Healing Basketball

Chapter 181 181. Not the Mamba players you think

Watching Liu Xiu lower his glasses with the hand on his forearm with his shirt on, looking like a gentle scum, the All-Star teammates felt a deep chill.

This guy is really a thug!
Liu Xiu said in a tone like 'I trampled a cockroach to death', and Yao Ming swallowed.

He heard from Bill Duffy and Su Qun that Liu Xiu was different from him, and Liu Xiu's experience in the United States was very different from his.

He didn't really understand it before, but now he understands a little bit.

As soon as a person entered the NBA, he was able to flourish in the prison team, surrounded by Little Flying Squirrel, Tianzun, Butcher...the group of unruly players...

But Liu Xiu asked his all-star teammates to help call 911...even Cassel didn't move.

Most of the people present were black, which one hadn't fought?

Group fights were common when I was a child.

Many people even saw the shooting with their own eyes.

But when they fight or watch others fight, there will always be a 'process', pushing and shoving, scolding, theory and so on, there is always a wave.

The warden in front of him...

When Yao Ming took out his mobile phone to make a call... a man who claimed to be a power forward pressed his hand.

"There's a doctor in the arena. Call 911 and the doctor is too slow to come."

"Huh?" Liu Xiu looked at Duncan and blinked, and said with a smile, "Okay...Brother Yao, Bill has something to do with you, you can go there first."

"What's the matter? Why don't I know..."

"You can just go and ask him to buy me a belt... The king of technical criminals, go to the doctor, I'm in the lounge, come to me if you have something to do."

After speaking, Liu Xiu pushed Yao Ming to leave the locker room.

After Liu Xiu left, the players in the locker room hurried to open the bathroom door, and saw Garnett squatting in the corner moaning and trembling.

The clothes on his body are full of cracks, blood stains visible to the naked eye... but there is no injury on his face... except for the mud...

It can be seen that Garnett should not have suffered any serious injuries.

This made the All-Stars present breathe a sigh of relief.

However, looking at Garnett's appearance, even Duncan, who was greeted by Garnett in the playoffs on Mother's Day in 1999, "Happy Mother's Day to your mother", felt sympathetic... Duncan's mother was in his college. Died before graduation.

Some people say that in the playoffs that year, Duncan regarded O'Neal, Tianzun, Sabonis, Camby... all as Garnett, and completed the second-year direct championship + FMVP achievement.

Judging by Duncan's professional ability with a master's degree in psychology, today's incident may become a psychological shadow for this person in front of him.

Tianzun ran to find a doctor, but when he left the locker room, the first thing he did was to call Anthony...

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Liu Xiu has always been so straightforward when it comes to fighting.

Leaving aside what happened afterwards, no matter whether he was in the Orangemen or the Trail Blazers, he always used his fists to let others know that he could not be bullied.

Only after gaining a firm foothold can he grow steadily and smoothly.

After coming to the lounge, the official NBA staff called Liu Xiu to an office in the arena.

Bill - Duffy soon came to the arena, NBA vice president Stu - Jackson also came, and Garnett's agent Banks.

They first went to see Garnett in the infirmary, which was miserable.

"He's a devil..."

"He's going to kill me! He's going to kill me!"

Garnett repeated these words over and over again.

Then look at Liu Xiu, who wears glasses, looks like a gentle scum, is too handsome, and has a sloppy smile on his face.

Who can imagine that Garnett in the infirmary was beaten by the man in front of him?
Banks was going to say something harsh... When he saw Liu Xiu, he shut up.

The agent has seen more ghosts and monsters than players.

An agent like Banks who thinks about defrauding players of money every day is brilliant.

Liu Xiu said to Stu Jackson: "Boss, I think you should understand what happened. I know I was impulsive. I'm sorry for the fight this time. I caused trouble for the alliance."

"..." Banks wanted to refute, but Liu Xiu glanced at him when he spoke, and he endured it.

Anyway, it wasn't him who was beaten...

Bill Duffy was worried that Liu Xiu would continue to fight and offend the official members of the alliance. Hearing Liu Xiu's words, he was relieved for the most part.

Thinking about it again, Liu Xiu asked Yao Ming to leave the scene the first time, and it can be seen that Liu Xiu has a good brain.

Stu Jackson was sent to deal with this matter, and he was tired of doing the troublesome things, and the bald head did the good things... But, someone called him the boss!

Stu Jackson responded: "We have already understood that there will be special people to deal with this matter. You don't have to go to the public welfare activities this afternoon. You go back to the hotel and wait. This matter may have some serious problems." Police intervention... We will try to avoid police intervention as much as possible, you don't have to worry, fighting between players is not a good thing, but it often happens..."

