I'm not really a role player

Chapter 142 Changes in the United Arab Emirates (4.1k first update)
After losing to the Nets in the first game of the new year, the Bobcats lost to the Warriors and Trail Blazers one after another.

These two games are away, one is Monta Ellis broke out, 17 of 12 shots, only conceded 5 goals in a game, and scored 32 points.

Li Ke can only be thankful that at this stage, Monta doesn't shoot three-pointers very much, otherwise, with this touch, he can shoot deadly rhythms every minute.

The other game was the Blazers' technical knockout. Although Oden is gone, the Blazers still have a powerful Dabai Joel Przybilla in the center position.

The power forward is LaMarcus Aldridge, the president of Li Ke's University of Delaware, followed by Mattel Webster, Huang Mambaroy, and point guard Steve Blake.

Also on the bench are Jared Jack, the killer, Travis Outlaw, an outlaw, and Channing Frye, who has yet to make a three-pointer.

This lineup is placed in the West and can only dangle on the edge of the playoffs, but if it is changed to the East, it will be a strong team in the top six levels of the East.

Nate McMillan is a coach who emphasizes defense. The Blazers' defense suppressed the Bobcats for an entire game.
From the beginning of the game, Webster and Steve Blake hit long shots one after another, leading the Blazers. Until the end of the game, the Bobcats failed to see the hope of a comeback.

Under the opponent's tight defense and super slow pace, Li Ke still made 20 shots for the task. He only scored 6 goals and finally scored 15 points.

It looked like a bad game, but Li Ke only made 13 of 4 shots against Roy. Emmm, it was another barely explosive duel.

The current Li Ke may sometimes be inaccurate in his shots, sometimes he can't cut in when he cuts to the inside, and sometimes it is even difficult to connect the ball, but the defense is always on the line.

Even if the offense is terrible, he can still rely on defense to pull the opponent to the same level.

Losing three games in a row at the beginning of the new year, the Bobcats fell into an embarrassing situation of a five-game losing streak.

Fortunately, at this time, they ran into the Bucks.

To say that the Bucks are miserable is really miserable.

The year Bogut first came, they made the playoffs.

In the second year, Bobby Simmons was seriously injured, Reed and Bogut were slightly injured, and there were only two absent from the entire team, Charlie Bell and veteran Ruben Patterson.

This season, Bobby Simmons is back, another driver was selected in the draft to succeed him, and the main force has almost no injuries, so they are still on the bottom.

The record of 9 wins and 23 losses is much worse than the Bobcats with 13 wins and 20 losses.

That's it, Li Ke was envious of Ah Lian at first, but now, let's forget about his envy.

The Bobcats are much more comfortable than the Bucks, and their record is just as bad, but at least the Bobcats don't have so many bad things.

Let's talk about the United Arab Emirates. After the first show with 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks, the highlight of the United Arab Emirates was the 19 points and 9 rebounds in the game against the Rockets. In that game, the United Arab Emirates made two three-pointers.

Of course, there was also a 16+8 game against the Bulls and a 13+7 game against the Spurs during this period, which can barely be said.

Afterwards, Space Yi will fall into the mortal world.

He scored 12 of 3 against the Grizzlies, but the domestic media focused on 13 rebounds. He scored 5 points against the Cavaliers, 6 points against the Eagles, and 32 points and 9 rebounds in 2 minutes...

After finally playing against the Timberwolves, he scored a career-high 22 points, but then quickly languished.

All kinds of single-digit scores, even if they barely hit double figures, the shooting percentage is too low to catch the eye.

Throughout November and December, the Bucks played 11 regular-season games, and the UAE scored in double figures in only half of the games, but the overall shooting percentage was just over 12%.

As far as this performance is concerned, it is still touted domestically.

Occasionally I played badly, and the blame was thrown around. First, it was the team's blame, such as not enough playing time, low tactical status, not enough possession of the ball, etc...

There is also the pot of the coach, Larry Kerry Jowiak, the coach of Alphabet already has a nickname, called Coach Little K, and Zhang directed it.

Because the initials of his name Krichowiak are K, in order to distinguish the K coach of the NCAA, he is called Little K coach.

Coach Little K’s blame is relatively broad. In a word, he has poor business ability, is not good at training young players, and even doesn’t like to use young players. Well, the young players here refer to the UAE.

There is also the fault of teammates, who don't pass the ball, only know how to play singles, play unreasonably and so on.

Li Ke didn't expect it to come out so quickly. In his memory, it was said that he was called after he went to the Knights later.

