Legend of Tomorrow

Hassan Whiteside was dancing happily at home. The whole family was also happy for him. His mother, Debbie, cried excitedly.

Being a first-round pick, even if it's just the last one, means that he can get a four-year contract when he signs with the team, has time to prove himself, and can make a lot of money even if he is waived.

It was a huge sum of money for his family and they all felt they had earned it.

Hassan was raised by his mother Debbie. Like many black families, his father left early and abandoned his wife and children. If in China, the men would be Charlotte and the women would be Ma Dongmei. When he was a child Debbie worked four jobs to raise six children.

Hassan only played in the NCAA for one year before eagerly participating in the draft, hoping to improve his family's life. He achieved a triple-double in blocks three times and blocked 182 shots throughout the year, surpassing Sean Bradley to become the freshman with the most blocked shots in the history of the United States.

He averaged 13.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.35 blocks per game, but his draft stock has been underestimated because he went to school too late and is already 21 years old this year. Coupled with his rough skills, scouts only listed him as a first-round pick.

He also did a strange thing in the rookie training camp. When the Heat came to inspect the rookie, he seemed to have lost confidence. He turned away from the training hall with a grimace and said nothing, leaving the Heat scouts stunned.

After this incident, he was labeled as having a mental problem. If the Suns did not select him, he would definitely fall to the second round.

Guo Xu has a good impression of Hassan. Although it was said in the early stage that he has ADHD and low EQ and IQ, as long as he is properly trained, he will have a bright future. It is worth selecting such a potential newcomer among the 30 players.

If they don't select him, will the Suns select Lance Stevenson in the first round? Both of them are pretty stupid, so it’s right to choose the bigger one.

In Guo Xu's previous life, this guy did something incredible after joining the Kings, which caused the Kings management to have a freezing point in their view of him, and even labeled him as immature and low IQ.

It is said that after he signed a contract with an annual salary of 400,000 yuan, he drove a Mercedes-Benz sports car worth more than 500,000 yuan to training that day. Everyone on the team showed expressions of disbelief. Later, he also fought in the Development League, and soon couldn't survive in the Kings.

Fortunately, Hassan wisely chose to go to China to undergo socialist transformation and became a pioneer of socialist basketball. He couldn't play in the CBA, but he averaged 26 points, 17 rebounds and 5 blocks per game for the Sichuan Blue Whales of the NBL. He won the championship and MVP with a perfect record in the playoffs. Later, he led the Jiangsu Tongxi team to score Passed the finals.

Hassan returned to the NBA in 2015 and played two stunning seasons with the Heat.

He became the first person in the history of the NBA to directly change from a minimum salary to a maximum salary.

Interestingly, when he was transferred to the Development League by the Kings, Hassan was teammates with Jeremy Lin for a period of time on the Reno Bighorns, and both of them later rose up like cheaters.

Jeremy Lin became even more excited when he heard his name and jumped up from the sofa.

He was watching TV at home. By the second half of the second round of the draft, he was already desperate and guessed that he would definitely lose the draft. NBA scouts have this kind of virtue. Guo Xu, who is a mixed-race Chinese, almost failed to be selected. Scouts don't care about body statistics or college statistics, they first look at whether he is black and hard.

Being selected does not mean everything will be fine. Jeremy Lin is going to work hard on shooting in the summer and go to the summer league to prove himself. Many low-ranking second-round picks don't get contracts and have to fight for their minimum salary.

Moreover, after Jeremy Lin joined the Suns, he could only be a substitute or even a marginal player. He had to compete fiercely with Dragic. Both of them are heavy guards with a height of 191cm.

His opportunity is that once he stays, he can ask Guo Xu for advice during training and learn some techniques and experience.

Now all the point guard players in the world, whether small defenders or heavy defenders, imitate Guo Xu's style of play, practice three-pointers, and practice breakthroughs, and regard him as a role model.

Guo Xu doesn't know how to open a basketball training class to teach people how to play. The only way to get his guidance is to join the Suns.

Jeremy Lin quickly figured this out. He is very smart and is the first Harvard player to enter the NBA in the past 50 years. When he graduated from high school, Jeremy Lin's GPA was as high as 4.2. Because Harvard did not provide basketball scholarships, he entered Harvard purely by passing the exam. When he graduated from college, his GPA reached 3.1.

Of course, his playing statistics aren't bad either. In his fourth season at Harvard, he averaged 16.8 points, 4.5 assists, 4.3 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 1.2 blocks per game, shooting 52.5% from the field and 32.1% from three-point range.

After this draft, Guo Xu chatted with Brian Colangelo for a while as usual.

Have you seen the list of free agents? Now you can contact your agent. Brian asked.

I'll send it to your mailbox tomorrow. You don't have to trade them all, just a few will do. Sergi and Udonis are very strong at position 4, and they must stay.

Okay. Brian paused and smiled: The old man asked me to ask you, are you really not considering participating in the World Championships this year? If you want to go, he will send you an invitation letter.

I will definitely not go. Even if I participate in sports competitions, I will choose other sports. If I play ball again, I will vomit.

This summer, the Men’s Basketball World Championship will be held in Turkey from August 28th to September 12th. Former Suns owner Jerry Colangelo became the president of the American Basketball Association, hoping to ensure that the United States team can win the championship. It had been 16 years since they won the last World Championship, but this time no big-name stars were willing to join. Guo Xu, James, Wade and others collectively withdrew.

Guo Xu knew that the Mengjiu team could easily win without him, because the lineups of other teams were even more weakened. The World Championships have gradually become tasteless, and core players from various countries such as Yao Ming, Parker, Ginobili, and Nowitzki will not participate in the competition due to some reasons.

Without even a decent opponent, what would Guo Xu do? Why use a butcher's knife to kill a chicken?

The Mengjiu team is not the strongest lineup. At least there are a few All-Stars and a group of second-rate stars in the team. If the old coach K follows the tactics of 2008, he will win, and he will encounter some challenges against Spain.

Guo Xu even wants to participate in shooting, archery, fencing and taekwondo competitions. After becoming a master in the time loop, he has not participated in official competitions. He asked his management team to check if there were any major competitions in the summer and prepare to sign up to play.

If a star like him crosses over to participate in other events, the organizers will definitely welcome it. If he is not strong enough, the other parties will want to help him win a few games. As long as he is not eliminated, he will definitely attract the attention of a large number of fans and increase the popularity of the event.

It is not easy for Guo Xu to participate because the time is not right. Large-scale fencing competitions are usually held from October to April of the following year and will not be held in the summer.

The National Archery Championship is in October, when the NBA preseason begins, and Guo Xu also missed the qualifying rounds.

The U.S. Taekwondo Open is in March, and Guo Xu will definitely not be able to participate in the next competition. He can't take time off from the regular season to play Taekwondo, right?

There are many shooting competitions, including one in Los Angeles. Most of them are amateur in nature. After hearing the general situation, Guo Xu lost interest. Participating in it is just a hobby, not many people follow it, and probably not even on the news.

It would be even more troublesome if he was in the news. Last season, Arenas became notorious in the NBA for gun possession and was suspended for dozens of games. Recently, NBA players are eager to say that they have never seen a gun in their life. Guo Xu really shouldn't show that he likes guns at this time.

He practiced a lot of hard work in vain, but fortunately he had fun while doing the cycle... ()