The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 6
They heard the reputation and looked around, and saw a tall, handsome Caucasian guy in a blue and white sportswear (well, he is handsome!) standing at the door, with his hands in his pockets, looking at them with interest.

"You are... Nick Collison?" Li Pu recognized the other party's identity after just meeting each other.

"You know me?" Collison was slightly surprised.

"Of course, I'm a Thunder fan!" Li Pu replied.

For ordinary fans, Nick Collison's name is quite unfamiliar, but for Thunder fans, Collison's name is very familiar.

In 2008, the Thunder moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City. After changing its name to the Thunder, the only retired jersey was Nick Collison's "4" jersey.

Although Collison did not have any high-profile performances throughout his career, he averaged only 5.9 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.

But he dedicated his entire 15-year career to the Thunder. He is the well-deserved soul of the Thunder and is affectionately called "Team Ke" by fans.

However, at this time, Collison was not as well-known as later generations. This year, after three years of poor performance, the Thunder broke into the playoffs for the first time, and this has won some attention.

But that's about it.

What's more, the flashlights of the media are all focused on the "Three Young Thunder", followed by young people like Jeff Green and Ibaka. Collison doesn't have much spotlight on him, and his sense of presence is very thin.

Therefore, seeing Li Pu calling out his identity, Collison had no doubts about Li Pu's identity as a Thunder fan.

He didn't know that Li Pu was not a team fan at all, and the star fan, the reason why he knew Collison was not because he was a Thunder fan for many years, but because he had been engaged in related live broadcasts for many years.

"Thank you!" Now that his identity was discovered, Collison naturally didn't speak too much.

"Mr. Collison, are you the one Mr. Presti asked to teach me?"

A Thunder player, even though it was in the offseason, suddenly appeared here, no matter how you look at it, he was directed at Li Pu.

"Just call me Nick! Don't talk nonsense. I just happened to be on vacation in California. I heard about your performance in the training camp, so I came here out of curiosity!" Collison denied.

"OK, I understand!" Li Pu gave Collison a reassuring look.

Although the league will not strictly prevent teams from contacting rookies, Presti obviously does not want other teams to know that he is contacting Lip.

If it attracts the attention of other teams and makes Li Pu's pick rise, then the loss outweighs the gain.

Therefore, Collison's contact with Li Pu in his personal capacity can dispel a lot of sight.

After all, Collison is just a role player after all, and no one pays special attention to him.

Seeing that Li Pu was so knowledgeable, Collison didn't say much. He threw his coat on the chair, walked onto the stage and said, "Come on, let me see your strength as a rising star!"

He has already heard about Li Pu's deeds in the training camp, and he also knows that the guy in front of him is very bad at skills, so he is very puzzled. He doesn't understand why Presti is so optimistic about this young man, and even asked him to come and teach him. he?

Just when Collison was wondering, Li Pu finally activated it.

He imitated Lin Shuhao's breakthrough action, and after a simple three-threat, he quickly broke through from Collison's right hand.

Although his first step is not as fast as Lin Shuhao's, it is no longer slower than the average NBA guard.

Coupled with his two long legs, he just dribbled one step, and he directly joined the ball.

What are you kidding, this is beyond the three-point line!
After Li Pu got the ball, he broke through Collison's defense in just one step, but he didn't give up, and immediately adjusted his defense. While leaning on Li Pu with his body, he was ready to take the ball in Li Pu's hand at any time.

Lin Shuhao on the side was paralyzed.

What a ghost, you are still outside the three-point line at this moment, are you going to make a sudden stop and pull back a jumper?
Do you have that strength?
Of course Li Pu didn't!

Although he has improved rapidly in the past two days, shooting is still a big problem for him.

His touch is very soft, but the problem is that his two long arms make Li Pu completely unable to shoot with the shooting posture he was used to before.

Therefore, his hit rate is difficult to guarantee, basically depends on the sky.

The reason why he wants to combine the ball is because he wants to make a three-step layup.

With two days of long legs, Li Pu went from the three-point line to the penalty area in just two steps, and then Li Pu directly chose to take off, hanging on Collison and came to the basket.

Then, Li Pu ignored Collison and chose a commoner for a layup... No way, Li Pu is still not proficient in dunking!

However, what made Li Pu even more embarrassing was that the basketball hit the backboard, rebounded with too much force, and flew out directly.

This layup didn't make it!
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Seeing that the ball was missed, Li Pu wailed for a while, expressing his pity.

If I had known that the layup missed the ball, I might as well have dunked it!

After all, if you dunk, even if the dunk flies, the posture is still handsome!

Able to impress Collison.

Thinking of this, Li Pu looked at Collison again, wanting to see how the future team would react to his performance.

"Oops, mistake, mistake, sorry, Nick!"

Collison didn't listen to Li Pu's request for help.

Seeing Li Pu's exaggerated layup just now, his eyes almost straightened.

Is this so human?

No wonder Collison was so surprised.

Before Antetokounmpo was born, although there were many monsters in the NBA, most of the tall players were inside players, and their offenses were mostly launched from the inside.

I have never seen this kind of player, who is more than 220cm tall, attacks independently with the ball, and lays up in three steps directly from outside the three-point line.

Although the goal was missed, as long as Li Pu changed the ball to a layup just now, he could dunk it. Scoring is as easy as drinking water. After all, Li Pu's hand has already passed the basket just now.

As for why Li Pu didn't choose to dunk the ball just now, I think... maybe it was to save face for himself?
He didn't know that Li Pu didn't know how to dunk at all, and he didn't have enough physical fitness before crossing, so he never dunked at all!
For a while, Collison had a good impression of Li Pu. Such a young man, while showing himself, he still didn't forget to save face for his opponents. What a good boy!

Since the young people have given face, Collison will naturally reciprocate, so he said: "Your offense is very good, next, let me see your defensive ability!"

"Okay!" Hearing Collison's high evaluation of himself, Li Pu was very happy, and he didn't even forget to show off a smile to Lin Shuhao beside him.

Lin Shuhao on the side was dumbfounded. He looked at Collison and couldn't help complaining in his heart: "How do you know that he has a good offense? Is it a three-step layup? The problem is that he hasn't made progress!"

Through these few days of getting along, Lin Shuhao has already figured out Li Pu, and already knows Li Pu's depth.

Although Li Pu is very talented, his skills are completely layman. Although the basic skills have improved a lot in the past two days, the time is too short, and he doesn't have any decent offensive skills at all.

How can such a player deserve Collison's good offensive evaluation?

If Collison in front of him was not a genuine NBA player, Lin Shuhao would really suspect that he was a liar.

(End of this chapter)