Healing Basketball

Chapter 20 20. Secondary School Boy Little Emperor (5800 words for collection, Happy Chinese New Year~)

The goddamn bad guy is getting old!

However, James felt that there was nothing wrong with the words themselves. His mature logical thinking made it easy for him to understand that the words were correct.

But he is really not old!
James roared: "I'm only 18! I'm younger than you!"

Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, then turned her eyes and replied, "Yes, I must be older than you, and I am very confident in this."

"..."

James suspects that Liu Xiu is driving, but people are relatively simple now, the car has already driven out and James hasn't fully reacted yet, he just feels speechless.

James himself didn't know why he was speechless, but he was angry and speechless now.

Liu Xiu and Wade's summer league debut, James was secretly observing.

Anthony's former partner, Liu Xiu, and Wade, who was snatched by the magic operator at the fifth overall pick, these two people, James had planned to get acquainted as early as after the draft.

Impressed by Wade, familiar with the face, James has already started to act during the Orlando Summer League training phase, and has successfully won favor. Lost to him Le Bon.

Liu Xiu, James and Liu Xiu had little contact before the draft, but the two had people they knew in common, and some of them were opponents Liu Xiu met during March Madness.

During the game, although Liu Xiu didn't think about stimulating the opponent all the time, most of the time he didn't have that leisure time, his strength was there, and he was often engrossed in the game itself during the game... But timeouts, free throws, and intermissions When he thinks about it later, he will try to stimulate the opponents around him. There are always a few who are deeply impressed by Liu Xiu.

After learning about this, James has been hesitant to get acquainted with Liu Xiu, but the Cavaliers are going to play against the Trail Blazers tomorrow, and James still wants to get to know Liu Xiu before the game. The competition let Liu Xiu understand his strength, and conquered Liu Xiu with his personal charm!

That's what James thought, and then he came, and then... Now he's so angry!
If you don't say anything angry, you don't even know what to say.

Because Liu Xiu told the truth, he is bigger...

Also, appearance is justice.

Just looking at the looks and the aesthetics of the general public, James has never seen anyone who looks better than Liu Xiu, so in this case, James is just irritable, after all, there has been no real conflict.

James finally got irritable, and Liu Xiu liked it. Unfortunately, he didn't have such a violent mood before the draft. At that time, Liu Xiu led the matter to basketball, but he only got 5 healing points.

James really couldn't figure it out, and asked, "Jess, aren't you worried about being beaten?"

"Ok?"

Liu Xiu looked at James and found that the other party was not maliciously mocking or threatening, but seemed to be really curious about this question.

Liu Xiu didn't understand James' brain circuit, but... Liu Xiu said: "Since you asked sincerely, I will tell you mercifully..."

Listening to Liu Xiu's drawn-out ending, James was very curious... After he asked this question, he felt that it was inappropriate and he was going to offend someone, but the other party didn't seem to be angry because of this, and he was really curious about the reason.

"I fight very well. I won the Sanda competition in the New York State University Games last year... Sorry, I have to go to the physical therapy, and I will go back to the locker room first, bye."

"..."

James looked at Liu Xiu who did not know where to get a piece of paper and used it as a fan to leave, and was petrified.

James' world view has been refreshed-this answer is too outrageous, but it is impeccable!

After Liu Xiu left, Jason Kapono, who came to watch the game with James, came next to James.

Only then did James remember the second pick in the second round that was selected by the Cavaliers with him, and asked, "Jason, where were you just now? I've been looking for you for a while."

Kapono was embarrassed to say that he was avoiding Liu Xiu, and instead of answering James' question, he said, "LeBron, that guy is not easy to get along with, so don't waste your time getting in touch with him..."

Kapono had an impressive game. In March of this year, he scored 3 to 32 in March Crazy. His UCLA team faced Syracuse University, where Liu Xiu was.

Syracuse University was unexpectedly strong, and UCLA lost that game.

In addition to the loss, there are two things that impressed Kapono the most. One was that Liu Xiu stimulated Luke Walton's mentality to explode, and the other was that Liu Xiu slapped his college center teammate Good Hyde.

"It's not easy to get along with..." James agreed with this statement, but he has a different opinion: "But he doesn't seem to have anything else other than teasing people, not even being mean."

