Chapter 372 Media Day
??The so-called media day is the public debut of the team in the new season.
The players show off their new jerseys, conduct some autographs, take photos, accept interviews from reporters, and talk about the outlook for the new season.
Li Liang's first time participating in Media Day was in the Lakers a year ago, when he was almost ignored.
At that time, all the reporters' cameras were aimed at Kobe, Gasol, Howard and others, and the Five-Star Lakers.
Li Liang was wearing 28 back then and stood aside like a minion.
Just a year has passed, and Li Liang is no longer a minion, but a big star of the Clippers!
Compared with last season, the Clippers' core lineup has not changed much.
Paul, Griffin, Jordan Jr., Green, Butler, the biggest change is of course Li Liang.
So, Li Liang naturally became the focus.
Beautiful reporter Burke has been around Li Liang from the beginning, constantly greeting and chatting with Li Liang, getting close to him.
Burke is indeed sweet in appearance, tall and slim in figure, which is very attractive.
Li Liang is also a man. Although he has a system, he is still willing to have more contact with beauties.
Unfortunately, not far from the training hall, in the corner, Zhu Shu sat on a chair and looked over silently.
Li Liang always feels that there are always a sharp arrow behind him, and if he is not careful, thousands of arrows will penetrate his heart.
So, he kept his distance from Burke, then went to the locker room to change into a new jersey, and went out to take the makeup photos.
The Clippers have adopted the latest T-shirt jersey in the new season, with a sky blue color.
After Li Liang put on this jersey, he felt a little strange.
Because the NBA jerseys were sleeveless in the past, because the arms had to shoot, the sleeves would affect the movement of the arms.
However, starting from the second half of last season, the Golden State Warriors took the lead in trying out the design of a sleeved jersey.
By this season, the league began to promote sleeved jerseys in various teams, and the Clippers were one of them.
The reason for launching such a design is mainly due to economic reasons.
Because of the sleeveless design of the NBA jersey, it will look strange to wear it in addition to being used for sports.
After adopting a sleeved design, it is also possible to wear it as a casual outfit except when playing basketball.
This will enhance fans' willingness to buy NBA jerseys. After all, many people are unwilling to buy a piece of clothing that cannot be worn on most occasions.
The new jersey not only has sleeves, but also has a tight design, which makes it look good when worn.
Li Liang didn't appear in the public eye for two months, and his size became stronger.
Madeline Burke saw Li Liang coming out in a tight jersey and went forward to praise Li Liang's figure. She even wanted to go up and touch her.
Li Liang hurriedly peeked at Zhu Shu sitting in the corner and was staring at her!
"Oh, I'm going to take pictures. I'll see Ms. Burke later." Li Liang immediately walked away and went to the shooting area to take the final makeup photo.
The entire training hall is very busy, with various media, team staff, agents, management, coaches, players, and of course Ballmer, the team's new boss.
While Li Liang was taking photos, the team's new boss Ballmer and the new head coach Rivers were all watching from the side, quietly admiring.
What is this? This is a gift that fell from the sky!
Because of Li Liang's arrival, after Ballmer took over the Clippers with $2 billion, the Clippers' valuation immediately rose a little.
Although Ballmer doesn't care about this, it doesn't matter how much he has worth for a team worth tens of billions of dollars.
But as a basketball fan, Ballmer really likes to watch Li Liang play basketball.
Especially in the 60-point finals, Ballmer was determined to buy an NBA team.
Of course, his first goal is the Lakers, but it is impossible for the Lakers to sell.
But soon Li Liang made a decision and went to the Clippers, so Ballmer would be welcome.
Sterling happened to intend to come to Li Liang. After Paul signed the contract, he took advantage of the highest value to attack the team, so the two hit it off and the team changed hands.
After getting the Clippers, Ballmer handed over all the powers of the team to new coach Rivers.
From now on, Rivers will not only be the team's head coach, but also the team's manager and player supervisor, responsible for all matters related to the players.
It can be said that the power of the Clippers is so strong.
Even so, Rivers still wanted to offer Li Liang.
For a period of time after signing the contract, Li Liang always did his own thing, and the dragon was not seen but the Clippers did not participate in various activities.
After finally getting to the training camp, Li Liang came, he cordially received the Clippers players, coaches and bosses.
He is now posing for photos, with all the cameras facing him, and the boss even lit up his eyes when he looked at Li Liang.
Rivers knew that as a head coach, he had to serve the top players in the team.
The Clippers' nominal top card is of course Chris Paul, but Ballmer has said more than once that Li Liang is his favorite NBA player.
"Although he is just a rookie, his appearance changed my view of NBA, and even strengthened my determination to leave Microsoft and start a new career."
After winning the Clippers, Ballmer resigned from his position as Microsoft and focused on being the team boss.
Like Cuban, he is determined to treat the team as his new career and advance and retreat with the team.
This is still very different from those bosses who regard running a team as a business.
Those bosses generally don’t participate in the team’s new season’s media release day, let alone stand by and watch the team’s stars take photos like a fan.
After taking the photo, Li Liang took the initiative to move forward and shake hands and hug Ballmer.
No matter what, this is his own boss. Moreover, Ballmer said more than once that he mentioned that he was a fan of Li Liang, which really gave Li Liang a very good face.
So, of course, Li Liang also has to give Ballmer face.
"You are really great in the Clippers jersey, great, better than the Lakers."
Ballmer was not stingy with his praise for Li Liang.
There are so many jerseys that Li Liang wore, such as shorts and vests from the 1950s, high socks from the 1970s, and fancy jerseys from the 1990s.
To be honest, this tight sleeved jersey on my body is really uncomfortable to wear, after all, something is wrapped around my shoulders.
But after wearing it for a while, I felt it was pretty good. After all, it was the latest technology and must have taken into account all aspects.
The reporters gathered around and interviewed Li Liang in various ways, questions.
This can be said to have ignored Chris Paul, Griffin, Jordan Jr. and others.
There is no way, Li Liang has many topics.
Paul was silently taking makeup photos, but no one looked at them.
Griffin was holding a pen signing the basketball for community fans.
Jordan and others sat there to rest.
Only Li Liang, standing in the center, with the head coach on the left and the new boss on the right, and a bunch of people around him, all around him.
In this case, it is impossible to say that the Clippers players have no objection.
Li Liang is indeed awesome. His 60 points in the finals made history, which can be said to shock the league.
After that game, players from all leagues expressed their shock almost all of their Twitter accounts.
But the past is gone, and NBA will not always enjoy special treatment because of your past glory.
Therefore, the once-popular superstar still has to sit on the bench and serve as a substitute after his twilight years.
If you don’t agree, just sweep out and don’t mess around in the alliance.
Iverson is a good example.
Of course, Li Liang was not in that position, he was in the rising period.
But after all, he was in the second grade in his first year of joining the Clippers, and he still came from the Lakers.
With such a strong momentum, it is inevitable that everyone will be dissatisfied.
After the morning media day ends, the team will move to the University of San Diego to start the team's joint training.
The team's afternoon training will be completely closed and there will be no outside attention at that time.
The relationship between the players will be reflected in the training ground.
By then, Li Liang, an outsider, will inevitably have a head-on confrontation with local tyrants.
But will Li Liang be afraid?
I'm afraid you have a ball, you're afraid you don't know that I dare to challenge the head coach and the boss in the Lakers training camp during the rookie season.
Now I am still afraid that you, the group of losers, will you?
Chapter completed!