I just play ball

Chapter 183 Offseason Plan

"YES!" Li Yue shook his fist excitedly, rushed to the field, and hugged the players one by one. Nick Young followed closely behind. The whole Lakers team cheered and cheered, and the audience also cheered after being infected. The atmosphere in the arena exploded.

The whole team celebrated in a group. Kobe and Nash walked to the Thunder bench on behalf of the Lakers, said hello to the Thunder players one by one, and had a brief chat with Durant and Westbrook, talking and laughing like Old friends catch up.

The Thunder players didn't feel too sad, and came over to congratulate them generously.

Upon seeing this, Li Yue signaled the players to return the gift, and he specially thanked Steven Adams, because if Gobert had evolved before the start of the season, then Adams would have made a great contribution to his iron-blooded defense, and other people would not be able to stimulate Gobert's potential at all.

After about 3 minutes, the celebration came to an end. Only the Lakers players were left on the field. The host walked over quickly with a microphone in his hand: "Ladies and gentlemen, please give some cheers to the 2013 Las Vegas Summer League champions!"

"Yeah!" Cheers echoed in the arena.

"OK, I invite NBA Vice President Adam Xiaohua to present the championship to the Lakers."

After the voice fell, the cameras collectively aimed at the right court, causing everyone to turn their heads to check.

Xiao Hua buttoned up his suit and got up, with a professional smile on his face, waving his little hands all the way, and walking over in small steps. Suddenly, it looked like a finale guest appeared on the stage, directly stealing all the limelight, and no one paid attention to the champion player for a while.

Li Yue pursed his lips slightly, feeling a little unhappy, but just clapped his hands to express his welcome.

Xiao Hua walked to the front of the players and stood still, took the microphone from the host, and raised his stomach: "First of all, I would like to thank the Oklahoma Thunder for their outstanding performance in the finals. Together with the Lakers, they will work together to contribute to us. Great game..."

There was a lot of chattering, rambling and talking for half a minute, and finally mentioned the Lakers. It was as comprehensive as the presentation at the awards party. When the awards were finished, Li Yue signaled with his eyes, and Gobert stepped forward to accept the trophy and raised his hands high. .

Cheers were heard again in the arena. The host took back the microphone and walked up to Gobert, raised his right hand and asked, "Congratulations! How are you feeling now? What do you want to say?"

"I am very excited. I am able to experience the feeling of being a champion at the beginning of my career. I am even more excited to be able to fight for it with a group of teammates who share the same goal. This will leave me with many good memories. I would like to especially thank Li Yue, who brought us together. Come together, give us the best training conditions, give us the best technical guidance, without him we couldn't have done it."

After Gobert finished speaking, he turned around and invited Li Yue, who was making soy sauce, to the front, and asked for an interview.The host followed suit and handed the microphone with a smile: "There is a comment saying that you are the best coach among the active players, do you agree?"

"Thank you for the compliment. To be honest, I, Coach Dan, and Coach Wharton did the credit together." Li Yue said, "They have made great contributions in training, and we are a collective."

The host nodded, and handed the microphone to Xiao Hua.

"In this finals, the players of both teams performed very well. I have seen Gerrit dunk with both hands, and I have also seen Covington hit a buzzer shot...Through multiple selections, the most valuable player is Robert Covington!"

Li Yue took the lead in cheering, and all the players slapped Covington, all of them were happy for him.

At the same time, the staff came up with a small crystal trophy, Xiao Hua took it in his hand, and paused for a moment to facilitate the close-up of the camera, and then came to Covington, personally awarded it and set up a pose to take pictures.

The host's specific microphone: "Wow, this is the first time I have won an award in my career. What do you want to say?"

Covington did not answer immediately, but hugged the trophy with both hands, raised it high and shouted with emotion, and then lowered his head and approached the microphone after venting: "A month ago, I was still worried about whether I would be selected. Thank you Li Yue for giving me precious I would also like to thank my teammates, you are so selfless, you let me learn a lot, I am very happy to spend this time with you."

These words were a little bit sad about parting, and the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became a little gloomy. Nick Yang immediately led the crowd to cheer.

After a while, the whole team stood in an inverted triangle, with Kobe and other veterans on the left and right. The participating players were in the middle. Li Yue and other staff stood at the front and took a group photo as a souvenir. Everyone laughed happily.

After everything was settled, everyone returned to the locker room, hurriedly took a shower and changed clothes, took their luggage and rushed back to the hotel, and then went straight to the restaurant that had been booked in advance, accompanied by Artest, and Li Yue called Durant and Beasley together, But the two had other plans.

After dinner, the entire Lakers team went to the Sapphire Nightclub to celebrate. After paying the bill, Li Yue rushed back to the hotel in advance. As soon as he entered the room, he received a call from Kupchak, informing the team that all expenses would be reimbursed, just bring the check back.

Li Yue agreed, but he didn't care. After taking a shower, he turned on his computer and logged on to Twitter, and at the same time sent a text message to Taylor, the manager's assistant: Give me a copy of the upcoming itinerary, preferably a spreadsheet document, which can be edited freely. .

The Lakers won the first championship in Las Vegas and became a hot topic. Most of the comments praised him for his high level of coaching. He can achieve the best of both worlds, winning championships and training players.

What is more surprising is that the legendary coach and former Lakers coach Phil Jackson is also among the praise crowd, and bluntly said that he is enough to lead the Lakers to defend the title, and the coaching staff will work very easily unless there are serious injuries.

At first glance, this remark seemed to be a compliment, but upon closer inspection, it seemed to belittle D'Antoni. Li Yue felt a little uncomfortable, but recalling D'Antoni's promise not to comment in the accident circle, he decided not to be entangled.

Taylor quickly replied to the text message, saying that the itinerary plan had been sent to the mailbox.

Li Yue opened the check and found that from returning to Los Angeles on July 7th until the start of the regular season of the new season, there are still three important time nodes, namely September 20th, when the team starts training camp; October 9th and 28th , two preseason games held in China; then the regular season will officially start.

During this period, in order to maintain the attention of fans, Alex Salatz, as the new agent, arranged two talk shows, two webcast interactions, and a guest appearance on "The Big Bang Theory".

After weighing it over and over again, Li Yue decided to cancel all the arrangements, and use two months of complete freedom to concentrate on building muscle and improving confrontation, and at the same time further strengthen the basic skills, and strive to achieve a timely and stable shot or shot even if three people double-team , and any striker will not suffer because of strength, and the backcourt players will not be too dragged down by speed.

Such a decision, abandoning some of the immediate benefits, can lay a better foundation. Only in the new season can we have the strength and endurance to launch an impact towards the MVP. If we can achieve the personal honor grand slam in a single season, the benefits will far exceed the current popularity.

After making up his mind, Li Yue called Alex Salatz and explained the specific plan in detail.Saraz immediately agreed after listening, and proposed to make a video record, which will be used to create momentum when the MVP competition is fierce.

After a brief discussion, the final plan was formed: disappear from public view for two months, and train with all my might.

(End of this chapter)