Superstar Athletes’ Black Tech Systems

Calipari still clearly remembers when he transferred from the University of Memphis to Kentucky to inspect the level of Wildcats players.

It was the summer of 2009, and this Kentucky team hadn't won much in the NCAA that year, and didn't even make it to the national championship.

After Calipari inspected the Wildcats' players, he concluded that the team lacked talent.

Although the NCAA pays attention to teamwork and tactics, it is difficult for a smart woman to cook without rice. Even the best tactics and teams are composed of excellent players.

DeAndre Liggins, Darius Miller, and Patrick Patterson were the core structure of the Wildcats at the time.

The first thing Calipari did after he came was to inject talent into this team and at the same time clear out unqualified players.

He recruited John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins ​​to strengthen the team's weakest point guard and center positions at once.

Then, Calipari wanted to get rid of the guy named Bruce Lee, a Chinese student with mediocre talent, that is, mediocre combat power.

In Calipari's view, Bruce Lee's strength is enough to play in the NCAA-3 league.

He has a certain height, can shoot well, and has good basic skills, but he lacks talent.

In the trial training ground, he is always slower than others, and his lack of confrontation ability is the most fatal.

He stayed in the team and had almost no role. Even as a sparring partner, Calipari felt that he was not qualified.

Of course, later Calipari learned about Li Liang's background relationship from the school and learned that he was a guy who "opened the back door".

There are backdoors in the NBA, let alone college.

The title of a member of a strong college sports team still has a bit of use in some places.

Therefore, Calipari held a free-ranging attitude towards Li Liang, thinking that as long as he didn't make trouble, it would be fine.

Regardless of whether he cared about him or not, Li Liang was thrown in the corner like an abandoned child waiting to mold.

Calipari thought that when he found out that he was not suitable for playing, he would probably quit.

But Lao Ka never expected that this kid would persevere.

Li Liang slowly impresses the coach with his continuous hard training.

In the summer of his sophomore promotion to his junior year, Li Liang entered the team roster.

That year, they reached the Elite Eight.

After losing to West Virginia in the quarterfinals, Cousins ​​and Wall entered the NBA, one was the No. 1 pick and the other was the No. 4 pick.

The Wildcats added Brandon Knight and Terrence Jones, and Li Liang became Jones' main training partner.

In the crazy March of 2011, Kentucky, without Cousins ​​and Wall, reached the final four and went one step further.

After losing to eventual champion UConn by 1 point, Brandon Knight also went to the NBA.

Subsequently, Kentucky got Anthony Davis. Under the leadership of this talented player, the strong Kentucky finally achieved the last leap of the triple jump this year and won the championship.

It was also this year that Li Liang began to get the chance to play, although he only went up for free throws.

Li Liang's free throw is very good, his mental quality is excellent, and he never makes a mistake.

Because he knows what he can do on the court, and his mind is extremely clear.

Therefore, Calipari thought that after graduation, Li Liang would also realize clearly that he was not suitable for playing basketball.

He can, like himself, choose to engage in the basketball coaching industry.

For example, starting from the video editor, Calipari is going to recommend him the position at the University of Memphis.

Or, he could go back and inherit the family business. There is no need for a person like him to spend time on basketball.

But he never expected that Bruce Lee, a guy with a strong head, insisted that he could enter the NBA.

What made him even more unexpected was that this kid seemed to be about to succeed!

In Washington, he found it incredible that Li Liang got the chance to try out with the Lakers.

Are Lakers scouts blind?

Even if he is blind, he can still be sensitive to light. Li Liang has no light at all, so how could he go to trial training?

Calipari wondered whether there was a Chinese team behind Li Liang.

But when he learned that Li Liang's agent was a Chinese female student from Kenda University, he felt that his three views had been damaged to a certain extent.

Is it a new trick of China's rich second generation to pick up girls?

He really hadn't seen this before.

When Li Liang contacted him yesterday and told him that the Lakers had promised to draft him, Calipari was silent on the phone for a while.

Although he didn't quite believe it, he knew that Li Liang had no need to deceive himself.

This morning, Calipari confirmed with Li Liang again.

Li Liang said calmly, not necessarily, just a verbal promise.