This was so preposterous that Banks didn't dare to say anything... He was going to question Stu Jackson when Liu Xiu was away.

But Liu Xiu had something to say.

"I'm curious why that guy singled me out to bully me. I wondered, could it be because of my skin color?"

The expressions of the other three people in the office changed immediately!

Bill Duffy exclaimed in his heart that he was awesome!This cutting angle is simply invincible!

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Ten minutes later, at a club near the Staples Center, Stu Jackson was reporting to David Stern about the meeting with Liu Xiu and others.

Stu Jackson remained calm and relaxed in front of Liu Xiu and the others, especially after hearing Liu Xiu's words 'boss', he forced himself to act calm and breezy.

But he beeped in a panic!
When he left the arena, he ordered the agents on both sides, as well as the Lakers, the organizer of the All-Star Weekend, to refuse all interviews in the arena.

David Stern felt relaxed after listening, and said with a smile, "Stu, you seem to appreciate the warden."

"?"

In the process of describing, Stu Jackson really showed his affection for Liu Xiu.

But why ask this now?

David Stern continued: "Stu, take it easy, this matter has been resolved."

"Solved?" Stu Jackson wondered if he hadn't done anything yet!
"Whether this incident will become a big one depends on Garnett and his agent, Banks. The warden is very smart, and just one sentence made Banks dare not entangle this matter."

"That's right! Regardless of whether Garnett is discriminatory or not, the warden wants to talk about this topic publicly, and Garnett is not the same."

Stu Jackson is not stupid, otherwise he wouldn't be David Stern's favorite successor.

David Stern asked again: "Stu, you haven't said anything yet, what do you think of the player Warden?"

Gotta say I'm happy because he called my boss... Frustrated with impotence, Stu Jackson still had to figure out a way to get over the subject.

He didn't even know why the Jewish old man had to ask him this.

Thinking of Liu Xiu's appearance, Stu Jackson felt that there was a lot to praise, and said: "His image and temperament are too good, and he is a genius. He will definitely be one of our future pillar players. I think we can save him. image..."

Stu Jackson kept talking more and more.

"No, no, no," David Stern shook his head: "His looks are suitable to be a perfect idol, but no one likes a perfect person. A perfect person is too irrelevant, and we have LeBron, no We need a foreigner to be our idol.

Moreover, he is not a perfect player. He has too many characteristics that are not like an idol. If you insist on creating an image for him, this image will collapse sooner or later. "

Stu Jackson nodded when he heard the words, saying that they are still praising James, so there is no way!
Throughout the entire league, only James is suitable as a "hero" to be praised.

Before that, it was Grant Hill.

The two have something in common-superior talent, precocity, and self-discipline.

Stu Jackson replied: "I understand, contrast! Using the warden's contrast characteristics... BOSS, I will deal with the warden beating Garnett... No, it's the warden and Garnett fighting .”

David Stern nodded.

This time he didn't intervene, letting Stu Jackson, one of the successor candidates, take full responsibility.

After Garnett didn't dare to say anything, most of the matter this time has been resolved. Even if it is dealt with coldly, nothing will be done, and it will not be worse.

It depends on whether Stu Jackson can find some points that can be used in this situation.

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Breaking news, the warden beat Garnett violently!
The time when the media got the news was about the same time as the time when the league officials learned about it.

The news has already been flying all over the sky.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, at the NBA's All-Star charity event, there were only 10 Western Conference All-Star teams.

Both parties involved in the news broke the news that they were not present, which confirmed the matter.

On the day of the All-Star game, the All-Star voter hit someone, which is a big deal.

But soon there was news that Garnett was playing tricks on Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiu beat him because of his bad behavior.

There are many situations where the NBA bullies rookies, and some behaviors are very bad.

Such as being stuffed with popcorn in the car, and being forced to carry a pink schoolbag...

Things like lifting shoes and running errands are the most basic things.

The worst time Garnett bullied a rookie was when he and Joe Smith abused and insulted a rookie in the team every day, causing him to lose his enthusiasm for basketball and retire and change jobs.

That incident was also big news at the beginning, so the focus of the discussion began to change for those who saw Garnett's saying that Liu Xiu was tricking him.

The news reports are constantly being updated, and soon, "the warden beat Garnett violently" turned into "Garnett was jealous of Liu Xiu's rookie season and won the All-Star ticket, and tricked Liu Xiu, and there was a conflict. Garnett did not." win'.

At 4 pm, NBA officials held an emergency press conference in Los Angeles.

