(If you don’t say more about brothers, please recommend and collect. This book has officially set sail on the new book list! By the way, I would like to celebrate the successful signing of this book. Haha, the first time I signed it, I am a little excited)

On October 30, 2007, it was only one day before the official opening of the NBA.

Li Yuntian sat weakly on the floor of ConocoPhillips Training Hall, opened his mouth and let out a mouthful of air, and ran and shot five hundred times in a row. Even if his endurance was the top player, he couldn't stand it.

He raised his head and looked into the air. The time showed that it was 8 o'clock in the evening. Li Yuntian used his training suit to wipe the sweat off his face, stood up, picked up the basketball again, and started practicing mid-range shooting again.

After three days of practice, Li Yuntian finally trusted the "Basketball God System". When he came to the training hall on the evening of the 28th, his mid-range shot shooting rate under uncontrolled was about 60%-70%. This was a very unqualified result for a small forward who made a living by offense. However, after two days of training, his mid-range shot shooting rate was already 100% in uncontrolled conditions tonight! Of course, he only took action on the two wings.

On the evening of the 28th, Li Yuntian added a skill point to the skill of "Central Shooting·Two Wings". That night, he made a jump shot at the position of the wings of the court. His shooting percentage has not changed yet, but since the 29th, the shooting percentage has gradually increased. This has a direct performance in the daytime training game, especially today, facing McGrady's lazy defense, Li Yuntian scored a total of 12 points on both wings for 20 minutes, which surprised the Rockets, both coaches and players.

But it was a little surprised that Li Yuntian's dim impression in their minds did not change as a result. In the training match, McGrady's defense was almost negligible. Moreover, Li Yuntian just joined the team for training, and his teammates had not yet figured out his offensive routine. What's so surprising about how many points he got?

Recalling the contemptuous look of his teammates and coaching staff every time he looked at him, Li Yuntian, who was almost exhausted, was full of energy again. He gritted his teeth and moved his body, rushed to the middle distance of the bottom line of the left wing, picked up a ball and jumped up quickly - 'swish', hit it!

Li Yuntian is not afraid of hardship or fatigue. As long as the training is effective, he is willing to put in the best efforts to train. In the United States, he has suffered humiliation. As long as he can stand out, he is willing to eat any kind of hardship and fatigue.

At the age of 17, Li Yuntian joined a team in Linhai, CBA. At that time, his identity was like a caddie than a player. However, relying on several times of hard work and hard work, he became the main striker of the team in just one season, and then completed a counterattack in the second season and became the core of the team. In the third season, Li Yuntian was completely mature and asked for help in the CBA. He led the team to kill the opponents. The home fans gave him a nickname called the North China God.

After playing in the CBA for three seasons, Li Yuntian participated in the 2006 NBA Draft. Unfortunately, it was normal. He lost the election, but he did not choose to return to the CBA. Instead, he joined the Austin Bulls, a Spurs-affiliated team in the NBDL, and played well. Otherwise, the Knicks would not have chosen him in the draft.

But after coming to the NBA, he realized that many things cannot be changed by hard work and hard work. God gave him the body that made him unable to adapt to the NBA confrontation at all. The reason why he was selected into this league was more about the advocacy of the agency team and the covetousness of the American team for the Asia-Pacific market, rather than relying on his abilities.

He can become the core of the CBA with several times of hard work and gain a foothold in the NBDL with several times of sweat, but he cannot gain a foothold in the NBA. He has built up his confidence and pride for twenty years and was hit hard one after a year after he came to the United States, especially in the past four months, which directly shattered his dignity:

In early July 2007, a week after the draft ended, the free trading market opened. Just in the early morning of the same day, the Knicks reached a deal with the Trail Blazers. The Trail Blazers exchanged Zach Randolph, Dan Dicao and Fred Jones for Steve Francis, Channing Fry and Li Yuntian of the Knicks. Before they arrived in Portland, the Trail Blazers announced that they had waived Li Yuntian.

After being given up by the Trail Blazers, Li Yuntian was not depressed. He immediately went to the Lakers, who were very interesting to him during the trial, and participated in the Summer League. In the whole nine games of the Summer League, Li Yuntian played a total of 56 minutes, with averaging 1.8 points, 0.5 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 blocks, 0 steals, and 1.5 turnovers.

At the end of the summer league, the Lakers cut Li Yuntian without hesitation. After leaving the Lakers, Li Yuntian still did not give up on himself. After his efforts with the agency, he finally signed a contract with the Mavericks who wanted to explore the Asian market in early October. But what happened? He played in the first game for only 12 minutes in the preseason game, and after scoring 2 points and 3 mistakes, he was cut again unexpectedly!

From being proud to being proud to be disappointed and finally to despair, the four teams gave Li Yuntian four feelings. This time, the big brother Yao Ming was the help of his big brother.

On October 24, 2007, just as the NBA regular season was about to open, the Rockets had some surprise. Center Jack Chakalidis from Greece withdrew from the NBA and returned to AEK Athens, so the Rockets prepared a 15-man roster. However, Chakalidis is just a marginal player in the Rockets, otherwise he would not have left the NBA to return to Athens on his own initiative. Therefore, the Rockets were not very anxious about this, but in the end, they needed to gather a 15-man roster at the beginning of the regular season.

