Two days later, in the press briefing hall of the Toyota Sports Center in Los Angeles, a signing conference was held here.

The Lakers management team was present and held a signing ceremony for the two newcomers of the Lakers in the new season.

Li Liang came to the scene early. This was the first time he met with the management after he was selected by the Lakers and came to Los Angeles.

The rookie with the 55th pick is this kind of treatment, and I am worthy of you if I can hold a signing conference for you.

Attending the press conference with Li Liang was Thackeray from Gonzaga University, who was selected with the 60th overall pick.

Thackeray arrived in Los Angeles only yesterday.

After being selected by the Lakers, Thackeray went out to have fun for a week, and then reported to Los Angeles before signing.

Thackeray and Li Liang are still not the same. He played at Gonzaga University for five years and was selected to the WCC first team twice.

He also won the best defensive player in WCC this year, so his strength is guaranteed.

Before the press conference started, Li Liang and Thackeray had a casual chat.

Thackeray has a good personality, and he always has a smile on his lips.

For him, being selected by the Lakers is really a great thing, and it is normal to be happy.

To be human is to be happy.

He was very curious about Li Liang, and asked him why he didn't play much at the University of Kentucky and was still selected in the end.

Li Liang told Thackeray that the Kentucky Wildcats are too strong, and a player of his strength can only be used as a bench.

Thackeray was skeptical, but he felt that Li Liang would not lie.

This year's Kentucky is indeed very hot, won the NCAA championship, 7 players were selected to the NBA, and swept the top two draft picks.

There is no second in the limelight.

"Then if I were in Kentucky, maybe I wouldn't be able to play." Thackeray said to himself, he has a good positioning of his own strength.

"There is this possibility, but I think you can become a cornerstone player in the interior when you are in the Lakers." Li Liangdao.

"No, no, I feel pretty good if I can play, don't think about anything else." Thackeray was straightforward. "I think you might be able to make a name for yourself. I heard that when you and Kobe were singled out, you scored one."

The one-on-one matchup between Li Liang and Kobe was circulated in NBA circles.

If Kobe and Li Liang didn't say the specific details, no one would know.

Li Liang didn't want to brag about this matter, and said, "Oh, I'm just trying my luck to invest in one, it's nothing, you can too."

Thackeray said: "No, I think it's strength, and luck is also a part of strength..."

Two low-post picks at the end of the second round are here to kiss each other's asses.

Needless to say, Thackeray's personality is quite to Li Liang's liking.

Li Liang thought, this would be a good friend.

He will try his best to help anyone whom Li Liang regards as a friend.

In the past, his father used to tell him that he had to rely on friends when he was away from home, especially when he was in a foreign country.

If you want to rely on your friends, the way is to let your friends rely on you.

Only by relying on each other and helping each other can we walk steadily.

The press conference was about to start, and the staff came over and handed Li Liang his No. 28 Lakers jersey.

This is tailor-made for him, his own jersey.

The press conference hall was full of reporters, and the most famous sports names in Los Angeles were sitting in the front row.

ESPN's female reporter Ramona Shelburne, NBA official Lakers reporter Mike Rudell, bleachers reporter Kevin Ding, Los Angeles Times' Eric Pincus and so on.

These are veteran media professionals who have been reporting on the Lakers for more than ten years, and they know all about the Lakers' movements.

And this time, although it was just a signing ceremony for two second-round picks, they had a lot of questions to ask.

Backstage in the prep room, Jim Buss and general manager Kubrick walked up to Li Liang and Thackeray.

This is Li Liang's first close contact with the two real power figures in the Lakers management after he was selected.

Jim Buss looks a lot like his father, only with a longer face.

He has long, unruly hair, a black peaked cap, and stubble on his face.

Kupchak used to be a Lakers player, and his height is about the same as Li Liang.

The two shook hands with Li Liang and Thackeray, and Buss Jr. said, "Congratulations on coming to the Lakers and becoming a member of the Lakers. Come with me. Talk less at the press conference and just smile."

Little Buss looks a little cold, whether in public or private, he rarely smiles.

In this regard, he is not quite like his father.

Old Buss always had a smile on his face for the camera.

