Coach Lee

Chapter 181 New tricks
In July after the draft, the free trade market opened, and each team began to mend.

The 76ers that Li Nan followed also took action.

"Veteran Wilkins joins Philadelphia 76ers!"

"Eric Snow joins the Philadelphia 76ers!"

"Free agent Montrose joins Philadelphia 76ers!"

Don Macron, Overton...these players were traded away, in exchange for a few role players.

Frank King and Mark Blanco, the short-term players, did not receive contract extensions from the 76ers.

To Li Nan's surprise, Williams, Stackhouse and Coleman, who had been clamoring to leave, were not traded.

Larry Brown's team retained the main players from last season.

Iverson, Li Nan, Witherspoon, Williams, Coleman, Stackhouse, Nash, Mark Davis!
In the draft, the 76ers selected the big man Kevin Cato with the 15th pick in the first round. They had two picks in the second round. They selected small forward Cobb Stewart and small point guard James Collins.

Plus Wilkins, Snow, and Montrose who joined as free agents!
The 76ers really have more backcourt staff now, but the frontcourt staff seems almost meaningless.

"What's going to happen to Larry Brown?"

At this moment, Li Nan received a call from Larry Brown.

"Li, I watched a lot of your games last season. To be honest, I am very optimistic about you. Everyone says you are Jordan's successor. I think this is beyond doubt. You definitely have this potential."

He praised you as soon as he came up, so Li Nan naturally wanted to respond well to him.

"Thank you, Coach Brown, you have always been a coach I admire very much. I agree with your coaching philosophy very much. Team basketball! This is the basketball in my mind."

"Oh~ is it?" Larry Brown on the other end of the phone smiled and said instead: "Lee, I heard Davis talk about you. You are a very thoughtful person, a very good young man. Then Do you have any other thoughts about the team next season after I've arrived?"

Larry Brown actually chatted with Li Nan about the construction of the 76ers. Li Nan would not be so stupid, that's your business.

"The current league is a league where defense is the mainstream. Last season, our poor defense could make the playoffs. You are here, and I think the 76ers will definitely go one step further."

"Hen~" Larry Brown smiled again, "Li, you are a very smart person, coaching you will definitely be a great experience."

"It's an honor to play under you, Coach Brown."

The two chatted slowly like this.

Until the end, when he hung up the phone, Larry Brown didn't explain why he came.

However, then another call came, it was Davis who had become an assistant coach.

"Li, there is a contract here, when are you free to sign it?"

"Contract? What contract?"

If the contract is renewed, the meaning of Larry Brown's call today is obvious.

However, Davis said, "This is a one-year contract, 200 million! Anyway, it is to change your contract for next season. This is what Larry Brown just suggested to the boss."

Larry Brown overtures?Give me a sweet date?win over?

Li Nan didn't know what Larry Brown meant, but if you don't take the free money, don't take it for nothing.Li Nan also accepted it with a smile.

"Yes, Davis, I'm free anytime."

……

July Summer League is about to start.

Players from the Chinese Men's National Basketball Team also came to Philadelphia to train at the Wachovia Center Arena.The Philadelphia 76ers have several coaches to assist in training.This was negotiated when the 76ers signed Li Nan.

The Chinese team came here to prepare for the competition. In mid-July, they will participate in the Summer League. In August, there will be the Asian Challenge held in China. In September, there will be the Asian Championships held in Saudi Arabia.

Li Nan, who came with the team, met Larry Brown for the first time.

Wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, Larry Brown looks like a wise old man.

"Lee, I hope you still play less national team games. Like summer league. Those, it's not worth it."

"Well, coach, don't worry."

Of course, Li Nan will not play such unimportant games as the summer league.

It's okay for Li Nan to play well, but it would be embarrassing if he didn't play well.After all, Li Nan is also a person with status now.

Li Nan is mainly practicing.What are you practicing?Of course it's ball control, organization, and various techniques.And more importantly, a new trick.

Bang, Bang, Bang~
Li Nan kept hitting the iron, but kept trying.

Liu Yudong stood aside with his arms folded, "Xiao Li, you can't do it, no one can do this move except me."

"Hen~ That's not necessarily the case!"

Li Nan didn't even look at Liu Yudong, and then came again.

Holding the ball high with both hands, the whole person is standing straight, this is the starting position of the movement.

coming soon.

Li Nan's knees were slightly bent, his feet exerted force, he jumped up, and shot before approaching the high point.

bang.

The ball still missed.

However, Li Nan shook his head.

"A little bit."

"Is it a little bit worse? Are you a lot worse?" Liu Yudong couldn't stand it anymore, so he directly showed Li Nan a demonstration.

He almost jumped with his knees straight, shot with straight arms in the air, and the ball took a nice arc.

Whoosh!in.

This is Liu Yudong's shooting stunt, shooting with straight knees and straight arms.

This kind of shooting relies on the suddenness of the straight knee jump and the length of the straight arm, which makes the opponent out of sight.

"Did you see it? This is the authentic straight-arm-straight-knee shooting! You can't jump up that jump, and you can't make the shot. It's really far behind me."

Liu Yudong, the big brother, is also quite proud.

My younger brother is an NBA star, and now this younger brother is still learning his own tricks, can you be proud?

Seeing Liu Yudong like that, Li Nan reminded again: "Brother Dong, this action of yours hurts your knees too much, so you should use it less in the future."

"Got it, got it, how many times have I said it." Liu Yudong waved his hand, looking very impatient.

Li Nan still wants to continue.How many pieces will this old man's knee be broken in the future?He cannot be allowed to repeat the same mistakes.

"Brother Dong, you must have felt uncomfortable in your knee after playing last season, right? Let's go, I'll take you to a good hospital."

"I'm not injured, so what hospital should I go to?" Liu Yudong's attitude was very firm, and he refused to go if he couldn't.

Li Nan hooked his shoulders, "Brother, don't worry, I will pay for it."

Liu Yudong rolled his eyes, and then turned his head quietly, "Since you are so filial, then I will reluctantly go and have a look."

"Hey, Brother Dong, slow down."

Li Nan was hooked and quickly left the court.
……

The training camp of the Chinese team soon ended the trip to Philadelphia and started the summer league.

Li Nan didn't play in the summer league, and Liu Yudong and others didn't play much, but Wang Dazhi on the other side played very hard.

Wang Dazhi represents the Denver Nuggets. This kid is really hardworking.

In the summer league, Wang Dazhi also played very well, averaging 22 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists per game, which was very eye-catching.

The Nuggets finished in the top four of the summer league.

The Chinese men's basketball national team will say goodbye in the group stage.

The Chinese team's training camp in the United States is over, and the time has come to August, and the international competition day is coming.

(End of this chapter)