I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 139 I'm Waiting For You In Los Angeles

Although the old man was very powerful, the onlookers also knew that no matter how powerful he was, he would never be a match for NBA players. If Chu Xiao was forced to play, the old man would probably be embarrassed in the end, so why bully the old man like this.

So after seeing Chu Xiao's refusal, the others stopped insisting.

In addition to seeing Chu Xiao's gesture, Uncle Drew also saw another person's gesture in the crowd. He suddenly sighed, "Oh, it's boring."

Uncle Drew then came up to the "bitch" and said, "I know I'm not getting any younger, want to swap sneakers, boy?"

Although the "bitch" admired him, he still shook his head and said, "No change!"

"Are you sure you don't want to change?" Uncle Drew asked again.

"No change!" The "bitch" insisted.

"Okay, then I'm leaving." Uncle Drew started to leave the stadium, still muttering, "It's too easy to deal with these young people."

"Who are you?" Someone in the crowd shouted.

"Yeah, who are you?" Someone asked immediately.

"Who am I?" Uncle Drew stopped and looked at that person, "Oh, I'm too old, I really can't remember who I am, let me think about it."

Uncle Drew scratched his head while thinking, and then began to pull his own hair, a lot of it.

"Oh!" The crowd sighed again in fear.

Uncle Drew continued. After pulling his hair and beard, he finally tore off a whole piece of skin from his face, and there was still a face inside!With black hair and black beard, he turned out to be a young man.

"OH may god! It's Irving! Kyrie Irving!"

The crowd suddenly exploded.

"Haha..." Owen stood there laughing his head back and forth.

No one thought that this omnipotent old man on the court was actually played by Irving, the head star of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

"Owen, let's fight one-on-one!" Chu Xiao immediately ran over, and then said in surprise, "How could it be you? Shouldn't you be in Cleveland? You will face us tomorrow."

"Oh, brother, I recognized you from the very beginning, so I took the initiative to tell the crew to let me act as an action guide temporarily, haha, this process is so fun, it's so uncomfortable!" Owen smiled and hugged him, " I also want to fight you one-on-one, but just now the assistant reminded me to fly back to Cleveland immediately, don’t you guys also come over at night, it seems that the one-on-one fight between the two of us has to stay on the field.”

"I'm afraid it won't work this time." Chu Xiao shook his head after parting from him.

"Oh yes, you are suspended." Irving patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, being suspended in the league is a very normal thing, since you can't single out this time, then you can wait in Los Angeles , next time the Cavaliers play an away game, let's compete and see who is the strongest 'Kobe disciple'"

"Okay, I'll wait for you in Los Angeles!" Chu Xiao nodded solemnly.

Then Owen left the scene surrounded by the staff, and Chu Xiao also left and returned to the team. Only the "slut" was left stunned, and then regretted, "That's Owen, why didn't I agree to go with him?" Change your sneakers!"

Later, Chu Xiao learned that Owen briefly appeared in the Hollywood studio in Los Angeles to shoot a short commercial for a carbonated drink. The idea of ​​the commercial was to let him make up an old man to play basketball on the street, and the name of the commercial was Uncle Drew. .

It took Ou Wenhua 4 hours of make-up to make it look like the real one. Thanks to the makeup artist's superb skills, it not only makes him look flawless, but also does not restrict his young steps, so that he can play with the appearance of an old man. The rhythm of youth.

Irving's full name is Kyrie Irving, born on March 1992, 3 in Melbourne, Australia, with dual citizenship of the United States and Australia.In 23, he was selected by the Cavaliers to enter the NBA as the No. 2011 pick. He served as a point guard and won the Rookie of the Year in his rookie season.

He is a loyal disciple of Kobe. He has been inspired to become an excellent defender since he was a child. He also bluntly said that his idols are Dad and Kobe. Dad ranks first and Kobe ranks second. It can be seen that Kobe has a great influence on him, except for his father. Spiritual mentor and pillar of strength, and constantly learn from him and draw closer.

So when it comes to the fate of Irving and Kobe, it is quite a story.

At 17, he entered a Nike-organized basketball game wearing a pair of Bryant's "Bruce Lee" version of the shoes and won the game.

In the summer of 2012, just after his rookie season, Irving challenged Kobe at the Dream Team training ground and offered a $5 bet.Of course, Kobe was unmoved and directly refused.

Another time the Cleveland Cavaliers challenged the Los Angeles Lakers away.After the game, Irving has been waiting for Kobe outside the release hall, just asking for a photo with him.

Because there is a Mamba spirit in his bones, he said to Chu Xiao, "Let's see who is the strongest Kobe disciple."

As for the Uncle Drew he plays, there is such a person in reality, and he is also Yao Ming's former teammate. He is Mobley, nicknamed "Old Cat".

When Yao Ming entered the Rockets in 2002, the "Old Cat" Mobley was only 27 years old, and he was in his prime. With a height of 1.93 meters, he could play three positions, namely point guard, shooting guard and junior. Forward, he partnered with the team boss Francis for three seasons, and the two formed a deep friendship.

Later, "Old Cat" retired and joined the Drew League. He was only 39 years old and his beard and hair were all white, but his body shape and competitive state remained good. He was able to complete turnaround jump shots in confrontations, and was able to hit open three-pointers from the outside. Complete a very difficult block.

So the title of "Uncle Drew" spread like wildfire.

As for Uncle Drew, who was born in Owen, his game skills were even more dazzling, and he later turned this name into his own nickname.

