Happy time always passes quickly, and two days passed like this.
On December 26, the last day of the Clippers' third rest day, Li Ao arrived at Memorial Stadium before 8 a.m. in advance.
There is preparation training today, followed by a wave of three battles in four days.
Li Ao came to the training ground carrying a big box, planning to secretly place Christmas gifts in various corners of their Clippers area before his teammates arrived, as a surprise for his teammates.
As a result, as soon as I entered the training ground, I saw Big Q coming out after changing into training clothes...
Li Ao: ()
Big Q rushed up to help Li Ao carry the carton and asked: "Boss, what is this?"
Li Ao was speechless for two seconds and responded: "Christmas gift."
Da Q's eyes lit up and he asked, "Do you have mine?"
"Yes, the top one."
Da Q quickly held the bottom of the carton with one hand, opened the hidden box with the other hand, and saw his gift...a postcard?
He picked it up, looked at it, and exclaimed, "Hey, is this Brandy's phone number?"
"Yeah, didn't you say before that your dream was to date Brandi Norwood? I asked Vanessa for it."
"Vanessa? Bryant's girlfriend? Oh, yes, Bryant seemed to be with Brandi a few years ago... Wait, boss, you asked Bryant's girlfriend for his ex-girlfriend's phone number? "Big Q has touched upon a blind spot in knowledge.
"If you ask Kobe for it, he will definitely not give it to me. Vanessa happened to be sitting near me last night. I asked her for it, but she said she didn't know either."
"Then how did you get Brandi's phone number?"
"I just got home last night and Vanessa called me on Kobe's phone and gave me Brandi's number."
"..." If Big Q didn't have a third hand, he would definitely give a thumbs up.
What a tragedy for Bryant...but Big Q's sympathy didn't last long, thank you Bryant!
Li Ao's mood was even more complicated at the moment. He asked, "Quentin, why are you here so early?"
"I came to practice three-pointers early and practiced catching and shooting well. It would be terrible if Eric took back the starting position I finally got. He comes to training at 8:30 every rest day. I am earlier than him. !I’ll start training at 8 o’clock!”
If the facts could be put aside, Li Ao really wanted to say: Why are you working so hard? Aren't you happy lying down?
Well, training hard, improving your strength, winning fans' cheers with your performance on the field and making your opponents angry is happier than lying flat.
Da Q suddenly thought of something and asked: "Boss, why are you here so early? Aren't you taking a break when you should and going to work? Could it be that you want to give us gifts and see how happy we are to receive the gifts early?" Looks like you came early?"
"I came here an hour early because I wanted to hide the gift before you guys arrived and wait for you to find it."
"..."
Da Q looked at the postcard with 'To Quentin' written in his hand and fell silent.
Seeing Da Q's remorseful expression, Li Ao felt much happier.
Suddenly, Big Q put the postcard with Brandi's phone number back into the box.
"Boss, let's go hide the gifts together! You have to hide mine well, and I have to find my gift with my own hands! We have to do it quickly, Eric may be arriving soon."
After saying that, Big Q took the box and walked to the locker room.
This time it was Li Ao's turn to be stunned.
He immediately smiled.
If one person loses the joy of hiding gifts and arranging surprises, then two people can enjoy the joy of arranging surprises for teammates together!
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The Clippers' "Team Activity" today, look for the gifts that the boss has hidden in various places on the training ground!
Not only the players, but also the coaches, trainers, team doctors, and even the cleaners responsible for their hygiene.
Some people will tell their teammates when they find someone else's gift. Some people find a gift that is not theirs and immediately hide it somewhere else, making it harder to find.
Today's training was affected, and the 'Instigator' went to the blacksmith room with James Worthy for training, but Gentry was very happy. It was the middle of the season, and the training volume was already small. The players were playing together and strengthening their skills. Improving cohesion within the team and creating a relaxed and happy atmosphere may have a greater impact on the game than training.
Little O'Neal regretted finding his gift so early!
Why didn't he think of buying a gift?
The fight for the boss position is another step behind Spider-Man!
However, he looked at the game disc boxes in his hand. They were all games that had just been launched. Some of them he had, most of them didn't, but each one was a game of his favorite type.
