I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 126 Going to WWE One-on-one

On December 12th, the Lakers finally returned to Los Angeles after ending their four-game streak. Because of the fight between Chu Xiao and Ibaka, the team canceled routine training that day and gave the players a day off. The executive vice president of basketball operations of the NBA President Rod Thorn will contact the management of the Lakers this morning to understand what happened and give penalties.

Not many people participated in the interview. Apart from the president Jenny, coach Phil, captain Kobe, and the person involved Chu Xiao, who were required to be present, the team's temporary public relations boss Tracy and the newly appointed consultant Magic Johnson also came.

Magic Johnson's full name is Elvin Johnson, born on August 1959, 8 in Michigan, USA. He is a former American men's basketball player, a point guard, nicknamed "Magic", and one of the greatest point guards. The "god" of the league before Jordan.He was selected by the Lakers as the No. 14 pick in the 1979 NBA Draft and has been playing for the team ever since.In his basketball career, he won 5 NBA championships with the Lakers. He personally won 3 regular season MVPs, 3 finals MVPs, 4 assists, and was selected as an All-Star 12 times (2 All-Star MVPs). Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. Dream Team.

Together with "Skyhook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he started the Lakers' "Show time era", and together with the Celtics legend "Big Bird" Larry Bird, he ruled the 80s.After retiring, he was selected into the NBA 50 Superstars and Hall of Fame, and won the NBA Lifetime Achievement Award.

It was the first time for Chu Xiao to see the magician himself, so he quickly greeted him, and the smiling magician was very kind, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid, we are all here to support you, by the way I can tell you myself, I love the way you pass the ball."

If it is impossible not to be afraid, Chu Xiao joined the NBA through continuous efforts, and was lucky to become Kobe's teammate. With the help of him and Nash, his performance is getting better and better. Springsbrook can also be evenly divided against Biao, and has the potential to become a super giant. It also allows the management and fans to see the hope of the team's rise. If a fight is left at this time, it is nothing. If it affects his personal status, or even the pace of the team's rise, then he will be a real sinner. Even if everyone can forgive him, he himself will not be able to forgive himself. Huge, even maintaining the current momentum will become very difficult.

Magic is both a Lakers legend and a member of the team's front office. He is also the greatest point guard in history. Whenever he steps on the court, people think, "How can one person do so much by himself? .”

Chu Xiao was flattered that such a person could say that he liked passing the ball, and felt as happy as winning the NBA championship.However, despite his excitement, he still couldn't help asking, "I don't know if the punishment is severe or not? Will it prevent me from playing this season?"

"Hahaha..." The magician couldn't help laughing at the words, and hugged the young junior, "What are you thinking, it's just a few punches, the suspension is at most a few games, how can it be reimbursed this season. "

"But in the Auburn Hills incident, Artest and the others were banned for dozens of games..." Chu Xiao whispered.

"The two are too far apart, and the nature is completely different. Auburn Hills is a group fight, and the most important thing is to hit the fans, otherwise the consequences will not be so serious. Yours is a two-person fight, and the impact is not bad. I bet it will be suspended for at most 2 games, if you don't believe me, watch it later." The magician laughed.

Rod Thorn is a white man in his 60s, and he will retire in two years. He has been a player and a head coach for the past 50 years, and then he entered the league and became the vice president of basketball operations. It can be said that he His life has always been closely related to basketball.

Like Stern, this person attaches great importance to the huge Chinese market. He once supported Yi Jianlian, thinking that as long as he is given time, he will always show his talent.

So when he saw Chu Xiao, he first praised him, saying that he was very excited to see his performance on the field. Since Yao Ming retired, this was the first time he saw an Asian player play a dominant role on the field.

After the courtesy first, the soldiers immediately began to ask in detail what happened and record it.

Chu Xiao then recounted what happened yesterday in detail, and finally believed that there were two reasons why he hit someone. One was that the other party had choked his throat and made him fall to the ground. The remarks of "28 centimeters" seriously violated my bottom line.

Having said that, Chu Xiao glanced at Tracy, whose face flushed red.

"Very well, I understand your point of view, then I will go to Oklahoma City to understand the Thunder's point of view, and finally watch the replay of the conflict with the league office personnel and interview the referee, and finally make a penalty Decision." Rod Thorne glanced at Jenny after finishing speaking, and found that the latter had no objection and was about to leave.

"Mr. Thorne!" Tracy called out to him at this moment.

