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Chapter 014 Summer League

The fallen flowers intentionally flowing water without mercy. He Li wanted to get close to Reed and Alston, and established revolutionary friendship from now on, but he didn't want to, but what he waited for was a sentence: "Rookie, carry my bag and follow me!"

The NBA has unwritten rules. If rookies join a team, they will have a miserable experience of being tricked, and veterans enjoy playing tricks on rookies.

At this time, rookies either like LeBron James, even the No. 1 pick, accept the unspoken rules, pick up shoes for Ricky Davis, and actively choose to integrate into the team.

Or like Kobe Bryant, who was teased by O'Neal, he would go to the team's general manager logo to make a report, and the team's general manager came forward and established his position in the team early on.

Either they just refuse sternly, and then they are completely out of the way.

Before He Li came to the team, Jeff Austin had done ideological work for He Li, and He Li could still accept small things like carrying a bag.

But if it involves insulting personality, country, and race, He Li will definitely refuse. At that time, he can only ask head coach George Carl or general manager Ernie Grenfield to report.

He Li became rich after signing the rookie contract. Now he has bought a mobile phone, so it is very convenient to report it.

Let me briefly mention He Li’s current salary. His annual salary in the first year is $1.23 million, but his salary is paid monthly, once every half month, twice a month. The formal salary will be paid for the start of the regular season, which is October 30.

The NBA fully considers that rookies lack money, the team can judge by themselves and can advance up to 50% of the annual salary of the rookie. If you are a team star, the advance amount can be as high as 80%.

As for the remaining 20%, it is actually impossible for the stars to come up with.

Because the NBA suffered heavy losses due to the storm of the 1999 strike, it has been studying the star salary limit order in recent years, weakening the influence of the star and leaving the star out of the mass base, but not affecting the income of middle and lower-level players.

Just this year, the third-party trusteeship system has begun to be implemented.

According to regulations, at the beginning of the game, the league official will first withhold 10% of the player's salary in a custodial account. If the player's income in that year does not exceed 55% of the total income of the 30 teams in the league (i.e. the luxury tax limit), the custodial salary can be returned to the player in full.

Otherwise, the custodial salary will be confiscated by the alliance.

For players who sign maximum salary, basically the money is confiscated. Middle and bottom players will not be affected.

The salary ratio agreed in the third-party custody system is not fixed. Every time a labor-management dispute occurs, the proportion will increase.

The NBA was suspended in 20 years, and the most eye-catching news during this period was that the salary ratio of the third-party custody system increased again, NBA superstars lost tens of millions of dollars per capita, and NBA officials made hundreds of millions of dollars.

Among the 20% salary, in addition to third-party custody, there are also pensions and fine reservations.

Back to the point, He Li carried three bags on his back. Andre Hutson, another rookie selected by the Bucks this year, also carried three bags on his back. The two supported each other and followed the veterans to General Mitchell's airport.

Next, Bucks players such as He Li will go to Orlando under the leadership of coach Terry Stotts to participate in the Summer League.

Nowadays, the summer leagues are all in their own right, and the NBA official does not come forward. It is a semi-public game held by some teams in private. It is strictly a part of the NBA.

In some years, there will be seven or eight summer leagues, and sometimes there will be only two or three. Only the summer leagues that really make money will continue to operate.

The oldest summer league is the Rocky Mountain Summer League, founded in 1984. In addition to the Utah Jazz, there are also Utah college teams, which later gradually promoted to the NBA Western Conference team's summer league.

Because some teams are far away, it is a bit troublesome and a waste of money to participate in the summer league, so there is a Southern California Summer League with a bonus.

The existence of the two summer leagues in the West has affected the strength and weakness of the east and west to a certain extent.

It was after the Spurs and the Lakers won the championship one after another that the Eastern Conference giants Celtics couldn't sit still and held the Boston Summer League.

The Orlando Summer League, which the Bucks went to, was actually only founded this year. The NBA teams that participated for the first time were the Magic, Bulls, Wizards, Hawks, and Bucks, and even the Heat, which were close to each other, did not participate.

The Bucks are a championship team, so they didn't have to pay attention to the newly established Orlando Summer League. But because George Carl couldn't wait to see He Li's actual combat level, this trip to Orlando was made.

When the Orlando Summer League ends, He Li and others will go to Boston to participate in the Boston Summer League, which is the highlight of this summer.

After flying in the sky for more than ten hours, the Bucks coach and the players finally flew to Orlando, and there were two days left before the Orlando Summer League officially began.

During these two days, the training ground at the Orlando Magic's home court Amway Center is completely open to the Bucks.

Coach Terry Stotts also took advantage of the past two days to constantly teach rookies such as He Li, running, passing, cutting and cutting and quick counterattack under the Bucks offensive system.

Although He Li has the experience of playing basketball from his predecessor, he often relies on his personal strength to play a few tricks.

Now that I have learned the tactics summarized by George Carl's coaching career, I feel like a treasure for a while, immersed in it, and couldn't extricate myself.

George Carl's offensive system is somewhat like the small ball system in the future.

Speed ​​up through the defenders and forwards with strong mobility, weaken the positioning and role of the center. In the absence of a real center, rely on the forward to run back and forth in the inside, pinch and steal, cut off the enemy's passing route, and block the opponent's internal and external connection.

Even if the ball is passed to the enemy center, you can use the forward to double-team to reduce the enemy center's hit rate and consume the enemy center's physical strength through defense and fast attack.

This is exactly the saying that a star cannot be defensive, but he can be devoured to death.

George Carl's supersonic front group can kill Olajuwon, and the Bucks forward group can also kill O'Neal.

In the regular season of 00-01, no team can defeat the Lakers who have the peak O'Neal one after another, only the Bucks!

The Bucks won the final victory with more than 5 points in only two regular season games against the Lakers.

Of course, limiting enemy centers is just a trivial link in George Carl's offensive tactics.

The main purpose and function of offensive tactics is still offensive. George Carl's tactics mainly create singles opportunities for the team's stars through all-player running and passing balls.

Sometimes, the forwards with high-powered and mobile power will use some pick-and-rolls to provide three Musketeers with the opportunity to shoot at open spaces. In this way, the scores of the three Musketeers will naturally greatly improve.

The three Musketeers use their super scoring ability to attract double-teams. While other character players run through the pass and cut, they may have a defensive shortage, and character players can also shoot empty spaces and score easily.

In addition, George Carl advocates players to shoot three-pointers, so the Bucks' scoring ability is very strong.

In the end, all players steal and grab the board, thereby gaining a lot of ball rights to make up for the shortcomings of insufficient defense in the penalty area.

After being scored by the opponent, the fast break counterattack is another reason why the Bucks average high score per game.

In the following summer league, He Li, as the Bucks' small forward, enjoyed the treatment of the team's boss, Robinson, the big dog.
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