At noon, Li Liang and Wei Dazhi had lunch at UCLA's restaurant.

Ryan West and Li Liang talked about some topics related to the NBA.

What he was particularly interested in was why Li Liang had such defensive ability but could not get a chance to play in the NCAA.

Wei Dazhi also wanted to know about this question very much.

Wei Dazhi knew Li Liang's past strength.

With more than a dozen players from the University of Kentucky, Li Liang said that he was the second last, but no one dared to say that he was the last.

Unexpectedly, in the past month, Li Liang's overall level rose by a huge margin as if he had opened the Ren and Du meridians.

That day, watching Li Liang try out confrontation in New Jersey, Wei Dazhi was shocked. He didn't expect Li Liang to defend so well.

Of course, Li Liang could not say that he could still enter the system training in his dream, so he had to say: "Well... it's mainly because in NCAA games, the overall ability of players is relatively high. I just have strong defense, but only have three-point shooting on the offense, and I'm a little lame, so I can't get too many opportunities to play. A functional player like me may be more suitable for me in the NBA. And I have practiced very hard in the past month."

Li Liang's words sounded a little reasonable.

The overall NCAA's strength is different from that of the NBA, and its personnel changes are relatively frequent, so the requirements for players' comprehensive abilities are indeed higher.

Especially some forward players who swing at the third and fourth positions can do whatever they want in the NCAA, but when they go to the NBA, they find that the four and six are not reliable and become useless.

With the overall decline of the center position in the American basketball world in recent years, these players who are not good at dominating the college field for a while, but are unable to adapt to the NBA with higher, faster, stronger inside, and the inside is full of European white bears and muscles.

Beasley is a typical example, and there are also 11-year-old second-place Derek Williams and others.

On the contrary, some functional players do not show off their weight in the NCAA arena, and they survive better after entering the NBA with a low pick.

For example, the Lakers' champion striker Trevo Ariza.

After listening to Li Liang's explanation, Ryan West thought his words were very reasonable based on the success or failure of the team's draft picks in recent years.

When Wei Dazhi saw West nodded repeatedly, poked Li Liang, and asked in Chinese: "Hey, are you saying true?"

"Nonsense, of course it's true, otherwise do you think I've practiced the Nine Yang Divine Art and have greatly increased my ability to open up the Ren and Du meridians?"

"Okay, okay, then I'll write it down."

Wei Dazhi took out his notebook and recorded what Li Liang said as a reason for the sudden increase in Li Liang's strength in the future.

Although I think about it carefully, it seems that it is not reliable at all.

After dinner, West took Li Liang and Wei Dazhi to walk around the UCLA campus.

While walking, West talked to Li Liang about the recent situation of the Lakers.

"You know, the team is in a transitional period, and the team's strategic direction and signing policy are not very clear at the moment. The boss is not in good health. The team's recruitment work is currently under his son Jim. I have enough advice, and the draft with the 60th pick is not very important. But the final decision is still in the hands of Buss."

West was giving Li Liang a vaccination. Since the Lakers failed to defend their title in 2011 and were eliminated in 2012, Kobe has grown one year older.

Therefore, the Lakers are in a period of transformation.

The team continues to sacrifice the future and win in the present, taking advantage of Kobe's ability to fight and pursue the championship.

It’s better to put down your burdens and focus on the future and consider the Lakers’ longer-term future. It has not yet been confirmed.

Since last season, Old Buss has declined in physical condition, and Buss Jr. has gradually reorganized the Lakers' management.

This summer, Buss will take over the Lakers in full behind the scenes and guide the direction of the Galaxy battleship.

Li Liang is an insignificant barnacle for the Lakers and Buss Jr.

If he could get on the boat, he would stick to the bottom of the boat and run around.

If it weren't possible, throw it away and let him sink to the bottom of the sea and find a whale to parasitize it.

Therefore, Ryan West cannot guarantee that Li Liang will definitely enter the Lakers' plan.

Perhaps West gave him a high evaluation and also strongly recommended to choose Li Liang.

But if Buss is not satisfied and has other ideas, it will be useless if West recommends it.

Buss has the final say.

Li Liang is so smart that he understood Ryan West's words as soon as he heard them.

To put it bluntly, I may want you, but I can't guarantee that I want you. There is no way, who can make me a wealthy family?

Li Liang sneered in his heart, he could still enter the NBA without the Lakers.

