growth direction.

The professional things are left to the professional people, and he decides whether to accept the growth plan of the coaching staff.

After the whole team test, the coaching staff, trainers, and management all discussed around the two reports, and a swear word came out from time to time.

General Manager Walker asked, "Alvin, are you really not mistaken?" Is this a test report that has only been separated by two and a half months? ”

Gentry took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and said while wiping the lighter: "Leo went from zero to MOP in 8 months, Wally, you overreacted." ”

"Uh...... Alvin, you're smoking the hell. ”

"Ahem, cough, cough, ......"

These two test reports are Li Ao's.

Medium shot, 10 points, 10 goals per point, a total of two groups, two groups of training, Li Ao has 5 points to shoot 19 goals, 2 points 16 goals, 2 points all in, 1 point 17 goals.

Two sets of tests, totaling 184 out of 200!

And it was 91 goals in one group and 93 goals in one group, which is very stable.

Compared with two and a half months ago, there is a significant improvement.

Gentry can be sure that there is no one in the team who can compare with Li Ao in the middle pitch.

Only Piakowski in the whole team, in the mid-range shooting test on both sides of the baseline, performed better than Li Ao, and those two points were Li Ao's relatively worse points.

Even more eye-catching is the three-point test, which is more frequent, a total of 4 tests, every 100 three-point shots, and the number of shots is around 80.

Compared with two and a half months ago, there has also been a qualitative improvement.

And like CIC in the past, it is very balanced from all angles!

And the most exaggerated thing is the increase in Li Ao's strength.

Seeing that Li Ao had gained more than a dozen pounds, as well as thicker shoulders, arms, and thighs, Gentry knew that their violent handsome guy's strength must have improved, and he worked very hard this summer.

Not only Li Ao, but Da Q has also worked hard in the past two months, his weight has increased to 221 pounds, and his strength has also improved significantly.

But compared with Li Ao, who entered the NBA at the same time and had similar strength at that time, the progress of Big Q is negligible.

Gentry looked at the results of Li Ao's strength test and came up with the idea of letting Li Ao carry it when he met Artest, Raheem, Maniac, Pierce and other opponents in the regular season.

The power team's forward line is still the strongest Odom and Margety, but the defensive ability, in the summer league, Gentry confirmed that Li Ao is the best outside defense in the team.

Although Li Ao's ability has yet to be developed, he is still a player with relatively single ability, but he is only 19 years old!

Gentry has been in the NBA for nearly 20 years and boasts of a genius he has never seen.

Now he knows that there can be such a big gap between geniuses and geniuses!

…

In the morning, Gentry led the team in a team meeting to explain the team's new tactical system, and the next two days were all about it.

There are a lot of new players coming in this season, and most of the roster has changed, and there are four rookies alone.

At the first meeting, Gentry confirmed the team positioning of Li Ao as the main scorer on the outside, the core of O'Neal Jr., and the core of Odom on the outside.

Originally, Gentry was very dissatisfied with Baylor sending Morris Taylor, a forward who averaged 17+6 per game, to exchange for the No. 10 pick in a bad draft year, but now he wants to thank Baylor.

The team's top scorer is gone, and he makes this arrangement, and the rest of the team has no opinion.

It is true that they are the team with the most first-round players in the league, but most of the powerful first-round players have been sent away, most of the first-round players of their team must not be bad, and they can even be said to be high-quality players with a base salary, but those who can serve as the core are Li Ao, Odom, and O'Neal Jr., and the others are at most high-quality role players.

Gentry was very positive and repeatedly explained the tactics, and two and a half days passed quickly, and October arrived.

On the first of the press day and makeup photo shoots, this year the Clippers players came to many, many reporters, more than ever.

And it's not exactly for Li Ao, a large part of it is because of the previous turmoil in Stirling, and I came to see if I could dig up any material that could be exposed.

Including the domestic media who came to Li Ao, most of the questions are also asking this.

But boss Caesar Kanter and general manager Wally Walker both spoke ahead of time and were forbidden to answer related questions.

Although Li Ao loves to chatter, he doesn't want to cause a fuss.

As a result, this media day often saw players and reporters looking at each other silently......

On the 2nd, the Clippers began team training.

Head coach Gentry, offensive assistant coach Larry LaRue, and defensive assistant coach Norm Nixon are all very serious and even strict in supervising the training of the players, with a posture that anyone who doesn't practice well will get out.

