Healing Basketball

   Chapter 116 116. The Man of the Unity Prison

The Trail Blazers got two more days off after beating the Knicks at home, before taking on the Wizards and Nets back-to-back at home.

   Before playing the Knicks, they just had a two-day break, and before the two-day break, they played back-to-back.

   Such a schedule, their head assistant Kevin Plitt felt crazy when he looked at it, and what made him even more crazy was that his head coach didn't seem to care about it at all.

On December 13th, the afternoon of the first rest day, there was no training scheduled today, only the coaching staff held a meeting to prepare for the next playoff level with the Nets, Pacers, Rockets, Spurs, Timberwolves and other teams at home. The game did a simple tactical discussion meeting.

After the    meeting, the other assistants and trainers left, leaving only the head coach and chief assistant.

   "Morris, the year is almost over, but our work is still not done."

   "Huh? Kevin, didn't you finish your work? Oh, God! I didn't expect you to be lazy too?" Maurice Cheeks (ΩДΩ).

   "You still know that I do all the work? Head coach, are you not worried about our upcoming schedule?" Kevin Plitcha (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

   Seeing his friend so angry, Maurice Cheeks laughed: "Hahaha, Kevin, worry so much, it's better to prepare for every game."

  “…”

  Kevin Plitter looked at the casual bearded face in front of him, not to mention, he was very envious of this colleague's mentality.

   And, it's really like this.

   It’s just that this kind of thing doesn’t mean that you don’t have mood swings when you want to understand it.

   Also, the head coach, although he didn't care about anything before, was not so sloppy, he came to their team because of that stinky boy!

  In a villa a few miles away, the unnamed first-round 13th overall pick who was watching his aunt bring a bunch of tailors to change suits suddenly received a cure prompt, and was at a loss...

Seeing that Kevin Plitcha was still so depressed, Maurice Cheeks smiled: "Kevin, you have to think about happy things, you see, we have 12 wins and 3 losses in the past 15 games, the Pacers and The Kings are 12-3 in their past 15 games.

  Zach is getting better and better, last night he rushed like a leader..."

  Kevin Plitcha felt much better when he heard this, and a smile appeared on his face.

   The start of 2 wins and 4 losses, reaching 15 wins and 7 losses, is really sweet and beautiful.

   Righting Randolph, this operation, as the season progresses, the effect is getting better and better.

   As for Randolph's new look that caused a sensation yesterday... I can bear it.

  Man, he was a teenager until he died, what happened to the second one in middle school? Not really a gangster.

   At this time, Kevin Plitcha thought about their talented rookie point guard, relying more on this kid. After he came, there were fewer and fewer fights and conflicts in the team... That is, the frequency of conflicts with opponents in the game increased unabated.

   "That's right, Kevin."

"Um?"

   "I forgot to tell you good news."

"What's up?"

   "John Nash told me at noon that the boss is coming to hold a meeting for us tomorrow afternoon."

   "Really?" Kevin Pritchard couldn't be too surprised!

  Their boss, the last time he came to Portland, it was more than a month ago. He came to watch the opening game and almost had a heart attack.

   Never came here again.

"Because we beat the Knicks?" Kevin Plitcha asked.

  "It should be the record we played after the suspension, plus the victory over the Knicks..."

   Paul Allen's grievances and grievances with the Knicks are a very interesting thing.

Back then, Paul Allen hadn't bought the Blazers. His first target was the Knicks, Madison Square Garden and American Cable TV under the Dolan family. With a sullen face, it is even forged with the beams of the Knicks and the Dolan family.

   Last season they swept the Knicks in the regular season, doubling the prize money for the playoffs.

  Kevin Pritchard is really happy now.

Their local tyrant owner is not only a club like the Trail Blazers, if the owner abandons the team, it will definitely be a disaster for their team - they are used to making big-ticket signings, salary + luxury tax every year They don't feel bad for the billion dollar knives, how can they still have such a good life with a different boss?

  If there is another boss like the Rockets, the two of them will simply resign.

Unlike Kevin Plitcha, Maurice Cheeks is not so concerned about this matter. His relationship with the boss is not very good. Of course, he respects the boss and says that he has not intervened in coaching for more than two years. I've never really intervened since.

