I'm not really a role player

Chapter 334

Chapter 334

Li Ke left from Lao Qiao's office and returned to the training ground.

The teammates have almost arrived, new ones, old ones, and some that haven't been confirmed yet.

Before the coaching staff led by Rivers appeared, this group of people gathered together.

Li Ke also sneaked in curiously, and then he saw the one-on-one between Lance Stephenson and Wesley Matthews.

At the beginning of the one-on-one, there was only the noise of onlookers on the training ground.

When the younger brother carried Matthews to the basket, he made a seemingly difficult layup and barely sent the ball into the basket.

Some of the teammates beside Li Ke sighed, while others cheered and applauded...

But the real harshness was on the pitch—

The junior who scored the goal hammered his chest and acted extremely arrogantly: "You are not my opponent, Wesley, do you know why?"

Without waiting for Matthews to react, he shouted directly: "Because I'm from Brooklyn, I'm from Lincoln High..."

Li Ke was a little surprised, and this stepping on the horse was also called a reason.

But looking at the group of teammates around him, it seems that they are not surprised.

"This guy, he's been emphasizing since he came here, he's from Brooklyn, he's from a big city..."

Lao Du shook his head, answering Li Ke's doubts.

So, Junior Brother is a top-level regionalist?

On the training ground, Matthews was not used to his junior at all.

In another round, Matthews found the right time, jumped up, and slapped his junior brother Yi Hulu Hualao for a layup.

Then, he sprayed at his junior very stiffly: "I am the starting shooting guard at Marquette University, and I led the team to March Madness, and you, the loser in Cincinnati!"

Li Ke clapped his hands, this time, it's very exciting!

In the subsequent one-on-one, Matthews, who had been honed in the NBA for a year, did not give his junior a chance to go back.

The regionalist who has been suffocating can only wait until the coaching staff is in place. When Rivers asked him to introduce himself, he announced loudly once——

"I'm from Brooklyn, my high school is Lincoln High, and I was the No. 2009 high school student in the United States in [-]!"

Junior brother's arrogance is no longer just arrogance, he is also a little surly, arrogant and arrogant, Li Ke can't stand it anymore.

"This guy is uneducated!"

Shaking his head, Li Ke looked at several other new teammates - Xiao Mo, Stephen Jackson, and Joan Shayer, Lance Thomas, Brian Zobeck, who still hold training camp contracts for the time being...

All three are from Duke University, this year's NCAA champion team, and only one of the three can remain.

Although Li Ke has just arrived, he has already judged that Lance Thomas will be left in the end.

Joan Shayer is the most famous, but he needs to play with the ball in his hands, which does not match his ability. It is more appropriate to go to the lower leagues in Europe and China to seek gold.

Brian Zubeck is 2 meters tall and weighs 16 pounds. He is too stupid and obviously won't stay.

Lance Thomas is the least famous of the three, with a height of 2 meters and a weight of 03 pounds, the size is qualified.

He has a flexible body and excellent defense. He can defend against non-heavy fours and can also switch to small wings on the outside.

The style of play is temporarily on the inside, but the three-pointer is being developed, and the progress of the development is said to be quite impressive.

To put it simply, this guy is a bankrupt version of Hua's second child.

With Hua Lao Er's return date still undecided, it's not bad to use the previous bankrupt version for the time being.

……

In the morning, after the physical examination, the younger brother was still very arrogant.

Li Ke, who has never bullied rookies, decided to make an exception this time.

"Hey Steve, are we going to have sandwiches for lunch today?"

"On the first day of the training camp, everything was too rushed, so..."

Steve Johnson is the chef of the team's restaurant. Li Ke's sudden and unexpected inquiry caught him off guard.

But he didn't know that this was just an excuse for Li Ke to find.

"It's tasteless, it's too bland..."

Soon, Li Ketu saw him poorly: "I suddenly want to eat Taco on Seventh Avenue..."

Little Jordan's eyes lit up not far away: "I know that Taco is indeed delicious."

A helper stepped forward to cooperate, Li Ke silently gave Little Qiaodan a thumbs up, but secretly complained: Don't you know?

I once remembered that when Li Ke ate the taco on Seventh Avenue for the first time, Lao Sha forced rookie Jordan to buy it.

"When you say that, I want to eat it even more, DeAndre, are you going?"

"No, no, it's not a coincidence that I didn't drive here today."

Little Jordan waved his hands, Li Ke turned his head and began to scan the other teammates in the restaurant.

