super point guard

Chapter 15 Training Camp First Day

After moving into his new home on the Ohio River in Indianapolis, Xu Nuo suddenly discovered that his life could be so good.

Every morning, when the sun rises, the warm, soft morning sun shines into the promised large bedroom, making the room warm, as if the room has returned to the warm spring, although Indiana The autumn and winter seasons in Polis are not very cold.Just when the morning sunlight shines through the big glass window on the floor of the bedroom, Xu Nuo wakes up. Naturally, most of the time, Xu Nuo is woken up by the alarm clock on the small table beside the bed of.

If it was in summer, Xu Nuo wouldn't need this small alarm clock, because in summer, Xu Nuo didn't have to worry about getting up early at all, but now in October, Xu Nuo has to get up early to prepare for exercise, because the new NBA season is coming soon. It's about to start, and the time for the NBA training camp of Xu's team, the Indiana Pacers, to start is getting closer and closer.

Every morning when Xu promises to get up, he likes to sit on the edge of the bed for a short while to refresh himself. In fact, if Xu Nuo's mother and maid Jennifer were not strongly opposed, Xu Nuo would rather sit there. Smooth and clean floors.When promised to get up, Mom and Dad and the maid Jennifer were almost still up.After waking up, Xu Nuo would come to the balcony in his bedroom and sit there overlooking the Ohio River which just woke up from the night's sleep not far away and Indianapolis on both sides of the river.If he hadn't heard the voice of the maid Jennifer getting up, Xu Nuo could have sat on the balcony of his bedroom for more than half an hour.

When Xu Nuo woke up, his parents were still asleep, and one of Xu Nuo's favorite things to do after waking up was to practice basketball on the basketball court in the yard of his home. "Swipe", I always feel very excited in my heart. I feel that the sound is really very, very refreshing. I feel that basketball is really a very happy sport.And when Xu Xu and they practiced for about an hour, Xu Nuo's parents didn't get up. At this time, the maid Jennifer had already prepared their breakfast.

And on the day when the Indiana Pacers' new season training camp opened, Xu Xu got up earlier because he found that he couldn't continue to fall asleep, so he had to get up and carry the basketball to the back of the house. practicing on the basketball court.Now Xu Nuo finds that his outside three-point shot is better than before, which makes Xu Nuo feel very happy, because his ability has been enhanced again, and he has an advantage in the NBA competition. There are many players who can shoot the ball accurately.Amidst the "bang bang bang" of the basketball, Xu Nuo spent a wonderful morning without realizing that he had woken up his parents.

"Xiao Nuo, is it too early to get up and play so early?" Xu Nuo's father opened the window, yawning loudly to Xu Nuo who was practicing well on the court.

Xu Nuo raised his head to look at the sun that was born in the morning, then turned to his father and said, "It should be late, the sun has already risen so high."

Dad yawned, looked at the watch on his wrist, turned and left the window without saying anything.

When Xu Nuo returned to the house with the ball in his arms, his parents and maid Jennifer had already gotten up, and Jennifer was busily preparing breakfast.

"Today you made us noise to death." Dad, who was still in pajamas, said to Xu Nuo.

"What's wrong?" Xu Nuo asked.

"The sound of you hitting the ball is so loud that we can't sleep." Mom said on the side.

"But I also played like this before." Xu Nuo said puzzled.

"Then we don't know," Dad said with a shrug.

"Is today the time for the team's training camp?" Mom asked.

Promise nodded.

"No wonder you got up so early today. It turned out that you couldn't sleep because of excitement." Dad said.

"Yes, yes!" Xu Nuo said, "From today onwards, I will officially start my career as a professional NBA player!
Whenever he thinks that he will start his NBA career today, Xu Nuo is so excited that he can't eat anything for breakfast.

"You gotta eat something anyway," Mom said, "how else would you go to the game?"

"Okay, I see." Xu Nuo said.

Although Xu Nuo said so, he still didn't eat much.When Danny Granger, the boss of the Pacers team and Xu Nuo's good friend, came to Xu Nuo's house and asked Xu Nuo to go to the arena together, Xu Nuo immediately stood up.

"Let's go." Promise said to Danny Granger.

In fact, Danny Granger still wanted to stay at Xu Xu's home for a while and take a look at Xu Xu's new home, but Xu Xu was eager to go to the team, so Danny Granger had no choice but to plan to visit again next time.Xu Nuo's parents and Jennifer watched as Xu Nuo drove away with Danny Granger and onto the road.

It didn't take much time to drive from Promise's home to Conseco Arena, the home stadium of the Indiana Pacers. Along the way, Promise and Danny Granger happily talked about some things about the team. Hostile meaning when meeting.They mainly talk about the team's head coach, players, and how far the team will go this season.Xu Nuo and Danny Granger agreed that the team will definitely improve in the new season, and at least once again reach the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs.

