I'm not really a role player

Chapter 260

After the draft lottery, Li Ke returned to Charlotte and called back Tim Graver, who had just been on vacation for a few days.

"This summer, let's stop the breakfast club and focus on free throws and drives."

"breakthrough?"

Tim Graver just came back with a confused face, but Li Ke nodded seriously: "Yes, breakthrough, I suddenly thought that we will not have Allen next season, and the team will need my breakthrough."

A very good reason, Tim Graver nodded, thinking it made sense.

But he didn't know that the real reason was that Li Ke's trip to New York made up for the last points of Lao Ai's poor favorability. After the full value, he finally got a chance to re-copy the talent skills, or let the copied skills ignore the talent gap and turn them into self-created skills.

Li Ke chose the latter as a matter of course, so now, Lao Ai's incomplete S-level breakthrough has become Li Ke's own S-level breakthrough.

From B to S, the long road to upgrade requires a lot of training, and Li Ke has something to do.

Of course, in addition to training, another important thing is the trial training for rookies.

In Li Ke's eyes, the trial training is a process, but Li Ke doesn't pay attention, it doesn't mean that Boss Joe, Rod Higgins, and Rich Joe don't pay attention.

Although the lottery pick is still a shadowy thing, the Bobcats' action has started early.

"Sheldon, James Harden will come to try out tomorrow, do you want to come and see?"

On the way to the end of the training, I ran into Boss Joe, and after a few chats, we talked about the draft trial training.

Arriving first tomorrow, it will be James Harden who will start the trial training.

To be honest, Li Ke can't understand Harden's thoughts. It stands to reason that, as the top five picks in this year's draft, Harden shouldn't waste time on a team like the Bobcats that doesn't have a lottery pick.

"James Harden? At this time, shouldn't he run the Clippers, the Pistons, and the Grizzlies?"

"Don't you know? His agent is David."

"David Falk?"

Boss Qiao nodded, and Li Ke immediately understood, and Boss Qiao made a py deal with David Falk again.

However, Li Ke touched his chin, and the focus of attention was: David Falk actually signed Harden?This wave is flying again!

"In addition to James Harden, we also invited Stephen Curry that you mentioned."

"I know, Dell Curry's son."

Curry will come to waste time, the main reason is that Charlotte's famous Dell Curry still wants to give the Bobcats a little face.

"James Harden is morning, Stephen Curry is afternoon."

"Well, I'll be there, no, to be precise, I've always been there."

Isn't Li Ke always there?After all, he has to train.

……

The next morning, Li Ke started his free throw training.

Tim Graver brought in a helper, a young black man in a practice T-shirt.

"This is Rital Shute, a private shooting coach who has just entered the industry not long ago. He is very good at shooting training."

Tim Graver made a brief introduction: "So next, he will be in charge of your free throw training."

"Hello, Sheldon, you can call me Rital."

Li Tarshut rushed to say hello, Li Ke stretched out his right hand, shook hands with the new coach in front of him, and also said hello.

Then he turned his head and patted Tim Graver: "No way, Tim, why are you still looking for help?"

Tim Graver spread his hands: "Because your free throws are bad from beginning to end, but your mid-range shots are very accurate, which means that your shooting has a big problem. If you want to improve your shooting, you have to hire professionals. Rital is a professional."

"Don't underestimate him. He trained Corbett for several months in Los Angeles last year, and the effect was very good."

Li Ke nodded. He had no doubts about this. Of course, the shooting coach recommended by Tim Graver was not bad.

"Then let's start..."

There are no extra words, free throws or more broadly speaking, Li Ke's special shooting training begins.

……

"The shooting point should be higher, that's right, that's it..."

Rital Shute's voice filled the entire Bobcats training hall, but it made Tim Graver relax, sitting on the sidelines, holding a laptop computer, and he didn't know what he was doing.

At this time, dense footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door of the training hall. The leader was Rich Joe. He pushed open the door and stepped aside halfway, followed by David Falk and his new employer, James Harden.

"Hey, James, see you again."

Li Ke's "meet you again" made David Falk look confused, he was just about to introduce.

It was James Harden who immediately remembered the game three years ago.

He stretched out his left hand, patted Li Ke's right hand, and hugged.

"That's right, we meet again. I remember three years ago, you were a blue-collar who could only defend, but now, you are an All-Star in the NBA. It's amazing."

