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Chapter 154 Business Alliance
Frowning tightly, Yang Ke felt his chin with his hands. He could also see this, but he couldn't figure out why the league put in so much effort, but only wanted the rookies to play hard.

Seeming to know what Yang Ke was thinking, Popovich patted him on the shoulder, sighed, and said slowly: "The NBA is a business league after all. The reason they do this is to increase revenue."

Hearing what Popovich said, although Yang Ke had to admit that what he said was right, he was still dissatisfied with it in his heart, and immediately questioned: "If we play hard, can we really increase our income?"

"Through the new regulations, the Rookie Challenge will attract a lot of influence and attention. If some of these can be kept through the fierce competition, then they will be converted into a lot of money in the future."

Shaking his head, as an existence in the league for decades, Popovich sees this very clearly, and because Yang Ke is a good young man, Popovich does not recommend giving him lessons, " Furthermore, even if you fail to keep them, it doesn't matter, after all, in the eyes of the outside world, the Rookie Challenge has always been an insignificant entertainment event."

This time Yang Ke completely understood, with a sad expression on his face, he unconsciously clenched his hands into fists, and asked unwillingly: "Does this mean that our Rookie Challenge is an experimental product of the alliance? If it succeeds, such a rule will continue like this, if it fails, it will be as if it never happened?"

"Indeed."

Nodding his head, looking at Yang Ke in front of him, his eyes flashed, and Popovich said, "Actually, according to my guess, if you and Jeremy Lin hadn't turned out this year, the league wouldn't have made such a move." So decided!"

"I see!"

Closing his eyes, Yang Ke nodded stiffly. He knew that it was because of him and Jeremy Lin that the Asian market, which had been on a downward trend, was revived and the alliance was given an opportunity, otherwise they would not have done so.

Sighing helplessly, Popovich's face was a little unnatural, deep in such an alliance, even he couldn't make the decisions at all times, and then he said affirmatively: "Yang, I want to change this situation. There is only one way for you!"

"any solution?"

Opening his eyes suddenly, a ray of light shot out from them, and Yang Ke looked at Popovich expectantly.

"Just like the problem of racial discrimination in the United States has always been strong. If you want them to shut up and shrink back, you can only become a strong person. Through competitions and victories again and again, let them feel afraid of you and be conquered by you."

"But, Yang, you have to remember that if you want to get rid of the control and use of the commercial alliance, the strength like your compatriot Yao is far from enough! At least you have to become the number one in the alliance recognized by most people!"

.........

Miami on the south coast is very warm even in winter, so it is loved by tourists from all over the world all year round. Since the game time is tomorrow night, after arriving in Miami.

In view of the fatigue of the journey, Popovich announced that he would not train in the morning. Then, under the leadership of the three members of the GDP, the players took their partners to the beach of the South China Sea, where they relaxed and sunbathed.

Lying beside Yang Ke, Emma was wearing a striped bikini at the moment, except for the key parts, her perfect figure with bumps and convexities could be seen at a glance.

"Yang, what's wrong with you?"

Turning over, with her arms around Yang Ke's neck, Emma clung to him tightly, looking at Yang Ke with worried eyes, and asked softly, Emma felt that from the very beginning Seeing something wrong with my lover.

Came back to his senses, smiled bitterly, stroked Emma's hair with his right hand, Yang Ke did not hide her, but said directly: "How do I want to become stronger!"

"Yang, this kind of thing can't be forced!"

Holding Yang Ke's left hand tightly with his right hand, he pressed his left cheek against his chest. Emma had also experienced a similar situation before, so she had some insights and said slowly, "Take it easy, we are still very close." Young, don't worry."

"is it?"

In fact, being young is not only our capital, but also an excuse for us to paralyze ourselves...

At night, the lights of the American Airlines Arena were shining, and the game between the Spurs and the Heat officially started. Popovich did not adjust the starting lineup, which was still: Green, Parker, Leonard, Duncan and Split.

The Heat, who sit at home, have undergone changes. The Big Three of James, Bosh and Wade are still starting, while the point guard and center have been changed, and James Jones and Udonis Haslem have been replaced.

At the beginning of the game, Duncan won the jump ball. Under Parker's control, the Spurs stepped into the positional battle as usual, relying on a stable pick-and-roll cooperation, slowly killing the Heat.

More than ten seconds later, through several shrewd cooperation, the Heat's defense was successfully torn apart. Parker rushed inside, attracted the attention of the defense, and passed the ball to Green. However, facing an open space, Green unexpectedly missed the shot. up.

James steadily took down the defensive rebound, and directly passed a long pass to Wade, who had already begun to slam down. With no one returning to the defense, Wade dunked successfully, and instead took the lead to score two points for the Heat!

Beautiful defensive counterattack!
Looking at the situation on the court, Popovich also sincerely nodded his praise for the Heat's cooperation this time as an opponent.

Of course, he also saw that the players on the field couldn't keep up with Wade's speed, which meant that they would not be able to prevent the Heat's quick counterattack. Popovich would never allow this. Yang Ke on the board called over.

Pointing to Wade who was defending back on the field, Popovich asked softly, "Yang, how does your speed compare to his?"

"Now he is not as good as me."

Without even looking at it, Yang Ke said confidently that although Wade has the name of The Flash, his knees have been damaged and his speed has dropped because he has already run three times.

"Well, that's right."

Nodding, Popovich didn’t deny that one is entering the peak and the other is going downhill. Of course, there is no comparison. Then he laughed and said, “Later you replace Green and mark Wade. , learn the true meaning of speed from him."

"what?"

Yang Ke was taken aback, and looked at Popovich suspiciously.

The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and Popovich patted Yang Ke's back with his hands, and said slowly: "Don't you want to become stronger? Well, the first thing you need to learn is to make perfect use of your own advantages. I have to say, In the past, you took advantage of your own speed in the offense, and it was really bad."

"When defending Wade, watch more, learn more, and see how he does offense. This is your first step to the strongest!"

Yang Ke nodded thoughtfully, looked at Popovich gratefully, then took off his coat, walked slowly to the technical stage and sat down, waiting for the opportunity to play.

(End of this chapter)