basketball dreams

Chapter 20 Unspeakable Hidden
Taking a long breath, Yun Chen turned off the TV.

His mind was in chaos, and all kinds of thoughts swarmed in. It was beyond his imagination that it was more difficult for a yellow man to gain a foothold in the league, which suddenly made him doubt himself.

Tomorrow... Can I really fight well?

Coach Brown of the 76ers used Tang Yin like a mercenary, while Wharton of the Lakers didn't pay much attention to Xu Qianxiang at all. Even though his performance in the summer league was very impressive, they didn't get the treatment they deserved.

Needless to say for himself here, Tyronn Lu's weird logic gave him even more headaches.

Tomorrow night, also at 7:30 a.m. BJ time, he will play at home against the rebuilding Atlanta Hawks.

Although the opponent doesn't look strong, everyone knows the saying that there is no weak team in the NBA. It is not yet known who will win and who will lose in the real fight.

And in the Hawks' lineup, there was a player that Yunchen paid close attention to.

Jeremy Lin, the man who once set off "Linsanity".Once upon a time, almost all the Chinese in the world regarded him as the pride of the yellow race.

However, injuries in the past two years have limited his performance.He should have played the best performance of his career in the Nets, but he fell in the season opener last year.This summer, he was traded to the Hawks by the Nets for almost nothing.

Compared with the glory of the past, it is inevitable to make people sigh.

"My former idol... I'll see you tomorrow..." Opening the window, the evening wind in early autumn smelled faintly, and Yun Chen stared at the starry sky in a trance for a long time.

……

There was nothing to say all night, and after six o'clock the next morning, Yun Chen packed up her equipment and came to the arena early as usual.

Because the game is at home today, the training was also arranged at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

There was a small incident when entering the arena. The guard at the gate actually said that he didn't know Yun Chen, and he had to show his relevant documents before letting him in...

His reason is how it is possible for a yellow race to play in the NBA.

In the end, Yun Chen was only allowed to enter after showing his player card. Before leaving, the uncle guard looked at him like a monster...

After entering the arena, Yunchen saw Osman again. As usual, he had been training alone for a while.

"Morning, Cedi." Yun Chen greeted with a smile.

"Good morning, Li, how did you sleep last night?" Osman came over and gave him a high five, then picked up the towel next to him and began to wipe his sweat.

Although the weather today is not very hot, it makes people feel unusually stuffy.

"Very good." Yun Chen replied.

"How are you going to play today's game? After all, you have hardly practiced with the team." At this time, Osman was concerned.

Yun Chen shrugged when he heard the words: "How else can I fight, just adapt to the situation."

"Hey, Li, I think you should really understand the head coach. It's really not easy for him." Osman then suddenly said such a sentence without thinking.

Yunchen didn't know, so, judging from the information he got now, Tyronn Luyou's current situation was entirely his own fault, and the way he handled things left him speechless.

Seeing this, Osman looked around, and continued after confirming that there was no one else nearby: "Maybe you don't know, Gilbert gave Tai Lue an order to win five games in the first ten games of the season. If he does If you don’t, you’ll be fired.”

Yun Chen nodded, he knew about this matter, Tai Lunlu told him about it last night, but he couldn't see anything worthy of sympathy from this matter.

"Li, what I want you to understand is that if Tyronn Lue loses the position of head coach at this time, it will not only ruin his coaching career." Osman said again.

After saying these words, Yun Chen became somewhat interested: "What do you mean?"

Osman sighed, seemed to hesitate for a while, tilted his head and thought for a while before saying: "Tylen Lue's coaching method and his tactical arrangements have been criticized by the media in the past two seasons. You should know about this?"

"I know that in China, our fans nicknamed him Tactical Wizard."

"Pfft..." Hearing this, Osman almost spit out the sports drink he just drank.

"Ahem... On the surface, this is just the media's questioning of a head coach who has performed poorly, but..." he continued.

"But what?" Yun Chen moved closer.

"But you may not know that almost everyone in the American basketball circle now regards him as a joke. It is no exaggeration to say that if he is cut by Gilbert this year, then at least in the United States, he will never There is no opportunity to work in a basketball-related job."

"Huh?" Yun Chen thought he had heard wrong.

In his view, Tyronn Lue's incident was just a head coach being laid off by the boss, which is very common in the NBA, and there are many of those who were laid off who later returned to their posts.This is equivalent to a worker being laid off. He just needs to find another job. It shouldn't be as serious as what Osman said.

Thinking of this, Yun Chen immediately shook his head and said with a smile, "Cedi, are you scaring me?"

However, Osman's expression became more and more serious: "I'm not joking, Li, the things you know about Tylen Lue may all be on the Internet, and you really don't know what kind of doubts he has encountered in private."

"Then it's not impossible to engage in basketball-related work, right?"

"No, Li, Tyronn Lue has been completely looked down upon by everyone in the past two years because of the media's over-exaggeration and fabrications. That's why he is so anxious to replace you as the starter."

"But it's not my fault that the team can't win, right? That's a problem with his own ability." Yun Chen still couldn't accept Osman's statement.

At this time, Osman patted Yun Chen on the shoulder: "Li, don't blame him for being too strict with you. The current head coach position is really his last chance in this league and in the basketball circle. If I were him, I might be more aggressive than him, after all, apart from Yao Ming, no one of the yellow race who has entered the league can play well, and he has no choice but to win."

Yun Chen: "..."

After saying these words, Osman continued to go back to training, leaving Yun Chen alone in a daze.

Now he finally figured it out, why did Tyronn Lue want to play as a substitute so much but never dared to talk to the boss?
It wasn't that he was afraid of offending the boss and wanted Yun Chen to take the blame.It's just that he really can't make any more demands on Gilbert. How can a worker who is about to be fired dare to make demands on his boss?

"Thinking about it this way...he might have some difficulties, but..."

Yun Chen touched the back of his head, feeling a little pain in his head.

Originally, this matter was very simple. The pure Tyronn Lue selfishly cheated himself, and then fought back by himself.

But now that I know such a fact, I can't hate Tyronn Lue any more...

Yunchen is not an unreasonable person, but he can't agree with the fact that Tai Lunlu underestimated him.His self-esteem is very strong, and he cannot allow others to question him, but in retrospect, it seems that it is precisely because of his too strong self-esteem that the relationship with Tyronn Lue has developed into what it is today.

"Am I... a little too strong?" Yun Chen scratched his head.

At this moment, he turned his head to look at Osman who was shooting.For such a long time, because I was angry with Tyronn Lue, I have always believed in the fact that I want to start, but now calm down and think about it...

Are you really qualified to start this team?

Compared with seniority, I am just a rookie who has just entered the league. Compared with hard work, Osman has worked harder than myself. Since joining the team for so many days, he is the last one to arrive at the arena almost every morning. The alliance has been fighting for several years, and it is definitely better than myself in terms of experience and tacit understanding with teammates.

"Thinking about it carefully, compared with Osman, I really don't seem to have the slightest advantage..." Unknowingly, such an idea jumped into Yunchen's mind.

(End of this chapter)