  Otherwise, this team with constant troubles on and off the court, constant infighting, and even many intra-team fights would have collapsed long ago.

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   On the morning of December 14th, the Warriors' wool professional Wizards came to Portland.

  Although there is no live broadcast, tomorrow's match between the Wizards and the Trail Blazers is not bad.

   Although the Wizards have not achieved much in recent years, the topic has always been very high, because the basketball **** permanently ended his career here.

   Even if Jordan retires, this team is still full of topics.

Kwame Brown, the most famous parallel champion in history hand-picked by the basketball gods, is now playing for the 20th overall pick in the same class, and is forced to be a power forward. At the same time, the boss of their team is his same. Second overall pick...

Larry Hughes, the traitor in the eyes of the Warriors fans, the 1998 rookie, the player under the old collective agreement, the rookie contract expired last summer, the Warriors did not have the right to match the parent team, Jordan beckoned, the Warriors did their best The young stars that were trained went on a pilgrimage to Washington.

   North Carolina star Jerry Stackhouse, who has averaged 29.8 points and 5.1 assists per game.

  The hottest player, of course, is Gilbert Arenas!

   Arenas can be regarded as the most 'traditional' player who has entered the NBA in recent years. He is rebellious, and his words and court behavior are enemies of all other team players.

   Combined with outstanding talent, extremely hard-working player quality, and unremitting drive, he has become the most ... wrong, and the second most controversial player in the new century to enter the NBA.

   Originally he was the most controversial one, but now…

   These people get together in a team, even if Jordan retires, their attention and topicality are still very high.

  After lunchtime, the Wizards came to the Rose Garden Arena, where they will prepare for tomorrow's game against the Blazers in the afternoon.

Before the training time, Arenas was hanging out in the arena with his two teammates. He had a big contract of more than 8 million dollars in the third grade. He wanted to show off his wealth and spend money wherever he went. Wave.

   Along with Arenas, is the same class Brandon Haywood, and this year's rookie Steve Blake.

   These are the two teammates that Arenas has the best relationship with in the Wizards. The former is because everyone looks down on Kwame Brown, and the latter is because Arenas appreciates the toughness of this rookie.

   Although today is a rest day, Blake doesn't think there is anything, but thinks that the commercial area of ​​Rose Garden Arena is very lively, much more lively than the commercial area of ​​their arena.

   Arenas and Brandon Haywood are a little puzzled. In the past two years, although they are different teams, they have come here to play games. The offseason here last season can be described as a door.

   But it doesn't matter, but it makes Arenas more eager to consume - buy, buy, buy, the more people there are, the more you want to buy!

   Strolled around and walked to the gate of the arena. Before they entered the arena directly from the parking lot, they discovered that the square outside the gate of the arena was so lively.

   It's not like the Portland Prison, but the team environment of popular teams like the Lakers and Kings.

   "Sorry to bother, I'm a reporter for ESPN Sports..."

   A charming female voice reached the ears of the three of them. At first glance, it was a female reporter with a height of about 1.7 meters, a mature face, and a bumpy figure, followed by a cameraman.

During the    interview, Arenas was naturally disrespectful, but he didn't have any interest in female reporters. This kind of woman would definitely use it as news to make money when she fell asleep.

  After greeting, the female reporter asked, "Gilbert, what do you think of this arena?"

   Arenas replied: "Rose Garden Arena is one of the best arenas in the league. They have the latest training equipment, the best physical therapy equipment..."

  I don’t know why I asked this question, but Arenas answered it well.

  The reporter continued to ask: "How does it compare to your team's arena?"

   Arenas responded: "Everything is good here, but ... Verizon Center is my team's arena, and I prefer it there."

   He originally wanted to answer that everything is good here, except that there are no people and this team has no fans, but he suddenly remembered that the arena is busy now, and now many people are watching him for an interview.

   Fortunately, he was quick-witted and immediately thought of a new answer.

   While narcissistic about "As expected of me", Arenas cursed inwardly - there is no good thing for reporters!

