I'm not really a role player

Chapter 56 The Wise Larry Bird (please recommend!)
"Maybe Kevin Durant never thought that the huge and slow Charles Thomas could stop him from scoring, but he never thought that Patrick Beverley would stand up and cooperate with Charles Thomas to make Durant unbearable..."

"One fast and one slow, one big and one small, the Wild Boars hoarded their defense and focused on limiting Kevin Durant's scoring. Judging from the opening three minutes of the game, they have succeeded."

On the court, Patrick Beverly pointed to Xiao Du who had an ugly face: "As I said, KD, I will make you regret it!"

The score was tied at 4-4. At this time, it is too early to say whether it is unpopular or not.

It's just that the Wild Boars' strategy succeeded, and the Longhorns are playing hard now.

As long as Xiaodu gets the ball, he will be surrounded. Beverly is like a mad dog, and he doesn't spare any physical strength.

And Beverley's defense against Abrams was in a bad state in this game. Even though the opponent always let him go, he missed two shots.

Of course, these two ball opponents are well defended, but the defensive pressure given is not so great.

In the face of a low-pressure supplementary defense and missed two goals, Abrams' performance was substandard in any case.

Off the court, Rick Barnes was already making substitutions, and Damien James stood up from the bench.

"The University of Texas decided to take advantage of the opponent's desperate defensive strategy. At this time, Damien James should be expected to take over the game..."

Standing in front of the technical stage, Damien James heard the discussion behind the commentator.

He really wanted to turn around and tell this group of random commentators: No!
Rick Barnes replaced him, but let him take over the original task of Li Ke on the offensive end, scoring in air cuts, restraining the defense...

As for the task of taking over the game, Rick Barnes handed it over to Li Ke.

With a beep, Xiao Du made a defensive foul on the field, and the game entered a dead ball state.

The timer beeped, and the Longhorns completed the substitution. Damien James high-fived the replaced Abrams, stepped onto the court, and raised eight fingers towards the other four teammates on the court:

"Next, we will focus on tactics No. 35!"

Li Ke thought for a second, then became excited.

The No. 35 tactic of the Longhorns has been included in the Longhorn team's tactic library since Li Ke showed his mid-range shooting talent during team training, but there has never been a record of using it.

In this game, under the extremely extreme defensive strategy of the Wild Boars, it was difficult for Xiaodu to play, so Rick Barnes decided to resort to this tactic.

"Kevin, serve!"

Xiao Du smiled and went to serve. Although he will be upstaged by Li Ke in the next game, if he can win this game more easily, he is willing to be upstaged by Li Ke.

"After the substitution, the Longhorns serve from the sideline..."

Xiao Du handed the ball to Damien James, then entered the court by himself, took the basketball again, and started the singles.

On the other side of the top of the arc, Li Ke also started running without the ball.

Xiao Du attracted all the defenses on one side of the court, and there were large gaps in the other side of the court.

When Li Ke passed the cover of Connor Aqili and galloped towards him, Xiao Du's pass also arrived shortly thereafter...

"Selton gets a pass from Kevin Durant, mid-range, shot without too much interference..."

Swish!
The basketball went into the hoop without a doubt.

"Goal in, 6 to 4, University of Texas took the lead."

It's only a 2-point lead, which is actually not worth mentioning, but Shannon Sharpe has seen the changes in the University of Texas from this round of offense.

"The Longhorns lure the defense with Kevin Durant, but the real core of their offense is Sheldon..."

He seems to have forgotten that when the University of Germany changed players just now, he still swore to predict that the new core of the University of Germany would be Damien James.

Poor Damien James, from the beginning of his appearance, is just a tool to attract defense.

Fortunately, as a tool man, he has done a good job in his task.

University of Arkansas offense, Sony Weems has been quiet for several rounds in a row.

Fortunately, the teammates played a little bit, and the score was bitten.

It seems that Sony Weems does not need to rush to stand up and score.

But helplessly, the Li Ke he faced today was different——

"As I said, Sony, you won't score in double figures in this game..."

Once again facing Sony Weems on the defensive end, Li Ke repeated this sentence again.

Then, he added another sentence: "Of course, you can ignore my provocation, but you must also admit that I did it. Up to now, you haven't earned even a single cent..."

