The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master.

Chapter 203 American Dream Youth Team

LeBron James is probably the most controversial figure in the history of the NBA.

In its most glorious era, many people compared it with the basketball god Jordan. The number of fans on its own was enough to rival the entire league.

Although the reputation was mixed at that time, as a latecomer, Lin Dong still must be fair to say that in terms of influence, LeBron is indeed the person closest to Jordan in the NBA.

But in the later stages of his career, because the NBA never had a successor who could convince the public, in order to maintain ratings, the league forcibly maintained his status and extended his "peak period", and there were many attempts to suppress other teams and stars. This incident not only caused the NBA to lose fairness for a time, but also caused the ratings to reach record lows. It also aroused boundless anger among many fans.

There are all kinds of jokes about LeBron, and even in 2028, where Lin Dong is, they are still Internet celebrities.

What about 'Liubu Zhan knelt down and the whole league shed tears', 'his hands spread forward and the referee was forced to work overtime'...

Lin Dong does not agree with the extreme behavior of such fans. Although he himself is partly responsible for LeBron's reputation in the later stages of his career, everyone inside the industry knows that the real initiator should be the league itself.

When it comes to business and interests, these are not things that an outsider can see clearly.

And if we go back to James himself, his historical level of physical talent is indeed unique in the entire NBA.

"Then I'll have to ask you to work overtime these days."

Payton was startled: "What kind of overtime?"

"Help me adapt to high-intensity confrontation. You won't tell me that 17-year-old LeBron is better than you in confrontation, right?"

"Fake, what do you think of me?" Payton said in a dumbfounded voice: "But why should I spend time practicing with you? You didn't agree to come to the Sonics..."

"When Pietrus and I were dueling, didn't you just say that we wanted to practice together for two days?"

"That's only two days. I can play with you tomorrow at most."

"There are 48 hours in two days." Lin Dong said with a smile: "I only spent two hours on you. Don't force me to drag you to sleep in the arena at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night. Then your girl can It’s so lonely.”

Payton's mouth grew bigger, and he really liked it more and more the more he watched: "If you weren't already 17 years old, I would have doubted whether you were my biological son. How can you be so similar to me?!"

"Excuse me, my dad is much more handsome than you."

"To put it bluntly, the two hours spent eating tonight must be counted in your 48 hours of sparring time!"

"It's okay. I can't stay in Seattle for a few days anyway."

"Oh...you really don't think about coming here this year?"

"It's serious for you to show off first this year."

"...I'm afraid that if my performance is ruined, what will I do next year if you tell me that I will grow taller in another year?"

"Look at you, you promised me a maximum salary contract in four years, but I didn't say what if you can't fulfill it then, right?"

"...If you come to the SuperSonics, I feel that I will lose two years of my life."

So Lin Dong smiled and gave him a bowl of soup: "Here, steam pot chicken with medicinal diet. It's a great supplement. You're welcome."

"...Boss, ask this young man to pay for it later!"

Payton didn't give Lin Dong a so-called 'answer' in the end.

This was just Payton's own whim. It was very difficult to operate. He was not the owner of the team, so he couldn't take the shot.

And even if both parties really have this intention, it is impossible to give any substantive answer now.

It’s just an intention. It’s next year, so it’s still very early.

But at least Lin Dong feels that he has made a profit now. He has earned a steamboat chicken meal and a top-notch sparring partner who can work part-time for seven days. Such good things cannot be found even with a lantern or a torch.

………………

Nike's world headquarters campus in Portland.

Although this Nike Summit brings together what is known as the strongest U.S. youth team in history, it is precisely because of the so-called 'strongest' that the Nike Summit has attracted widespread attention in the United States, so there is no possibility of failure.

About seven or eight days before the international team, the young American team was already training here.

Scouts from all over the world came after hearing the news, and the excitement was far greater than that of the international team in Seattle. With the strong assistance of the NBA, this young American team had everything it wanted.

On the court, two young black men were facing each other. If Lin Dong was here, he would be familiar with these two people.

One of them is naturally the famous young emperor LeBron James, and the other has played against Lin Dong. Just last year, on the streets of Yokohama, Robles was drafted with the 25th overall pick!

James holds the ball and Robles defends. Frankly speaking, from the high spirits when I went to Japan after winning the first-round pick last year, to now I can only get 1 minute of playing time per game in the Spurs. Not long ago, when there was a rumor in the league to form an NBDL lower league, the Spurs The top management also spread rumors that he would be transferred to a lower-level alliance...

The once high-spirited young man has now lost all hopes and illusions about his career. His whole person suddenly looks a lot worse than last year, and he has even grown a beard.

He was extremely disappointed with himself.