He expressed severe condemnation of Garnett's bullying of rookies and the fight between Garnett and Liu Xiu, and stated that he would seriously rectify the so-called "culture" of bullying rookies in the NBA...

Pick it up heavily, put it down gently.

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"That's it? Is this gone?"

Staples Center, the home team lounge, Maurice Cheeks watched the live broadcast of the NBA's official emergency press conference on TV, with question marks all over his head.

Liu Xiu hit Garnett, knowing the reason, Maurice Cheeks didn't think there was anything wrong.

Even Kevin Pritchar didn't think that Liu Xiu did anything wrong. Of course, he would blame Liu Xiu for being too impulsive.

Liu Xiu must bear the consequences for this matter.

But as the past few hours have passed, Liu Xiu's "bad reputation" has indeed become worse, but public opinion seems to be moving in Liu Xiu's favorable direction.

He is not a good person, and he is still the main direction of public opinion.

But not afraid of things, fierce fighting, and bloody... These points have been discussed by many people, and they have also gained a lot of popularity.

There is another unexpected point - those who were bullied by old employees in the workplace, because of this, they have a strong identification with Liu Xiu.

It’s true that the negative image has deepened, but the number of fans seems to have increased...

Then, the league official condemned a few words lightly at the press conference, and there was no further text.

Liu Xiu responded: "Isn't that enough? The alliance has severely condemned me, and it is estimated that I will be used as a negative teaching material in the future."

Hearing this, seeing Liu Xiu's expression and eyes, the two coaches have the same feeling--they are cheap and good-looking!

After playing the game, Liu Xiu said seriously: "The alliance is not an administrative agency, and I have not committed a crime, nor did I fight in a match. They have no basis for punishing me."

Maurice Cheeks nodded, did not continue to ask, and said: "Warden, although the league has not canceled your All-Star qualification, but I will reduce your playing time in tonight's game to very little."

Liu Xiu nodded: "I understand."

This is the coach's protection for him, he can understand, and in turn, he doesn't want to make it difficult for Maurice Cheeks.

It didn't take long for the staff to inform them that the Western All-Stars were back.

Liu Xiu followed the two coaches to the training ground.

All-star teammates focused their attention on Liu Xiu.

I'm afraid... It's a little bit at the moment, Garnett's tragedy is still in front of his eyes.

But the emotion of fear mainly appeared when Liu Xiu came out of the bathroom after beating Garnett.

Later, when they were doing public welfare activities, they discussed Liu Xiu's matter very enthusiastically.

Liu Xiu's fight against Garnett brought more emotions to the Western All-Stars, not because they were afraid, but because they learned about some of Liu Xiu's character traits.

Temperament is not as good as it looks.

Fighting thieves are powerful and ruthless, never giving the opponent a chance to fight back.

There were not many uninjured places on Garnett's body, but none of them were serious injuries, and they were the kind of injuries that would make Garnett hurt for a long time... cruel, but measured.

During their discussion, they came to a conclusion - people like Liu Xiu would be fine if they didn't mess with him.

There are also people who favor Liu Xiu greatly, such as a certain man who claims to be a power forward.

Maurice Cheeks exchanged pleasantries with the extras, then turned things over to Kevin Prittcha.

Kevin Pritchar ran a few tactics with the temporary players, and the preparations were over, just wait for the evening game.

Although there are not many negative emotions towards Liu Xiu, not many people take the initiative to talk to Liu Xiu, only Tianzun and Yao Ming have always stood by Liu Xiu's side.

Liu Xiu didn't care about this situation either, but was happy to relax.

The one-hour training time passed quickly, Maurice Cheeks announced the end of the training, and when we met in the game in the evening, Garnett's agent Banks came and pushed a small cart to find Liu Xiu.

In front of the Western All-Stars, Banks said to Liu Xiu: "Warden, these are your leather shoes and suitcases, which are the same style as yours. We have contacted Caroline to work on the suit." I'm sorry to trouble you... I have something to go to the hospital, so I won't bother you for now."

Coming in a hurry, leaving in a hurry, Liu Xiu didn't realize what happened, anyway, it seemed that all the lost property had returned!
I also added an order for my aunt!
Handmade, this profit...

But what's the situation?

That trick worked so well?
Anyway, it wasn't a bad thing, so Liu Xiu accepted it.

And this has an extremely strong impact on the Western All-Stars.

Tianzun secretly ran to make a phone call.

"Melo, that guy's agent has sent the compensation."

"Okay, I know."

"Do you want to tell the warden about this?"

"Don't tell him, I don't want to listen to the All-Star players for the time being... Vaco, you are also an All-Star, goodbye...beep beep..."

