"Leo, how did you feel about playing in the NBA for the first time?"

"Honestly?"

"Tell you the truth."

"It's easy, it's a lot easier than the NCAA, I'm always getting better open spots, and my teammates help me a lot......"

After the game, Li Ao was interviewed in the locker room of a newspaper.

This time he gave a rare honest answer.

But after the Clippers came to Seattle the next day, Li Ao saw the news with the title - "Talented No. 3 Show: NBA Games Are Not Difficult", "Leo: It's Too Easy to Play in the NBA", "Any Position Is Empty for Me"......

The titles are more outrageous than the other!

Rookie players have extra heat that is exclusive to them, and the major sports media in North America, TV stations have special rookie columns, websites have rookie sections, and newspapers also have rookie columns.

In the past decade, there have been more and more audiences in this sub-district, because there are too many rookies emerging every year, and there are more and more reporters in charge of this part of various media.

But in this year's preseason, a total of 14 games were played on the two game days of No. 9 and No. 10, and almost all rookies played, and only three rookies scored double-doubles.

Mike Miller scored a rookie-high 17 points, and his errand boy Maddy passed the ball to Duncan, Mike Miller, and Armstrong, and was happy like a fool, playing 21 minutes in the third quarter and getting 11 assists.

Kenyon Martin, with Marbury's pass, performed several gears better than Summer League, scoring 15 points, 6 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks.

But one of these two is a pure catch-and-shoot and the other is a pure cake-eater, and there is nothing worth reporting at all, so I brought it in one sentence.

Only Li Ao had 14 points, 10 assists and 3 blocks in the first game!

But there is too little news, so the media is on the wrong sidetrack!

When Li Ao saw these titles, he regretted it, he knew that he wouldn't pretend to be an honest person last night.

Just answer no!

As a result, he didn't say anything, and he recruited black in vain.

If you want to recruit black, you have to take the initiative yourself!

Two days off, just arrived in Seattle, rest this afternoon, go to key gym training tomorrow, and have a game the day after tomorrow.

After watching the first game of the preseason, Vivian, Liam, Dean Teng, Henry Bibby and others took the grandfather's small private jet back to Los Angeles, leaving only Jack and his wife to follow him to Denver.

Li Ao knew that the old man's family actually had a private jet, and he was not envious at all, and he spurned the extravagance of capitalism!

It's almost dinner time, and Li Ao is about to text Jack, who lives on the other floor, to help him prepare dinner, and Odom calls him to go to dinner with him, he knows a family restaurant with good French cuisine.

He already likes to visit the store, so he chose to go, and it would be good to communicate more with his teammates.

Family restaurants are very popular in the United States and have long been very mature, and Li Ao was very pleasant on this trip, with good food and a comfortable dining environment.

After dinner, Odom invited Li Ao to a nightclub together.

Li Ao was puzzled: "Lamar, why are you so enthusiastic, I know that you are not like this." ”

"Yes, hahaha, this is your misunderstanding of me, I am like this to newcomers, I am a senior, of course I have to take care of newcomers."

"You're only in the second grade."

"Don't talk about this, you're okay at night, right, let's go and have fun together, I heard that the store has a good environment, I have long wanted to go and see it."

Visiting ......

Full of temptation, Li Ao nodded, paid for the meal, and took a taxi with Odom to the nightclub.

Half an hour later.

Li Ao looked at the bartender with sincere eyes and said, "I'm really 22 years old, I forgot to bring my driver's license, you have to believe me!" ”

The bartender reluctantly clicked on the computer on the side for a while, and motioned for Li Ao to enter the bar.

Li Ao looked at the computer screen.

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The official website of the NBA, his profile interface, is bright and bright, born in 1981.

This is broken NBA, other things can't be done well, and the update information is very fast!

The bartender smiled and said: "Leo, I'm your fan, I went to watch the Trojans' 32-16 game, and I wanted to treat you to a drink, but I can't help it, in that case I will eat jail." ”

Li Ao was sad and indignant, he put down a cruel sentence "I want to complain about you", and then returned to the bar and sat down angrily, the bartender smiled and poured a glass of soda in front of him, he asked, "Free?" After getting a response, he took the coo dong and drank it.

Li Ao looked at Odom, who was already holding a wine lady on the side, he believed in this guy's evil!

It's not good to explore what store, so I followed this guy to explore the nightclub.

Forget it, at least the environment here is very good, unlike other nightclubs that don't need money to hang a bunch of shining light balls, the decoration style is very elegant, the passenger flow should not be particularly good, are more than 8 o'clock, there are still a lot of vacant seats.

But the alcohol on the menu is not cheap, not the kind that goes in quantity.

Belch...... Li Ao looked at the lama who had started with the wine lady and took a glass of one cup after another in the other party's "you are so amazing" praise......

Shame on you!

How can such a player be worthy of their Clippers...... It seems to be a good match for their Clippers.

