Start without the ball

Chapter 8 Training
Half an hour later, all Thunder players arrived.

Later came Felton and Patterson.

Felton was born in 84. He won the NCAA championship in North Carolina. He was a rookie in the same year as Paul. He has played for 7 NBA teams and once killed an opponent in double overtime.

As a veteran who has played in the NBA for 14 years, he has experienced great storms, knows how to maintain a team, and is absolutely qualified as the leader of the locker room.

After seeing the new face, Fei Dun walked over enthusiastically, hugged him actively and said:

"Welcome to OKC, your name is Li, right? Train well! If you have any questions in life, you can ask me, and this is your home."

Li Haoyu felt that the atmosphere of the Thunder team was very harmonious, so he relaxed a lot, walked towards Patterson, and tried to say hello.

"Hi, I'm new here, glad to join Thunder!"

Patterson gave a perfunctory oh and left.

This made Li Haoyu a little unacceptable for a while, almost everyone was very enthusiastic, even Westbrook didn't put on airs, why is this Patterson so cold.

However, in order to integrate into the team faster, Li Haoyu was not discouraged, and greeted Grant who had just arrived.

Grant was very enthusiastic. After learning that Li Haoyu was from Huaguo, he excitedly expressed that he would like to add some condiments from Huaguo to his meals.

Upon enquiry, it was learned that Grant was referring to:

Old Godmother.

It seems that everyone loves Laoganma is right.

Li Haoyu said that he is an expert in condiments, and recommended Grant to try the mushroom sauce.

While talking, it was time for training, and assistant coach Bob Bayer came to the court.

Last season's assistant coach left the team in the summer, and Bayer was dug from the Pistons.

After all, you can't expect Donovan to cultivate your own coaching staff, you can only dig out ready-made assistants for use.

Bayer assembled the players, assigned training tasks, and let the players practice separately first.

The only reliable three-pointers for the Thunder are George and Abrines, and most of them are required to practice shooting.

Li Haoyu practiced defensive footwork with Qiafan's opponent Abu.

When signing the contract, Li Haoyu once thought that his body was the thinnest in the team.

As a result, Abu 198's height is only 86 kilograms, and his strength is only in his early 50s.

Li Haoyu's strength is still 59 and has not increased yet, but his weight has reached 90KG.

After doing a few sets of footwork with the sidestep belt, the defensive coach asked the two to play one offense and one defense.

Li Haoyu's coke is broken.

Abrines attacked in the first round, Li Haoyu lowered his center of gravity and got ready.

Abrines holds the ball from the baseline and advances from the right.

Li Haoyu slid along, his body resisted a little, and his left hand interfered with Abrines' dribbling.

Abramovich felt pressure after advancing two steps to the right, and then moved backwards and advanced to the left.

Li Haoyu's goal has been achieved, as long as you are not the ball holder.

This time Li Haoyu didn't exert physical resistance, but just followed the slide.

Abu relaxed a little, and Li Haoyu saw the opportunity to apply pressure suddenly.

Abramovich was a little flustered after the confrontation, and the basketball controlled by his left hand was a little fluttering.

Li Haoyu had sharp eyes and quick hands, and he slapped the basketball hard with his right hand, and the basketball rolled towards Abu's back.

Li Haoyu accelerated to get the ball and made a layup.

As we said, our defensive skills are not bad.

Persimmons need to be picked up softly!
Now that I have met a soft persimmon.

Throw him!

Li Haoyu changed to attack, and after getting the ball, he started up without saying a word, and Abrines could barely keep up with his slide.

After halftime, Li Haoyu was very divided, and kept confronting Abrines after slowing down.

Resisted all the way to the basket, got stuck in the main position and hit a layup.

The defensive coach on the side smiled helplessly when he saw Li Haoyu's offensive method of dividing slaves.

A few rounds later, the defensive coach called Ferguson.

Another Chafan opponent.

Compared to Abramovich, Ferguson is a hard stubble.

Li Haoyu's offense with the ball was inherently weak, but Ferguson slid too fast, always getting stuck in front of Li Haoyu, and then using that slender arm to cause interference.

Ferguson's offense was even more mindless than Li Haoyu's. After picking up the ball in the backcourt, he rushed all the way to the frontcourt, relying on bouncing layups.

After a few rounds, Li Haoyu was completely crushed.

I couldn't bear it anymore, Li Haoyu said to Ferguson:
"I know you are good at bouncing, how about we do some technical work!"

Ferguson: "Didn't you hit Abramovich with your body?"

Li Haoyu: "Abramovich and I are duels between pitchers! It's okay to have some confrontation between pitchers."

Never seen Li Haoyu so shameless, Ferguson decisively used his body to crush Li Haoyu again.

During the break, the three sat together, and Ferguson told Abu that he had avenged him.

During the summer league, the Spurs did not meet the Thunder. Ferguson came out on behalf of the Thunder. After thinking that Li Haoyu was the double MVP of the summer league, he asked:

"How did you get the Summer League MVP?"

After defending Li Haoyu in the one-attack-one-defense event, Ferguson swelled up!
Li Haoyu: "Listen clearly, my name is: Li Don't let me hold the ball Haoyu!"

Ferguson expressed shock: "It's the first time I heard that I don't want to hold the ball! It's interesting."

Li Haoyu told Ferguson with a smirk on his face, you won't feel that way soon.

Bayer and Donovan walked to the field together and called all the players to prepare for an intra-team confrontation.

The blue team is the main lineup: center Adams, power forward Grant, small forward George, point guard Westbrook, and shooting guard. Because Robertson has not fully recovered after surgery and cannot fight fiercely, Ferguson replaced him.

The white team's lineup is more on the street, with center Noelle, power forward Patterson, small forward Singler, shooting guard Abrines, and point guard Schroeder.

Li Haoyu, who was thrown on the bench, was not depressed because of this. As a rookie, the coach would not rashly use a rookie before he knew enough about it.

He was also thrown on the bench in the first summer league game, and gradually won the trust after getting the chance to play.

The mind cannot be disturbed.

At the beginning of the game, Noelle, the substitute white team, dialed the basketball first by virtue of his bullet speed.

Schroeder passed the ball to Schindler who responded after halftime possession.

Schindler waited for Abrines' move.

George, who is facing up, does not allow you to wait. Schindler's center of gravity is a little unstable after stepping forward to confront.

George succeeded in stealing smoothly and made a simple layup. After all, this is not an official game, and there is no need for a big windmill to boost morale.

Schroeder told Schindler to hold the basketball firmly and dribble it across half court.

Schindler is still holding the ball on the flank, waiting for Abrines to start running.

Abramovich started from 45 degrees, with the help of Patterson's screen at the free throw line, and ran to the corner on the same side as Schindler.

With the help of Noelle's cover on the bottom line, he successfully reached the bottom corner.

Schindler passed the ball.

When Abu got the ball and was about to shoot, Ferguson was already chasing and standing in front of him.

Facing Ferguson who was in place, Abramovich hesitated!

Hesitate and you will lose!

When George saw that Abramovich was hesitating in the bottom corner, he immediately stepped forward to double-team.

This is common sense on the basketball court.

When the ball holder is struggling in the bottom corner, two players should immediately go to double-team, plus two invisible 'defenders' on the baseline and sideline, a total of four defenders!
Abu has nowhere to go!You can only choose Schroeder who lobs to the top of the arc.

Westbrook will not let go of this erratic high-profile pass, and it is another fast break after the steal!
Li Haoyu off the court could see clearly that Abramovich's movement without the ball was too tender, and he made two fatal mistakes.

(End of this chapter)