I'm really strong in basketball

Chapter 29 Gary Holmes Paton
All of a sudden, the TNT commentary team's bet on Liu He attracted a lot of attention.

"Don't worry about these things, just be yourself." Yao Ming, the protagonist of the previous bet, called Liu He to comfort Liu He.

"Thank you Brother Yao, I know."

Senior Duncan also called Liu He, and the content was similar to what Yao Ming said.

Then there was Josh Howard: "Hahaha, Liu, how did you mess up so badly? Anyone can bite you."

Sure enough, good brothers never comfort you, only gloat.

Liu He said disdainfully: "Yes, fans all over the United States know me now. And you... don't know if the people of Dallas know that their team has an ugly little substitute."

"..."

Howard clutched his chest, he felt that his heart had been stabbed dozens of times, it hurt so much!
Mad, you shouldn't have provoked this guy.After suffering so much from him, why doesn't he have a long memory?

……

This morning, Liu He came to the old place early.

Because he got up too early, Liu He was very sleepy and wanted to sleep groggyly.

After a while, Kobe also arrived. Seeing Liu He bowed his head, he thought he was down because he had been hit recently, so he said angrily: "You have to admit defeat with such a small setback. You will never become a great player in your life!"

Liu He raised his head and glared at Kobe, and replied, "My biggest setback was meeting you. I was already tired from Silianke, and I had to get up early to train with you, so I recovered so slowly. Otherwise, I would have been able to adjust my state in the last game."

Kobe sneered: "So you are not capable enough, blame me?"

Liu He treated Kobe more and more casually.

Kobe was a little uncomfortable at first, but he got used to it after a long time.

Liu He confronted him tit for tat: "You can do it! You are the best! The Grizzlies defended you and made 17 of 5 shots. You are the only one who can do it!"

Kobe's face darkened.

"Okay, the mouth is very powerful!
When it's time for training, see if I add fuel to you.

After training, let me see if your mouth is still hard. "

"Hmph! After 1000 years, my bones have melted away, but my mouth is still there...it's just so hard!" Liu He dismissed it.

Kobe: "..."

Two hours later, the stubborn Liu He collapsed on Kobe's co-pilot.

"That's all?" Kobe smiled victoriously.

Liu He: "A driver, what are you talking about, hurry up and drive!"

"..." Kobe gritted his teeth.

While Liu He and Kobe were training hard, one of the Lakers players became agitated.

Devin George, the Lakers small forward who was robbed of the starting position by Liu He.

In recent days, the media has been full of unfavorable reports on Liu He, which made George smell an opportunity: maybe he can take this opportunity to regain his starting position.

Before that, George plans to make a small wave first, to test it out.

So George contacted other Lakers players.

"Hey, Derek, the season has already started for half a month, and we haven't prepared a welcome ceremony for the newcomers yet."

The so-called welcome ceremony is actually trickery.

This is also a tradition in the NBA. Old players bully new players, euphemistically calling it the tradition of teaching newcomers to the NBA.

For example, let the newcomers buy donuts and coffee; let the newcomers tie the shoelaces for the old people; fill the newcomers' cars with popcorn; force the newcomers to carry pink cartoon schoolbags; hang heavy luggage bags around the necks of the newcomers...

This is still restrained, some excessive ones include: driving the newcomer's car to the repair shop, directly to the Syrian war damage;

George planned to give Liu He an enhanced set meal.

He contacted many teammates and got everyone's consent, including even the big guy Malone.

However, Peyton Sr. expressed his opposition.

Later, Payton found Malone again.

"Hey, Carl, do you still have the heart to trick newcomers?"

Ma Long wondered, "What's wrong?"

Payton said: "Have you forgotten why we came to Los Angeles? We are for the championship! For the championship, we have given up everything. Soon, you will be 41 years old, and I will be 36 years old. This may be our last chance."

Malone fell silent.

Payton continued: "And now that Kobe and O'Neal are in trouble, I'm worried about how to deal with them. How can I have the intention to trick newcomers?"

Then Ma Long said: "Then I won't participate either."

Both Payton and Malone expressed their reluctance to participate, but this failed to dispel George's idea of ​​tricking Liu He. After all, this is the tradition of the NBA, and no one can blame him.

……

On the other side, after the driver Kobe took Liu He back to the apartment, he drove home.

Just as Liu He was about to take a break, he received a call from his agent Arne Tailun.