Although he thinks that he and Li Ao are in a state of competition, their relationship is not bad. On the contrary, he is the first teammate to get acquainted with Li Ao, and they will sit together and chat when they have nothing to do.
He likes to play games, and his teammates all know this, but he doesn't know when he told Li Ao what type of games he likes to play.
Not only him, he was very surprised when he saw his teammates getting the gifts, saying that this was what they wanted.
Even the cleaning lady received a brand of perfume that she wanted but was reluctant to buy.
He used to feel that Li Ao talked too much, could chat with anyone, and didn't have the temperament that a star player should have.
Now, when he sees his teammates happy, he feels completely different...
But if he wanted to talk nonsense like Li Ao, he thought about it and let it go.
He is a man who wants to become a superstar, and he wants to conquer his teammates with his strength!
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At noon, Da Q finally found the postcard that his boss had stuffed into the crack of the bathroom ceiling and cried with joy.
He said he would hide it better, but he didn't expect the boss to hide it in such an underworld.
If he hadn't happened to enter that cubicle, sitting on the toilet with his hair raised and wondering where the boss would hide it, he would never have imagined that the postcard would be there.
If I had known, I would have secretly written down my phone number!
But you’d better keep the postcards sent by the boss!
After finding Brandy's number, Big Q immediately ran to the place where Li Ao usually eats, and just in time, Li Ao's personal nutritionist + physical therapist was preparing lunch.
Li Ao complained: "Why are you here to eat for food again?"
Jack smiled when he heard this: "Leo, don't be so stingy, wouldn't it be more lively to have one more person to eat with? I'll treat you to this meal!"
Big Q didn't care at all about being disliked. He laughed twice, sat down, and asked Li Ao: "Boss, can you become an All-Star starter in your rookie year like Hill?"
Today, there are three hot topics about the NBA.
The Clippers temporarily canceled training this morning. After some players found gifts early, they sat together and chatted. The content of the chat was inevitably related to the NBA, and the chat was naturally a hot topic at the moment.
One is about yesterday’s Christmas fight.
In a total of two games, the Lakers, the top contender in the Western Conference, lost to the Trail Blazers 104-109. The Magic, the favorite in the Eastern Conference, also lost. Iverson scored 36 points and 12 assists, and scored 25 points and 14 assists. Duncan, who had 17 points and 10 assists, and McGrady, who had 17 points and 10 assists, led the 76ers to revenge the Magic 100-96.
As of now, the Lakers are first in the Western Conference with 19 wins and 8 losses, the Trail Blazers are third in the Western Conference with 17 wins and 10 losses, the Magic are first in the Eastern Conference with 18 wins and 9 losses, and the 76ers are second in the Eastern Conference with 16 wins and 10 losses.
In the East, the Pacers did not retain Mark Jackson and Rick Schmitz retired, and they collapsed long ago; the Knicks were defeated by Li Ao; although the Heat had a good record, Mourning suffered a sudden illness and no one was optimistic about it. How far can they go in the playoffs...
The Magic and the 76ers are the only two top teams and championship contenders in the Eastern Conference this season.
In the Western Conference, the Lakers and Trail Blazers were the two teams that played against each other in last season's Western Conference Finals. When these two teams met, there was talk of a 'continuation of the Western Conference Finals'.
Both the Lakers and Magic were defeated last night, and the topic of competing for the championship has become hot.
The second topic is that this morning the league announced the start of All-Star starting voting.
The third topic is related to the second topic-Li Ao won the best of the week.
This is the fifth consecutive season that a rookie has won the Player of the Week award.
It was Iverson in the 96-97 season, Duncan in the 97-98 season, Carter in the 98-99 season, and Francis in the 99-00 season.
As of now, these people are the most representative players of their draft.
Li Ao won the Best of the Week, and was naturally tied with these people.
This does not need to consider which rookie class is strong or weak. Player of the Week is awarded by competing with all players in the league.
The 1995 class of rookies is full of talent, but none of them won the Best of the Week in their rookie season, so no one is tied with those few in this aspect.
Li Ao actually won the Player of the Week award yesterday, but yesterday the fans' attention was focused on the two popular Christmas games in the evening. Today, he is being used for hype. The NBA official website has awarded him the Player of the Week and All-Star starter. Voting side by side in the headlines...he smelled the maknae's scent.
