I'm not really a role player

Chapter 100 Lynx's Teammates

Early in the morning, Li Ke showed up at Bobcat's training hall.

In fact, whether it was early or not, it was already past seven o'clock when he arrived.

It's just that he set off early, at 06:30, trotting all the way.

It turned out that the high-end apartment he rented was not as close to the training hall as he had imagined.

This run lasted more than half an hour.

At this time, Li Ke began to think that running like this every day was not an option, maybe he had to buy a car.

Now, there are more than 500 million US dollars lying in his bank account, 425 million from AJ, 75 from Coca-Cola, and the income from the two endorsements has deducted the broker's share.

The remaining more than [-] US dollars came from the two-month salary of the Bobcats.

The NBA pays salary every half a month. For players, their contract is divided into 24 parts, and their salary will arrive every half month.

Li Ke's salary in the first year was divided into 24 parts, which means that each salary was less than 10 US dollars, and the agent's share had not been deducted. David Falk said that the deduction was once every six months. If it was deducted once every half a month, the deduction was too little.

"Buy a car for a fraction of the price, and go to the car dealership to have a look in two days..."

"It's the remaining 500 million, I have to find a place to put it."

At this time, Lu Ning's role was manifested.

Investment and financial management, as a traveler, Li Ke only knows a few profitable projects, such as buying a house, Apple stocks, Bitcoin, and he doesn't know much about it.

But for Lu Ning, an MBA graduate from the Wharton School of Business, this is his old profession!

"Get some money to go back first, let mom and dad go to Shanghai to buy a house, buy as much as you can..."

"Let Lu Ning set up an investment company for the rest of the money."

Although his father and mother are also very rich, since Li Ke got the contracts of AJ, Coca-Cola and Bobcats, he is the richest one in the family of three.

After all, in 07, 500 million US dollars could be exchanged for less than 4000 million RMB.

……

After seven o'clock in the morning, the Bobcats' training hall was still deserted.

Li Ke changed his jersey and walked around the perimeter for a while. On the one hand, he was familiar with the new land. On the other hand, he also wanted to see who he could meet in the training hall after 7 o'clock.

As a result, there was no one there...

"Is this the bad team in the NBA that can't make the playoffs? It's too real!"

When he said this, Li Ke had already appeared on the training ground with a basketball in his arms.

Swish!
He hit a hollow [-]-pointer.

There was a burst of applause from the sidelines of the court.

clap clap clap...

"A very precise three-pointer!"

Li Ke turned his head to look at the first person he saw in this training hall today——

With shredded dreadlocks, a long and strong body, and a tough face at first glance, this guy is Gerald Wallace, the true boss of the Bobcats at the moment.

Of course, this guy is most famous for his playing style that is not afraid of death. Concussions are commonplace. Then, he was washed, cut and blown by Bynum, who pierced his lungs with an elbow, causing his career to plummet.

"If I had three points like you back then, I would have been a rookie in the lottery..."

Li Ke laughed: "Have you said this to Adam Morrison?"

"how do you know?"

Gerald Wallace was startled.

Li Ke smiled even happier. Of course he guessed, but it was not an unfounded guess.

The sour taste between Gerald Wallace's words is too strong, what does this represent?Representing three-pointers is something he values ​​extremely, and it affected his draft that year.

Think again, what did Adam Morrison rely on to get the No. [-] pick?
Isn't it the precise projection in college, coupled with the white, retro face, that makes people easily think of Larry Bird?
So, Gerald Wallace must have said this to Adam Morrison, even if he didn't, he must have thought about it.

"You came early enough."

"It's getting late, you guys are late."

"At this time last year, Adam Morrison also came early, and then..."

"I know. Later he found out that it's useless to come early. It should be a parallel importer, and he is a parallel importer."

"Then are you?"

"Me? I'm sure not!"

"Are you so sure?"

"Stop talking nonsense, don't you just want to fight, come on!"

Gerald Wallace has a lot of nonsense, but since he got the basketball, he seems to have changed, with murderous eyes, and only the basket is left in his eyes.

With an unremarkable dribble and an acceleration, he flew past Li Ke.

Li Ke followed in three steps and two steps, relying on his speed and strength to seal off all angles.

Gerald Wallace completely ignored Li Ke. Even though he knew that the end of the forced layup would be very disastrous, he still faced Li Ke, let out a hysterical roar, raised his hand and threw the ball...

Clang!
Of course basketball didn't make the cut.

There was a moment of silence in the training ground——

"You're better than that Adam Morrison guy."

