I'm not really a role player

Chapter 228 Men's Basketball and the Draft
In Beilun, Ningbo, the men's basketball team continued to train behind closed doors.

At this time, there is only more than one month left before the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games.

The warm-up matches that should be played have already been played, and the tactical routines that should be practiced are almost done.

Yunus already has a general understanding of this men's basketball team.

Especially in the Stankovic Cup just finished a few days ago, the men's basketball team lost to the Angola team, which exposed the shortcomings of poor peripheral defense.

The impact of this loss is far-reaching, because Angola is the same group of opponents of the men's basketball team in the Olympic Games.

Considering that the United States, Spain, Greece and Germany are also in the same group, if the men's basketball team wants to qualify, it must beat Angola.

So these days, Jonas has been scratching at his growing, graying hair.

Then, he yelled at the training ground again and again:

"Defense, I want to see tough defense!"

That's right, Jonas feels that the men's basketball team's perimeter defense is too soft.

At this moment, he was looking forward to Li Ke's arrival.

The men's basketball team trains behind closed doors, but the door is closed to prevent media reporters from entering. Beilun's training center is equipped with everything from televisions to computers.

Therefore, the 11 men's basketball players were training boringly in this training hall, but they watched Li Ke from the other side of the ocean show off the limelight through the TV and computer.

"I'm jealous!"

It is impossible to say that you are not envious, but the word envy cannot be uttered, and even if you say it, you can only change it in another way.

For example, like Xiao Chen Chen Jianghua, looking at Li Ke on the TV, said: "Look at Ren Keshen, the rookie season, won the championship, and the MVP is also his. It's just like opening and closing."

For another example, like the Great Sage, following Xiao Chen’s words, he said: “Do you know why Xiao Li can succeed? Because of his hard work! I have witnessed it all with my own eyes. He and Kobe’s one-on-one, one-on-one, ball-to-ball! And he hired the trainer who gave Jordan a special training, that’s...”

"Tim Graver?"

"That's right, it's him. The training schedule I'm using now was made by Brother Li with Tim Graver."

The implication of these words is that the Great Sage is also on the road to success.

Ah Lian has been listening to this, somewhat envious, not envious of Li Ke, but envious of the great sage.

Tim Graver, the trainer of God, the founder of the personal trainer industry, is no ordinary person.

Thinking about myself, I found a former Garnett's personal trainer, but was criticized from head to toe by Li Ke.

Considering that the money has already been given, we can only barely use it first. The effect, as Li Ke said, is indeed not that good.

After all, this former KG trainer mainly focused on gaining weight, and Ah Lian refused to gain weight, so it was difficult to continue the training.

"I also want Tim Graver's training plan..."

There are also some who don't have much contact with Li Ke, who are very curious about Li Ke, and always ask a question: "They are all yellow, why is Xiao Li's body so cruel?"

Most of the time it was Brother Wei Liu Wei who asked this question.

Speaking of which, the name of Li Ke within the men's basketball team was almost decided before Li Ke came.

Those who are younger than Li Ke will mostly call Brother Li, or jokingly say: "Ke Shen!"

Most of those who are older than Li Ke will be called Xiao Lizi.

The root cause is the great sage who first created the name Xiao Lige.

Most of the time, the one who answers Brother Wei's questions is also a great sage, and the way he answers makes people want to roll their eyes——

"Brother Wei, look at me, this muscle, this bounce, this arm span, and look at you, there is a gap between us, let alone you and Brother Li."

Brother Wei stretched out his hand and patted the Great Sage: "Practice yourself!"

……

More than five days after the finals, Li Ke, who has been busy all the way, set foot on the land of the motherland.

He didn't know that even though he hadn't arrived in Beilun yet, Beilun was already full of legends about him.

At the Shanghai Airport, Li Ke was followed by a large group of people.

"Have you figured it out? Li Ke, go home first, or go directly to Ningbo to report?"

Lu Ning asked, and Li Ke, who had been hesitating all this time, looked at the large poster in the distance, on which he stood in the C position, and shook his head:
"Not going home."

So, at the airport, the group parted ways. Li Ke and Tim Graver rushed to Ningbo, while Lu Ning took David Falk and started running business.

It's a 2-hour drive from Modu to Ningbo, and the legendary figure of Beilun Training Center has arrived here.

"It's finally here, Li Ke, you don't know, Lao You has been talking about you these days!"

Uncle Guo took Li Ke in who was waiting at the entrance of the training center. Looking at his expression, he was quite excited.

During this period of time, Li Ke's whole heart was focused on the finals, and he didn't pay attention to the men's basketball team at all. Therefore, when he heard Uncle Guo's words, Li Ke's first reaction was——

What's wrong?Something wrong with men's basketball?
"Numbering about me? What are you doing nagging about me?"

"Hey, you don't know, the Stankovic Cup, we lost a game against Angola, and the outside defense was blown..."

