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Chapter 29 Li Shihao's Ambition
Chapter 29 Lee Se Ho's Ambition

In the ensuing first quarter, Li Shihao began to gradually focus the team's offense on the inside. Under his organized offense, Al Jefferson and Kevin Love began to score continuously. The Warriors' inside Biedlin Si gradually revealed the phenomenon of being alone.

Whenever Li Shihao accurately passed the ball to Al Jefferson or Kevin Love, they were always able to stably and efficiently score the basketball into the basket, and the two inside monsters began to gradually wreak havoc on the Warriors. Inside defense.

The head coach of the Warriors, Don Nelson, stood on the sidelines without saying a word, quietly watching the changing situation on the court, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, he was a little surprised by Li Shihao's performance, the young man in front of him had already surpassed The performance that a rookie should have, he is indeed far ahead of most of the rookies in this class.

Even though he was optimistic about this Chinese rookie, Li Shihao's performance far exceeded his expectations at the moment. In Li Shihao, he did not see the characteristics of a functional guard. The metamorphosis, the speed of progress is getting faster and faster, and it seems to be moving towards the most ideal state of a point guard.

In the first quarter of the game alone, under his organizational pass, the Timberwolves successfully overtook the score by virtue of their inside advantage. What surprised him was not Li Shihao's passing awareness. What he saw was the most important thing buried in this quarter. Essential factors, he clearly saw the most rare overall view of a point guard from this Chinese boy.

Nowadays, in the media close to the NBA, we can often see how the modern uncrowned king praises a player's overall view. They often judge a player's internal ability at will based on the pros and cons of the data, and even to a certain extent, they will The core players in control of the ball are seen as a cash cow that can bring news effect.Once the players perform well and lead the team to victory, they will easily put a series of praiseworthy evaluations such as "big picture", "great", "all-around" and so on on those players.

In Don Nelson's eyes, this is undoubtedly an insult to basketball itself!
Even in the NBA business field, Don Nelson has been around for decades, but he still has the most essential characteristics of a basketball player. He is a stubborn old man, crazy and rational, and he preserves the most precious characteristics of a basketball player.

Therefore, he understands what a player really needs, and now he can vaguely see such a characteristic from Li Shihao, which is really beyond his expectation.

There are many point guards in this league. They have a skill, or a one-step breakthrough, or a stable shooting skill, or a wonderful organizational ability, or an unsolvable extraordinary skill. All in all, there have been countless star point guards in the NBA.

They were applauded, highly praised by the media, became famous, and the fans flocked to tens of thousands of people, and they responded all the time.

But in the old Nelson's view, most of them are just functional point guards. Perhaps it is enough to be the core of a team, but if they want to embark on the legendary road full of ups and downs and glory, they must Not even close!

In today's league, Jason Kidd and Stephen Nash are undoubtedly the most famous players in the first position in the league. They have been famous in the position of point guard for many years, but only Stephen Nash can be regarded as a true legend. The essence of the road, but what is frustrating is that poor defense has made Stephen Nash drift away on this legendary road, gradually losing the essence that those legendary point guards should have!

And Jason Kidd, the triple-double king in this league, may only be counted as half.

Don Nelson's cloudy eyes revealed a little thoughtful light, he suddenly didn't want to interrupt Li Shihao's performance, he wanted to really see how much amazing talent this young Chinese rookie can show in this game.

After the first quarter of the game, Timberwolves head coach McHale found Li Shihao. As a young head coach, McHale undoubtedly has little experience in this position. He prefers to let the stars rely on complicated and boring tactics. Own play to take over the game and lead the team to victory.

In the first quarter of the game, Li Shihao undoubtedly achieved this perfectly. His organizational ability is undoubtedly extremely impressive. The data of four assists in a single quarter allowed the Timberwolves to gradually open up the situation in the interior. Under his organization, Kevin Love and Al Jefferson are often able to throw the basketball into the basket in the most comfortable position, so now, McHale wants to hear the thoughts of the young disciple in front of him.

"Bruce, you performed very well in the first quarter. The team's offense in the interior gradually opened up the situation under your guidance, but I want to know your opinion on this game."

