After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 356 Winning Parade

The relationship between Li Chengming and Howard has always been pretty good. This is mainly due to the fact that their personalities are actually pretty good, and they didn't know each other at first.

Later, Howard always regarded Li Chengming as his younger brother, and Li Chengming didn't bother to refute, so he just treated him as coaxing the child.

What's more, with Howard's help, it did allow him to quickly integrate into this group, and there was no such thing as a newcomer being bullied or even being discriminated against as a Chinese.

After he typed it later, this kind of thing would never happen again.

After all, the best thing about the Magic is that there are almost no thorns in the team. If you insist, Howard himself may be regarded as a small thorn.

As a result, now, because of Li Chengming's rapid growth, although he is still the last show, although he still holds a rookie contract of hundreds of thousands, but no matter in terms of strength, popularity, ball status, and reputation in the team, he is still the best player in the team. All aspects have posed a fundamental threat to Howard, the boss.

The controversy from the outside world is not without reason. There have been many such voices since the start of the playoffs, and it also affected Howard at that time.

Howard held back for the championship, but after everything is over, will he be able to hold back next season?
Anyway, the championship already exists, and the FMVP is not his own. If he competes for the championship next season, it may happen again. Can he accept it?

In fact, not to mention Howard, even Li Chengming's side will also change. It seems that he played the role of the sixth man most of the time this season, but will he be willing to be a substitute next season?

He is not Manu Ginobili. The reason why Argentinian Demon Sword can accept the substitute arrangement is, to a certain extent, due to Popovich's CPU, plus his own physical strength, endurance, or to put it bluntly, the overall ability is not up to the mark. arrive.

It is said that Ginobili is "Jordan for 20 minutes", which actually just shows his flaws. It is not that he is unwilling to play for such a long time, nor can it be said that he has to get the salary of the sixth man, but The strength is indeed at such a level.

Manu Ginobili is of course a star player. It can even be said that he has a high upper limit of performance. It is possible to shine in a single game or in a series, but this is also based on the Spurs, with Duncan as the foundation. Playing for a long time and letting him lead the team alone, he may not be able to perform so well.

Ginobili's style of play is very creative. He can often pass unbelievable balls. It is really good-looking, but the risk is really great, especially if he is not careful, Popovich may be Can't hold it down.

After all, Ginobili is not Parker, and he will not be obedient when he scolds him. Even Popovich has to retain his spirituality, because this is what the conservative and steady Spurs need.

Perhaps it was also from the years of competition with the Lakers that I discovered Kobe's horror, so I hope that I also have a Kobe in my team as a guarantee.

Of course, Ginobili himself is not completely a substitute player, the positioning of the sixth man, and even at many critical moments, he is the outside core of the Spurs who controls the team's rhythm.

This is similar to the fact that the Spurs mentioned Ginobili to the starting lineup at the critical moment of the playoffs.

However, it is still difficult for Ginobili to win a series on his own, so the Spurs were eventually sent to the playoffs by the Lakers led by the real Kobe, but Li Chengming already has such ability.

Even if he is still willing to substitute for the team, he still has to consider the thoughts of those sponsors, his fans, and his own management team.

Even if you play the same for more than 30 minutes, starting and substituting are obviously different concepts, and it will even affect your status in the team.

Who ever heard of the core of the team, the boss of the team is always on the bench?

Occasionally one or two games is fine, but it will definitely not work all the time.

Of course, these can be discussed after the offseason is over. At least now, during the championship parade, it is impossible for them to make any public awkwardness.

Howard is childish, but he is not a child after all, and he can still distinguish which is more important.

As for Li Chengming, let alone.

This is the first time Orlando has held a championship parade. For the local police, it will be a big test.

After all, one of the biggest characteristics of this kind of occasion is that there are too many people, and once there are too many people, it will be difficult to manage, especially for the people who advocate freedom, what will happen is unpredictable.

In response to the parade, the city of Orlando has deployed more than 1000 police officers to maintain order and respond to emergencies at any time.

It is not uncommon for accidents to happen in the championship parade. There have been many examples in the past, not to mention that this is the first time for Orlando. It is expected that tens of thousands of people may participate in the parade. This scale must be treated with caution.

The route arrangement for the parade has already been determined. Starting from the Amway Center Arena, the total length of the street is about 1.6 kilometers. Along the way, fences will be used to separate the people on both sides, and a passage will be left in the middle for the ball to pass. The parade bus passes.

At that time, the Magic's uniform team, players and family members will stand on the open-air bus with the championship trophy, constantly interacting with the fans and displaying the trophy.

Finally, on the stage built at the finish line, there will be the last show, which is nothing more than interviews with the players, interaction with the fans on the spot, etc. This is actually a benefit for the local fans.

Of course, it is not ruled out that someone will come from other places to participate together.

Of course, Li Chengming also brought his own FMVP trophy. In fact, knowing Howard's thoughts, he once considered whether to keep this trophy, so as not to irritate him.

But after thinking about it, I don't have to be so sensitive.

If the two really wanted to conflict, this point of caution was not enough to make up for it.

And the ones who got on the bus with him were of course his father, as well as the two brothers and sisters Jon and Sheila from the McGilton family.

In fact, Li Chengming originally wanted Amy to come and participate, but it was a pity that she couldn't get away. After discussing with the team, the McGilton family was also willing to let their son and daughter participate, so they brought the two children together. come over.

It happened that Father Li was looking after them, and at most they got out of the car and went for a walk. There were guardrails and the police watched over them. As long as they didn't run around, it was not a big problem.

In the middle, Howard and the others also brought some champagne and streamers over and sprayed them along the way, and the fans went into a frenzy.

Although the distance of 1.6 kilometers is not very long, the speed of the bus is very slow and there are stops along the way, so it took almost two hours to end the parade.

Then everyone went to a podium together, and began to prepare to give speeches one by one under the mobilization of the master of ceremonies arranged by the Magic official.

Of course, this is not compulsory, but core leaders like Howard and Li Chengming are also the most popular, so they must stand up and say something.

Li Chengming was placed behind the head coach Van Gundy, so he teased Van Gundy as soon as he opened his mouth: "Actually, we all know that Mr. Van Gundy has been secretly happy: Fuck you Heat, I am now the magic champion!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

In the past few days after the finals, all kinds of related news are indispensable to the Magic. Although Van Gundy did not mention the Heat in his championship speech, his "grievances" with the Heat and Pat Riley were revealed again. Out.

Even Magic fans quarreled with Heat fans inexplicably on the Internet. The origin is that some Heat fans said that Van Gundy was really not capable at the time and couldn’t control O’Neal and others, so they were considered to be blackmailing him, so Magic fans naturally want to protect their own team. coach.

Anyway, in a place like the Internet, quarrels always start for various inexplicable reasons, and in the end, no one can persuade the other.

But what Li Chengming said next was just clichés. In fact, when he participated in various activities these days and hardly stopped, he was still shooting commercials just before he came to participate in the parade.

So I was a little tired physically and mentally, and it really felt harder than playing a game.

Then I think that there will be more commercial activities when I return to China, as well as the national team training camp and the Olympic Games. After the end, I will have to continue to run commercial trips. It is estimated that I will not stop until the team gathers for the new season.

Grass, I don't want to live anymore!
(End of this chapter)