Basketball: starting from the nerve knife

Chapter 14: Pick a round and try it out

The press conference ended smoothly, and Li Wan next had to go to the training ground to gather with the rest of the Lakers. Kupchek watched him enter the elevator and reminded him again: “Phil may not give you any good face, of course, this has nothing to do with you, it is my problem, I hope you can overcome it, I can assure you that you will definitely have enough playing time!” ”

Kupchek’s words made Li Wan want to burp.

Full, full, really can’t eat.

It’s not that he doesn’t believe what Kupchek says, it’s that he doesn’t believe Kupchek can meddle in Phil Jackson’s arrangement.

But this is the second time to remind him, it seems that Kupchek and Phil Jackson are fighting fiercely!

Is this the so-called “fire at the city gate, killing the pond fish”?

Today is the first day of training camp, and the assembly time is not until 10 a.m., so even if Li Wan finishes his press conference and goes to the training ground, only his rookie Marcus Williams and Carl will practice on the field.

The three of them had been teammates in the summer league, and although they hadn’t said a few words to each other, they came to a more unfamiliar environment, and they were familiar people, nodded and said hello.

Phil Jackson and Phil Handy entered the training ground at this time.

The eyes of the two people were focused on Li Wan’s body for the first time, and in their eyes, there was a sluggishness like Kupchak just now.

They also apparently saw that Li Wan had changed this summer.

In particular, Phil Handy played in the summer league with Li Wan two months ago, and he can have a more intuitive feeling of his changes.

“Man, it seems that you really haven’t practiced less! ”

He was very relieved, and made him feel that his move to draw an “outline” for Li Wan was not in vain.

Li Wan said hello with a smile, his gaze turned to his side, looking at Phil Jackson, who looked like a grandfather of KFC, he thought that it would be a serious gaze, but he turned out to look at his Phil Jackson…

As if laughing?

Well?

Li Wan suspected that he had read it wrong.

Phil Jackson had already spoken, and his tone was gentle: “The newcomers are really positive!” Lee, played well in the summer league, back from Las Vegas, Phil Handy mentioned that you are all compliments, he is not a person who is used to praise, he made me feel that the Lakers have a treasure, I am looking forward to your performance, Lee! ”

This is in…

Praise me?

Since the start of the draft, the media has been saying that Phil Jackson does not agree with the team’s selection of Liwan, and Kupchak has repeatedly reminded him that Phil Jackson will not give him a good face.

But now it seems that they will not have any misunderstanding of the word “bad attitude”, right?

Li Wan looked at Phil Jackson’s gentle smile and said in his heart: Is it possible to kneel for me to call it a good attitude?

He didn’t bother either.

Whatever why Phil Jackson is so kind, it’s certainly a good thing for him.

Soon the veterans of the Lakers came one after another, and Odom walked in front of him with his signature “riffraff smile”, and came up with a hug: “Dude, the number 91 is yours, right?” This number is a great choice, I will cover you in the Lakers in the future, I think we will be very close! ”

Before Li Wan could speak, he saw a “bald man” wearing the Lakers’ No. 24 walking in outside the door of the training arena, with a cold appearance, as if someone jumped out from the side to scare him and would not change color.

Kobe Bryant, the absolute core of the Lakers, here he is!

The atmosphere of the whole team suddenly became a little low as he entered the stadium. Including Odom, “riffraff laughter” turned into “fool’s music”, stiffly hanging on the face.

Li Wan turned his head to look at Odom, and although he didn’t speak, his expression said it all: it seemed… You don’t have much status in this team.

“Huh~”

Odom laughed dryly, don’t go overboard.

This wave is a bit embarrassing.

Everyone has almost arrived, and the physical examination arranged by Phil Jackson has officially begun.

This is to better understand your current state so that you can plan your subsequent training plans.

One after another, under the signal of the staff, the test was carried out in an orderly manner.

Soon the detailed results were delivered to Phil Jackson and Phil Handy as soon as possible.

“Wow, Kobe Bryant is in such good shape this summer! The first copy that Phil Handy picked up was Kobe Bryant’s physical test results, and he couldn’t help but sigh when he opened his eyes and looked at him.

Phil Jackson is not curious at all, this guy’s physical data is not good, that’s a strange thing!

He was looking for Li Wan’s physical examination report, turned over several copies, and finally turned it over.

I opened it and glanced at it, and then I was stunned.

“What’s wrong? Phil Handy noticed the change in his expression, put down Kobe’s physical data, reached out to look at the report in Jackson’s hand, saw that the name was Li Wan, and asked, “Your expression… Is the performance of the Chinese newcomer bad? ”

Phil Jackson shook his head, took a light breath, and tried to calm the ups and downs in his heart: “It’s not a good question, he’s the kind of…”

As he spoke, Phil Handy also saw Li Wan’s overall data report:

“Age: 19;

Height: 2.02 m;

Reach: 2.18 meters;

Weight: 97kg;

Strength: 84kg bench press 13; Maximum bench press 130kg;

Bounce: bounce 72 cm in place; Maximum bounce 88cm;

Three-quarters sprint: 3.13 seconds;

Number of consecutive hits at medium distance: 33;

Number of three-pointers hit in a minute: 14;

Run around obstacles twice with the ball: 12.8 seconds;

……”

“That’s a lot of progress! ”

Phil Handy kept the data in Li Wan’s previous draft report in mind, so you don’t need to look at the previous data report to know how much Li Wan’s report has improved compared to June.

The same goes for Phil Jackson.

However, he has one more thing to confirm!

“Jordan, come here! ”

A black man wearing the Lakers’ No. 4 jersey rose from the bench where he was resting, his head was flat, his hair was thick, but it was well cleaned, only stubble, so he was not sloppy.

