basketball dreams

Chapter 59 Sudden Recruitment

After the game against the Nuggets, there was still a post-match press conference as usual, but today Yunchen was the same as the day before yesterday, with a dark face throughout the whole process. No matter what the reporter asked him, he would go over, and he didn't give face at all.

Because the scene was extremely embarrassing, in the end it was the PR director who came up to smooth things over and everyone dispersed. Yun Chen disappeared from everyone's sight immediately after the end.

Half an hour later, he drove the car towards home at a fast speed.

Although after a night of adjustments and the release of a game, he still couldn't stop thinking about Lu Qingyan.

"...I'm so worthless." At this moment, he couldn't help laughing at himself. He never expected that he would be so troubled by a girl.

"Alas!" Suddenly he let out a long sigh, and punched the steering wheel with his fist, at the same time a feeling of powerlessness came to his heart.

"Ding..." But just when he was upset, his phone rang, and he quickly pulled over to slow down the car, and Yun Chen took out his phone.

It was a number that I had never seen before, and this number was not from the same area as him at first glance, it was a very strange combination.

"Who?" Because he was in a bad mood, his tone was not very good when he answered the phone.

"Oh, hello, Li." A strange voice came from the other end of the phone.But for some reason, he felt like he had heard it somewhere.

"Are you..." Yun Chen asked suspiciously.

The voice on the other side obviously hesitated, but after a pause, he said, "I'm CJ McCollum, do you know me?"

As soon as these words came out, Yun Chen, who was driving, stopped his car with a "beep".

McCollum, one of the Trail Blazers' shooting guards in the backcourt, how could he not know?In today's NBA, although it is called the prosperous age of guards, the combination of Lillard and McCollum still firmly occupies a place in the league. It can be said that in addition to the Warriors' Splash Brothers in the current basketball world, their reputation should be the biggest.

"Eh..." Yun Chen blinked and didn't know what to say. In his impression, he and McCollum had nothing to do with each other, and he didn't understand what he was trying to do when he called him.

And, how did he know his phone number?

"Li, do you have time tomorrow afternoon? How about we meet up? Lillard will come over then." Seeing that Yunchen didn't speak for a long time, McCollum had no choice but to directly explain his intentions.

Yun Chen was confused again, McCollum wanted to see her?Why did he want to see himself for no reason?And... Lillard will come with him!

The sudden change made him a little overwhelmed. At this time, the bad mood caused by Lu Qingyan was also left behind by him.

"Well, I want to ask, we almost don't know each other, why do you want to see me?" After that, he asked back.

As the saying goes, if there is nothing to go to the Three Treasures Hall, McCollum took the initiative to contact him, and there must be something wrong.

"Well... Actually, it's not that I want to see you, but that Lillard wants to see you. He... seems to have something important to discuss with you." McCollum replied.

"Uh, where will you be tomorrow afternoon? You wouldn't fly over from Portland to see me, would you?" Yun Chen asked again after hesitating.

Although he didn't know the actual intention of the other party, he was not prepared to refuse. After all, in the NBA, it is always better to have one more friend.

"Hehe..." But the other party laughed directly, "Li, are you confused? Our two teams will have a game the day after tomorrow. In your home court, in order to adjust ahead of time, our team will go there a day earlier."

Hearing this, Yun Chen slapped himself on the forehead. He was indeed dazzled by Lu Qingyan's incident recently, and even forgot that the game against the Blazers would be the day after tomorrow.

"You can decide the location tomorrow. When you're done, send me a text message. Lillard and I will be there." After informing the matter, McCollum hung up the phone without even giving Yunchen a chance to refute. .

"..." After hanging up the phone for a long time, Yun Chen still hasn't recovered from the inexplicable phone call, inexplicable date, his mind is a little befuddled now.

"Alas..." Sighing, he restarted the car.

This night, perhaps because he was tired after playing the game, he fell asleep not long after washing up after arriving home.

The next morning, the team arranged a weak training session, and when Yunchen arrived, he trained with his teammates.

He seems to be in a slightly better mood today, his complexion is much better than the black face of the previous two days, but he is still silent, if he does not take the initiative to talk to him, he will remain silent.

It wasn't that he was still troubled by Lu Qingyan's matter, he had been thinking about McCollum's reason for coming all morning.

After training at noon, Yunchen took a leave of absence from Tyronn Lue, and then drove directly to the place he had planned to meet with McCollum and Lillard.

This is a teahouse, an antique Chinese teahouse, a place that Yun Chen only recently found out from others. Originally, he wanted to bring Lu Qingyan here, but now it seems that it may not be possible.

After waiting for about half an hour, Yun Chen, who was in the box on the second floor, finally saw two figures through the window.

McCollum and Lillard, who came in a car, both wore sunglasses and a big hat on their heads to cover themselves tightly, as if they were afraid that others would recognize them.

Seeing this scene, Yun Chen couldn't help being speechless. Are NBA stars still afraid of being recognized by others?

He never did this in Cleveland. Although his popularity is not low now, not many people can recognize him on the street. It has to be said that the basketball atmosphere in Cleveland is not very strong.

"Squeak—" At this moment, the door of the box was pushed open, and Lillard and McCollum walked in one after the other.

"Hello." Yun Chen stood up and stretched out his hand towards them. Although he didn't know why they came, he still had to be good at etiquette.

As soon as they entered the door, the two of them took off the things wrapped around their heads layer by layer. It seemed that they were not very comfortable dressed like this.

"Ah, hello Li, I'm glad to meet you." After taking off the things on his head, Lillard held Yun Chen's hand first. He looked like a very gentle person, and he smiled kindly at Yun Chen.

Next to him, McCollum also shook hands with Yun Chen after finishing.

Immediately, the three sat down.

"Wow..." After brewing a cup of tea for the two people on the opposite side, Yun Chen asked with a smile, "Can you tell me about your visit now? You called me so late yesterday."

Hearing this, the two people on the opposite side looked at each other, and then Lillard said: "Li, we haven't met before, so this meeting is a bit rushed, please don't mind."

Yun Chen waved his hand, he doesn't care about this.And being able to get acquainted with a superstar like Lillard, why would he mind anything.

"We came to you to...recruit you." But after a while of pleasantries, Lillard said another sentence, which made Yun Chen's hands stop when he was fiddling with the teapot.

"Ah?" The expression on his face suddenly became richer, thinking that he had heard it wrong.

"That's right, Li, we want to recruit you, come to the Blazers, join us, we need you!" Afraid that Yunchen didn't understand what he meant, Lillard explained what he meant again, and he deliberately put the last I need you to bite these words very hard.

"Recruit...recruit me?" Yun Chen was dumbfounded. What kind of operation is this?
Although the trade deadline has not yet arrived, any trade is possible, but he doesn't understand why Lillard would deliberately come here to recruit himself, who is still in the rookie contract period.

Moreover, has there ever been a star in history who personally recruited a rookie?

(End of this chapter)