"As long as we work together, there is nothing we cannot do," Xu Nuo said.

"That's right, buddy!" Danny Granger said with a big laugh, "Let's do a good job together in the new season!"

"I don't know how the other players on the team are doing now?" Xu Nuo asked Danny Granger.

"We've pretty much continued the squad we had last season," said Danny Granger, "only two of the original defenders have left the team."

"Who are they?" Xu Nuo asked.

"TJ Ford and Lance Stephenson," Danny Granger said, "and Mike Dunleavy seems to have plans to leave the team. But it's okay, there are you and Darren Collison at the point guard position, And what we need most right now is a good power forward."

"So did the team sign a good power forward?" Xu Nuo then asked, "I heard the news that the team is very close to David West, is it?"

"Exactly," Danny Granger said, "and I recommend David West to the team. With such a good power forward around, we will be much easier. But now David hasn't reached an agreement with the team yet, word is that it's just a few days away."

"How I wish I could fight side by side with David West!" Promise said.

"But when you get to the team, I'm afraid you'll have to serve as a substitute for Darren first." Danny Granger said to Xu Nuo.

"It doesn't matter," Xu Nuo said, "as long as you can contribute to the team."

Since then, Xu Nuo and Danny Granger haven't talked much, Xu Nuo has been looking at the urban scenery of Indianapolis outside the car window, even though Danny Granger drives the car very fast, even if the speed is too high, Xu Nuo will not go No matter, I thought it wasn't his driver's license, so of course he didn't need to pay the fine.Under Danny Granger's almost speeding speed, they arrived at the Conseco Arena, the home stadium of the Indiana Pacers, in less than half an hour.

"To be honest, you don't need to come so early." When parking in the parking lot near the arena, Danny Granger said to Xu Nuo.

"Why?" Xu Nuo asked puzzled, "I don't have anything to do at home, besides, it's the first day of the team's new season, so what's wrong with coming early?"

"Although that's what I said, but this way you will have a lot of work to do." Danny Granger said with a smile.

"Work?" Xu Nuo said doubtfully, and couldn't help frowning.

"Did you forget? After rookies come to the team, they have to work for the old players and the team for free." Danny Granger said.

Xu Nuo suddenly realized that he really forgot about this matter.

"Every NBA player has to go through this process, just like every rookie player will hit the rookie wall." Danny Granger said, and they began to walk towards the gate of the Conseco Arena.

They are already familiar with the promise of the Conseco Arena. When they walked into the hall of the arena, several team members greeted them proactively.

"These guys want to have a good relationship with the players." Danny Granger said after walking past the team staff.

"What's the use of this?" Xu Nuo asked.

"Of course," Danny Granger said, "then they can find a chance to get something out of the players."

Xu Nuo shook his head and sighed.

"Why are you sighing?" Danny Granger said, "These are all normal, and you will gradually understand in the future."

Xu Nuo smiled lightly and said nothing more.

As they turned a corner, they saw a man.

This person has a long face, which seems to have many wrinkles on his face, and long hair.This person also seems to be a staff member of the team, but his clothes are very casual, he should not look like an ordinary staff member, but Xu Nuo always feels that this person looks familiar.After Danny Granger greeted this person, Xu Nuo suddenly remembered: This person is none other than the famous American rock star Steven Tyler!
"This is the promise of this year's rookie player," Steven Taylor said while looking at the promise with a smile, "like me, they are both newcomers to the team."

Seeing the puzzled look on Xu Nuo's face, Danny Granger smiled and explained to Xu Nuo: "Mr. Taylor just joined the team this summer and became a minority shareholder of the team."

"Just for fun." Steven Tyler said with a smile, "Nice to meet you, newcomer." He said to the promise.

"It's nice to meet you too, dear Mr. Taylor." Xu Nuo said politely and shook hands with Steven Taylor.

"Do you know who this Mr. Taylor is?" Danny Granger promised with a smile.

"Of course I know," Xu Nuo said, "Mr. Steven Tyler is the lead singer of the Aerosmith band. He has won many awards such as the Grammy Award. He is praised as a godfather figure in the music industry. One of the judges on season [-] of 'American Idol,' right?"

"That's right!" Steven Tyler said with a big laugh.

"How do you know? As far as I know, not many people in the East know Steven." Danny Granger said.

"Because I also watch 'American Idol', even though I am in China, I like this show very much," Xu Nuo said, "So I got to know Mr. Steven Taylor, your comment is really interesting! "

Steven Tyler laughed. "Really?" he asked.

"I really like your review." Xu Nuo said.

Steven Tyler nodded, "But now is not the time to talk about this," he said, "I have other things, let's take a step first."

After leaving Steven Taylor, Promise joined Danny Granger in front of the Indiana Pacers' maroon-painted locker room door.

(End of this chapter)