After the popular summer league ended, the head coach of the Wizards gave the rookies a few days off to let them have a good rest after the summer league.
After the holidays, when the team veterans return from vacation, they will start to gather the players to start training together.
Because Li Kaiming was selected in the new season, and the management decided before the draft to make Li Kaiming the Wizards' inside core, there will definitely be major adjustments to the lineup, and the style of play will also need to change.
With preseason still a month and a half away, coach Flip Saunders is running out of time.
Li Kaiming took advantage of this rare opportunity to start devil training with Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian.
Originally, Yi Jianlian didn't quite believe in Sun Yue, but he made rapid progress in training with Li Kaiming.
Because this season is his third season in the NBA, that is, he has been polishing in America's system for almost three years. In addition to the visible improvement in confrontation intensity, his technical level has also improved. Not big.
But as soon as he trained with Li Kaiming, Yi Jianlian said it smelled so good!
For this reason, the latter directly told Li Kaiming, "Even if you don't play in the NBA and become a trainer, you can still make a lot of money!"
Li Kaiming's eyes were very vicious. He could see Yi Jianlian's shortcomings almost at a glance, and he was able to provide the best solution in a short period of time. Even Yi Jianlian had to admire him.
Under the leadership of Li Kaiming, Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian are becoming stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye...
Of course, in addition to helping his two compatriots improve, Li Kaiming also did not forget to improve his own strength.
After finishing the Summer League, he had accumulated 33 free attribute points, 8 badge upgrades, and 170 points!
It’s time to add exciting points again!
These 33 should be maximized and added to the attributes that have the best improvement effect on him.
At present, his attributes related to breakthroughs and the basket have basically been improved to a level close to the edge of an All-Star, and there is no need to improve it for the time being. However, his scoring ability outside the penalty area is still a bit lacking.
There are only two types of outside shots, one is mid-range and the other is three-pointer.
His mid-range shooting attribute is currently 55. His goal is to raise it to 80. There is no need to go any higher. The three-pointer is a bit far behind, only 40 points. Even if he throws in all 33 points, he is still 7 points short. To get to 80.
This is obviously a loss!
So this time Li Kaiming plans to divide the 33 attribute points into two parts, and add one part of 25 attribute points to the mid-range shot, so that the mid-range shot can reach 80, so that he will have a stable scoring method outside the penalty area.
Another 8 points are directly added to the near frame, making his near frame shot reach a terrifying 96! Becoming his first Hall of Fame caliber attribute.
After adding two points, his comprehensive evaluation also rose to 68 points, so he successfully unlocked two new badges.
[Tip-Up King]: Enhance the shooting attributes after grabbing offensive rebounds by 5%.
[Ball Protector]: Reduces the opponent's chance of successfully chipping the ball by 5% during layup.
A good badge, but for him, the 8 badge upgrade times should be used on more important badges.
The silver-level [Strong Throwing Master] was directly upgraded to the epic level by him, and the effect changed from reducing defensive interference by 10% to reducing defensive interference by 50%!
[Tough Basket] can also be directly maxed out to the epic level, which can increase the probability of scoring in a confrontation under the basket by 10%.
Another time, with the addition of [Dunk Expert], the probability of dunking the opponent increased by 10%.
You can play without anything, but you can’t play without the enjoyment.
If there is no entertainment, the fans will run away. Who are you going to call?
With one operation as fierce as a tiger, Li Kaiming was armed to the point of capillary before the preseason.
At the same time, the training with Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian has not stopped. The increased attributes will not make him a master immediately. He also needs to slowly adapt to the improved attributes.
So, while Li Kaiming and Sanrao were working hard, half a month passed quickly, and the three of them received the notice for the team to gather.
Li Kaiming wiped the sweat from his head, smiled at each other with Sun Yue opposite him, and then immediately packed up his things and rushed to the team.
After a period of hard training, they can't wait to prove themselves in team training!
Washington, DC, Mic Center Arena.
When Li Kaiming and his team arrived at the training ground, there were already many people there.
Arenas arrived very early, and his eyes lit up when he saw Li Kaiming!
Then he greeted Li Kaiming warmly!
The other veterans in the team were a little surprised. A man like Arenas who refused to accept anyone would actually give a rookie a good look when they met?
Except for the coaching staff, no one knew that Arenas had a duel with Li Kaiming as early as a month ago!
Arenas is very crazy, but when faced with truly capable people, he still respects them in his heart.
Sanders, the head coach of the Wizards, is a middle-aged man with a bulbous nose, sunken eye sockets, gray hair, but a serious face.
This year is his second year taking over the Wizards. Before that, he served as the head coach of the Timberwolves for 10 years and the Pistons for 3 years. He is very experienced.
And during this period, he also led the Timberwolves to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in history. After taking charge of the Pistons, he led the team with a winning rate of over 60% for three consecutive years!
Yes, as long as the lineup is not much different, Sanders' performance in leading the team is still guaranteed.
When Sanders saw that everyone was almost there, he clapped his hands and asked all the team members to gather around him!
"Guys, the new season has begun. This time we must not leave in disgrace like last season!"
Arenas lowered his head in shame. If he hadn't been suspended for the gun incident, how could the Wizards have been reduced to competing for the top pick.
However, misfortune and blessing depended on it. Although they did not make the playoffs, they got the No. 1 pick Li Kaiming, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation.
After Sanders had a heated conversation with the players, he directly divided the players into two groups according to the starters and substitutes, and prepared to start the competition!
Xia has brought in many new players, and he needs to observe their performance on the court to formulate tactics and rotation arrangements.
The starting lineup is, point guard Arenas, shooting guard Nick Young, forward Al Thornton, power forward Li Kaiming, and center Andre Blach.
The substitute lineup includes point guard Kirk Hinrich, shooting guard Lester Hudson, forward Sun Yue, power forward Yi Jianlian, and center McGee.
Josh Howard was still recovering from injury and had not returned, so Sun Yue was asked to take his place.
Because both Blatche and McGee are at the 5th position, their technical characteristics cannot play the 4th position at all, so Li Kaiming had to play the 4th position in the Wizards.
In the starting lineup, the two outside guards have good three-point abilities, and are especially good at difficult shots.
But the remaining two, except Li Kaiming, can only cover and defend with two wooden stakes outside the penalty area, and the rest just stand and watch the show.
On the contrary, in the substitute lineup, except for McGee who left the penalty area and failed to shoot, the remaining four offenses have no blind spots, but can play more tactical tricks.
But no matter how good the technique is, it cannot show the advantages of technique in the face of crushing physical fitness.
As soon as the ball jumped at the beginning, Li Kaiming went straight to the frontcourt, then received a pass from Arenas and dunked directly with two hands!
Only then did Yi Jianlian deeply understand what it was like to be opposite Li Kaiming. In the blink of an eye, the latter had left him behind!
McGee's experience was deeper. When he was a teammate in the summer league, he didn't fully understand how terrifying Li Kaiming's speed was, but the first ball in the team's training gave him a deep sense of powerlessness!
How to prevent this?