  The female reporter did not continue to ask this topic, and asked: "Tomorrow you will play against the Blazers. What do you think of the Blazers' warden Jayce Liu being called the most controversial new generation talent?"

   was just annoyed just now. Hearing this, Arenas' emotions were immediately ignited: "He is indeed very controversial when it comes to using women to increase his popularity."

   No matter what the 'best', he wants to compete, even the most controversial player, he doesn't want to be the second!

   is just that strong.

   As for the adjective genius...who isn't a genius anymore?

  The top perimeter superstars in the league today, at the age of 21, Iverson is better than Arenas.

The female reporter leaned back while it was hot... No, strikes while the iron is hot: "No. 12 Zach Randolph scored 34 points and 21 rebounds, which was regarded as the best individual performance of the 2001 players. He and Paul Gasol were regarded as the best individual performance. What do you think of the 2001 strongest player contender?"

   "What are you kidding!" Arenas' voice became sharp, and then he said in a disdainful tone: "The best player in the 2001 class is me!"

   As soon as these words came out, the scene became noisy, and there were even screams and cheers!

   Arenas was stunned, Blake and Haywood, who were watching Arenas pretending to be forceful, were also startled, and the female reporter and cameraman also looked around in surprise.

   Acting loudly on the road can actually attract cheers? They are all afraid that Arenas will be beaten well! Most of the people who come to the arena on rest days are local loyal fans.

   It was only after she found that people were gathering outside the arena, and the female reporter remembered her purpose of coming here, and Lima ran to the cameraman and ran towards the gate of the arena.

Listening to the increasingly fierce screams and cheers coming from the direction of the gate of the arena, Arenas didn't know what was going on, but he saw the female reporter so decisively dropped him and ran over, did he not know how to interview him? Just by the way?

   I wanted to yell, 'You're interviewing me', but Arenas followed and squeezed towards the door.

   Approaching the door, Arenas heard BGM... It's real BGM!

   There are several loud speakers at the entrance of the arena, playing songs, no one understands the lyrics, but the melody makes people excited!

   Listening to this BGM, listening to the manic cheers and screams on the scene, feeling the mania of the scene, watching the scene in front of you, Arenas' eyes are straight and his mouth is open...

   "It's all the rage, I'm going to look up to everyone at will.

   All the time, I never need to look back.

   Earthshaking, I made the law that I write respect for myself.

   This fierce, blinking wolf..."

  In this exciting BGM, the security staff cleared the way, and several men in black slowly walked towards the gate of the arena.

   A group of seven people in uniform, all in black suits.

   The visual impact is full!

   Arenas stared and opened his mouth for a few seconds when he saw this scene before he recovered, and almost shouted along with the fans at the scene.

The thought of    made Arenas feel ashamed and wanted to turn around and leave.

  Fortunately, Blake and Haywood, who ran after him, couldn't help but exclaimed, which made him feel a little more comfortable.

   resisted leaving, Arenas fixed his eyes on the group of people who entered the arena.

   The person at the front is on the left and right sides, respectively, the Tianzun and the butcher of the prison team.

   followed by Dale Davis, Ruben Bontje, Matt Carroll, Derek Anderson.

In addition to the uniform black suits, everyone also wears a big gold chain... No, the person in the front doesn't wear it, and the other six have a big gold chain around their necks and wear sunglasses. .

  I don't know why, but Arenas felt that his fellow butcher Zach Randolph was particularly domineering when he wore a big gold chain!

   But the most eye-catching is the person in the C position.

   The nickname that the fans shouted the most was also that person's nickname - the warden!

   Unlike the others with big gold chains and sunglasses, this guy is wearing nothing, but he is more attractive than the others.

   It's not because of being in the C position, but because people feel that the warden should be in the C position!

   Seeing Liu Xiu with his own eyes, Arenas, who considers himself a handsome guy among athletes, feels that the world is so unfair!

  How can NBA players look like this? Even better than what you see in the photos!

   The group walked into the gate of the arena. Under the command of the security staff, the fans gave way.

Arenas was pushed aside by the crowd, but he was too egotistical and felt that the prison team must have seen him, so he made a gesture with a proud expression... watching the prison team pass by, watching this The crowd disappeared from sight amid the frantic cheers of the fans...

