Every time a guest comes, Li Ao can prepare catering, leisure and entertainment items according to the other party's preferences.

For things that are taboo to friends or teammates, he will also put them away in advance.

When giving gifts during the New Year's holidays, he can also give gifts that the other party likes......

Li Weidong and Zhou Limei sighed in a low voice, they thought that they would develop a lot of bad problems if they threw their son to the United States without discipline.

When they came to the United States, they did treat their own cubs as problem children.

Now they suddenly find that their children are even better than they thought.

Except for the extra long mouth...... No, their cubs began another round of bickering with the owner of the house.

However, they didn't stop Li Ao from making Kobe angry, Vanessa told them that this was good, Kobe was usually too bored, so he was a little more active at this time.

Hearing Vanessa's words, the old couple felt that it was not good for the child to be too sensible, just like a stuffy gourd, or their cubs.

Li Ao and Kobe Bryant were making a fuss about carrying the luggage in the truck into the house.

After helping, Kobe Bryant angrily carried a large jar of 'Spider-Man Special Fried Sauce' and left with his wife, and went home to cook noodles and eat them.

Li Ao's side, there was a mother and a nanny to pack his luggage, he came to the nursing home with his father, made an appointment with the director in advance, familiarized himself with the environment, met the doctors and nurses, and visited the ward...... In half an afternoon, the two masters met a bunch of people again, and they could still talk hotly.

It is very important to choose a good hospital, Li Ao is very grateful to Kobe, now that he lives close, he decided to cook more food when he has time to show his gratitude.

After a busy day, on the 27th, Li Ao returned to the stage of preparing for the new season.

On the 27th and 28th, the training arranged by the coaching staff was an intensive training of tactical coordination.

Sometimes Gentry would call Li Ao over, wanting to make good use of his 'tactical vision'.

Li Ao has this thing, but he has only been learning professional knowledge for two years to help the coaching staff, a group of people who have been in the basketball industry for twenty or thirty years...... He can only recall the small-scale cooperation in similar situations he has seen on a certain issue.

And you have to think about the pre-2014, post-2014 tactics that are completely unsuitable for the pre-2014 rules.

In 2014, the joke changed the 'cylinder' rule, completely destroying the stump center, while creating better conditions for mid-to-long-range shots.

Compared with the impact of that rule adjustment, the NBA's 'high post prohibits reaching out to block breakthrough players' in '04 seems too gentle.

However, Li Ao can think of some small-scale cooperation methods, which is enough for the coaching staff, and in their opinion, this is normal, and the perspective of the player and the coach are inherently different.

…

The two-day tactical intensive training time passed quickly, and on the 29th, the Clippers' preparation day arrived.

Li Ao woke up at 6 a.m. and received a system prompt that the player evaluation report had been updated.

He couldn't wait to open it and look at Jordan first.

"Michael Jordan, 38 years old, 198 cm, 103 kg, overall evaluation 94......"

"Hiss......"

Li Ao gasped, 38 years old, he still has the top limit of comprehensive strength! It's even better than last season's Malone!

It's a pity that the speed of 87 not only makes Jordan have less options for playing, but also lags behind on the defensive end.

However, on the defensive end, it can be made up by the team, and the offensive play options are not as many as 3 years ago, and it is not a big deal, their tactics do not expect Jordan to carry the team forward by himself like in 98, the most important thing is the physical strength of 88, Jordan will definitely encounter key defense, and the continuity is a test.

However, Li Ao also regretted that when he had enough physical strength, he picked up a teammate who attacked the super giant level in vain, and what else did he need a bicycle.

The other teammates, Bibby and Odom were the highest, with a combined rating of 85 and 87.

Outside of these three first-class teammates and above, the highest is O'Neal Jr. with an overall rating of 84.

Li Ao feels that O'Neal Jr.'s talent is really explosive, no wonder this teammate only averaged 2.6 points and 2.8 boards per game in the 98-99 season, and Paul Allen also wants to give an average annual contract of 6 million to hold it in his hands, and he doesn't use it, he wants it to rot next to the water cooler.