Three years ago, a blue-collar who could only defend?
Hearing this, Li Ke really wanted to remind Harden that his air cuts are also very important, okay?
But think about it more carefully, remind me, let's do it directly!
"I hear what you mean, do you want to fight again with the current me?"

Li Ke immediately invited to fight, but before Harden could say anything, David Falk stood up and said, "No, Sheldon, don't make trouble."

Harden looked puzzled, and he stared at David Falk, trying to find out the reason.

David Falk gave a very vague explanation helplessly: "When you enter this league, you will know why I won't let you single out with Sheldon."

Li Ke, who failed in the invitation to the battle, smiled, what else could be the reason?It's nothing more than Li Ke's single defense is too against the sky.

At this time, Harden's selling point is nothing more than his comprehensive offensive ability, emmm, his best template is Manu Ginobili, and the worst prospect is also considered to be Jason Terry.

But if you fight Li Ke one-on-one, this selling point will be almost lost.

Li Ke immediately remembered the trial training he went to the Pacers. Coincidentally, David Falk was not there, and as a result, he was put together by Larry Bird.

But looking back now, it should be Larry Bird who regrets it.

Since there is no heads-up, Li Ke can only watch this trial training.

In this trial training, Harden is still working very hard. It can be seen that if the Bobcats can come up with the draft pick to select him, Harden is still very willing to join the Bobcats.

In the afternoon's trial training, the situation was quite different.

Li Ke appeared later. Before he appeared, Curry was still very active.

But when Li Ke showed up, he said hello a few times.

Dell Curry is very enthusiastic, and Seth Curry is even more direct. Only Stephen Curry, who is involved in the trial training, is neither hot nor cold, neither salty nor light, and even the ongoing trial training has suddenly become perfunctory.

But whether it was Harden in the morning or Curry in the afternoon, Boss Joe expressed his satisfaction and even gave his evaluation——

"James Harden's skills are excellent, and his physical fitness is not bad. His template is Manu Ginobili? In my opinion, he is more like a taller Chris Paul."

"Stephen Curry...his body is not as bad as the rumors say. His shooting ability is very good and his skills are not bad. I heard that his template is Mohammad Abdul-Rauf? I know Rauf, but with all due respect, Stephen Curry's shooting ability is much better than Rauf."

"Sheldon's vision is fine, James Harden and Steph Curry are doing great, we have to make a choice."

Hearing that Boss Joe was going to make a choice, Li Ke immediately interrupted: "Wait, Michael, before you make a choice, shouldn't you think about it first, where is your pick?"

Boss Joe smiled: "The issue of draft rights should not be a big deal. I contacted Ernie Grunfeld (Wizards general manager). Uh, first of all, I just heard that the Wizards intend to sell their fifth pick in the first round, so I contacted them."

"Ernie told me that we now have two competitors, one is the Timberwolves and the other is the Rockets."

Hearing the name of the rocket again, Li Ke couldn't help scolding his mother.

This season, the Rockets failed to win the championship, and Dayao embarked on the old road of injuries. Maybe Dayao himself and the Rockets still have hope for the future, but Li Ke knows that Dayao's body can no longer hold on.

Compared with the previous life, the Rockets after Dayao's serious injury have not yet come to an end. The main reason is that they dealt with McGrady's contract in advance and exchanged Billups and Richard Hamilton, retaining the hope of next season.

The Wizards' fifth overall pick in the first round is to be sold at a low price. On the one hand, the young draft is worthless. On the other hand, Ernie Grunfeld attributes the failure of the Wizards this past season to the impact of injuries.

Taking a closer look, this is indeed the case. No. 0 Agent Arenas only played 2 games throughout the season, and Brandon Haywood only played 6 games. Adding in the absence of Deshaun Stevenson for more than 40 games and Caron Butler's absence of more than ten games, the Wizards' injury problems have indeed had a huge impact.

In the new season, Arenas and Brandon Haywood are back, and Deshaun Stevenson and Caron Butler are also free from injury problems. The Wizards will naturally return to the playoffs.

The core position is full, and there is no extra playing time. The Wizards' first choice is naturally to send away the No. [-] pick in the first round, in exchange for immediate combat power, and improve their competitiveness next season.