"Liu, the negotiation between me and Nike has reached an impasse. Originally, they basically agreed to my offer of 2 million US dollars for 1300 years. However, your data has declined in the last two games, and Nike took the opportunity to object. Their latest offer is only 2 million US dollars for 800 years. Of course I disagree, and I will continue to negotiate with Nike. But in terms of time..."

"I understand, man. Go ahead and do it, I believe in you!"

Liu He replied.

As for Nike, Liu He will not be angry because of this.

After all, he is a businessman, and everything is aimed at making money.

A rookie who scored 21 points in his first show, and a rookie who can only score single digits in two consecutive games, the offer is naturally different.

After all, strength is everything.

After finishing the call with Tai Lun, Liu He remembered one more thing. He had promised Baixiang's boss Bai that he would be invited to watch the game at home.

If you say something, you can't break your word, a man must do what he says.

Promises must be kept and action must be resolute.

So Liu He immediately contacted the general manager Kupchak, wanting a ticket with a better location.

When Kupchak saw that it was Liu He, he was still a little unhappy.

During the recent period, Liu He has been questioned a lot, and Kupchak has also been accused of making a stupid deal.

But old Bass is still optimistic about Liu He, and Phil also values ​​Liu He. Even O'Neill and Kobe have a good relationship with Liu He, even though they obviously don't fight each other.

"A ticket, Xiaoyi, I will prepare it for you."

Kupchak smiled on the phone and agreed without hesitation.

After Liu He got the tickets, he immediately contacted Boss Bai.

Boss Bai was very happy. He thought Liu He had forgotten about it long ago, but he didn't expect Liu He to remember it.

"Liu He, I entrusted my relationship to transport some delicacies from my hometown from China. They are all special products of Suzhou Province. When I go to get the football tickets later, I will bring them to you by the way."

Liu He was taken aback for a moment, this Boss Bai really put his heart into it.

Liu He is from Suzhou, but he left when he was very young, and went to the United States to study and play basketball, and he has not been back for a long time.

Boss Bai found out his information and prepared local specialties.Although the matter is not big, it is very heart-warming and makes people feel sincere.

"Thank you, Boss Bai!"

Not long after, Boss Bai came to pick up the tickets in person and left a large box of special products.

Waiting for Boss Bai to leave, Liu He checked. There are Suzhou Youth League, Dried Tofu, Guanyun Big Cake, Nanjing Salted Duck, Yangzhou Old Goose, Taizhou Pork Head Meat, Zhenjiang Apple Vinegar, Zhenhu Canned Yellow Peach...

It almost includes special delicacies from all over Jiangsu Province, and there are many kinds.

Liu He once again felt Boss Bai's intentions.

It's just that the quantity is a bit too much. Although they are all vacuum-packed and can be stored for a long time, they can't hold too many things, and they can't finish eating until the expiration date.

Liu He thought about it, so he dialed Kobe's number.

"Kobe, I have prepared some Chinese specialties for you, hurry up and drive over to get them. Remember not to drive a sports car, drive a pickup truck, there are a lot of things."

Kobe was very happy.

Although this little brother has a bad mouth, he is really sensible!Knowing how to be filial to elder brother really has a future.

So without further ado, Kobe picked a domineering pickup truck from his garage and drove to Liu He's apartment.

Once inside, Kobe was terrified.

"So many? You are too polite."

I saw a huge box occupying a huge space in Liu He's room, and it was troublesome to carry it out, for fear that the door was not wide enough.

But Liu He stood up from behind the big box, holding a small box in his hand, only a tenth of the size of the big box.

"Here, this is for you!"

Liu He handed over the small box.

Kobe: "..."

Liu He said, "Then help me out by dragging this big box to Staples."

Kobe: "..."

Fuck, do you really fucking think of me as a driver?And it's the kind of work that's done for free and doesn't earn wages.

I'm Kobe Bryant!

Kobe blushed directly.

Seeing that Kobe was going to turn his back, Liu He immediately rushed ahead of Kobe and said, "You are the boss of the team, and your players are in trouble, so you won't stand by and watch?"

Kobe: "..."

So is that what the boss does?

Kobe was a little confused, feeling that he had been tricked, but he didn't know how to refute.

He felt that Liu He was talking nonsense, but it sounded very reasonable.

So Kobe finally became a driver, but his face became darker and darker along the way.

Liu He was in a good mood, so he teased: "Don't feel wronged, my first endorsement fee is about to arrive, and I'll buy a second-hand pickup truck by then, and you won't even have a chance to be my driver... Hahahahaha."

