I'm not really a role player

Chapter 52 Son of the God of War (please recommend tickets!)
It was about to leave Austin. In the morning, Li Ke started his morning jog as usual.

It was not so cold at the beginning of March, he took off his long johns, put on a cotton sports tights, put on a loose training jacket, and pushed the door out.

Against the demonic wind in Texas, he trotted all the way around North Camps at a steady pace.

After the first lap, he was still breathing steadily, and then the second lap.

Halfway through the run, he gradually became short of breath, but his feet were still steady, which gave Li Ke the hope of completing the task.

But this time, he made a detour to the newsstand and bought a copy of Sports Illustrated.

Since finishing the league championship finals, Li Ke has entered the lottery zone in the draft prediction rankings for these two rounds.

The so-called lottery zone refers to the top [-] picks in the first round, and the NBA teams that did not make the playoffs in the previous season are eligible to get the picks in the lottery zone. Of course, the lottery picks obtained by trading are excluded.

Although Li Ke is still hovering at the end of the lottery area for the time being, entering the lottery area means that Li Ke has the opportunity to enter the small green house.

Every year in the draft, officials invite at least 14 rookies to enter the small green room, and most of the rookies who are invited to enter the small green room are very promising rookies.

Well, so now Li Ke is considered a very promising potential rookie player.

While running in the quiet streets of North Camps, Li Ke opened the Sports Illustrated in his hand, turned to the draft page, and took a rough look.

Like last time, it's still at the end of the lottery.

The team that chose him changed from the Lakers at the beginning to the Clippers, and this time to the Hornets.

However, now Li Ke understands that the teams here are only arranged by Sports Illustrated according to the current NBA record table, and have nothing to do with the players who appear here.

"So, this thing is always just a reference, and it doesn't explain anything."

Li Ke also paid special attention to Xiao Du. Perhaps because he has won too many national individual awards recently, Xiao Du finally overtook Oden and became the No. [-] pick on the draft prediction list.

"Kevin is really in a good mood during this time..."

Although I was panting heavily, because of the interruption of Sports Illustrated, I didn't know it, and I almost ran the remaining half of the distance.

Li Ke still had energy left, he immediately put away the magazine in his hand and speeded up.

Three steps and two steps, rushed past the point, and he fell headlong at the door of the house.

But in my mind, the system's prompt sounded.

"Random mission completed..."

Struggling to get up, Li Ke returned to the apartment. He patiently finished his breakfast, then used the excuse of going to the bathroom, hid in the bathroom, and then entered the system.

"Random mission completed, D-level steel will has been upgraded to C-level..."

"C-level stamina upgraded to B-level..."

"Finally everyone who rides a horse has been upgraded!"

They have all been upgraded, including the C-level competition he got after the championship finals, at least before the next game, he has made some progress.

"C-level competition: trait, when the host encounters a decisive game, this trait will be triggered, and according to the level, the game will receive 20% bonuses for various skills and talents..."

The competition trait is similar to the big heart, and they are both fixed triggers.

After having the triggering experience, Li Ke has already understood that the 20% bonus here looks scary, but in fact it is just that.

Compared with Iron Will, which can directly increase the level of skill talent, it is simply tasteless.

Not to mention the brave trait that has not yet been triggered but can directly bridge the gap.

However, something is better than nothing. With the special features of the competition, Li Ke will have more confidence in the following March Madness.

After resting for a while, Li Ke changed his clothes and set off for the Frank Owen Center.

During this period of training, he has unlocked all 5 three-point hot spots, and the next step is the 5 mid-range shooting hot spots.

While unlocking the CIC hot zone, it happens to be able to accumulate CIC proficiency at the same time.

The proficiency of hot spots and CIC is something that Li Ke still has room for improvement.

Frank Owen Center, because it was not a training day, Li Ke only saw Xiao Du and captain Abrams.

The three nodded to each other as a greeting.

Then they devoted themselves to training. The two assistant coaches, Chris Price and Todd Wright, were also in the arena, and they just acted as tools for picking up and passing the ball.

Li Ke shot the mid-range shots one after another, and the accuracy was not bad.

Xiao Du on the side seemed to stop and observe for a while. He frowned and found that there was something wrong with Li Ke's CIC.

"The arm is raised too high, it looks a bit out of place..."

Xiao Du made a mid-range shot by himself and found that his arms were also raised very high, but his wingspan was much longer than that of Li Ke, so there was no problem of incoordination, but very coordinated. He should have shot like this.

After thinking about it, Xiao Du stopped Li Ke:
"Sheldon, wait, you need to change your shooting form..."

Need to change your shooting posture?Li Ke frowned and stopped his shooting.

"Your arm is raised too high, it's a little uncoordinated..."

Xiao Du made a demonstration, but Li Ke interrupted him, pointing to Xiao Du's arm:
"But Kevin, you're raising your arms high, too."

"I have no problem lifting high because I have long arms."

Well, Xiao Du means that my arms are short...

Li Ke naturally wouldn't refute, his arms are short, that's well known.