Tianzun was speechless for a while holding the phone before hanging up.

A prison warden and a mining bandit leader are not normal!

On the other side, Banks finally breathed a sigh of relief when he got the news that all the people guarding Garnett's ward at the hospital had left.

It's so frustrating, but there's nothing I can do!
It is true that he is misappropriating the assets of his players secretly and sucking the blood of the players, but because of this, he pays more attention to the ability of the players to absorb money. If the players can't make money, what is he embezzling?
When surrounded by reporters, he could only bite the bullet and say that Garnett and Liu Xiu failed to win the fight, and he had to reveal that Garnett was the one who fought first and was killed.

Now, at least I have dealt with this matter.

He spent tens of thousands of dollars, and he had to pay ten times... no, a hundred times to get it back!

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At 2004:2 p.m. on February 14, 7, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the first half-hour performance ended, and the players' entrance ceremony began!

First of all, the All-Stars from the East and West came on stage one after another amidst the host's introduction.

Then, the Eastern All-Star starters and the Western All-Star starters alternated one after another.

McGrady, Kobe, Carter, Liu Xiu... Because of the fight, whether Liu Xiu can play has become the focus of attention.

Although he is the All-Star vote leader, Liu Xiu is the second All-Star to play in the Western Conference, following Kobe.

When Liu Xiu appeared under the spotlight, the scene became noisy.

For the All-Star game, the seats arranged at the Staples Center were more than twice that of the regular game. The host spent a lot of effort to guide them before continuing to introduce the rest of the All-Star starters.

24 All-Stars, turned into 23.

Garnett temporarily withdrew from the All-Star Game. Due to the rush of time, the league has no backup players, and there are no substitutes.

Because of Garnett's absence, O'Neal was placed in the starting forward position by Maurice Cheeks, partnered with Yao Ming and Duncan with three towers, and as the leader of the Western All-Stars, he was the last to play.

The fans at the scene were chattering about the fight at noon, and the TV commentators were naturally also talking about the fight...

Let's not mention these controversies about Liu Xiu for the time being.

On the court, after the players of the two teams entered the arena, O'Neill and Carter used a fight dance to divert the attention of the fans.

When O'Neill invited Yao Ming to dance, the way Yao Ming twisted his body helplessly drew bursts of laughter from the audience.

No way, in order to divert the fans' focus, Yao Ming was forced to open...

Liu Xiu's side is hiding out of the spotlight at this time, so don't try to show off at this time.

What surprised him but didn't find it strange was that many players on the opposite side took the initiative to talk to him.

Carter was the most direct, saying 'Brother, you did a good job'...

Soon, at 7:58 p.m., the two teams started playing.

Through the hard-working performances of O'Neal and other All-Stars, the fans turned their attention back to the game itself.

Maurice Cheeks gave O'Neal a lot of face by being the last to appear as a starter. O'Neal accepted the invitation and gave what he deserved in return.

Liu Xiu went to the court to go through the motions, made two shots, finished the first stage of the All-Star Game, and then left the arena.

The alliance said that it is best to refuse all interviews recently, and interviews with domestic media must also be selective.

But just after playing, a very unexpected system prompt came...

In the All-Star Game, there will be a group of All-Stars on the field who can choose as he pleases, and he can copy whoever he wants.

but……

"BUFF: Triggered by Mamba players.

Trigger player: Kobe Bryant, if the host chooses to copy Kobe Bryant, it can randomly copy an extra talent. "

Liu Xiu immediately chose to copy his teammates as Kobe.

"The great magician:
game status.

Copy teammate: Kobe Bryant.

Features into talent: stamina rush, bonus effect...

Extra Copy: Good at Ability Transformation Talent: Center Booster, Bonus Effect: When an inside teammate receives a pass from the host, there is a certain probability that they will enter a hot state, and there is a certain probability that it will be easier to find the rhythm of shooting or passing... (Note : The probability is affected by factors such as the match between the insider and the host, the degree of tacit understanding, the strength of the insider players...)”

Liu Xiu was a little confused.

The talent copied from Kobe is very strong, this is within Liu Xiu's expectations.

Anyway, Kobe is also one of the best super shooting guards in NBA history.

After he got the buff of 'Mamba player', he looked forward to playing against the Lakers next time.

but!Unexpectedly, it was triggered at this time!

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Liu Xiu's first All-Star Tour, played 5 minutes, 2 points and 1 assist, the score was a counter-attack dunk, the assist was a mid-range shot for Yao Ming, and it was gone.

After being replaced, Liu Xiu followed the team doctor and left the scene.

The league told the TV stations that he left the game due to injury.

