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Chapter 29 Family
In fact, with Brother Antetokounmpo's current conditions, he can completely dislocate everyone, shoot directly from those who are shorter than him, and pass through people who are taller and stronger than him, and use his advantages in matchups to offset his weaknesses.

The players in the Summer League are either inexperienced rookies or free agents who are not valued very much. It is not so easy to completely stop players like Antetokounmpo.

So in the final analysis, it was his mentality that caused him to become timid in his style of play, not daring to do this or that.

A typical example of a superstar whose combat strength is greatly reduced due to indecision is Curry. When he doesn't know how to take care of the team and the individual, he will become inaccurate and make frequent mistakes;

After listening to Li Sheng's words at this time, Brother Antetokounmpo nodded thoughtfully.

Li Sheng patted him on the shoulder, thanks to the fact that he is sitting now, so Li Sheng can get it when he stands up, "Okay, you go back and think about it yourself. Get a good sleep first, and I hope to see a different you tomorrow.

"Of course I have one last sentence. Since I chose you, it means that I am optimistic about you, but you have to prove that you are worthy of my optimism. If a rookie wants to play in the NBA, his physical condition and skills are secondary, and his mentality is the key.

"I don't expect you to help the team immediately and destroy the world in the league, but at least in this summer league, you have to learn how to use your existing advantages. Wait until the offseason to make up for your shortcomings. At that time, you may have to re-adapt to your body..."

Antetokounmpo knows that he is talking about "hanging meat" again. He has been hearing this since he entered the team, and his ears are getting callused.

But this is also a practical problem. If you just want to play in the NBA, it doesn't matter if you almost fight, as long as you have other outstanding characteristics, such as accurate shooting from open spots, such as strong organizational skills.

In fact, the difference in confrontation is more affected by the defense and the offense after the intensity of the playoffs. Most players don't need to think about this issue at all, especially the role players, as long as they can grasp the opportunities given by the stars.

But to become a star or even a superstar, your confrontation must be brought up.

What's more, Antetokounmpo's future development direction is to go inside, what if the confrontation is not enough?
Curry, who will shoot well in the future, would rather sacrifice part of his touch to gain muscle, just to increase confrontation so that he can maintain stability on both offense and defense in the playoffs and better help the team, at least not in one aspect.

After seeing off Brother Antetokounmpo, Li Sheng went to take a shower, and when he got out, he answered another call, but it was from home.

Of course, Li Sheng in this life has a family, his parents gather together, he has a house and a younger sister, but they are all in China, while his predecessor went to the United States to study abroad, but after graduation, he suddenly came to the basketball industry for no reason, as a basketball coach.

This was obviously beyond their expectations, but the parents seemed to be more open-minded. They didn't persuade him, but just told him to take good care of himself outside.

Anyway, he is still young, and he has plenty of opportunities, because his family runs a small factory, and they don't have to worry about food and clothing. If it really fails, he can go back to inherit the family business.

With the cost of this fault tolerance, it is naturally tolerant.

But they didn't expect that Li Yong would actually become famous. It took more than half a year to get his coaching certificate, and after passing the interview, he joined the Spurs as an assistant coach.

But at that time, for some reason, Li Sheng rarely showed his face, and his domestic exposure was not high, so it was difficult for them to know Li Sheng's situation from the news, and they had to call regularly to find out what he was doing.

After entering the playoffs, because of the excellent performance of the Spurs, Li Sheng's exposure as a coaching staff has also increased a lot, and because of his special face, he was noticed early.

Then followed the team all the way to the finals, won the championship, and finally shined.

In fact, even without Popovich's "praise" after the finals, he would definitely be chased by the domestic media after he won the championship with the team, but it will attract more attention after he has become a topic.

Those reporters even chased from Miami to the Holy City, and then from the Holy City to Oklahoma City.

It turned out that when they arrived in Oklahoma City, they discovered that Li Sheng had come to Orlando again.

During the previous game, Li Sheng met two expatriate reporters, from CCTV and Penguin Sports respectively, and agreed with them that after the end of the Summer League, he would formally accept their interviews, which was also an opportunity to formally meet domestic fans.

And when Li Sheng told the news to the younger sister, and the younger sister passed it back home, it naturally caused a sensation.

Although they have always been proud of their son, being able to study abroad and get a scholarship by themselves can already be regarded as "other people's children", which makes many parents envy and hate.

But no matter how good UCLA is, it still feels a bit worse than CCTV.

For people of their age, there is still a kind of enigmatic belief in official media such as CCTV, and they always feel that being interviewed by them is equivalent to gaining national recognition.

In fact, it is almost the same. Li Sheng has now become a high-profile talent in the domestic sports world. China has produced star players, but when did it produce a head coach?
Moreover, he is also the head coach of an NBA-recognized strong team like the Thunder, and he hopes to lead the team to win the championship in the future.

According to a vague revelation from a CCTV reporter, even the Basketball Association has begun to notice him.

Of course, as a group that seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages, picking peaches and dumping pots as their forte, on the one hand they are reserved and will not take the initiative so easily. At least Li Sheng has to achieve results to be worthy of their "respect". On the other hand, this disclosure itself is also a hint.

It's just because Li Sheng is not a member of the system after all, and coaches are not the same as players. A star player may be able to transform the national team, but a head coach may not. After all, it is difficult for a smart woman to cook without rice.

Just that crooked melon and split dates...

All in all, Li Sheng is now booming in all aspects in China, which is also due to the convenience of the developed self-media and the rapid information dissemination. In the half month after the finals, Li Sheng's name has already spread all over the Chinese Internet.

Regardless of whether you have watched the game or not, you all know that in the basketball league of foreigners on the other side of the ocean, there is a Chinese who followed to win the cup.

Even the neighbors, relatives and friends of the Li family and those around them had many reporters and self-media who wanted to interview them in the past.

In this colorful environment, it is rare for the parents to stay awake, not only to restrain themselves, but also to restrain other people as much as possible, at least not to hold Li Sheng back at this time.

After all, the media likes to create gods the most, and it also likes to destroy gods the most.

And Li Sheng seems to be very prosperous at the moment, but he has no achievements for the time being, and he has no contacts in the country. No one will speak good words for him for no reason.

(End of this chapter)