king of los angeles

Chapter 1 1. Basketball Dream

"Gary Smith from Syracuse University!"

Under the night sky in New York City, the stars are shining brightly, and several helicopters keep circling in the sky.

The stars are shining in the Barclays Center arena in New York. Amidst the cheers, Gary Smith walked quickly onto the center stage. He looked a little confused and a little flustered.

In the world's first Barclays Center Arena, which cost more than US$10 billion to build, the spotlights kept flickering. Hundreds of millions of viewers watched the live broadcast of the draft, and there were constant cheers in the auditorium.

In fact, this draft has already come to an end. After Ayton, Bagley, Doncic and others were selected, the attention of the spectators disappeared from the draft list.

Outside of the lottery, there are few bright spots for the remaining players, let alone the boys in the second round.

The rookies who can be ranked in the second round are either not talented enough or have obvious shortcomings. Although there are many great deeds of counterattacks by second-round picks in the league, they are only a few.

In the end, it was only a last-round pick who was called by name, and the scene still gave great respect.

The DJ called out his name, and the audience erupted in brief applause before falling silent.

Gary Smith kept smiling as much as possible. Half an hour ago, he was a 29-year-old unemployed Lin Feng living in China. Half an hour later, he boarded the Barclays Center to participate in the 2018 NBA Draft.

Now he is confused, he doesn't know whether it is a dream or his head has gone crazy.

What surprised him even more was that it was the giants Los Angeles Lakers who selected him with the final pick.

This made him a little dazed. In his impression, the last round show in 18 belonged to Antetokounmpo's younger brother, who was selected by the Lone Ranger.

Just 10 minutes ago, he learned from his agent in the background that the Lakers management decided to buy the last round pick of the Dallas Mavericks an hour ago, and chose a height of 190 from a bunch of rookies who were about to lose. Centimeter point guard Gary Smith.

After receiving the cheers, he entered the backstage bathroom, lay down in front of the sink and looked at himself in the mirror.

He poured a basin of water on his head and watched the cold water pour from head to bottom.

"Oh no Gary, I know you're excited, but you can't have any accidents right now, you should understand what Los Angeles means, it's a big stage, there's a lot of money and attention there."

Following him was the fat agent Perkins, who was as unknown as Lin Feng.

Lin Feng turned around and nodded, "I understand sir, I just want to be alone now."

Then made a gesture to leave, Perkins smiled wryly and shook his head, then closed the door.

Gary Smith is only a last-round pick, and it is usually difficult to make a name for himself in this position. Although there are many players in the league who have made a name for themselves like Arenas and Thomas Jr., most of them are lost in the crowd.

Maybe it is the fate of the last-round pick to watch the drinking fountains and wave towels, or maybe he won't be able to make the 15-man list at all, so he can only go to the Development League and wait for the opportunity.

Agent Perkins understands this very well, and of course he will not put his hopes on a last-round pick.It can be said that from the moment he closed the door just now, he has given up on Gary Smith.

The door of the bathroom closed, and memories flooded into Lin Feng's mind little by little.

After time-traveling, I am a 19-year-old basketball player with an unknown biological father and a mother who is a call girl. After giving birth to myself, I threw the child into the trash can, and then continued to fool around with men.

The 30-year-old homeless adoptive father brought himself back to his home in the slums and raised him.

He has loved basketball since he was a child. He once led the school team to win the community championship in junior high school. After high school, he became famous in Rock Park in Harlem until he was discovered by a scout from Syracuse University. From then on, his life changed.

Syracuse University, this is Carmelo Anthony's alma mater, the NCAA champion in 02-03!

Then "I" successfully received a full scholarship, and became the starting point guard for the school team in his freshman year.

With outstanding talent and a rebellious personality from childhood, Gary Smith was suspended for one year in his sophomore year because of conflicts with his teammates. During the suspension, he drank and picked up girls. Averaged 4.7 points and 2 rebounds.

Depressed, he decided to participate in the draft under the lobbying of his agent Perkins, and then in the scene 5 minutes ago, the No. 60 pick was selected by the Lakers.

This is a result that surprised many people, because from the perspective of the draft report, Gary Smith is basically a terrible player. The only advantage is that he has a wide court vision.

The template was a guy named Pierre Jackson. Lin Feng couldn't remember who this person was. He was probably a role player who was buried in the basketball dust.

The NBA is an extremely cruel place. There are hundreds of millions of dollars and spotlights, mansions and sports cars, glamorous beauties and so on. Of course, there are also countless small characters with tens of thousands of salaries, stubbornly pursuing their basketball dreams.

Knowing his life experience, Lin Feng calmed down a lot.Like many stars, he has a tragic past.

For example, James, a billionaire who came out of the slums, is a role model for countless struggling players.

In his last life, Lin Feng also worked hard to pursue his basketball dream, but unfortunately, the domestic environment did not allow him and his talent was not enough. Although he entered the echelon of the CBA team, he finally had no choice but to give up as he grew older.

In his previous life, Lin Feng thought that he could enter the NBA like Yao Ming and make a big splash in the world's top arenas.Since elementary school, he would sleep with a basketball in his arms at night. After a night of basketball dreams, he patted the ball and went to school the next day. This is the portrayal of his life, a 178 cm tall fanatic.

His idol is Uncle Drew—Kyrie Irving. Before Lin Feng crossed over in his last life, Irving just announced that he would join the Nets with Durant, the god of death. This news made Lin Feng very excited.

Awesome!That man with angry eyes!
Lin Feng once held his mobile phone and replayed Irving's highlights over and over again. He is the No.1 in Lin Feng's mind!

Now, Lin Feng has become an NBA player named Gary Smith. Gary has his own glorious past and was lost for a while, but now he has returned to the basketball court.

Lin Feng can feel the love for basketball in his body. He understands what kind of person Gary is, and he can empathize with him the most.

Because now the two are merged into one, Gary's basketball dream and Lin Feng's basketball soul will definitely give birth to a new character who will shock the league!
It must be so!

Lin Feng pounded his fist on the sink, and he was extremely excited.

Basketball, the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers, names that were once distant became within easy reach.

"Gary, you like basketball too, don't you?" Lin Feng's voice trembled a little. He thought his body was trembling too. This was the reaction of every muscle in his body when he heard the word "basketball".

He stared at himself in the mirror. Although his face was a little strange, the burning eyes did not change.

It couldn't be more familiar, that's what I looked like when I was 19 years old!
The teenager who once chased his basketball dream is back, yes, it is him, the young guy who was considered a lunatic.

Well forget about the past!
Start all over again.

Go to the TMD basketball dream, this is no longer just imagination, but reality!

(End of this chapter)