The God of Basketball

When your team has a group of veterans, and they are super big men who have been all-powerful, it's hard not to get angry inside the team.

The group of people recruited by the Clippers can be said to have ushered in the golden age of the NBA. They played an indispensable role in the stage of expanding the influence of the NBA to the whole society around the world, and each of them has a legendary story. Have a unique personal label.

The media also cares about the daily life of these retired superstars.

At the beginning, everyone was still thinking about making two big news, preferably like Li Zhen and Blake Griffin in Las Vegas.

It turned out well.

This group of veterans who have made great achievements in the history of nightclubs all over the United States even went to participate in the cultural exchange meeting of Eastern Buddhism under the leadership of assistant coach Marbury.

When they came out, everyone said that they had benefited a lot, and their eyes were calm, like a butcher who just put down his knife, full of Buddha nature.

Ron Artest said on the spot that he wanted to change the name, changing the charity world peace that was changed two years ago to Dharma Boundless Dawei Tianlong.

Artest designated the superior.

Although Stephen Marbury's return did not arouse much response in the media, Li Zhen took a reassurance.

Lao Ma has done a great job in China over the years, learned advanced concepts, and helped a team win two championships there, and placed his own statue outside the stadium.

If Li Zhen hadn't called him: Ma, come and help brother.

He really wanted to spend his old age in peace in the motherland.

But returning to the Clippers can be regarded as a curve to save the country.

At present, in the basketball public opinion circle of the motherland, the Clippers are already a Chinese team. Although it is revealed that most of the team's shares are held by a group of female stars, the Chinese are very enlightened and have ancient wisdom as a theoretical basis. What marry a chicken to follow the chicken, what girls turn their elbows out, sooner or later it will be Li Zhen.

Some commentators from the motherland who were not in tune even claimed in a big way: These are just the means of our old Li's family to appease the backyard.

You are right!

After returning to Los Angeles to perform his duties, Marbury first socialized with retired superstars. He brought advanced Chinese tea culture to the Clippers. While making tea, he chatted with the old guys, talked about everyone's insights over the years, and talked about some spiritual belonging... The old horse is getting more and more capable.

After drinking this tea,

The minds of the veterans gathered a lot.

Especially this Pu'er, the more you drink, the more delicious it becomes.

It may be that they are old, whiskey, red wine... can no longer bring them new stimulation. On the contrary, Lao Ma's combination of oriental culture was beaten down, and they were soaked in this metaphysical culture in their middle age.

After in-depth exchanges with the old comrades, the old horse met with the young players with the assistance of Secretary Eddie.

Lao Ma first criticized some players for not paying attention to their style of life, and named Blake Griffin.

Then, he explained to everyone the practical significance and the only way to become a great team. He told the young people: Only put your energy in one place, twist your willpower into a rope, and give your back to the team selflessly. Teammates can become a team that has left a name in history.

The young people seemed to understand but half understood, and felt that they were playing tricks.

After all, as a newcomer, Lao Ma still has to say some clichés.

But the days are still long, and Marbury has full confidence to let young people grow a sense of teamwork, core awareness, and establish a correct outlook on life, values, and world outlook.

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The vigorous lockout finally ended at the end of November.

It ended with a comprehensive compromise of the management.

At this time, the training camps of each team finally started, and the arrangements for the preseason also started.

Basketball fans finally ushered in the start of the new season.

This long offseason may be fraught for other teams, but it is full of opportunities for the two teams in Los Angeles.

Their center Yao Huang finally got an unprecedented recuperation vacation, and their head coach Mike Brown declared with confidence: We will make a 360-degree turn.

This cold joke made the media laugh for a long time, so that Jason Kidd jumped out: Mike Brown needs to pay me a little intellectual copyright fee.

This classic term is the rhetoric of Jason Kidd when he joined the Nets.

History has proved that Jason Kidd has indeed changed the Nets and led the team to the finals twice, but they did not win the championship.

Will the Lakers repeat the same mistakes?

Kobe Bryant didn't care about what Mike Brown said in a panic on TV. Anyway, with his high school diploma, it was difficult for him to understand the difference between 360 degrees and 180 degrees.

