I just play ball

Chapter 167 It's Really Strong!
"Ah?" Covington stared wide-eyed, hesitated for a while, and tilted his head slightly, "Are you kidding me?"

"I'm serious, don't be afraid. Although you are in the second round and he is the first pick, your personal strength is much stronger than him." Li Yue looked serious, "I have studied his game video before. It’s like a kaleidoscope of offense, but in fact he has poor footwork in the low post, and his scoring depends entirely on his physical fitness. As long as you fight with all your strength, it is difficult for him to play effectively.”

"Then I'll try." Covington blinked and scratched his head in embarrassment, "Is there anything else?"

"Go." Li Yue waved, and Covington turned and left.

"What do you think?" D'Antoni said. "Encourage him to actively pursue his dreams?"

"En." Li Yue nodded, "That's very important. As a defensive player, you must not be intimidated by the reputation of the opponent. In the future, he will have to face Anthony, George, Durant and LeBron. Bennett just The first hurdle."

"Good idea." D'Antoni gave a thumbs up and continued to lean back and relax.

The warm-up was over in a blink of an eye, Li Yue got up and walked into the field, clapping his hands for the team to assemble.

"Next we will conduct a 5V5 actual combat exercise. First, we will divide into groups. The white team Rudy Gobert, Robert Covington, Elias Harris, Rodney McGruder, Seth Curry..."

After the grouping is completed, the players of the two teams went to the sidelines to change into the corresponding jerseys, and returned to the field to wait.

"Considering everyone's technical characteristics, we will focus on DDM tactics. You may know more or less about this, but we will still practice from scratch. This afternoon, we will simulate three routines. The first is the most basic OFF THE BREAK, Seth Responsible for dribbling the ball to the right wing, Gobert goes to the left low post, Elias Harris goes to the left corner, Gobert swims in the left 45-degree area, Rodney squats to the right corner, and when everyone is in position..."

After talking and comparing, Li Yue spent 2 minutes explaining the position, starting process, and routine changes of the first tactic clearly, and spent another 2 minutes telling how to defend, and then whistled for the whole team to practice.

Perhaps because this tactic was too basic, the blue and white teams quickly mastered it, and they ran with style.

But the problem has gradually emerged, that is, due to his thin body, Seth has poor breakthrough ability when encountering confrontation. In the end, the white team's offensive rhythm was chaotic, and even the simplest tactic could not be implemented smoothly.

After a little trade-off, Li Yue announced the adjustment of the group during the break, changing Selby to the white team and Seth to the blue team, and arranged for Seth and Hudson to switch roles and play shooting guard.

After the resumption of play, the execution of the white team's running tactics suddenly improved. After Selby reached the basket, he cooperated with Gobert in a small range many times to help the white team score consecutively, but the blue team did not give up resistance. After the first attempt, he gave up giving priority to scoring the ball to the bottom corner, and instead took turns attacking the inside with Robertson and Marcus Landry. Can be pulled apart.

Li Yue patiently observed each attack, but there were still many key points missing. Fortunately, D'Antoni pointed out many times that he was able to find the problem and propose a solution.

After about an hour of rehearsal, Li Yue felt that being a coach was not much more tiring than playing in person. No wonder he had to set up so many assistant coaches to help observe, forgetting that there were still a few timeouts, it was normal to think about it.

At 6:[-] p.m., Li Yue announced the end of the collective practice and called the whole team to have dinner at the BOA Steakhouse.

The group of people was mighty, and immediately became the focus of the audience after arriving, attracting passers-by to take pictures frantically.

After dinner, it was already 07:30 in the evening. Li Yue bid farewell to everyone and returned to the training base to start personal practice. The primary goal was to still gain muscle, and he followed the plan formulated by the trainer until the staff reminded that the gym was about to close.

Returning to the apartment, taking a shower and sitting in front of the computer, I opened the mailbox to check the letter, and found a notice from the Lakers logistics department that the team will leave for Las Vegas on the afternoon of the 9th, and the relevant personnel had better prepare in advance.

After reading the email, Li Yue logged on to Twitter to browse the news.

The free market is no longer popular, but Howard's whereabouts is still undecided. News reports say that the Rockets are the most likely, because Harden has not yet been determined to become the boss, but the strength is obvious to all. If the two join forces, they will surely become the Western Conference.

Other news is roughly similar. I was about to turn off the webpage and suddenly caught a glimpse of SHAEMS Twitter.

"According to sources, the Lakers' nominal coach for this summer league is Dan DeAnthony, but the actual commander is Li Yue. Several players, including Robert Covington, are all designated by Li Yue."

As the saying goes, there are a lot of popular news, Li Yue is not surprised that this kind of thing is exposed, and there are so many people who know about it, it was confirmed in June, and it is relatively slow to be exposed now.

Out of curiosity, Li Yue clicked to check the comments, wanting to know the public's opinion on the coaching of the players.

[Li Yue is too crazy!Actually manipulating the management and wanting to become the next LeBron James? 】

[I feel sad for Coach Dan, I feel sad for Jerry Buss, the Lakers are still being meddled by outsiders after all! 】

[The Lakers management is too irresponsible. This is an opportunity for many players to change their lives, so just waste it for Li Yue? 】

[The last Lakers player was coached by Magic Johnson. Everyone knows the result. Does Li Yue think he knows basketball better than Magician, and excellent players have never had coaching genes. 】

[The Lakers are Kobe's team, and it's not Li Yue's turn to issue orders. The Lakers management allows this kind of behavior, which is hurting the hearts of fans in Los Angeles and even fans in the United States. We absolutely cannot allow a Chinese to control an NBA team. 】

[Relax everyone, no matter what, Li Yue helped us Americans earn a lot of Chinese money, so let him play for a while. Anyway, the Lakers only have two spots left, and they would not have given them the non-draft for Summer League. players. 】

After browsing a few articles, Li Yue is not angry, but a little happy. After all, no one has discredited his basketball skills. This is the treatment that even LeBron James has never enjoyed. In addition, Coach D'Antoni has already informed that there is no need to think outside the circle. People can make trouble at will without any worries at all.

Make up your mind, close the web, and go to bed.

...

On the morning of the 8th, the Lakers held their second joint practice, which ended at [-] pm.

Li Yue paid attention to the whole process and felt a little tired after the busy work, but the team had already mastered the four offensive routines.

Back at the apartment, Li Yue first called Octagon to inform him of his decision to sign the contract.

The Octagon team immediately rushed to the Ramon La community with the contract, Alex Salatz became Li Yuexin's manager, and Taylor was the manager's assistant, responsible for managing daily affairs.

After the Octagon team left, Li Yue started to pack his luggage and directly prepared a 12-day change of clothes, then called Taylor and asked to order an 18-yuan Rolex watch as a gift for the players and coaches participating in the Summer League.

All done, start the fire to cook, and turn on the TV to listen to NBA related news.

"Kevin, what do you think of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Lakers' Summer League opener?"

"There is a high probability that the Lakers will lose the game. Li Yue will be severely frustrated in the first game of his coaching career?"

"Why do you say that?"

"Because the Cavaliers sent Dion Waiters and Tyler Zeller, who won the best rookie first team and second team respectively last season, and Jermaine Taylor, who averaged 26 points per game in the NCAA, and the No. [-] pick this year. Player Anthony Bennett, and more importantly, this Summer League will be led by former Lakers coach Mike Brown himself."

Hearing this, Li Yue was taken aback. The Cavaliers' lineup is indeed a bit strong!
　Have you watched the World Cup?Guo Ailun is amazing!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)