Chapter 1376 Chapter 1376 Looking Forward to Conquering the NFL

Many NFL reporters pouted. They didn't believe Li Ba's words. A rookie who just entered the industry is still a 31-year-old rookie who doesn't know anything, so he just talked about wanting a career. Who are you fooling?

"What if you can't do it?" a reporter asked aloud.

"Then do you want to bet something? One hundred thousand dollars? Or one million?" Li Ba said with a smile.

"..."

That reporter is a little shameless, do I have as much money as you? Finally he yelled: "I don't like to gamble, but if you can't do it during your rookie contract, then I hope you can admit in public that you were just bragging."

Li Ba laughed, looked down, pointed to a reporter and said, "Sir, are you a reporter from the NBA?"

"Yes, Hammer." The reporter nodded quickly.

"Then you must know me well?" Li Ba said.

Seeing the reporter nodding, he immediately asked, "Do you know what I have bragged about in the NBA? For every one I tell you, I will give you a $100,000 bonus?"

"oh!"

Many reporters exclaimed and looked at that reporter with envious eyes.

But the reporter shook his head in embarrassment, and said: "Tie Hammer, you have indeed boasted a lot, but unfortunately, I can't get your bonus, because all your boasting has come true."

"Haha..." Li Ba laughed.

After the ceremony, Li Ba visited the Metropolitan Stadium, home of the Jets, at the invitation of owner Johnson.

Metropolitan Stadium, like Staples, is the home stadium of the New York Jets and the New York Giants. It is also the only home stadium shared by two teams in the NFL. It can accommodate 82,500 people. It is the largest stadium in the NFL and the most expensive stadium in the world. , the cost reached 1.6 billion US dollars, the decoration is very luxurious, with four 1210-inch giant TV screens, more than 2000 TV sets, and 1350 toilets.

Li Ba walked around and felt very interested. He had never played in such a big stadium, which was completely different from the NBA stadium.

Leaving the stadium, Li Ba visited the Jets' headquarters and training ground.

"Hammer, I will arrange the best training team for you, including the nutritionist, you will definitely enjoy the top treatment here..."

Boss Johnson assured.

"Robert, I hope to start my training as soon as possible." Li Ba smiled.

"You can do it anytime." Johnson smiled, and then he asked, "Hammer, do you want to work part-time in the future?"

"Oh, that's just my idea. I first hope to appear in the defensive group. After I have performed there, I hope to make some attempts in the offensive group. But the premise is that I will not affect the team." Li Ba laughed road.

Johnson nodded and smiled: "This is a good idea. Some capable players do this. I will support you."

Although he spent tens of millions to sign Li Ba, and then Adi gave him a sponsorship contract, and in the past few days, many companies from China have made consultation calls, hoping to sponsor him. Li Ba's status as a billionaire, these alone are enough for him to regard Li Ba as a god of wealth.

After the visit, Li Ba met with the team's management again.

The NFL season starts in August, and there is still more than a month left. Li Ba's time is running out. He must at least ensure that when the season starts, he is not a rookie who knows nothing. Otherwise, he will face those teammates. It will be ugly.

You know, there are very few people who are optimistic about him, including his future Jets teammates.

When he left the headquarters, he took a copy of the tactical manual with him.

This tactical manual is not many, unlike the hundreds of pages rumored on the Internet in China, it only has 20 pages, including basic tactics, tactical passwords, tactical gestures and the like.

Among them, in terms of tactics, there are about 100 running offensive tactics and about 50 passing offensive tactics. If you remember these basic tactics, you can cope with the game.

If there were hundreds of pages and tens of thousands of tactics, then these football players would not be playing football, it would be an absolute postgraduate entrance examination, and just so many tactics would drive people crazy.

The team has arranged for him two coaches, one offensive and one defensive, to teach him the basic skills and tactics of rugby, and then arrange a strength trainer to help him with strength training.

He has not yet decided whether to gain weight. In fact, his current strength is not small in the NFL. Coupled with the impact of his explosive power and speed, he can be regarded as a defensive forward and offensive inside forward in this league. First class.

Whether to gain weight or not, we have to wait for the coach of the team to start working and evaluate him before making a final decision.

This evening, the NBA 2013 draft was held as scheduled.

Li Ba didn't pay much attention. Although the TV was on, he was reading the tactical manual.

At this time, the mobile phone rang, and the landline of Xianbei Castle was quickly connected.

"Father?" Guoguo's voice sounded from over there.

"Guoguo, are you obedient at home?" Li Ba smiled.

