Hood also had a bright future before entering Kentucky.

The blond, blue-eyed, white guy is a graduate of North Hopkins High School in Madisonville, Kentucky.

In his senior year of high school, he averaged 29.4 points and 12.1 rebounds per game and won the Kentucky Mr. Basketball honor.

Calipari recruited Joe Hood in his first summer at Kentucky.

Hood accepted the University of Kent's scholarship invitation without hesitation.

After all, being able to play for the hometown team is the dream of every basketball player.

What's more, he can play under a famous coach like Calipari, and the University of Kentucky where he is located is an NCAA giant.

Unfortunately, after entering the University of Kent, Hood's skills began to stagnate.

His physical development has entered a slow period, and his technical and tactical level and confrontation ability have progressed very slowly.

In the first season at Kent University, in 38 games, his average playing time was just over 2 minutes, only slightly higher than Li Liang.

Li Liang is 0.

In the later stage, he basically evolved into No. 2 water dispenser, plus a tactical messenger on the field.

In his sophomore year, he played a total of more than 30 minutes, still only higher than Li Liang.

During the game, Li Liang was responsible for cheering and watching the game.

Hood is better than Li Liang. He knows more tactics and can assist Calipari in explaining tactics.

After this kid graduates, there is a high probability that he will embark on the road of coaching.

Of course, at this time he has not given up playing.

After missing a championship season with injury, he's back on the court.

His persistence in basketball is undoubtedly admirable, so Li Liang has a very good relationship with him.

After all, strong people are attracted to each other.

At the beginning of the training, Hood stood on the baseline with the ball and looked at Li Liang.

He found that Li Liang seemed a little different from the past?

When he went to meet the president last time, Hood felt that Li Liang had changed.

Put on the jersey this time and see where the change is.

The calves and arms became stronger, and the whole person grew stronger, and the whole body was pulled in tightly.

It was like a loose spring that suddenly became compact and full of strength.

It has only been more than a week since Hood resumed training. Seeing Li Liang like this, he felt a little nervous.

This is unscientific. In the past, Li Liang was always the drag of the team.

In defensive training, Li Liang's main role is to let the players find confidence.

Why do you feel that you have no confidence in facing Li Liang this time?

"Beep!"

Calipari blew the whistle to start practice, first set.

Hood dribbled the ball and ran towards the center line. Li Liang lowered his center of gravity, kept a certain distance from Hood, and began to defend with others.

Hood wanted to speed up and get rid of Li Liang, but Li Liang followed closely with an acceleration.

From the bottom line to the center line, in a short distance of more than ten meters, Li Liang's follow-up and defense can be called four words: inseparable!

The scale is very good, neither far nor close, making Hood feel that there is no way to get rid of him.

At the center line, Hood passed the ball back to Alex Poisris, and Li Liang ran back to the baseline to continue the defense just now.

Poisrice was a strong black guy, and dribbling wasn't his forte.

In the process of dribbling, Li Liang added a little confrontation, and Poisris' dribbling was a little stumbling.

Barely reached the center line, and then passed back to Hood, Li Liang then returned to the bottom line to start the third round.

Round after round, a total of ten rounds, Li Liang's performance was quite good.

The horizontal cross step is very smooth, the sideways movement is quick, and the distance is properly controlled.

This defensive feeling, who knows the ball, can tell at a glance that it is the material of a defensive champion.

Calipari watched from the sidelines, and thought to himself, Bruce Lee, how did he improve so fast?

In the past, Li Liang was limited by his reaction speed, and he was prone to slow down when defending. This slowness is the rhythm of being clean.

Today, Li Liang's performance on the training ground has completely lost the slow-paced feeling of the past.

On the contrary, he can not only keep up with the speed of the ball holder, but also occasionally make some predictions.

In fact, this is quite normal. Li Liang's basic defensive ability on the perimeter has reached 60 points, as well as his lateral movement, so there is no problem with his speed and skills.

Yesterday, I was stunned by Fraser's cloak again.

Now he always feels like he is wearing a cape when defending, and if he misses or hits an opponent, he will get an electric shock.

It seems that this electricity is still effective.

After ten rounds, Calipari said: "OK, let's strengthen the confrontation, stick to the defense, and require physical contact!"

It's time to start getting stronger.

Li Liang just finished warming up, and he wiped the sweat from his forehead, preparing to strengthen the confrontation.

Hu De immediately felt that something was wrong. Li Liang's aura standing in front of him made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Those defensive strongmen in the NBA will have a strong momentum in one-on-one time to deter and overwhelm opponents.

The typical one is Kevin Garnett. His wolf-like fierce eyes and superb defense skills often make the ball holder at a loss.

Of course Li Liang can't reach the level of the wolf king, but he already has some charm.

Hood dribbled the ball from the bottom line, he slowed down unconsciously, and the dribbler pulled back, for fear of being intercepted by Li Liang.

In fact, Li Liang hasn't posted it yet.

When Li Liang stepped forward to defend, Hood immediately felt a sense of oppression coming to his face.

This sense of oppression can only be felt when facing the starting players in the team before.

No, the starters of the Wildcats may not be able to defend so well like Li Liang.

Hood found that it was difficult for him to dribble forward. Li Liang kept confronting, and at the same time moved laterally well to predict Hood's acceleration one by one.

If it is placed in an official game, 8 seconds cannot pass halftime, and Hood will violate the rule.

"Shi-t!" Hood managed to squeeze all the way to the center line, pushing his butt all the way up.

"Are you okay?" Seeing Hood's rudeness, Li Liang realized that he had become a little stronger just now.

After all, Hood has just returned from injury, and he suffered a major injury such as a torn anterior cruciate ligament, so he should take it easy in the fight.

"It's okay, we'll continue later." Hood threw the ball to Poisris who was waiting on the baseline.

Poisris got the ball, relying on his physical strength, no matter what happened, he took the ball and rushed towards Li Liang first.

The two collided with each other with a "bang", Poisris wanted to knock Li Liang away, and then accelerated to get away.

It's a pity, no matter how strong you are, can you be as strong as Artest?

Can you rush past Artest's jeep?

Boy, you are so naive! Just know rushing?

Li Liang tightened his body and didn't take the initiative to exert force, so he was hit by Poisris a few times.

The other person just fell back a little bit, his feet didn't move at all, and he did what he could to defend himself.

This young man, Poisris, is still too young.

Seeing that he didn't break into the space, he wanted to change hands after dribbling.

How could Li Liang give him such a chance, he returned the ball and took the ball out of his hand.

The ball rolled back to the baseline, and Poisris could only run back to pick up the ball in embarrassment and start from the beginning.

Poisrice is also considered a well-known player in high school, ranking 17th among ESPN's top 100 high school players this year.

He has a strong physique and is highly regarded for his potential on the front line.

But obviously he is strong and strong, and his dribbling skills are not very good, which Calipari sees in his eyes.

He wasn't interested in Poys Reese's ball handling, but he couldn't pass Bruce Lee, which was really unexpected.

Also, Bruce Lee, what kind of panacea did he take, could it be that he has developed a second time?

Calipari observed for a while, and concluded that Li Liang's defense had indeed reached the level of the NBA.

As for whether it can be used in the real competition, it depends on the competition in the afternoon.

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