"Do you have anything to add?" The latter stopped.

"Er..." Tracy blushed, with a hesitant expression.

"Speak out what you think, don't be afraid!" Seeing this, Jenny encouraged, "At this time, we must help Chu Xiao as much as possible, as long as we talk about things that are beneficial to him."

Chu Xiao and the others also looked at Tracy, their eyes full of curiosity and anticipation.

Unable to hold back the eyes of everyone, Tracy finally had the courage to speak out, "Chu Xiao is wrong to fight, but everything has a reason, such as Ibaka said his girlfriend tasted like a donut, this not only humiliated him , and humiliated all the women, I don’t think it was wrong for Chu Xiao to hit him, on the contrary, Ibaka should apologize to all the women!”

Chu Xiao didn't expect Tracy to say such reasonable words in front of the alliance officials, and couldn't help giving her a thumbs up quietly. After the latter glanced at it, he pursed his lips hard to hold back his smile.

When other people saw this, they all echoed, and Jenny said angrily, "This is really terrible, should we women be discriminated against like this? Even men's competitions insult us, it's really unbearable!"

Kobe also nodded and said, "It's normal to irritate opponents with trash talk on the basketball court, but there is a bottom line in everything. Ibaka has crossed the line, and he must apologize!"

Phil and the magician nodded one after another.

Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Rod Thorne felt overwhelmed, so he quickly dropped a sentence and smacked his feet, "He did insult women first, don't worry, the alliance will consider it as appropriate, and will not punish Chu Xiao severely .”

Just because of the words "no heavy punishment", the Lakers let him go.

That afternoon, the league quickly announced the official punishment for the brawl: Chu Xiao, who hit someone, was suspended for two games and fined $2. There are insulting remarks to women in the words, and an apology must be made to all women.

As a last resort, Ibaka could only withdraw his remarks about "donuts" through Twitter and apologize to all women.But as a melon eater, the fans’ comments are all about how badly he was beaten. Even Heat star Wade, Cavaliers star Irving, Grizzlies black bear Randolph and others all praised him for being beaten. There was a video of Chu Xiao punching and backing up again and again.

This made Ibaka very angry. He followed Chu Xiao first, and then @ him, "Do you dare to single out once like a man, and use the most manly way to completely resolve our grievances?"

Interestingly, Chu Xiao replied to him, "You decide the place, don't let me underestimate you."

It really set off a thousand waves with one stone, and the fight between Ibaka and Chu Xiao became the most worthwhile thing for fans in the rest of this year.

WWE (Professional Wrestling) officials immediately expressed their willingness to provide a venue, and Las Vegas even opened a bet on this, publicly betting on who would win.Even though Chu Xiao beat Ibaka hard in the arena, everyone just thought that he just caught his opponent by surprise, so 90% of the people bet on Ibaka's victory.The remaining 10% are probably Lakers fans or gamblers from China.

"Why did you agree to one-on-one with him?" Kobe immediately called and asked, "Such a publicity thing is not in line with your personality."

Chu Xiao replied honestly, "I could have ignored him, whatever he said, but the last time I was a guest in Houston, Lin Shuhao said something to me, which made me look at this alliance again."

"What?" Kobe asked on the other end of the phone while eating.

"Lin Shuhao said that there are very few Chinese players in the league, and they will be bullied and excluded at every turn. For example, if Ibaka provokes me today, then next time there will be a second Ibaka and a third Ibaka. When Bacca came up, I had to respond and let everyone know that I am not that easy to bully. Only in this way can I be treated fairly and play well in an atmosphere of respect.”

Kobe was silent for a while and said, "Is this the so-called killing a chicken for the monkey to see?"

"Yes, that's what it means." Chu Xiao smiled upon hearing this.

"Haha, okay, but Ibaka is really strong, I'm afraid you will suffer in the ring." Kobe said worriedly.

"Don't be afraid, I can beat him once, and then I can beat him a second time." Chu Xiao was very confident about this.

Kobe no longer insisted, "Okay, then I will bet 100 million to buy you to win!"

"Boss, the current odds are 1:9, then I will let you win."

"Really? In this case, I will help you pay the fine of 3 U.S. dollars by the way."

"No, no, I'm rich now."

"I have money?"

"of course not."

"Then it's fine, if you say I'll hand it over, I'll hand it over, if you dare to secretly hand it over, you're dead!"

"...Thank you, Boss!"

"Go away, hang up!"

(End of this chapter)