In this atmosphere, most of the players focused and trained hard.

Most of the players were replaced, and Gentry felt it.

While he fears Wally-Walker's overly harsh style when he is at the helm of the team, there are more benefits from a managerial level.

Now the team management, coaching staff, trainers are working actively, the whole team is like clockwork, no one dares to be caught by Wally Walker, and the players can naturally feel this atmosphere and be affected.

The new players are very active, and most of the old players are also active, although the salted fish on the edge of the bench is still too lazy to turn over, but since they are all on the edge, it naturally doesn't matter.

Li Ao is the fastest to adapt to the new tactical system, and his style of play is very versatile.

Secondly...... It's Odom, and his style of play may be even more versatile than Li Ao.

The Clippers, a group of first-round picks who entered the NBA in the mid-to-early 90s, are basically homeless players, and such players have a characteristic of integrating into the new style of play quickly!

Life is forced to be versatile.

The NBA style of play is a bit different from the style of play in college, and this past summer, the two rookies, Big Q and Kenyon Doolin, have been training the outside, but they are mainly adapting to the three-point line, which is very different.

To the surprise and regret of the coaching staff, O'Neal Jr.'s tactical integration was also slow.

The main thing is that the ability is not enough!

The 22-year-old O'Neal Jr. still shows full of talent in the summer league, but the training in the past four seasons is too little, and the talent is empty, but it has not really been realized, and it cannot meet the tactical requirements of the Clippers coaching staff for a tactical core.

However, the plan is always unable to catch up with the changes, and the Clippers coaching staff adjusted the importance of O'Neal Jr. in the tactics and increased Odom's inside role, and after the adjustment, the progress of the team's tactical run-in suddenly became faster.

O'Neill Jr. was furious about this, angry at his own incompetence.

No comparison, no harm.

He felt that he had improved a lot this summer, that he had a chance, that he had never worked harder than before.

But he saw that Li Ao had more accurate shooting, a stronger body, and a better defense than he did in Summer League...... On the first day of team training, he was shocked.

It wasn't just him, but his teammates who were participating in the summer league together at the time collectively cursed the street.

Don't bring this, say let's eat together...... Well, people weren't like them in the first place.

The veteran players really accepted Li Ao as the number one scorer on the outside, and although they had no opinion before, they always had 'hum, I want to see how good a rookie is'.

Now they know, it's another young talent they hold every time they change teams.

As for the traditional art of veteran players bullying rookies...... They heard that the little gangster of Olovokandi was beaten to a coma and sent to the hospital in a fight with Li Ao.

However, although O'Neill Jr. was angry and unwilling, he accepted the role of an ordinary starter.

The habitual thinking of the last four seasons has come – it's okay, wait for the opportunity, the opportunity will always come.

And his situation is different from then, now that he just needs to get stronger, the opportunity will really come!

Looking at the handsome teammate, the pride in little O'Neal's heart surged again - let's see! The boss's position is mine!

…

On the 8th, the Clippers had a day off and training camp was over.

After a day of rest, on the 9th, Li Ao flew to Denver with the team.

Tomorrow, his first NBA preseason game is coming.

The first time he took a charter flight from the Clippers, Li Ao exercised his right to bring his family.

Aunt Assistant, Liam, Dean Teng, Henry Bibby, Jack and his girlfriend all boarded the team's charter flight.

Originally, Li Ao also called the old man, but the old man went over tomorrow afternoon and went directly to watch the game, and wanted to stay at the Memorial Stadium to play cards.

Gentry looked at the bunch of people led by Li Ao, wanting to say something but couldn't.

This rookie really wants to bring his family!

At first, he thought that Li Ao was deliberately embarrassing them, and everyone could see that Li Ao looked down on them at that time and didn't want to join, but he didn't expect that there was really this need.

It's ...... Honesty.

Dean Teng and Henry Bibby went with him, because this was Li Ao's first NBA game, and although it was only a preseason game, he happened to be free, so he went to see it together.

Anyway, the Nuggets have cheap tickets for their preseason games.

Aunt Courtyard Assistant and Liam and others booked a room in the same hotel as the Clippers, and after staying at the hotel in Denver, Liam and the physiotherapist went out to wave together, and Dean Teng and Henry Bibi, two old friends, also went to the attractions to check in.

When I arrived in the NBA, Li Ao didn't have the treatment he had in college, and he lived in a double room, but the same room was a big Q, and it was convenient to carry a little brother.

