I'm really strong in basketball

Chapter 13: People and Ghosts Are Showing
Fortunately, Phil is also a figure in Vanity Fair for a long time, and this scene can't help him at all.

Facing the provocations of the reporters, Phil didn't even change his facial expression, still wearing the "Zen smile".

"I can't deny your problem. I did value Brian Cook more at the beginning."

The reporter became interested in an instant, Phil stopped pretending?Throw in the towel?
At this moment, Phil continued, "But... it was just the first training, and I knew I made a mistake. Liu He is indeed not the kind of player who looks talented at first glance, but he works hard and diligently... This is also an extremely important quality for a player."

"So that day, I called Liu He to my side, and I told him, I believe in you, you can do many things, and I will give you a chance."

"Today, you also saw it. I replaced Liu He at the most critical moment, and he did what I hoped. Without him, we almost lost the game today. He played a super rookie-level performance today."

"Sure enough, compared to training players, my draft vision is indeed too poor."

WQNMLGB.

The reporters all called the sun a dog.

Where are you, Phil, admitting that your draft vision is poor, and you are obviously bragging about your ability to train players.

You are pretending.

However, the fact is that Liu He, the rookie with the 25th overall pick, has played at the No. [-] level. This is an ironclad fact.

The reporters couldn't find fault at all, and they had to say a few words: Phil is really awesome.

The small ones on the court, the old ones off the court... Are you the Lakers all pretending to be aggressive?
They looked at O'Neill.

O'Neal waved his hand and said with a depressed face: "Don't ask me, my performance today was indeed poor. Although I scored the highest score and grabbed the most rebounds in the game. Oh, and I also had the most blocked shots."

"..."

I bother!

Look, what are you talking about?

If you performed poorly, you won three awards. If you performed well, wouldn't you want to tear down the arena?

A group of pretenders.

A reporter got upset and said to O'Neill, "Shaq, why don't you practice your free throws? If your free throws were a little better, there wouldn't be such a situation (shark hacking tactic) at all."

O'Neal was unmoved: "Of course it's for the coaches of the other 28 teams. I'm already so strong now, and if I practice free throws, wouldn't I be perfect and invincible? How desperate those coaches should be! In order to make them feel at ease, I can only sacrifice myself."

……

It's just a press conference, whether people or ghosts are on the show.

"Sure enough, I'm still the most humble!"

Liu He thought silently.

After the press conference, Phil said hello and left.

He made an appointment with the boss's daughter, Jenny Buss, and planned to spend the night discussing the theory of relativity, about the relationship between depth and length.

O'Neill also held Liu He with a lewd smile.

"Man, I think your ball-handling skills are average, not as good as my big center. I made an appointment with Carl and Gary to help you train your ball-handling skills, especially two-handed ball-handling skills."

Looking at O'Neill's wretched expression, Liu He just wanted to ask: Is this ball serious?
O'Neill: In the middle of the night, who controls the serious ball?
Some time ago, because of Kobe's affairs, everyone was more restrained.

After winning the opener, these guys have already started to feel excited and can't stand it.

Liu He didn't refuse. After all, the three irons in life, they fought guns together, went to prostitutes, and went to the same window together.

This is very helpful to the relationship between teammates.

Following O'Neal to a club, Malone and Payton had already started playing.

Hey, Alstom has to kneel down and call him a master!
O'Neill also immediately called the girl, a petite girl less than 1.6 meters, sitting next to O'Neill like a toddler.

This guy's taste is quite special.

But I heard that O'Neill's wife, Shani, is also this short.

He just loves it.

After watching the skills of the three for a while, Liu He said hello, got up and left.

He is a conservative person, after all, he can't be honest with a woman when he meets for the first time.

Also, the example of Magic Johnson is there, Liu He really dare not!
Back at the apartment, Liu He went straight to bed, with the picture of himself on the court today in his mind, replaying it frame by frame in his mind.

This help defense is very timely.

This running position blocked his teammates and should go in the opposite direction.

This defense should not reach out.

……

After an unknown amount of time, Liu He fell into a deep sleep.

But someone has no sleep tonight.

Palace of Auburn Hills.

Pistons general manager Joe Dumars is still busy.

Tomorrow, the Pistons will usher in the first game at home, and he must be prepared.

After everything was tidied up, Joe made a cup of coffee and enjoyed it heartily. This was his most enjoyable moment of the day.

