Guoshu basketball

Chapter 12 Li Du's Rookie Privileges
Pelinka said that today can be said to be one of the most important moments in Li Du's life, so it is strongly recommended that Li Du buy a suit.But Li Du refused. Firstly, he didn’t have much money. Almost all of the master’s and his own money was spent on the medical expenses for his senior brother. Li Du himself had no extra money at all except for the basic living expenses, let alone buying them. Those expensive suits are gone.

However, Li Du also had his own way. Since he had no money to buy a suit, Li Du simply did not wear a suit, but chose a traditional Chinese robe.Not to mention, wearing a decent black robe, coupled with Li Du's tall and slender figure, is really eye-catching.

Moreover, Li Du knew that as a Chinese, if he appeared on an international formal occasion, he could wear a long robe if he did not wear a formal dress. After all, in the eyes of Westerners, long robes are Chinese characteristic clothing.

As soon as Li Du and Pelinka entered the arena, they immediately became the focus of cameramen and reporters.Nothing else, there is only one person who wears a robe to participate in the NBA draft throughout the ages!
But for this Chinese who has never appeared in any official game, the reporters just watched the excitement, and the real big news waiting for them was the new basketball stars sitting in the "green room" waiting for the results of the draft.That's where future stars emerge.

Li Du and Pelinka came to the reserved seats and sat down, Pelinka also said to Li Du: "Your outfit is so unique, I really don't know what will happen when you go on stage. "

Li Du looked at Pelinka with a wry smile and said, "There is no way, Robert, you know, I have no money. I still owe your salary!"

Pelinka laughed loudly, "It's okay, I'm leaving with the interest. Be careful that I eat up all your money!"

Li Du smiled indifferently: "Okay, just leave me some food money. After I don't play ball, I want to go back to the martial arts hall to teach boxing."

Pelinka was helpless, patted Li Du and said: "I said, others are thinking about how to become famous in the league and how to make a big difference in the future. You are thinking about retiring before you start! Chinese people think like this Is it special?"

Li Du shook his head and didn't explain much.He knew in his heart that even if he could play again, he would be the best in the NBA until he was 40 years old. What should he do after 40 years old?He can teach boxing for a lifetime!
When the personnel arrived, the league president David Stern appeared on the stage. Stern motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then he gave a short speech, and the draft meeting was officially started.

The Raptors executive was the first to step up to the stage and hand over their picks.

"In the 2006 NBA draft, the Toronto Raptors took the first pick in the first round. They chose..." Stern deliberately paused, and then continued to read with a smile: "Andrea Baba from Italy Niani!"

Amid the warm applause, Bargnani in a suit and leather shoes stood up, put on his hat, first hugged his family, then waved to the people around him, and slowly walked towards the center stage.He felt that everything was normal, and the Toronto Raptors had promised him before that they would definitely sign him with the No. [-] pick in their hands.

Li Du raised his head slightly, and asked Pelinka a question that almost made him spurt blood: "Who is this person? Is he strong?"

Pelinka stared at Li Du for a long time before saying speechlessly: "Please, brother, can you pay attention to the news? That person is the No. [-] pick in this year's draft!"

Li Du woodenly nodded, "Understood."

Pelinka really lost his temper with Li Du, this kid is like this, he doesn't seem to care about anything except himself and his opponent.He was able to ask Bargnani's name, probably only because Bargnani was the first person to come to power, and he thought he might be his opponent in the future.

Sure enough, Li Du didn't care about who was selected by which team next. He even closed his eyes and rested his mind, looking like an old god, without any sign of nervousness at all.Seeing Pelinka get angry for a while.

In fact, Pelinka didn't know that this was Li Du's way of maintaining his energy.Among Chinese martial arts, the most important thing is to cultivate Qi and preserve health.The main types of boxing have passed down precious methods to maintain their own spirit and energy.Li Du and his team's method is to be silent.

This resulted in a personality and way of dealing with things that Li Du would not be interested in knowing about things and people that had little to do with him.

Li Du and Pelinka waited until the last moment of the first round, only to hear Stern read: "In the 2006 NBA draft, the Los Angeles Lakers were the 26th pick in the first round. From the University of Southern California, Li Du."

Hearing his name, Li Du opened his eyes, hugged Pelinka lightly, and then walked to the center stage. During the NBA Draft, ESPN broadcast the whole process live. As soon as Li Du appeared, a cameraman immediately pointed the camera at him.Stern was also taken aback. He has presided over the draft for so many years, and this is the first time he saw a Chinese person wearing a robe to participate!

Stern shook hands with Li Du who came over, and said, "Congratulations, young man."