But even after four years of being held and starting to get real combat opportunities at the age of 22, O'Neal Jr. has improved much faster than those players who practiced in college for three or four years to enter the NBA.

According to O'Neal Jr.'s progress last season, Li Ao estimates that it won't be long before this teammate can reach the first-class level after the start of the new season, and if it is placed in a team like the Warriors and Bulls, it is not a problem to average 20+10 per game.

But unlike Li Ao's impression that O'Neal Jr. likes to attack with the ball, O'Neal Jr. here tends to play without the ball on the offensive end, breaking through the inside of the face frame, hitting the back and turning around to attack the frame, etc., mostly retreating close-range jumpers, cutting into the frame after covering without ball on the flank, and the ability to score independently has become weaker, but the efficiency is higher and the defense is better.

This style of play also puts less pressure on the knees and ankles.

The strongest of the other teammates is Matt Harprin with an 80 overall rating.

Big Q progress is also okay, reaching a comprehensive evaluation of 76.

Piakowski 75, Sean Lukes 69, Lafonso Ellis 78, Boykins 70, Jeron Collins 72, Greg Anthony 76, Steve Cole 65, Gerard Wallace 67.

A thick foundation is good, sending Margety, Kenyon Doolin, Chris Meem, Brian Skinner 4 rookie contracts, Teyron Nesby also failed to complete the contract extension, but their current roster depth is still good, with as many as 6 role players between 70-79 overall ratings.

Plus 6 core lineups with a comprehensive evaluation of more than 80...... Li Ao's ambitions began to spread.

…

On October 30, the first game day of the regular season of the new NBA season arrived.

At 9 a.m., it was drizzling in Los Angeles, but by this time, the outside of the Staples Center had already begun to bustle, and fans gradually gathered outside the arena.

In the crowd, a tall man was wearing a black raincoat with a snake embroidered on the cuff of the raincoat.

He looked at the big poster above the main entrance of the stadium for tonight's game, and his emotions were stirring.

The two on the right of the poster are the stars of the team playing at home tonight, with the big shark in the middle and him on the far right.

The two on the left are the leading players of the away team, and the one in the middle is ...... Spider-Man!

The Clippers actually put that man aside!

Is...... Envy, no, it's jealousy!

He can't wait to swap roles with Spider-Man so that he can enjoy the wonderful feeling of the basketball god standing aside.

He is in a complicated mood now, jealous that Li Ao can be a teammate with Jordan, and excited to be able to play Jordan again, and at the same time, he is also jealous that Jordan can have Li Ao as a teammate.

38-year-old is making a comeback again, and he can still have teammates like Spider-Man!

And they are also considered favourites!

Yesterday, all major media outlets announced their power lists.

The five favorites to win the championship, Lakers, 76ers, Magic, Kings, Clippers.

The star of the first pot, Jordan is also among them.

You must know that after Malone was beaten by the Trail Blazers in the 00 playoffs, he was placed in the first tier of stars in the pre-season power list last season.

The last time a sophomore player was put into the ranks of first-tier stars, it was a big basic skill, and after three years, another second-year player was named a first-tier star - Spider-Man, known as the youngest superstar in NBA history.

The oldest superstar and the youngest superstar...... The fighting spirit of the man in black is full!

Whether the media is killing the Clippers or not, and what fans say about the 38-year-old Jordan and 20-year-old Li Ao being put in the ranks of the first tier stars, he doesn't care.

He just believes that in the eyes of others, the combination of God and Spider-Man is a championship combination, so as to increase his motivation.

After trying to calm his emotions down, the man in black tightened his raincoat and left quietly while no one had noticed him.

The raincoat sent by Spider-Man is not bad, not only good-looking, but also very waterproof.

Especially the snake on the cuff, I heard that it was embroidered by Spider-Man himself, which is very much to his liking.

