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Chapter 344 I have a lot to say to you

"Find someone?"

Gong Luming froze on the spot for a while, and didn't react for a moment.

He originally thought that Li Lai would ask for some contract amount at this time, or the absolute right to speak in coaching the women's team.

But it never occurred to Li Lai to make such a request.

Moreover, this request was too simple for Gong Luming.

He repeatedly patted his chest and assured Li Lai: "I dare not say anything else, but if you are just looking for someone, as long as he is in China, I will definitely help you find him."

Li Lai nodded. Naturally, he knew the security situation in China very well, so he believed in Gong Luming's promise very much.

As long as she is still in China, then Gong Luming will definitely be able to help Li Lai find her.

Wang Lishen's hand dragging her small head dropped suddenly. She was originally happy when she heard that Li Lai promised to go to China.

But unexpectedly, the reason why the other party was willing to go to China was to find her.

Wang Lishen knew who she was. During her life with Li Lai, she saw Li Lai staring at a bank card in a daze many times.

She knew that the bank card was given to Li by a Milwaukee hospital named Mary Edens.

Of course, that person was not Mallory Edens, but someone else.

Zhang Weiping belonged to the old fritters, he secretly pressed Gong Luming's hand, signaled him not to worry, turned to look at Li Lai and asked.

"Then, what's the second one?"

Li Lai said directly without hesitation: "Let's find someone else, this request should be easier than the last one."

Easier than the last one?
Hearing this, Gong Luming agreed to Li Lai without even thinking about it.

After all, in his opinion, the first request was too simple for him, and the second request was even easier, which was almost like picking up a Li Lai for nothing.

Afterwards, Gong Luming and Li Lai discussed the details of the contract and the determination of the player roster.

Li Lai didn't ask for the contract at all, but Gong Luming still offered Li Lai a $200 million contract in order to prove the sincerity of the Chinese basketball team.

This is a very high number. So far, the highest head coach contract offered by the Chinese basketball team is Deng Huade's 100 million US dollars.

Li Lai is twice as big as the opponent!
Moreover, Gong Luming also agreed to Li Lai's request to leave the national team after the start of the NBA season, which means that this contract is almost only for the London Olympics.

Regarding the determination of the player roster, Li Lai did not make Gong Luming anxious to confirm. He hoped that the other party would send news to Guo Shiqiang.

Players who want to make a dash for the Chinese men's basketball team at the London Olympics can stay and continue training, but staying does not guarantee that these players will be able to score in the women's team.

If the long-term training camp is too hard and wants to leave early for vacation, Guo Shiqiang doesn't have to force him to stay. What Li Lai wants is the kind of player who is not afraid of hard work for honor.

At the same time, Li Lai also proposed the construction of the coaching staff. Guo Shiqiang, who has been training in China, will be the chief assistant coach of the Chinese men's basketball team this time, and Du Feng will also join in.

Gong Luming immediately gave a list of candidate assistants, and Li Lai made the final decision on Li Nan.

After a whole day of discussions and discussions, the list of the Chinese men's basketball coaching staff has finally been fully determined.

Head Coach: Li Lai
Team leader: Gong Luming
Team Management: Wang Fei

Assistant coaches: Guo Shiqiang, Du Feng, Li Nan

Fitness Coach: Ye En

Video analysis: Yan Yuanzhe, Gao Bo

Team doctors: Li Dapeng, Yang Lining
5 month 26 day.

The NBA playoffs semifinals came to an end.

The Knicks defeated the Hawks 4:3, and Melo Anthony successfully led the team to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Leading the team twice, leading the western team and the eastern team to the conference finals respectively, Anthony proved his strength and super giant ability.

The New York Knicks, who have always been local rich, also made a lot of money in this year's playoffs, and their market value has gone further.

And the results of another tiebreaker shocked the whole world.

The Heat and the Bucks deserve to be two championship-level super teams, and they are also the two strongest teams on the championship list.

In this battle of heaven and man, the two teams tied 5:89 in the last 89 minutes.

It was from this time that neither of the two teams could score points for a full 3 minutes.

Until Curry made a mistake in passing the ball behind Danny Green, Wade successfully steals and counterattacked, and Janeway dunked a line to break the deadlock of the game.

At the last moment, Bosh switched to defend Curry from the outside and successfully blocked the opponent's three-pointer. The game was won in the last 10 seconds.