Whether it is tolerable or unbearable, Sony Weems strongly wants to pass the ball.

Then, he collapsed in the middle again.

"Sony Weems broke through with the ball and was blocked by Sheldon. He had no choice but to pass the ball."

In the end, Beverly scored a three-pointer.

boom!
Xiao Du took off the rebound and pushed forward cautiously.

When he reached the frontcourt, he asked for a screen, and then encountered multiple defenses as expected.

On the weak side, Li Ke once again relied on his running position to get rid of Sony Weems.

After receiving the pass from Xiao Du, he stopped suddenly, jumped up and pushed the basketball out.

After Xiao Du's training last time, Li Ke's mid-range shot is not so high, and it looks much smoother.

With almost no defensive interference from the opponent, Li Ke hit this mid-range shot again.

Swish!
"Goal scored, 8 to 4, the score is opening..."

The University of Arkansas served in the backcourt, and Beverley advanced to the frontcourt.

Li Ke continued to confront Wilms, and he continued to taunt: "Sony, I didn't expect that you didn't even have the courage to face me once..."

Sony Weems has already clenched his fists. Indeed, at this stage of the game, he didn't even make a single shot, which was too reasonable.

Still strongly want to pass the ball, and then play singles.

Li Ke still didn't give a single chance. This time, Sony Weems turned around and shot a very brainless fadeaway jumper.

boom!
Without any suspense, the ball smashed a heavy iron, and the rebound was grabbed by Connor Achley, who was successfully blocked.

Deda's counterattack is still the same.

Xiao Du attracted the defense and distributed the ball.

Sony Weems' defense became extremely tight, until he was one step inside the three-point line from the sideline, and he was blocked by tool man Damien James.

After getting rid of the defender, Li Ke appeared outside the three-point line. He received the pass, jumped up, and slowly pushed the ball out.

"This is a three-pointer!"

Swish!
"Again, Sheldon, he's suddenly firing full fire! When Kevin Durant gets locked out, it's always Sheldon who comes out!"

Two consecutive mid-range shots, plus this three-pointer, Li Ke has hit three goals in a row, scoring 7 points in a row.

Feeling instantly hot, he and Xiao Du high-fived to celebrate.

"Give me some of your touch!" Xiao Du joked.

At this time, Stan Hayes, the head coach of the Wild Boars, finally couldn't bear it: "Patrick, can you defend well!"

Hearing this roar, Li Ke suddenly realized:
It turns out that the Wild Boars' aggressive defensive strategy was not Stan Hayes' idea, but Patrick Beverly's own idea.

At the same time, far away in Indianapolis, Larry Bird's office.

"Is he just catch and shoot?"

Faced with Byrd's question, Johensen nodded, but then he found that Byrd shook his head.

He asked strangely, "Why, Larry, is there any problem with just catching and shooting?"

"Of course, this shows that he has no ability to hold the ball, and if he does not have the ability to hold the ball, it means that he has no potential to become a star player. Which star player have you seen who has no ball at all?"

Joe Henson would like to give an example to refute Larry Bird, but it seems that there are indeed no star players who are completely incapable of holding the ball.

Even Richard Hamilton, who is recognized as the number one without the ball, has the ability to break through with the ball in hand.

So, Joe Henson thought of rebutting from another angle: "Three months ago, this guy never made three-pointers and mid-range shots, but just now, he made two mid-range shots and one three-pointer, scoring 7 points in a row!"

"I understand what you mean, Joe, you want to say that he has been growing, so in the future, he may also be able to practice the ball?" Larry Bird laughed, "But what I want to say is, what if he knows three-pointers and mid-range shots from the beginning?"

Johansen's pupils shrank, as if thinking of something.

Larry Bird continued: "It's not like we haven't seen such players. They always hide part of their strength at the beginning of the season, and then take out seemingly brand-new weapons from their arsenal one by one, giving people a feeling that yes, his progress is too fast, but the actual situation is not the case..."

"Of course, I'm not saying that Sheldon Lee must be such a player, but we must consider the possibility of this happening."

"So, it may not be a good choice to choose Sheldon Lee with the pick that we have confirmed is at the end of the lottery. We still need to consider it."

At this moment, Johansen felt that his boss was so wise.

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(End of this chapter)