Pick Westbrook

Chapter 200 The Sixth Place

Li Lai was startled, thinking of Jordan Carver who also worked tirelessly to pursue his star dream, so he felt sympathy for this undrafted pick.

Li Lai said: "Reply to him and attach a plane ticket, so that he can come to the Bucks training hall the day after tomorrow."

Bucks training facility.

Li Lai was awakened early in the morning by the sound of crackling shots.

He got up and left the office angrily, and walked to the second floor to watch.

There was only one light on the court, and a yellow-skinned Asian man was training on the basketball court under that light.

Shooting, dribbling, advancing with the ball, driving, half-block.
Because there is no trainer or partner, the player just picks up the ball and practices on the court alone.

Li Lai saw in the opponent the unwillingness of a discriminated Asian player and his counterattack against fate. He wanted to prove to the world that he could play.

"It's him!"

Li Lai finally recognized the player off the court at this moment.

Jeremy Lin, born in Palo Alto, California, USA on August 1988, 8, is a top student in economics at Harvard University. Because his father Lin Jiming and his mother Wu Xinxin are both authentic Chinese, he also has a Chinese name. , Jeremy Lin.

Li Lai watched Jeremy Lin seriously training on the court.

His athletic ability and agility are very good, and he is the embryo of an offensive guard, but his shooting hand is not very soft, and it is destined that his best offensive method can only be a breakthrough.

It's just that Jeremy Lin's body is worse than Curry's now, he probably doesn't have enough strength and physical confrontation to create shooting opportunities during the breakthrough process or reach the penalty area to attack the basket and score.

This means that Jeremy Lin desperately needs the pick-and-roll of the center big player to gain some breakthrough time difference, so as to pass the defensive player.

But if you want to be a pick-and-roll player on the court, you must have excellent passing skills or the ability to shoot through the pick-and-roll, and you must have the ability to bomb the rim like Westbrook. Body.

Jeremy Lin didn't have any of these.

"So Jeremy Lin does have some problems in his personal ability and physical style of play, which should also be the secondary reason why he was undrafted."

"But even LeBron James had this and other problems in his rookie year, so if it's just because of these problems that make him undrafted, it really shouldn't be done."

"He should have the potential to be a draft player or a first-round pick."

on the field.

Jeremy Lin came to the Bucks for training a long time in advance.

He knows that the only way to stay is to seize every possible opportunity and make a good impression on the front office of this team.

At this time, a very dignified and very young man came out from the corner.

Jeremy Lin's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

He watched this year's NBA Finals matchup and knew that the opponent was Li Lai, the head coach of the Bucks, the winner of last season's championship.

Li Lai picked up the basketball in front of him and passed it to Jeremy Lin, beckoning him to continue.

With Li Lai's pick-up and observation, Jeremy Lin worked harder and harder during training, and made 40 consecutive three-pointers.

Li Lai knew that Jeremy Lin knew that the Bucks valued three-pointers, so he intentionally shot a lot of three-pointers. However, from Li Lai's current point of view, Jeremy Lin's three-point shooting ability simply failed.

Even Westbrook and Artest's three-point shooting ability is better than him.

At this time, Hammond, Tyronn Lue, Marshall and others came to the training ground one after another. After discovering that Li Lai and Jeremy Lin had already trained in advance, the three of them did not choose to disturb.

At the end of the training, Tyronn Lue said: "Jeremy Lin's performance was better than expected."

Marshall also suggested: "I think we can give him a chance, this is a great lad."

Even Hammond, who has always been extremely cautious, was moved by Jeremy Lin's self-recommendation letters and persistence over the past few days, and he also persuaded Li to come.

"We still have the last spot, and we can give this undrafted pick a chance."

"Of course, the contract is fully non-guaranteed. We can lay off each other at any time, and it will not occupy the team's additional salary space."

Li Lai remained silent at this time. Hammond's signing method was a bit harsh, but it was also what he wanted to give.

Jeremy Lin still needs to work hard to improve, and he is far from the state and ability he will become Lin Crazy in the future, so Li Lai needs to use such a contract to motivate him.

Jeremy Lin, who finished the trial training, saw the Bucks' management and coaching staff beside him, but Li Lai neither said yes nor no, making him wonder whether to leave or not.

After a while, Li Lai walked up to Jeremy Lin and said in Chinese, "Hello, I am Li Lai, the head coach of the Bucks."

Jeremy Lin also stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, my name is Jeremy Lin, and my Chinese name is Jeremy Lin."

The moment he shook hands with Li Lai, Jeremy Lin suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart, as if he was very kind to him.