James recalled Liu Xiu's vague smile that always hung on the corner of his mouth, and thought that Liu Xiu had Anthony as a friend in college, and he got acquainted with Randolph soon after entering the NBA... "Maybe it's just The way he protects himself.

We are rookies in the same class, we should encourage each other, everyone will have their own small problems, I also have many small problems, we should understand each other, let us make progress together, let our rookies become the strongest in history! "

Is that right?

Not to mention, what James said in a speech made Kapono feel emotional, and he felt very reasonable. He really wanted to follow James and help James accomplish this great thing... Kapono didn't know why, but he just thought it was a good thing. a great thing.

Kapono recalled that when Liu Xiu bullied Luke Wharton, he didn't say any bad words, and he didn't even say yin and yang.

Even after putting aside his 'prejudice', Kapono still felt that Liu Xiu was very polite.

Kapono watched Liu Xiu disappear into the player tunnel, and he felt that his brain was not enough... He still felt that Liu Xiu was not a good person.

Kapono recalled the conflict after the game when Liu Xiu slapped UCLA center Good Hyde to the ground. Although the purpose was to prevent the conflict from expanding...but it was too cruel.

Based on this, Kapono felt that Liu Xiuzui should not be so indebted, or that there is no need to be so indebted...

From Kapono's point of view, Liu Xiu may be really 'bad', a devil who takes pleasure in bullying people, or a devil with an angel face.

But what James said, Kapono is very reasonable...

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Liu Xiu didn't know that James had sent him a good person card. He didn't put his mind on James. Now everyone is not in the same circle. James belongs to the "high-end talent group". The one who was compared was Anthony. After the summer league started According to their outstanding personal performance and style of play, there is a saying of "the new generation of magic birds duel".

Liu Xiu's side belongs to the "upset counterattack group", and there may be intersections in the future, but at this stage, Liu Xiu is just trying to see if he can pave the way and get more healing value when he fights against James in the future.

Judging from the current situation, it seems a bit difficult. The kind of verbal stimulation without real malice has little effect on James.

He won't bother to study how to get the healing value from James alone. If there are too many opponents, he can take it if he can. What he is working on now is to accumulate more healing points. Fully open the upgraded system, win the attention of the coaching staff, get more training opportunities and opportunities to play in the regular season, and the NBA has a firm foothold...

Liu Xiu returned to the locker room, and Randolph came up to him: "Jess, we are going to play against the Cavaliers tomorrow. They have Carlos Boozer. Do you think we have a good chance of winning?"

Liu Xiu asked back in surprise: "Zach, you actually started to pay attention to the game, my God, I didn't notice, did the sun rise from the west today?"

"I really want to win, okay? It's just that I'm not interested in the previous games. Tomorrow, I'm going to play against the No. [-] rookie and Carlos Boozer..."

When Randolph said this, Liu Xiu remembered and said, "Carlos Boozer belongs to Duke, right? You belong to the University of Michigan... Are you afraid of him?"

Which university is the strongest in American sports is a matter of opinion, and each has its own reasons.

But when it comes to the NCAA 'Grand Slam', there is only one university -- the University of Michigan.

Only the University of Michigan has won all four NCAA championships in basketball, rugby, ice hockey, and baseball. The NCAA is the only one, overwhelming UCLA and USC.

However, since Jordan was born in North Carolina and Grant Hill was born in Duke, when people mention American college basketball, the first reaction is no longer the University of Michigan, UCLA, USC, Kansas, Kentucky... and other universities, It's Duke and North Carolina.

Therefore, in recent years, when athletes from various sports at the University of Michigan met people from North Carolina and Duke, it was as if they were meeting enemies. The NCAA also intentionally promoted this hostile tendency...

In this case, Liu Xiu visually guessed that Randolph should want to compete with Boozer, and decisively brought the topic to this direction.

"How could I be afraid of him?" Randolph raised his voice, but then he became cautious: "Jess, don't underestimate Boozer. Although he is not selected high in the draft, his talent and strength are not inferior to mine. In his rookie season, he averaged 10 points and 7 rebounds per game. The Cavaliers gave up Tyron Hill for him. In April last year, he averaged 4 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists per game in 10 games, the highest in the last month of last year. East Rookie of the Month."

