018 Summer League
After going back, Li Lei and his family celebrated each other without saying.
Li Lei also called Crawford, Alstom, and White Chocolate to thank them for their help and made an appointment to invite them to Chinese food after the season starts.
During this period, Li Lei really has no time.
On July 9, the Summer League will open, and the time will be very tight.
After spending a day with her parents in New York, Li Lei and his family returned to Los Angeles.
Su Qun still follows, and he also wants to continue recording Li Lei's subsequent summer league, signing contracts, preseasons, and regular seasons.
At the same time, he also faxed several articles to the basketball editorial department of the domestic Sports Weekly.
One article is called "Li Lei's NBA Draft Documentary".
It is a record of Li Lei's journey of playing street ball, knowing Crawford, White Chocolate, and Alstom, and then being spotted by scouts, participating in the team's trial, being selected by the mosaics, and then trading with the Heat, which is more documentary.
One article is called "Dreams are on the top and the road is on the bottom".
This is Su Qun's feelings about Li Lei's experience, which are the outbreak of literati feelings.
The general idea is: People should have dreams above and choices below.
Only by choosing the right path can you keep approaching your dreams and illuminating reality.
Just like Li Lei, he found his own characteristics, defense and three-pointers, and then won the attention of NBA teams with these two things.
The same is true for China's basketball path. We must take a path that suits us, rather than copying other countries and taking the path of basketball with Chinese characteristics.
These articles have attracted a lot of attention and have increased Li Lei's popularity in the country.
Chinese fans, far away from the ocean, also began a heated discussion.
The Internet in this era is not yet developed, and even semi-smartphones are not popular yet, and there are not many families with computers.
Fans exchange information through forums and post bars on major websites.
"Another Chinese has entered the NBA. I wish you that Chinese basketball will become stronger and stronger and you will reach the top as soon as possible!"
"Where are dreaming upstairs? The Dream Team is invincible, and it's good that China will maintain the top eight."
"Dreams always have to be there, what if they come true?"
"But Li Lei is the fifteenth place in the second round. This ranking is very low, so it's hard to get along."
"Yes, Wang Zhizhi was the seventh place in the second round back then, and now he can only play in garbage time and he is almost unable to make it."
"It's a pity for Dazhi, Bayi team and the Basketball Association..."
"Don't mention the past, it will always get better and better. We must be optimistic. Yao's path is better than Dazhi, and Li Lei's path is much better than Yaoyao... It will get better and better."
At the same time, Li Lei continued his training in Los Angeles, sweating profusely every day.
While training, Li Lei was also exploring the rules of the system himself.
Strength 66, speed 51, physical energy 48, reaction speed 62, explosive force 38, balance 50.
Average value 52.5.
Skill proficiency:
Bloody Hat (Junior 68/100).
Accurate steals (Junior 99/100).
Kraft defense (55/100 in junior level).
Hundred steps to penetrate the poplar (primary 48/100).
This is the current system panel.
It is mainly divided into physical fitness and skill proficiency.
There are two ways to improve and practice.
But whether it is training or actual combat, the difficulty of improvement is increasing.
For example, training.
Li Lei first shot 100 three-pointers, and his proficiency in passing Yang in a hundred steps can add 1, but now he needs 200 three-pointers to add 1.
Li Lei can understand: it is very easy to improve the paper with a full score of 100 points from 59 to 60, but it is very difficult to improve the paper with a full score of 99 to 100.
The higher the score, the harder it is to improve by 1 point.
Travel a hundred miles, half ninety.
...
Time flies, and on July 8, Li Lei boarded the passenger plane to Orlando.
This year's Summer League has three venues.
The Heat participated in the Orlando Summer League, with a total of six teams, namely: Heat, Cavaliers, Timberwolves, Bucks, Magic, and Pistons.
According to the tradition of the summer league, the assistant coaches of each NBA team will serve as head coaches of the summer league and direct the team.
The players are composed of rookies of that year, rookies who performed poorly the previous year (subscription students), and undrafted in the previous few years.
In general, they are all marginal people in the NBA. If they don’t play well, they may be able to get out of bed at any time. If they play well, they may sign a small contract.
Li Lei soon arrived at the hotel designated by Eric Spoelstra.
Coach Spo patted Li Lei's butt: "You are the second one to arrive. Just got off the plane, should you go and rest for a while?"
"No, I'm in a good state."
Li Lei replied.
So, the Heat staff took Li Lei to the stadium rented by the team.
Coach Spoel will continue to stay in the hotel and wait for other players.
Slap sex!
Before entering the stadium, Li Lei heard the sound of a basketball hitting the ground.
Li Lei is not surprised. Coach Spo said he was the second one, that is, the first person to arrive was already training.
When he entered the stadium, Li Lei saw a black player who was about the same height as Li Lei, but was much stronger than Li Lei.
His training suit is already wet, and it is obvious that the training time has not been short.
"Hey man. Hello!"
When the black man saw Li Lei, he stopped training and came up to say hello to Li Lei.
Very friendly.
"I know, your name is Li...Lei, Chinese."
The black man actually knew Li Lei.
But the word Li Lei is very awkward, and it is very difficult for foreigners to learn Chinese.
Li Lei is not surprised. Anyone who has watched this year's draft will remember him.
After all, he is the only rookie with yellow skin, and there is no other number two.
Moreover, Li Lei was traded as soon as he was selected by the mosaic team, which can add a lot of memories to people.
It is normal for rookies to be traded, but there are really not many people who are traded before the interview is over.
Li Lei is one of them.
"Hello, you can call me Stone!"
Li Lei shook hands with the black man.
"Hello, Stone, I'm Haslem. Udunis Haslem."
The black man breathed a sigh of relief, and he also felt that Chinese was very difficult to learn.
"Haslem, you've worked so hard."
Li Lei praised.
Haslem smiled: "There's no choice. I lost the draft last year. If I want to stay in the NBA, I must work harder."
Haslem has a good mentality and still smiles when it comes to losing the election.
Li Lei nodded: "You will get what you want!"
This guy is very friendly, Li Lei likes it quite well, and people who work hard and active are always likable.
Afterwards, Li Lei changed into training suits and trained with Haslem.
After a while, Li Lei knew the reason why Haslem was defeated.
This guy trains all the inside skills.
Haslem, who is only 2cm taller than Li Lei, and 203cm tall, plays the fourth position and the power forward position.
The most suitable height for this is actually a small forward, and playing as a power forward is a disadvantage.
Li Lei didn't know what to say, so he could only wish Haslem.
Then, the Heat players arrived one by one.
Chapter completed!