After a pause, Gerald Wallace seemed to think that what he said was a bit arbitrary, so he added: "I mean defense and confrontation."

In any case, Adam Morrison does not have such defense and confrontation. If he had, he would not be the second generation of Bird.

Li Ke nodded, and it was his turn to attack next.

Poor ball control, two rushing steps... smack!

The ball is broken.

"But... your offense is not as good as his!"

Gerald Wallace has the ball in his hands and makes a judgment call.

"you sure?"

"of course."

Li Ke was very dissatisfied, saying that his offense was not as good as Adam Morrison, didn't it mean that he couldn't survive in the NBA?
Just think how bad Adam Morrison's offense is --

In the regular season last season, Adam Morrison made 5 of 1 shots against Tyshawn Prince, 7 of 1 shots against Chris Paul, and 15 of 1 shots against Kobe Bryant. Therefore, this guy got a nickname-Mo Yizhong.

Throughout the 06-07 season, Mo Yizhong completed 14 "one middle school" games, played 78 times in the season, started 23 games, scored 11.8 points, and shot only a poor 37.6%.

Therefore, isn't it insulting to say that Li Ke's offense is not as good as Adam Morrison's?
So, Li Ke roared: "Come again!"

However, his offensive performance under Gerald Wallace's defense is really lame...

"..."

"Gerrard, don't you think your defense is too strong?"

Gerald Wallace was stunned for a moment. Indeed, his defense was too strong, and it was only natural that Li Ke couldn't get in.

Just like Li Ke's defense is also very strong, and he didn't score much in the whole one-on-one fight.

The immediate results do not seem to mean that Li Ke's offense is not as good as Adam Morrison's.

"Haven't you fought Adam Morrison?"

"No."

Unexpectedly, Li Ke couldn't understand why Gerald Wallace didn't fight Adam Morrison?And why, as soon as he came, Gerald Wallace had to find ways to challenge him?

This is really a puzzling question.

From 8 o'clock, new teammates arrived one after another, and the locker room was gradually filled.

Raymond Felton who snatched his No. 20 jersey, Emeka Okafor who is not thinking about basketball, and old center Nazr Mohammed who has been in the league for many years.

With Li Ke and Gerald Wallace, it is probably the main lineup of the Bobcats this season.

emmm, Li Ke thinks so anyway.

leftover--

Earl Boykins with a height of only 1 meters, white scorer Matt Carroll, old Dudu Deli, old Argentine forward Walter Herman, second-year center Ryan Hollins, tall center Brezek, veteran shooting guard Derek Anderson, veteran Rockets power forward Osella Harrington, veteran point guard Jeff McGinnis...

Finally, Adam Morrison was long overdue.

She has long hair, but it's all condensed together, her beard is unshaven, her whole body is drooping, and she doesn't look energetic...

Walking into the locker room, Li Ke even smelled a bad smell.

"This riding horse is a chemical weapon!"

Well, Li Ke said that now he can understand why Gerald Wallace didn't fight Adam Morrison.

No one would want to fight with this guy. I'm afraid he would have to go back and take a bath seven or eight times before he can clean himself up.

Only Sean May, who was seriously injured and still recuperating, was missing, and all the Bobcats players had already arrived.

Immediately afterwards, the door of the locker room was pushed open again, and the Bobcats' new head coach, Sam Vincent, came in at this time.

"Let me introduce myself, Sam Vincent. In the new season, I will serve as your head coach and lead you to conquer the regular season and even the playoffs of the NBA..."

conquer?

Exo me?

Are you sure you didn't use the wrong word?
As far as the bobcat lineup is broken, is it still conquering?
Kneeling down and singing conquest to other teams is almost the same.

At first glance, Li Ke felt that Bobcat, the new coach, might not be as reliable as his predecessor, Bernie Bickerstaff.

While shaking their heads secretly, the locker room had already introduced themselves to each other at the request of Sam Vincent.

When it was Li Ke's turn, he was short: "Li Ke, you can call me Sheldon."

But Sam Vincent did not allow Li Ke to be so short. He helped Li Ke lengthen it: "Welcome Sheldon, he is the new champion of the NCAA this year and the MOP of the Final Four. Of course, counting him, the Bobcats already have three MOPs in the Final Four."

Three MOPs?

Li Ke was stunned for a moment, then looked at Emeka Okafor first, who is the other one?

Nobody told him there was Sean May.

So, the MOP in the semi-finals is really not a good thing.

There are three Bobcats, and it's useless. Doesn't it have to rely on Gerald Wallace, who has failed in his NCAA career?

"Okay, guys, it's time to go out for training. Today is the first training before the start of the new season. Let's do a physical test first..."

