So I am the god of basketball?

Chapter 155: Enough with this, Los Angeles!

When Kobe saw Meng Lang, sparks immediately burst out in his snake eyes: "Meng, you should accept my challenge this time!"

As the highest-ranked high school student in this draft, Kobe can confidently say:

"I am the strongest high school student this year!"

It fully met Meng Lang's original requirements, even though it was so late. But at least it’s done.

"You don't dare, right? Meng, are you afraid of being defeated by a high school student?" Kobe even used the "provoking method".

He also has reason to be so confident, because during the Lakers' trial training, he faced Eddie Jones for a full 45 minutes, not falling behind, and even slightly gaining the upper hand. Old Buss was also one of the interviewers at the time. Halfway through the bullfight, he made up his mind that Kobe must be selected.

This is what Jerry West did later.

Eddie Jones, like Meng Lang, is an NBA player. Since he can fight Jones back and forth, he believes that he can definitely have a life-and-death fight with Meng Lang.

Otherwise, this "young Kobe" is just a stupid young man!

Not to mention that he had already passed the agreed time, but Meng Lang's hand had just recovered. To be on the safe side, Meng Lang himself did not practice any more, and planned to delay for another week or two before starting special training this summer.

Kobe, on the other hand, asked for a bullfight as soon as he came up.

He never considered whether Meng Lang's skills could be used in bullfighting.

In the end, everyone's eyes were fixed on a tall and thin high school student. Looking at him, he looked as if he hadn't slept in a few days. His sleepy eyes and lazy posture were all the most eye-catching. Jersey No. 175.

It was one thing that he didn't want to fight in a bullfight, but in fact, he was ready to have his name called by Meng Lang and then stood up. But the result...

A look of embarrassment appeared on Kobe's face.

Odom looked a little unhappy.

interesting!

Vaccaro's eyes narrowed.

The smaller the number, the stronger the strength!

Speaking of which, this year's ABCD camp is full of talents, including future "Captain" Brand, "PDD" Odom, Marbury's younger brother Zach Marbury, Al Harrington and "AQ" Kun Ting Richardson is among them, and the number is not low.

"That's him, from Auburndale High School!"

It's also a "stimulating method", but Meng Lang's move is to incite the general in reverse.

Then before he finished speaking, Kobe agreed directly.

"Is that... the high school student Alves discovered?"

"Is this deliberately humiliating Kobe?" Brand said his suspicion to Odom next to him.

"can!"

Odom is not interested in anything but women. Including basketball. The only reason he plays basketball is to make money and find women.

Kobe said in an unhappy tone: "Pick me a No. 1, I don't want to waste time with other people in this training camp!"

Meng Lang did not choose "No. 1", but instead acted against him and waved to the candidate he saw before: "That guy, how about you come and fight a bullfight for me? Yes, yes, yes, don't look at others. , I’m talking about you!”

He was the last one to enter training camp.

"If you don't want to, forget it. I won't force you. Let's..." Meng Lang saw his hesitation and spoke at the right time.

Kobe went from the worst number to the strongest number 1. He understood the rules here.

Meng Lang didn't seem to fully understand his talent!

Taking a closer look at this slender but slightly thin 175, Odom said disdainfully:

Even ten of these guys can't match my talent! Meng Lang's vision is not good! If you don’t choose, I will lose!

Kobe is now an NBA rookie, and they themselves want to use this opponent to test their strength and see if they can directly participate in the draft next summer.

As Meng Lang looked at someone among them, others also turned their heads and followed his gaze.

This year’s ABCD camp has a total of 175 students.

"My hand hasn't recovered yet. Let's do it like this. I'll pick a guy here and have a bullfight with you. If you can keep him clean, then even if my hand hasn't fully recovered, I can give you a fight." You have a chance!”

"Why is that guy?" Zach Marbury looked surprised. Because on the first day of the camp, he said that this person was here to make up the numbers.

When Kobe said this, he lacked interest.

Damn!

As for the "No. 1" in Kobe's mouth, it was worn by Odom.

The future "Mamba" doesn't look very good.

But what Kobe didn’t expect, and even made him want to vomit blood, was:

There was also a commotion at the scene.

"What's his ranking?"

However, he had already expected this situation, and he had already thought of the way to "disgust" Kobe.

I heard that Kobe only wanted to play with No. 1. They were not No. 1, but the talented high school students who coveted No. were gearing up to give Kobe a little bit of power.

"Exit 5 people nationwide!"

He didn't bother to fight with these high school scumbags, it was a waste of his time.

Meng Lang looked at him like this and really wanted to put on his boots and kick his ass hard.

He was still eager to fight Meng Lang!

Meng Lang showed a fox-like smile, and it was only then that Kobe realized that he had fallen into a trap.