Since losing to Lin Dong in Japan, Robles has always felt that his condition has been declining. Although he has received professional training from the Spurs this year, his body has become much stronger and his skills seem to have improved, but regardless of actual performance or personal performance The fighting spirit is far less than before.

At this time, facing the son of Russia and Russia, Robles's forehead was already covered with sweat.

He knew that the reason why Old K wanted someone from the Spurs was because of Lin Dong, who had defeated him. At this time, in the international team, which was the opponent of the United States, Old K wanted to use Robles to measure the opponent's strength to a certain extent. .

Hahaha... Robles was a little sad and angry, and also wanted to go crazy.

I was also a first-round pick. I was supposed to flourish in the league, become a respected superstar, gain fame, wealth and status like Jordan, and earn countless money!

But the sweet dream has just begun, but in a blink of an eye, it has become someone else's unit of measurement, reduced to the point of being a sparring partner for a group of students, and there is no salary!

What a humiliation for an NBA professional player!

He was full of indignation about this in his heart. He had thought about it a lot before coming here, such as deliberately losing to these high school students to make them misjudge Lin Dong's strength, but he changed his mind temporarily after coming here.

After all, the Spurs' scouts are also here. If he can't beat a group of high school students, then when the so-called lower league is formed, it may be harder for him to escape the fate of being demoted.

So he wanted to ravage these high school students again.

Although these people are claimed by the American media to be the favorites in this year's draft, after all, I have experienced a year of training in the NBA, and I can crush them even if I just eat physical fitness!

But when he wanted to win, greater despair followed.

He has been here for three days, and he has already had one-on-one competition with six people. On the first day, he lost to Kwame Brown, who is now the most touted by the US media and is likely to be this year's No. 10 pick. The 3-goal one-on-one match was just Only losing goals made Robles feel that he could accept it.

Then the next day, they lost to Chandler and Dwyane Wade, a little-known guy in the NCAA. The former only lost 1 goal, but the little-known guy behind him beat him by a full 5 goals. indivual……

A college student was actually much more difficult to guard against than Kwame Brown. Not only was that guy fast, he was also too flexible. He was like a loach, making it difficult for Robles to engage in physical confrontation. This made Robles unable to do anything. Bos couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

But I didn't expect to face three high school students today...

In the morning, he was beaten by 3 goals by a high school student named Anthony. That guy had so many scoring methods that he could jump and shoot, and he had no blind spots inside or outside. If it weren't for his poor defense, Luo Bos felt that he might lose more.

Are high school students so good?

But before he could recover, at noon, Old K arranged for him to duel with another guy named Chris Bosh. He was also a senior in high school. He looked tall and thin, not confrontational, but under the basket His technique was so solid that it made Robles doubt his life, and he actually beat him by 2 goals...

And now...the loss is even worse!

Robles's forehead was already covered with big beads of sweat at this time. He could completely feel the reporters gathered next to him, staring at the scene of the game on the field and whispering to each other, but what they were looking at was not him. , but his opponent at this time, and the scoreboard that made him almost want to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

9: 3!

To be honest, Robles feels that losing so miserably may be related to his declining mentality in the past two days. He is indeed not in form now, but he can still feel that this youngest high school student among them is too strong. !

He was so strong that even after a year of special training and gaining weight and muscle, he couldn't bear his impact.

He is fast, strong, and powerful. When he runs, he is like an armored vehicle rushing towards you. It is completely different from the feeling given to him by the two technical types in the morning!

Not only does his speed and strength surpass him in all aspects, but his agility is also far superior to him...

call!

The opponent rushed up like a gust of wind again, and Robles reluctantly held on to the defensive position.

This is already the last goal. If this guy scores another goal, even if the Spurs don't let him go to the lower leagues, he won't have the shame to return to the court.

Although he felt the powerful impact of the opponent at this time, and the moment it hit him, Robles' chest hurt tremendously. However, Robles gritted his teeth without saying a word and held on, blocking the opponent's advance route with his body, using all his strength. He tried his best to block it.

Is this guy 17 years old?

Damn...what a ghost!

Robles gritted his teeth.

Fortunately, this guy's ball control is not very strong, as long as he can be stopped...

But the next second, before Robles could finish his thoughts, the guy named LeBron had already put the ball away.

At this time, the opponent held the ball in both hands, and the man and ball were combined into one. His steps were extremely fast, his speed suddenly increased a lot, and his body strength also exploded in an instant, forcing Robles to the side without any suspense. .

Then he took a big step across and jumped up.

boom!

A big windmill hit the frame violently.

10: 3!

Robles's eyes lost light, and LeBron secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

This shitty luck... I hope no one else sees it.

　Forgot to mention, the third update, not counting the update on the 14th, I will continue with the 3rd update after I get up later

　　

　

(End of this chapter)