The Heat defeated the Bucks 93:89 and successfully reached the Eastern Conference Finals.

James knelt on one knee on the court at the moment of winning, and his roar resounded throughout the American Airlines Arena.

In the post-match interview, James was asked by reporters that he released all the emotions that had been pressing on him at that moment.

James nodded in agreement without hesitation and said, "I finally climbed over the mountain of the Bucks!"

The league quickly gave the list and schedule of the division finals.

On May 5, the Lakers played against the Hornets at home.

On May 5, the Heat played against the Knicks at home.

Hornets training facility.

Du Feng found out all the game videos of the Lakers in this year's playoffs, and Stevens found the tactics that the Lakers often played throughout the regular season.

Li Lai was very satisfied with everything prepared by the two people in front of him, but both Stevens and Du Feng showed extremely frustrated emotions at this time.

The deeper their understanding of the Lakers, the more they can appreciate the strength of this team. A team of this level is no longer something that the Hornets can compete with.

"Kobe played the best individual performance since the 08-09 championship season. Garnett and Pau Gasol finally merged together, and the cooperation on the court was extremely tacit."

"More importantly, in addition to the Big Three lineup, the Lakers also have Trevor Ariza, Ramon Sessions, Steve Blake, Jordan Hill, Matt Barnes and other strengths. Nice player."

"It might be really hard for us to beat them."

Stevens volunteered.

Li Lai knew that Stevens was not a person who would give in easily, and that the other party's words like this at this time were not hurting the morale of the team.

It's that the Lakers are really strong, and they have a little restraint on the Hornets' lineup.

During the regular season of this season, Kobe averaged 28 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game, ranking second in scoring, only losing to Durant by an average of 0.17 points per game.

In the playoffs, Kobe proved that he has no solution on the offensive end, averaging 30 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game so far.

再加上一直被全世界都低估了的保罗-加索尔，场均15分9篮板4助攻的表现，以及狼王加内特在这赛季梦回当年吗，场均18分10篮板3助攻的数据。

The Lakers' Big Three lineup alone averaged 63 points, 24 rebounds and 11 assists per game.

更让人感到可怕的是，湖人队的角色球员上还有场均11分5篮板2助攻的特雷沃-阿里扎，以及场均10分4篮板4助攻的拉蒙-塞申斯。

The Lakers averaged 5 players in double figures per game. It is really not easy to have such a performance when Kobe averaged 30 points per game.

"More importantly, the Lakers have a lot of two-tower offense inside, and we have always had problems defending at the power forward position."

"When we played the Grizzlies in the last round of the series, such problems have been exposed and targeted. Fortunately, Marc Gasol is not particularly good at inside offense, so we dared to double-team Zach Randolph. .”

"But the Lakers, Pau Gasol and Kevin Garnett are very good offensive players, how do we defend them?"

Du Feng raised such a question, which is also the main reason why Li Lai called the team's coaching staff meeting.

How to defend the Lakers' twin-tower lineup.

Stevens on the side had a question in his stomach long before the start of the meeting, and finally couldn't help asking it until this time.

"We have been thinking about how to defend Kevin Garnett and Pau Gasol, who averaged 18 points and 15 points per game. Shouldn't Kobe, who averaged 30 points per game, be our primary defensive target?"

Du Feng nodded in agreement. He also had the same question, so he looked at Li Lai and said, "Yao Ming said, watching Kobe attack, you can only pray that he doesn't make shots."

"So we can't use a single-defense strategy against him. Neither Jimmy Butler nor Leonard is qualified for this. We have to use double-teams or even three-teams."

"After all, that's Kobe."

Thinking of this, Stevens is extremely overwhelmed. He said: "We have to consider how to defend Pau Gasol, and how to defend Kevin Garnett. Now we also need to consider how to double-team Kobe."

"We're only five in total on the pitch."

Li Lai looked at the two assistant coaches who were arguing endlessly in front of him, and raised his hand to signal them to be quiet.

Stevens and Du Feng looked at Li Lai at the same time, frowning, wondering why the other party was still so optimistic at this moment.

Li said: "Perfection belongs only to God, we only need to pursue excellence."

5 month 27 day.

The Barkley Show.

Magic Johnson was in a very happy mood and said with a smile: "The Hornets have arrived in Los Angeles today, and the Lakers are also training today."

"To be honest, the Lakers this season reminds me of the defending champion Rockets."

