Pick Westbrook

Chapter 23 You Boy
Westbrook, who re-entered the field, could only bite the bullet and hold the ball hard.

But Group B had clearly anticipated this, and everyone chose to huddle near the half-block basket.

Just to prevent you Westbrook from getting to the basket easily!
"It's a 2-3 zone defense again!"

Tai Lunlu murmured aphasia, more and more admiring Li Lai's endless tactics and exquisite arrangements.

The rookie Westbrook doesn't have the ability to break the zone defense now, holding the ball like carrying a dynamite pack to kill inside.

As a result, Austin Crohill and Francisco Elson directly came to a double ghost shot tactic in the penalty area, and they stood together on Westbrook's path.

Westbrook tried to make a foul, but was slapped with two slaps.

Dragic picked up the rebound and went straight to the fast break.

Seeing Dragic, who was like a small motor on the court, rushed to the frontcourt and scored a gentle layup, Tyronn Lue opened his mouth slightly in a daze.

"Instead, let them play fast break!"

In the end, Group B won the match 8:2 by relying on an 64:62 attack in the final quarter.

Francisco Elson finally got rid of yesterday's shame, walked up to Group A with a basketball in his arms and said arrogantly.

"Come on, you almost beat us."

Westbrook: "What the fuck!"

Outside the stadium, all the fans who watched the team training are still reluctant to leave.

A group of half-grown children gathered around the passage, holding basketballs or jerseys in their hands, and yelled loudly after seeing Westbrook coming out.

"Russell! Sign me now, I'm your fan from now on!"

"Your dunk is really amazing, can you teach me!"

Westbrook smiled and signed autographs for the little fans and took a group photo with them.

When leaving, one of the young fans took his parents' hand and asked, "Can I watch Russell play during the regular season?"

The young parents nodded affirmatively, and the three left happily.

Hammond, who was waiting at the gate of the training hall, gave Li Lai a thumbs up in admiration after hearing this conversation.

"If the training hall continues to open, we may really gain a new wave of new fans."

This is Li Lai's unprecedented purpose of continuing the open training day until the preseason, even leaking the team's tactics and player status.

Li Lai had a hunch that as the fans watched the team's training one after another, they would be impressed and have a new impression of the Bucks.

A few days later, Holloway brought good news.

Because of the continued opening of the training camp, the team's ticket sales have increased, especially in monthly and season tickets, which have increased surprisingly.

"We are currently 11% through November ticket sales, and this revenue alone has given us more than $30 million in capital.

Of course, even this situation is still not optimistic. Without the support of sponsors, we still urgently need a large part of the funds. "

Li Lai nodded.

Although the opening of the training hall has obviously helped the sales of tickets, but compared to the funds that the Bucks are desperately short of, this is still a drop in the bucket.

"If you really want to win back the hearts of all the fans, you still have to make a big splash in the regular season." Li Lai sighed.

Holloway then talked about the NBA salary cap for the new season.

According to the new season 08-09 released by the league, the salary cap is 5868 million US dollars, which is more than 300 million US dollars more than last season.

According to the league's long-standing rules, 48% of the NBA's total revenue last season divided by the number of teams is the salary cap, and 55% is the luxury tax trigger line.

Therefore, in the new season, the flexible salary of each team will reach 6724 million US dollars.

"What is the current salary of the Bucks players?" Li Lai asked curiously.

Holloway took out a form from her hand, which clearly recorded all the salaries of the players.

"Villanueva 450 million, Westbrook 380 million, George Hill 120 million, Dragic 100 million, Yi Jianlian 420 million, Maurice William Moss 950 million, Marshall 600 million, Malik Rose 700 million, Cisco Elson 350 million, Austin Crohill 100 million, Andre Ingram 40, Ramon Sessions 200 million, Tyronn Lue 300 million."

Li Lai calculated silently in his heart that the salary of all the players in the team reached 4710 million in the new season, which should be regarded as a very frugal figure.

Seeing Li Lai's complacent look, Holloway raised her eyelids and continued: "The trigger of the poor ghost line cannot be lower than 80% of the salary cap.

According to the standard of this season, the trigger line of the poor ghost should be 4694 million, and you exceeded this figure by 16 US dollars. "

Hammond nodded and said, "So you have nothing to be proud of. If Holloway and I were not watching you all the time, you don't know how much money you will spend extravagantly."

Li Lai sighed speechlessly.

These days, spending more than 16 yuan has made such a mobilization of teachers and people. Wouldn't it scare you to be dumbfounded if you pay hundreds of millions of dollars in luxury taxes in the future?

Of course, from another perspective, the current Bucks do spend every penny cautiously.

The Bucks escaped the poverty line by luck, and greatly reduced the salary pressure for the new season. As far as the team's total salary is concerned, it deserves to be the lowest in the league.

9 month 20 day.

There are only two weeks left before the start of the preseason.

The Bucks' in-team training is in full swing, and more and more fans come to the training hall to watch the training.

The training hall echoed with the sound of players' muscle clashes and fans' cheers, one after another, which can be regarded as a special scenery.

During this period of time, Li Lai and Tai Lunlu coached the A and B groups alternately, but the result was always that Li Lai was superior, with more wins and fewer losses.

For this reason, Tai Lue and the whole team finally did not dare to underestimate this young hip-playing kid, and convinced him.

"Beep! Beep!"

The referee blows the whistle and the game is over.

Group A won another victory with 72:60.

Yi Jianlian, who was still defending seriously at the last second, unfortunately fell to the ground in order to keep up with Dragic's footsteps.

Westbrook and Dragic rushed over to pull Yi Jianlian up.

The two also laughed and joked with Yi Jianlian, and patted each other's buttocks friendly.

Yi Jianlian just smiled shyly and enjoyed the greetings from the team, but did not respond.

Seeing this scene, Li Lai frowned slightly.

Yi Jianlian's performance on the court has won the respect of his teammates, but he is still not used to the way of getting along with American players.

If you get spanked, you should spank it back!What are you doing!
"So it is urgent to send him a designated veteran."

On the court, after the game, autographs and group photos were still in accordance with the usual practice.

A chubby little fan walked into the stadium and shouted, "Russell, where are you? I'm your fan, can you sign an autograph for me?"

The little fans were swaying, and Westbrook greeted them warmly.

The little fan said, "Hey man, can you take me to Russell Westbrook?"

Westbrook: "???
Man, I'm Russell Westbrook. "

The little fan rolled his eyes for a while, shook his head and said, "You are not."

Westbrook was dumbfounded, and said with certainty: "I am!"

At this time, Francisco Elson, who has always liked to talk trash with Westbrook, came over, waved his hand deliberately and said after discovering the embarrassment of the other party.

"Little fat man, is there anything I can do to help?"

The little fan pouted unhappily and said, "Dude, correct me, I'm just fat, but I'm not small! If you don't believe me, look!"

After speaking, he immediately prepared to take off his pants.

Francisco Elson hastened to stop the brat and tell him to fart.

"I'm looking for Russell Westbrook, but this dude is so small that he dares to pass himself off as him."

The little fan said while pointing at Brother Westbrook.

Francisco Elson immediately understood, then pointed to Yi Jianlian who was still doing shooting training and said, "That's Westbrook, this kid is a fake!"

"I'll say it!"

The little fan turned around and raised a middle finger at Westbrook, then continued cursing, "You kid can't fool me."

Westbrook: "What the fuck."

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(End of this chapter)