basketball dreams

Chapter 33 Arrival in Los Angeles

This time Yuan Junjie encountered the biggest crisis since entering the league.Now as long as there are media comments, they are all criticizing him. He became the target of public criticism for a while, and even conflicts broke out in the locker room.

According to unknown sources, the Timberwolves locker room is now divided into two factions. One faction, represented by Ross, believes that Yuan Junjie should be put on the starting lineup because his personal ability is stronger than that of Gibson.

Another faction of starters represented by Towns believes that Gibson's functionality is better than Yuan Junjie, and Yuan Junjie should switch to play as a sixth man, so as to enhance the team's bench strength.

The two factions are now in full contention, but the most terrible thing is that the head coach Thibodeau has never expressed his position on this.

"Hmm..." Seeing this, Yun Chen shook his head helplessly. Now Yuan Junjie has fallen into a situation where both parties are not happy. No matter what position he plays in the end, he will definitely make the other party unhappy.

This problem can only be left to Yuan Junjie to solve by himself, and Yun Chen can only watch from the sidelines.

As for the other few people, their situation is much better than Yuan Junjie.

Tang Yin is still a substitute in the 76ers, and their second game has already been played. They beat the New York Knicks at home. In this game, Tang Yin played 24 minutes and made 12 of 7 shots, including 2 of 1 three-pointers. 3 of 3 free throws contributed 18 points and 2 assists, and his performance was still stable.

For the Bucks, Zheng Ye is still as stable as the Great Wall of China. In the second game, they narrowly beat the Pistons away. Zheng Ye made 4 of 3 and 6 of 3 free throws. After locking up the inside attack on the opposite side, the combination of Zhuang Shen and Griffin were both defeated in front of Zheng Ye, especially Zhuang Shen, who was blocked by Zheng Ye twice in the same round of inside attack.

The Lakers rested for three days after the first day of the game, and today is their second game, so Xu Qianxiang has no news for the time being.

The journey was smooth, but when Yunchen and his teammates got off the bus and arrived at the Staples Arena, he suddenly stopped on the road, and sweat started to form on his head, and his face became ugly.

"What's the matter, Li, you won't get motion sickness, right?" JR, who was walking beside him, teased. When he got off the bus, he wanted to help Yunchen carry the bag, but Yunchen refused, because he always felt uncomfortable asking a veteran to do it for him. strange.

"It's over, I was interrupted by JR's affairs, and I forgot the agreement with Lu Qingyan..."

At the end of the last game, he told Lu Qingyan who wanted to interview on the sidelines that he would call her today to ask her out for a private interview.

But he forgot that this game was an away game and he was going to Los Angeles with the team...

"This..." The corners of Yun Chen's mouth twitched, and this might leave a bad impression of dishonesty in the other party's heart.

Thinking of this, he quickly took out his mobile phone and dialed Lu Qingyan's number.

But the problem came again, no one answered...

"It's over, it's a stone hammer for not keeping promises..." He thought of the various unscrupulous behaviors of the current domestic media. They might make all kinds of false news about this matter, so that his public image might be damaged. Get a discount.

It's not that he has any prejudice against Lu Qingyan, it's just that the professional ethics of various domestic editors are true...

It is very incomprehensible!
With such an apprehensive mood, Yunchen followed his teammates into the Staples Arena.

I have to say that Los Angeles is a big city after all, and Staples Arena is indeed much taller than Quicken Loans Arena.

Countless media reporters have already gathered at the entrance of the arena and in the player tunnel, because there are indeed many things to watch in this game.

LeBron James faced the Cavaliers again and the Chinese Derby. These two gimmicks attracted a lot of attention as soon as they were released.

The time when Yunchen and the others entered the field was the time for the Cavaliers to practice on-site, and the training time for the Lakers was scheduled for the afternoon.

So before the game, the two teams will not meet.

But when Yunchen and his teammates finished packing and came to the stadium, there were already people training there.

LeBron James, he actually trained alone, and judging by the sweat on his body, he should have been here for a long time.

"Hey! You are here!" James heard the crowd behind him, turned around with a smile, and looked at the crowd in Cleveland.

"Long time no see, brothers." James opened his hands to everyone, "Welcome to Los Angeles!"

But the expected warm embrace and reunion after a long absence did not appear.

The scene was deadly silent, and no one from the Cavaliers came out to speak. They just stood there and looked at James without saying a word.

The atmosphere suddenly became subtle.

LeBron James, Cleveland's totem figure, has always been the soul and symbol of the Cavaliers.

But now, he said to his teammates who fought side by side in the past, welcome to Los Angeles... I have to say that this is a great irony, and it is also the reason why everyone in the Cavaliers behaved so weirdly.

It's like when Jordan came back from the Wizards and said to the Bulls, hey guys, welcome to Washington...

Everyone froze in place, and the scene was very embarrassing for a while. It seemed that even James felt a little embarrassed, and the smile on his face gradually froze.

But at this moment, Yun Chen slowly came out and broke the silence: "Hi, LeBron, I've heard of you for a long time." He walked towards James and extended his hand.

He doesn't have the same feeling as the rest of the Cavaliers. Now his mind is full of excitement and excitement.

I actually saw James, and I was about to shake hands with No.1 in the active league. It's a pity that I didn't bring my phone and couldn't take pictures...

If these ideas of his were known to his teammates, he would probably be beaten to death directly.

LeBron's departure can be regarded as abandoning these people in disguise. It is impossible to say that they have no opinion of James at all.

"You... hello, your name is Li Yunchen, right? I know you." Seeing that no one responded to him, James' face was a little stiff. At this moment, he finally saw Li Yunchen coming out to make a rescue, and immediately grabbed him. Yun Chen warmly greeted her with her hand.

James' hands are big, even though Yun Chen's body after time travel is also big, but they are still a bit inferior compared to James.

Moreover, his palms are unusually rough and feel like the hands of migrant workers. The years of high-intensity training have always left some marks on his body.

"Young man, although I left the Cavaliers, I have been following you all the time. Your performance in these two games was very good." James smiled and patted Yun Chen on the shoulder, his eyes were like a senior looking at a junior.

"Long time no see." At this time, Osman and others also came over.

"Hey brother." James saw Osman, walked over with a smile, and hugged him.

Afterwards, he hugged everyone in the Cavaliers one by one. Even though everyone's performance was different, it was not difficult to see that none of them showed much excitement or joy.

Originally, you were supposed to be one of us...

James has been waiting here since the morning, not for anything else, just to catch a glimpse of his former brothers.

Although he chose to leave this summer, it seems that he is still full of affection for the Cavaliers in his heart. As he said, he has been paying attention to Yunchen and others.

In this training, James and the staff drove all the media and irrelevant people out of the arena.

He was going to be alone with the knight's men for a while.

……

Before the competition, Yun Chen didn't meet Xu Qianxiang, and their training time was staggered.

In early autumn, the length of the day gradually shortens with the change of the angle of direct sunlight. Although it is only after six o'clock in the evening, night has already begun to fall.

The Staples Arena was full at this time, and the audience came to their seats early, all of them were looking forward to the game.

Today, James will be here for the first time, wearing a purple and gold jersey to fight for the Lakers!

(End of this chapter)