In the physical test, Li Ke didn't panic.

But there are a lot of people in the team panicking.

Like Raymond Felton, who was already fat and easy to gain weight. This summer has passed, and if he doesn't gain a few pounds, he is really sorry for his physique.

There is also Emeka Okafor, whose mind is not on basketball itself, and it is foolish to expect him to train well in the summer.

The same goes for the veterans who came off the bench. They are all at the end of their careers.

Just like that, Sam Vincent’s face turned black.

Just this team, conquer?
He wanted to take the word back.

But when he got the Bobcats head coach's throne, he made a promise, and his record was at least better than last year's Bernie Bickerstaff.

Of course, the ultimate goal is definitely to reach the playoffs.

What was Bernie's record last year? No.33 in the Eastern Conference with 11 wins and 49 losses.

So, specifically, the task that Sam Vincent has to accomplish in the new season is: keep 10 and fight 8.

But look at the situation, guarantee 10 and fight for 8?It's not bad if the record doesn't decline.

Sam Vincent was flustered because of this. He always felt that he might have to quit get out of class after a year of work. In order to avoid such consequences, he got angry.

"Go eight, pull out the players who failed the physical test, and change it to physical training in the afternoon!"

So, except for Li Ke and Gerald Wallace, as well as Dudley, Walter Herman and Ryan Hollins who had just finished playing Summer League, everyone else was singled out.

Physical training is of course the hardest training during the pre-season training camp, running back and forth non-stop until you are exhausted.

The other five people who avoided physical training spent the whole afternoon shooting baskets leisurely.

His teammates are as tired as dogs, but Li Ke wants to chat leisurely.

"Jared, are you renting or buying a house in Charlotte?"

It was also the first day for Lao Du to come to work. In the morning, he licked Gerald Wallace, but Gerald Wallace didn't respond.

No way, Lao Du immediately changed his target and went to lick Okafor again.

Okafor threw a strange look at him, and Lao Du left knowingly.

Finally, he found Raymond Felton, and half an hour later, the two met each other.

But now, Felton is suffering from the devastation of physical training on the court, and he can no longer have an awkward chat with Lao Du, who hit it off.

Only then did the lonely old Du realize that there was Li Ke by his side.

"Of course it's renting a house. You know how much I only get. If I want to buy a house, I have to wait for two years. But after two years, I don't care if I'm still in Charlotte."

Then, he turned the topic to Li Ke: "What about you, Sheldon, have you bought a house yet?"

Li Ke also shook his head.

Old Du felt strange: "Didn't you get the second-best sneaker contract in rookie history from AJ?"

"Then there is a problem with the contract."

Li Ke didn't say much, he was afraid that Lao Du would tell Xiao Du.

AJ's sneaker contract is indeed problematic, with multiple clauses and restrictions.

If Li Ke does not play as expected, what he can guarantee is actually only 3 million U.S. dollars in three years.

AJ may lose a little, but certainly not too much.

What's more, Li Ke now has some smells. Nike and Adidas have not moved, but AJ gave a 7-year high-priced sneaker contract of 4000 million U.S. dollars, which is really high for a rookie with a lottery market.

Now, he understands.

This riding horse is also Boss Joe!
From the draft to the sneaker contract, Boss Qiao took a fancy to Li Ke, and both sides spent money, vowing to prove his vision once again.

"Then what area do you live in?"

"Salford, I rented an apartment there. There are two floors, and there are many rooms. I only live in one."

Lao Du looked at Li Ke's eyes, as if he misunderstood something.

But Li Ke continued to ask: "Is the training hall east or west?"

"Uh, east."

Damn, not on the way.

Li Ke's plan to grab a car is shattered, he still has to buy a car!
Except for the initial physical test, Sam Vincent remained invisible for the rest of the time.

He didn't reappear until the day's training was over.

Then, a group list was read out directly.

Group A: Raymond Felton, Li Ke, Adam Morrison, Gerald Wallace, Emeka Okafor.

Group B: Earl Boykins, Matt Carroll, Jared Dudley, Walter Herman, Nazr Mohammad.

The rest were assigned to Group C.

Li Ke frowned: What does this mean?The Bobcats haven't given up on Adam Morrison yet?
　In high school, Gerald Wallace was the winner of the Naismith Award. The winners of this award included Mourning, Kidd, Kobe, James, Howard, etc. At that time, Gerald Wallace could at least enter the lottery, but later he chose to go to college. The NCAA exposed his poor shooting ability. The draft market plummeted, and finally went to the Kings at the end of the first round.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)