"Be obedient, I'm the most obedient, the second and third are disobedient. Don't worry, Dad, I will help mom teach them a lesson."

"Uh, be gentle, Guoguo, you've broken the second and third child, be careful when your mother cuts you." Li Ba reminded.

"Hmm! Dad, when are we going to New York?" Guoguo asked.

"Dad is buying a house here. After buying it, he has to decorate it. It will take a while. I guess it can be done before the NFL preseason." Li Ba said.

"Oh, it will take another month, Dad, I want to go now." Guoguo began to act like a baby.

"No, you still have to train at home, so you can't delay. Here, Dad has to arrange a training center for you, and it will take time to find a tutor." Li Ba said seriously.

"Oh, I see."

When Li Ba was serious, Guoguo stopped being coquettish, and she was really good.

On the 27th and 28th, Li Ba memorized the tactical manual in the hotel. It took two days to memorize all the tactics.

For him, rote work is not very difficult.

On the 29th, the team notified Li Ba that his coaching staff was in place and he could go to the training ground for training. He hurried to the headquarters.

At the headquarters, boss Johnson and general manager Wilt were waiting for him, and introduced him to offensive coach Hans and defensive coach Geert, as well as strength trainer Lambert.

After exchanging pleasantries, the physical examination was conducted first.

After the data came out, the strength trainer suggested: "Hammer, your height is considered very tall in the NFL, and your center of gravity is high. When you face short and strong offensive insiders, you need more strength. I suggest You gain weight to 120 kilograms, and then we will see the effect, what do you think? This tonnage can still allow you to maintain a strong impact."

Li Ba nodded and said, "Lanbo, what you said is exactly what I want."

He wants to play several positions at the same time in the future, so he is too heavy to be suitable, so lower his speed.

For his NFL career, he has a rule.

Like the NBA, it still starts on the defensive end, first stands firm, and after playing a certain performance, it will develop to other positions.

On the defensive end, he mainly plays as a defensive inside forward. With his impact and physical strength, he is confident that he will not lose to anyone in fierce confrontation.

And he has locking skills. In defense, he can know everyone's position well, can clearly capture the position of the quarterback, and can clearly know the position of the ball. These are all favorable conditions for him.

Even for other defensive positions, such as defenders, he just can't keep up with his overall speed, but his bounce and impact, as well as his ability to catch the ball, still give him a strong interception ability.

In the offensive group, he believes that locking skills can still help him.

Next, the three coaches began to formulate a training plan for Li Ba, and then asked the team's nutritionist to formulate another recipe.

In the afternoon, Li Ba started training with the help of his coach and several sparring partners.

"Hammer, try to feel the ball." Before training, offensive coach Hans threw a football over.

Li Ba grabbed the ball with one hand and caught the ball steadily.

The length of the rugby is 11 inches to 11.5 inches, or about 28 centimeters, which is about the same length as Li Ba's palm, plus the width of the palm is 29 centimeters. The huge palm covers most of the entire rugby.

The corners of the coaches' eyes twitched. This was a pair of palms they had never seen in the NFL.

Hans quickly said: "Hammer, I even think you should lose weight and become a wide receiver. Your hands control the ball too much, and based on your performance in the NBA, I have heard of your catcher. Fly training, your ability to catch the ball must be very strong, coupled with your strong impact, as long as you increase your speed, it is not impossible to become a first-class receiver."

Li Ba was stunned, and said with a smile: "Hans, I'm a little interested when you say that. But I still want to try to defend the inside forward first, and I prefer fierce confrontation."

Hans nodded in disappointment. Although receivers also have confrontation, they are incomparable to defensive insiders or offensive forwards.

After five days, Li Ba basically mastered various basic football skills, and also had a specific understanding of basic tactics.

Of course, the level is still very low, just a basic grasp.

After that, he began to focus on the technology and defensive tactics of defensive inside forwards.

Ten days later, on July 15, the team assembled. On this day, all players returned to the headquarters, and the new NFL season was about to begin.

August is the NFL preseason. Each team needs to play 4 preseason games before entering the regular season.

The regular season is a 17-week schedule. Each team plays one game a week, plays 16 regular-season games, takes a break, and then enters the playoffs.

Before 9 am on the 15th, he left the hotel and drove to the headquarters.

The car stopped outside the headquarters. Li Ba sat in the car, looked at the dark iron gate in front of him, and recalled in his mind the scene when he first joined the Suns ten years ago.

That time, it was a new beginning for him. He was full of passion for the NBA, and then he conquered the NBA in ten years.

And today, for him, is also a new beginning.

He expects that he can also conquer the NFL.

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