When Big Q mentioned the fact that the first rookie since Hill was selected as an All-Star starter, Li Ao rubbed his chin... Hey, when will the stubble grow hard?
Forget it, Li Ao stretched his neck and responded: "I will definitely make it to the All-Star starting lineup."
Big Q gave a thumbs up in admiration: "As expected of my boss, he is just confident!"
Li Ao shrugged and said: "You don't know how many people there are in our country. Even if one in a thousand people voted for me, I would still be the first choice. But I guess there are not that many people in our country who can vote, but I am very popular in Los Angeles." It’s still okay. I heard it’s higher than Kobe. If it weren’t for Garnett and Webber in the Western Conference, I might have been able to compete for the top vote. It’s such a pity..."
Big Q was stunned. He had thought that it was already an unattainable goal for a rookie to compete for the starting spot in the All-Star Game.
In the 24 years since the NBA merged with the ABA, we can't even count the number of players selected as All-Star starters in their rookie seasons on one hand. These players are Magic, Jordan, O'Neal, and Hill. They are gone.
Even Supernovas such as Bird, Admiral, and Duncan, who were on the All-NBA team in their rookie seasons, were not selected as All-Star starters.
When Li Ao arrived, he ignored the All-Star starting lineup and focused on the vote winner!
He is indeed the boss of Big Q!
By the way, how many people are there in the flower gardening family?
Big Q is very curious.
After lunch, he went to the coaches' office to borrow a computer and check...
Vaco! The boss is cheating!
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The Christmas game is over, All-Star starting voting begins, and the NBA kicks off the mid-season.
After Li Ao got up on the morning of the 27th, he took a bath and changed clothes, put incense sticks on Mr. Guan, and started the lottery!
There are two level 3 skill upgrade card fragments lying there. I have long wanted to collect 3 of them in a wave and choose a level 2 skill upgrade.
Finally got 30,000 achievement points, the break is over, let’s get started!
On the 17th draw, I finally drew level 3 skill upgrade card fragments.
Fortunately, in the previous 16 draws, we just drew 3 level 2 skill upgrade card fragments... and 1 basic attribute point!
Thank you Mr. Guan for your blessing!
He immediately converted the original 1 basic attribute point and the one he just drew into speed basic attribute points, gathered 3 basic speed attribute points, and increased the speed to 92, and the explosive acceleration was also increased to the top level of 90 !
At this time, the system prompt came!
"Congratulations to the host for improving his comprehensive evaluation from 78 to 79. The host is only one step away from being an outstanding star. He needs to develop a main offensive ability with the ball, or his defense can further reach the top level to join the ranks of outstanding stars."
Just like what Li Ao thought!
His system evaluation method is different from others. As long as others perform like a first-class star, they will be evaluated as a first-class star, but he is more harsh here.
Three months have passed since the start of the training camp, and he has actually made a lot of progress. His basic skills and techniques in various sports have improved to some extent, but the overall evaluation speed of improvement is higher than that after improving his basic skills and techniques in more than a year. Lifting is much slower.
He had speculated whether the system's evaluation of him was more comprehensive.
Like when he developed hook shots, pull-up jumpers, and turnaround jumpers before, his improvement speed was much faster than when he practiced mid-range shots alone.
Now his suspicion has been confirmed.
Coincidentally, he is currently developing his ball-handling ability, which started before reaching a comprehensive evaluation of 79.
If you don't develop ball-handling offense, you can still go on the defensive line, but that is too difficult, and it is just defense. The upper limit is not high. Only top defenders can reach an excellent level of 80, that is, top defensive players. In the eyes of others, they are only excellent at most. Players, the input-output ratio is too low.
It's not that he doesn't pay attention to defense, but that his defense has reached a relatively high level. It can't be done simply by practicing hard. He needs to play more games and play against more different types of opponents to learn those defenses in games. Some emergency response skills from masters...
He has already started the development of post-up play in advance, so there is no need to worry about this aspect.
He opened the skills section, with one level 2 skill upgrade card and one level 3 skill upgrade card each.
With the level 3 skill upgrade card, he chose to upgrade 'Shark' without hesitation.
The upgraded skill details appear on the system screen.
