I'm king in the basket

Chapter 578 Closing
When Li Xing woke up, Jean Nuo had already left the Lincoln apartment.

Without leaving a single word, he left quietly.

Li Xing didn't ask, nor did he inquire about his news.

On this day, Li Xing appeared in front of the public and held a press conference to wrap up Colangelo's "trumpet incident".

"Larch, do you and Brian have conflicts?"

"No, I don't know why he did it, but we've gotten along pretty well over the years."

"Has this matter affected you?"

"No."

"What do you want to say to him?"

Li Xing turned his eyes to other places, and said slowly: "Whether he made those remarks on the Internet or not, I understand that everyone is under pressure, and everyone needs an excuse to vent."

Li Xing successfully turned himself into a white lotus.

This tone, these words, are like a victor celebrating his victory.

Only real insiders can see it, and other fans will only find him magnanimous.

Li Xing's demeanor is relaxed and stress-free.

This press conference ended in the most perfect way, and it also successfully concluded the trumpet incident.

A few days later, the Raptors announced: "Due to certain inappropriate actions by Brian Colangelo, the team has fired him."

From beginning to end, Colangelo didn't come out and say a word.

The media wanted to interview him, but he refused.

A well-known general manager in the NBA ended his management career just like that.

Before the start of summer league, the Raptors successfully recruited a rookie general manager with no management experience.

His name is Bernie Linton, a top student at Stanford University, smart and witty, and most importantly, he accepts his fate at the mercy of others.

It is not appropriate to say that it is at the mercy of others.

Li Xing was just "giving advice" from the beginning to the end. Although it was a suggestion that could not be rejected, it was just a suggestion.

"The Raptors are the best sports club in the world, and I'm excited for my future work!" Linton said.

Afterwards, Linton invited Li Xing to his home for dinner.

The two had known each other long before Linton became the general manager.

Linton is the general manager appointed by Li Xing. He is very talented, but he has no backbone and no pursuit.

Since he wants to get involved in the management field of professional clubs, he needs a resume.

It seems that some fringe people in the NBA want to come to the Raptors to get a championship resume. As long as a rookie like Linton works in Toronto for a few years, his resume will be very good, and he will not worry about finding a home.

Therefore, he accepted Li Xing's condition and became a wooden man.

At the same time, he is equivalent to Li Xing's decision-making assistant.

When Li Xing has any suggestions, he will ask questions.

Li Xing likes him, such a person is more than ten times better than Colangelo, he is not an idiot.If there is a problem with his proposal, Lin Dun can point it out to him on the spot.

This also avoids mistakes as much as possible.

"Bonny, congratulations on your appointment." Li Xing raised his glass to him.

Lin Dun smiled and poured himself a glass of tequila: "I think we will have a good cooperation."

"That's natural." Li Xing clinked a glass with him, "To our great future."

On this night, Li Xing told Lin Dun of his future plans.

Linton's eyes twitched when he heard that he was going to shift his focus to golf.

He naturally knew the importance of Li Xing to the team, and his enthusiasm alone surpassed the sum of the rest of the team.

The Raptors wouldn't be the Raptors if they didn't have Lucky Lee.

"Relax, I'm not going to go, I mean, I'm going to play as an amateur, but I'm going to play it like a pro."

"Because there are many games in golf, during the regular season, I may miss one-third of the games." Li Xing said.

Linton understood what he meant.

"I don't understand why you should be distracted to other fields when you have a thriving career in the NBA?" Linton asked.

Li Xing said with a smile: "It is true that it is thriving, but I am already tired. There are no challenges in the NBA. I have to find some new fun."

"I know what you mean, I just think it's a pity."

"There is nothing to regret. I am still in the Raptors. I still lead the team to the championship, but I don't play full time like I used to."

Li Xing said it very easily, and seemed to be very optimistic about the team.

He'll miss a third of the regular season, and everyone else will have to go all out to fill his void.

It also happens to let the outside world see what kind of team the Raptors are without Lakey Lee.

"The team will fully support you." Linton said.

"Thank you."

Li Xing knew that the team would support him, so all the preparations had been completed, and it was time to meet Tiger Woods.

A few days later, summer league was on schedule.

The main core of the Raptors is Middleton and Button, plus Gobert inside, the three are the absolute main force.

Gobert can only be used defensively at present, but his power at the basket has already begun to emerge in summer league.

Instead, he was Middleton and Button.

Having gone through the test of the playoffs, it can be said that playing this group of rookies is handy.

