Basketball: Start with the nerve knife

Chapter 16

The four irons of life.

Li Wan can now be regarded as having an iron match with Odom.

So as soon as they met the next day, he proposed the idea of ​​a bullfight with Odom.

Odom thought he heard it wrong at first, but after Li Wan repeated it, he couldn't help laughing out loud: "Dude, you don't think you can beat me if you beat Jordan, do you?"

Still he agreed.

"Because there are not many people, let's make a quick decision!"

It turns out Odom was right.

11-5.

Odom won the final victory simply.

"You are already very powerful, at least it made me sweat!"

He also gave Li Wan a trash talk.

Li Wan was not discouraged either, this result was within his expectations.

Although his physical fitness and ball handling have become better.Playing against a guy like Jordan Farmar whose height, weight, and physical fitness is not as good as him, he can naturally be crushed purely by dynamic and static talent, but when he meets Odom, who is not bad in physical condition and physical fitness, It exposed his weakness in singles with the ball.

And Odom is not a very good defender with the ball in the entire league.

He still has a long way to go!
In the following time, he would face off with Odom when he had the opportunity to hone his skills.

The days passed day by day, and October 10st, the media public day, was also the day when all members of the Lakers team took makeup photos.

When Kupchak came to the training hall, he happened to see Li Wan fighting with Odom, ran over and patted him on the shoulder: "You really suffered!"

Why didn't that old thief arrange for Kobe to have a bullfight with Li Wan!
After speaking, I went to find Phil Jackson.

Li Wan:? ? ?
"How many times has it been?"

Li Wan, who was holding the ball, asked.

Odom thought back seriously: "7 to 7 or 7 to 9?"

Li Wan took this opportunity to break through the basket suddenly, Odom turned around and couldn't catch up, and watched Li Wan put the basket into the basket.

"11 to 7, sorry Lamar, I won!"

Li Wan picked up the ball and looked towards Odom with a smile.

Odom put his hands on his hips and rolled his eyes.He looked disgusted, but he felt a little emotional in his heart. Half a month ago, he could easily defeat Li Wan, and now this guy can fight him back and forth.

Amazing transformation ability!
Kupchak also arrived at Phil Jackson's head coach's office around this time.

The "Zen Master" who was discussing the team lineup with Phil Handy saw him enter the door, saw the faint smile on his mouth, and really wanted to take off the Gucci belt around his waist and slap him like Jenny Buss .

What are you doing here?
Phil Jackson asked with his eyes.

"Today is the day for taking makeup photos. Let me ask you, how do you take the makeup photos for the Lakers this year?"

Every NBA team will take photos of players before the start of the new season.

The status of the players in the team can also be seen from the shooting of the makeup photos.

The team's core promotional photos will be hung on the team's official Twitter and posted in the arena.

And the team's "water cooler" administrator may only take a group photo.

To put it bluntly, Kupchak came to ask how the makeup photo was taken is fake, and asked Li Wan how much playing time in the playoffs and even the regular season was the truth.

"Are you asking me about that, man? I'm not the general manager of the Lakers."

Phil Jackson didn't give an answer.

Kupchak was not annoyed, and continued to smile: "Then I plan to shoot Li Wan, Vladimir and Maurice Evans together, what do you think?"

Both played around 20 minutes last season and were staples of the Lakers' rotation.

In other words, the old man hopes that Li Wanneng will have about 20 minutes of playing time.

"This is also to allow him to better play his own value!"

Kupchak added.

Phil Jackson agreed, not because he believed this old man's nonsense, but because he had already planned to use Li Wan as the main rotation.

These days, Li Wan has shown a very impressive teamwork ability in training. Whether it is communicating with teammates or running tactics, he is very good!
Naturally, he will not waste the opportunity to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA in the preseason.

Kupchak's goal was achieved, and he left without saying anything more.

When he returned to the stadium, the photographers at the scene had already started to take pictures of the team's makeup. "Little Shark" Bynum stood with Kobe, his expression was not excited, only nervous.

"Hey man, relax, you're looking like someone is going to eat you!"

The photographer took a few shots, feeling dissatisfied, and wanted to relax by telling some jokes. Kobe glanced at Bynum, and this time, he was even more nervous.

After dawdling for more than ten minutes, this set photo was finally finished.

Far from the "black mamba field", Bynum was excited.

Standing with Kobe for the new season's makeup photos, there is no doubt that he is one of the core of the Lakers' new season.

Of course, Kobe took several separate photos later, proving his uniqueness in this team.But under Kobe, this position is also very good.

"Okay, it's your turn!"

According to Kupchak, Li Wan took makeup photos with Vladimir Radmanovic and Maurice Evans.

Evans noticed an instinctive resistance in his eyes when he noticed that he was taking a makeup photo with a Chinese newcomer.

He has been hostile to Li Wan for a long time.

From Phil Jackson's use of Li Wan during the training game, it can be seen that the two of them have similar positions in the Lakers.

They are all swingmen at the second and third positions.

Now that the photo shoot is on the same team, this undoubtedly shows that the number one enemy competing for playing time in the new season is Li Wan.

After taking the photo, Su Qun, who came to interview today, gave him a thumbs up: "Okay, Xiao Li, he's handsome!"

At the same time, I am also happy for Li Wan.

The signal that Kupchak wants to send out when taking makeup photos according to this combination, the old reporters who have followed the NBA for so many years must understand it.

This shows that Phil Jackson's attitude towards Li Wan has changed. This news will definitely make many fans happy when it comes back to China.

"You don't know how popular you are in China after the summer league. When I interviewed you at the NCAA last year, I really didn't expect you to play so quickly!"

Li Wan smiled and said nothing.

He can actually imagine how much domestic fans look forward to him.After all, Yili came to let him speak for him.Just by looking at the popularity of the spokespersons they signed earlier, one can know how many people Li Wan is discussing in China.

However, at the same time, his black fans also increased.

As for why there are so many black fans...

The reason is probably similar to Kobe and LeBron James. —— Brainless fans blow too much!
That is, traffic backlash.

A regular NBA game has not yet been played, and many fans in China already think that he can make the All-Star!
How can such flattery not arouse the resentment of others?

In particular, many fans are using Li Wan to step on Yi Jianlian, which makes most fans disgusted.

For Li Wan now, there are many domestic fans who are looking forward to his good performance in the new season, and there are also many domestic fans who want to see him make a fool of himself.

　Wake up early two more, please collect and recommend, brother cute! ! ! !

(End of this chapter)