After a brief greeting and understanding with Jeremy Lin, Li Lai carefully pointed out some of the problems he found, and told the other party how to improve in the future, how to conduct training, and so on.

Although Jeremy Lin felt that what the other party said made sense, he still didn't quite understand it.

I came here to join the Bucks, why are you always telling me what to do?

At this time, Hammond smiled and said, "Lengtouqing, don't you know what this means?"

"The Bucks have decided to sign you."

Jeremy Lin raised his hands in surprise and said, "Really?"

To be honest, Jeremy Lin wrote self-recommendation letters to the management of 29 teams in the league at the same time after rejecting the signing contract of the Warriors, and the Bucks is the team he thinks is the least likely to sign him.

After all, this is the defending champion. Their goal in the new season must be to hit the championship and achieve two consecutive championships, so it is difficult to spend a lot of effort on rookies.

But now, I didn't expect that the other party was really willing to sign him.

Being able to play in a championship team, Jeremy Lin could not have imagined it even in his dreams.

However, he quickly thought of a very important question, so he looked at Li Lai very seriously and said, "Excuse me, will the Bucks train me and reuse me?"

In Jeremy Lin's view, if the Bucks don't plan to train him and reuse him, then even if the opponent is a championship team, he doesn't want to go.

Tyronn Lue laughed at Jeremy Lin's bewilderment, and said directly: "If you don't reuse you and train you, why would our head coach point out so many problems on the court?"

After hearing this sentence and seeing Li Lai smiling and nodding at the side, Jeremy Lin finally believed this fact.

He was valued by the Bucks, and the yellow-skinned player was valued by the NBA team!
Marshall guessed what Jeremy Lin was thinking at this time, so he said directly: "You are not the only Asian in the Bucks team. The current All-Star player Yi Jianlian is one of our core players."

"I believe that after you two meet, there will be countless topics to talk about."

At this time, Li Lai also looked at Jeremy Lin seriously and said, "Are there any problems? Let me tell you now, and we will solve them for you one by one."

Jeremy Lin lowered his head in embarrassment, and finally summoned up his courage and said, "Excuse me, can the Bucks provide food and housing?"

9 month 7 day.

In the 1/8 finals of the Men's Basketball World Cup, the Chinese team unfortunately lost to the Lithuanian team 67:78.

姚名砍下了21分12篮板的数据，而易键联只上场了20分钟，拿下了10分4篮板3助攻的数据就受伤离场。

Because of the lack of an outside turret and the role of opening up space, the Chinese team changed from leading to trailing in the second half of the game, and was finally eliminated.

After the game, Guo Ailun once choked up in an interview and said: "We could have reached the quarter-finals, we have the strength!"

"But we are missing the second best player in the team, the Chinese team will not admit defeat, we will start all over again."

However, at this time, all the Chinese media are not full of hope for the future of the Chinese men's basketball team because of the excellent performance of the Chinese team in the Men's Basketball World Cup.

Because of Yi Jianlian's injury and leaving the field, it cast a shadow over the entire Chinese men's basketball team.

After Yao Ming, the Chinese men's basketball team once again emerged as the favorite of heaven, an NBA All-Star player, and a championship-level inside big man. His widening style of play once made the entire NBA inside players feel crazy.

But now, he was injured, and the condition of the injury is still unknown.

Milwaukee.

Hammond was very emotional in the office.

"We are going to defend our title this season, what should we do now that Yi Jianlian is injured!"

"The training camp is about to start, and the team's joint training is about to start. He was injured at this time, and our lineup and tactical integration will all be at a standstill."

Tai Lue sighed from the side and said: "We were not at the stadium where the incident happened, so we don't know exactly how serious Yi Jianlian's injury was."

"Now I can only pray that the MRI results of Yi Jianlian in China will not be too bad. If it is a serious injury that can affect the player's entire career, then it will not only cast a shadow over the team's prospects for defending the title."

"I am afraid that Yi Jianlian's entire playing career will also end here."

Marshall hesitated for a while, but still suggested: "I suggest applying to the league for a special injury case."

"We managed to restore the level of last season in the reserve of inside players, and it may even be better than last season."

"There must be no trouble at this time."

Hammond agreed with Marshall's suggestion very much. He continued: "If the Bucks still want to defend their title, we may have to make a trade."

"Now our defenders are extremely sufficient, and Dragic, who has the highest transaction value, should bear the brunt."

"Using him to reinforce an inside player with immediate combat power is the best direction for the team to operate."

At this time, the three of them looked at Li Lai together.

They have already found a solution to the team's current predicament, and they are just waiting for Li Lai's order.

Taking advantage of the fact that the regular season has not yet officially started, making a decisive trade at this time is the best solution to minimize the team's damage.

