Basketball: Start with the nerve knife

Chapter 14
The press conference ended successfully, and Li Wan had to go to the training ground to gather with the rest of the Lakers.Kupchak watched him enter the elevator, and reminded again: "Phil may not give you any good looks, of course this has nothing to do with you, it is my problem, I hope you can overcome it, I can assure you, You will definitely have plenty of playing time!"

What Kupchak said made Li Wan want to hiccup.

I'm full, I'm full, I can't eat anymore.

It's not that he doesn't believe what Kupchak said, it's that he doesn't believe that Kupchak can intervene in Phil Jackson's arrangement.

But this is already the second time to remind him, it seems that Kupchak and Phil Jackson are fighting very hard!
Is this the so-called "fire at the gate of the city will bring disaster to the fish in the pond"?

Today is the first day of the training camp, and the assembly time will be until 10 am, so even if Li Wan ends the press conference and arrives at the training ground, only his fellow rookies Marcus Williams and Karl will practice on the court. ball.

The three of them had been teammates in the summer league. Although they hadn't spoken a few words to each other, they were considered familiar people when they came to a more unfamiliar environment. They nodded and said hello.

Phil Jackson and Phil Handy entered the training ground at this time.

The gazes of both of them focused on Li Wan at the first moment. In their eyes, there was the same dullness as Kupchak just now.

They also obviously saw that Li Wan had changed this summer.

In particular, Phil Handy played the summer league with Li Wan two months ago, so he can feel more intuitively about his changes.

"Man, it seems that you have practiced a lot!"

He was very relieved, and it made him feel that his act of drawing an "outline" for Li Wan was not in vain.

Li Wan greeted with a smile, turned his eyes to his side, and looked at Phil Jackson, who looked like the grandfather of KFC. He thought he would meet a serious gaze, but in the end he looked at his Phil Jackson... …

Like laughing?

Ok?
Li Wan suspected that he was wrong.

Phil Jackson has already spoken, with a gentle tone: "The rookies are really positive! Lee, you played well in the summer league. When you came back from Las Vegas, Phil Handy mentioned you as a compliment. He didn't A man who is used to praise, he made me feel that the Lakers have a treasure, I look forward to your performance, Lee!"

This is at……

Compliment me?
Before the start of the draft, the media had been saying that Phil Jackson disagreed with the team's selection of Li Wan, and Kupchak repeatedly reminded him that Phil Jackson would not give him good looks.

But now it seems that they don't have any misunderstanding about the word "bad attitude", right?

Li Wan looked at Phil Jackson's gentle smile, and thought to himself: Is it possible to have a good attitude when you kneel down to me?
He didn't bother either.

Regardless of why Phil Jackson's attitude is so kind, it must be a good thing for him.

Soon the veterans of the Lakers came one after another. Odom walked up to him with his signature "ruffian smile", and when he came up, he hugged him: "Dude, is number 91 yours? The number selection is great, I will cover you in the Lakers in the future, I think we will hit it off!"

Before Li Wan could speak, he saw a "bald man" wearing the number 24 of the Lakers walk into the training arena. He looked cold, as if someone would jump out from the side and scare him.

The absolute core of the Lakers Kobe Bryant, here he comes!

The atmosphere of the entire team suddenly became a little gloomy as he entered the stadium.Including Odom, "ruffian laugh" became "fool happy", hanging stiffly on his face.

Li Wan turned his head and glanced at Odom. Although he didn't speak, his expression said it all: It seems...you don't have much status in this team.

"Hehe~"

Odom laughed twice and turned his head away.

This wave is actually a bit embarrassing.

Almost everyone arrived, and the physical examination arranged by Phil Jackson officially started.

This is to better understand everyone's current state in order to arrange follow-up training plans.

One by one, under the staff's guidance, the test was carried out in an orderly manner.

Soon the detailed results were sent to Phil Jackson and Phil Handy as soon as possible.

"Wow, Kobe's performance this summer is really good!" The first copy Phil Handy picked up was Kobe Bryant's physical test results, and he opened it and looked at it twice, and couldn't help but sigh.

Phil Jackson is not curious at all, this guy's physical test data is not good, that is a strange thing!

He was looking for Li Wan's physical examination report, looked through several copies, and finally found it.

Opened it and glanced at it first, then froze.

"What's wrong?" Phil Handy noticed the change in his expression, put down Kobe's physical measurement data, looked at the report in Jackson's hand, and saw that the name was Li Wan, he asked, "Your expression... ...Is the Chinese rookie not performing well?"

Phil Jackson shook his head, took a light breath, and tried to calm down the ups and downs in his heart: "This is not a good question, he is the kind of..."

While he was speaking, Phil Handy also saw Li Wan's overall data report:
"Age: 19 years old;
Height: 2 meters 02;

Armspan: 2 meters 18;

Weight: 97kg;

Strength: 84kg bench press 13; maximum bench press 130kg;

Bounce: in situ bounce 72cm; maximum bounce 88cm;

Three-quarter field sprint: 3.13 seconds;
The number of consecutive hits in the middle distance: 33 times;
The number of three-pointers hit in 1 minute from self-shooting and grabbing: 14 times;
Run back and forth twice with the ball around the obstacle: 12.8 seconds;
......"

"This progress is too great!"

Phil Handy kept in mind the data of Li Wan's previous draft report, so he didn't need to read the previous data report to know how much Li Wan's report has improved compared to June.

So did Phil Jackson.

However, he still needs to confirm one more thing!
"Jordan, come here!"

A black man wearing the Lakers No. 4 jersey stood up from the bench that was resting. He had a crew cut and a full beard with thick hair, but it was well cleaned, with only slight stubble, so it was not scribbled.