Middleton became the scoring leader in the summer league, but the final champion was Jordan's Bobcats.

Except for the strange man who did not participate in the competition, Lillard is the most powerful second-year player, and his breakthrough is unstoppable.

Coupled with the fact that the Bobcats have a bunch of high-ranked rookies, it's going smoothly.

In the summer league finals, the Bobcats met the Raptors.

Middleton, who played steadily, felt cold in the finals and failed to make shots repeatedly. Button supported the team's offense, but the outside line was completely overwhelmed by his opponents.

In the third quarter, Gobert was ejected for [-] fouls and was the turning point of the game.

Originally, the offensive firepower could not be continued, and the pillar of the defensive end was taken down, and the situation was reversed in an instant.

With the last wave, the Bobcats beat the Raptors strongly and stabilized the Las Vegas Summer League championship.

Lillard was named Summer League MVP and Finals MVP.

Middleton is very disappointed. If he can play normally tonight, maybe the result will be different.

Although it's only the summer league, he still wants to win the championship.

The Raptors are champions, even if they are not as talented as their opponents.

Button came to his side to comfort him: "Chris, wait until the regular season to clean them up."

"I don't want to use Larch's hand to defeat them." Middleton himself competed with himself.

Gobert simply looks at them.

He is just a rookie and doesn't understand what Middleton and Button are thinking.

What he cares most about is: "What are we having for dinner tonight?"

Maybe he was unintentional, but this sentence effectively eased the atmosphere.

"Heh, do you just want to eat? Didn't you see Chris so sad?" Barton smiled.

Gobert said: "I think this game is for us to practice. We played well, but the referee tonight is too aimed at us."

"It makes sense. If you are not blown down, there are still a dozen." Barton nodded.

"Actually, I don't think the coaching staff wants to win," Gobert said.

Hearing this, Middleton looked at him: "Why?"

"If they wanted to win, they would have taken me off before my wave of fouls in the third quarter, but they still kept me on the court, and they didn't care about the end result."

Gobert asked: "They don't care, why should we care?"

Gobert is undoubtedly the comfort master of the new generation.

What he said made me feel a lot better.

Middleton said: "That's right, let's go eat."

The three of them are the only three people on the Raptors summer league team with official contracts.

Everyone else is working hard for the contract, they don't need to.

Therefore, the three of them are small groups.

Same in and out.

Li Xing, who is far away in Toronto, does not pay attention to the summer league. In a few days, I will go to Charlotte to meet Jordan.

At that time, Jordan will introduce Woods to him.

Dai Linsi will travel with him.

"Are you really not working?"

Dai Linsi has not received any announcements for nearly eight months.

Even if other companies did not give a good script, the company under Li Xing's name was contacting him frequently, but she did not agree.

"If you don't work, the most important thing is to be happy!"

Dai Linsi is choosing clothes.

Even Ingrid and the others went out to find part-time jobs because they were bored, and this woman knew how to play.

Li Xing had nothing to do with her, so he had to take her with him.

You can't leave her alone at home, can you?
"Larch, this is the second time you've been to Charlotte this month. What's the matter?" Dai Linsi looked for clothes with one hand, and kept talking.

Li Xing lay on the bed and said, "Michael Jordan wants to introduce Tiger Woods to me."

"tiger?"

"That tiger with so many scandals to explode?" Dai Linsi looked back.

"Yes, he has as many scandals as me." Li Xing said.

Dai Linsi denied: "No! You are different from Tiger, you were framed by reporters!"

"Then why couldn't he be framed by a reporter?" Li Xing asked back.

Dai Linsi couldn't tell, but the two of them were different. She firmly opposed Li Xing's associating herself with people like Woods.

"Why do you want to know that scum?" Dai Linsi suddenly stopped looking for clothes, and asked while lying beside Li Xing.

"Of course something happened."

"But you play basketball, and he plays golf, and he's already retired. What do you want him to do?"

"Of course it's about golf."

"Golf?"

Dai Linsi was taken aback: "Why?"

"I want to play golf." Li Xing said.

Dai Linsi is the second person who knows about this besides Theron.

But she obviously didn't react.

If it's just for playing golf, you shouldn't need someone like Woods.

If there is a bigger conspiracy, what should the NBA do?
Dai Linsi thought the same as everyone else, Li Xing was too successful in the basketball field, and now he wants to transform?
Li Xing will not explain further, and all doubts will disappear when he dominates amateur competitions.

(End of this chapter)