So, at Yao Ming's suggestion, Rockets general manager Morey contacted Li Yuntian, who was preparing to return to China and gave him a 7-day unsecured minimum salary contract. This contract was not his turn, because the Rockets also have players in the NBDL. Fortunately, Li Yuntian and Yao Ming knew each other, and the latter tried every means to say good things for him, which gave him the opportunity to join the Rockets.

Li Yuntian was immersed in his memories of the past four months. Thinking about the humiliation he experienced, he ran faster and took action faster. For a moment, only basketballs were left in the huge ConocoPhillips training hall, the basketball landed and the sound of people stomping on the floor.

Outside the training hall, Rick Adelman, who had just become the Rockets coach for less than four months, hurried over. When approaching the door, a fat young man holding a big burger in his hand made a "shush" sound.

"What's wrong, my old friend, why did you call me over here in a hurry?" Adelman asked in confusion. After stopping, he heard the continuous "slap" sounds in the stadium.

The little old man took a bite of the big burger, said nothing, but just pulled Adelman to stand outside the door and looked into the interior of the training hall through the window.

Adelman glanced at him and a tall and thin Chinese young man was running hard, making moves again and again, hitting again and again.

"His name is Lee. What's wrong? Are you just asking me to see him?" Adelman said funny. "Old guy, I know he's very hardworking, but I don't want to pay attention to these things. You know, I've only been on this team for four months, and I have to clean up a lot of messes. I mean, I'm very busy, I have to go up and work overtime."

The old man glanced at Adelman and the lights came from the doors and windows. The latter clearly noticed the contempt in the other party's eyes: "Rick, don't you think this kid is very good? Look carefully at his shot and hit every shot! I called you to come over because I wanted to tell you that there is a good seedling under your hands."

Adelman laughed softly after hearing this, and shook his head and said, "Forget it, man, my shooting was also a hit every time when I was a player - I mean, when no one defended it. But when someone was targeted, it wasn't it the same bad? Lee's skills are very good, but his physical fitness is too bad. When he faces a young man in the same position, he doesn't even have a chance to take action!"

The old man shrugged and said helplessly: "Maybe that's it, old man, you know, I've loved this team for thirty-five years, and I really hope it will restore the glory of the 1990s. Although we don't have Hakeem Olajuwon now, I hope to find a Drexler to help you."

"We have a better player than Drexler, isn't Tracy McGrady?" Adelman smiled.

After hearing this, the old man sneered: "Meddy? He might be able to torture Drexler to death by fighting alone, but if he put it in a team, Drexler's performance could make him ashamed to death!" As he said that, he sighed, "It would be great if this young man had McGrady's body, God is really unfair."

Adelman patted the old man on the shoulder and signaled him to leave the court with him. He said, "Why don't you say how good it would be if McGrady had Lee's training attitude? Haha, you know, God doesn't want to see the second person on the court who can challenge him."

"Meddy will never train like him. I would rather believe that Lee's body has a genetic mutation into a Terminator warrior than that McGrady will practice hard like him."

The voices were getting farther and farther away, and the only person who was concerned about this also left the stadium, but Li Yuntian didn't care about it. As long as he had the strength and had a basketball in his hand, wouldn't that be enough?

In fact, strength and basketball are not the key points, the key points are being able to step on the court.

On October 31, 2007, in the Toyota Center home locker room, fifteen Rockets players sat in front of their wardrobe, listening carefully to Adelman explaining the overall tactics of the game.

This is the rule left by Van Gundy's era. Van Gundy, who is short, is an absolute team instructor. He has a very rigorous coaching style and is very strict in the players' demand for the ball. Speaking of which, he is more like a person from the army than Van Vic and Sloan.

Li Yuntian sat in the corner, listening absent-mindedly to Adelman's deployment - he was just a marginal person, and such an important game as the opening game had nothing to do with him. Therefore, all he could do was watch everything in the locker room with his eyes. This was his first time entering the locker room of an NBA team. If he didn't get a chance to perform in seven days, it would probably be his last entry into the locker room.

Adelman has just taken office, and the team still has a profound Van Gundy mark. Van Gundy's favorite motto is written on the walls of the locker room: "People-acting-together-as-a-group-can-accomplish-which-no-individual-acting-alone-can-ever-hope-to-bring-about."

"The power of an individual is insignificant and useless. Only a team that is united and united can fight invincible. This sentence came in 2003, but I didn't expect it to be preserved until today." A short and energetic black man saw Li Yuntian's excitement as he saw this sentence, he came over and said in a low voice.

When Li Yuntian turned his head, he saw Steve Francis' smile, and he also replied with a sincere smile. Nowadays, Li Yuntian has only had a good relationship with two people, one is Yao Ming, a fellow villager who gave him great help, and the other is Francis.

Francis was staying in the Knicks before, and was traded with Li Yuntian to the Trail Blazers. The two were bought out together. Then Francis signed with the Rockets at a minimum salary, while Li Yuntian was wandering in the league. Francis gave him a lot of help, such as contacting the Lakers for a trial.

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Chapter completed!