Li Lai was silent for a while, then raised his head to look at the three of them.

He didn't worry about the team's next defending prospects, nor was he anxious about the next internal reinforcement, but said seriously: "Ask Yi Jianlian, how is his injury, and is there anything the team can do to help."

9 month 9 day.

Led by Hammond, Yi Jianlian went to Phoenix accompanied by medical staff.

Under the inspection of St. Joseph Hospital, the best local hospital, and Thomas Carter, the best doctor, Yi Jianlian's injury was finally fully diagnosed.

Medial ligament sprain of left knee.

"This is already considered a blessing in misfortune."

"If the force was stronger at that time, it is likely to leave more serious injuries."

"Dr Thomas Carter's advice was to rest, immobilize, control movement, and immobilize with a brace and cast, along with medication and surgery."

"Yi Jianlian is a serious acute injury of ligaments, which may have a great impact on joint function, and it is difficult to repair itself. It can only be solved by surgery."

"It takes 3 to 6 months to recover! The fastest time to come back is probably in January."

Hammond sighed again and again.

Such an injury situation is almost the same as being reimbursed for the season.

When Yi Jianlian returns from injury, it will be close to the All-Star Weekend, when his return from injury and physical condition will become a big question mark.

You must know that the Bucks have only signed him a five-year 5 million contract.

Tyronn Lue reminded again from the side: "This time is too long, we can't wait for Yi Jianlian to come back from injury, so we may really have to start the transaction."

Li Lai looked at Yi Jianlian in front of him, who naturally heard the result told by the doctor.

Although the conversation between the Bucks executives and Li Lai was outside the ward, Yi Jianlian knew exactly what they would say.

"Coach, I'm sorry."

Yi Jianlian took a deep breath and said.

Knowing that Yi Jianlian was talking about the end of the season, Li Lai had been trying to persuade him not to go to the Men's Basketball World Cup, but he still went.

He's apologizing for the incident, and he's also apologizing for the Bucks' title-defending prospects.

Of course, there may be an apology to all the team management and teammates.

Yi Jianlian's body has always been impatient. After playing in the finals, it is an extremely risky move to participate in the Men's Basketball World Cup. Otherwise, Li Lai would not choose the ability of being healthy.

But people are not as good as heaven, even with this ability, Yi Jianlian was still injured.

"Recover well, the Bucks will help you heal and restore you to your peak strength as much as possible."

This is the last sentence Li Lai left for Yi Jianlian, and it also shows the attitude of the Bucks.

Until this time, Li Lai did not choose to give up on him, and Yi Jianlian was still part of the team's team building plan.

9 month 15 day.

Bucks training camp opens.

All teams in the league have started the mode of preparing for the new season.

The Barkley Show became the focus of national shows on this day because of his fascinating topics.

"Let's first take a look at who are the hottest teams to win the championship given by ESPN this year."

"The first place is the Big Three Heat, and the second place is the Lakers with new aid Kevin Garnett."

"The Bulls, who grabbed Pierce and Boozer in the offseason, are also extremely favored, ranking fourth."

"The combination of New York Knicks' Melo Anthony and bully Stoudemire ranks fifth."

"The Bucks, the defending champion last season, only ranked sixth."

Kenny Smith was heartbroken and said extremely sadly: "This off-season, the Bucks have almost no obvious reinforcements except for a rookie player with great potential, DeMarcus Cousins."

"Jermaine O'Neal? Although they are all called O'Neal, but compared with Shaquille O'Neal, Jr. O'Neal's ability is much worse."

"There is also an outdated top four player McGrady who has been abandoned by the entire league? He is different from Iverson introduced by the Bucks last season."

"Iverson was still able to play last year, McGrady, can you tell me he can still play now?"

"So ESPN ranks the defending champion Bucks sixth on the championship list, there is no problem at all."

Barkley would like to say that Yi Jianlian is still injured now. According to the latest news, Yi Jianlian will be injured for at least 3 to 6 months.

It's almost the same as the season reimbursement.

If the recovery situation is not optimistic and it will take 6 months of recuperation time, then it will be almost at the start of the playoffs before returning, and will the Bucks wait for that time?

What's more, what's the use of Yi Jianlian's comeback at that time?

He has not played for almost half a year, and his physical function and state will be a big question mark.

So in Barkley's view, if the Bucks were not the defending champions last season, it would be difficult for them to even enter the top ten of the championship list.

"And from what I've heard from the grapevine, DeMarcus Cousins ​​is a very problematic player."

"I am afraid that his existence will not only help the Bucks go further, but also destroy the unity of their entire team."

"So this season, we still have to see the contest between the Lakers and the Heat."

(End of this chapter)