Anyway, even the narrator doesn't believe it, how many people believe in front of the TV, different people have different opinions...

However, Liu Xiu wasn't on the sidelines, and the camera didn't keep showing him. The talk of the commentators also shifted from Liu Xiu to the game itself.

10 against 12, the West team is really not at a disadvantage!
The inside advantage is too great!

The team trailed by 8 points from 18 to 10 in the opening game, but after Yao Ming and O'Neal were on the court at the same time, the West team had the upper hand.

Outside superstars such as Iverson, Tracy McGrady, and Carter fought hard with the Western Conference.

但是，姚明11投8中拿到18分、邓肯8投6中拿到16分、诺维斯基4投4中拿到12分、拉希德-华莱士10投7中拿到17分……再加上20分8助攻的科比和16分7助攻的卡塞尔，以及11分6板6助攻3抢断2盖帽的基里连科……

In the end, the Western team reversed the Eastern team 151 to 135. O'Neal scored a game-high 26 points, plus 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks, and won the Most Valuable Player Award in the All-Star Game.

The wonderful game, the absolute dominance of several super insiders of the West team with Kobe and Cassel passing the ball, Ray Allen and Peja opened up the space, will attract the attention of fans on the scene and in front of the TV Pull back the game itself.

After the game, TNT sports commentator Barkley mentioned a statistic when he evaluated the strength gap between the East and the West. Since Jordan retired for the second time, this is the fifth All-Star Game. The Western team won 5 times, and the Eastern team won only. That time, Iverson scored 4 points in a row + Marbury's quasi-lore at the last moment, and the Eastern team narrowly won 15-111.

The topic was once again led to the strong west and the weak east.

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The 2004 Los Angeles All-Star Weekend came to an end.

The fans of the Lakers are happy, the fans of the Spurs are happy, the fans of the Kings and the Mavericks are also very happy...the only western team with top insiders, only the Timberwolves... and the fans of the Trail Blazers are not happy.

On the morning of February 2, Liu Xiu boarded a chartered flight back to Portland with his family and teammates.

The cruise ship left this morning, that thing is too ostentatious, Liu Xiu has to reduce her public appearances these days, reduce troubles, and downplay the impact of fights.

Liu Xiu was also happy and relaxed.

But on the chartered flight back to Portland, there was no Tianzun.

Tianzun also wanted to return to Portland first, but he refused the Trail Blazers to give him a ride.

After returning to Los Angeles, Liu Xiu and Randolph followed the coaching staff back to the arena. The All-Star Weekend is over, which means that the second half of the season is about to begin!

The matter of Garnett is over, and Liu Xiu doesn't care about the negative impact.

After the All-Star Weekend, Tianzun is not even a player in the Western Conference now, and Liu Xiu has accepted this matter.

Look ahead and see your new teammates first.

Yesterday morning, the Suns reached a buyout agreement with Antonio McDyess.

The Suns don't plan to keep McDyess. Now that they are waived, it can be convenient to play badly. Of course, it doesn't matter if they don't. McDyess is not allowed to play, or he is allowed to play at inappropriate times and reduce his contribution.

But under the lobbying of John Nash and Bill Duffy, Colangelo Jr. agreed to buy out McDyess, and it was good to earn a favor.

McDyess arrived in Portland yesterday evening, and this morning the Trail Blazers officially announced that they will sign with McDyess on a basic salary contract until the end of the season.

McDyess played 18 consecutive games after joining the Suns in the middle of the season, averaging 21 minutes per game, scoring 7.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1 steal.

The Trail Blazers officially announced the signing, and the media commented that McDyess was the replacement for the Celestial God the Trail Blazers were looking for... The Trail Blazers deal was criticized again.

When Liu Xiu came to the arena, McDyess was testing.

Officially signing the contract first, and then testing, this shows the Trail Blazers' respect for McDyess... The main reason is that McDyess doesn't want to join the Trail Blazers, and the reason is naturally related to Liu Xiu...

Fortunately, in the end, for Bill Duffy, the contract was successfully signed.

The other two newly joined players are also waiting for the official meeting with the coaching staff in the arena.

Randolph and Liu Xiu are both here, the three of them are no surprise, the three of them are definitely important players for the team in the second half of the season.

It's just... When they saw Liu Xiu, the three of them had the same thought—is such a gentle and handsome guy really so violent?
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Thanks to Yilou for listening carefully to the two lords of the wind and rain.

Another big brother with 4 books in a row, oh my god, Xiao Feng, who is only 18 years old, young and handsome, why do I start to lament the passage of time?no no no...

(End of this chapter)