Pick Westbrook

Chapter 289 Going to a place

M bistro.

Some of New Orleans' local favorites for Cajun and Caribbean cuisine are here.

Li Lai originally thought that New Orleans was most famous for its grilled wings, but the staff here told him that the most famous one was crayfish.

Leonard and Butler looked at the fruit salad and chicken breast in front of them, and then at the pile of crayfish and grilled wings in front of Li Lai, and couldn't help swallowing at the same time.

They scolded Li Lai together in their hearts, beast.

"Professional players should control their diet reasonably, and your coaches will teach you this later."

"But as the head coach of both of you, it is my responsibility to monitor you at this time."

After finishing another pot of crayfish, Li Lai called back to the waiter.

Seeing this scene, Leonard and Butler became even more sour.

Butler twittered about the difference throughout the dinner session, telling stories from his childhood to middle school to college over and over again.

Because of his tragic experience and down-and-out life, Butler is very talkative.

After listening to Butler's story, Leonard couldn't help but raised his head and glanced at the other party, with sympathy in his eyes.

Li Lai knew that the two people in front of him were poor people.

In 1989, Butler was born in Houston. His irresponsible father abandoned his mother and himself when he was born, so Butler never felt the love of his father, and he didn't know what his father meant.

Butler thought he could live with his mother, and he also thought that his mother would give him more love because of his father's departure.

This was true at first, but as Butler grew up, his mother scolded and whipped him more and more for no reason.

Until Butler was 13 years old, his mother said to him cruelly: You go, I don't like your looks.

Since then, the 13-year-old child has been alone, wandering in every corner of Houston, in the streets, in trucks, on park benches, and under bridges.
Just about every uninhabitable place you can think of has Butler.

For Butler, the best treatment is probably to be able to stay in the home of a kind person, but even so, no kind person is willing to take him in for a long time.

For Butler, who should have enjoyed the warmth of his family at this age, there is nothing left of maternal love and fatherly love.

It wasn't until a close friend named Jordan Leslie invited Butler to stay at his house that he could finally say goodbye to the cold Houston nights.
"I will abide by the curfew rules, study hard, I will do housework, I will be a role model for your children in your family, I will not cause trouble, and I will be a positive person."

"Please, please stay with me."

This is what Butler said when confronting Leslie's parents.

By the time he talked about it, Butler was in tears.

Unexpectedly by Li Lai, Leonard put his hand on Butler's shoulder at this time, and patted him reassuringly.

The two teenagers who had just been hugging, entangled in death, and suffocated defense on the court accepted each other at this time and felt each other's warmth.

Leonard is not like Butler, he has felt the love of his father and mother, he was born in Los Angeles, his family runs a car wash, and his family is extremely wealthy.

What Leonard loves most is his father.

At that time, Leonard was still a sunny boy in the neighborhood, he loved to laugh, he loved to laugh.

Because his father told Leonard to keep smiling at life no matter what happened.

His father was very strict with Leonard. He would personally teach Leonard how to play basketball and train him to play in the correct way since he was a child. He also did not allow Leonard to slack off in his studies.

His father never relaxed his supervision and education on Leonard, but such strictness did not cause a gap between the father and son. On the contrary, Leonard respected his father very much, and he regarded his father as a mountain.

When Leonard was 17, his father was murdered.

That night, Leonard had just finished training, and there was no one around the arena. He packed up his sneakers and jersey, then knelt on the ground and cried.

Since then, Leonard has learned to hide his emotions, because the world has lost the meaning of keeping him smiling.

After his father passed away, Leonard's uncle Dennis took good care of Leonard, and he was the second man he respected.

Butler had never felt his father's love, and Leonard had lost his father's love. The two people whose fate was extremely coincidental met at this time, and became best friends tonight.

They will also form a jaw-dropping tacit understanding on the court in the future.

"Tell me what you think, I said that I will meet one of your requirements."

Li Lai said in a slightly heavy voice at this time.

Leonard said: "I hope the team can arrange a job for my uncle."

Li Lai looked at Leonard hesitantly. He knew that the other party actually wanted to say more than this.

Leonard raised his head and glanced at Li Lai, his eyes dodged. He knew he shouldn't make this request to Li Lai.

