Basketball: starting from the nerve knife

Chapter 101: “Christmas Eve” Night Talk

Although Li Wan really wanted to emphasize color and light friends, it was not one, not two, but three.

He could only give up the idea of wanting something to happen to Taylor Swift. Drove to the hotel they were staying at and called them when they were about to arrive.

When his car stopped in front of the hotel, the three old guys ran over as soon as possible.

After half a year, the “four brothers” of Ohio gathered again, and they all changed to a greater or lesser extent.

Cook shaved off his beard, and his hair was cut a lot shorter, as if a plate was buckled on his head, drawing a black circle, and the whole person’s muscle lines were more obvious;

Mike Conley has a “mouth” shaped beard and is a little more mature;

Li Wan is undoubtedly more handsome… Of course, in the eyes of his three college teammates, he is stronger than before;

As for…… Oden.

Everyone is unanimous – the forehead lines are deeper!

In exchange for this, it was a gesture that Auden liked to see.

It was as if time had never passed and it was back to the good old days of college.

Anyway, when Li Wan saw this brother, his thoughts of pulling them to the octagonal cage “deathmatch” eased a lot…

There was a disturbance at the door for a while, and Li Wan followed them into the hotel room.

On the way to Li Wan’s arrival, they had already ordered the traditional food of “Christmas Eve”: almond cake with the aroma of cheese, roasted turkey with oil, various pies and cake-like baked polenta, covered with a thick layer of cheese;

Originally, Cook wanted to order some wine secretly, but Mike Conley, who treated him harshly, replaced it with freshly squeezed juice.

“Come on, it’s our first Christmas in the NBA, congratulations on all achieving our dreams! After the four of them sat down, Auden raised the glass that had finished pouring juice, tapped the outer wall of the glass with a fork, and signaled to raise the glass together.

After drinking in one gulp, Conley began to divide food for everyone, and he was always hospitable.

“Are you confident in tomorrow’s game? We’ve all bought our sideline tickets and we’re waiting! ”

Cook handed the plate to Conley, turned his head to Li Wan and asked, when he asked, Conley and Auden both subconsciously turned their heads to look at him, with a little envy in their eyes.

This is the “Christmas War”, the only sporting event in the United States that is broadcast live on Christmas!

How many viewers have to watch this!

If you can play well in such a game…

Beauty, money, fame, I’m afraid what you want!

Oh no!

These things, this seems to have all of them!

Beauties include “Sexy Ceiling” Kim Kardashian (in the eyes of black people) as well as Scarlett;

In terms of money, Li Wan is the person who has won the most commercial contracts and promotions among the rookies;

Not to mention fame, after the start of the new season, the first newcomer of the 07th class to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated;

You know, although Auden and Kevin Durant have both been on the cover of this magazine, they were both on the offseason, and it is much more difficult to beat a number of NBA All-Stars and superstars and appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated after the war is rekindled!

When I thought of this, my eyes were not only envious, but also a little more jealous…

However, in terms of performance, Li Wan is indeed worthy of the current momentum!

It’s not how well you play every game, it’s crazy to go crazy…

So far this season, Li Wan has almost 10 games to cut 2-digit points in a single quarter, which is unmatched by many All-Stars!

Li Wan shook his head with a smile when he heard that they had even bought tickets on the sidelines, and the three of them didn’t know how much they had done behind his back.

“I’ll do my best, Celtic… It’s hard to deal with! ”

Mike Conley nodded thoughtfully, the Grizzlies had already met the Green Army, they lost by 30 points in that game and were bloodbathed!

Conley slowed down for two days before relieving himself.

“You have to be careful with that Rajon Rondo, besides the Big Three, this guy is also very good… Lee, grilled polenta or not? ”

“Hmm! ”

Li Wan nodded, and both questions were answered.

“Poker Face” Rajon Rondo, soon to be called “the man behind the Big Three”, is the man who connects the “Big Three” and allows three people to receive the ball at the most opportune time for each of them, the “brain” of the court, the real tactical initiator of the Celtics.

Only now, this is not yet obvious.