"Thank you, Mr. Stern."

After the meeting, Li Du met Lakers general manager Kupchak again. He greeted him, shook hands with Kupchak and said, "Mitch, thank you for everything you have done for me!"

Kupchak responded with a smile: "You won all this by your own strength! Although it is a bit unrealistic, I really hope that you and Kobe can form the league's strongest perimeter combination with one offense and one defense this season. !"

Li Du said solemnly: "Don't worry, your wish is not unrealistic, I will prove myself in the shortest time!"

Kupchak laughed loudly: "Then I, an old man, will wait to see you young people perform miracles!"

After finishing the matter here, Li Du and Pelinka returned to Los Angeles immediately.He has never told his master about his draft situation, fearing that they might worry, but now that he has done it, his thoughts drifted to Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, David Geffen Hospital.

After Li Du got off the plane, he drove Pelinka all the way and rushed back to the hospital as fast as he could.Poor Pelinka was almost scared to death when he rode in Li Du's car for the first time.Li Du flew to Shang Xiaolong's ward, and when he saw his master, his wife, and his brother, his tears finally broke down, "Master, my wife, brother, I did it!"

Mistress shed tears with Li Du, Shang Yun is a deep person, he didn't say much, just nodded slightly and said: "Well, it's good if it's done."

Shang Xiaolong was very excited and asked repeatedly: "Junior brother, you really joined the Lakers? Is it true?"

Seeing that his senior brother was happy, Li Du nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, senior brother, I am now a member of the Lakers."

"Brother, you have realized a dream we had when we were young! Today is the happiest moment for me, brother. I will play hard in the future and earn him three to five billion!" When Shang Xiaolong and Li Du fell in love with basketball, they used to I fantasized that I would become an NBA player one day, but after practicing Chinese martial arts, this idea has long been thrown out of the sky. I didn't expect Li Du to really enter the league now!
Shang Yun interrupted them at this time and ordered: "Xiao Du, go see Kobe, he will be your captain in the future, listen to him more about everything."

"Yes, Master."

When Li Du came to the door of Kobe's ward, Pelinka was still panting at the door, and when he saw Li Du coming, he rushed towards him viciously, "Li! You bastard! I almost scared you to death, you know !"

Li Du laughed, "I'm sorry, Robert, I didn't expect you to be so timid. I will pay attention next time, okay."

"What about the next time? Also, I'm not cowardly! It's you who is going to die, no one can drive almost over 100 in the city!" Pelinka yelled at Li Du, who was caught by Li Du Du was terrified.This kid usually looks quite peaceful, but this time he almost scared his heart out!

They were arguing outside, and Kobe heard voices inside, "Is that Robert and Lee? Come in."

Li Du and Pelinka walked into the ward and saw that Kobe could stand up and was doing some minor recovery movements. Li Du was even more happy, and said to Kobe with a smile: "Boss, this time I can call you that." Bar!"

Kobe smiled and said: "Of course, and when I return to the team, I will give you a privilege."

"What privilege?" Li Du looked expectant.

"You don't have to carry my luggage for me, and you don't need to serve other old players! It's such a privilege!" Kobe laughed. On the court, Li Du is a genius. In normal times, he is almost a cute kid. .

"..." Li Du looked at Kobe helplessly, "I said boss, this is also a privilege? I thought you were giving me some important task!"

Pelinka explained from the side: "Lee, you don't know this. Many teams have such rules. Newcomers who have just joined the team need to help the old players with some chores, such as carrying bags, buying coffee and breakfast. Category."

Li Duruo tilted his head and thought for a while, then asked, "Boss, I won't buy you coffee, can I make you some tea?"

"Pfft!" Kobe and Pelinka almost spurted blood from laughter, this kid, what is going on in his head!

Kobe made a sullen face, "No need, just play well!"

"That's it, okay." Li Du didn't care.

"By the way, there is one more thing." Kobe said to Li Du, "You don't need to participate in the summer league, that will not help you, and there is no need to inspect you. So, after I can train in two weeks, you Just train with me."

"Where is the team?" Li Du knows that after participating in the draft, most rookies need to represent the team to play in the summer league. A chance for rookies to express themselves.

"I have already said hello to the team, and Phil also agreed. The current summer league is meaningless to you. You might as well stay and try to improve your strength in the last two months of the game." Kobe said to Lee Du has great expectations, he thinks that Li Du can help him hit the championship!
"Okay." In Li Du's heart, he didn't think the summer league would help him much. As for the so-called NBA-level rhythm and confrontation, it was really not worth mentioning to him. At least, he didn't have to worry about it during the game. The opponent will suddenly kill him.

(End of this chapter)