Guoshu basketball

Chapter 319 The Sixth Person

After a training match, Li Du took a look at old Nelson and saw that old Nelson nodded, so he reached out and shook Livingston's hand, "Sean, on behalf of the Warriors, I sincerely invite you to join! I hope we can Fight alongside!"

Li Du's words brought tears to Livingston's eyes on the spot. He excitedly stretched out his hands and held Li Du tremblingly, "Thank you, thank you! I really don't know how to express my gratitude. Li, I promise, I will do my best and work hard for the team's victory!"

"I should thank you!" Li Du did not have the arrogance and suspicion of other team bosses, he gently comforted Livingston.Li Du is very clear that for Livingston, it is not easy to join a team, and it is an honor for him to be personally recognized and invited by the team boss.

In fact, Li Du had already thought about it when he was one-on-one with Livingston just now. Livingston suffered a serious injury, which caused his athletic ability to decline sharply. He can't beat anyone, but he uses his height to organize and attack in the back. What's more, his mid-range shooting percentage is very high. If there is no interference, it can reach more than 70%, even against Li Du The interference can reach more than 50%!

Even if Li Du didn't defend with all his strength, this kind of hit rate is already very scary!You know, even for a superstar like Kobe, his mid-range shooting percentage has never exceeded 50%. In Li Du's eyes, Livingston is like a gem buried in dust. As long as someone wipes the dust off his body, He will bloom dazzling light!

After the two negotiated, Livingston's agent and old Nelson walked into the office to discuss Livingston's signing with the Warriors, while Li Du and Livingston stood on the sidelines chatting.Livingston had heard of Li Du's name for a long time, and had watched the video of Li Du's match. He knew that Li Du had actually shown mercy to his subordinates in the one-on-one just now.

However, as a player who loves basketball extremely, Livingston really wants to see how powerful Li Du is.When he made this request, Li Du laughed and said: "No problem! Even if you don't say it, I will show it to you. Newcomers to the team need to maintain confidence in the team! Sean , I will let you understand that as long as I am still here, we will not lose!"

After telling Livingston to wait a moment, Li Du walked to the sidelines and first practiced a set of Xingyiquan. Every time he punched, the bones of his whole body shook, and the rumble was like thunder.

Although Livingston knew that Li Du was born in Chinese Kungfu, and that it was a unique sight in the NBA that he had to practice boxing before every match, Livingston was still shocked when he personally experienced the scene of Li Du practicing boxing. He had never imagined that when human beings were exercising, such a terrifying sound would erupt.

After practicing Xingyiquan and fully stretching his muscles and bones, Li Du picked up a basketball on the ground, waved to Livingston, and said, "Sean, you are trying to defend me."

Livingston heard the words, walked to the center of the field, and put on a defensive posture.

As soon as he made a defensive move, he felt a blur in front of Li Du's eyes. Li Du passed through him like a gust of wind, making him unable to see the figure clearly. When he regained consciousness, Li Du had easily passed the basketball Dunk into the basket.

After landing, Li Du ignored Livingston's shocked expression, and said with a smile: "It seemed a little too sudden just now, so, this time, you should guard against it first. I will not move and wait for you."

Livingston still didn't understand. Hearing Li Du's words, he nodded blankly, went to the three-point line with Li Du, walked to Li Du's side, and began to defend Li Du.

"Are you ready?" Li Du asked with a smile.

"Yeah!" Livingston nodded emphatically, and said, "Ready!"

As soon as Livingston finished speaking, Li Du changed direction two times in a row and suddenly took a step away from him. When he was still one step away from the three-point line, he raised his hand and hit a three-pointer.

Seeing Livingston's expression with his mouth wide open in surprise, Li Du smiled and said, "Actually, this is very simple, Sean, I guarantee that after you join us, you will see more progress that you thought was unbelievable in the past." ball!"

Livingston looked at Li Du with some discouragement, and asked: "Li, through the two balls just now, I already know that no one in the league can limit you! You are already so powerful, why do you need me? I I feel like I can't help you!"

Li Du shook his head slowly and said: "Sean, the strength of one person does not mean the strength of the team. We have already won the championship this season, and I hope to win more championships! Even if a person is stronger than Jordan Strong, so what? When Jordan didn’t have Pippen by his side, the Pistons used Jordan’s rules to keep him out of the finals!”

Having said that, Li Du patted Livingston on the shoulder heavily, and said: "Sean, you have rare qualities and the skills we need. I hope that next season, you can help me control the rotation lineup! May I?"

Li Du's definition of Livingston is the sixth man!The Warriors have Li Du himself, Yao Ming, and Curry in the main lineup, which is already very strong, but the Warriors' bench lineup is relatively weak. Li Du hopes that Livingston can take on the responsibility of leading the bench lineup. He has this strength!

Livingston has experienced many teams in the league. Of course he understood Li Du's words, but he really didn't expect that Li Du had placed such great hopes on him.You must know that the sixth man of the team is to a large extent more important than many people in the main lineup. He is equivalent to the boss of the team's bench lineup and has a high status in the team!
Manu Ginobili of the Spurs has always played the role of the sixth man, but who dares to say that he is not important?Even at some point, Ginobili is more important than Duncan!There has been a saying among the fans: "Look at Parker in good times, Duncan in adversity, and Ginobili in desperate situations." From this sentence, you can understand how important Ginobili, the sixth man, is to the Spurs.

For the same reason, the sixth man in other teams is also very important. This is why the Warriors did not accurately arrange who was the sixth man of the team even though it was difficult last season.If the sixth man is well arranged, the team's combat effectiveness can be greatly increased, but if the sixth man is not arranged well, the advantages established by the team itself will be wiped out!
While they were chatting, Old Nelson also came out. The team had already negotiated with Livingston's agent to sign a two-year contract with $400 million, which would be renewed after two years.This is the conservative approach of many teams. After all, it is not worth paying too much for a player like Livingston who doesn't know how much he can play in the team.

After Livingston officially signed the contract, Li Du nodded to him and said, "Sean, I will definitely let you find your own sky in the Warriors!"

(End of this chapter)