"So……"

The veterans are still there, and they all know that Li Ke will never call their names.

The rookies were still in a daze until——

"Lance, no, it's not you, it's another Lance."

Lance Thomas and his younger brother collided with each other. When Li Ke called out the name Lance, Lance Thomas stood up abruptly.

Li Ke waved his hand, and finally pointed at his reluctant junior brother.

"Why me, not them..."

No matter how dull the younger brother is, he understands that what Li Ke is doing is the tradition of NBA veterans punishing rookies.

But he was not convinced, because besides him, the rookies in the training hall also included Duke's top three losers.

Li Ke spread his hands and told him: "Because you are the only rookie with a guaranteed contract."

This reason is impeccable, because Duke is not sure whether to stay among the three heroes who lost the selection, and he is not completely his own.

The tradition of NBA veterans punishing rookies is aimed at their own people.

Hearing this, the younger brother could only accept his fate: "Okay, I'll go buy it, but at least you should tell me where the place is."

"Yeah, we should tell you where Seventh Avenue is, after all, you're from Brooklyn..."

Li Ke let out a strange rage, and then directed Little Qiaodan to tell his junior a geographical location that seemed to be correct but was in fact wrong by tens of miles.

Seeing the younger brother run out of the training hall, Li Ke added: "If you can't buy it, you don't have to come back."

……

On the media open day in the afternoon, Bobcats' 12 guaranteed players (not including Hua's second child), plus 3 training camp players, faced many reporters' visits and accepted interviews very freely.

Bobcats should have 16 people, but actually only 15 people, and no one seems to notice that one person is missing.

until……

ESPN reporter Jackie McMullan remembered that he had to do a feature on this season's rookies, so he had to chat with the Bobcats' first-round picks this season.

After going through the depths of my brain first, I found the name of the Bobcats' first-round rookie, Lance Stephenson.

Then, he turned his head and looked around for the figure of his junior brother, but found nothing.

At this time, he discovered that Lance Stephenson did not show up after the media was opened.

Shocked, he immediately had a lot of guesses. After all, in high school and college, Lance Stephenson was notoriously rebellious and a troublemaker...

"He and Bobcat had a falling out and didn't come to report directly?"

"Or, during the assembly in the morning, he directly fought with Sheldon and went to the hospital?"

After Li Ke punched Anzhu in the finals of last season, Li Ke's violence seems to have penetrated into the hearts of some people.

However, Jackie McMullan still has professional ethics. He did not blindly draw conclusions after random guesses, but found the Bobcats' press officer.

"Hey Tom, why didn't I see Lance?"

"Lance? Isn't he there?"

The press officer pointed to Lance Thomas, and McMullan explained, "No, I'm asking Lance Stephenson."

"Lance Stephenson? You said him, he went to buy taco."

"Taco?"

McMullan has realized what, yes, the practice of veterans punishing rookies.

Experienced, he asked: "Who told him to go?"

"Sheldon."

Soon, Li Ke was entangled by McMullan.

Why would you let Lance Stephenson buy tacos?Are you bullying the rookie on the team?Is it the practice of the veteran to punish the rookie?

Li Ke didn't hide it at all, and there was no need to hide it and told McMullan: "Yes, it is me, and it is indeed the practice to punish rookies, but one thing must be corrected. It is not bullying, but training!"

Until the end of the media day, the juniors will rush back to the training hall.

His whole body looked as if his hair had been fried, and he was holding a bunch of tacos in both hands, looking very embarrassed.

And at this time, everyone knows what happened to the younger brother...

The taco is delicious even after so much time has passed.

The younger brother took a big breath because of this, but this was exactly what Li Ke wanted to see.

To deal with a thorn, one must first arouse the thorn's anger, and then use thunder to push back the anger.

After doing this several times, no matter how powerful the stabbing head is, it will be smoothed out.

……

The training camps of NBA teams began one after another, and the league then announced the schedule for the new season.

Because Li Ke was suspended for 18 games, the Bobcats were absent from many of the highlights of this season's NBA.

There is no Bobcats in the opening game. The league has arranged three opening games——

The Cavaliers played against the Celtics at home, and the matchup between the old and new Big Three. Just watching this game, Li Ke felt that David Stern should have acquiesced in the teaming of LeBron, Wade and Bosh.

The Lakers played against the Nuggets at home, a repeat of last season's Western Conference finals; and the Mavericks played against the Spurs, a classic battle between the bulls and horses.

In the following Halloween battle, there was still no Bobcat's share.

