I stole James

Chapter 7 Retirement

In the end, James played 13 minutes in his first summer league game, contributing only 1 assist, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers.

Such performance is obviously not satisfactory.

However, because the overall strength of the Cavaliers is stronger, under the leadership of Boozer, Miles and Wagner, the Cavaliers beat the Magic 107 to 80.

James' performance in the first game has attracted a lot of doubts. Is he really qualified to be the No. [-] pick?Does it really have such strength?Did the Cavaliers get the wrong guy?

Fans, media reporters, and expert commentators are all talking about it.

And within Nike, there is also a fierce debate. The cooperation agreement they reached verbally with James before, giving a rookie endorsement cooperation contract with the highest value in NBA history, is it worth it? Will it be too risky? ?Can James really rule the NBA for a long time in the future as they have judged before?If not, then the contract they gave is really a waste of time, and their old opponent Adi will laugh at them stupidly. Adi just released him to Nike because he felt that James was not worth the high price. James I played in Adidas sneakers before.

All parties are discussing, and all parties feel that James is likely to be overestimated, and many people even think that James is a complete parallel importer.

There are also some people with ulterior motives who edited James' first performance in the summer league into a video collection, directly titled "The Wonderful Performance of the Parallel Imported Champion James in the Summer League", and put it on the Internet for people to watch. On the Internet, there are countless people reprinting and downloading.

However, this is just one game. A sluggish performance in one game is not enough to explain too many problems. Some people are more calm and want to watch a few more games before making a conclusion.

But James didn't let them go as they wished. After a hard fight, there were already overwhelming doubts. He continued to fight, and if he continued to fight, the 9000 million US dollars that was sure to be cooked flew away, and he hadn't eaten yet. .

So after James finished the first game, he went crazy. After the game, he announced to the media reporters that he would withdraw from the Orlando Summer League. He said that the NBA field is longer than the field he played in high school, and the confrontation on the court is also more intense. He still needs some time to adapt, so he will no longer continue to participate in the remaining summer league games, but to conduct special training, which will allow him to better adapt to NBA games and give him a Better state appeared in the preseason and regular season.

The reason why Chu Fan did this was because he found that there were not many first-round picks participating in the entire summer league, and they were all marginal players, so he made a decisive decision and directly announced his retirement.

As for the first game, the NBA put in a lot of effort to do enough publicity. If he is not good at retiring and has to give the league face, then he has already shown his face and played the first game. Worse.

It's just that his announcement made people think that he retired from the game because he had no strength and was timid and guilty. It also made some people who were not optimistic about him firmly believe that he was a parallel importer, and some fans even shouted Say that James is a coward, a coward and other insults.

But Chu Fan really doesn’t care about these things. What he needs most now is time. As long as he has enough time, he will be able to improve. When his strength improves, he can go back and slap those who jumped the most today. Slap in the face.

When he faced these insults and doubts, he was not very angry, let’s scold, anyway, it’s not him who scolded, but James, he is Chu Fan, as long as he thinks about it, he feels that these are nothing , he seems to be wearing a mask, and this mask is James' appearance.

So those heroes and thieves, when they want to do something, they have to cover their faces, change their appearance, and change their appearance on the surface. When facing things and pressure, they can indeed calm down a lot.

For James' sudden decision, Paul Silas was so stunned that he retired without discussing with him?He was dragged by the boss to coach the summer league, just to cultivate a tacit understanding with James earlier, but the other party left him and ran away after a word.

If Chu Fan knew what he was thinking in his heart, he would definitely tell Silas that this retirement is really just a small decision, and if there is a decision in the future, it will scare you to death, but at that time, it is still not you. Russ is hard to say as the head coach of the Cavaliers.

Anyway, Paul Silas is really upset in his heart, but he can't bear it anymore. Who is James now a big name? Coaches are actually aware that big-name players are generally not easy to coach. If the stars can't make a good relationship, it is very likely that the coach packed up and left. The head coach of an NBA team is really a high-risk industry, not a stable long-term job.

In addition to enduring the unhappiness in his heart, Silas had to tell the media with a smile that he very much supports James' decision, and he also believes that James has no need to play in the summer league.

After James retired, Boozer, Miles, and Wagner of the Cavaliers followed suit and also retired. Previously, the team executives emphasized that they should come and accompany the game. There is no need to continue to stay in the summer league. They also want to retire happily. There is still a long time before the preseason and regular season, and the preseason will not start until October.

What's more, after they played a game with James, they all thought that James didn't have the strength to be the protagonist and wanted them to be a foil, and they were all blown up by the media.

When they were interviewed by the media, they didn't mean to regard James as the team leader at all.

Darius Miles commented on James to the media in this way: I don't think we can rely on a high school student to make the team undergo earth-shaking changes.After James comes, he can join our team and rely on us to create some big scenes. "

Boozer said a little more euphemistically: "James's potential is unlimited, maybe the sky is his limit. But now we have better players in James' position. We should let better players in the regular season." Only when we get the chance to play can we play well.”

Wagner said more bluntly, "It is very likely that we made a wrong decision in this year's draft and failed to select the right person to help our team. So in the new season, we can only rely on us The veterans in the team, work hard to improve the team's record and strive to enter the playoffs."

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