Volume 1: A rookie who breaks into the basketball world Chapter 24 Summer Plan
Liu Xiu's attention now returns to Randolph, the talented new star who has gradually become familiar with the new team, but will not be able to play in the next round of summer league!
We’ll talk about the new features of the system later...I can’t run away anyway.
The game ended, the summer league ended, and the people at the scene gradually left.
Liu Xiu and Randolph found a place to chat, which was not out of place. Many players found a place to chat like them.
People are emotional creatures. Although there is only a short week from the gathering to the end of the competition, there will always be a few like-minded people who quickly become friends.
However, most people at the scene did not have the time to cultivate a newly-acquired friendship, as they immediately had to go their separate ways to make a living.
"Zach, you said the team didn't let you play in the next summer league, is it to train me? If I have stable playing time in the new season, shouldn't I be passing the ball to a star like you and organizing the offense? It's more in line with the team's needs for me to get used to passing the ball to you."
"Yes... but not what you meant..."
Randolph felt that his brain was not enough. He thought about it for a while. After he figured it out, he said, "With me and an outside player with strong offensive ability, it will be difficult for our team to lose unless we meet a team like the Magic that has invited a group of veteran players, just like the Cavaliers have the first pick and Boozer. But playing like this, a rookie like you, Jace, is just doing what you are good at. Such games will not help you improve. Your playing style is steady, your body is mature, and your adaptability is high. The summer league will not help you improve much in terms of adaptability. What the coaches told me is that they are preparing to select a lineup in the Rocky Mountain Summer League to train your skills. As for your adaptation to my playing style, this should be very important, but I think it is more important not to develop your personal abilities during this summer."
After listening to this, Liu Xiu nodded and said, "I understand. This is a good thing for me..."
"This is definitely a good thing, but," Randolph said in a rare serious tone, "The team training you means that there will be more pressure on you, and the game will become completely different. There is another thing, I just said that the summer league and the NBA are not the same thing. The more attention you receive in the summer league, the greater the psychological gap will be when you wait for the preseason and regular season. I originally wanted to tell you this slowly in the summer league, but if I tell you all at once, you may not be able to truly understand..."
"I understand."
Liu Xiu heard it and realized that maybe what he was experiencing now was the same situation that Randolph experienced in the 2001 and 2002 summer leagues.
Look at Quintl Woods, he has no skills, but he can dominate the summer league purely by relying on his body. Randolph was selected and in the two summer leagues after his freshman year, his summer league performance was only better.
But in the NBA, Randolph played only 41 times in his rookie year, averaging 5 minutes per game; in his sophomore year he was also a pure substitute, averaging 17 minutes per game.
"Uh..." Randolph didn't know what to say for a moment.
It can be seen that Liu Xiu was not just perfunctorily answering him, but took everything he said before very seriously.
The two were silent for a while, and Liu Xiu smiled and said, "I know very well, and I have always understood that the summer league and the real NBA game are definitely different. It's just that I enjoy every game, whether it's on the street or in the NBA. When I step onto the court, I will go all out. No matter how much impact my strength can have on the game, I will do everything I can. Troubles and worries can't change my strength. I accept it all and enjoy it all..."
As he spoke, Liu Xiu got stuck.
He suddenly remembered the BUFF effect of his "Reverse Conqueror".
Will it make Randolph rebellious?
But there shouldn't be anything to rebel against, right?
Is that what makes Randolph feel competitive?
If Randolph really wanted to compete with him in terms of competitiveness, love for the game, and enjoyment of the game, he would think it was a good thing.
However, seeing Randolph's eyes widen and seem to be shining...
"What effect does this BUFF have?"
…
Liu Xiu and Randolph did not mention words like "hard work" or "training" throughout the whole process. In this regard, the two of them had a great understanding of each other.
After finishing the chat, Liu Xiu and Randolph invited all the teammates to go to a nightclub to have some fun.
Poor Travis Outlaw watched his teammates leave helplessly... Fortunately, when Randolph came back, he slipped a business card for ordering food to the 18-year-old high school rookie.