So when Kobe invited him to challenge in full view of everyone, he turned to look at the students in this year's training camp, scanning the faces with great purpose, and his eyes stopped on one of them. Looking at the guy who wasn't awake yet, he quickly moved away.

Of course, this guy can even dislocate his finger on the sidelines, call the trainer and ask him to help push it back, and then go straight to play. If you tell him about your injury, in his opinion, it is no different than making excuses to escape.

Meng Lang's suggestion made the 175 training camp students' eyes suddenly light up.

No. 1 represents the strongest strength of this year’s ABCD camp.

The dazzling No. 175 was like a slap in the face, slapped hard on his face. He wanted to ask Meng Lang:

"In your mind, do I only have the ability of No. 175?"

"Ten minutes, you'd better take advantage of this time to warm up. I'll solve it together with you and him!"

Kobe was ready to give Meng Lang a loud slap in the face with practical actions.

You can humiliate me, but you can't humiliate me like this!

No. 175…

fxxk!

Kobe became angrier as he watched, and became even angrier when his grandson walked up to him and still looked like he was awake.

no……

I was the 13th pick in the first round this year, the highest ranked outside player among high school students. The Lakers traded two main players for me with the Hornets.

Even if you are not excited at this time, you still have to be excited, right?

This may be your only chance to face professional players in your entire life. Don’t you cherish it at all?

The staff took the ball over, and Kobe took the ball and started to attack.

He wanted to end this farce as quickly as possible.

only……

"stop!"

Meng Lang spoke to stop him from attacking first.

"Kobe, you are an NBA player after all. You wouldn't bully a high school student like this, right? Are you worried that he will score as soon as he gets the ball, so you want to attack first?"

"I just don't want to waste time!"

"So you're worried that you won't be able to defend him for one round?"

"...I just don't want to waste time!"

"It seems that you are really afraid of accidents. A great NBA rookie, in the ABCD training camp, facing a high school rookie wearing No. 175, you still want the right to attack first. Okay, I can see it, you are really very I want a chance to bullfight with me!”

"...You attack first!"

Following Meng Lang's words, the stubborn Kobe threw the ball to the high school student in front of him.

The two people switch places.

The high school student still looks sleepy.

"Tell him your name. I believe that after this bullfight, he will completely remember your name!"

"cut!"

Meng Lang's words made Kobe snort, but he unconsciously looked at the high school student in front of him.

"My name is Tracy, Tracy McGrady!"

The high school student obeyed and did as he was told. As soon as his words came out, Meng Lang's face showed satisfaction. It was as if I was directing a big show myself. ——N years later, when Kobe and McGrady both made a big splash in this league, Kobe once said that he and McGrady had a bullfight in Germany and won very easily. McGrady responded to his words, saying that he had never been to Germany with Kobe, let alone such a bullfight.

In the end, the bullfight became the "unsolved case of the century" where "the public is right when he says it, and the mother-in-law is right when she says it". In the end, there is no answer to who is lying.

It was also because of this thought that Meng Lang wanted to watch this bullfight.

By the way, Kobe is also disgusting. ——He has no intention of helping McGrady become famous. After all, some of this guy's remarks towards Yao Ming and some of his actions later made Meng Lang not cold to him. He even thought that if it wasn't McGrady who came to the Rockets back then, but... The careers of other outside All-Stars, the Rockets and Yao Ming can definitely be more brilliant.

The most intuitive point:

In the "post-Shark era", the only player who can cause huge trouble to Yao Ming is Al Jefferson. Yao Ming is not afraid of other centers, and Howard is the one who hits him every time. But on the outside, there are many opponents that McGrady cannot solve. Especially after the number of injuries increased and the attitude became lax, it became even more so: "Injure the enemy 8, and damage yourself a thousand."

But he likes to see interesting things like this happen...

No one noticed Meng Lang's smile because the bullfight between Kobe and Tracy McGrady had already begun.

Lazy McGrady took the ball in his hands and was not in a hurry to attack.

Kobe, who originally disliked him, suddenly blocked the ball when he saw him like this, trying to intercept the ball directly with physical confrontation. It's just that McGrady looked lazy, but the ball-protecting movements in his hands were very professional. He turned half-turn, avoided Kobe's hand, and at the same time pressed his shoulder against Kobe, grabbed the ball with his right hand and hid it behind his back.

The whole action can be described in one word:

Handsome!

But this action made Kobe even more popular:

What is this hanging man doing?

Is this posing?

Are your basketball moves beautiful and amazing?

Kobe was full of dissatisfaction, but he admired his big hands that could catch the ball with one hand and could not shake it off... If only I had such big hands...

Nonsence!

Now is not the time to think about this. Just stop the ball quickly and have a bullfight with Meng Lang to show how powerful he is. That's the business!

