The NBA's opening sling against Chris Paul

Chapter 17

"Hey, buddy, are you okay?" He was very enthusiastic, and asked softly in Li Ming's ear again.

"It's nothing, just small things."

"That's right, it's a small thing, well, you are now a city hero, probably not because of basketball, then if boys of this age are not worrying about work and promotion, there will only be one woman for a long time - a woman!!" He patted hard Li Ming's shoulders, these black buddies are so direct, and feel that this can pull him out of his depressed mood.

"What's your name? Chinese? Korean? Japanese?" Li Ming didn't answer his question directly, but just stretched his head over and asked the accompanying man who had been drinking quietly.

"Uh, hello, my name is Wang Ping, and I'm a freshman in the School of Information, University of Memphis."

"You still haven't answered my question." Li Ming looked at him with a smile.

"Oh, by the way, I'm Chinese, from Fujian." He smiled shyly and stretched out his hand to scratch his hair.

It's quite interesting, these two buddies, one is enthusiastic, the other is shy and introverted, they really complement each other, and they don't know how to play together, Li Ming was also amused by the big boy in front of him.

"Although I don't know what happened to you, but I saw you drinking non-stop, I just want to tell you that everything will pass, look forward, and the sun will rise as usual tomorrow." Wang Fei cleared his throat and slowly Said.

"Thank you." Li Ming picked up the cup in front of them, motioned to the two of them, like everyone in the bar, and drank with his head raised.

"Okay, that's right, we are friends now, by the way, where do you live, big star. We live next door on Grant Avenue." Daniel ordered another glass of wine like a bartender.

"I'm at No. 16 Wilson Street." Li Ming replied with a smile.

"Then we're only two streets away, only 200 yards away. Can we play with you often? Of course, it's when you don't have games or training." Wang Fei was a little excited.

Li Ming didn't answer in a hurry, but just looked at him with a smile. In the dim light, his eyes were very clear, and after about ten seconds, "Yes." He replied affirmatively.

The two clapped excitedly and hugged together, "Great, we have become friends with a big star, Wang, you can ask him to teach you some practical tricks." Daniel said excitedly.

"It's getting late, I should go back, there is still training tomorrow."

"Oh, can you? Would you like us to send you?"

"No, I'm fine." Li Ming shook his head.

"Okay then, goodbye, big star." Li Ming went out quickly, and Daniel's voice came from behind him.

He stood under the street lamp outside the door for a while, looked up at the moon, "Tomorrow the sun will rise as usual, hehe", smiled knowingly, and walked towards home...

Early in the morning of the second day, Li Ming came to the gymnasium for extra practice.He seemed to have lifted himself from yesterday's sorrow.

To be precise, there is no time to be sad, because tomorrow night I will fly to the Denver Plateau to play against the Nuggets, who are currently ranked No. [-] in the West.

Sure enough, McConley was already in the arena, but this time he had more Randolph and Gay beside him.

"Quick, quick, quick, give me the money, give me the money." Guy stretched out his hand and kept tugging at the big black bear beside him.

"Hey, Lee, we were just betting on what time you'll show up. I bet you $200 that you'll be there before 06:30." Guy grinned.

Li Ming greeted everyone and went to the side to stretch and move his joints.

Conley and Randolph are doing pick-and-roll cooperation, but this time they are replaced by a big man who pulls to the outside and chooses a long-range shot.

Yes, this trick can kill people. With Randolph's range, the opponent's center will definitely be pulled out, so it will be easier for Conley to break through.

This was specially designed by Hollins yesterday for the opponent's starting center, Faried, who is known as a half-orc.Because he doesn't have a basket, he can only dunk under the basket, and even the basic wiping and picking are very difficult, which belongs to the rough type.

"Come here." Ten minutes later, Conley made a gesture towards Li Ming.

"Oh, yes, yes." Li Ming ran over like a chicken. He respected Conley in his heart and regarded him as an idol. He hoped to become a selfless man like him that coaches and players like. players.

"Look, you have a habit. When you run, in order to speed up and get rid of, you often throw your arms and run hard. This is wrong." Conley was gesturing to him.

"You should be like this, no matter which direction you are, your hands are always on your chest, and you make a motion to catch the ball at any time, to confuse the opposing player."

There are two advantages to doing this. First, you can shoot as quickly as possible without making adjustments after catching the ball.Furthermore, you can confuse opponents and cover your teammates' moves.

