You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 436 Invitation from the Dream Team

In early July, the Celtics and the Supersonics completed a deal, and Ray Allen successfully joined Boston.

In the West, the Timberwolves' auction of Kevin Garnett is in full swing.

Garnett only has one year left on his contract, and the value drops a little with every day that slips.

During the period, the only news from the Lakers was the implementation of the team options of Weixia, Bynum and others.That's expected. It would be rare if the Lakers didn't implement the team options of Wei Xia and others.

The Lakers are silent, and there is still no scandal with any player.

All of a sudden, major media outlets in Los Angeles posted articles about the Lakers uniform team.

"Los Angeles Daily News" Sports page slogan on July 7: "Some people say that as long as Wish keeps improving, the Lakers can win the championship in the next few years. Then Mitch Kupchak believed it."

The "Los Angeles Daily News" is a relatively gentle media. They just scolded the Lakers uniform team for being stupid, while other media pointed their finger at the old Buss who brought countless glory to the Lakers.

They suspect that old Bath is no longer ambitious.

The media is not only the most difficult target to offend, but also the group that is best at catching rumors.

The gossip was blowing from the outside world, and Wei Xia blocked all contact with the outside world except for participating in a little business activities.

Kobe went to report to Team USA, Bynum was nowhere to be seen, Odom went on vacation, Sprewell was about to retire, and there were others whose future was uncertain.

Wei Xia was about to start his special training, however, an invitation from the American Basketball Association broke his peaceful life.

This is an invitation from the American Basketball Association, and they hope that Wei Xia will join the training camp of the Dream Team.

Wei Xia called Kobe immediately and asked him if he wanted to quit. After all, the other party said before that his arrival would greatly reduce the average level of the Dream Team.

"Stop farting, are you coming?" Kobe asked directly.

Wei Xia didn't think about it clearly, joining the training team of the dream team does not mean joining the dream team.

In the last World Championships, the Dream Seven team, dominated by the 03 generation, was defeated in the World Championships. As a result, the US team did not even qualify for the Olympics two years in advance - so the US team needed to organize a team to play in the US Championships.

Many celebrities were invited to participate, which is equivalent to preparing for the Beijing Olympics next year.

Wei Xia is naturally willing to be part of the glorious history of the dream team, but he also knows that if he joins the dream team, he will have no possibility of being naturalized by the Chinese team in the future.

Many Chinese media have asked him whether he is willing to be naturalized by China, and his answer is neither affirmative nor negative.

After the incident spread to the outside world, Chinese netizens also became nervous.

"Now is the time to prove whether Wei Xia is acting on the spot or really wants to play for the Chinese team!"

Wei Xia didn't discuss this matter with anyone.

A day later, the news came out.

"Wish rejected the invitation of the American Basketball Association!" An inconspicuous news appeared in the "Orange County Register" that day.

One day, Wei Xia, who was away from home, was met by a reporter and accepted a brief interview.

He responded to the reason for rejecting the invitation in the interview: "Kobe said that if I join the dream team, he will quit. Since he is without me, let him stay in the dream team. Who calls him the strongest player in the world?"

Kobe, who was far away in the U.S. training team, heard the news and was so angry that his eyes would pop out: "As long as his IQ has reached the normal standard of an adult, he should know that I am joking. He just doesn't want to play for the United States. Don't be fooled by him! He is Chinese!"

"You people on Earth don't really believe that Kobe knows how to joke, do you?" Wei Xia's continuous response turned his rejection of the US team into a farce.

Several plots have evolved from this.

Kobe will not joke, Wei Xia is Chinese, and the rejection of the US team has been downplayed.

A few days later, another incident happened.

Kobe was accidentally injured during the training camp of the Dream Team, withdrew from the training camp, and also missed the subsequent US Championships.

Kobe's withdrawal did not affect the U.S. team's final victory in the U.S. Championship.

His joining is more like a symbolic meaning.

Since the dream team in 2000, the superstars have become less and less interested in the recruitment of the American Basketball Association. After that, the US team lost successively in international competitions, which is also related to this.As the most influential superstar nowadays, Kobe's joining has played an exemplary role.If he came, the others would have no excuses.The U.S. team, which has been away from the world championship for six full years, can no longer bear the word that the championship does not belong to the United States.

They can't let Manu Ginobili, an international player who overturned the US team face-to-face on the international stage, say that the NBA championship is only the league championship, and he is not qualified to be called the world champion.