Three days after the start of the Lakers training camp, Kobe told reporters excitedly: "I feel that the strength of the Lakers has far surpassed the OK combination back then. You never know how strong the chemical reaction between me, Chris Paul and Yao Huang is."

"I can tell those competitors very frankly: If you want to prevent us, unless you figure out the Pythagorean Theorem within 3 seconds."

Kobe's very confident face appeared on the TV.

At that time, Yao Huang was having dinner with Li Zhen at the Li family mansion, and the two Chinese looked at each other in bewilderment at the same time.

Is the Pythagorean theorem difficult?

Hook three strands, four strings and five!

Need three seconds?

cough cough.

Yao Huang coughed to express his embarrassment: "To be honest, we shouldn't be too harsh on the math level of black people."

"Yes." Li Zhen nodded: "After all, Kobe is just a high school student, and he is also a sports student."

The two Chinese nodded in agreement.

Later in the chat with Yao Huang, Li Zhen got confirmation that the chemical reaction between Yao Huang, Kobe, and Paul was indeed very, very good. Yao Huang also said that this is the smoothest basketball he has ever played.

Yao Huang will not lie.

Yao Huang also kindly reminded Li Zhen: "You guys have to be careful, we are really aggressive this time, I don't think any team can stop us."

Moreover, he also asked Li Zhen: "How is your team preparing now? Is the integration with those senior superstars going well?"

Forehead…….

Li Zhen was a little ashamed to speak.

The seniors are busy taking care of their bodies, and Stephen Nash has dug Nash's medical team over.

This doctor named Nelson is really strict, and he has made a recovery plan for all the veterans.

And he told Li Zhen angrily: "The top priority now is to gradually restore the old players to their form. In terms of tactics, take your time in the regular season. The regular season is nothing important."

Is this plausible?

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The team's assistant coach Stephen Marbury, head coach Jamie Lin, two consultants Isiah Thomas and Larry Brown all strongly agreed.

What else can Li Zhen do?

But... His bosses hope that the team's box office revenue this season will increase by 20% compared to last year?

How can this be fixed?

Losing all the time can't make a high box office.

Just work as hard as you can.

It must be worthy of the 29 nationally broadcast games that topped the league in the new season... Because of the lockout, the new season only played 66 games in total.

It is worth mentioning that the Clippers' courtside billboards sold for the highest price ever this season.

On the one hand, it is because Li Zhen is so hot.

On the one hand, it is because the Clippers are the defending champions.

On the other hand, it is more or less because the Clippers assembled a group of superstars at the beginning of the new century. In the words of Charles Barkley: half of the dusk of the gods was sprinkled on the floor of Staples.

Before the preseason, the Clippers announced the official roster for the new season: Dakomilicic, Jermaine O'Neal, Eddie Griffin, Blake Griffin, Vince Carter, Ron Artest Ruster, Gordon Hayward, Li Zhen, Stephen Nash, Jason Kidd, Allen Iverson and this year's rookie Jimmy Butler.

Because the Clippers' record last season was not bad, they only got the 22nd pick in the first round. At that time, Li Zhen asked Isiah Thomas to see if he could go to Kawhi Leonard. As a result, Leonard was traded up by the Spurs, allowing the Pacers to directly rob him in the form of a lottery, and a quick cut was made to achieve a substitution that night.

Isiah Thomas was very angry, but fortunately he chose a second plan.

Jimmy Butler.

A hard-fated steel tough guy, an aging rookie who is so ugly that he is abandoned by his parents.

This guy is really dumbfounded.

On the first day of entering the training camp, he got into a fight with Ron Artest. Artest wanted to play a few confrontations with him head-on, but he was fine. Two confrontations hit Artest's ribs. broken.

Now, whether Artest can come back before February next year is not certain. After all, Artest is old and has been injured for a hundred days.

However, instead of blaming the steel rookie, Artest valued him very much. After returning to the arena after picking up the bones from the hospital, he almost regarded Jimmy Butler as the successor of the mantle, and taught him all the defensive experience and offensive skills of these years.

Because of Artest's cover, and the heroic big brother Allen Iverson handpicked this guy as a bodyguard, so...Jimmy Butler had a good life in the Clippers.

