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

Li Tian's position with the Grizzlies is to catch the ball, shoot three-pointers, and play forward defense. Logically speaking, he should not be a top-five pick.

Gasol looked at the 2007 rookies and found that after looking through them, there were only a few high-quality rookies. After comparing the data, Li Tian ranked in the top five, which was not without a chance.

Looking back at Li Tian's data 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 data. After looking carefully, Li Tian's scoring ranks in the top three of the team.

"Paul, this is not a good thing. This way, each team will pay more attention to me and strengthen their defense against me, and it will become difficult to take action." For Li Tian, ​​this report is not friendly to him.

"Isn't this good? You are now the team's third scoring point, so you will definitely receive more attention." Gasol believes that if you score more points, you will receive more attention from 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 secondary attacks. The team does not have a player who can attract double-teams from the outside. It is even harder to get opportunities." .”

Li Tian gently rubbed his temples.

"Yes, the team does not have good organizers and players who can attract firepower. This is the team's flaw."

Gasol cried bitterly as he recalled how he had struggled to support the Grizzlies team in the past few years.

He is not the kind of player who can make waves in the paint. Without the ability to dominate the penalty area, he cannot support this Grizzlies team.

"What's wrong, Paul, your expression doesn't look very good." He noticed Gasol's strangeness.

"Nothing, let's continue training." Gasol congratulated Li Tian with joy, but when he left, he was full of worries.

Li Tian noticed something strange about Gasol, and also understood why Gasol was suddenly worried.

It's all about triumph and disappointment.

...

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

Only Lowry scored 11 points on the bench. Conley still failed to appear. Gay, who took the most shots on the team, shot less than 30% on 5 of 17 shots. Gasol, who had the highest shooting rate, only got 11 shot opportunities.

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

The shortcomings of the Grizzlies' lack of offensive players were reflected. Li Tian was also surrounded by the Raptors' internal and external perimeter, failing to create enough offensive space for the inside.

...

After losing to the Raptors, he flew to San Antonio.

On the plane, Li Tian remembered that during the game against the SuperSonics, he scored 20 in a single game for the first time and was awarded 100 points.

He trains day and night, forgetting food and sleep. If it weren't for this prompting voice, Li Tian would have forgotten that he is a systematic person.

"System, check the points!"

[Host, obtained through the competition, plus the 100 points awarded last time, the host has 385 points left. Please ask the host whether to participate in the lottery, the mall items have been refreshed! (The mall items are sold at random according to the number of points redeemed)]

Li Tian first took a look at the items refreshed in the mall.

Good guy, there are really a lot of good things. The first one is: Jordan's fadeaway jumper sells for 50,000 points; Kobe Bryant's fadeaway jumper sells for 40,000 points; McGrady's pull-up is 35,000 points... Varejao's flop is 5,000 points. ;Master level aesthetic ability 3000 points.

"Well, there are a lot of things, and they are all very good. The cheapest one actually costs 3,000 points. The mall should be closed."

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

[Host, the lottery panel has been opened. 】

"System, three draws in a row."

[Congratulations to the host: the three 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 level 1-9, and the initial level is level 1.)]

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

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

[Host, this skill will be transmitted to the host's mind within 24 hours. It requires frequent practice to improve the level. 】

After looking at 85 points left and unable to do anything, Li Tian shut down the system.

Li Tian glanced at his teammates. Everyone was doing their own thing. Li Tian picked up the video of Duncan's game edited by the team's editor. Li Tian began to watch the video of Duncan's recent game.

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

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

Duncan, the ageless rookie, has nothing wrong with his words.

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

He has a soft touch, an unstoppable mid-range, great footwork, and an incredible mid-range shot. The only shortcoming is his bounce.

How can Duncan defend like this? Li Tian thought about it. Duncan's weaknesses are his defensive area, speed and jumping.

Duncan is very good at guarding the basket, but if he pulls down the outside, he will be much weaker. He has a certain assist ability, but his outside ability is very poor. He needs help to defend in order to better defend Duncan. When defending in the low post, he needs to withstand it. For Duncan's back, the defender needs to have a certain amount of strength.

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

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

"It doesn't work. I have to face a historical power forward. To defend him, my height is a disadvantage, so I need more skills to make up for it. I am taking your blame. Do you have any good ideas? , you have often faced him." Li Tian also seized the opportunity and asked Gasol for advice.

"Your strength is better than mine, your speed is also fast, and your steps are also very good. When attacking, you can use your running position to continuously consume his energy and pull him down to the outside, which will have a good effect;
Chapter completed!