king of defenders

Chapter 1021 Gathering in Los Angeles and reuniting with Wade

Los Angeles, Wade's home.

Meng Yun brought Guo Shuyao to visit, Wade was very happy, he quickly greeted Meng Yun, the two sat in the yard and chatted.

Since Wade left, the Heat have not played against the Lakers, and the two have never met on the court. They have never met. Although it is not a reunion after a long absence, there is still some emotion.

"Dwyane." Meng Yun said, "Are you still used to being in the Lakers?"

"It's okay." Wade said with a smile: "You know, I can no longer fight like I did when I was young. The Lakers don't need me to fight. My task is to bring those young players, So how to say it, it's a little easier than it was with the Heat."

After speaking, Wade said again: "But after watching your performance in the past two seasons, to be honest, I am a little dissatisfied with these young people on the Lakers team."

Wade watched how Meng Yun quickly grew from a rookie to a superstar. The current young players of the Lakers, such as Ingram, Ball, Porter, Kuzma, etc., compared with other young players, They're actually quite good.

But Wade judged by Meng Yun's standard, they were all far behind.

It's not that they are bad, it's just that Meng Yun is so good.

Seeing that Wade seems to be doing well, Meng Yun originally planned to tell him that he would try his best to get him back to the Heat, but Meng Yun still didn't say anything in the end.

Everyone had a meal together, and Wade's son Zaire was very excited during the dinner. His idol is not Wade or James, but Meng Yun.

Every time he saw Meng Yun, he was very excited. After dinner, he took Meng Yun to practice together. Meng Yun smiled and agreed, and practiced with Zaire for a while, while Wade watched from the side with a smile on his face.

The next day, Meng Yun brought his family to the Staples Arena.

Wade and James, Anthony, Paul, Butler and others also came.

Everyone sat down after chatting for a while. Meng Yun sat with his grandfather, Guo Shuyao, Guo Hai, and Liu Qin. Guo Shuyao was on his left, grandpa was on the right, and next to Guo Shuyao was Annie, and behind them were Xiang Long's parents. They also came to Los Angeles.

On the court, all the participating players of the Rookie Challenge have arrived and are warming up.

The All-Star Weekend starts on February 2th, which is today. In the morning is the Celebrity Game. Meng Yun has no interest, so he didn't go to see it. In the afternoon, it's the Rookie Challenge.To be honest, Meng Yun is not very interested, but Xiang Long is going to participate, and Wade told him that James and the others are coming back, so he also came.

Xiang Long was warming up on the field, focused on shooting, and didn't talk to anyone. In fact, other people didn't take the initiative to talk to Xiang Long. Among the players of the World Team, Xiang Long still seemed a little different.

This rookie game is still divided into the world team and the US team.

The players on the World Team are Bogdan Bogdanovic (Kings), Dillon Brooks (Grizzlies), Joel Embiid (76ers), Buddy Hield (Kings), Lauri Markkanen (Bulls), Jamal Murray (Nuggets), Xiang Long (Heat), Domantas Sabonis (Pacers), Dario Saric (76ers), Ben Ben -Simmons (76ers).

The U.S. players are Lonzo Ball (Lakers), Malcolm Brogdon (Bucks), Jaylen Brown (Celtics), John Collins (Hawks), Chris Deng En (Bulls), Brandon Ingram (Lakers), Kyle Kuzma (Lakers), Jayson Tatum (Celtics), Donovan Mitchell (Jazz), Dennis Smith (Mavericks).

A group of American team players, the Lakers and Celtics accounted for half.

However, these players of the Lakers and Celtics are indeed outstanding and have shown outstanding talents, otherwise they would not be able to enter the rookie list.

It's just that compared with Meng Yun back then, it's really not at the same level.

"Shu Yao." Nicole was a little nervous, and whispered: "Xiang Long wants to win the mvp, do you think he has a chance?"

Guo Shuyao didn't answer in a hurry, but glanced at Meng Yun. Meng Yun nodded, and then she smiled and said, "Yes, you don't have to worry, he is already very strong now."

Nicole relaxed a little.

Meng Yun laughed, Xiang Long did have a chance to win the MVP, and what Guo Shuyao said was right, Xiang Long's current strength is indeed not bad, at least among this group of first- and second-year players.

But the problem is not strength, but Xiang Long's character. Whether he can win mvp is not only a matter of strength, but also other factors.

Meng Yun is not worried about Xiang Long's strength, but only worried about his character, whether he will be rejected by his teammates because of this. Once he is isolated, it will be difficult to win the mvp.

"beep"

At this time, the warm-up is over and the game is about to begin.

The starting players from both sides quickly arrived on the field. Captain America played Ingram, Collins, Smith Jr., Brown, and Mitchell.

On the world team side, Embiid, Xiang Long, Hilde, Murray, and Simmons are on the team.

First it was a jump ball, the World Team got the ball, Simmons advanced with the ball, and passed it to Embiid after reaching the frontcourt. Embiid raised his hand and made a three-pointer, which shocked the fans, but the ball failed. After making the shot, the U.S. team got the rebound and quickly launched a counterattack. After reaching the front court, the ball was given to Ingram. Just as Ingram was about to make a shot, a figure flashed in front of him, and an Eastern face appeared in front of him.

"Xianglong." Ingram frowned, first took a tentative step, and then suddenly pulled out. Xianglong jumped up quickly, without waterproofing, and his fingertips lightly touched the basketball.

The flight trajectory of the basketball changed and failed to touch the basket.

Meng Yun couldn't laugh or cry, Xiang Long is not suitable for this kind of competition, he can't perform, he is too serious, the competition has just started, why are you so serious about defending?
The world team got the ball, Murray took possession of the ball, and gave it to Simmons after reaching the frontcourt. Simmons looked at the situation on the field, obviously not planning to attack, and passed the ball to Embiid again.

After all, he and Embiid are teammates on the same team, so of course the relationship should be closer.

Embiid took the ball, hesitated for a moment, and in the end he didn't play it himself, and he didn't care about Hilde who asked for the ball from beyond the three-point line, but passed the ball to Xiang Long.

"Huh?" Xiang Long was a little surprised, he didn't expect Embiid to pass the ball to himself.

In fact, he and Embiid are both in the low post at this time, and the two are in similar positions. There is no need to pass the ball to each other at all. Either Embiid will play by himself or pass to the outside.

But Embiid passed it to Xiang Long.

Although it was unexpected, Xiang Long did not hesitate at all in his actions. Immediately after taking the ball, he made a mid-range jumper, and the basketball flew out from his fingertips, drawing a beautiful arc
(End of this chapter)