But Leonard only trusts his uncle, and he doesn't trust anyone else, not even his head coach.

Li Lai said with a smile: "The team is short of a trainer, how about letting him work and be mainly responsible for your daily training?"

Leonard raised his head again, his eyes full of gratitude, that's what he wanted to say.

Li Lai then looked at Butler, who seemed unable to say anything.

Li Lai said: "Don't worry and say it boldly, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help you."

Butler finally plucked up the courage to look at Li Lai and said, "Coach, I want to advance my salary for two seasons, and I also want your car."

Li Lai was stunned. These seemed to be two requests.

He wanted to remind for sure: "You mean the 8th hand Alto?"

Butler nodded to indicate that it was that one.

Li Lai nodded and said, "From now on, it's a 9-handed Alto, and it's no problem to advance the salary of two seasons in advance."

"But I have to remind you, don't go out and mess around when you have money, I will be very angry."

Butler repeatedly promised that he would never do so, then he thought of something and looked at Li Lai and said, "Coach, I want to go somewhere, but I have never driven before."

Li Lai looked at Butler with wide eyes, are you still a street killer? !

There were some water splashes on the eight trigrams sealing stage, the list of gods trembled slightly, and six light clusters appeared soon after the clear water condensed.

Once again the coaching skills showed up.

【Defensive Concentration】【Star Improvement】【Teaming Expert】【Scientific Rest】【Attack Master】.
Li Lai obtained the functions of six skills from the list of gods.

After careful consideration, he chose two skills that are more suitable for the current Hornets lineup.

[Defensive Concentration 1/9 (Increase 1% defensive ability and 1% defensive concentration of players)]

[Teaming expert 1/9 (when deploying double-teaming tactics, the success rate of double-teaming increases by 1%, and the speed of returning to defense after double-teaming increases by 1%)]

Because he won the game last season, Li Lai now has 102 victory points in his hands, and he spent 88 victory points without hesitation to upgrade the two skills to the full level.

"Because my coaching ability is too strong, and the players in the team are extremely strong, there are so many winning points that I can't use up."

"It seems that I am a little too good."

At this time, Li Lai looked back at all his current abilities.

【Occupation: NBA head coach】

【Skill】:
Pause master 9/9 (every round that calls for a timeout will improve the players' ability to execute tactics in the next round, and at the same time increase the player's shooting percentage by 9% in that round. The full-level attribute will gain ability increase, and the timeout will additionally restore players Stamina 9%)

Gold medal training 9/9 (player training effect increased by 9%, growth rate increased by 9%, probability of breakthrough potential value increased by 9%, and it is easier to learn new shooting actions, stealing actions and breakthrough actions during training. Full-level attributes can be obtained Ability increase, player training will have a very significant effect on physical growth)
老兵不死9/9（在9分钟内额外提升30岁以上球员9%的巅峰期实力。满级属性获得能力增幅，减少老兵9%的受伤概率）
Health and fitness 9/9 (reduces the possibility of injury by 9% for players. The ability to gain attributes at full level increases, and the probability of being seriously injured enough to destroy a career is reduced by 50%)

防守专注9/9（提升球员9%的防守能力，9%的防守专注度。满级属性获得能力增幅，防守意愿极强的球员可在此基础上额外提升1%。）
Double-team expert 9/9 (when deploying double-team tactics, the success rate of double-teaming increases by 9%, and the speed of returning to defense after double-teaming increases by 9% An additional 1% increase on the basis)

7 month 11 day.

Las Vegas Summer League begins.

Li Lai asked Stevens to lead the team, with Du Feng as his assistant, to coach the summer league together.

Originally, he didn't put any pressure on the two of them, but Stevens said with great confidence: "We will lead the team to the top five results."

Du Feng also issued a military order and said: "If we fail to achieve this result, we are willing to be punished in front of the players."

This military order is a bit serious.

Seeing that the two have full confidence in the summer league, Li Lai naturally wouldn't say something sarcastic at this time, so he accepted the military orders from the two and let them lead the team completely.

Originally, Li Lai had some ideas about how the Hornets would play in the new season, but he kept his mouth shut at this time, and it depends on what results the two can bring out.