But in the Christmas game, the Bobcats are back, and they need to play away against the Lakers on Christmas Eve.

From this point of view, it is certain that the attention the Bobcats have received in the past few seasons comes from Li Ke.

Without Li Ke, the opening game and the Halloween battle would not be for Bobcats.

As soon as Li Ke made his comeback, the most important Christmas battle among the major events was immediately arranged.

After the Christmas battle is the Spring Festival war that belongs exclusively to Li Ke.

This year's Spring Festival will not collide with the All-Star Weekend, so, like the first Spring Festival, the game will be held on the first day of the new year.

The opponent is the Oklahoma City Thunder.

"David Stern still holds Xiao Du's heart alive..."

In addition to these two important games, Li Ke also noticed that the Bobcats had a very easy start.

The Wizards who just got the No. [-] pick John Wall in the first game, followed by the Eagles, Pacers, Kings, Grizzlies...

The strength may be strong or weak, and there are some seemingly weak opponents who cannot be underestimated, but these opponents are all unimportant to Li Ke.

The Pistons, Nets, Cavaliers, Celtics, Lakers, and Thunder that have special significance to Li Ke are all put behind.

Or the real top teams that the league considers, such as the Spurs, Mavericks, and Nuggets, are also put behind.

"The arrangement of this competition is also considerate enough."

David Stern wants heat, the Bobcats and Li Ke want an easy start, and the schedule will become difficult after Li Ke returns.

In this way, at the beginning of the season, they will not lose too many games because of Li Ke's absence.

Li Ke knows that in the playoffs, the competition in the Eastern Conference may not be so fierce.

But in the regular season, the Cavaliers, who are considered to be number one without any suspense, and the Bulls, whom Li Ke knows are destined to break out like dark horses, and even the Celtics, who have gone back to the past, will be competitors for the Eastern Conference rankings.

An easy start, followed by a difficult schedule, is important for the Bobcats, who need a certain basis for regular season rankings.

……

As soon as the schedule is released, the time for media reporters, experts, and football critics will come.

Pre-season forecasts and predictions are the highlight at the beginning of each season.

The same is true this year, but this year is a little different, almost all the media have the same caliber.

"The Cavaliers are the only championship favorites this season, and they will sweep the entire league without any suspense..."

This is a bit like the public opinion of the media before the 07-08 season, but the difference is——

Some media reporters and experts will mention the season two seasons ago, and then use the Bobcats as a dark horse to tell those expert reporters who think the Cavaliers will sweep the league that the dark horse still exists and the Cavaliers are not invincible.

But this time, those expert reporters who supported the Big Three replied with full confidence:

"The Big Three of Cavaliers are different!"

That's right, it's really different. The Big Three of the Celtics are the Big Three that have passed their peak, and the Big Three of the Cavaliers have not even reached their peak. The gap between the two is too big.

Li Ke is more concerned about the rankings given by this group of experts and reporters to the teams for the new season.

ESPN's famous Zach Lowe's forward-looking is the authority among this group of expert reporters. In the new season, his ranking is as follows——

In the east, the Cavaliers are the first without suspense, and the second is the Bobcats.

"Although Shelton will be suspended for 18 games, and although Gerald Wallace will not return until at least the second half of the season, no matter what, they are the kings of the Eastern Conference last season. As long as Sheldon returns after the suspension period, the Eastern Conference removes the Cavaliers, and the Bobcats will have no opponents."

There are good reasons, and Li Ke also feels the importance.

But he was still annoyed by the fact that the Cavaliers had no suspense in the first place, and the premise of "eliminating the Cavaliers in the East".

After the Bobcats, Zach Lowe believes that the Bulls with heavyweight signings will rise. Carlos Boozer and Rose will form a Chicago duo, plus Luol Deng...

It has to be said that the Bulls' third place has proved the authority of Zaklowe, although the reasons he gave will deviate from the reality——

The rise of the Bulls has nothing to do with Boozer, who will be ruined after signing a big contract. Thibodeau is the main reason.

The Bulls are followed by the Magic, the Magic are followed by the Eagles, and after that, the Knicks who got Stoudemire and the Bucks who were very strong last year.

The difference in the East is not big. In the West, the Lakers are first, the Spurs are second, the Nuggets are in the top four, and the Grizzlies are ranked in the lottery. Li Ke thinks that Zach Lowe is nothing more than that...

After the preview of the season, the clarion call for the new season is sounded.

(End of this chapter)