I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 59 The Prodigal Son Turns Back
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Zen Master stood up from his seat while applauding, with a happy expression on his face, but he soon turned expressionless and looked at Xiao, "All the tests are over? What's the result?"

"Well, the results have come out." Xiao stepped forward and said, "The 11 items such as touching heights in situ, approaching heights, bench press, obstacle dribbling, and sprinting have all been tested. Based on all the data, these 5 people The data are relatively close, but the ups and downs are relatively large. Some people are good at running and jumping, and some people are good at moving at four points in the three-second zone. Among them, only Arenas is relatively balanced, and the data in all aspects fluctuates more Small, but the results can only be ranked third.”

"Third? It's ok!" Zen master seemed quite satisfied with the result. He said to Xiao, "Arenas stays. The others go back first. Everyone has worked hard."

"Okay." Xiao made a gesture of invitation, and led the other four people away from the scene.

Only Zen Master, Chu Xiao and Arenas were left in the arena.

"Arenas?" Zen Master sat back in his seat.

"Coach, I'm here." Arenas replied, stepping forward.

"As far as I know, you have earned more than 1.6 million US dollars in salary throughout your career. If you add tens of millions of endorsement fees, it will be even more impressive. It can be said that you are 30 years old, and you are honored. I also earn a lot of money, so I should have no motivation, so why come back to play?" Zen Master asked straight to the point.

"I want to prove myself again!" Arenas answered very briefly.

"Prove what? Will you change people's weird impression of you?" Zen master said slowly and nonchalantly, "Although you are a late-blooming basketball prodigy, you are also weird off the court. Not to mention, everyone knows, you also paid a suspension for this, which almost ruined your career."

"Now, let's talk about some things that people don't know. For example, the first thing, when you were still on the Wizards, you walked into the locker room after the game and saw your jersey was thrown into the bathtub. Knowing that Blatche did it, because Blatche’s own jersey was cut, he suspected you. You couldn’t bear the insult and just pooped in his sneakers in retaliation.”

"This..." Arenas wanted to explain but was forcibly interrupted by the Zen master.

"The second thing is that when Nick Young first entered the league, he didn't have too much money in his pocket, so he bought $1000 worth of sunglasses, but you split the sunglasses into two pieces in front of him, and left $2000 on the table to make him It was a joke."

"The third piece, when you were still in the Magic team, in order to follow the trend of lying on the street, you completed a very difficult piece of work with Howard the Warcraft. Below, you are floating and lying on top of him..."

"To be honest, you really deserve the title of "Balotelli" in the basketball world. You have done countless absurd things, which made you famous and at the same time deeply hurt the team." Zen master seems to be In order to deliberately provoke Arenas, he told Chu Xiao all the absurd things he had done in one breath, and finally did not forget to tease, "If I let you join the Lakers, I don't want the players to be suddenly killed after the game is over." You pointed a gun at it, even stepped on your foot while wearing your shoes, and you said, how can I believe you?"

While the Chan Master was counting, Chu Xiao couldn't stand beside him. While feeling ashamed for Arenas, he sweated for the Zen Master, worried that the irritable general would suddenly run away, and then took out a bag from his bosom. Bring a gun and kill them both.Because the master in front of him is a well-known master of pranks in the locker room. He is very emotional. He often explodes because of the angry words of his teammates, and he also gives up the game because of the referee's stupid judgment.

He is so rich now, and he is a person who is not afraid of anything, how can he endure the constant provocation and insult of Zen Master for a job to join the Lakers?
However, Chu Xiao's worries were unnecessary.

When the Zen master was constantly touching the bottom line of Arenas, he was also observing the other party's reaction with his eyes, but found that the master only blushed at the place where he defecated, and then he quickly adjusted his emotions and did it. Listen calmly, without anger or rebuttal.

"What is he thinking?" The Zen master was also a little puzzled, so he began to look forward to his explanation after a while.

In fact, Arenas is not unresponsive, but after going through too many things, he has learned to control his emotions, let himself be relieved, does not deny the stupid things he has done, and does not mind others mentioning them again. Through these, he hopes that he can It becomes less and less easy to get angry, thus changing people's perception of him.

To put it bluntly, it was the prodigal son who turned around and only wanted to change his mind.