The teams participating in the summer league this time also include the Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets, Toronto Raptors, NBDL selection team, etc., a total of 24 teams Team.

Among them, the Wizards with John Wall, the Kings with Paul George and the Timberwolves with Rubio should be the strongest team in this summer league.

The Timberwolves finally waited for the rookie of 09, the Spanish golden boy Rubio. With him and Kevin Love's internal and external partners, the Timberwolves have an ambition to reach the playoffs this season.

After all, this team has not made the playoffs for many years.

7 month 22 day.

Summer league is over.

The Hornets played a total of 7 games, 4 wins and 3 losses. The three games they lost were against the Wizards, Kings and Timberwolves.

In terms of record, the Hornets and Bobcats jointly ranked fifth.

贝弗利以首发球员身份出场，场均可以得到6分5篮板2助攻1抢断1盖帽的数据，吉米巴特勒场均9分6篮板1助攻2抢断1盖帽。

倒是伦纳德发挥极为出色，场均能够得到19分7篮板4助攻2抢断2盖帽的数据。

Stevens, who led the team to play in the summer league for the first time, performed very well. He took out the NCAA's shrinking defensive tactics and was extremely dazzling in the summer league.

All the teams that finished the game with the Hornets were extremely uncomfortable, especially the perimeter blockade composed of Beverly, Jimmy Butler and Leonard, the defense was simply desperate.

If it weren't for the Hornets' low internal level, which allowed most teams to take advantage of the loopholes, I am afraid that it would be difficult for these teams to beat the Hornets.

In this round of the Summer League, Du Feng also had a new view on the NBA. He suddenly felt that even a game at the level of the Summer League was much better than domestic competitions.

The Chinese men's basketball team is indeed as Yao Ming said, with a long way to go.

Butler returned to New Orleans to start training immediately after the game. It was obvious that he was stimulated by Leonard.

Leonard performed very well in the summer league. Although there is still a big gap compared with John Wall and Paul George who averaged 30 points per game, he is full of talent.

Butler is not the kind of person who is used to sitting still. The more he sees the outstanding performance of talented players, the more he must work hard to defeat them.

"Hit 200 three-point shots, and make 300 mid-range shots if you can't."

"Hit 300 mid-range shots, and if you can't play, do 400 push-ups."

"400 push-ups, if you can't do it, do squats 500 times."

Butler trains again and again, and every time the training is one step away from completing the goal, he will resolutely not do it so that he cannot reach the goal, and then go to the next training.

This is the devil training that Butler has proposed to himself since middle school.

But Butler hadn't completed an hour of training when he noticed that there was one more person on the training ground.

"It's Leonard!"

Watching the opponent repeat the same training again and again, and the training intensity was even greater than his, Butler was shocked.

Butler has never been afraid that others are more talented than him, but he is afraid that those who are more talented than him are also working hard.

Because of Leonard, Butler decided to double the training time from today, even if he doesn't sleep, he will do better than Leonard.

Then Paul came here as well.

When he saw two rookies who were more diligent than him, he couldn't help but have more hope for the future of the Hornets.

It was a scene he hadn't seen in his entire career with the Hornets before this season.

Then Paul joined the training of the two and strictly corrected the two of them for their reckless behavior.

"Real training is systematic, purposeful, and healthy training. If you mess around with your body like you, it will leave a root cause in a few years."

"Follow me, stretch first, then balance"

7 month 23 day.

Li Lai announced that all Hornets players will be on vacation and will not start training camp until September 9.

Paul suggested to Li that he wanted to open a mini-training camp before the team's training camp and invite his teammates to go.

Li Lai directly agreed to this, and sent Du Feng to assist the opponent's training throughout the whole process. Of course, he also meant to supervise the players not to mess around.

At the same time, all expenses incurred in this mini-training will be borne by the team.

Li Lai still remembers that in his first season with the Bucks, he wished that all players could go through mini-training first.

But now, he is really a little worried about Butler and Leonard, the two ruthless trainers, and he is also very worried that they will damage their bodies.

Butler found Li Lai and mentioned the promise to him.

Li Lai nodded and quickly thought about it. He also wanted to know where Butler asked for an 8-handed Alto and asked Li Lai to take him there.

(End of this chapter)