I just play ball

Chapter 186
"Of course it's a tour of the Great Wall, eating roast duck and hot pot, watching some Peking opera performances, imitating a few Chinese words, and then going to the Oriental Pearl Tower to take pictures as a souvenir. If there is a chance, I will have a meal with Yao Ming." Li Yue curled his lips and shrugged, "What's so special about you?" Want to experience it?"

"It's so boring!" Nick Yang lost all interest, and his mood was written all over his face, "I think every NBA player who goes to China has that kind of arrangement, so there are no other projects to experience? For example, many people participate together Kind of."

"Then I'll take you to a square dance." Li Yue suddenly remembered the conversation he had with Cara Delevingne, and decided to repeat it, "Thousands of people, regardless of men, women, or children, can all participate, the BGM rhythm explodes, the rhythm Not to lose to Michael Jackson, it can be called the No. [-] Divine Comedy in China, with over [-] million downloads."

"So powerful?" Nick Yang stared and opened his mouth, rubbing his hands excitedly, "I must see and see."

"Okay, I'll take you there then." Li Yue smiled wickedly, and drank Gatorade with his head up, "Let's go, let's take pictures first."

Nick Yang quickly picked up a drink and drank it. The two returned to the photo zone, picked a random position and stood still, performing various funny moves one after another, and finally imitating the classics of Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in "Men in Black" modeling.

Li Yue asked Iguodala and Landry to take pictures alone, and finally, together with the players who participated in the preseason, the whole team took a group photo,
The team staff notified the whole team to go to training so that the media could take photos for publicity.

Walton immediately led the team into the field and stood in front of the crowd: "We first warmed up, then shot, 3V3 against fast-break moves, and finally 5V5 full-court confrontation, that's it."

After being arranged, the whole team started to take action, looking for positions and starting to warm up. The new players were particularly attentive.Li Yue had already finished, so he started shooting training ahead of time, hitting three-pointers one after another, and the rim was as wide as the ocean.

The reporters on the scene took a quick shot and grabbed most of the attention. Kobe joked that he was no longer attractive.

After waiting for a few minutes, the whole team finished warming up one after another and gradually joined the ranks of shooting. However, Nash missed 12 shots in a row, and Li Yue still had no opponent. It was not until Meeks hit 20 three-pointers in a row that he could not be compared with him.

The onlookers immediately applauded and cheered, as if celebrating that the big devil was finally defeated by the warrior.

Li Yue laughed and shouted: "I don't accept it, I was hit by Kobe's iron ball when I shot just now."

"Oh? Boy, what are you talking about?" Kobe jokingly echoed, "It's still up to me here."

Li Yue pursed his lips and shrugged deliberately, and the crowd booed in unison, followed by bursts of laughter.

Li Yue walked to the sidelines to rest, just in time to meet Kupchak and Jim Bass, and greeted him with a smile.

"How's the summer going?" Jim asked. "I see your last tweet was in July, full training?"

Li Yue nodded in response, and Mitch leaned over and whispered, "We signed Elias Harris and Marcus Landry with the training camp contract. They will play in the preseason. What else do you think?"

Hearing this, Li Yue suddenly felt satisfied.

Elias and Marcus performed second only to Gobert, Covington and Selby in the Las Vegas Summer League. Before returning to Los Angeles, he suggested that the team sign Searle with a partially guaranteed contract. Compare.

But Selby decided to go to the CBA to make quick money, so he had to settle for the next best thing and turn his goal to the power forward position.

But with Beasley joining the team first, the 15-man roster is already full, and one of them will inevitably be eliminated, or even all three. As for who it is, the coaching staff and management will focus on his suggestions.

"Let's talk about it after the preseason game." Li Yue didn't make up his mind and was about to change the topic. From the corner of his eyes, he saw that Meeks shot was also bounced by other basketballs, and another idea immediately popped up in his mind, " I think a new venue should be used for training..."

"Eh..." Kupchak was a little dazed, he didn't expect him to have such an idea at all, he hesitated how to answer the question.

Li Yue thinks this idea is very good, because the training base that the Lakers are currently using belongs to the Toyota Center, and it is also used jointly with the Los Angeles Kings of the ice hockey project and the defenders under the NBDL. Each training time is scheduled in advance, and the key venue is still small. If there are more people participating in the joint training, there will be an embarrassing scene like the basketball smashing the basketball just now.

The most damning thing is that this place is located on the basement floor, and every time I come in, I feel so unnatural. Anyway, the Lakers have one of the best earning power in the NBA. They spent about [-] million US dollars to build a training base exclusively for themselves, which can solve many problems. It's a troublesome problem, and it can still match the status of the No. [-] wealthy family.

But after all, it is real money, and you can continue to use it without changing it. As a boss, it is probably difficult to be willing to spend this money.

Just when Li Yue felt that he was too naive, Jim suddenly said: "Good suggestion, I will contact the members of the board of directors to discuss immediately. This place is no longer worthy of our identity. The history of the Lakers should enter a new chapter. First, start from the new Starting with the training hall, at least two basketball courts, cinemas, professional nutrition restaurants, waterfall massage pools..."

Jim explained his thoughts one by one, with a loud voice, and everyone looked back one after another after hearing the words, showing doubts on their faces.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit weird, Li Yue immediately applauded: "Okay! The boss is wise, and I welcome you on behalf of everyone!"

Everyone reacted and applauded excitedly. Facilities such as movie theaters and nutritious restaurants are all excellent benefits. If Jim speaks so boldly in public, he will definitely push forward with all his strength, even as an employee.

While the atmosphere was in place, Jim continued to deliver his speech.

Li Yue listened carefully, but accidentally saw a trace of worry flashing across Kupchak's face, as if he was not optimistic about the future.

This reaction was very strange. After thinking about it, Li Yue realized that there was indeed some trouble. The new venue cost tens of millions of dollars, and Jim had to be approved by the board of directors. If someone interfered, it would be very difficult.

But this is not an issue that I should care about. Just play well and build it within three years.

When Jim finished speaking, the team went back to practice, and it was all over at about eleven o'clock.

After leaving the base, Li Yue drove back to the apartment, turned on the TV, and made lunch while listening to the news.

As the preseason approached, each team started training camp one after another. The mainstream news was divided into two types. Either the stars of each team were interviewed and said that the goal of the new season must be the championship, or the media made reports on the number of games won by each team in the new season. Out of the forecast, what's interesting is that ESPN promoted the Lakers from 10th to 8th without any reason, just because they changed different experts.

Li Yue couldn't help laughing out loud, the phone rang at the same time, he turned his head and saw Chenxi calling.

"This time you return to China to play the preseason, and meet my family by the way, I promise they will not behave rudely."

"Okay, don't force me to say 30 years in Hedong, just 30 years in Hexi..."

(End of this chapter)