Li Ao looked at the other tables, there were also those who called the wine lady, but no one was as wild as Odom.

However, looking at the wine lady and Odom's call, there is a big difference in dress.

It is estimated that it depends on what kind of person the customer is.

Li Ao finished drinking a glass of soda, reached out and handed the cup to the bartender: "Another glass is free!" ”

The bartender smiled and refilled his glass.

It's also a good idea to drink soda and listen to the resident singer sing, and to relax the nerves that have been tense recently in order to cooperate with your teammates.

He's been mentally tired lately.

After watching a lot of videos, actively training with his teammates, and thinking carefully, he was able to have a relatively clear understanding of his teammates' playing habits and shooting areas in just one week, and he was able to deliver so many good passes in the first game.

In the next two or three weeks, he still had to work hard like this, not just to understand it relatively clearly, but to memorize it by heart.

The regular season games will certainly not be as easy to get chances as the preseason games.

Performing on the stage is an electronic male singer playing a guitar with ...... makeup If you want to kill Matt more, you can be more non-mainstream.

Li Ao estimates San Antonio...... No, it's the one in Orlando, who must have liked such a singer.

Singing is okay.

After singing a song, the singer was changed, looking at the new female singer on stage, Li Ao felt that his eyes had been purified.

It's not the kind of stunning beauty, but it's very attractive, and the figure is not a thin bamboo pole, it's more plump, mainly a plain skirt, compared to the killing Matt just now, how fresh and fresh it is.

Seeing Li Ao staring at the little girl on the stage, the bartender said: "Her name is Kelly, she is a bartender in our bar, she sings very well, and the boss asked her to sing when she is not working to earn more money." ”

"Oh...... I can't drink, I can always ask her for a drink, right? ”

"Sorry, no, she's younger than you."

"You can't drink alcohol to be a bartender!"

"The law doesn't stipulate how old you can sell alcohol, it just stipulates how old you can't sell alcohol to people."

While the two were talking, the singing was already ringing.

Li Ao looked at the girl on the stage in astonishment, it was not unpleasant, it was much better than the singer who killed Matt just now.

However, it was rock music!

Wear this and sing rock music?

Li Ao complained to the bartender: "Singing rock 'n' roll must be very vocal, right?" Is there apple juice? Treat her to a drink. ”

"There is ......"

Kelly finished singing the first song, and was about to sing the second song, when the waiter brought a glass of apple juice and said a few words.

She looked at the bar, saw Li Ao's sunny and handsome face, her eyes widened, and then she smiled at Li Ao to express her gratitude, took a sip and put it aside, and continued to sing the next song.

Li Ao didn't pay attention to the stage anymore and chatted with the bartender about bartending.

The bartender is also a Los Angelesman, a fan of the Trojan football team, and also pays attention to basketball, after the rise of the Trojans, he became a fan of Li Ao who led the team to rise, but he didn't expect this Tanhualang to be very easy to get along with, it's just a social terror, as a fan, he is very tolerant of Li Ao, and he laughs when he is scared, and chats very happily.

After the little fresh singer who sang rock 'n' roll finished singing, Li Ao was also ready to leave, Odom's side was already drunk and dizzy, and after swiping the card to pay, he had already put his hand into the clothes of the wine lady.

Li Ao asked the bartender to help Odom call a car to send Odom back to the hotel, he didn't sit in the same car as Odom, in case this cargo directly did what adults could do in the back row, it would be embarrassing for the thief.

These Americans are very wild, what if Odom or the bartender call him along?

He doesn't want to be a fellow practitioner, and he doesn't want to do both.

After dropping Odom and the bartender into the car, Li Ao returned to the bar, went to the bathroom, and drank too much soda just for free.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the bathroom, Li Ao ran into a girl named Kelly who was singing just now.

The other party seemed to be about to say hello, he was in a hurry, smiled and immediately went into the bathroom.

After the release, the body and mind are relaxed.

After washing his hands and coming out, he saw that Kelly was still there.

Li Ao took the initiative to say hello: "Hi, Kelly, are you waiting for me?" ”

"Leo, how do you know my name?" Kelly asked in surprise.

"Clay the bartender told me, how do you know my name?"

"I watched the live broadcast of the Crazy Three finals, and you look better than on TV."

"You're also beautiful and sing well, better than any of the professional singers I've heard at Memorial Stadium."

"Really? Thank you, my throat happened to be a little dry just now, and without the apple juice you asked, it might not sound so good. ”

"Huh? I wouldn't have invited you if I knew it, and I'm curious about what it's like if you don't sing well. ”

Kelly choked and felt very tired.

However, he looks so handsome!

The figure is good, too.

For the sake of her appearance, she didn't care about it anymore and said, "Are you ready to go back to the hotel?" ”

"yes, I'm going to take a taxi now."

"I'm driving, I'll send you."