"But you are different. Your arms are short, and it's uncoordinated to raise them high..."

Hey, it's already well known, so don't you need to say it?
Li Ke wanted to interrupt Xiao Du very much, but he had to admit that what Xiao Du said was right, he forcibly raised his arm to shoot, which was a bit of an imitation.

Following Xiao Du's instruction, Li Ke retracted his arm a little.

After pushing the ball out, there was no change in accuracy, but Li Ke could feel that his shooting seemed to have become smoother.

"Sure enough, there are some problems with my voting. Well, the problem is that I am a bit too imitative of Kevin..."

While practicing, an uninvited visitor came to the side of the court.

"Russell, why are you back?"

On another court, Abrams shouted loudly, which attracted the attention of Li Ke and Xiao Du.

Turning his head, Li Ke saw Russell Spleman and greeted him with a smile: "Long time no see, Russell..."

Immediately afterwards, Li Ke saw the uninvited guest next to Spreeman, and his pupils shrank visibly with the naked eye.

"This is...Jimmy Butler?"

Li Ke is still a little uncertain, after all, Jiba is very young at this time, and judging from his appearance, he does not have the characteristics of a child of God.

Abrams asked directly, "Who is this?"

Russell Spliman smiled: "Let me introduce, Jimmy Butler, from Houston, the scoring leader of Taylor Junior College, a member of the best team of all-American colleges and universities this year, has just made a successful transfer."

"Hello..." Abrams greeted Jiba, and then confirmed to Spleman: "So, he will join the Longhorns?"

"That's right, and he doesn't need to sit on the ball. His application for exemption was successful."

Li Ke frowned, not because he was dissatisfied with this, but because he was thinking.

He couldn't remember where Jiba spent his college career, was it the University of Texas?If yes, then history has not changed, but if not...

"Are you interested in playing with him?"

Russell Spurman extended an invitation to the three people in the stadium, and the three nodded one after another.

The initiative is in the hands of Jimmy Butler, Xiao Du is ready, and he feels he deserves it.

Jimmy Butler found Li Ke:
"Sheldon, I know you. Before I came to Austin, I received offers from three or four NCAA Division I elite schools, but I chose Longhorn because I think I am very similar to you. If you enter the NBA, I can take your place in Longhorn..."

Resemblance is not important, Li Ke only asked: "So, you are going to challenge me first?"

Jimmy Butler nodded.

"Come on then!"

On the training ground, Li Ke and Jimmy Butler stood facing each other like martial arts masters.

Xiao Du stood on the sidelines with his arms crossed, a little sour: "He actually chose Sheldon..."

Abrams just rolled his eyes, and didn't want to pay attention to Xiao Du, who was full of inner activities.

He still set his sights on the court, and Li Ke, who was holding the ball, had already assumed a three-threat posture.

Immediately after the not-so-quick first step, Li Ke squeezed Jiba away. His strength exploded completely, and Jiba couldn't resist, so he chose to retreat quickly.

However, Li Ke stopped abruptly and threw a mid-range shot that had just been adjusted.

The arm was not raised high, and with a swish, the basketball was hit accurately.

Jiba picked up the ball and turned to Li Ke: "It's my turn..."

With the same three threats, Jiba turned sideways, then turned around suddenly, and slapped the basketball with high frequency.

Li Ke knew that his explosiveness and agility could not be compared with Jiba, so he took a step back and continued to use his strength to kill Jiba.

Jiba turned around again and chose to break through, but was entangled tightly by Li Ke.

With no free time and no strength to sustain, Jiba could only learn from Li Ke, stopped in a hurry, raised his hand and tried to shake Li Ke away, but failed.

There was no way, Jiba could only turn around again, slapped the basketball, pushed it forward twice in small steps, then turned around and jumped up coherently, and threw the ball out.

The shot was very reluctant, and there was only a bang, and the basketball hit the hoop.

"There's nothing to see, there's a gap between this guy and Sheldon..."

Xiao Du shook his head. With his golf quotient, he naturally knew the outcome after one attack and one defense.

On the court, the authorities are not fascinated. Both Li Ke and Jimmy Butler understand that the matchup has actually been decided.

As far as body is concerned, Li Ke's strength is far greater than Jiba's, and his speed is also faster than Jiba's. The disadvantage is explosiveness and flexibility, but Jiba is not good at using his own explosiveness and flexibility. Physically, Jiba is suppressed by Li Ke.

In terms of technology, Li Ke needless to say, but now Jiba has no three-pointers, only mid-range shots and breakthroughs with the ball, which are not top-notch. With such characteristics, facing Li Ke has no second choice, so he is naturally restrained.

Although the victory and defeat have been divided, the duel is not over.

Li Ke suddenly felt that he was a bit like PJ Tucker more than half a year ago, as a team senior, educating the younger generation.

After more than a dozen rounds, Jiba suffered a disastrous defeat.

Li Ke waved his hands: "Let's do this first, after I finish March Madness, I'll fight again when I come back!"

Well, he is definitely not looking at the innate skills of the peak Jimmy Butler...

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