"Under the circumstances that most people are not optimistic about, the Lakers are getting more and more courageous in the playoffs, and there is a great possibility to reach the finals again."

"This is not very similar to the Rockets led by the big dream Olajuwon."

Kenny Smith, who heard this sentence, was very dissatisfied.

"Great possibility?"

"Johnson, don't brag about the Lakers just because you're a legend of the Lakers."

"According to what you said, if the Lakers reach the finals, would you say that they still have a great chance of winning the championship?"

Magic Johnson thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Don't say it, it's really like this."

Barkley was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Johnson has never denied his behavior of pulling sideways."

"But this time I am on his side, and I also think the Lakers can easily win this round of the Western Conference Finals series."

"Don't forget that the Hornets weren't even considered playoff-worthy during the regular season."

"Yes, they did improve significantly this season. They defeated the Rockets and Grizzlies in the playoffs one after another. We recognize the Hornets' progress throughout the season."

"However, they have just announced their rebuilding team this season, and being able to reach the finals of the Western Conference playoffs is already a very remarkable achievement."

"Judging from their current team strength and background, such achievements have come to an end."

"After all, even the Clippers, Spurs, and Mavericks with better lineups have not been able to go further."

The magician applauded again and again, and deliberately put his hands in front of Kenny Smith.

He really wants to say that the Hornets can reach this point is really the limit, no one really thinks they can beat the Lakers.

An all-star point guard Chris Paul in his prime, a blue-collar center DeAndre Jordan who hasn't fully realized his talent, JR Smith, a thorn in the prodigal son, plus two veterans Vince Carter and Diaw, And a bunch of rookies Beverley, Jimmy Butler and Leonard
With such a lineup in the Western Conference where the pressure of competition is so great, it is already a blessing to be able to reach the playoffs, and it is even more fortunate to reach the conference finals.

Do you really treat those strong teams as soft persimmons that you can handle at will?

Kenny Smith encountered the ridicule of Magic Johnson and his old partner Barkley, and hurriedly turned to Shaquille O'Neal for help.

The opponent has announced his retirement after the end of last season, and has officially settled in TNT as a member of the commentator.

O'Neill moved his big head repeatedly and said, "Don't worry, Kenny."

"You know, I stayed in the Bucks for two seasons, and the head coach who coached me at that time was Li Lai, the current head coach of the Hornets."

"So no matter what, I will firmly support Li Lai's team in this team."

"I believe he can lead this Hornets team to do wonders."

He said he believed in miracles.
O'Neal's words have already betrayed himself in a different direction. In his opinion, the Hornets seem to be equally difficult to be the Lakers' opponents.

Barkley smiled and touched O'Neill's bald head and said, "Stop teasing, Shaq."

"Let's be serious, if Li Lai hadn't coached you, and he's not in this Hornets team now, who do you think will win this round of the Western Conference Finals?"

O'Neal said without hesitation: "If Li Lai hadn't coached me, and he wasn't in this Hornets team, I would have chosen the Lakers to win without hesitation."

"Because I'm also a legend of the Lakers."

Magic Johnson looked at the few people in the circle, and took this opportunity to announce directly: "The vice president of the Lakers, Jim Buss, has confirmed that he will retire Shaquille O'Neal's jersey next season."

"So from now on he is also a legend of the Lakers."

Barkley immediately congratulated.

Seeing Barkley, Magic Johnson and O'Neal who had a great conversation, Kenny Smith quit the group chat cursing.

Yao Restaurant.

Gong Luming and Wang Fei are also not optimistic that the Hornets can win this round of the series. After all, the Lakers are almost crushing the Hornets in all directions.

Gong Luming predicted that the Lakers would sweep the Hornets 4:0 to advance to the Finals, while Wang Fei thought it would be 4:1.

In short, both are guessing that the Hornets will lose.

Yi Jianlian, who finished the playoffs, came here, ready to return to China with Gong Luming and Wang Fei, and report to the female team.

And Zhang Weiping will continue to stay here to report on the NBA.

Of course, when the Hornets' playoffs are all over, Zhang Weiping still shoulders the important task of accompanying Li Lai back to China.

After Yi Jianlian heard that Li Laihui would coach the Chinese men's basketball team this time, he was shocked at first and then showed joy. The haze of the Bucks' loss in the playoffs was completely swept away.

"Coach, I have a lot to say to you."

(End of this chapter)