Kobe's face turned dark, and he said coldly: "Since you can't be a driver, then you can be your trainer. I see that your recent game is not in good shape, and it's time to strengthen your training."

Liu He: "..."

Ma De, why is my mouth so cheap?

But even though he was scared in his heart, Liu He couldn't admit defeat: "I didn't expect you to care about me so much that you couldn't leave me for a moment."

The two dragged the things to Staples, distributed a share to the Lakers staff, and then dragged the remaining special products to the locker room to be distributed to teammates during training tomorrow.

……

When Liu He and Kobe were porters, the entire Pistons flew to Los Angeles, and general manager Joe Dumars came with the team.

That's right, the Lakers' next game is to accept the challenge of the Pistons at the Staples Center.

Because of what happened at the draft, Brian Cook was interviewed by the media.

Cook said: "Liu He played an amazing performance in the first show, but when the tide recedes, people will find out who is swimming naked. As long as you watch the recent games, I believe you all know who is better between me and Liu He!"

Cook didn't show any restraint, and directly dissed Liu He.

He didn't intend to be so aggressive at first, but when he came to Los Angeles and saw this bustling metropolis, compared with the depressed Detroit, Cook couldn't stand it anymore.

All of this originally belonged to him, but was stolen by Liu He.

He is a thief!
Of course Cook knows that trading such a thing is not something a rookie Liu He can control, it is the decision of the Lakers management.But he couldn't offend the Lakers management, so he could only spread all his grievances on Liu He.

On the other hand, Joe, the general manager who was interviewed, seemed much more generous.

"I pay attention to Liu He, and his performance is good. But I want to say that Bryan is a rookie who is more suitable for the Pistons. The game is about to start, and I will not focus more on Liu He. I focus on the team's performance. The Lakers are an unprecedented super team, but we are also competitive. We will cause enough trouble for the Lakers, please wait and see."

What Qiao said was high-sounding, but the implication was: Liu He didn't deserve his attention.

The local reporter in Los Angeles asked: "Do you regret the trade at the draft?"

Joe Dumars smiled confidently: "At present, it seems that the person who should regret is not me, but Mitch Kupchak."

Kupchak then learned of Joe's remarks and was furious and angry.

But thinking of Liu He's recent state, he really has a headache.

At the beginning, the deal was hand-picked by the old Buss, and Kupchak had no right to oppose it, so even if there was a problem, it was the old Buss's problem.

However, he is a worker.

Can you still tell everyone: It's not my fault, in fact, Old Buss should be blamed.

Then he can fuck off.

If you can't take the blame for the boss, why does the boss want you?
Kupchak is suffering!

2003 11 Month 14 Day.

Liu He was still the first to arrive at the arena and began to practice extra training for himself.

After returning to Los Angeles for a few days, Liu He made a good adjustment, and finally dispelled all the fatigue of Silianke, and his condition was adjusted very well.

Payton Sr., Malone, and Kobe Bryant arrived later.

Don't look at these three players who are already Hall of Fame players, but their training attitude is not inferior to that of ordinary players. This may be the reason why they can play well.

It's scary to think about people who are more talented than you and work harder than you.

The three quickly discovered the special product in the locker room. After Kobe told it, Ma Long and Payton knew that it was given to everyone by Liu He.

"It's not a festival, why would the little guy think of giving us gifts?"

Peyton wondered.

Kobe naturally knew that it was because Liu He couldn't finish eating by himself and didn't want to waste it, so he distributed it to everyone.

Hehe, Kobe is still upset about it.

This gift was given without any sincerity.If he could finish it, that bastard would definitely be reluctant to share it with everyone.

Kobe was about to point it out, but Payton said to himself: "Today's game is against the Pistons. The Pistons, yes, the team that chose Liu He and traded him before. Liu He must hate the Pistons. So he gave us a gift, and wanted us to help him to perform well in this game and slap the Pistons hard. He was too embarrassed to ask directly, so he sent gifts to hint at us. Carl, Kobe... Do you think my analysis is correct?"

Peyton asked triumphantly, obviously feeling that his analysis was accurate.

There is only one truth, as expected of me, Gary Holmes Paton!
Ma Long nodded: "It should be like this."

Kobe: "..."

Does this work too?
Kobe wanted to tell the truth, but he was unwilling to point out the complacent Payton.

So be it.

(End of this chapter)