After reuniting with the team, on the plane to Cleveland, Chu Xiao told Kobe about meeting Irving playing Uncle Drew by chance. Kobe laughed and said, "This buddy got tired of playing it many years ago."

Kobe was right. He did play a lot of old people back then, including the smart Einstein and the pianist Beethoven. But at that time, he was only taking pictures, and he didn’t make a documentary like Uncle Drew, so not many people knew about it.

There was not much makeup at the time, the makeup artist just added a beard and wig to Kobe, and the face was not processed, not as realistic as Irving's.But Kobe did play an old man similar to Irving.

If Kobe is like Irving, add a big belly, and add wrinkles to his face.This is the only way to look realistic. What if he meets Uncle Drew?

Chu Xiao helped them choose their names, "Kobe Einstein vs. Uncle Owen Drew."

Cleveland is the capital of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It is located on the south bank of Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, within the scope of the former Western Reserve, 100 kilometers away from Pennsylvania.Opened in 1796, it has historically become a manufacturing center due to the intersection of canals and railways.After the decline of large industries, it became a financial, insurance and medical center. In the 20s, it became a modern metropolis.Heavy industry is the economic foundation, among which the iron and steel industry is the most developed, and other industrial sectors include machinery manufacturing, metallurgy, electrical equipment, petrochemicals, textiles, food, etc., all of which are quite large.It is also located on the main railway and highway connecting the Northeast and Midwest of the United States, and its location is very important.

Although the economy and transportation are very developed, it can only be regarded as a small city with a population of only 39.But it is such a somewhat inconspicuous small city, but now it is famous all over the world, because the Cavaliers are here, and the home court is Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

Founded in 1970, the Cavaliers belong to the Central Division of the Eastern Conference of the American Men's Basketball Professional League. They were once one of the teams with the worst performance in the NBA. The very important season in its history is the 2003-04 season.

On June 2003, 6, the team selected basketball genius LeBron James from Akron with the No. 26 pick in the NBA Draft and signed with him.

“小皇帝”詹姆斯的到来令骑士队开始走出过去几年的沉寂。10月29日，詹姆斯在NBA的第一场常规赛，客场挑战萨克拉门托国王队的比赛中得到25分和9个助攻，并抓下6个篮板。在此之前还没有一个高中生球员能在第一场NBA比赛中拿到过25分。常规赛结束时，骑士队以一场之差落后于凯尔特人无缘季后赛。然而骑士队从2002-03赛季的17胜65负一跃变成35胜47负，18场的进步是球队历史上的第二大提高。詹姆斯以场均20.9分5.5篮板5.9助攻的成绩拿下最佳新秀；队友卡洛斯·布泽尔（赛季结束转投爵士队）场均15.5分和11.4个篮板，41次拿下两双，成为球队1994-95赛季以来第一个赛季场均两双的球员。

In the 2006-07 season, although LeBron James' scoring was not as high as in the 2005-06 season, the team still maintained its status as an important competitor throughout the season, ranking second in the division with an excellent record of 50 wins and 32 losses, better than No. .1 missed three wins and eventually advanced to the Finals.But in the finals, they lost to the three-time champion San Antonio Spurs 0-4 and missed the championship.

But this finals broke out a very famous stalk. At the end of the series, Spurs power forward Tim Duncan found the immature James, hugged the latter and told him "the biggest lie in NBA history." "—"The future is yours."

No one would have thought that the phrase "the future is yours" would become an eternal pain in James' heart in the future.

In the 2008-09 season, the Cavaliers still performed strongly at the beginning of the season, leading the Eastern Conference. They even lost only one game in a single month, and finally ended the season with the best 66 wins and 16 losses in team history, winning all the home court advantage in the playoffs. But in the Eastern Conference Finals they lost 2-4 to the Orlando Magic led by Warcraft Howard.

The long-awaited 23vs24 duel that the fans and the league have been looking forward to has been postponed again. It will not be known until later. In fact, 2009 is the closest year to the peak duel between the two.As the two biggest superstars since the 21st century, Kobe and James have never stopped arguing about which of them was No.1 in the league at the time. Whether it is James or Komi, even neutral fans want to see these two superstars They met in the finals and played a round of the series happily.

But since James and Kobe are one in the East and one in the West, fans can only see the grand occasion of 23VS24 if they reach the finals at the same time.As a result, the Lakers led by Kobe defeated the Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals and entered the Finals, while James' Cavaliers were defeated by Howard's Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals and missed the appointment.

In the end, Kobe won the championship that year.

On July 2010, 7, James made a high-profile announcement to join the Miami Heat, forming a terrifying Big Three with Wade and Bosh.The Cavaliers began to sink again. In the 9-2010 season, the Cavaliers had two themes: one was the constant loss, and the other was that the fans kept cursing James.

In the 2011-12 season, the Cavaliers selected the No. 4 pick from Duke University, Kyrie Irving, and the No. [-] rookie Tristan Thompson in the draft, and the team's future became brighter.

So this season, the goal of the Cavaliers is very clear, that is to train new players, Kyrie Irving is the core of doing my part, and the two fourth picks Tristan Thompson and Dion Waiters are the key training objects.

Its starting lineup is: Kyrie Irving, Dion Waiters, Alonzo Key, Kristan Thompson and Andre Varejao.

On December 2012, 12, the Cavaliers played against the Los Angeles Lakers at home. As Chu Xiao continued to be suspended, the focus of this game was Irving vs. Kobe, and "Uncle Drew" vs. "Einstein".

The boy and his hero finally meet.

(End of this chapter)