Anyway, it's all the fault of the team, coaches and teammates, so it's no problem for Space Yi!
Even at this time, the United Arab Emirates can say: In hindsight, I was right in refusing to go to Milwaukee to report!

Of course, Li Ke also has to admit that some of the faults are correct, for example, all the faults of Coach K, all the faults...

This game is a duel between the Bobcats and the Bucks, the brothers and sisters. To say they are brothers and sisters is actually a bit of an insult to the Bobcats.

Because Bogut and Reed were absent due to injuries, and the current Bobcats are at least free of injuries, except for Mo Tanhua. In terms of record, the Bobcats are much better.

Without Reed, Li Ke's opponent is Bobby Simmons.

Facing this opponent who was the most improved player in the league before the serious injury, but now can't even jump, Li Ke doesn't have to spend too much energy on the defensive end.

On the offensive end, he went on a killing spree.

At the beginning of the game, Li Ke's hand feeling was not good, but he developed an air-cut dunk style of play. After two consecutive dunks, his hands became hot, and he immediately made a long-range shot.

In the first quarter, Li Ke made 7 of 5 shots and scored 12 points in a single quarter.

The Bobcats also played a perfect first quarter, with a score of 33 to 22, leading by 11 points in the first quarter.

Then there are 20 points in the half, and the three quarters are clocked out.

Well, for the sake of the mission, in the third quarter, Li Ke took a few shots, and it didn't matter whether he got in or not, he just threw it and it was over.

Therefore, in the three quarters, Li Ke made 21 of 12 shots and scored 28 points.

The second round of the Chinese Derby against Li Yi ended with a big victory for the Bobcats.

As for the Bucks, where Reed and Bogut were absent, Ah Lian also became the second belt king.

With 11 of 6 shots, 13 points and 8 rebounds, UAE could barely draw with Okafor, who played against him in this game.

Compared with Li Ke, of course it is still incomparable.

After the game, Ah Lian was in a mixed mood. In the opening game, he had 9 points and 3 rebounds, while Li Ke had 16 points. He could still find reasons for not having enough playing time and opportunities.

In this game, he couldn't find any reason.

Think about Li Ke in the draft, the eighth pick in the first round was considered a blast.

Looking at Li Ke now, as long as the Bobcats win games, they are all related to Li Ke. In this regard, the Bobcats still won 4 games more than the Bucks, including this one, it is 5 games.

Looking at himself again, he was very popular during the draft, and he didn't think it was a gimmick at the time.

The summer league and playoffs killed all parties. In the regular season, the UAE understands the cruelty of the NBA, so I won't go into details.

Seeing Li Ke after the game, the first thing Ah Lian thought of was what Li Ke said during the draft.

"Watch out Dan Fagan?"

Looking back now, Ah Lian is terrified when he thinks carefully.

Before the draft, Dan Fagan had been brainwashing Ah Lian. The washing made Ah Lian feel that he was a character, and by the way, he was a little bit drifting.

There is nothing wrong with rejecting teams like the Bucks in the draft trial, but then refusing to go to Milwaukee to report, that is a floating performance.

Reality gave Ah Lian a heavy blow in time, and then in this game, Ah Lian realized the gap between him and Li Ke.

See you after the game, and I have become low-key and enthusiastic when speaking.

"See you in two months, Li Ke, you are different and have improved a lot."

With that said, Li Ke knew that Ah Lian was different.

When we met in the past, Ah Lian just said two words, Lei Hou, see you next time, this time it is finally a little different.

"Of course, this is the NBA. In two months, if you don't make any progress, you won't be able to survive at all."

Li Ke's words seemed a bit enthusiastic, but in fact he opened up the problem.

It is said that the UAE is working hard, but in the five seasons of the NBA career, the UAE has not seen any progress.

Either it was not practiced, or the practice was not targeted.

"It's too difficult to improve in two months."

Ah Lian shook his head and sighed, Li Ke was stunned for a moment, and then nodded. Indeed, he has a system by his side, which is why he can make progress in a short period of time.

For a normal person, unless he is very talented, it is impossible to be like Li Ke. From the beginning, he can only mix, to all kinds of iron later, and now, relying on empty-handed dunks, the iron is not so obvious.

"Find a personal trainer, you probably haven't found one, have you?"

Li Ke suddenly said such a sentence, Ah Lian was naturally taken aback for a moment, then nodded: "No."

"Then find one. I found Tim Graver, Boss Joe's trainer, and it's still very useful to practice."

"The other thing is—patience is the most important characteristic of a rookie player. This is what Joe said, and it's the truth."