Auden saw his expression so serious, and showed a cheeky smile: “Even if you don’t play well, it’s okay, man, this month’s Western Rookie of the Month is estimated to be yours.” ”

“Not only is the Western Rookie of the Month, the Rookie of the Season, I feel that Lee is also stable, what is that long bamboo pole in Supersonics? Isn’t it just a little more scored, and other aspects are not as good as Li! ”

Cook always spoke to his own people.

Li Wan was noncommittal, it is still too early to say “best rookie”, at least 3 and a half months, who knows what will happen?

Moreover, as far as Li Wan is concerned, he does not care much about the “Best Rookie” award, he cares more about whether he can complete the system tasks and upgrade his template.

Fortunately, as far as the current situation is concerned, he has already secured the Lakers’ starting No. 1 position, and at present, in addition to the difficulty of the task of 33 points per game, other tasks are almost hand-held.

He was happy with the current situation…

“Don’t give me pressure, don’t forget, we said okay, see you in the Rookie Challenge, don’t let me in alone then, and you’ll be on the sidelines like tomorrow!” ”

Li Wan’s “poisonous tongue” launched.

Auden showed the appearance of an “old man” again, and he took the roast turkey that Conley handed him, although he did not speak, but the confident light in his eyes shone.

After his comeback in December, he is getting more and more comfortable with the league, with double-doubles in his last two games, and just over a month away from the Rookie Challenge, which is enough for him to hit the first-year roster by then.

Mike Conley is equally confident.

Half a month ago, he officially squeezed out Navarro and became the Grizzlies’ starting No. 1, and can contribute a steady 9.2 points and 4.2 assists.

This should be no problem in ’07, even if it is not the top ranks, and it should be no problem to be selected for a rookie challenge.

In contrast, Cook is a bit difficult, his average statistics are not much different from Mike Conley, the problem is that he is not a workhorse, even the starting position is unstable, even if he is now averaging 8.2 points and 3 rebounds per game…

There are too many rookies with similar data, and when the league chooses, it will definitely choose those future cores with better prospects!

Of the four Ohio, Cook has a high probability of losing the election. Unless he can average 15 plus 5 numbers in the rest of the day, he will distance himself from other rookies with better prospects.

Li Wan looked at him like this, and didn’t say much, but an idea suddenly emerged in his heart: Cook grabbed the position and fought for the position!

According to his understanding of David Stern, he pays more attention to traffic than data, Yi Jianlian averaged 8.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game and was finally selected for the Rookie Challenge, and the Huaxia market helped him a lot, otherwise the UAE League, which averaged only 36.5% per game at that time, would not have been shortlisted.

Since it’s a gimmick, it’s easy to do…

The reunion of the Ohio “Four Sons” in the Rookie Challenge is also a very good gimmick, after all, Li Wan has a huge amount of traffic, and in the case of Mike Conley and Greg Auden’s performance can also be selected, as long as they emphasize this to the media, then David Stern will definitely send a “smooth water favor”, and David Stern’s reaction ability in this regard is undoubted.

The only problem is Greg Oden’s injury potential…

Since his comeback, his performance is getting better and better than before, but Li Wan remembers that even if the original Auden returned after a break of one season, the whole state was basically in “stop-and-play”.

In case he folds it in January, there is no way to talk about this plan!

Li Wan still hopes that the four of them will enter, otherwise the Florida gang will definitely enter more. He didn’t want to see Noah’s face then.

Thinking of this, Li Wan asked Auden about his injury, and Conley and Cook all cast worried eyes, and they all knew that Auden’s injury was somewhat complicated.

Auden was not so worried, and looked relaxed: “The situation is okay, at least within control.” ”

“Carter told me that the most important thing to pay attention to now is to maintain the training volume of the hips, which is the key to ensure that my force is even, otherwise there may be long and short feet, and it is really troublesome to get to that step, but at the moment his opinion is that under the condition that I guarantee the training volume, I can play the NBA healthily. ”

Conley suddenly realized: “No wonder he dragged us to the gym in the afternoon!” ”

Auden “hehe” smiled, smiled a lot more wrinkles on his face, but his expression was relaxed, injury problems have been plaguing him since he was still in college last year, repeated attacks, can now be controlled, for him, it is really already predictable, the most ideal situation!

