I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 100 Elbow, Brother Gua, Fight Bull with Me

Come to the Rose Garden Arena, which has not been renamed the Moda Center. .

In other words, the previous name was nice, but they gave it too much.

It is worth mentioning that only eight teams in the NBA have their own arenas, and the other teams rent arenas.

At this point in 2008, there were only five companies.

The Pistons' Little Caesars Arena, the Brooklyn Nets' Barclays Center and the Warriors' Chase Bank Center have yet to start construction.

Among them, the Rose Garden Arena is one of them.

The rest are the Nuggets' own home stadium Pepsi Center (later renamed Ball Stadium), the Jazz's Energy Solutions Arena (renamed Life Smart Home Stadium in 2015), the Raptors' Air Canada Center (later renamed Scotiabank Stadium) , and the Wizards' Verizon Center Arena (later renamed Capital One Stadium).

Anyway, the name was changed to become more and more ugly. . .

Even the Staples Center is leased for $300 million a year.

When they came to the Rose Garden Arena, Li Ran enthusiastically took Anthony and found a bullfighting basket.

Billups changed his expression and followed.

In the short training session in the morning, others didn't see it, but Billups saw it.

George Karl obviously wanted to train Li Ran to become the team's perimeter defensive gate, similar to the little prince Prince of the Pistons back then.

Coincidentally, taking this opportunity, Billups also wanted to see what Li Ran's real defensive strength was.

Although Anthony was a little puzzled, he followed Li Ran to the most remote site.

"What's the matter, Li, didn't I abuse you enough during the offseason?"

During the offseason, apart from being abused by Kobe as a target every day, Anthony was the second most unilaterally beaten Li Ran.

As we all know, Gua Ge has a hoodie bonus in the offseason.

Looking at Gua Ge's smiling eyes, Li Ran nodded seriously.

"Yes, today's bullfight, you attack and I defend."

Billups' eyes lit up. Li Ran's golf quotient is really high, and he immediately saw George Karl's intentions. Now he has started targeted training. The young man has a bright future.

Anthony naturally would not refuse, he picked up a ball casually.

"What rule? Or American style?"

Li Ran shook his head: "It's not American style, there are no rules, you can just play directly, just like one-on-one on the court, Chauncey, pass the ball."

He saw Billups watching the play next to him, and called him over directly.

Billups grinned, showing his buck teeth, and walked to the sidelines without taking off his training clothes.

There were no rules, no scores, just Anthony attacking Li Ran and defending. This unique bullfight began under the witness of Billups.

Billups was about to pass the ball to Anthony, who was standing leaning against Li Ran and raised his arms, but he hesitated for a long time before making a shot.

Li Ran stuck to Anthony's body like a piece of brown sugar. His long arms moved dishonestly, blocking the direction where Anthony might catch the ball.

Billups held the ball above his head with both hands with a solemn face, and there was no passing route for a while.

Anthony also found that it was too risky for him to catch the ball in such a low position, so he simply got rid of Li Ran's entanglement and ran towards Billups.

Li Ran continued to follow. In the end, Anthony and Billups almost used a hand-to-hand pass before they managed to get the ball into their hands.

Billups' expression was already a little dignified.

"Is this Li Ran's real defensive strength?"

Holding the ball, Anthony turned around, held the ball in both hands, and leaned over to face Li Ran.

His center of gravity dropped very low, obviously preparing to use his full strength.

Then, he turned around again and took a few steps against Li Ran's back. Li Ran didn't give way at all, but firmly resisted Anthony to prevent him from squeezing inside.

Anthony hit a few times and found that there was not much progress. He used a fake move to turn around, and then turned around and shot a jumper without hesitation.

What he and Billups didn't expect was that Li Ran didn't take Anthony's fake move at all, and jumped on Anthony the moment he turned around.

In order to avoid being directly blocked by Li Ran, Anthony had to adjust his shooting posture.

In this way, the ball was naturally out of focus and landed crookedly outside the range of the basket. . .

George Karl noticed the three people who were fighting in the distance, and didn't care much, let alone the details of the three people's bullfighting, just thinking about his own affairs with a dull head.

By the time the three of them walked over from the field with different expressions, they were about to play the game.

George Karl didn't ask such trivial matters as the result of the bullfight.

Do you still have to ask? Anthony must have beaten Li Ran violently.

However, Anthony and Billups are now having a storm in their hearts.

The two played ten rounds just now, and Anthony managed to score only four goals!
"When did Li's defense get so good?" Billups asked Anthony curiously. Anthony and Li Ran had the best relationship.

"I don't know. Lee's defense was still a mess in the summer. The defense just now was perfect. No one in the entire league can restrain me like this."

Anthony shook his head, expressing that he didn't know either.

Either way, it's definitely a good thing.

Everything that is good for the team is a good thing.

Watching his best friend James do everything in the league, Anthony is already going crazy.

Not to mention that Wade has already won the championship.

He was either the champion or was swept in the finals, and he was still working hard to break out of the first round, so no one was in a hurry.

This year, Anthony sees hope.

Hope is on Li Ran.

He is a rookie with a four-year rookie contract, but he can play the same statistics as a star. How much salary space does this save the team?

Nuggets owner Stanley Colange is not a boss who is reluctant to spend money. He is a professional sports businessman who not only owns the Pepsi Center and the Nuggets, but also owns shares in several other major league teams.

Although his net worth is only 14 billion U.S. dollars, he is not considered a top boss in the NBA circle, but he can't stand him having a rich daughter-in-law.

Stanley Colange's wife Colange-Ann Wharton's net worth is several times that of Colange's. Her father Bud Wharton and her uncle Sam Wharton are the founders of the famous Wal-Mart in the United States .

Bud Wharton, on the other hand, gave all of his inheritance to his two daughters.

So, if possible, it is not impossible for Colange to spend a few years extravagantly for the Nuggets and build a championship lineup.

It depends on how the Nuggets perform this season.

The two teams that just fought fiercely last night met again today at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland!

(End of this chapter)