Chapter 12 High with Novak
When Li Liang woke up the next day, he felt a little drowsy.
Training in the system consumes a lot of mental power.
Although Li Liang successfully entered the finals in the second mission, unfortunately, he accidentally beat Larry Bird to his best condition, which made him get a high score of 25 points, and improved the task to a star-level difficulty.
Afterwards, Li Liang scored 23 points in the final, a very good score, but he was defeated in the end and was ruthlessly ridiculed by Bird.
That feeling is really bad.
Even though I know it is simulated by the system, the people inside are all NPCs.
But everything was too real, and the frustration after the failure enveloped Li Liang until he got up.
Li Liang rubbed his eyes and found that his roommate Wei Dazhi was not there.
This kid didn't return overnight last night and must have succeeded at the party.
If he is not here, what can I do with today's training?
Li Liang is a senior year in graduation season this year, but he doesn’t have much to do.
In four years, his credits have already been completed.
Moreover, he has good grades in all subjects, has passed thesis and social practice, and there is no problem with graduation.
The University of Kentucky does not need to write a graduation thesis or a defense. You can get a degree certificate and graduate smoothly by meeting all graduation requirements.
Li Liang doesn't need to worry about his job, anyway, he is determined to participate in the NBA draft and take the basketball path.
If you fail to run for the election, consider playing in the sub-league and slowly look for opportunities.
He thought that if he could not play in the NBA with the [Almighty King] system, it would be a shame for the system.
If it really doesn't work, for example, if the system suddenly disappears one day, Li Liang has to go back to China to sell tractors and pig feed, and inherit his father's assets of hundreds of millions.
In order not to sell tractors and pig feed, he must train hard and pass this star-level difficulty task first!
He did it as he said, it was around 10 am now. After washing up and having some meals, Li Liang changed into his sportswear and headed straight to the stadium.
Today's stadium is still empty, the season is over, and if it is not surprising, the team will have half of the members.
Now, the school’s admissions office has probably begun to search for new players everywhere, and the title of NCAA champion will definitely add a lot of money to them.
It is said that their goal this year is Norence Noel, the best player in the United States selected by USA Today.
A talented inside player with the same height and arms hopes to use him to fill the team's inside vacancy after Davis left.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Li Liang anymore.
After the warm-up, Li Liang continued to practice three-pointers alone.
Without Wei Dazhi's help, Li Liang's speed was much slower and he had to pick up the ball by himself after the shot.
Just when he was bothering him, someone opened the door to the gymnasium. When Li Liang saw that it was the team's head coach Kalipari.
"Hey, John!"
Li Liang greeted Kalipari.
Calipari looked in good spirits and was wearing a coaching uniform. It seemed that he was not exhausted last night or was energetic.
"Hi Bruce, you were very popular at the dance yesterday. If you enter the entertainment industry, you might have a place."
Kalipari said that he attended the party yesterday and saw Li Liang on the dance floor attracting much attention than on the basketball court.
"No, I don't want to enter the entertainment industry, I just want to enter the NBA." Li Liang said, continuing to practice three-pointers. He shot five in a row at the top of the arc, which was not bad, and four in a row.
Kalipari walked forward and helped Li Liang pick up the ball, then re-arranged the ball into the basket and pushed it over.
"Thank you, John."
"I heard you practiced here for an afternoon of three-pointers yesterday, and I wondered if you would come today, but I didn't expect you to be there."
Calipari happened to meet the stadium administrator in the morning. The stadium administrator mentioned this to him and said that Bruce Lee had been training in the stadium for an afternoon.
Li Liang said: "How is it? Are you very moved? Are you infected by my perseverance?"
Kalipari smiled and said, "Boy, don't do this, I still want to say, it's really hard for you to enter the NBA, even if you train every day from today, it's still difficult."
Li Liang said: "After John, don't persuade me, you know I won't look back if I don't hit the wall."
Li Liangxin thought, if I have systematic help, can I tell you?
Calipari said: "Yes, I'm not here to persuade you, I'll help you. Your spirit is worthy of praise. If Jones or someone else has the effort of you, they will definitely be able to fight better."
"How do you help me?"
"Of course, I'm just picking up the ball for you with the coach?"
After saying that, Kalipari helped Li Liang pick up the ball while giving instructions on Li Liang's shooting posture and steps.
Kalipari is the head coach of Kentucky, with more than a dozen players on the team. On weekdays, he cannot guide a certain technology one by one, let alone Li Liang is just a water dispenser.
Now, he can provide individual tutoring to Li Liang.
The effect of practicing alone is completely different from having someone watching and correcting it.
Although Calipari is not a professional shooting coach, he is still very insightful in shooting, such as the most basic basketball technique.
"Footsteps, you have to pay attention to your footsteps. The footsteps must be stable. Start with your feet, legs, body, and hands. You must maintain a stable paradigm. This is the key to keeping continuous goals. Stand in your most comfortable position, then remember this position, and then always use this position to attack."
Kalipari kept correcting Li Liang's attacking posture. The practice lasted for another whole afternoon, and another 1,000 shots. After practicing this time, Li Liang felt exhausted.
There was someone holding a whip in the back, and it felt different.
When Wei Dazhi was here, if he could still be lazy when he was tired, then Kalipari would not be able to be there.
"Good boy, very good. Your shooting talent is indeed good. If you want to enter the NBA, maybe Steve Novak will be your role model." Kalipari commented on him after practicing with Li Liang for a few hours.
Steve Novak, it seems that Li Liang does have many similarities with him.
He is tall and thin, has average physical fitness, and is mediocre in other aspects except shooting.
Nowak is most proud of his three-pointer.
His three-point shooting percentage was as high as 46% in the NCAA for four years, and he has always maintained a high shooting percentage of more than 40% since entering the NBA.
He shot a fixed three-pointer in training, and threw 50 and scored 47 to 48, with a terrible shooting percentage.
Of course, at present, Li Liang's three-point level is far inferior to Novak.
Not to mention the ability to make three-pointers at open positions, Novak's shooting ability when receiving the ball, and his shooting ability to get rid of defense and strong confrontation in the NCAA are better than that of Li Liang now.
Otherwise, Novak University would not have averaged 12 points per game in four years, while Li Liang University would have averaged fountain dispensers per game in four years.
Nowak's draft pick is 32nd place in the second round, which should be said to be a very high position in the second round.
Li Liang wanted to practice for one month by himself, and this system might not necessarily be selected in this position.
But no matter what, it's OK to choose.
Have confidence in yourself!
And he was sure that he would definitely be stronger than Novak, and much stronger!
Chapter completed!