Conley explained to him patiently, and ran to the baseline and the basket from time to time, showing him how to position and get rid of it.

"Now I'm playing a pick-and-roll with you. You first practice rolling down and then attracting double-teams, and quickly throwing the outside three-point line." Conley leaned over the top of the arc and dribbled the ball to call Li Ming to run.

Li Ming did as he said several times back and forth.

"Very good, that's it. Now after practicing the pick-and-roll, bounce to the outside to cover the ball-handler for a three-pointer. The key to this is that the two people who do the pick-and-roll must cross positions to create space."

Of course, there is a requirement for this, that is, in addition to fast movement, the pick-and-roll duo must also have a stable outside shooting rate. Generally speaking, only Rudy and I will choose to cooperate with you like this.

Therefore, the most important thing for you now is to practice your outside shooting well. I see that your movement speed is no problem.

"Lee, you sometimes shoot like my grandma." Guy on the side joked.

What's missing is the quick release, you take too long to prepare for the shot.Conley showed his unique skills in front of Li Ming without reservation.

"Come on, you have to run your own position without making any adjustments to catch and shoot. You have to practice [-] shots a day, preferably [-] if your physical strength allows."

"Eight hundred? Every day?" Li Ming opened his eyes wide.

"Yes." Conley replied firmly. "As far as I know, many players on the outside and you are facing this number every day, so if you want to surpass them, you have to outnumber them, and your lower body strength must continue to strengthen."

Conley explained his flaws in one word. Yes, in the second half of the game against the Clippers, he suffered from an unstable bottom line several times in defense, and he had a three-pointer on the offensive end that didn't even have a frame. dip.

This is a typical instability of the lower body. If you exert too much force, you will lose your center of gravity. At critical moments, the stability is not enough, and it is easy to pull your hips.

"Okay." Li Ming took off his shirt, shirtless, and ran to the nearby basket to practice shooting.

Conley continued to practice various coordination with Guy and Randolph.

After a while, the arena began to fill up with people.Arthur, Pondexter, Chris Johnson and Bayless who didn't play in the last game due to injury.

Li Ming has become a celebrity now. After everyone came to say hello to Conley, they would come over to say hello to him, and sometimes they would tease him about his shooting if they had a good relationship.

Most of the people who greeted were strikers, and only Gerald Bayless was a point guard, and he was currently his main competitor.

Because of no accidents, the team's starting guard is still a combination of Conley and Tony Allen. He competes with Gerald Bayless and Wayne Ellington for playing time off the bench.

He is not worried about Wayne Ellington. He is just a rookie and can only play in garbage time. Bayless is different. He is the team's immediate combat power, averaging [-]-[-] points per game.

More importantly, he has proved himself on a big stage like the playoffs. In the most crucial fourth game when he played against the Spurs and the Black Eight Miracle, everyone only remembered Lan who scored 37 points and 16 rebounds. Dove.

Bayless also shined in that game. On the offensive end, he made 14 of 9 shots, made 6 of 27 three-pointers, and made 9 of [-] free throws. He scored [-] points and sent [-] assists.

When Conley was completely locked up, he connected the team very well, and at the same time sent the highest four steals on both sides, which is evident in his hard work.Coaches love players like this the most.

So Li Ming pays special attention to him, and always looks in the direction of his practice from time to time.

Perhaps it was Li Ming's rise that gave him a sense of crisis, and he also came to the arena early today for additional training.

"Well, this guy is really interesting." Although he was just running and catching and shooting, his soft touch still made Li Ming admire him.Playing next to the Blazers Roy back then should have helped him a lot.

I understand it on my side, but he doesn't have any experience in playing against the opponent's players, so I always feel that it is not safe to rely on the game video.

"This old thing..." The old thing he said was Andre Miller of the Nuggets. He was also a ruthless character. He was a well-known iron man in the league. He had only missed 16 games in his 5-year career.

Whether it was the 76ers period, the Trail Blazers period or even the Nuggets' early days, they were the main force that could not be beaten.

In the past few years, because of his age, George Karl put him on the bench, allowing him to lead the second team to attack the city, and he also shined brilliantly. Old men often talked about the amazing passes of the teenagers.

Andre Miller's tendon meat is enough for him to drink a pot. Thinking of this, Li Ming couldn't help trembling, and yelled in the direction of Guy to pass the ball.

(End of this chapter)