When Li Shihao heard this, he didn't rush to answer. He thought for a while, and said: "The Warriors will not have much breakthrough in the past two seasons. They are now entering a rebuilding period. Coach Don Nelson wants to Sharpen the young players in the team today, they expect to use the regular season to develop their team's future, but the victory of this game is extremely important to us, we not only need to win this victory cleanly, We need to sharpen our latest tactics in this game!"

McHale pondered for a while when he heard the words, he was a little surprised, he asked: "Bruce, the team's recent running-in is deepening, and now our offensive and defensive system is only initially established, but I can still see it. The power is very unusual! This is inseparable from your hard work, but I want to know that you care so much about winning or losing the game, do you want to lead the team to the playoffs?"

Li Shihao was silent. He understood that this was a bit unbelievable. In history, there are very few players who can serve as the core of a team and push a team that was once bottom of the pack into the playoffs. Count those who have done this in the history of the NBA. Phenomenal rookies, they basically became superstars in the league in the end-Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Dwyane Wade, Melo Anthony...

They undoubtedly all had an amazing rookie season, and it is undoubtedly extremely rare to be able to perform phenomenally in the first year!

But such rookies, even in the vast history of the NBA, are only a minority after all. Most rookies often only make desperate shots in their debut season, exercise their offensive skills, and accumulate game experience. They often don't care.

However, now Li Shihao has an ambition. He doesn't want his rookie season to be so mediocre. He hopes that his rookie season can shine in the more competitive playoffs stage.

He said: "Boss, I want to bring the team into the playoffs, I know it's hard, especially in today's competitive West, a weak team wants to rely on a rookie to make the playoffs It is too difficult, but I want to try to do it, I don't want my rookie season to be ordinary, I am more looking forward to the playoffs full of challenges and unknowns."

There was a glint of appreciation in McHale's eyes. He was also a star player. As one of the legendary players in the history of the Celtics, he understands the importance of honor to a player. He is very happy that Li Shihao can show such desire. As the head coach No one doesn't want their players to work hard and have a longing for the playoffs where challenges and opportunities coexist.

Li Shihao is naturally very pleased to have such an idea. He nodded and said slowly: "Bruce, let it go! Today's Timberwolves rebuild will focus on you, and you will be the future of Timberwolves. , give it a go! You are the core of the team, and I will support you!"

Li Shihao raised his head and looked at the head coach McHale in surprise. He didn't expect that McHale didn't even have the slightest intention to show off.

If the team gives up their hard work this season and gets a record at the bottom of the league after the end of the season, they will undoubtedly be able to get a higher draft pick next summer. A higher ranking means that they can pick more potential players. Rookies, just like the Trail Blazers did, rely on the draft year after year to gradually gather a group of young and talented team stars.

However, to Li Shihao's surprise, the head coach McHale actually chose to trust him as a rookie and let him choose the direction of the team's reconstruction. He was a little moved. Looking at the sincerity in the eyes of the head coach McHale, he knew that he was lucky. Yes, he has met a head coach who can really be trusted.

Perhaps as a head coach, McHale's on-the-spot command ability is not good, he is not very good at adjusting the relationship between players, his ability to train players is not very good, and there are not too many complicated and cumbersome tactics in his mind. But what is commendable is that McHale is a head coach who is more willing to believe in players!

McHale, who came from the player era, can better understand the players' minds, so he has a better understanding of Li Shihao's thoughts, and he will not be as stubborn and unchangeable as the academic coaches.

Then the game restarted. Li Shihao took the ball from Brewer's hands and began to control the ball to advance forward. He gave Brewer a wink and signaled him to get more shots by running more positions. As long as Brewer When he was open for a moment, Li Shihao's pass could cut through the Warriors' defensive line in an instant and come to Brewer's hands.

This is Li Shihao's self-confidence. His passing skills are based on making mistakes again and again. He is not a talented person. He understands the importance of a skill after he has been familiar with it thousands of times. Quantitative changes gradually turned into qualitative changes, just like his passing, shooting, and breakthroughs, after hard practice again and again, gradually began to become difficult to defend.

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