Learning in the NBA can make you a god

Chapter 43
"Li, did you see the news yesterday? In the latest rookie rankings, you were placed in the top five." Gasol was also a little surprised. He didn't expect Li Tian's pick to improve so much.

Li Tian's position in the Grizzlies is to catch the ball, shoot three-pointers and defend forwards. It stands to reason that he should not be the top five picks.

Gasol looked at the rookies of 07 and found that there were only a few high-quality rookies after reading it again. After comparing the data, it is not impossible for Li Tian to rank in the top five.

Looking back at Li Tian's statistics in the first ten games or so, they are indeed very good. If you don't look carefully, you may not pay special attention to Li Tian's statistics. After a closer look, Li Tian's scoring ranks among the top three in the team.

"Paul, this is not a good thing. In this way, the teams will pay more attention to me and strengthen their defense, and it will become difficult to shoot." For Li Tian, ​​this report is not friendly to him.

"Isn't that good? You are now the team's third scoring point, and you will definitely be paid more attention." Gasol believes that if you score more, you will be more valued by the team.

"Paul, the actual situation is not like this. First of all, I don't have the ability to create opportunities. I can only score through running positions or second offenses; the team does not have a player who can attract double-teams from the outside. It is even more difficult to get opportunities. .”

Li Tian gently rubbed his temples.

"Yeah, the team doesn't have good organizers and players who can attract firepower. This is the flaw of the team."

Gasol recalled that he had supported the Grizzlies alone a few years ago, and he burst into tears.

He is not the kind of player who can overwhelm the inside and has no ability to dominate the penalty area. He has no way to support this Grizzlies team.

"What's the matter, Paul, it seems that your expression is not very good." I saw Gasol's strangeness.

"It's nothing, let's continue training." Gasol congratulated Li Tian from the heart full of joy, but when he left, he was full of thoughts.

Li Tian noticed Gasol's strangeness, and also understood why Gasol was suddenly full of worries.

All because of victories and disappointments.

In the evening against the Toronto Raptors led by Bosh, the Grizzlies lost again.

On the bench, only Lowry scored 11 points, and Conley still failed to appear. Gay, the team's most shot player, shot less than 17% on 5 of 30 shots. Gasol, who had the highest shooting percentage, only got 11 shots.

Li Tian successfully restrained Bosh on the court, allowing Bosh to score only 15 points. The situation of no one outside to share Gasol's pressure appeared again. The team made 5 more turnovers than the Raptors. In the key defense of the players, they only scored 8 points and made 6 of 2 three-pointers.

The shortcomings of the Grizzlies' lack of assault players were reflected. Li Tian was also surrounded by the Raptors' inside and outside lines, and failed to open up enough offensive space for the inside lines.

After losing to the Raptors, set off for San Antonio.

On the plane, Li Tian remembered that when he was playing against the Supersonics, he scored 20+ in a single game for the first time and was rewarded with 100 points.

If it wasn't for the voice of this prompt, Li Tian would have forgotten that he is a systematic person who has been training day and night.

"System, check the points!"

[The host, after the game, plus the 100 points rewarded last time, the host has 385 points left.May I ask if the host participates in the lottery, the items in the mall have been refreshed! (Random price of points exchanged for items in the mall)]

Li Tian first glanced at the refreshed items in the mall.

好家伙，好东西是真的不少，排在第一位的是：乔丹后仰跳投售价50000积分；科比后仰跳投40000积分；麦迪干拔35000积分瓦莱乔假摔5000积分；大师级审美能力3000积分。

"Well, there are a lot of things, and they are all good. The cheapest ones cost 3000 points. The mall should be closed."

"System, close the mall and open the lottery panel."

[Host, the lottery panel has been opened. 】

"System, draw three times in a row."

[Congratulations to the host: the three lottery draws are, thank you for your patronage, thank you for your patronage, Bruce Lee Tai Chi level 1 (except for basketball skills which are divided into four levels, other skills are all levels 1-9, the initial level is 1.)]

Li Tian was a little disappointed. He didn't have any basketball skills, and the quality of the primary lottery was still not good. In the future, he still had to accumulate points and only do advanced lottery.

"System, this Bruce Lee's Tai Chi, how can I learn it?"

[Host, this skill will be transmitted to the host's mind within 24 hours, and it needs to be practiced frequently to improve the level. 】

After seeing that there were still 85 points left and nothing could be done, Li Tian shut down the system.

Li Tian glanced at his teammates, everyone was sitting on their own business, Li Tian picked up Duncan's game video edited by the team editor, Li Tian began to watch Duncan's latest game video.

Looking at Duncan's actions, it is rare to see Duncan feel tired during the regular season. This physical strength is really good, and his body is well maintained. He has been in the league for 10 years, and this is a rookie who has been in college for four years.

No wonder he was about to retire in his previous life, and he was able to win the championship with the team and put up good statistics.

The old rookie Duncan, there is nothing wrong with this talker.

Duncan's statistics in each game are not top in the league, but his role in the team is no less than that of O'Neal in the Lakers period.

The owner has a soft touch, unsolvable mid-range, strong footwork, and the mid-range shot is also very defiant. The only shortcoming is the bounce.

How should Duncan defend like this, Li Tian thought, Duncan's weakness is his defensive area, speed and jumping.

Duncan is very strong in defending the basket, but if he pulls down the outside line, he will be much weaker. He has a certain assist ability, but his outside line ability is very poor. He needs help defense to better defend Duncan.For low-post defense, you need to withstand Duncan's back, and the defender needs to have a certain strength.

Because of Milicic's absence, Li Tian got a chance, but he also encountered some challenges. Facing the starting defense, he will also face some historical players. His data will decline, but his experience and ability will accelerate. Ascension, there are gains and losses.

"Li, you are too serious." Gasol woke up and saw Li Tian constantly flipping through Duncan's game videos.

"I can't help but look at it. What I have to face is a historical power forward. To defend him, height is a disadvantage, and more skills are needed to make up for it. I'm going to pick you up. Is there a good way to tell me? , You have often played against him." Li Tian also seized the opportunity to ask Gasol for advice.

"Your strength is better than mine, your speed is also fast, and your footwork is also very good. When attacking, you can use your running position to continuously consume his physical strength and pull him to the outside, which will have a good effect;
In terms of defense, he has no threat from the outside line, mainly in the areas of mid-range shots, backs, and hooks. He does not bounce well. When he is close to the body, try to leave room for himself to take off, and there will be unexpected gains. . "Gasol carefully told Li Tian his experience in defending Duncan.

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