After two trials, he already had confidence in himself.

With his defense and three-pointers, he can definitely have a place in the NBA.

Of course, Li Liang understood Ryan West's difficulties. After all, his father was not in the Lakers, and no one was covering him.

In name, he is directly responsible to the management, but in fact he has no one under his command, so he has to run around and run for a trial.

"I still hope to play for the Lakers. After all, every NBA player had the dream of being a Lakers player as a child, and I was no exception." Li Liang responded to West with a very official answer.

In fact, Li Liang didn’t even know what the NBA was when he was a child. His favorite team was his father’s agricultural machinery factory basketball team.

Later, I went to high school and fell in love with the NBA because of Yao Ming.

When I arrived in the United States, I was dedicated to playing basketball in Kentucky and waving towels for Kentucky Wildcats.

Erhu Meng? I just opened my mouth to deceive people.

The three of them walked around UCLA, took a short rest, and returned to the training hall.

Outside the hall, Li Liang heard the sound of playing basketball inside, wondering if there were other people coming to try out in the afternoon?

West said: "It's not the one who comes to try out, it's the one who helps you try out."

Li Liang followed West into the hall and saw someone warming up on the court. When Li Liang saw that this was not Dalius Morris?

"Morris, it's you?" Li Liang couldn't help but say.

The night before yesterday, Li Liang and Morris were two hours one-on-one with him at [Personal Training Center].

First, we can get information from Morris's mouth, and second, we can practice offense and defense with Morris.

Li Liang's defense is already qualified, but to be honest, his ability to hold the ball is terrible, but it is not enough to see strong confrontations.

Morris in the system the night before yesterday taught Li Liang a lesson with the tight defense of NBA players.

A 6-foot-4-inch little defender weighing less than 200 pounds, Li Liang has no choice but to attack him.

Later, Li Liang discovered that it was better to throw it directly from outside the three-point line, so that the offensive success rate was even higher.

In reality, Morris certainly didn't know Li Liang.

Hearing Li Liang's words, he was confused and said, "Hey man, do we know each other?"

Li Liang knew that he had let it go and said, "No, no, I don't know you, but I know you, uh, my roommate is your fan."

As he said that, Li Liang pointed to Wei Dazhi who was taking photos on the sidelines and said that he was a Morris fan.

Morris finds strange, he still has fans in the NBA?

Then he looked at the fat man taking pictures on the sidelines and thought to himself that it would be better if such a fan didn't want it.

Ryan West told Li Liang that the afternoon trial was mainly offensive.

One is open three-point training, and the other is ball-holding offensive training.

In addition, there are tactical running training and one-on-one confrontation with Morris.

After fifteen minutes of warm-up, Li Liang began to practice shooting outside the three-point line with the assistance of the tester.

Li Liang can run at will from the outside, shoot three balls per point, and make fifteen minutes of uninterrupted shots.

This is a test for the player's physical strength, but it is really a piece of cake for Li Liang.

In order to complete the task of the King of Thirds, one thousand balls a day for two weeks was not in vain.

Later, whenever Li Liang had time, he would try his best to find a venue to practice three-pointers, so that his three-point shooting would always be in good condition.

At the beginning, Li Liang's hand was a little alive, and his hit rate was not too high.

Soon, Li Liang adjusted, and he kept in mind Kalipari's requirement of "fixed posture" and put himself in the state.

Finally, when the 15-minute shot reached the middle, Ryan West found that Li Liang had not lost any of them for several minutes!

Of course, Li Liang stole some coincidences. He started by making more moves on the right side to adjust the feel.

Slowly, move the strike point to the left.

Finally, he moved to the bottom corner on the left, and Li Liang threw many shots back and forth.

None of them was lost because it was his favorite place.

It seemed almost done, Li Liang moved to the middle and lost a few more.

But it doesn't matter. The middle section of the series has left a deep impression on Ryan West.

Li Liang's moves were very smooth and his posture was standard, reminding people of Serbia's three-pointer, Perga Stoyakovic.

After the fifteen-minute three-point trial, Li Liang was sweating profusely. He knew that he had performed well.

Ryan West applauded on the sidelines and said: "It's very good, Lee, your three-pointer is better than many rookies this year."

No matter what kind of sharp shooter the NCAA is, it will be more or less discounted in the first year of the NBA.
To be continued...