Kobe pressed harder and harder. This may be the tightest press McGrady has ever broken in his life.

Ordinary high school students, facing such a suffocating defense, would probably lose the ball in less than a second. But during this period, McGrady was the guy who directly transferred the title of "the No. 1 high school student in the United States" from Odom's head to his own.

According to various legends in the ABCD camp, in the summer of 96, the unknown Tracy McGrady became the "number one high school student in the United States" overnight. It is definitely one of the top three stories on the top list.

It was also this summer that McGrady suddenly became the subject of NBA attention.

The fact that he was selected by the Raptors with the 9th overall pick in the first round a year later is enough to prove how much he shined this summer.

It's not that he has the ability to definitely defeat Kobe now, but in Kobe's eyes, McGrady is just the last player in this training camp. All he wants is to grab the ball cleanly and then divide it by three. Kill him.

This is the mentality that a super newcomer who has just completed "Carp Leaps over the Dragon Gate" will definitely have. He didn't have Meng Lang's ability to predict the future.

Therefore, his suffocating defense may be the most effective move for ordinary 175, but against McGrady, this defense has become a loophole. The tight defense allows McGrady to make full use of his physical conditions and physical fitness.

Even though his "first step" has not yet reached the peak level, under such circumstances, facing Kobe who has also not experienced a beating in the NBA, McGrady's step was something he did not expect.

Not only did he not expect it, but everyone on the sidelines did not expect it.

McGrady was clearly covered by Kobe's suffocating defense, but in the blink of an eye, McGrady suddenly accelerated and squeezed past Kobe. Then he stretched his body and completed an elegant dunk.

"Bah!"

The sound of the dunk was not loud, but it was enough to explode in the minds of all ABCD training camp students.

If this shot was similar, it would be equivalent to the future Crawford dunking on Howard at the Nike training camp, and Holmgren at the Curry training camp, swaying Curry.

Maybe the extent is not that exaggerated.

But it was a complete "thunder"!

After all, in their eyes, McGrady is just a mediocre "175" guy who ranks outside the top 500 high school students in the United States.

Even Kobe was stunned.

And McGrady...

But he still looked like he couldn't wake up.

Vaccaro looked at him, his eyes overflowing with light:

"I want to know all his information in one minute!"

Meng Lang was the first to applaud: "Well done, Tracy, I can guarantee that you will become famous. Your dunk will directly open the door to the NBA!"

McGrady, who has always been lazy, heard a rare sharpness in his eyes when he heard Meng Lang's words:

Become famous in one fell swoop, that’s what he’s here for!

Unexpectedly, it was done so quickly.

"You missed the opportunity to challenge me again, Kobe, damn it, why are you so useless?" Meng Lang almost showed the same "Liu Huaqiang" emoticon.

The angry Kobe was full of fire next.

Although he has not experienced a beating at the NBA level, the gap between each of the four years of high school itself is huge. The gap between the junior and senior years is almost the same as the gap between "building the foundation" and "building the core."

McGrady is extremely talented and already has the ability to become the "No. 1 high school student in the United States."

But there are also levels of "No. 1 in the United States".

Kobe, the "No. 1 high school student in the United States," is obviously better than him!

In the final 11-point bullfight, Kobe easily won 11-4.

But the problem is that Meng Lang's request is to keep his opponent clean, which means that Kobe has already lost since McGrady completed that amazing dunk with the ball. The bullfight is still going on, just for him to vent his displeasure.

Unfortunately, the more he vents, the more unhappy he becomes!

Meng Lang looked at him like this and left the ABCD camp with satisfaction.

I don’t know what kind of expression Kobe will have when the news comes out that he signed with the Lakers...

It’s really fun to train a “baby bus”!

"Man, the money has been taken out for you. According to your request, it is all one-dollar bills!"

On the 7th, Jerry West's call came belatedly. Meng Lang and Tai Lun set off back to Los Angeles. Before going back, he specially asked Tai Lun to prepare several boxes of one-dollar bills, totaling about one million dollars. .

Jerry West prepared a grand welcome ceremony for him, and of course he couldn't be stingy.

He wants to give Los Angeles a grand "meeting ceremony", a "meeting ceremony" that will be written into NBA history!

The plane took off on time. It was not an airport passenger plane, but a charter flight specially prepared by Jerry West for Meng Lang. On the plane, more than ten or twenty cheerleading girls were wearing sexy jerseys with Meng Lang's name on them. When he entered the plane door, they cheered at the same time.

This picture is full of impact and has a strong flavor of old Bath.

This is the quirk of the Lakers owner.

After "Magic" won the championship that year, he prepared a "*love manor" for Johnson.

Meng Lang hadn't reacted yet, but the bodyguards behind him all raised umbrellas, so that each of them had to bend down to get into his seat.