"According to Ernie, the Timberwolves' bid should be Randy Foyega and Ryan Gomez. The Wizards can greatly improve their flank strength through this transaction."

Different from the original historical line, in last year's draft, the Timberwolves failed to get a higher pick, so their draft could only directly select Love. The Grizzlies still made a deal for OJ Mayo, but the target of the deal became the Thunder. McMiller went to the Thunder in the end.

Without McMiller, the Timberwolves can get out of this deal, except for Randy Foye, who averaged 16 points per game last season, and only one more Ryan Gomez, who averaged 13 points per game last season.

Although the data generated by the bad team is not high in gold content, but considering that the Timberwolves have produced two, combined, the value is not low.

"Where's the rocket?"

"Richard Hamilton single trade."

"Richard Hamilton? The Rockets are not playing anymore?"

"I don't know, maybe they have other ideas?"

Boss Qiao was guessing, Li Ke shook his head, he didn't want to think about it anymore, he didn't want to guess what Gou Lei thought.

"What about us?"

"Sign-and-trade Jared Jack and Chris Humphries..."

Jack's contract has expired, but he is a rookie whose contract expires, and the Bobcats have the right to match all bids for Jack, so he can sign first and then change.

As for Chris Humphries, his contract was just renewed last year for 3 years and 1000 million US dollars, and the transaction is not a big problem.

"If you look at it this way, we can produce about the same as the Timberwolves?"

"The overall record should be better than them."

Seeing Boss Qiao's confident look, Li Ke knew that he had almost talked with the general manager of the Wizards.

"Just wait, Sheldon, I'll let you know the result as soon as it comes out."

……

Trades and draft trials were in full swing. After Harden and Curry, Serena Williams, DeMar DeRozan, Tyreke Evans, Brandon Jennings, and Tajibson and DeMarre Carroll at the end of the first round also appeared in the Bobcats training hall and went through the trial process.

The NBA playoffs also quickly finished the finals.

To Li Ke's surprise and not surprise, KG was injured in the end. Although it was two or three months late, the high-intensity battle in the Eastern Conference Finals still made injuries inevitable.

Unlike the non-confrontation injury in history, this time KG turned around and sprained his knee when he hit sparks under the basket, causing a torn ligament.

KG was injured, and the Magic, which was already behind 0 to 2, quickly won four cities in a row and won the Eastern Conference championship trophy.

On the other side, the Lakers and the Lone Ranger also fought six games.

Although Mrs. Jia couldn't stand up to the driver, the peak Kobe was also not something this Lone Ranger could stop.

With a total score of 4 to 2, the Lakers entered the finals.

In this way, the game of the finals surprised Li Ke but not unexpectedly followed the historical line-Lakers vs. Magic!

The intensity of the finals was not great, and the suspense was not enough. When the fights were played one after another, an accident suddenly appeared——

On the TV, the Lakers, who have won three games in the first four games of the finals, are preparing for the fifth game of the finals.

The fifth game of the finals will be held in Orlando, and the Lakers have already called out to directly end this evenly matched finals in Orlando.

Accompanying Li Ke to watch the game were Boss Joe, Rod Higgins and Rich Joe.

After 48 minutes of the game, the Lakers won the trophy, Kobe won the first championship without the old sharks, and the first finals MVP trophy.

Almost at the moment when the game was over, Boss Joe's cell phone rang.

After connecting, the expression changed drastically.

After hanging up, he frowned and told Li Ke, Rod Higgins, and Rich Joe:

"It's Shaq. He applied for a trade and wanted to go to a championship-level team."

Li Ke frowned: "Apply for a deal? Why at this time..."

His eyes turned to the TV. On the TV, the Lakers were holding the cup.

"Is it Kobe? Stimulated him?"

"should be……"

Rod Higgins frowned: "But aren't we a strong team at the championship level?"

Rich Joe spread his hands: "Are we?"

This sentence reminds everyone.

The old Aiyuan is gone, and the old shark is one year older. It is impossible for the Bobcats in the small ball market to make any big signings. It will take another two or three seasons to count on the draft to turn around.

The Bobcats next season will obviously not be a strong team at the championship level.

"If he wants to go, let him go, anyway, we already have DeAndre..."

As he said this, Li Ke sighed with emotion: The Bobcats, the champion team in 08, are gone...

(End of this chapter)