I just play ball

Chapter 165 Forming a Team
After reading the text message, Li Yue didn't intend to pay attention to it. Firstly, this person seemed a little reckless, and secondly, since he became famous, there were too many people asking him to do things. If everyone agrees, it will waste a lot of time.

Thinking that this person was introduced by Covington, it might have some meaning. He immediately opened the Google web page, entered the name according to the name, pressed the Enter key lightly, and opened the first three related links in succession.

Rodney McGruder, 196 cm tall, entered Kansas State University in 09, mainly shooting guard and small forward, averaged 3.9 points and 2.8 rebounds per game as a freshman, 11.1 points and 5.9 rebounds per game as a sophomore, and 15.8 points per game as a junior 5.2 rebounds, averaged 15.6 points and 5.4 per game in his senior year, signed up for the draft in May this year, lost in June, and is currently seeking opportunities to participate in the summer league. If he cannot get it, he may go to an overseas professional league.

Seeing these materials, Li Yue frowned slightly. Rodney's various statistics are really average. Every year, a large number of similar players graduate from the NCAA league, but very few get NBA contracts, and many of them will give up their professional basketball dreams.

In line with the principle of watching more since you already know it, Li Yue deliberately logged on to the ESPN&NCAA page, found the Kansas State University section, and searched for Rodney-related videos based on keywords, but only found three.

After more than five minutes, after watching all three videos, Li Yue frowned even more.

It is often said that you only watch the highlights of everyone's game against Jordan, but after watching the highlights of Rodney, there is a feeling of mediocrity.

The only thing to look at is that the three-pointer is still qualified. Li Yue didn't plan to spend more time on the investigation, and immediately picked up his mobile phone to reply: First, shoot 100 three-pointers to see, you need to catch the ball while running, five from left to right position, 20 times each.

Putting down the phone, within three seconds, Rodney sent a reply: Yes, sir.

So fast, it shows that at least it is taken seriously, and Li Yue slightly feels it is worth it.

He continued to browse the mail instead, and found that the notice from the coaching staff had an attachment, and the note stated that it was the list of players and related information that intend to represent the Lakers in the Las Vegas Summer League. The note was initially drawn up by him.

With excitement, I clicked to download the EXCLE file. The internet speed of the new apartment was super fast, and a completion prompt popped up before I blinked.

Open it and see that the coaching staff has used five colors to distinguish the five positions in advance, and also used the number of stars to emphasize the strength of the players. In addition, there are physical measurement data such as the player's height, weight, and wingspan, as well as links to video highlights and evaluation links from various personnel.

For the center position, Rudy Gobert, as the team's future main center, will definitely want to participate, just choose "yes" directly behind his name. Thackeray, as the team mascot, has not played too many games in the past two seasons, and also I want to take it to Las Vegas for a few days of exercise, so as not to lose my heart, I really position myself as a towel man.

In addition to the two, there is also Travis Heyman, from NBDL. His advantages are not obvious, and his shortcomings are not obvious. .

As a power forward, Jordan Williams first came into view. The coaching staff gave a 3/5 star rating. This man is the No. 12 rookie in 36. He is 208 cm tall, but he has not played much time in the Nets. It can be used as a reference There are very few samples.

The reason why the coaching staff gave three stars is that Jordan played fiercely. He had won [-] consecutive double-doubles in college and almost won the John Wooden and Naismith Awards. The Nets failed to develop their potential.

Li Yue was quite skeptical about this, but the coaching staff was so committed to it that they simply left it to observation.

The other position of power forward is Elias Harris, who is from Germany and graduated from Gonzaga University. This year, as the team leader, he led the team to 32 wins and 3 losses. In addition, he has a good rebounding ability, averaging 7.4 per game in four years of college.

As a foreigner, he can firmly hold the position of leader in the American university basketball team, and his leadership ability can be said to be quite good. In addition, Gonzaga University has relatively high tactical literacy. Li Yue noted as: a candidate for the captain.

There are a total of four candidates for the small forward position, and Robert Covington will naturally go without consideration.

The other three are firstly Douglas Robertson, No. 08 pick in 40. He is good at breakthroughs but his shooting ability is quite bad. Two missed free throws sent the University of Kansas into overtime, leading to Mario Chalmers' super lore.

This dude played for the Lakers for a while before, and he got along well with Kobe, probably because he mentioned the need for a forward and guard, and the management recruited him again. Although it has been confirmed that there is no place for him, he must be included in the team. So as not to chill.

Followed by Marcus Landry, Carl Landry's younger brother, who previously played for the CBA Sharks, took advantage of the off-season to come back to look for opportunities, even if it was just to save face, he had to be brought in.

Finally, there is Lazar Heywood, the No. 10 rookie in the first round of 30. He has been transferred to many teams. Claiming that he can see the souls of the dead, and with the help of several psychics last year, he revisited his childhood life.

Li Yue decisively chose 'no' after his name. If this guy was brought into the team, he might make some jokes.

There are currently three candidates for shooting guard. Looking at the whole article, they are only interested in Lester Hudson.

Hudson won 4 doubles in college. As the No. 09 pick in 58, he changed many teams after entering the NBA. He played very little time. After being cut in 11, he entered the CBA and helped the team win the championship. The biggest problem with the CBA steals king is that his brain is not very bright, and it may be more troublesome in understanding tactics, which is also the reason why he failed to enter a famous basketball school.

Li Yue didn't pay much attention to this matter. The summer league's game tactics would not be too complicated, and there were too few candidates to bring.

There are currently four options at point guard, but they are either too short or too skinny.

After a dilemma, Josh Selby and Seth Curry were finally chosen.

Among them, Josh Selby was the No. 11 pick in 49. He shared the Summer League MVP with Lillard last year. He is 188 cm tall.

Seth Curry lost the draft this year and was invited to join the Lakers. He has a three-pointer that can enhance outside firepower.

After 11 candidates were selected, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

Just about to get up and go to the kitchen to cook, the phone rang again, and another text message came from the previous number.

"Hello, MR Lee, I have completed your request, please check it through the Twitter account @Real Rodney McGruder, thank you for taking the time, please leave a review."

Li Yue was a little surprised. He thought that Rodney might prepare for a while, but he didn't expect it to be done so soon.

With curiosity, I quickly logged on to Twitter, found Rodney's account, and found that there was a video update.

Judging from the video, the shooting location is located in a small arena, and there are only Rodney and one other person throughout the whole process. Although he did not count them in detail, Li Yue is sure that Rodney did not only shoot a hundred shots, but only when he was tired. Stop, at least two hundred.

Li Yue casually clicked to repost: "Who can tell me how many he invested in total? Can you do it?"

Soon, some netizens gave specific data: 224 shots, 167 hits, and a hit rate of 74.5%.

Generally speaking, Rodney's shooting rate is average, but such perseverance and attitude are worthy of praise.

Li Yue opened EXLCE, positioned the cell of the small forward position with the mouse, tapped the keyboard and wrote: Rodney McGruder, then selected 'Yes' behind the name, picked up the phone to compare the number, and added contact information.

After finishing these, send the documents to the coaching staff immediately, then get up and go to the kitchen to cook, and at the same time think about how to arrange tactics and playing time. The first priority must be to let Gobert and Covington adapt to the rhythm of the NBA game as soon as possible, and then consider helping Other players show their technical points, and in the end it is whether the team can win.

After thinking about it in detail for half an hour, the DDM tactic seems to be the best choice.

(End of this chapter)