I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 191 Preseason?not critical~
"Li, do you want to participate in the preseason game?"

After the training session, Kaliapa called Li Ran aside and asked in a soft voice.

After entering the NBA, Caliapa made a quick transition, completely abandoning the self-contained posture he had at the University of Memphis.

He is a smart man, and he is also very clear that the reason why the Grizzlies have gone to great lengths to poach him from the NCAA to the NBA is to train Li Ran.

It was even said that under Cole's instruction, the entire Grizzlies tactics were built around Li Ran.

Li Ran likes to break through?

No problem, DDM tactical arrangement, double pick-and-roll arrangement.

Li Ran likes to defend?

No problem, you're out of position to steal, to block shots.

And recently, Li Ran's performance in the training session made everyone, from owner Pera to general manager Kerr to head coach Kaliapa, think that the Grizzlies' trade-for-one player deal is a good deal, even To the point of super value.

The most touching one is Kaliapa.

Not seeing him for just a year, he felt very strange as his proud disciple.

In that year in Memphis, although Li Ran performed amazingly, he was essentially a breakthrough master who was more offensive than defensive.

But this year's transformation has made Li Ran a player who can easily play in the NBA.

Kaliapa is now very convinced that the two twin stars, Rose and Li Ran, have the potential to become superstars in the NBA.

As we all know, to become a superstar, the most basic condition is that you need both offense and defense.

Throughout the entire alliance, such prerequisites are essential.

After a year of training, Li Ran has truly achieved this.

Calling Li Ran as the Grizzlies' outside line, or the defensive core of the team, Kaliapa had some doubts at first, but after seeing Li Ran's performance in the past few days, Kaliapa changed from doubt to affirmation.

Li Ran thought about it for a while when he heard Kaliapa's words.

"The preseason is not interesting, let Stephen and the others exercise more."

He thought about it, the preseason was nothing more than running the team.

But he really doesn't need to run the team, it should be the team running him.

But in order to keep his tactical status in the new season secret, Li Ran still decided not to participate in the preseason.

"There is another question. The team's coaching staff lacks a full-time defensive assistant coach. Do you have a suitable candidate?"

Many of the Memphis coaching staff did not choose to follow Kaliapa to the Grizzlies. Kaliapa only brought three or two kittens. After a period of observation, Cole and Kaliapa both thought that the The team still needs a coach who specializes in building a defensive system.

Since Li Ran has been promised to participate in team affairs, it is better to ask him about such matters.

Li Ran continued to think, and after a while he really thought of a suitable candidate.

"I heard that the assistant coach of the Celtics is at home now?"

He decided to cheat his good brother. Historically, after the end of this season, Thibodeau, who helped the Celtics win the championship the year before, will be the head coach of the Bulls and have the best record in the East.

"Thibodeau, right? I'll let Steve ask."

Kaliapa immediately knew who Li Ran was talking about.

This buddy Thibodeau is indeed good at defensive training. He created the defensive system of the Celtics' Big Three back then.

Cole's connections in the league are really nothing to brag about. In just two days, he brought Thibodeau for three years and $600 million.

It's just that there is an automatic termination clause in the contract upon receiving the head coach's invitation.

It doesn't matter.

In the Grizzlies' preseason game, when Li Ran was "absent due to injury", he was beaten into a sieve and lost 7 out of 6 games.

Their scoring is okay, but the average conceded points per game exceeds 110 points, and almost everyone can score on top of them without any pressure, which can be called a paper defense line.

In an instant, the news that Li Ran started to perform poorly after winning the FMVP spread throughout the league.

Not to mention anything else, isn't the performance of the Grizzlies in the preseason a proper bad team?
Didn't you go to a lousy team just to get a big contract and stats?
Even Taylor Swift, who was busy working on her new album, called Li Ran to ask what was going on.

Li Ran just smiled without saying a word.

Although they lost in the preseason, the entire Grizzlies team is very optimistic, and they are looking forward to the arrival of the regular season.

And ready to give the entire league a scare!
"Mark, how is your three-point practice?"

In a blink of an eye, it will be October 2009, 10, and tonight is the first regular season game of the Grizzlies.

They will face the Pistons at home.

In the pre-match preparation class in the morning, Li Ran came to the side of Marc Gasol's training field with a smile on his face, watching him throw three-pointers one by one.

It's very simple for Gasol to shoot a three-pointer. He doesn't need to take off. He stands at the top of the arc and shoots the ball with one hand.

I have to say that the European big man's hand feeling is really good, similar to that of the yellow race, and much better than the black buddies whose wrists can't seem to turn.

After an offseason of training, Xiaojia has already practiced the open three-pointer in a decent way. At least during the period Li Ran watched, he made many consecutive shots.

"It can only be said that there are some achievements just now, but it will take a long time to use them in the competition."

Xiao Jia said with a smirk.

Big Pyrenees' personality is different from his brother's high EQ, a bit funny, but similar to Randolph.

The two almost contracted half of the usual laughing points of the team.

As for the other half?
Sorry, the baby-faced elementary school student from Akron said that it is my duty to recast the glory of Doubi.

His biggest feature is that he does some unexpected things in a serious manner.

Like now. . .

Curry is practicing three-pointers.

It's normal to practice three-pointers, after all, people rely on this for a living.

But Curry practiced the three-point position. . .It was really hard for everyone except Li Ran to understand.

This guy is shooting a three-pointer in a serious manner at the door of the player tunnel.

Although Li Ran knows that Curry likes to show off such a move before the game, isn't it too much for you to practice specially for it? . .

Even if you shoot from the baseline to the basket on the other side, that's the thing. What's the point of shooting from the tunnel?

"Stephen, if you don't make a shot from this position in the game tonight, I'll take your braces out of your mouth."

Li Ran stood in the field and shouted towards Curry at the door of the player tunnel.

As we all know, braces are the real body of elementary school students.

Curry happily took the ball when he heard the words.

The ball crossed a perfect arc and fell into the basket, still hollow.

Li Ran was silent.

He turned to look at Cole, who was standing on the sidelines with his arms folded.

In the team, the only one who can teach Curry a lesson on three-pointers is the old Kerr.

But Cole curled his lips, saying that he was helpless. . . .

(End of this chapter)