Seeing his high school classmate Rookie making a phone call and giggling like a jerk, just like Nicholas Tse in an acting role, Liu Xiu complained to Randolph: "I really want to call the police, you bastard."
"I just passed on the business card of a girl I met in the nightclub to my teammate, who was already 17 years old."
“…”
This fat guy knows a lot about the law!
This matter is not important. Liu Xiu asked: "Now that you are on vacation, what are you going to do in the summer?"
"Rest first and think about what I want to do during this off-season. I'll talk to you when I have thought of it... How about you? You're going to have a week off, right?"
"Yes, we'll meet in Salt Lake City on the 20th. I'm planning to go back to Syracuse."
"What skills are you going to develop in the Rocky Mountain Summer League? You learn so quickly. Learn a few more and become an NBA-level starter sooner. I love playing with you so much."
"I wasn't learning, I was imitating your post-up play. I'm good at imitating, but if you only have good skills but not strong strength, imitating is useless. It won't work if it's not suitable. I also learned change of direction breakthrough from Eric Barkley, but it didn't help much..."
Randolph didn't understand, but he seemed very impressive, and said, "So you need to learn skills from great stars? We have quite a few great stars on our team, but I don't know if they are willing to teach you... It's okay, you can practice post-ups more in the next summer league. It's okay to develop a skill in one summer. Mark Jackson and Andre Miller did the same in their early careers, and they all became stars later..."
Randolph's opinion on Liu Xiu's improvement without training is similar to Anthony's.
The difference is that Randolph doesn't care whether Liu Xiu is lazy or not...
Now Randolph has an even better impression of Liu Xiu. Yesterday, Liu Xiu just mentioned to him that after the summer league, he would invite his teammates to get together and have a farewell dinner.
Randolph thought Liu Xiu was just talking casually. After all, Liu Xiu had almost offended all of these temporary teammates, and there were only a few of them who he could play with.
But Liu Xiu really treated everyone to a meal, and after drinking a little, he sincerely wished his teammates a bright future.
It was not the kind of blessing from the wording to the tone, but because of the actual situation at the time, it was obviously sarcasm, but a sincere blessing.
Randolph doesn't care about these things and won't do them, but that doesn't stop him from appreciating such things.
As for why Liu Xiu was so mean... Randolph miraculously came up with an idea similar to James' - to protect himself.
White players like Jason Kapono, who can be said to come from a wealthy family, have a very different starting point for looking at and evaluating a person or thing than players who come out of the slums.
The two chatted for a while in front of Travis Outlaw's door, then went back to their own rooms.
Liu Xiu booked a flight for tomorrow morning. He knew that Randolph liked to sleep in, so the next time he saw Randolph, unless they met by chance, it would be before training camp began.
Randolph looked at Liu Xiu's back as he left, and thought of the brief time he had known Liu Xiu. At first, he thought Liu Xiu was the same person as him.
But after getting to know them for a long time, I found that they were completely different.
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"Orlando Summer League game summary: Appearance record: 5 games, 25 minutes per game. Statistics: 10.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.2 blocks, 2.6 turnovers, 3.4 fouls. Record: 4 wins and 1 loss. Congratulations to the host for obtaining 300 healing points."
At 9 o'clock the next morning, Liu Xiu boarded a plane from Orlando to Syracuse and looked at the prompts of the event's clearing system on the plane.
In addition to this, there was also the response he received when he asked the system before entering the simulation training last night.
"The highest level reward in the Orlando Summer League: 500 healing points, requiring a perfect record + the number of appearances and time of the main players. The reward the host receives is the best reward except for the highest reward."
"The Orlando Summer League is the third-tier summer league, with 5-9 participating teams. The first-tier summer league has 15 or more participating teams, with a maximum reward of 2,000 healing points and a chance to draw a lottery (available after the system is fully upgraded). The second-tier summer league has 10-14 participating teams, with a maximum reward of 1,000 healing points."
