Li Liang's words can be said to be very blunt, like a needle stuck in Paul's heart.

It will be the ninth year for Paul to enter the league. Although his strength has been recognized by the entire league and fans, he has not been recognized by himself.

Because there is no real victory yet.

Compared with the great point guards in history that he wanted to catch up with, Isiah Thomas won the championship in the eighth year and won the Finals MVP.

Allen Iverson reached the peak of his career in the fifth year, the finals, and the regular season MVP.

Not to mention Magic Johnson, the late bloomer Nash has double MVPs in his hands, and he realized his championship dream last season.

Jason Kidd led his team to the finals twice and won the championship at the end of his career.

And Paul played vigorously for eight seasons, but he was empty-handed, without a championship, division championship, or MVP.

Thinking of this, how could Paul's heart not ache?

If someone else said that to Paul, Paul would be very, very angry.

He is a person with very strong self-esteem and cannot tolerate other people violating his dignity.

But I don't know what's going on. After Li Liang said this, Paul was angry. Thinking about it carefully, he seemed to think it made sense?

Why is this?

Paul felt very strange.

And Li Liang had already entered the locker room, and went to take a shower and change clothes.

In the confrontation on the first day of the training camp, Li Liang had the upper hand.

Li Liang's dominance reveals a cruel fact in the NBA, that is, in the NBA, a good brain is very important, but a good brain is not as useful as a good physical talent most of the time.

Height is the greatest talent, and it is also the reason why basketball, as a team sport, cannot be as popular as football.

The threshold of height has blocked many people from the door.

In the confrontation match, Li Liang directly hit three-pointers with his hands in the counterattack many times. In addition to relying on his touch, he also relied on his height advantage.

If Li Liang was the same height as Paul, it would be impossible for him to play so domineeringly.

Small people have the helplessness of small people, and their natural disadvantages make them have to make up for it in other ways.

Li Liang just wanted to make Paul aware of this, and the NBA should not drop too much.

At the same time, Li Liang also wanted Rivers to realize that betting the team's hopes on a small point guard with a height of 183, no matter how good he is, this burden is too heavy.

Thomas is already a very good small point guard, but beside him, the Pistons were equipped with a group of strong players to win the championship.

And in terms of tactical system, Thomas is not an absolute core like Paul, but just the first choice.

In the next few days of team training, Li Liang insisted on his own tactical style and style of play, and was not very interested in the "empty-handed running" tactic designed by Rivers.

As a "player-type" coach, Rivers' biggest feature is that he rarely forces the players on the team, especially the stars, to do things they don't like to do.

This is different from high-pressure management coaches like Larry Brown and Bill Fitch.

Faced with the conflict in tactical understanding between Li Liang and Paul, Rivers chose to deal with it coldly.

First of all, during tactical training, a lot of training without the ball was cancelled.

Secondly, communicate with Li Liangduo in private and ask him what kind of tactics he wants to play.

Li Liang's statement is "same as Chris Paul".

Li Liang's meaning is very clear, I want to share the ball with Paul.

Rivers really has a big head now, one head and two big heads.

In fact, when Rivers learned that Li Liang left the Lakers and chose the Clippers, he felt that this player was not simple, really not simple.

The basketball world has its own cultural genes, and one of the most important points is to advance and retreat with the team, blend with a city and a team, and share life and death.

This is the foundation of the success of the NBA or many sports.

Without this foundation, there will not be so many diehard fans, and not so many people who love sports are willing to pay for it.

Therefore, when James made the decision to leave the Cavaliers for the Heat, it caused such a big controversy.

It has nothing to do with "loyalty". "Loyalty" is just an appearance and cannot withstand careful scrutiny, because the team has never been loyal to the players.

The point is that James broke "the rules," an unwritten rule engraved in sports culture.

There are actually many people who broke this "rule" in the history of the NBA, Monroe in the 1960s, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the 1970s, including Barkley later.

Whether it was forced or active, early or late in their careers, the changes of these stars caused great controversy at the time, and triggered waves of condemnation.

The reason why James is the most controversial is that the media is developed and the influence of the NBA has become greater. The second is his own strength and status. If he is replaced by an ordinary star, no one will care. The third is that the way he makes decisions is somewhat inappropriate.

And Li Liang also set off a storm this summer.

And after the storm, not only was Li Liang not scolded, but he was also blessed?

When James saw this result, he probably burst into tears. Why was it only aimed at me?

A big difference from James is that Li Liang has no reason to leave the Lakers. On the contrary, anyone else would stay with the Lakers.

Rookie game MVP, second-round pick legend, succeeding Kobe, and he is a Lakers player!

When he first heard the news, Rivers thought it was incredible.

Now, in the past three months, Rivers can feel how unique and tough this guy is when he thinks about it carefully.

He came to the Clippers for a purpose, not for money, not for status, let alone fame.

What he wants is strength, and what he wants is opportunity.

In fact, he will have the same opportunity in the Lakers. Kobe has a ruptured Achilles tendon, and Li Liang will be trained as a successor.

But the Clippers' chances are indeed better. If so, Bruce Lee is really a very special, even scary young man.

then what should we do?

This kid is the new FMVP, the owner of the championship, the little prince of Los Angeles, the idol of the team owner, who comes from the other side of the Pacific Ocean and has been influenced by oriental culture. He is a maverick and unique "28-foot killer".

Rivers, the coach, has not shown much tactical level so far, and Rainbow Fart is still quite powerful.

They have already begun to nickname Li Liang wearing a tall hat, "28-foot killer".

One is because Li Liang wears the No. 28 jersey, and the other is because Li Liang often shoots directly from a distance of 28 feet in the game.

The NBA's three-point line is 23.78 feet, 28 feet, which is more than three steps away from the three-point line.

At this distance, the number of three-pointers hit by Li Liang is definitely the first in the league.

So Rivers gave Li Liang the nickname "28-foot killer" to praise him.

With Rivers like this, of course Li Liang couldn't say anything, and he wouldn't hit the smiling person unless it was Brown.

Therefore, during the five days of team tactical training, although Li Liang expressed dissatisfaction with the tactics Rivers designed for himself, and continued to argue with Paul.

However, he did not expand this dispute, and only stayed on the court, and the relationship between them off the court was very harmonious.

Li Liang was like this when he was in the Lakers. He was a thorn in the court, but he had a very nice and likable personality off the court.

Within two days, he got along with Jordan and Griffin and went to the bay of San Diego to play yachts together.

He also found an opportunity to go bowling with Pao Ge. His bowling skills surprised Pao Ge.

Li Liang's hands are really powerful in control and precision. This is his own talent.

Paul claims to be a master of bowling, but unexpectedly he is not Li Liang's opponent.

Paul is really ashamed of himself.

The five-day training time passed quickly. To be honest, Rivers still didn't understand what system the Clippers should use on the offensive end and what tactics were most suitable for Li Liang.

He couldn't help but want to ask Mike Brown for advice.

But Li Liang didn't care about it, and his mind was still on the system tasks.

After five days of training and study, as well as careful preparation, Li Liang decided to complete the task of Mark Price before the end of the training camp.

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