pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 372
The Miami Heat added another "honor" to the city by winning the Summer League title.

Of course, the gold content of the summer league cannot be compared with the official NBA game honors, but for these bench players with limited playing games, this has proved their strength.

Mu Chenfeng was the biggest surprise for the Heat in the summer league. He averaged 28 points per game and won him the MVP of the summer league. He showed strong dominance and offensive talent in the game. The rest of the Heat watched the finals. Mu Chenfeng's performance can only be described as "magical".

It's hard to tell from his performance that he is a freshman in the NBA.

Back in the team, Mu Chenfeng received more attention, but the summer league championship and MVP is not Mu Chenfeng's goal, his goal is the NBA championship.

When a player receives his first "championship" honor and "MVP" honor since he entered the NBA, it will inevitably make people feel a little swollen. Mu Chenfeng is no exception. He believes that the summer league champion and MVP should occupy a starting spot in the team. However, when he returns to the team, the team put him on the bench instead.

"Substitute?" When Mu Chenfeng learned of his status in the team, he questioned the head coach's arrangement.

"Is there a problem?" The head coach of the Heat lowered his head, thinking about tactics, and replied softly.

"Of course there is a problem." Mu Chenfeng's attitude was very tough, "Why not start?"

"Because you don't deserve it." The other party's response was very cold, and even used extremely harsh words to describe Mu Chenfeng, which made Mu Chenfeng very angry.

"Then tell me, what is matching?" Mu Chenfeng said angrily.

The head coach raised his head, looked at the players who were undergoing confrontation training on the court, and said softly, "Beat the one in blue, beat any one of them, and you can replace him."

During the intra-team match, in order to distinguish the teams, the two teams will wear different colored training uniforms for training, and the five players wearing blue training uniforms are all the official starting players of the Heat team. Ranked according to their strength, they are the five strongest players in the Heat team.

The starting players are:
Point guard: Olaf
Shooting Guard: Wade

Small Forward: Barrett

Power Forward: Garcio

Center: Standmeier
These five players have a very important role for the Heat. Except for the newly transferred Barrett, the other four are important members of the Heat to win the championship. They have strong personal abilities and rich game experience. How can Mu Chenfeng, a rookie, be compared?

"Just defeat one of them, right?" Mu Chenfeng confirmed.

The other party nodded, "Of course, I keep my word."

"Okay, you will regret it when the time comes." Mu Chenfeng agreed to this request, and the position in the team was originally snatched.

The coach called all the players together and announced that Mu Chenfeng would challenge the starters.

The five starting players looked at each other with incredulous expressions. After all, Mu Chenfeng was just a rookie who had just entered the NBA. Who gave him the courage to challenge himself?

"Mu Chenfeng can choose players at will to challenge, and if he is chosen, he can't refuse." The head coach announced the "challenge" rules. Mu Chenfeng can choose his opponent from no one at will. This is a considerable "benefit", but even so, his teammates are not optimistic about Mu Chenfeng.

The five people on the opposite side supported the whole of Miami, so it's just a challenge.

"Tell me, who do you want to challenge?"

Mu Chenfeng thought for a while, then slowly raised his finger, "Barrett!!!" What a shocking decision, Mu Chenfeng did not choose the weaker Olaf or Garcio, but challenged the strongest Barrett in the team.

"Me?" Barrett pointed at himself suspiciously, feeling like he was dreaming. This was the first time in his career that he was named "provocative".

"Yeah." Mu Chenfeng nodded slightly, "We didn't have a good fight last time, so we'll have a good fight today."

The last time the two played against each other was three years ago. At that time, Mu Chenfeng and his teammates completed a reasonable dunk on Barrett's head. That goal is still fresh in Barrett's memory.

Three years later, Mu Chenfeng has grown into a true NBA player, and Barrett has also become one of the top superstars in the league.

However, there is a career gap of nearly 8 years between the two. A veteran against a rookie, if he wins, he will be said to bully the rookie, and if he loses, he will be ridiculed that even the rookie can't beat him, so this gap makes Barrett a little embarrassed.

"I hope you will go all out." Mu Chenfeng said lightly.

Barrett froze for a moment, and only responded with one word, "Okay."

In the end, the heads-up result of the two was 11:0. Those who didn’t know it thought it was the score of the table tennis match, but it was indeed the result of the match between Barrett and Mu Chenfeng. Barrett scored 11 points, and Mu Chenfeng was awarded "0".

After the one-on-one match, Mu Chenfeng put his hands on his knees and panted heavily. Although the match was a disastrous one, he did try his best. In contrast to him, Barrett, after the same one-on-one match, Barrett's body only slightly warmed up, and only a little sweat came out of his body.

"Isn't it a bit too much for you to do this?" Wade immediately stepped forward and said to Barrett in a low voice. Being shaved is a very disgraceful thing, and some people with weak mentality will even affect his subsequent career.

"He made me go all out." Barrett was also very helpless, after all, this was Mu Chenfeng's request, and he just played a game according to Mu Chenfeng's idea.

Who knew that Mu Chenfeng didn't even score a single goal, but his score was getting higher and higher instead.

"Is he alright?" The teammates asked worriedly considering Mu Chenfeng's "depressed" state.

"Don't worry." Barrett felt through the fight with Mu Chenfeng that he is an extremely powerful player inside, and it is difficult for ordinary blows to shake his confidence.

After a few seconds of delay, Mu Chenfeng returned to his previous state, and he also made his second choice: Wade.

"It really is me." In fact, Wade off the court had long thought that Mu Chenfeng would choose him, and he was also prepared in advance to play at any time.

Wade did not play as ruthlessly and violently as Barrett. Although he also slightly let some water in the game, the score was finally fixed at 11:7. Compared with the fight against Barrett, this score is completely acceptable.

Mu Chenfeng suffered a two-game losing streak for "challenging the starting position".

"Welcome to the NBA, rookie."

(End of this chapter)