Although Randolph and Boozer didn't fight many times in college, there were a few times. Both of them were power forwards with good floor skills. They were about the same height and had a large tonnage. Fighting like, are too strong.

Hearing that Randolph knew so much about Boozer's rookie year, Liu Xiu knew that this guy really valued Boozer as an opponent.

Liu Xiu nodded and replied, "I know, but no matter how powerful he is, I still think Zach is the strongest among the young insiders."

That said, Randolph liked it.

As Randolph recognized Liu Xiu's talent more and more, Liu Xiu's praise became more and more important in Randolph's heart, to the point where he could increase Randolph's confidence.

At first, Randolph had a slight liking for Liu Xiu just because Liu Xiu called him 'Handesang', and later he got together with Liu Xiu and had a chat.

This kind of favor does not last long.

If Liu Xiu didn't have more things that resonated with Randolph, and didn't have more common topics, they would gradually stop playing together. Neither of them is the kind of person who will take the initiative to manage the relationship.

But the fact that Liu Xiu learned to play back-up singles in minutes made Randolph feel resonant, everyone is a genius!

I am a genius, I am lazy, I am uninhibited, I don't care about other people's eyes... These self-awareness always make people with these self-awareness feel that they are awesome, and it is other people's problem that others do not understand.

With Liu Xiu's boast, Randolph's confidence immediately came to him. Although he didn't get any advantage when he played against Boozer in college, he didn't suffer any disadvantages.

Changing the subject, Randolph asked, "Jess, the rookie with the No. [-] pick came to chat with you just now, did he come to make friends with you?"

"He came to see you too?"

"Yes, but I don't like him. I think he is hypocritical. I don't know him, but he can always say what I think is nice..."

Liu Xiu knew what Randolph wanted to say, and Randolph felt that James was 'pretending'.

Liu Xiu said: "Maybe, but who doesn't like nice words?"

After thinking about it, Randolph thought it made sense, but he didn't continue to talk about it. He started chatting with Liu Xiu about the Empire 2 we played together yesterday evening.

Liu Xiu and Randolph were chatting about the game, their eyes wandered around the locker room.

It has been a few days since the summer league was assembled. The mentality of everyone in the Trail Blazers team has begun to change, and their work has also begun to change.

There was more competition, conflicts began to increase, teammates stood firmer, and the hostile atmosphere continued outside the court.

It has to be said that even though Quintelle Woods, a teammate of the official team in the future, can't play in the NBA, he played in the summer league. After three games, his overall performance is not weaker than Randolph's. He is definitely at the level of a "strength player" in the summer league. player of.

In terms of performance, Liu Xiu is only the third in the team, hugging Randolph, and on the other side, Quintel Woods also has teammates who support him.

This has nothing to do with whether it is obvious that Liu Xiu and Randolph are more valued. Those who come to play in the summer league want to perform well to win the appreciation of the coach, or the appreciation of the coaches of other teams, so the opportunity to perform is more important.

The chief assistant coach of the Blazers, Kevin Pritchar, likes to play Liu Xiu and Randolph together. In this way, the two positions of point guard and power forward can only do well with Quintelle Woods relation……

In such a situation, Liu Xiu was a bit pained at the beginning, but after playing a few games, I found that everyone was working hard. Everyone was afraid that their performance would decline, and they all wanted to perform better. No one was overwhelmed. Pit, just ignore it.

It doesn't matter what the confrontation is, the relationship is getting worse... After the summer league is over, there is no possibility of seeing each other again in the future.

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On July 7, the Orlando Summer League came to the penultimate game day.

LeBron James' performance has brought great enthusiasm to this league. He scored 18 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists in his first show. He received very high evaluation and created the highest popularity since the summer league, and let James Every game since then has been extremely hot.

But unfortunately, since the Orlando Summer League is only in its third year, there are only 6 teams participating, and there are no games in the rematch stage.

To say that anyone can compare with James' summer league heat, only Carmelo Anthony, who is playing in the Southern California Summer League.

The media and pundits have been arguing about who is better, James or Anthony, and today, in one of these areas, the two have a winner.

Early in the morning, Nike officially announced that it signed LeBron James with a 7-year, 9000 million US dollars, a super fat contract in the history of Nike's single endorsement fee!
As soon as the news came out, Malone joined the Lakers with a basic salary, Payton joined the Lakers with a middle class in two years, and Kobe and O'Neal formed the shocking Big Four, all of which were slightly affected.