"The defense on the perimeter has been exploded? Then practice it. Defense is something. If the enthusiasm and discipline are in place, there will be no problem."

"Well, motivation and discipline are fine."

"Huh? What's the problem?"

"The gap in physical fitness is too great. The strong body can't keep up with the speed, and the fast one can't hold up to the body..."

"What about the Great Sage? He should be able to withstand it?"

"What's the use of him being the only one who can withstand it, there are three outsiders!"

"Okay, it's okay, I'm back, and this problem doesn't exist anymore."

"..."

After chatting for a while, Li Ke probably knows the problem of the men's basketball team.

Isn't it perimeter defense?See, I, Keshen, solved it for you with one hand!

In the training hall, the men's basketball team was practicing in full swing. The first time Li Ke appeared on the sidelines with Tim Graver, he got the attention of everyone in the training hall.

"Wow, Brother Li is here!"

"Who is behind him?"

"Tim Graver!"

"Fuck, brother Li brought all the trainers of God?"

"..."

There is a lot of discussion, but for the time being, Li Ke has not been able to communicate closely with his men's basketball teammates, because Jonas has a higher priority.

"Finally waiting for you, Sheldon."

Like Second Uncle Guo, Lao You warmly and cordially held Li Ke's hand.

After an eager exchange, Lao You first asked Second Uncle Guo to take Li Ke to the dormitory.

"After a long journey, you must be tired. Go rest first, and come back to train tomorrow."

Of course Li Ke would not leave immediately. Dayao, who stood beside Lao You early, stretched out his long arms towards Li Ke, and hugged Li Ke.

"You can do it, boy, the championship and MVP are just like this..."

"No, no, Brother Yao, you know, I still need to work hard."

"You still need to work hard?"

"Yeah, try to be the GOAT."

"Cattle!"

"..."

The cordial communication with the men's basketball teammates started like this.

Speaking of which, the atmosphere of this men's basketball team is quite good.

Although there are many factions, but with Dayao and the general trend of this local Olympics, no matter whether it is the Cantonese or the Liao faction, they can only cooperate sincerely.

After chatting for a while, Li Ke went to rest.

Then the next day, Li Ke started to join the training.

In the morning, the team's tactical practice was no different from what he practiced here last summer, so Li Ke got used to it very quickly.

However, Lao You was very pleasantly surprised, because after this year passed, Li Ke had obviously improved again.

"Sheldon's singles has improved a lot, maybe it is feasible for him and Yao to form an inside and outside combination."

As a result, the training quickly changed. Dayao had more and more high-level support, and Li Ke had more and more waist singles.

In the afternoon, individual training, Tim Graver began to play.

In fact, Li Ke's daily training doesn't need him to bother too much, it's just a matter of looking at it.

When it came to the men's basketball training camp, Li Ke even changed to a partner. That's right, the new partner was the Great Sage.

As for the idle Tim Graver, Li Ke asked him to help, see a doctor for Dayao, Ah Lian and the others, and make some suggestions.

After that, Li Ke's days in the men's basketball training camp became repeated day after day.

……

Time soon came to June 6, New York, Madison Square Garden Theater.

As if it had become a routine, David Stern stood in the center of the stage against the boos of the audience, announcing the start of the 2008 NBA Draft.

The No. [-] pick, the Chicago Bulls began to choose.

The audience only waited for a few seconds before David Stern returned to the stage and began to read——

"In the 2008 NBA Draft, the first pick in the first round, the Chicago Bulls chose Derrick Rose, a guard from the University of Memphis!"

Rose finally returned to the Windy City. Perhaps before this choice, the brick reporters were still speculating whether the Bulls might gamble on Beasley.

But fans in Chicago have long believed that the Bulls will win Rose, because Rose is the son of the Windy City...

After the Bulls came the Heat, and the Heat didn't hesitate too much, and quickly made a choice——

"In the 2008 NBA draft, the second overall pick in the first round, the Miami Heat chose Michael Beasley, a forward from Kansas State University!"

When Rose is determined to return to Chicago, there is no suspense about the Heat's choice.

Speaking of which, if it weren't for Rose's outstanding performance in the NCAA tournament, this year's draft would really be dominated by the Beasley family.

Because at Kansas State University, Beasley played at the level of Xiao Du last year, but the record is far from it.

After the Heat, Li Ke is most concerned about the Thunder.

Of course, at this moment, Li Ke has no time to pay attention to Lao Mei's draft meeting. Lao Mei's draft meeting started in the evening. In China, the time is in the morning, and the men's basketball team is training in full swing.

"Today seems to be the NBA draft..."

"The draft is the draft, it has nothing to do with us."

"..."

Listening to the discussion of his teammates, Li Ke thought to himself, it has nothing to do with you, but it has something to do with me!
He wanted to know Sam Presti's choice, and whether Boss Joe listened to him.

(End of this chapter)