Perhaps it was because Li Liang was not his favorite candidate, which made Bass very dissatisfied.

In comparison, Kupchak was much kinder and patted Li Liang on the shoulder to encourage him.

Li Liang doesn't mind this kind of treatment at all, anyway, he will see the truth on the court in the future.

When he comes out, when Jim Buss and Kupchak hug their legs and call Dad.

At this moment, a line of subtitles appeared in front of Li Liang: [Mission, the big mouth in Los Angeles, mission requirements: Criticize the Lakers management at the press conference, mission reward: get random props]

Li Liang was secretly in a trough, sending him this kind of task at this time, what do you mean by the system?

Just after signing, let him criticize the team management in the first press conference?

You want me to die?

So far, Li Liang has a "love-hate relationship" with the Lakers.

On the one hand, the Lakers paid a price to choose him, and Li Liang was very grateful.

On the one hand, the Lakers despised him everywhere, which made Li Liang very upset.

But no matter how upset, Li Liang would not criticize the team at the signing conference at this time.

This nima is too brainless.

But Li Liang didn't want to give up the task of the system.

He has obsessive-compulsive disorder, a task has been released and he refuses to complete it, how can Li Liang bear it?

When he plays games, he always needs to clear the tasks in the task list.

More importantly, the system rewards props, and there are not many tasks to reward props.

Li Liang used his little brain again. The task said to criticize the management, but he didn't say how to criticize.

Then I criticize first, and then add a "but" to praise the management, okay?

Just thinking about it, Li Liang and Thackeray came to the press conference room.

The press conference was that set of procedures. Kupchak announced the team's decision to the reporters and officially signed two rookies, Bruce Lee and Thackeray.

Li Liang and Thackeray signed their names on their contracts.

After a week of negotiations, Zhu Shu won a 1+1 two-year contract for Li Liang, with a total amount of 1 million.

Among them, the second year is a player option.

Originally, the Lakers only wanted to give the team an option contract for the second year.

But Li Liang's performance that day moved Jerry Buss and decided to give him a player option contract.

After signing, Li Liang and Thackeray stood there like two telegraph poles, holding their jerseys to take pictures for the reporters.

Kupchak and Jim Buss will be joined by the duo, and, of course, Lakers head coach Mike Brown.

Li Liang took a break from his busy schedule and measured a ball blindness index for Mike Brown:

[The ball blind index is 23.24%, a ball blind who is easily regarded as a ball blind. The ball blinds in this level often struggle back and forth between the questions of "I am ball blind" and "Am I really ball blind", and people around them often see them in the same light. In theory, it should never be regarded as a ball blind; but from the actual performance, it makes people feel that "he is not a ball blind who is a ball blind". To be, or not to be, that is the question. 】

Throughout the press conference, Brown's expression always seemed to be in a state of "I'm very happy" and "Am I happy?"

After a failed season, Brown's coaching position in the Lakers is not stable.

And the two rookies who signed today don't look like they can save him from the fire.

One is 28, one is 50, neither is 23.

After the photos are taken, the reporter will conduct some brief interviews with the management and the two newcomers.

Then, Li Liang and Thackeray will be taken to visit the Lakers' rich honor showroom.

This is what every Lakers rookie has to go through, to understand the glorious history of this team.

However, it seems that the reporters are not prepared to easily let go of the Lakers management and the two rookies during the question and answer session.

Especially Li Liang.

Bleacher reporter Kevin Ding, a well-known Chinese-American NBA reporter, took the lead in asking Li Liang a question.

"Bruce Lee, I want to ask, why you didn't get any performance opportunities in the NCAA and Kentucky before, but you were able to win the favor of the Lakers. Can you tell us which of your qualities impressed the Lakers? Make them willing to trade a The pick picks you."

This question is a bit tricky, Li Liang can't say that he used a cheat, can he?

Of course, Li Liang could prevaricate this problem in a satisfactory manner, but he decided to be reckless with the task on his shoulders.

With a thought, Li Liang silently adjusted the props of the system, [Bob Knight's hair dryer].

He was going to blow the wind subtly at the press conference.

"I think the Los Angeles Lakers management made a mistake in the draft."

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