Li Ao felt that this girl was plotting against him, but he didn't have any evidence, but if he could save the fare......

"Thank you so much, at this time and in this location, it is estimated that it is not easy to take a taxi."

The two did not pestle in front of the bathroom, but walked out of the bar while chatting, the street outside the bar, the street opposite, taxis parked everywhere, some drivers asked if they could take a taxi when they saw someone, and some shouted where to go and where to carpool for a few dollars, and left when it was full.

Kelly nodded and responded: "It's really not good to take a taxi at this point in time, but my car is very cheap, you can't dislike it." ”

On the side of the road, I saw someone coming out of the bar and was about to ask if I wanted to take a taxi, and the taxi driver heard the conversation between the two and felt like the Timberwolves.

Watching the two walk to the parking lot with a smile and a smile, the driver scolded: "Phew, deaf and blind dog men and women......"

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Early the next morning, Li Ao woke up early, and there was a smooth and fresh little rock bar singer lying next to him.

Last night, it was his turn to open a room on another floor.

You like apple juice, and I like it, so it's a reason to spend the night.

He felt very good last night, the other party was not a trick stream, nor a wild stream, nor a random suck, Fengyun's figure was full of temptation, but there was a gentle feeling like water, after using two saliva pockets, they hugged each other and fell asleep.

Suddenly, Li Ao thought of something, picked up the other party's driver's license on the bedside table and looked at it.

Last night, I encountered a routine inspection by the traffic police on the road, and Kelly showed her driver's license, and when she got to the room, she threw it on the bedside table.

Seeing that he was born in April 1982, Li Ao breathed a sigh of relief.

It's 18, it's full.

These Americans, just looking at their faces, really can't tell their age.

Like Vivian, who just celebrated her 31st birthday in the summer, she looks a little younger than the little fresh rock bar singer, and without looking at her driver's license, he thinks Kelly is twenty-five or sixteen.

Wait a minute!

Kelly Claesson?

An image of an aunt appeared in Li Ao's mind.

Looking at the female singer sleeping soundly on the bed, his mouth twitched a few times.

If it's really that Kelly, then the years are really a handful of fodder, don't be too cruel.

Li Ao took a shower, went to the restaurant and ate breakfast brought by Jack, and by the way, helped Kelly bring a breakfast.

Kelly also woke up, got dressed up, and when they had breakfast, they didn't do anything superfluous, leaving each other's contact information, and Kelly asked Li Ao to tell him the next time she came to Seattle to play a game, and she sang to him.

Li Ao responded, regardless of whether he was the singer who was destroyed by the years in the future, anyway, the singing was very good.

But he put this aside for now, and the next time he comes to Seattle seems to be at the end of next month, it's still early.

After a fantastic night, following the team to the Key Gym, he was more actively involved in team training.

The pressure of the perennial wandering players is coming, and the game with the Nuggets, the coaching staff has made it clear through the rotation of the lineup, although Tanhualang is not the tactical core, but the rotation of players is based on the degree of compatibility with Li Ao.

Whoever can adapt to partner with Li Ao faster and cooperate better with Li Ao will likely get more playing time in the regular season.

Seeing how positive the players were, Gentry marveled at Ao's unique leadership skills.

He had heard Henry Bibi say it, but he didn't know how amazing it was until he really felt it.

Another day passed, on October 13, at 7 p.m., the Clippers' second game of the preseason, the away game against the SuperSonics, began.

The day before yesterday, Li Ao didn't hurry up in vain, he had never lost, and he lost today.

86-95, the Clippers lost on the road.

Li Ao was forced to have more opportunities tonight, the opponent is a team with a fairly mature style of play, under the leadership of Payton and Ewing, the team defense is doing a good job, the Clippers are not tacit offensive cooperation is not open, Li Ao can only rely on his personal ability to run around the pile to catch the ball and shoot.

However, although he has a lot of shots, he has a good shooting percentage.

He made 9 of 20 shots, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, plus 3 of 4 free throws, and finished with 22 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.

The worst performance was Greg Anthony, who played relatively plainly, and was defended to death by Payton, the first-defense boss who was at his peak.

However, McGinnis and Boykins, who were blind to a few shots, played well against Payton's defense, at least not holding back.

Kenyon Doolin was the worst against Payton, not as good as McGinnis and Boykins, and less stable than the experienced Greg Anthony.

In fact, the player Payton wants to target tonight is Li Ao, who likes to abuse vegetables the most.

However, Li Ao's no-ball style of play, the 32-year-old Payton couldn't chase after a while, and could only abuse the Clippers guards.

Li Ao reluctantly tasted the first defeat since he embarked on the career path.

This doesn't matter, it will come eventually.

He looked at Lewis, Shamond Williams, and Brent Barry, the three shooters who shot more than 40% from three-point range last season, and his eyes were full of envy.

Brent Barry, in particular, was originally on their team!

(End of chapter)