So that when Tracy McGrady came to try out, Li Zhen directly arranged for Jimmy Butler to confront Tracy McGrady.

McGrady has always felt that he still has the ability to return to the NBA. After learning that the Clippers have established the Ragnarok Elders' Home, his mind moved. I entrusted a lot of connections to come to try out.

However, Li Zhen believed that Tracy was not ready yet, whether it was psychologically or physically, he was swollen all over. He came here to maintain his exposure and to extend his sponsorship contract with Adidas.

So, Li Zhen told him Tracy: If you can hit 4 goals in 11 rounds under this rookie's defense, we will sign you.

At the same time, he also told Jimmy Butler: If you let Tracy hit 4 balls on your head, I will let Ron Artest and Allen Iverson take you to the beach in the middle of the night to wear women's bikinis and drag tires for exercise.

Jimmy Butler as a straight man of steel, how can he wear a bikini?

Although when he heard about women's bikinis, there was a surge in his heart.

But he still carried out the boss's boss's orders very desperately.

Poor Tracy was sniped by a stunned young man.

Anyway, after the duel was over, Tracy McGrady rubbed her chest and howled and left without even saying hello.

He changed hands and went next door.

Kobe is indeed affectionate and righteous. Knowing that Tracy is already a waste, the Lakers still prepared Tracy with a minimum salary of one year.

I don't know if they are trying to save the reputation they lost during the Stephen Nash trade time through this move. Anyway... Anyone with a discerning eye knows that signing Tracy McGrady is a matter of sophistication.

With his current competitive state... it doesn't matter if he doesn't mention it.

Sometimes meat buns are used for beating dogs, right?

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The preseason is coming soon. Because of the suspension of the season, this year's preseason is just a formality. The Clippers have two indicators. And it's going to the casino to revitalize tourism.

Li Zhen didn't play in the two games.

Ragnarok has been fully utilized, except for the injured Artest and Jermaine O, other players have been fully utilized.

Li Zhen even set KPIs for the old players.

"AI, you have to shake at least one player in this game."

"Vince, you need at least a big windmill for this game."

"Jason, you're going to miss at least ten shots tonight..."

"Stephen, make more free throws and lick your hands more!"

"..."

Isn't it all to miss the past youth? Can you put down the bench and talk about it? Political commissar Ma, come over and do some ideological work?

Li Zhen quickly said that he was just joking, and everyone is free to play tonight.

Playing around is playing around.

On the court, these old guys really worked hard.

Iverson, who has been on the field for nearly two years, heard the cheers from the audience, and he was elated. Although his speed and explosiveness were not as good as before, he really dared to crossover. Chicago Bulls point guard Kirk Hinrich was He made this and that.

In the end, he could only obey the public opinion and staggered on purpose.

With the burst of cheers from the audience.

Li Zhen gave his opponent a thumbs up: good work. Good acting! !

After all, it's the preseason.

It is impossible for everyone to really defend.

Vince Carter's dunk is a matter of course. He not only dunked a big windmill, but also a small windmill.

After all, they are all defensive eyes. Don't young people in Chicago want to be VIP audiences?

Stephen Nash also made a free throw and licked his hands.

The three defenders filled the mood.

It's Jason Kidd who didn't live up to it. He wanted to hit the iron, but if he couldn't make it, you said he was wronged.

In those days, base did not attack and defend, and Ai did not pass. Now Ai has started to pass, and Na has also learned to defend. Kidd, on the other hand, has changed his face. He has never been able to shoot and has become an outside spot-up shooter.

You say you are angry or not.

When Kidd was off the court, he slapped his thigh: "Bruce, you are too embarrassing. It's too difficult to hit the iron ten times!"

This is Versailles.

I don’t know, but I thought it meant Kobe Bryant.

Li Zhen could only nod with a wry smile, and said to Jason Kidd, "You have finally become the person you hate the most."

Um?

Kidd was a little confused.

However, it doesn't matter anymore.

98:118.

In the first game of the preseason, the Clippers ended with a symbolic slaughter.

After the game, Li Zhen spittingly praised the high morale and good competitive state of the older generation of players. He hoped that everyone will continue to work hard, continue to improve, and continue to move forward, so that they will surely win a better tomorrow!

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