basketball dreams

Chapter 113 Undercurrent
That night, Yunchen tossed and turned in bed unable to fall asleep.What Owen said to him kept echoing in his mind like a movie replay, making him unable to stop his thoughts.

What the Cavaliers lack now is a second offensive end point other than Love. If Irving can really come back, then for them, they may be able to regain the No. [-] throne in the Eastern Conference.

After all, if Irving leaves, the Celtics' short-term strength will definitely be greatly weakened. Last season was the best example. The Celtics with Irving won consecutive games, while the Cavaliers without Irving fell to the Eastern Conference. second.

This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone. It not only weakens the Celtics, a potential opponent, but also strengthens its own strength.

But... Yun Chen was still hesitant.

Because he understands Owen as a player, and he is a top player with strong personal ability, but his style of play...

It can be said that it is not at all compatible with the current Cavaliers.

The Celtics are a system team, running on Stevens' personal system, and the Cavaliers are similar. They are a team that fights with the Yunchen system (so called for now), and it is also not suitable for Irving. That style of play.

His style of play is indeed too unique. If he does not make changes, he will be eliminated soon in the current era where the system achieves record.

"Oh, it's a struggle!" Yun Chen pressed the pillow on his head, and he felt that his headache started again.

Silent all night.

The next morning, Yun Chen didn't wake up early, because they had trained yesterday, so they didn't have any arrangements for today, they just need to arrive at the home arena before [-] pm.

After washing up, Yunchen habitually dialed Lu Qingyan's number. Since Lu Qingyan came back, Yunchen would call her every morning after getting up. This has become a habit of his.

"Hello—" Lu Qingyan's lazy voice came from the other end of the phone. She was on vacation this morning, so she didn't get up early.

"Oh, why hasn't the industrious girl Lu woke up today?" Hearing her voice, Yun Chen immediately had a smile on his face.

"Oops—Student Li, you disturbed my sleep!" Maybe because of getting up, Lu Qingyan's tone was a bit bad.

But Yun Chen wasn't afraid of her at all, and said directly: "Okay, girl, I have time at noon, I'll come and find you for dinner."

"Is this the compensation for the meal I didn't eat yesterday?" Lu Qingyan giggled.

"Well... if you think so, it's okay, do you have time?"

"Well...then you wait for me to get up and wash up, and then put on makeup, then I'll call you."

Yun Chen looked up at the wall clock on the wall, it was now 9:[-] in the morning.

"Okay, then I'll leave home at 11:30." He said subconsciously.

"You...what do you mean!" Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, Lu Qingyan on the other end of the phone immediately exploded.

"Um..." Yun Chen was embarrassed immediately, only to realize that there was a gap of two hours between 9:11 and 30:[-].

But he can't be blamed for this. Every time Lu Qingyan washes up and puts on makeup, it takes at least two hours. He arrived at her place early a few times before, but each time he waited for a long time.

"Tell me, do you think I'm slow!" Lu Qingyan seemed to be really angry, and her voice became louder.

"Uh...no no, how dare I, I just, uh... have something to do, yes, I'm going to be busy until 11:30." He quickly made an excuse for himself.

"Hmph... If you're smart, then I'll see you downstairs at 11:30!" Lu Qingyan snorted twice, then hung up the phone with a bang, leaving only Yun Chen on the other side holding the phone in a daze.

"Hehe..." But instead of being angry, he was very happy.

"The sun is so nice today." Pulling back the curtains, he looked up at the sky. Today's weather is fine, the sky is clear, and it's a good day to go out for a walk.

The winter in Cleveland is not considered warm, and it is rare to see such good weather, so Yunchen's mood also improved.

"Ding..." But just as he was breathing the fresh air and feeling the warm winter sun, his cell phone rang again.

"Huh? Who is this?" Turning on the phone, another unknown number came into view.

"Why are so many people calling me recently?" Yun Chen was speechless.

"Hello, who is it?" He connected the phone and at the same time pulled up the curtains that were hung next to him.

"Oh, hello Li." A slightly magnetic male voice came from the other end of the phone. It was the same as Owen's voice yesterday, and made Yunchen feel a little strange.

"Hello, are you..." Because he didn't know his identity, he used honorifics. Just from the sound, he felt that the other party should be older than himself.

"Hi, I'm Brad Stevens," said the voice.

"Who?" Yun Chen thought he had heard wrong.

"Uh...I'm Brad Stevens, the head coach of the Celtics, Lee, do you know me?"

Yun Chen: "..."

Ten minutes later, Yunchen picked up the phone again and dialed Lu Qingyan's number.

"Hey, what's the matter, Yunchen, I just washed up and haven't put on makeup yet, so you won't be in a hurry, are you?" Lu Qingyan's voice came over again, still so sweet.

However, the current Yun Chen seemed a little hesitant and hesitant: "Um...well, can I discuss something with you..."

"What's the matter, you said."

"Well... can this meal... be eaten later..."

……

At first, Yunchen might feel that Owen's matter was just his own thoughts and guesses, after all, no one knew whether Stevens would give up on him.

But now, Yunchen was basically sure that Stevens just wanted to give up Irving and find someone who could be the team's first attack point.

And the reason he called Yun Chen today was to talk to him alone.

The meeting place of the two was in a small restaurant that was not very conspicuous, and Stevens didn't want to draw too much attention.

After all, the head coach of another team went to meet with the players of another team alone. If the news got out, they would easily become the target of public opinion.

"Li, that's my proposal. I've actually gone to Altman, but he's not very interested in trading you. I can only facilitate this deal through you." The two have met for a while Well, Stevens didn't seem to want to waste time, and directly explained his intention.

His idea is very simple, use the cards in his hand, Irving or Horford, to trade with the Cavaliers to get Li Yunchen and other players and draft picks.

"Mr. Stevens, the Celtics are already No. [-] in the Eastern Conference. Do you still need to make such a big move?" Yun Chen didn't understand. No matter how bad Irving was, he was now their star player. But Stevens didn't seem to value him at all.

"Li, is it useful to be No. [-] in the East? What I want is a championship, and Irving can't help me win the championship." Stevens shook his head.

He looks very young, not at all like a man in his 40s, but he is unusually sophisticated and decisive.

"Then you think I can do it? He is a top point guard with an average of 25 points per game, and I am just a rookie small forward." Yun Chen smiled, he did not agree with the other party's answer.

"For now, you really can't help us win the championship, and my goal is not this season, or even the next season, but a certain period of time in the future, do you understand?"

(End of this chapter)