Ah Lian was different, so Li Ke naturally said a few more words.

In Li Ke's view, no matter whether it is the Great Sage or the Arab League, if you go normally, your NBA career will not be so bad.

Let me talk about the Great Sage first. He was drafted in 08 and entered the Lakers in 09. He wasted another season in the ABA in the middle.

After entering the Lakers, there were no chances. After giving up on himself, he was disgusted by Kobe who hated not working hard. The contract expired and the Lakers did not renew it.

In this time and space, although the Great Sage still has no chance, his situation in the Lakers is much better than in his previous life.

The great sage has Li Ke's heartfelt advice, not to mention special efforts, but general efforts are still there.

And entering the Lakers one year ahead of schedule, Dasheng has the conditions to lay a solid foundation. In the first season, there is no ball to play, and there are still many rookies who explode in the second season. Dasheng has the opportunity to become one of them.

Let's talk about Ah Lian, Ah Lian must have worked hard, but if he doesn't practice, then he definitely doesn't have it.

Don't you see Dongcic, after a summer of wandering, he got fat like that, and Teacher Jokic, who came back every summer, was full of fat.

The problem with the UAE is that it can't face up to itself, it's hard to integrate into the locker room, and it can't find a team that can let him stay in peace.

Now, Ah Lian has achieved the first point, he can face up to himself.

The second-generation driver is all bragging, he is Yi Jianlian, he is safe and sound, he is playing steadily, step by step, and Yi Jianlian has no problem being a main force in the NBA!
Therefore, Li Ke's suggestion to Ah Lian is——

Find a trainer, improve yourself in a targeted manner, and then, be patient.

Of course, Li Ke was also afraid that Ah Lian would not listen to it. After all, he and Ah Lian were both rookies. These words meant that the seniors educated the younger generations. Li Ke said that it was not appropriate.

But Li Ke borrowed the name of Boss Qiao, so there was no problem at all.

God says to be patient, what is the truth?
After talking about these embarrassing topics, just as Shen Liren came, Li Ke brought up Sina.com.

"By the way, Brother Lian, have you read those reports on Sina.com?"

When Sina.com was mentioned, Ah Lian immediately became a little embarrassed.

"Look, it's blowing too much."

The United Arab Emirates should indeed be embarrassed. Speaking of those reports on Sina.com, most of them are Dan Fagan's meaning.

If the strength is not enough, then public opinion will come together.

Ah Lian himself did not refuse, but when he found out that the so-called public opinion was written by Prime Minister Guda, he couldn't bear it.

The distrust of Dan Fagan is also caused by this.

Speaking of it, the big blows are like black, and the embarrassing blows of the UAE have not attracted as many blacks as expected. On the one hand, it is because domestic fans have a high tolerance for these players who have studied abroad.

On the other hand, Dan Fagan's other move went very well, and while blowing, he also dumped the pot.

It is not the original intention of Ah Lian to throw the pot away, but if it is really possible to shake the pot, Ah Lian will definitely not refuse.

For Li Ke, he is also happy to hear about the dumping.

"It's too much bragging, it's almost becoming a meme, and it's a bit tricky. I think Brother Lian, you have to be tougher. Ask your domestic agent to send a lawyer's letter to warn you."

"Ok!"

Liandi nodded heavily.

After some communication, the time was a bit long, Bobcat's press officer came to urge Li Ke to accept an interview, so he said goodbye to Ah Lian.

Leaving the Time Warner Center and returning to the apartment, Li Ke entered the system and found that the friendship of Ah Lian had also risen.

The four major Chinese basketball players in the United States, first remove Li Ke, the outbreak of the great sage has been taken by Li Ke, and Dayao's friendship is not low, only the United Arab Emirates has not appeared.

And now it's finally here, which proves that point again——

After being tempered by the cruelty of the NBA for half a season, the UAE has recognized the reality.

……

Beating the Bucks was the end of a losing streak for the Bobcats.

But also after this game, the Bobcats lost to the Pistons at home.

Speaking of the Pistons, Li Ke originally thought that Chauncey could also be a target for the Bobcats to reinforce, but later he learned that in the summer of 07, Chauncey just renewed a long-term contract with the Pistons.

In the short term, neither Chauncey nor the Pistons intend to trade or leave.

As for what happened in the summer of 08 that led to the Changxi-for-AI deal, Li Ke is not quite sure.

Chauncey has no chance, and Boss Joe doesn't like AI. It seems that Bobcat's reinforcement has entered a bottleneck.

But also after this defeat, rumors about the Bobcats' trade suddenly spread...

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