He is the "Jordan" in Phil Jackson's mouth-the Lakers rookie Jordan Farmar was selected by the Lakers with the 26th overall pick in the first round of the draft last year.

Born in a basketball family, he practiced basketball since he was a child, and he was already a well-known super point guard in the United States in high school.

The Lakers also had high hopes for him when they selected him last year, hoping that he can become the mainstay of the Lakers' No. [-] position.

It's just that after the rookie season, Jordan Farmar's performance was not satisfactory, averaging only 4.4 points per game, and his court awareness in college did not bring the NBA.

Judging from the way he played in his rookie season, he is better at personal offense than organizing teammates.

Phil Jackson called him to the front, and Li Wan to the front:

"You two, give it a try in one round!"

It's still here!

Because of Phil Handy's reminder at the time, Li Wan was not surprised by this.

Originally, he was still thinking about what kind of method Phil Jackson would use to test him in these aspects, but he didn't expect it to be the most straightforward bullfighting.

But this is indeed the most intuitive way to test a player's offensive ability with the ball and physical talent.

Although Jordan Farmar didn't know why Phil Jackson asked him to fight Li Wan, but in the current situation, it was obvious that if he lost to this rookie, his face would definitely be ugly. ——Everyone knows that this young rookie is weak in offense and strong in defense. He averaged only 6.6 points per game in the NCAA. For reference, Jordan Farmar's scoring average in the NCAA is twice as high as him.

Li Wan waited for the staff to deliver the ball, raised his hand towards Phil Jackson and said, "As a rookie, should I have rookie benefits, such as the right to strike first?"

Phil Jackson felt that this request was not too much: "Yes."

Jordan Farmar: ...

In this way, Li Wan won the right to strike first.

The two of them played by the standard rules of bullfighting.

Three points are counted as two points, two points are counted as one point, and the rounds are changed every two rounds. Whoever scores 11 points first wins.

While waiting for the ball to be washed, Li Wan looked around twice, and the sidelines were already full of people, except for Kobe who was still taking care of his shots.

"Hey, buddy, come on, I believe you can win!"

Odom shouted towards Li Wan.

It can be seen that he really regards Li Wan as his little brother.

Li Wan faced Jordan Farmar with the ball, dribbled the ball behind his back, and took a tentative step forward. Seeing that Farmar showed no sign of retreating, he simply strode to the right of Farmar and forced a breakthrough.

Farmar is only 1 meters tall and weighs only 88kg.

Li Wan has an advantage in terms of tonnage when facing him, so he doesn't need to think too much about it.

Facts have proved that Li Wan was not wrong. It was even easier to break through Farmer than he thought. With just the first step of the explosion, he grabbed the position. Farmer reluctantly moved sideways to fight him, but let him There was a slight pause.Then he went straight to the basket to complete the layup.

1-0.

"WOW!"

Odom immediately applauded, he was so enthusiastic, Li Wan pointed to him in response.

After completing the first attack, Li Wan's second attack was even more straightforward, just like this against Jordan Farmar's confrontation, and drove the ball into the basket.

2-0.

"It's a little easy!"

Phil Handy said something to Jackson next to him at this time.

"Zen Master" didn't speak, just watched.

It's Jordan Farmar's turn to attack with the ball.

In the previous two rounds, it was found that Jordan Farmer was not as strong as himself in all aspects, so after Li Wan gave the ball, he stuck to it and entangled it tightly. Jordan Farmer had difficulty even dribbling.

When he was about to be pushed by Li Wan, Farmer reluctantly began to dribble, but at this moment, Li Wan stretched out his hand, and his excellent wingspan allowed him to cut off the ball from Jordan Farmer's hand .

This crisp and sharp cut caused low voices from the sidelines.

Li Wan was already very aggressive on the offensive end just now, but he was even more aggressive on the defensive end.

Luke Wharton said: "The little rookie is a bit fierce!"

"Here, are you still fighting?"

Phil Handy spoke again.

He was shocked by Li Wan's defensive ability, but at the moment he was worried about Jordan Farmar.

The training camp for the new season hasn't even started yet, and if a rookie is abused like this, his mentality may collapse.

Phil Jackson has always been a person who only looks at profits. Jordan Farmar's value in his heart has dropped a lot after his performance last season.

At the moment, it is even used as a touchstone to test Li Wan's ability to hold the ball, and there may be another purpose... that is to increase Li Wan's self-confidence.

Otherwise, it's hard to explain. Li Wan, a 2 meter guy, doesn't find players like Odom and Luke Walton to fight against him, but he finds a point guard like Jordan Farmar to fight against him. heads-up.

It's just that he can sacrifice Jordan Farmar's self-confidence, but Phil Handy hopes that everyone can go their own way. Farmar is only in the second grade, and he still has room to grow.

Phil Jackson heard his impatience, watched Li Wan defend Jordan Farmar again, and finally signaled him to stop.

The heads-up was interrupted, and Phil Jackson patted Li Wan on the shoulder with satisfaction: "I look forward to your future performance!"

Li Wan knew that he should have passed the assessment.

Phil Handy gave him the thumbs up and pulled Jordan Farmer aside for therapy.However, this game has dealt a big blow to Jordan Farmar.

After all, in his impression, Li Wan was not a very strong rookie, but he was overwhelmed by this rookie on both offense and defense.

Phil Handy's reassurance didn't work right away.

Vujacic has been waiting for him. Seeing him coming, he patted him on the back sympathetically: "Dude, don't take it to heart. This guy's physical condition is much better than yours. It's normal if he can't beat you."

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(End of this chapter)