Li Wan also followed suit.

The reputation of the Suns’ “Divine Doctor” team led by Carter is absolutely no problem.

They also serve the NASA team to protect the health of American astronauts, which shows their excellence.

The 8th pick in the first round in ’05 will suffer from expansive heart disease problems in the future, and players involved in heart problems will basically say goodbye to the NBA.

But after staying in the Suns for a few years, he not only cured his illness, but also became a famous “high battery” in the league;

A couple of more obvious examples follow…

For example, when the 33-year-old Carter came to the sun, he was preparing for knee surgery. But after the “divine doctor team” checked, it was okay, just a toe thing.

Then his appearances were almost twice as high as the previous season;

Another example is O’Neill, who will arrive soon!

Under the medical treatment of the Suns, O’Neal played 75 games next season, averaging 17.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, proving that he still has oil in this “big diesel”.

It is worth saying that after leaving the sun and going to the Cavaliers and Celtics, O’Neal’s attendance rate was only 55%!

Not to mention Steve Nash and Jr., after leaving the Suns, injury problems quickly brought them down…

It was this fact that only Li Wan knew that made him feel at ease with the assurance of the Sun “Divine Doctor Team”.

“Lee, you said you can make the All-Star starter? ”

Cook suddenly said, and the eyes of the other two people also lit up.

They all know that Yao Ming, who had just debuted that year, with the help of domestic fans, beat the “three consecutive championships” at that time with the data of 13 plus 8, and the “Big Shark” who won three finals MVPs in a row became the first all-star center in the West!

Li Wan’s data is much higher than Yao Ming…

Coupled with the popularity of Los Angeles Big Ball City and Li Wan itself, this may not be impossible!

“So… Are we eating with someone who will be an All-Star starting guard in 3 months? Plum…… Or you take off all your clothes and leave them to us, and then you will definitely be able to sell them for a good price! ”

Cook said with a grin, successfully obtaining Li Wan’s “white eyes”.

“It’s too difficult to achieve…”

Li Wan is not modest, Kobe’s influence itself is here, the Western Guard line, this place is fixed, and then Chris Paul is strong this season, the league has always supported this rising new superstar, it is estimated that the competition is not possible.

And most importantly…

Yi Jianlian finished third among Eastern Conference power forwards after the first phase of the All-Star starting vote, behind Kevin Garnett and LeBron James.

The league had to change the rules and rookies could not participate in the All-Star starting vote!

It is also this rule that since this season, there have been no starting rookies in the All-Star main game.

Li Wan estimates that it will still be this time at that time, and he has no expectations for the all-star starter.

And in the case of the voting channel closed to him, he can only rely on the choice of the Western Conference head coach if he wants to enter the All-Star team, although this year’s Western All-Star head coach will most likely be Phil Jackson, but his choice, if there is a clear bias, I am afraid it will cause a lot of controversy.

Lee Wan didn’t think Phil Jackson would do that for him…

Chatting about this kind of thing, the more interesting it is, especially between a few old friends who have not seen each other for a long time, even more so, but the next topic is more and more partial, and the three people have lewd faces, let him talk about the two * encounters with Kardashian and Scarlett.

Cook posed a key question: “Is Kardashian’s **** really that big?” ”

Once again, he successfully reaped a roll of Li Wan’s eyes.

In the United States, it is normal to talk about these things, which can be understood as intimacy and generosity, and may also carry some ostentatious elements.

But Li Wan didn’t like to tell his private affairs, even if this brother could be said to be the three closest people he had in the United States, it was still…

Can’t say!

Of course, he answered Cook’s question: “It’s really that big!” ”

After causing Cook to “Wuhu”, he climbed into bed and went to sleep.

They chartered a presidential suite, and all four of them could find a place to sleep, and as for why Li Wan slept in bed and the others slept on the sofa, the reason was also very simple…

He’s going to fight the “Christmas War” tomorrow!

Today’s first change, the next two more, or one more, both are 4,000 plus, if one change, that is 8,000 plus.

(End of chapter)