It's good to do Spider-Man a favor, and it doesn't take much effort for him to receive a small gift at any time.

You have to practice the flute technique as soon as possible, and the next time Spider-Man plays the flute, he will have to wrestle with this guy who has better skills!

…

At 7 p.m., bars and fan clubs across Los Angeles were packed, and countless fans were in front of their televisions.

Not just in Los Angeles, tens of millions of people across the Eagle Sauce family were in front of the television, waiting to see the basketball god make his comeback debut.

The number of pre-paid bookings alone has already broken the NBA regular season opener ratings record, and now the regular season single-game viewership record has been broken before the game even starts.

In the other two games at the same time, even their fans gorgeously ignored their own teams and stayed in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast of the Lakers and Clippers games.

At the Staples Center game, the lights dimmed at 7 o'clock, the big screen lit up, and the crowd cheered and booed at the same time.

Start playing Jordan's video on the big screen!

Jordan entered the NBA, to the 63-point night of the playoffs, to the first hand of the human scepter in the finals of God and Demons, to the comeback of 72 wins, to the perfect curtain call to the Jazz...... Then he shouted I'm back with the Clippers jersey. ”

At the entrance of the away team's players' passage, Li Ao looked at the big screen with no envy...... We are enemies! The opposite Lakers actually put a video of the enemy!

Phew, shameless rubbing the heat!

As the video finished playing, the big screen turned off, and the DJ shouted "Welcome Jordan back", and the cheers and boos that had just cooled down slightly on the scene boiled again.

Three seconds later, the spotlight hit the entrance of the tunnel for the visiting team's players, and Jordan's figure appeared in the spotlight.

Jordan's eyes were wide open, and the light hit him so brightly that he didn't blink an eye.

He high-fived his bench teammates with a smile and hugged Lakers owner Buss, Clippers owner Caesar Kanter, and Clippers majority shareholder Steve Ballmer.

Then Odom, O'Neal Jr., and Mike Bibby entered the stadium, and the cheers and boos were lowered a bit.

When the DJ's "Spider-Man" sounded, the cheers and boos reached a climax!

In the player tunnel on the other side, the big fat and the explosive head had the same idea at the moment, which was very unhappy.

It was the night they presented the championship rings, and the limelight was stolen by the other side!

The focus of the explosive head at the moment is still a little different - Vakova Kovaco! The god of basketball joined the Clippers, and Spider-Man, who was still the second leader last season, actually went directly to the top as the boss!

He glanced at the big fat next to him, and suddenly felt that it was an eyesore.

When the home team entered, the voices of the Clippers fans and Lakers fans were exchanged, and the volume was actually not at all smaller than when Jordan and Li Ao entered the stadium just now, but Kobe Bryant's expression was a stinky expression when he entered the court......

O'Neill, who was the last to enter, was also unhappy, but he felt that the limelight was being stolen by the other side, even if the cheers were higher.

After the players of the two teams entered the game, the protagonists returned to the Lakers before the game.

At this moment, it was Li Ao's turn to empathize with Jordan, watching the old Bass give a pre-game speech thanking the fans, shouting the slogan of three consecutive championships, and watching the old Bass award championship rings to the Lakers players, coaching staff, and logistics department leaders one by one...... I can't wait to snatch the ring.

Li Ao retracted his gaze and adjusted his mentality.

He didn't expect to see the opponent hand out the championship ring and raise the championship flag in person, maybe everyone is different, but when he saw the opposite players get the championship ring, he was even more eager to win to the end.

It may have something to do with Jordan's sudden arrival, his teammates became stronger, and his ambition grew.

When he first entered the NBA, he thought about three years of training and five years of championships.

At the age of twenty-five or sixteen, he had the strength to compete for the championship, and he had a very stable and reasonable career plan.

But now it has changed, whether he can win the championship or not, but his goal in the new season is to attack in that direction!

(End of chapter)