Looking back at the Orlando Summer League games and recalling what he said to Randolph, Liu Xiu thought about what to do in the upcoming Rocky Mountain Summer League.
As they were about to arrive at Syracuse Hancock Airport, Liu Xiu sorted out his thoughts.
"Lan Fatty won't play, and Woods seems to be on vacation too. The only ones left are white pitcher Carroll and the dream boy from high school... It's basically impossible for us to get good results."
"There are 11 participating teams in the Rocky Mountain Summer League this year, and the highest reward is 1,000 healing points... Even if we can get the best record and my personal performance is also passing, this reward is actually not as good as the team's focus on cultivating my skills."
"My main attacking point is post-up play. I will do it whenever I have the chance. I will use the game to adjust the technical details and do better in the simulation training. Although I already have an excellent training method and it is very suitable, there are some differences between me and Fatty Lan..."
After 6 days of simulated training and 5 games, Liu Xiu's back-to-the-basket skills have become quite good.
Thanks to the complete training method from Randolph that has reached an excellent level, he has gone from having basically no back-to-the-basics skills to now having a back-to-the-basics ability that is almost qualified.
As he got familiar with the technique, Liu Xiu's understanding of back-to-the-basket tactics also deepened, and he began to plan for it.
"Just like what Fatty Lan said, if we can develop a technology well in one summer, it will be amazing. Now that we have decided to strengthen the development, we must do our best!"
Being a little lazy has its advantages.
Liu Xiu can now always make decisions quickly on things that may lead to negative emotions such as fear of loss, entanglement, madness, etc., and he has clear goals and ideas. When it comes to problems that are not really difficult, the decisions he makes are always good.
…
Near noon, Liu Xiu returned to his uncle's house.
This time there was no knocking or key. As soon as Liu Xiu walked from the small courtyard to the door, it opened.
Qing'er, who received the news last night, calculated the time and observed secretly on the second floor. When she saw Liu Xiu get off the car, she ran downstairs.
Liu Xiu steadily caught Qing'er who flew towards him. He didn't buy anything today, so there was no grand scene of flowers scattering from the sky.
Liu Xiu patted his sister's head as she hung on him: "You're so old, but you're still so clingy."
"Wow, wow, wow... Brother doesn't like Qing'er anymore?"
“…Cry, cry out your tears!”
"Wait for me to practice more!"
“…”
Qing'er just insisted on staying, and Liu Xiu had no choice but to support his sister with one hand and drag the suitcase into the house with the other.
Qing'er danced her feet with satisfaction. Her stinky brother wanted to carry her wherever he went and show off that he had a sister since they were little. But in the past two years, he no longer took the initiative to hug her and lift her up high. It made her angry just thinking about it.
After making a fuss for a while, Qing'er jumped off Liu Xiu and said, "Brother, go wash up and have lunch."
Liu Xiu immediately went to wash his hands and face. At this moment, he felt that he had the best sister in the world...
One meat dish , one vegetable dish, one cold dish and a soup, it was just right for Liu Xiu and Qing'er to eat together.
Liu Xiu liked Chinese food, but he didn't have to eat it. He just said that it would be nice to have a meal occasionally.
After eating, Liu Xiu looked at Qing'er who was cleaning the table and exclaimed: "As expected of my sister, she is becoming more and more skilled in her work."
Qing'er wanted to jump up and hit someone. What is business ability? Did the stinky brother pay?
Suddenly, Qing'er thought of something and asked, "Brother, do you remember anything important next month?"
Next month? Something important?
Liu Xiu was at a loss for a moment. After a few seconds, he looked at Qing'er and found that his sister, who had unparalleled business ability, looked increasingly unhappy. Liu Xiu suddenly remembered, "Of course I remember. It was Qing'er's 10th birthday!"
"Yes, I am 9 years old! I was born on August 26, 1994! The age my brother mentioned is my virtual age!"
“Is there any difference?”
"Of course!"
"Uh... okay."
In Liu Xiu's mind, he has a dot-eyed face. He doesn't care about age. As long as she's a girl, it doesn't matter how old she is...