"Shark Level 3: When the host catches the ball under the basket, the bullet speed is +3, and the layup is +3; if there is only one defensive player under the opponent's basket, the host chooses to dunk, the bullet speed is +5, and the explosive power is +5. If defending, If a player's strength rating is below 92, he will ignore the opponent's regular confrontation."
At first glance, Li Ao thought there was no upgrade.
The bullet speed and layup bonus values during one-to-many situations have not changed.
The triggering limit of 'One-on-one Unstoppable' has not changed, only the one-on-one bullet speed and explosive power bonus have been increased by 1 point to +5.
But if you look carefully, the one-to-many trigger restriction is gone!
No longer needing to dodge the opponent, you can directly get the bonus of bullet speed and layup.
If this technique of scoring under the basket is developed, it will be amazing!
After calming down his excitement, he looked at the remaining three level 1 skills.
'Champion's pride', ignore.
That leaves 'Pumper' and 'Perfect Warm-up'.
At the beginning of the season, the 'pumper' worked quite well.
But now, it is difficult for him to score consecutively. Opponents pay more and more attention to him and understand more and more about his playing style.
Next is the middle of the season with 17 games in a single month.
Thinking of the next three games in four days, he could taste the bitterness of the team before January.
Upgrade 'Perfect Warm-up' first!
This is the earliest skill he got. He relied on this skill to score his first shot in the NCAA. He has not upgraded it yet, and Li Ao feels embarrassed.
Li Ao issued the command, and soon, the details of the upgraded skills appeared on the system screen.
"Perfect warm-up (Level 2): In the warm-up phase before the start of the game, the system will provide the most suitable warm-up guidance for the host. The host can warm up strictly in accordance with the requirements to obtain the most sufficient warm-up effect.
After the system determines that this warm-up training is qualified, 1. The host feels hot when shooting for the first time in this game, and 2. Starts the game in the best physical condition.
Note: Only after eating a full meal will you have the strength to play the game. If the host consumes too much physical energy before the game, he needs to be prepared to have a full meal. "
Li Ao blinked his eyes...
It seems that this new addition has a strong effect, but he already has organic physical therapy functions, and with professional physical therapy, it does not affect his physical strength back to back.
Does this new effect mean that he can do it before warming up? He felt that he would be broken up by the hospital assistant's aunt...
Ahem, no, Li Ao felt that this increased the time he could train.
On previous game days, he could only conduct light training to avoid affecting his physical condition during the game. Now it doesn't matter if he trains hard before the game!
But, if you have to play games at night, practice one day during the day, and play games at night, your enthusiasm will be affected to some extent.
How about playing iron on game days when you are in the mood and have the energy?
I haven’t done any strength training for a few months, and I am now in the middle of the season. If I gain muscle and weight, I can adapt quickly!
It was such a happy decision.
Li Ao looked at the other things he had drawn and also drew two new recipes. He was very satisfied and could make new dishes for the hospital assistant aunt.
Thinking of the image of the hospital assistant's aunt smelling the fragrance and sticking her head out from the door frame to peek, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but raise.
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After drawing the prizes and upgrading his skills, Li Ao made a hearty breakfast and enjoyed it with the hospital assistant's aunt.
Vivian is currently on vacation, but she still goes out early to help Li Ao choose a location and look at houses.
There are many requirements, including a good environment, quiet enough, close to Memorial Stadium and Staples Center, good road transportation, preferably a house in a school district, and a good infant and toddler education environment.
Vivian rolled her eyes when she heard this, but nothing is difficult in the world, except for lack of money.
Nowadays, houses are expensive but not marketable, and like the stock market, they are constantly falling and falling. Some homeowners are selling their houses to pay off debts, so just choose slowly.
Li Ao came to the Staples Center to prepare for tonight's game.
In his heart, he despised the fact that he didn't even practice on game day, but after the meeting in the morning and the team's 20-minute running training, he immediately went to the blacksmith's room to shake James Worthy over, hoping to get the high position as soon as possible. Post-up's level 1 training method is well developed.
James Worthy's teaching habits are similar to Xavier Johnson's, step by step, bit by bit, which is in line with Li Ao's learning habits.
Once the training methods are developed, you can get additional training results!
James Worthy originally refused to work overtime, but Li Ao called and AJ told him that there was overtime pay, so he came right away.
As long as you get enough overtime pay, it doesn't matter if you work overtime every day!
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