So Li Ao ran to the room of the assistant aunt, plugged in the game console, and played a side-by-side customs clearance game together, recuperating and preparing for tomorrow's game.

The climate here in the Denver Plateau has some impact on the physical strength of the athletes.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, Li Ao got ready to go to bed early.

He was worried that someone was snoring in the bed next door tonight, but Da Q, a round-brained guy, actually ordered a plateau takeout and went to open a room on another floor!

It's also ...... Be quiet.

After a night's rest, and after lunch the next day, the Clippers came to the Pepsi Center for a brief preparation.

At 7:05 p.m., after Li Ao completed the 'perfect warm-up' and hastily ended the interview with Su Qun, he couldn't wait to come to the player's tunnel.

The atmosphere of the scene...... emmm…… So so.

Probably because of the pre-season, the venue was not full.

The teammates saw Li Ao's excited appearance, and thought about passing the ball to their violent genius for a while, the preseason game is for the rookie.

There is no entrance ceremony, and 20 minutes before the start of the game, players from both teams enter the stadium for final preparations.

When he entered the court, Li Ao could feel that the players on the opposite side were watching him.

Odom also noticed this and reminded, "Leo, the other side is eyeing you." ”

"What can I do? Being handsome is easy to be envied, don't care too much, just get used to it. ”

“……”

Odom was defeated, and he still had the urge to hit someone.

Do you want to find a few teammates and join forces in the rebellion?

If you rebel, you should find a few of your strongest teammates!

Strong teammates, we seem to have played rugby for several hours.

The football season has already started several rounds, but unfortunately the Los Angeles professional football team is not very good, but USC football is very good, and you can check it out when you have time......

Odom once again wanders through the sky, his mind diverging, not knowing where the end is.

At 7:28 p.m., Li Ao came to the court with Greg Anthony, Piakowski, Odom, and O'Neill Jr.

He looked across and focused his attention on a pitch-black player – Antonio McDyes.

Very strong, one of the three talented power forwards in the class of 95, with an average of 20+10 per game, many people think he is better than Rashid Wallace.

Li Ao felt a little pity, in his last life, he paid attention to this player who had won the championship with his thighs in the Pistons and Spurs but failed.

Who would have thought that a player who had almost no injuries in the first six years of his career would suffer an injury that destroyed his athleticism at the age of twenty-six or seventeen?

But stress injuries seem inevitable for a power forward who is only 206 centimeters long and relies on his ability to run and jump.

is different from Li Ao's impression of McDyce, who was skilled in mid-to-long range shooting when he was in the Pistons and Spurs.

In the Nuggets' scouting report he got a few days ago, McDyce had almost no long-range shots and could shoot from mid-range, but last season he shot only 33% from the free-throw line and only 40% from close range, and 70% of the points were scored under the basket and free throws.

Turning his attention back, Li Ao looked at the other four starters opposite, Van Exel, Woshan-Leonard, and Reeve Lafrentz...... And James Posey, who he had on his mind!

I met such an opponent in the first NBA game, and Li Ao likes it!

At 7:30 a.m., the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game.

McDyce beat O'Neal Jr. to win the jump ball, and the Nuggets attacked first!

Van Exel's outside singles met Greg Antony's step-back three-point shot...... Iron.

But!

McDyce circled O'Neal Jr., jumped up quickly on the spot, pressed the bounced ball back, and made up the dunk!

Switching offense and defense, Greg Anthony steadily advanced to the front court and handed it to Odom, who pulled to the top arc.

Odom pulled McDyce out, and Li Ao ran on the flank to cover the run.

Odom broke past McDyce and gave the ball to Li Ao, who cut in on the left.

McDyce showed off his amazing short-range burst acceleration, sprinting from the right side of the three-second zone to the left sideline of the three-second zone.

But Li Ao received the ball and passed it immediately!

McDyce quickly turned around, and when he rushed over, he saw that Lafrentz, the man with a hat, was also making up for Li Ao.

O'Neal Jr. received the ball under the basket, fearless in the face of McDyce's pounce, enthusiastic, raised the ball with both hands, and smashed it to the basket......

Entered!

Little O'Neal is slammed into a dunk!

The target of the dunk is still McDyce, who is known for his defense!

……

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Tonight for the time being, don't add more, don't continue to stay up late, I wrote until more than 3 o'clock last night, today's update plan is all messed up, 8000 words to make up for the debt of Xiaofeng's heart to the friends.

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