Therefore, in the process of Zen Master's subsequent narration, he did not interrupt once, and listened patiently. He did not take a deep breath until the other party asked him to speak, and he did not speak until he was truly calm, "Yes, those absurd I did everything, and I am ashamed of it, so no matter what you say, I will not be angry, because I have to admit that I have done something wrong, so that I can have a chance to correct it.”

Having said that, Arenas swallowed his saliva to make sure his thoughts were clear before continuing to speak, "As you said, coach, I have made a lot of money in my career so far, and I still receive nearly 2000 million dollars a year. Salary, I was also selected to the All-Star team and the best team. I am not short of money or honor, but I lack the opportunity to do it all over again. I can prove to the world that I am not like that. start!"

At this point, Arenas' tone finally changed, and he even became a little excited, "You may not believe it, but my adolescence was spent in discrimination, especially in high school, everyone laughed at me for not being able to enter the NCAA , I changed my jersey number to 0, hoping to start training from 0, and then finally entered the NCAA through continuous efforts, which changed everyone’s views.”

"But at the NCAA, they began to laugh at me for not being able to enter the NBA. Even if I entered, I would not be able to gain a foothold in the league. I became a star and became a superstar who can compete with Kobe. At this time, everyone can finally shut up and stop questioning my ability, but I fell from the peak to the bottom because of the gun and returned to the original point 0 again.

Of course, everyone started laughing at me for squandering my talents and returning to 0, saying that this is like a fate that cannot be escaped or broken. However, I don’t believe in evil or fate, so I am willing to break people’s doubts again from 0! "

"At the same time, I also reflected on what I have done. It has indeed caused harm to many people. The way to make up for it is to reintegrate into the team, integrate into the collective, and let people know me again. Just like Kobe said to me , to use my smart basketball mind to continue to shine in the NBA, instead of wasting time on social media like an idiot, I followed his advice, so I came to the lakers to try out and was very eager to get the opportunity to stay. I’m sure to impress everyone.”

Arenas said a lot, and every sentence was sincere, so that people could hear his sincerity just by speaking.

The Zen master was silent for a while, finally convinced that this was from his heart, and convinced that he was willing to change, so he simply said, "Well, we believe that you can be different, so we would like to give you this chance, so stay. Well, I hope you can take good care of it.”

"Thank you! Thank you!" Arenas was ecstatic.

Chu Xiao, who was standing by the side all the time, had no chance to speak until now, so he hurriedly reminded, "Coach, we already have 15 people, can't we only strengthen through trading? Wouldn't it be beyond the rules if we signed him?" Number of people?"

"By the way, you weren't here last night, so I didn't know that we waived Andrew Goodlock after the game. The team still has a veteran's minimum salary exception, and there is one spot left on the roster, and the No. 0 jersey just happened to be empty. If it comes out, then give it to Arenas and let him start from 0.” The Zen master explained leisurely, as if everything was in his preset, and it seemed so logical.

He didn't forget to add, "Goodlock's athletic ability is not bad, but his shooting ability is not good, and he lacks independent offensive methods. Although Arenas' athletic ability has declined, but his prodigal attitude and precise accidental three-pointers, It’s a great addition to us.”

"Coach, can I play tonight? I'm ready." Arenas interrupted suddenly, his eyes revealing an eager look.

"No hurry, sign the contract first." An unfathomable smile appeared on Zen Master's face, "You have to accept that you will be a substitute, and you may not even be guaranteed playing time."

"I can accept it."

"Don't be in a hurry to express your opinion, the content of the contract is more stringent, you should read it first before talking about it."

At this moment, Xiao came back from the outside, Zen Master smiled and said, "It's just in time for him to come back. He is now not only the assistant coach of the team, but also the assistant to the general manager, so he handles all the contract matters. Go and match them."

"Ah... ah..." Zen master stood up and stretched his waist, "while there is still time, I have to meet with old friends for a while, contact and strengthen the next time, this time I really want to trade gone."

"Coach, what about me?" Chu Xiao asked hastily.

"You haven't left yet, so you can do whatever you want." Zen master left the training hall without saying a word, Xiao took Arenas to the office, Chu Xiao looked left and right, had to go to the sidelines to pick up The phone that had been charged for a while made a call. The first number it dialed was Tracy's, and then Kobe was called to report that he was safe.

(End of this chapter)