The plane took several hours, and these hours became Meng Lang's longest period of time.

When a normal man faces such a group of warblers, it is difficult to control him.

But thinking about the "second dream" and his nominal girlfriend Madonna, Meng Lang finally succeeded in becoming "Liu Xiahui" and suppressed his excitement.

The plane stopped, and Meng Lang, surrounded by the cheerleading girls, walked towards the cabin door. After the stairs slowly descended, a roll of red carpet slowly rolled out and landed just at the top of the stairs. It was obvious that he had made accurate calculations.

Both sides of the red carpet were crowded with Angelenos.

When Meng Lang appeared on the stairs, unified cheers made the entire airport boil. At the same time, salutes were fired, fireworks were fired, and the sound of a band beating gongs and drums could be heard in the distance. That's called "a sea of ​​people and a roar of firecrackers."

Walking out of the airport, Jerry West stood at the front door, and next to him was Jenny Buss, the daughter of Sr. Buss.

The two of them were smiling.

Just laughing feels a little different.

Jerry West's smile made Meng Lang feel like this:

Finally waited for this day!

Jenny Bass’s smile is:

Damn it, you finally came to Los Angeles.

Jenny Buss also had a water gun in her hand: "There are a lot of fans at the door waiting for your baptism!"

The splashing water will definitely cause louder screams, Jenny can imagine that scene.

Meng Lang took the pistol in his hand, pressed it twice, and gently pulled the trigger. A splash of water successfully hit Jenny Buss, causing her to scream and get angry. However, the Lakers fans watching nearby were more excited than the other. Howling, as if seeing something extraordinary. Meng Lang, however, directly returned the water gun to Jenny Bass.

“Jenny, I’m not a man who can only make this little noise!”

He took out his sunglasses from his coat pocket and put them on his face.

Waiting outside was a sightseeing bus. Meng Lang took the lead on the roof and stood at the front. Just a simple pose had already made the scene boiling. The police who were maintaining order went directly to the alert state.

Meng Lang turned and glanced behind him. A dozen bodyguards following him were already standing on the left and right sides. Tai Lun was responsible for opening a few boxes and giving wads of one-dollar bills into their hands.

One million knives is one million banknotes.

The moment the sightseeing bus started, these bodyguards also threw handfuls after handfuls into the fans on both sides.

This group of Los Angeles people actually noticed the banknotes in the hands of these bodyguards, but they didn't know what Meng Lang was going to do at first.

And when the group of people started to throw money out, all kinds of howling sounds were heard. The fans on both sides, who had no order in the first place, became a swarm of swarms, each one scrambling to grab the banknotes flying in the air.

The police officers who came to maintain order were dumbfounded and prepared. Knowing that this was a tough battle, they looked at the Los Angeles people looting one after another. For a moment, they didn’t know what to do. .

The only police sergeant who reacted decisively chose to ask for support.

In response to these calls of support, handfuls of banknotes were thrown out one after another on the tour bus.

Meng Lang looked at the chaotic scene with satisfaction.

This is the noise he wants to create!

Water guns and the like still can't inspire the most primitive impulses in these people's hearts.

This kind of impulse can only be achieved with money!

Meng Lang just scattered all the way, and there were all kinds of commotions wherever he passed. When the tour bus arrived at the Lakers' temporary arena 15 minutes later, all the 1 million banknotes had been scattered.

In 15 minutes, one million banknotes were scattered, and you can imagine how exciting the entire "Los Angeles Discotheque" would be.

It is not an exaggeration at all for Meng Lang to say, "I, Meng Lang, have the final say whether there will be chaos in Los Angeles or not."

And this amount of money is not money at all to Meng Lang now. Not to mention other things, he has earned almost 3 million from Adidas this summer alone, and there is still a contract worth 1 million yuan. Want to sign with the Lakers.

Taking 1 million for the second leg of his career, Meng Lang felt that the money was well spent.

Before Meng Lang entered the arena, he looked at the crowds of people in front of him. He took the microphone from the Lakers staff and said to the group of Los Angeles fans who could still reach the fan square safely:

"Thank you for the welcome!"

"Believe me, the noise I can make is even more exaggerated than what you just saw!"

"Not one, not two, I will bring a 'real dynasty' to this city!"

"Enough once, Los Angeles!"

……

Cheers instantly filled the entire arena as Meng Lang shouted.

Even the shouts when he had just spent a million dollars were much inferior to this moment.

Sure enough, what this city longs for more than a million dollars is a championship!

Meng Lang's bold words made their blood boil.

At the same time, the largest radio station in Los Angeles promptly broadcast the news:

"Just now, Dream toured Los Angeles, just like a king touring his territory!"

(End of this chapter)