The Pistons went very well this year. Last year, they ranked first in the Eastern Conference in the regular season. They also got the second pick and signed the talented Darko Milicic.

Although Milicic's performance in the preseason was not good, he is only 17 years old and will realize his talent sooner or later.

In the summer, the team fired Rick Carlisle, who had conflicts with him, and invited the famous coach Larry Brown.

Ben is in good health, Hamilton is still accurate and can run, Billups has recovered, and Prince has grown again.
Everything went so smoothly.

Qiao Chang thought that under his leadership, the Pistons will definitely be able to go further this season.

A championship is not unimaginable.

At this moment, the assistant to the general manager walked over cautiously.

"Joe, the Lakers-Mavericks game is over."

"Oh, the Lakers won?"

"Yes, and besides..."

The assistant stammered.

Joe: "Speak up if you have something to say."

Assistant: "Liu He scored 21 points."

Joe nodded: "Oh, Liu He scored 21 points, not bad. Huh? What did you say? How much? Are you sure you're not talking about Kobe?"

Assistant: "Kobe didn't play at all tonight. Liu He! 21 points!"

Joe Dumas twitched the corner of his mouth twice, fell silent for a while, and said calmly: "Okay, I see, you go back first!"

The assistant was a little surprised that Joe could be so calm, as expected of the general manager.

However, when he closed the door and Joe was the only one left in the office, Joe frantically dug into his pockets with both hands, took out his cell phone several times, and anxiously searched for news.

《21分3篮板2助攻2抢断，25号新秀打出状元表现》

"Shocked, the most underrated player in the first round of rookies turned out to be him"

"His NBA debut surpassed Yao Ming and crushed Kobe"

"Junior Duncan, another rookie who is the pinnacle guy? "

"Wake Forest, Three-Point Devil, Shocking Strikes"

"He is a gift from Motown to Angel City"

……

Joe fell on his seat and hit the table.The steaming cup of coffee was overturned, contaminating the documents on the table, and the scene was in chaos.

Joe was very embarrassed.

"it is true."

Especially the last piece of news, named and skinned Joe Dumars, saying he made a big mistake and traded a super rookie for an unknown guy.

But Joe has seen big scenes after all, and it took a few minutes to adjust his mentality.

After calming down, Joe took out his phone again and found the contact.

Brian Cook.

dial number!

"Who is it, in the middle of the night, you must be crazy!"

Cook's snarl came over the phone.

Joe was instantly furious.

What the hell, Liu He played like a super rookie.

You fucking learn English, the theory of relativity, and ball control the night before the game... how the hell can you play tomorrow's game?
Qiao said gloomyly: "Liu He scored 21 points tonight. I hope you play well tomorrow and get at least half of the points."

Joe?
Cook finally recognized who the other party was.

"21 points? Half?"

Hearing this, Cook felt cold all over.

He was about to explain something, but Joe had already hung up the phone.

A woman's complaining voice came from under her body: "Why are you shriveled? It's just a little short. Looking tall and big, it's so useless that even my old lady can't satisfy me. Can you do it?"

Snapped!
Early the next day, at 6 o'clock.

Liu He was awakened by the ringing of the phone.

"Which snake spirit is sick? It's a mischief early in the morning."

The Lakers started the season with a loose schedule, with Game [-] still a few days away.So Phil gave all the players a day off.

Liu He planned to sleep until he woke up naturally.

Being woken up at this moment, I couldn't hold back my anger in an instant.

Picking up the phone, it turned out to be a call from a snake.

Liu He connected the phone, and Kobe's voice came from the opposite side immediately.

"In half an hour, the old place!"

Kobe bossed around and was ready to hang up the phone after speaking.

Because of off-court troubles, Kobe has missed too much practice recently.In order to maintain a competitive state, he often finds Liu He for bullfighting.

Last night O'Neal played outstanding statistics, Kobe did not want to lose to O'Neal in the next game, so Kobe was even more urgent to find Liu He for a bullfight.

Ask Kobe why he didn't find someone else, because after that incident, other people were afraid to avoid Kobe.

Liu He was the only one who took the initiative to contact him.

If you don't contact me, can I still lower my head and contact you proactively?
Kobe's character determines that he will not bow his head.

So Liu He became his only choice.

If Liu He knew what Kobe was thinking, he would definitely dig three feet into the ground and bury his original self. What are you doing?
At this moment, Liu He was feeling angry about getting up, and he didn't know where the courage came from, so he replied directly: "No!"