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On the other side, in the conference room of the Rose Garden Arena, chief assistant Kevin Pritchard is checking the prepared materials. He is going to give the boss a good description of the future of their team in the team meeting later. How bright and exciting the prospects are.

  Suddenly, with a 'bang', the conference room door was pushed open and hit the wall.

   General Manager John Nash walked into the conference room angrily, followed by a helpless head coach Maurice Cheeks.

  Kevin Pritchard was shocked.

   suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and Kevin Pritchard asked with a smile, "John, what's the matter? Morris, did you quarrel with John again?"

   "I'm not, I don't, it's really none of my business this time." Morris-Cheeks denied the triple-run.

   Seeing John Nash lying on his desk in anger, Maurice Cheeks had to continue: "The boss just arrived at the arena and didn't come in, he went straight to the airport and went back to Seattle."

  Kevin Plitt was stunned for a moment, looking at the pile of materials he had prepared, he almost roared and said, "Crooked? What the **** is going on?"

  Maurice Cheeks replied: "Today we had lunch with the boss and walked back to the arena, and saw this and this...that and that..."

  Maurice Cheeks finished describing the picture he just saw at the gate of the arena. To tell the truth, as a former top star, he really envy these players under his own hands, the picture is so handsome!

   But after the description, Morris-Cheeks seemed to hear the sound of something shattering.

  Suddenly, a roar startled Maurice Cheeks and John Nash, who had not yet recovered.

  I saw Kevin Pritchard jumping and roaring: "I didn't do anything yesterday! I didn't do anything this morning, but it happened to me at noon! That stinky boy!

  Maurice-Cheeks asked, "Huh? Kevin, how did you know it was Jace's idea? I'm not sure."

   "Who else but him? Did we have all this **** before he came?

   He doesn't do his job all day long. He knows how to do these things without training. Why doesn't he go to Los Angeles to mix in Hollywood?

  Don't stop me, I'm going to duel with him..."

  This time Maurice Cheeks hugged Kevin Pritchard, not to mention whether this friend was beaten in the end, just running out and clashing with the genius they were optimistic about was not a good thing...

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   On the other hand, Liu Xiu was surrounded by teammates who didn't get suits. What is the confrontation in the team, handsome is more important!

   Give up being handsome for that little grudge? It's not some deep hatred, is it?

   The day before yesterday, Randolph's outfit appeared, and he went out of the circle!

   With 34 points and 21 rebounds, no matter how good he played, he would not be recognized, but now he is really compared with the 2001 best rookie Paul Gasol.

   As for the bad reputation getting louder...the guys on their prison team care about that?

  They are willing to serve under the Warden!

   The Trail Blazers, which had been split for three years, were united in this way…

Liu Xiudu accepted the order for the suit, and helped the studio opened by her aunt to attract customers. Of course, no one refused... Anyway, this uniform suit is an existing suit, and if you have money, a tailor will be able to get it soon. .

  The big gold chain is also different from that of Randolph. The others are not pure gold. Given enough money, the owner of the jewelry store who stays up late working overtime will make a pair of gold-plated chains.

   Like Matt Carroll with a non-guaranteed contract with no money, Liu Xiu directly sent a set.

   Let the employees who came to the arena with the studio take the responsibility of measuring, recording, and charging, and that’s it.

   These are all little things.

  Looking back at the scene just now, Liu Xiu was a little hilarious... At first he felt quite ashamed, but after he really did it, he wanted to do it again...

   The task seems to be completed just now, and there are still many reminders. Liu Xiu opened the system to take a look... I haven't read the previous system reminders, but a few new reminders happened to come.

   A series of healing points provided by the chief assistant!

   Liu Xiu is confused, what's wrong with this menopausal teaching assistant?

oh! And Nash... John Nash, Liu Xiu remembers, is the general manager of the team.

  The healing value is very good, but Liu Xiu is still confused, what's wrong?

   Look at the previous tips again, John Nash actually has a bunch! Maurice Cheeks has contributed several healing points, adding up to more than 100.

   After reading it carefully, Liu Xiu's eyes widened when she saw one of the prompts.

   "Healing value +35, from Paul Allen."

With the name   , how could Liu Xiu not know who it is.

   The owner of their team!

  This Nima…

   Honored!

   (end of this chapter)