Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 28
The reason why Rodman arrived so late was not because he didn't want to come, but because he had been unlucky recently.

First, he made a big scandal at the draft. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he passed out with joy. He woke up again and was already in the ICU of the hospital. He hadn’t entered the NBA yet, but he was famous. This was not what he wanted. reputation.

He recuperated in the hospital for more than a week. After he recovered, he did not go home. In fact, he almost never went home since he entered university.

Like many black people from the ghetto, his irresponsible father abandoned the family when he was 3 years old. His family only has a mother who works multiple jobs a day and two younger sisters who are in good shape. .

Rodman was not as good as his two younger sisters since he was a child. Deborah was 1.88 meters and Kim was 1.83 meters. The two were All-American players in high school. At that time, he was only 1.75 meters.

So let alone basketball, he couldn't even beat his two younger sisters in a fight.

This makes him extremely inferior at home, and he seldom goes home. When he was in college, he met a best friend who had forgotten his age, Brian Rich. The difference between the two is 9 years old, but they are each other’s best friends. And Rich’s Home has also become the real home in his heart.

Accompanying him to attend the draft is Rich and his mother.

So when he was discharged from the hospital, Rodman was also picked up by Rich and his mother, and he has been living in Rich's farm in Bokchito.

However, that farm is a small place and very remote, so not to mention that Li Weisi couldn't get in touch with Rodman, even Attles couldn't get in touch. Attles, who was eager to sign a contract with Rodman, was going crazy. , I thought, why is this child so uneasy?
Fortunately, through Rich's mother, Attles successfully found Rodman's location, and then successfully completed the contract with Rodman, and it was at this time that Rodman knew that Li Weisi had invited him of this matter.

When Rodman walked into the training hall with excited steps, Li Weisi was leading the crowd to conduct a wicked half-time sprint practice. This training that can make people tired and vomit really made several rookies die.

Although Li Weisi's face was also very ugly, he still insisted on completing every training carefully. Therefore, although the few rookies were dissatisfied, they could see Li Weisi's example, no matter how much dissatisfaction they had, it was hard to vent it.

After Rodman walked in, he happened to see that everyone was entering the final stage of the sprint. The scene of training in full swing immediately made Rodman's heart warm up, as if he had finally found his organization.

However, unlike what he had imagined, no one paid any attention to him at all, and everyone was running desperately.

"the last time!"

Li Weisi's voice lifted everyone's spirits, and he used all his strength to go back and forth from the beginning to the end, running from the bottom line to the center line, and turning back.

When they finally broke through the bottom line, everyone was exhausted, lying on the ground gasping for breath, not caring about the surrounding environment at all.

Only Li Weisi did not fall down, but put his hands on his knees, bent over and panted. Obviously, the consumption of this training was equally huge for Li Weisi.

It made Rodman a little embarrassed that everyone ignored him. He could only stand there and watch everyone finish their training. Then he came over and said to Li Weisi, who was the only one standing, "Hey, brother, you just called me. West?"

After calming down for a while, Li Weisi recovered a lot. Looking at the teammate in front of him, he was a black man with small eyes, big nose, and big mouth. It was hard to imagine that he was already 25 years old this year.

Li Weisi straightened up and said to Rodman: "Welcome, I am very happy that you can come to the training camp, but I don't like you being late, I hope you will not be late next time."

"..." Rodman raised his eyebrows, an unbelievable expression appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but angrily said, "Who the hell do you think you are? Coach? How dare you come to instruct me?"

Rodman's inferiority complex is deeply rooted in his bones. His father ran away from home, his mother favored his younger sisters, and he was ridiculed by the surroundings since he was a child, which made it difficult for him to breathe at home. This is why he does not want to go home now.

After graduating from high school, he did not go to college for a while, and could only work as a night watchman at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. However, during this period, his height increased sharply, and he grew to 2.03 meters after two years.

So with his tall stature, Rodman entered the Dallas Airport as a security guard, and was later sent to a detention center because his hands and feet were not clean.

Finally, under the persuasion of his mother, he went to university in Oklahoma. That is to say, he didn't really touch basketball until he was 19 years old, three years later than Hanamichi Sakuragi.

And regardless of Rodman's transfer to Southeast Oklahoma State University, he averaged 25.7 points and 15.7 rebounds per game, shooting 63.7% from the field;

Just looking at this data, would you think this is Rodman's data?Those who didn't know thought it was O'Neill!
But you must know that it is not the NCAA, but the NAIA, the National Intercollegiate Athletic Association, a college league with a competitive level between the DII and DIII of the NCAA.

Such a low-level league is destined to be ignored by scouts and fans. How can a player who can only collect statistics in low-level leagues be a good player?

Of course, high-level leagues are another matter.

This is why he was so excited when he heard that he was selected in the first round at the draft. He needs to be recognized too much.

Before coming to the training camp, he secretly made up his mind that he must not lose to other rookies. Although the other rookies are the NCAA's favored ones, he does not want to be despised.

Therefore, Li Weisi's words were nothing to the ears of ordinary people, but they inadvertently offended Rodman and poked at the most vulnerable part of Rodman's heart.

He looked at Li Weisi condescendingly, poked Li Weisi's chest with his hand and said, "Boy, do you dare to single out? Let me see what kind of skills you have to show me?"

Hearing the quarrel between Rodman and Li Weisi, other rookies who were lying on the ground got up one after another.

If you talk about this, then we won't be sleepy.

These few people who didn't think it was a big deal looked at Levi's one after another, waiting for Li Weisi's answer.

Li Weisi took a step back, reached out to block the saliva sprayed by Rodman with his hand, then wiped his clothes and said: "Oh, you want to fight with me, in a group of monkeys, the monkey king passed by the monkey The powerful adult monkeys in the group decided to use force to fight. Although this is cruel, it is in line with Darwin's theory of evolution and fair, so I accept your challenge!"

"Wow..." Following Li Weisi's agreement, several other teammates were even more excited than Li Weisi himself, and cheered loudly. Who could refuse?
(End of this chapter)