Kobe was injured and quit, which was a small accident.

After quitting the dream team, Kobe also firmly stated that he will definitely return to the US team to participate in the Beijing Olympics next year.

In mid-July, the Lakers' management finally made a move.

They signed free agent Jamal Magloire.

Magloire has the size and stature of a top center, but he received a rebound-style training at the beginning of his career. He earned an All-Star status in the era of withering centers, and then declined according to the normal trajectory.

After entering the free market, he originally wanted to seek a mid-level contract, but most teams were only willing to give 300 million one-year long-term contracts.

The most sincere is the Heat, they gave 400 million a year.

The Lakers, who had been sprayed with inaction for half a month, made a decisive move and offered 500 million a year.

The Lakers offered too much, and Magloire had no room to refuse, so he readily signed.

"Will Jamal Magloire be the best player the Lakers have signed since the summer of 2005?"

Aside from his inaction in the summer of 2006, in the summer of 2005, Zen master took charge of the Lakers for the second time and had the right to sign in. However, he listened to the old Bass and selected a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, which could not help the Lakers rise at all.Later, Old Bath took advantage of the situation to take back his signing power.

One by one, only Radmanovich may be stronger than Magloire.

Magloire is a reinforcement that both forces within the Lakers can accept.

Jenny Pai felt that even if Magloire could not be the cornerstone, he would still be a powerful supplement for the insiders.

Bassie Jr. felt that Magloire's strength could not threaten Bynum's start in the new season.

In other words, as long as the Lakers' internal reinforcements are not stronger than Bynum's and will not take away his starting position, Buss Jr. will not interfere.

It turned out that the introduction of Magloire was the first step in Jenny's idea to beat Bynum.

The smoke of the Bass family's infighting drifted virtually to all parts of Los Angeles.

Wei Xia has always disliked the infighting of the Bass family, and he no longer cares about signings. Since he rejected the invitation of the American Basketball Association, he has entered a state of comprehension.

He rents a gymnasium with a gym near his home.

During the day, he went to the "territory" of Bath Jr. for special training.

If he has nothing else to do when he goes home at night, he will practice 1000-1500 undifferentiated shots by himself.

If you don't want to shoot, go to the gym and push iron.

Wei Xia, who lacks commercial activities and doesn't like to promote himself, fills up his schedule with training time.

What Li Zhongxian hates the most is his extra training at night.

"Sibba, you call me every time!" Li Zhongxian's role is the caddy.

Wei Xia started to ask him to pass the ball, "If you start paying my rent tomorrow, I won't order you anymore."

"I mean, every time you call me in the future, don't ask me for my opinion!" Li Zhongxian's voice filled the gymnasium, "I'm definitely the best fucking caddy!"

Wei Xia was surprised by how fast his face changed.

Li Zhongxian's work is generally easy, he only needs to stand under the basket, unless the ball goes out of bounds under the basket, otherwise, Wei Xia will pick up other iron balls by himself.

If Wei Xia made the shot, Li Zhongxian would just raise his hands to catch the ball and then pass it.

Suffering from unstable shooting in the playoffs for two consecutive years, Wei Xia's emphasis on shooting far exceeds other technical means.

He is in the golden stage of his sports career. If he is repeatedly defended by opponents because of his unstable shooting, what will happen when he gets old?What to use to gain a foothold in the alliance?

Shooting must be practiced, he is not demanding, Kobe's level must be required
What, too high?
Is it very difficult for Kobe Bryant, whose career field goal percentage is only 44.7% per game?
This is not easy at all. Kobe’s pure jumper shooting percentage, pay attention, pure jumper shooting percentage, that is, take away all the points at the basket, and do not add true shooting percentage, which is a favorite thing for fans in the future-Kobe’s pure jumper shooting percentage is around 40% all year round.

Wei Xia wants to reach this level, is it difficult?Hmph, who do you look down on!
What is his current level?
Same level as James.

In the past two seasons, Weixia's pure jump shot percentage was 30.4% and 34.8%.However, Zhan Huang is busy on and off the court, and he doesn't have so much time to improve his shooting. Wei Xia has plenty of time, and he must also improve himself.

他决不能像詹姆斯一样直到2020年，打拼了17个赛季后，距离篮筐3英尺外（1米）纯跳投命中率依然只有36%。

Wei Xia trained day and night, just because he didn't want to be stumped by a mere shot for 17 years, that's all.

(End of this chapter)