Hard to say.

This kid is really calm, and Calipari thinks he has the demeanor of being a coach.

He has a four-year high-quality water dispenser, VIP seats to watch games all the year round and listen to the coach's online commentary. It is really a pity not to be a coach.

I thought a lot in my heart, and Calipari was quite emotional.

He brought out top picks like Rose, Wall, and Davis under his command. He didn't expect such a guy to enter the NBA.

At this time, the new Kentucky Wildcats players finally arrived, and put on training uniforms and began to warm up on the field.

Five minutes have passed since Calipari's scheduled arrival time.

Lao Ka thought, it's time to put rules on these guys, otherwise the new season might be difficult.

"Beep!"

The sharp whistle blew, and all the Wildcats assembled.

Li Liang stood at the very edge of the team, looking at the players in the team, most of them were former teammates.

Julius Mays, Brian Long, Sam Malone, Joe Hood and more.

Then Li Liang discovered a problem, these old teammates seem to be...all defenders.

That's right, after the six main players of last season were confirmed to leave the team, the Kentucky Wildcats' front line is poor and blank.

Only Kyle Welcher is left as a striker, so three of the four newly added players are big men.

Noel, Cauley-Stein and Alex Pouithrace.

In the current situation where the striker is extremely important, how can the defensive end withstand the impact of violent defenders with a frontcourt that relies solely on rookies.

Li Liang couldn't help but worry about the Kentucky Wildcats in the new season.

When the old teammates saw Li Liang coming, they also felt very strange, and asked Li Liang if he had applied to be a full-time sparring partner for the Wildcats.

Li Liang just snorted coldly and said, "I want to enter the NBA, and I want you to come and practice with me!"

Of course, everyone didn't believe it, thinking that this kid was bragging again.

Li Liang is considered Kentucky's best bragging.

After all, he has seen a lot and is not comparable to these black boys who are immersed in playing.

Just talking and laughing with Obama, his teammates admire him very much.

The training will start soon, and the basic skills will be practiced first in the morning.

College training is different than NBA training.

In the NBA, teams generally don't waste the time of joint training to practice basic skills.

In college, there is never a shortage of basic skill exercises and basic tactical training.

Li Liang has never failed in these exercises, and he can complete the training content very well.

It's just that the skill of ball control is not talented enough, no matter how hard you practice, you can only maintain it.

When it comes to high-level confrontation and high-level basketball games, the quality of ball control depends on the so-called "ball nature".

Sphericality is a very mysterious description.

In fact, it is the control of a player's fingers and wrists, and the rhythm of the whole body adjusting with the ball.

Players with good ball skills can make the ball seem to grow in their hands, and the ball moves with people, and it can shuttle freely in the opponent's defense line.

The bad ball is that people chase the ball and run. Under high-intensity defense, it is not bad to be able to control the ball well without losing the ball.

Li Liang's ball skills are very average, no matter how he practices, it's just as good as it is anyway.

This is not a top priority, so so far, Li Liang has not started the task training of [Transmission Control Ability].

Half an hour of dribbling practice is over, and then we will start to add confrontation.

Half-court possession-follow-up drills.

Calipari divided people into two groups, one group dribbled from the baseline to the center line, and the other group was responsible for following the defense all the way.

The possession team has twice as many players as the defense team, so the cycle can continue.

Li Liang, of course, joined the follow-up team. He has always played the role of follow-up and pressure in the past.

In the same group as Li Liang, newcomers Alex Poisris and Joe Hood were performing ball control exercises.

"Hi, Hood, are you all right?" Before the training, Li Liang greeted Hood.

The two are old acquaintances, and they are Li Liang's second-best teammates besides Terrence Jones.

In the summer of 2011, Hood unfortunately tore his anterior cruciate ligament, which led to his reimbursement for the 12th season. He took a year off from school and won a championship lying down.

He is returning to his junior year this year and returned to the court after recovering from injury.

Lao Ka wanted to let Hood and Li Liang, two good friends, confront each other to see how they were doing now.

Hood smiled and said, "I'm fine now, let's start?"

"Okay." Li Liang nodded, thinking I'm sorry Hood, I won't take pity on you just because you just came back from injury!