Showdown, I'm the God of Basketball

Chapter 180

James sent a text message to Zhao Hao early, and then reminded Zhao Hao to send him the address when he arrived at the hotel arranged by the Lakers.

Instead, Zhao Hao remembered the words that James and James said that they would meet soon when they were filming commercials.

Now it seems that James did prepare for this day well.

After Zhao Hao arrived at the hotel, James drove a sports car and killed him quickly, and then he couldn't help saying that he wanted to take Zhao Hao out for a ride.

"LeBron and we have a game today. If we are photographed so close by reporters, it is not good news."

"What are you afraid of? If you get a picture, you get a picture. I don't care."

Zhao Hao looked at this foolish smile with a speechless face.

He wanted to say, you are the favorite of the Cavaliers, of course you are not afraid, but I am just a substitute for the Lakers, I am afraid!

But getting along with James, Zhao Hao really felt relaxed.

This guy really loves to joke, he kept talking about all kinds of dirty jokes and plain jokes along the way, and he was a social expert just like him.

And in just a few minutes, he found out what kind of steak Zhao Hao likes to eat the most.

Then, naturally, he took Zhao Hao to the most famous western restaurant in the area and had a feast.

Can you believe that No.1 in the future league is so gracious to invite a substitute player to dinner?
Anyway, Zhao Hao believed it, James really has no star airs.

After visiting the scenic spots in Cleveland with James and seeing the philistine culture, Zhao Hao also came to an important conclusion.

That is, Cleveland is poor, really poor!
When you see the prosperity of Los Angeles, you really look down on this city from the bottom of your heart.

There are broken ships and factories everywhere, and I don’t know if they are abandoned. There are basically no people on the street, giving people a completely lifeless feeling.

Zhao Hao does know that Cleveland ranks 117th in the United States. Compared with big cities like New York and Los Angeles, it is indeed slightly behind.

But he really didn't expect to be so depressed.

All the while, James extolled the difference in the city, its kind, friendly, hard-working people.

Of course, the most important thing he said was that it is not easy for the city of Cleveland to create an NBA team.

At this moment, even if Zhao Hao is an idiot, he should understand what James means at this point.

"You know, I still have a contract for this season."

"But I know it's only one year, I tried to play with you this season, but it didn't work, so will you come next year?"

"I don't know, the Lakers still have my right to match, and Kobe is good to me."

"I can persuade the team to give you the starting position. I have seen your style of play. You are not suitable for playing small forward at all. When you come to the Cavaliers, you are the starting shooting guard."

"LeBron, it's not a question of whether to start or not."

"Jim Paxson has promised me that he will get you at all costs next year, even if it is a contract that is higher than the market price!"

Ok?
Above-market contracts?

Zhao Hao has fallen.

Although he still doesn't know how big a contract he can get at the approximate market price next year, but the Cavaliers are willing to ask for a high price, which means signing Jin Gao!
Zhao Hao, who is well aware of the urgency of the system, knows how important the signing bonus is, so...where to fight is not to fight, and improving strength is the kingly way.

However, Zhao Hao did not agree to James so quickly. After all, this is still a wild card. Before the next season, no one knows what will happen.

But now, Zhao Hao only wants to help Kobe and help the Lakers reach the second place in the Western Conference!

As night came, the night in Cleveland was not so beautiful. There were some ripples in the twilight curtain, and it was dark clouds that looked carefully.

As always, Kobe came to the arena early for warm-up training. After seeing that Zhao Hao also came early, he hurriedly said.

"Although LeBron James is only a sophomore, he is very strong and has a high basketball IQ. Butler's defensive habits are not good, so the heavy responsibility of defending him will have to be handed over to you later.

His shooting is unstable, so we can let him take a step when defending, even if he shoots, it doesn't matter, as long as he doesn't break through and cause damage, we will make money.

His ability to push and counterattack is also very strong. If he gets near the free throw line, he will foul decisively, don't let him take off, and don't give him room to shoot. This guy is also a good 2+1 player. "

Listening to Kobe's analysis, Zhao Hao really wanted to say, Kobe, you have studied thoroughly.

Although LeBron in this period is also difficult to guard against, after all, there are also targeted methods.

Otherwise, in the Spurs two years later, the wily Popovich will not prevent James from all kinds of constipation.

Mr. Popovich, it is not too much to say that he is the head coach who knows James best in the world.

Even in the period of the Big Three, James, who has developed the ability to shoot and position singles, his defensive strategy is to put James outside and never double-team.

The famous saying that double-teaming James is a fool came from the season when the Heat defeated the Spurs to win the championship.

James, even if his three-point shooting percentage has reached 40% in the future, no one will double-team or let him kill the inside.

There are those teams that don't believe in evil, and the corpses are there all the time.

Hawks, Pistons, Bulls, Raptors
Game start.

The starting lineup sent by the Cavaliers is point guard Jeff McGinnis, shooting guard Ila Newbell, small forward LeBron James, power forward Drew Gooden, and center Zajunas Ilgauskas.

Among them, shooting guard Ila Nubell averaged 26 minutes per game, scoring 5 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist per game!

. . . . . .

Zhao Hao wanted to swear. Could it be that those guys in the NBA statistics missed a 1, so they released this starter who averaged 5 points per game?

Ira Nubell, you fake player!
You are probably a fan who came to the stadium to watch the game!
Zhao Hao is also really worthless for James, this is definitely a boy who is more difficult than Wolf King Garnett.

On the court, Big Z Ilgauskas jumped to get the ball.

James pushed forward with the ball, called Big Z a pick-and-roll and went directly to the basket to kill.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
The sound of the muscles colliding is really loud!

With such a strong body, Butler was forced to take two steps back by James, and directly smashed with the tomahawk.

Butler rubbed his sore chest, and suddenly believed the myth that he had to lie in the hospital for a day after playing a game with James.

It's a woolen myth, and it's not true at all.

Off the court, Zhao Hao swallowed suddenly, thinking that if he defended James later, he might end up in the same way.

Switch offense.

He has played several consecutive high-intensity games, and this is still back-to-back, but Kobe still has no plans to stop playing.

It also didn't let the teammates find the touch first when they came up like before, just attack by themselves!
He knows the importance of this game too well. Whether he can reach the second place in the Western Conference is the most important thing in this game.

More importantly, the Cavaliers are not a strong team, and their weaknesses are too many.

Just defending his Ila Nubell is a complete scumbag!

Kobe's iconic free throw line shot scored!

James wanted to prove to Zhao Hao that he was not bad at all. After seeing Kobe score, he immediately returned one.

Another dunk breakthrough!

Mim held his head, almost collapsed.

This is what kind of strange opponent you met. Do you know how to play? If you don’t agree with each other, you will go to the inside and dunk. The key is to jump so high.

How can I defend against this?
(End of this chapter)