ace marshal

Chapter 97 Maggette's Desire to Fight

Corey Maggette was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 1999th pick in the first round of the 13 NBA Draft.

Last season, that is, the 2005-06 season, Maggette played only 32 games for the Los Angeles Clippers due to injury, averaging 17.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. His physical fitness and top-level strength confrontation also stabilized the position of the team's starting small forward.

This season, Maggette's state is still very good. Although the average score per game has declined slightly, the team's performance has improved. Moreover, the regular season is only one-third of the way, and Maggette still has many opportunities to perform.

However, in a game on Christmas Eve before, Maggette accidentally stepped on another player's foot when he landed on a layup and severely sprained his left ankle.

This injury also caused Maggette to miss nearly two weeks of games. Now the Clippers are about to return in seven consecutive away games, and Maggette, who has been recuperating in Los Angeles during this period, is about to return from injury.

But at this juncture, while going to the rehabilitation center where Dawei works for rehabilitation, Maggette and Lan Shengli, who came to "visit" specially, "quarreled"

Lan Shengli unceremoniously stated Maggette's technical flaws, which made the latter look a little angry.

"Dawei, it's like this. I feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach today. I just felt a sharp pain again. I'm feeling weak now. I'll let go of the upper body strength training today. I'll come back when my stomach feels better tomorrow, okay~ !!"

Maybe I was thinking about what Lan Shengli said before: You have been covering up your weaknesses, but spend a lot of time every day to improve your physical fitness and strength, which is already at the top of the league~~ So this has always restrained you Yet another reason.

Jean Maggette also abruptly canceled strength training soon after.

Although Maggette did not verbally agree with Lan Shengli's words, these words of Lan Shengli made Maggette restless, and he was not in the mood to do any more strength training~~
"It's strange to say that Maggette was originally a training maniac, especially when it comes to strength training, which is almost insane. That's why he has such a terrifying figure, but today he suddenly said that he had diarrhea and stopped training. It was fine before~~"

Back home at night, Dawei sighed while eating.

"Maggette~!? That muscular guy Maggette from the Clippers~!?"

As a fan, Byron was instantly excited when he heard this.

"Yes, that's him~~"

Dawei confirmed.

"You told me earlier, if I knew he was with you, I would definitely ask for an autograph. This winter vacation has already started for a while, and the set meals are starting to be hard to sell. Anyway, I am idle~~ Can you take a photo with me? The best~!!"

Byron explained.

"Hi~~, okay, next time I wait for him to come, I'll get one for you and we'll be done~~"

Dawei said indifferently.

Maybe after dealing with those stars for a long time, I don’t feel like chasing stars~~
"Is there any UCLA player here~!? To be honest, I am a diehard UCLA fan. If I can get the signature of UCLA players, especially Russell Westbrook, it would be perfect~! !"

As Byron spoke, he fantasized about holding Russell Westbrook's signature and sighed.

"Unfortunately, the student army has never been here, maybe in the future, but not yet~~"

After Dawei said this, Byron's expression darkened immediately.

"By the way, Seungri, you hurried away during the day, why did you go~!?"

Dawei turned his head and asked about Lan Shengli who had been eating without interrupting.

"Do you want me to tell the truth~!?"

Lan Shengli put down the bowl and chopsticks, and said in a closed voice.

"Oh, just tell the truth, don't mess with it~!!"

Dawei said anxiously.

"I went out and checked the Los Angeles Clippers schedule~~"

Lan Shengli replied concisely.

"Los Angeles Clippers schedule~!?"

Dawei and Byron said in unison at this time.

"Yeah, why are you so surprised~!?"

Lan Shengli looked at the two with some doubts.

"You kid bought a lottery ticket again~!?"

Dawei asked angrily.

"Yeah, don't tell me when you buy a lottery ticket, let me buy a stock~~"

Byron said half-jokingly.

"How come, what lottery to buy~~, I chatted with Maggette for a while during the day, and it was considered to be an idea for him, so I checked the game schedule and waited to see Maggette's performance when the time came. How the hell~!? "

Lan Shengli explained.

"Ah~!! I said why Maggette was unhappy for a while, so it was you~!!, what did you tell him~!? Let me tell you, he is my big client, if you drive him away , you accompany me to lose ~!!"

Dawei said suddenly.

"It depends on his performance in the next game. I can't help this~~"

Lan Shengli said in a leisurely tone.

"Hey~~ I'm really envious of you, Bruce, who actually started discussing with NBA players. Maybe, if your advice to Maggette works, you will have a chance to step into the NBA circle~!!"

As Byron talked, he seemed to understand that this was a good thing, and he became ecstatic.

"Not necessarily, I think that guy is good enough to listen to my advice~~"

Lan Shengli had no confidence.

"Coach, I'm fine. My ankle injury has healed, and the team doctor's permission to play has been approved. I can return to the first game at home~!!"

Here, not long after the Clippers returned to Los Angeles, Maggette found the team's head coach, coach Mike Dunleavy, and appealed in a very urgent state.

"Okay, the team is too tired from consecutive away games, rest today, and when you practice together tomorrow, you can participate in a five-on-five confrontation training, and then we can talk about the situation~~"

The old coach Dunleavy looked tired, untied his tie, and simply agreed.

After all, for seven consecutive away games, it took nearly half a month to go back and forth on the plane, the hotel and the stadium, which was physically and psychologically exhausting.

Especially the team's seven consecutive away results this time are not satisfactory, only achieved 2 wins and 5 losses, so of course the coach Dunleavy is "not interested" in caring about the players' injuries.

At least take a good rest before returning to work.

"The Clippers have now lost three games in a row, and they urgently need to stop the losing streak when they return to the home court, so under such circumstances, Maggette will definitely come back, just tonight, that's right~!!"

During the daytime on the first game day when the Clippers returned to their home court, Lan Shengli had already entered the "magic mode", let's analyze it.

However, the technical content of this analysis is not very high, after all, Lan Shengli is well aware of the situation.

(End of this chapter)