But just a little bit, outside the circle of the summer league, the formation of the Big Four by the Lakers is the most shocking thing in the entire basketball world.

In the entire basketball world, James' matter is not a trivial matter, but it cannot be said to be a big matter. In the final analysis, it is just an endorsement contract.

But the 'world' shrinks to this year's Summer League circle, and that's the craziest thing!
A restaurant near the Orlando TD Waterhouse Center gymnasium, Liu Xiu and several teammates learned the news while eating.

"Zach, to be honest, I'm really envious." Liu Xiu was jealous, very jealous.

Randolph nodded in agreement.

After the playoffs last season, he knew that he had the possibility to play well. He was looking forward to getting a big contract after the third and fourth grades, and his ultimate goal was to earn enough money in his career. Billion dollars.

Good guy, on James' side, he hasn't played a single NBA game, and his rookie contract plus endorsement contract exceeds $1.1 million!
Randolph is like this, not to mention the few teammates around him.

Ruben Bontje, his goal is to get a few more contracts and earn $1000 million before leaving the NBA.

With a height of 213 centimeters, a weight of nearly 120 kilograms, and excellent tactical awareness, Ruben Bonteje's goal is possible to achieve, although his strength is very poor.

Travis Outlaw, a high school rookie, is a dreamer. He feels that the salary of the rookie contract is already very high, and he dreams of winning the championship.

Matt Carroll, Slaukau Warnis...the rookies who join the Trail Blazers summer league team after losing the draft or being abandoned in the second round, the goal is to get a contract.

Seeing James get this contract, shock, envy... hostility, all kinds of emotions emerged.

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At 2:40 p.m., players from the Trail Blazers and Cavaliers have entered the stadium at TD Waterhouse Center in Orlando.

The fans at the scene were very enthusiastic, and more than 15000% of the more than 80 seats were occupied. Almost all of the more than 60 players from other teams participating in the Orlando Summer League came to the scene.

Most of the eyes James felt were not very friendly.

Some people came to congratulate before the game, but very few, more of jealousy.

Even Liu Xiu, who is so calm, was jealous when he heard the news that James would have such a contract, let alone other people.

It's not a big deal in the entire basketball world, but in the summer league circle, James has become a thorn in the eyes of all the rookies of the same class, as well as many young players in the second and third grades.

This situation, James has expected.

He knew that not only his opponents who were also new-generation players, but also those Mesozoic superstars and old-fashioned superstars after officially entering the NBA, might target him even more because of the endorsement contract.

But that's what he wants!

Only by defeating his opponents and sweeping everything under such adversity can he truly conquer the basketball world.

Young people are always very aggressive. What James wants now is to adapt to the NBA in one year, become a superstar in two years, and reach the top of the basketball world in three years... He has planned his own path.

The road is impassable, he didn't consider this far now.

Now, feeling the envy and hatred eyes of his opponents in the same summer league, James has a kind of pride from the bottom of his heart-this world, here I come!

Blessed to his heart, James looked at the opposite bench, and the point guard he cared about - Liu Xiu, was looking at him.

This opponent is the one James wants to conquer now!Start here!
Strength is very important, but suitability is the most important thing.

James just thinks that Liu Xiu is one of the most suitable guards for him.

And James likes Liu Xiu's self-confidence very much.

You may not be the strongest, but you must be confident in what you are good at, otherwise how dare others trust you unconditionally?

At this moment, James seemed to see the light in Liu Xiu's eyes. He didn't know why, but he felt that if he defeated Liu Xiu at this time, he would be able to conquer this very individual player of the same class!

He has just stepped into the society, and he is as mature as James, and he also has this idea of ​​a heroic movie in the second grade.

On the other side, in front of Liu Xiu, only he could see the subtitles that read——

"The task section is open.

Trigger object: LeBron James.

Task: Congratulations on the signing day.

Goal: The host needs to help the Trail Blazers beat the Cavaliers.

Reward: BUFF: Reverse Conqueror. "

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This chapter is for today, I will play mahjong later, watch TV with my family... 5800 words, let's say, most of the books on the shelves are not so many... Ask for a ticket!

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