Kobe was taken aback, what?That little newcomer rejected himself?How dare you?

"why?"

Kobe asked angrily.

Liu He: "I played the game last night, I'm tired, I want to rest."

Kobe sneered: "So, I'm already two hours late to contact you."

Liu He was speechless for a while, and retorted again: "My trainer told me that my body is still developing and I can't over-train. Over-training will kill my potential development."

Kobe was taken aback for a moment, which was a legitimate reason.

No matter how domineering he is, it's hard to say anything.

But if I use this trick, how should you respond?

"Hey, I watched the tape last night. You played really well, but when Finley defended you, you fell off a cliff and couldn't get rid of him at all. I was going to teach you some off-ball tricks. Since your trainer said so, forget it."

After saying this, Kobe smiled triumphantly.

But there was silence on the phone, Liu He didn't know what he was doing.

This kid is so unprogressive?
Kobe's smile gradually disappeared. Kobe was very strict with himself and his teammates. He didn't like teammates who were not motivated.

Just as Kobe was thinking, there was finally a voice on the phone.

"Boss, I've got dressed and washed up. Half an hour, no! I'll be there in 15 minutes."

Kobe smiled again, but pretended to be puzzled: "Didn't your trainer say that?"

Before Kobe could finish speaking, Liu He said first, "What trainer? Oh, you're talking about that guy. Because his professional ability is too poor, I fired him before the season started."

In fact, Liu He did fire the trainer.

But the reason is not that the trainer's professional level is poor, but that his wallet does not allow it.

Kobe was unreasonable, and continued to say arrogantly: "But I think what he said is very reasonable. Considering your body."

Liu He rushed again: "Boss, I'm going out! I'm already at a fast food restaurant! I bought hamburgers, pizza, and mashed potatoes. They also sell orange-flavored donuts. It's said to be a signature, and it's hard to get them. Do you want me to bring one for you? I've snapped up one. You must not have breakfast so early. Although this thing is high in calories, it's really delicious!"

Kobe smiled even more happily. He is really a realistic guy.

But everything is just to become stronger, Kobe can understand and empathize.

He didn't realize it himself, his life was too depressing recently, and the smiles he rarely showed were when he was communicating with this little newcomer.

In order not to let the young rookies in the team hear his laughter, he immediately hung up the phone.

Beep beep.
Sitting on the court, Kobe finally couldn't help laughing out loud.

In a good mood, he seriously thought about how to teach Liu He to run without the ball.

When Kobe first entered the league, the Lakers had O'Neal on the inside and Eddie Jones on the outside. He rarely attacked with the ball, and his scoring methods were mainly catch-and-shoot and air cuts, so Kobe's off-the-ball ability is very strong.

In just a few minutes, Bryant had a plan.

At this time, Liu He hadn't arrived yet.Kobe was bored, so he took out his phone and checked the news about the Lakers.

The recent Lakers have been going well.

Malone and Payton have just arrived, and the team is still in the honeymoon period.

Liu He, a rookie, performed super in his first game.

Kobe Bryant also had a solution to his off-court troubles. His big brother O'Neal taught him a good way to use money.

In the opening game, they defeated the powerful Mavericks.

Seeing this, Kobe was in a good mood.

Until he saw the news about last night's press conference.

The reporter asked Liu He how far the Lakers can go this season.

Liu He replied, you should ask the most dominant big man and the champion coach with nine rings.

Who knows, when this reporter wrote the article, he wrote: You should ask the team's head coach Phil and the boss O'Neal.

This is a common thing in the NBA. Some reporters unintentionally or even intentionally distorted, or took out of context, and abruptly created many rumors.

For example, Iverson doesn't like training, Ricky Davis regards James as his younger brother, and Duncan was nicknamed the Flying Devil when he was in college.

In fact, what Iverson expressed was: Now is the press conference after the game, why don't you ask about the game, but about the training?

What Davis said is: The arrival of James is a good addition, he can help me score easily, and we will form a good connection.

When Duncan was young, he did fly to the sky, but the Devil was the name of his college team. His real nickname in college was: Cookie Monster.

But after the embellishment of these uncrowned kings, the meaning is distorted in an instant.

When Kobe saw it, he was immediately unhappy.

Hehe, he kept calling me boss on the phone.He turned his head and went to lick O'Neill.

Can this be tolerated?
If you don't educate you seriously, it seems that you really don't know who is the boss of this Lakers team.

(End of this chapter)