I just play ball

Chapter 174
"Durant has something to ask me." Li Yue replied quickly without any explanation, so as not to cause more misunderstandings.

"Don't drink too much." Chen Xi replied in seconds, without getting to the bottom of it.

After putting away his mobile phone, Li Yue stood up and said, "I was still photographed by the paparazzi, so I'll go back first."

"Which people are really annoying." Durant shook his head, "Then find time to get together later."

"Okay." Li Yue turned and left, asked the staff to take him out of the Sapphire nightclub, took a taxi at the door and returned to the hotel, turned on the computer after taking a shower, logged on to QQ and sent a message to Chenxi, explaining in detail the reason and process of going to the nightclub.

Chenxi replied clearly, Li Yue felt relieved, logged on to Twitter to browse NBA-related news, and saw at first glance that TMZ revealed that he and Durant had entered a strip club together. .

Generally speaking, this method uses thinking inertia and montage techniques. Although there are no other photos, it can lead the public to think in a bad way. The worst thing is that it is impossible to file an infringement lawsuit against it. , Looking at it is disgusting, waving to fight is even more disgusting, the best way is to wait for the flies to fly away by themselves.

Li Yue could only ignore it, but the fans' comments were quite supportive. The mainstream view was that it was nothing to go to the striptease, and many people said that the striptease at the Sapphire Nightclub was more formal and not as big as the HBO TV series.

Taylor then called and asked if it was necessary to use public relations methods to eliminate the influence. The specific method was to use money to hire commentators with many fans to help them speak.

The price was very small, but doing so would give others a handle, and Li Yue firmly refused.

After finishing this, he sent a text message to Kobe, asking what he thought of Beasley, hinting that he wanted to recruit.

Kobe replied quickly, praising Beasley's basketball talent, and did not express his worries about off-court problems. He only said that he believed that since Li Yue made a decision, he would definitely believe and support it, even if there were problems.

With the backing of the boss, he gained more confidence.

...

On the morning of the 11th, the Lakers held training as scheduled.

Wharton arrived at the scene full of energy, and Li Yue gave him the training plan he had made before.

The two discussed for a long time, and Wharton immediately took over the command, but did not make any changes.

On the afternoon of the 12th, the Lakers played against the Celtics. As Li Yue predicted, they won by 18 points.

Immediately after the 13th, Walton led the team to challenge the Nets and staged an ultimate confrontation with the new Nets coach and legendary point guard Jason Kidd. Complete the quasi-lore.

After winning all three games, the Lakers entered the knockout round with the first place, and the next round opponent is the winner between the 1th and 16th, and the two teams are the Heat and the Magic, so the team bet on that team can win.

Except for Li Yue, almost everyone is optimistic about the Magic. The main reason is that Oladipo's breakthrough ability is relatively strong, and the Heat will implement a small lineup to the end in this summer league. He was robbed of 11 offensive rebounds, and the team's breakthrough points against him far exceeded the average of all teams.

At 15 pm on the [-]th, after the Lakers finished training, the whole team returned to the hotel to watch the Heat play against the Magic.

As expected by most of the team, after the opening game, Oladipo exploded inside the Heat, but as time went by, the double-teaming effect of the Heat became more and more obvious. The team quickly drew.

In the end, the Heat completed a two-point lead with a layup by Norris Cole, and the Magic missed consecutive three-pointers and lost the game.

On the 16th, the Lakers waited for work and sat in the Cox Arena to face the Heat.

As soon as the game started, Li Yue arranged to hit the ball inside. Gobert and Elias succeeded many times. On the defensive end, they continued to use local three defenses and two defenses and full defense rotations. After the first quarter, they led 30 to 19.

In the next two quarters, the Heat tried to rely on Norris Cole and James Ennis to chase points, but they were held down by Covington and Rodney. After three quarters, the Lakers led by 22 points.

The Heat gave up strategically in the fourth quarter, and the Lakers successfully advanced to the quarterfinals against the Rockets, who also won the same victory.

There was no rest period in the middle of the knockout round, and the media played up the game as a new and old hatred. Howard and Harden also announced in a high profile that they would attend the game. Li Yue gave up eating out to save face and ordered takeaway to save time to study his opponent.

...

Hotel, conference room.

Staring at the Rockets lineup on the screen, Li Yue couldn't help laughing.

"What's wrong?" Wharton asked curiously.

"The Rockets scout Steven Gerrard is very sincere. He actually recruited Van der Brew to their team. He recommended it to me before." Li Yue recalled the scene when he went to the training camp. De just perfunctory himself.

"Is this guy great?" Dan asked.

Li Yue opened the folder in his hand and glanced at it: "Not very good, but as a spot-up three-point shooter with certain running skills, it seems that he got some opportunities in the Rockets and hit a few shots."

"After analysis, I think the Rockets' summer league is for Patrick Beverly and Terrence Jones to practice. The number of shots in the first two and four games far exceeds that of other players in the team. Even James Anderson is hired as a meat shield." Dan said.

Li Yue glanced at the information again and found that the Rockets used the starting lineup for the Summer League this time. Apart from the three mentioned by Dan, the other two were Greg Smith and Taylor Honeycutt, who were also defensive players. Say that.

But looking at the four games the Rockets won, Beverly and Jones also had a lot of passes, but the other players didn’t feel good from time to time, and the score fluctuated accordingly. No mid-range scoring.

But Beverly is good enough. After all, he used to defend Westbrook. These Xialian defenders will basically be shrunken in front of him. Jones has greatly improved his strength after his first year as a rookie. .

This kind of tactic, if the players feel hot, it is really powerful.

But if the player feels cold, it is tantamount to surrendering automatically.

Because the style of play is too extreme, but it is very suitable for the lineup of two star players and three players with a basic salary. It matches the Rockets' stingy style very well.

After thinking about it, Li Yue smiled and said, "I know how to deal with the rocket."

"Huh?" Dan and Wharton looked up at the same time, looking expectant.

"It's very simple. Arrange Rodney to defend Beverly. Through early defense changes and full rotations, ensure that someone is always in front of Beverly. The style of play must be tough enough. Use the advantage of the lineup to increase the consumption of the Rockets. Once they fall into With a physical crisis, it is difficult to shoot three-pointers, and we can almost sit back and welcome the victory."

Wharton pondered for a long time, and agreed with Dan, and Dan also felt that there was no problem, so the strategy was formulated.

...

After the meeting ended, Li Yue returned to his room, checking Twitter while eating takeaway.

Unexpectedly, I saw Morey speak in the first article.

[Although it is just an insignificant summer league, but this time against the Lakers, the team will show 100% motivation. I personally told Li Yue that cheating will not lead to good results. 】

　Watching the men's basketball team almost shut itself down!
　　
　
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