He is Phil Jackson’s “Jordan” – Jordan Farmar, a Lakers rookie selected by the Lakers with the 26th pick in the first round of the draft last year.

Born into a basketball family, he practiced since he was a child, and was already a well-known super point guard in the United States in high school.

The Lakers also had high hopes for him last year, hoping that he could become the mainstay of the Lakers’ No. 1 position.

It’s just that after his rookie season, Jordan Farmar did not perform satisfactorily, averaging only 4.4 points per game, and his college court awareness did not bring NBA.

Judging by the style of play he played in his rookie season, he was better at attacking individually than organizing his teammates.

Phil Jackson called him in front of him, and Lee Wan in front of him:

“You two, pick a round and try it! ”

Sure enough, it still came!

Li Wan was not surprised by Phil Handy’s reminder at the time.

Originally, he was still thinking about how Phil Jackson would test these aspects of him, but he didn’t expect it to be the most straightforward bullfighting.

But it is also the most intuitive way to test a player’s offensive ability and physical talent with the ball.

Although Jordan Farmar doesn’t know why Phil Jackson asked him to fight with Li Wan, the current situation is clear that if he loses to this newcomer, then his face will be ugly. ——Everyone knows that this young rookie is weak and defensive, averaging only 6.6 points per game in the NCAA, for reference, Jordan Farmar averages twice as many points per game in the NCAA.

Li Wan waited for the staff to send the ball, raised his hand and said to Phil Jackson: “As a newcomer, should I have newcomer benefits, such as the right to attack first.” ”

Phil Jackson felt that this request was not excessive: “Yes. ”

Jordan Farmar: …

In this way, Li Wan won the right to attack first.

The two of them followed the standard rules of bullfighting.

Three points are counted as two points, two points are counted as one point, and every two rounds of changeovers, whoever scores 11 points first wins.

Li Wan’s kung fu waiting to wash the ball looked around, and the sidelines were already full of people, except for Kobe Bryant, who was still shooting on his own, they were all gathered on the sidelines.

“Hey man, come on, I’m sure you’ll win! ”

Odom shouted at Li Wan.

It can be seen that he really regards Li Wan as his little brother.

Li Wan held the ball to face Jordan Famar, dribbled the ball behind his back, tentatively took a step forward, saw that Famar showed no signs of retreating, and simply strode towards the right side of Famar to force a breakthrough.

Famar is only 1.88 meters tall and weighs only 79kg.

Li Wan has an advantage in tonnage in the face of him, and he doesn’t have to think too much.

It turned out that Li Wan was not wrong, and even broke through Famar a little easier than he thought, only the first step of the outbreak, he grabbed the position, Famar barely moved sideways to confront him, just made him pause slightly. Then he went straight to the basket to score a layup.

1-0。

“WOW!”

Odom immediately shouted loudly, he was so enthusiastic, Li Wan stretched out his finger and pointed at him in response.

After playing the first offense, Li Wan’s second attack was even more crisp, and he withstood Jordan Farmar’s confrontation and drove the ball into the basket.

2-0。

“It’s a bit relaxed! ”

Phil Handy joked with Jackson next to him at this time.

The “Zen master” did not speak, just watched.

It was Jordan Famaar’s turn to attack with the ball.

The first two rounds have tested Jordan Famar’s strength in all aspects is not as good as his own, so after Li Wan gave the ball, he stuck it and wrapped it tightly, and Jordan Famar had difficulty even dribbling.

Just when he was about to be pushed by Li Wan, Famar reluctantly began to dribble, but at this time, Li Wan reached out and his excellent arm span allowed him to cut the ball in Jordan Famaar’s hand at once.

This crisp and neat cut made a low cry from the sidelines.

Just now, Li Wan was already very aggressive on the offensive end, but he didn’t expect him to be even more aggressive on the defensive end.

Luke Wharton burst out: “The little newcomer is a bit fierce!” ”

“This, still fighting? ”

Phil Handy spoke again.

He was shocked by Li Wan’s defensive ability, but at the moment he was anxious for Jordan Farmar.

The training camp for the new season has not yet begun, and the mentality of letting a new person abuse like this may not be what it will become.

Phil Jackson has always been a profit-oriented man, and Jordan Farmar’s value has dropped a lot since his performance last season.

At this time, it was used as a touchstone to test Li Wan’s ability to hold the ball, and there may be another purpose… It is to increase Li Wan’s self-confidence.

Otherwise, it is difficult to explain that Li Wan, a 2.02 meter guy, does not look for players like Odom and Luke Walton to confront him, but instead finds a point guard like Jordan Farmar to single him out.

It’s just that he can sacrifice Jordan Farmar’s confidence, but Phil Handy wants everyone to go their own way, Famar is only in 2nd grade, and he still has room to grow.

Phil Jackson heard his impatience and watched as Levan defended Jordan Famar again, finally signaling that he could call a halt.

Singled out, Phil Jackson patted Li Wan’s shoulder with satisfaction: “I look forward to your performance later!” ”

Li Wan knew that his assessment should have passed.

Phil Handy gave him a thumbs up and pulled Jordan Farmar aside for psychotherapy. However, this match dealt a real blow to Jordan Farmar.

After all, in his impression, Li Wan is not a very strong newcomer, and as a result, he was completely exploded by this newcomer at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

Phil Handy’s consolation did not have an immediate effect.

Vujasić had been waiting for him by the side, and when he saw him coming, he patted him on the back sympathetically: “Dude, don’t pay attention to it, this guy’s physical condition is much better than yours, and it’s normal if he can’t fight.” ”

Get up early and ask for support.

(End of chapter)