All-in-one Sign

As a business league, the NBA naturally attracts attention.

Only in this way will the audience like it and more people will watch its games. Only in this way can the market grow bigger. Once the market achieves this, its commercial value will increase, and the small amount of money earned will increase.

With stronger profitability, the owners of NBA teams have the motivation to spend more money and continuously increase the team's investment amount.

At the same time, the salaries offered to players will also increase.

More salary can attract better players to join, more good players will make the game more exciting, and more games will attract more fans.

This will form a virtuous cycle. As long as managers don't seek death, the NBA's commercial value and influence will gradually increase after the snowball starts rolling, until it becomes the undisputed number one in professional basketball.

The above is the basic operating idea of ​​​​the NBA during the Stern era.

In order to attract attention, performances are naturally indispensable. However, the difference between NBA and WWE is that the results on the field are determined by the performance of players and teams. Whoever is more competitive and performs better will be the final winner. But WWE has decided on the script early, and the wrestlers already know the difference between winning and losing before the fight begins.

Under the two operating ideas, as performers in competitive matches, NBA players have more autonomy and the environment is relatively fair.

Of course, since you are a performer, you cannot avoid certain things after joining this business alliance.

Not even Xu Ang.

Now that he had joined and accepted Stern's initial green light, Xu Ang had to reciprocate the favor.

The Clippers' opening game of this season was a show that Xu Ang needed to repay Stern.

Because competitive games are full of uncertainties, no one knows whether they will be defeated by the opponent in the finals, so no matter how sure they are, they will not make the championship ring in advance. As a result, it would take a while for the championship rings to be distributed to individual players, so the league took advantage of the situation and turned the awarding of the rings into a show, scheduled before the championship team's first game next season.

"A championship ring is the dream of many professional players and something that many basketball superstars desire but cannot obtain. It is not only an honor, but also an affirmation of a basketball player's career."

There was no game in the home team's locker room today. Barkley, who had come to Los Angeles specially, was staring at a box containing championship rings created by the Clippers for the players who won last season's championship.

Barkley is no longer with the Clippers this season. After winning the championship last season, he fulfilled his dream of owning a championship ring and returned to his original team in the off-season.

Although he is no longer one of their own players and will become his opponent when they meet on the court, the Clippers did not exclude this man who helped their team win the first championship in team history. Barkley was allowed into the home team's locker room and was welcomed by Corvo and the others.

Xu Ang even took the opportunity to touch this guy's bald head.

It feels okay, quite slippery anyway.

someone is thinking in his mind.

Barkley didn't know that Xu Ang was thinking about whether his head was slippery or not. His mind was focused on the box containing the championship ring.

The thing he dreamed of was right in front of him, and he was about to get it. Barkley felt that his whole body was floating in the clouds, and the feeling of realizing his dream was really beautiful.

"Don't look at it. I can't give you the ring now. It will have to be awarded to you by Mr. Russell and our boss Akatsuki personally after the show."

Xu Ang brought Barkley back to his senses, and pulled Dayao over and said to him: "Let me introduce, Dayao is my compatriot from China, and he is also a rookie that I am optimistic about. Barkley, he also followed the team in the team last season. We trained together, I believe you know him, and we officially met him today.”

"Of course I know him, Yao from China. I watched the Clippers' preseason games this year. Yao's basic skills are as good as the Spurs' rookie No. 1 pick, but his body is not strong enough and there is still a gap between him and Tim. ”

Barkley's comment is tantamount to telling Xu Ang that Yao can't compare to Duncan.

These American basketball players first look at people to see if they are physically strong and tolerant. If they don't notice this, no matter how good you are, they will think you are not good enough.

Compared to the time when Barkley sneered at Dayao, who was new to the NBA, he is much more polite now. Presumably, this was because of Xu Ang's amazing performance, which made Barkley and other big guys who advocate physical confrontation dare not underestimate the Chinese players too much. Xu Ang is so fierce, and he doesn't look like a muscular man. Although the probability of such a monster appearing is extremely low, it is not impossible. Don't say too much to avoid being slapped in the face.

What Buckley didn't know was that Xu Ang was secretly thinking that it was a pity that the famous scene of someone kissing a donkey's butt could no longer be seen.

After thinking about it, Xu Ang thought this was not bad. Dayao entered the NBA several years early. He was not the Great Wall of China that he had experienced in the CBA. At this time, Dayao was still too young and mentally immature. If there were too many malicious voices, he would be under too much pressure. There is never just one genius who has been destroyed by rumors and pressure. There are many who can be listed in the basketball field alone. Xu Ang does not want Dayao to become one of them.

Regarding Barkley's evaluation, Xu Ang spoke for Dayao: "He is still young and his body can continue to grow. It is not appropriate for him to gain weight now."

Barkley spread his hands and said, "So, he can't win the Rookie of the Year award."

Although Dayao is tall, he has no choice but to gain weight. In Barkley's opinion, he is too thin.

Players like Barkley and the others will not take it to heart if they cannot engage in fierce physical confrontation.

He's just a weakling, far worse than Xu Lai's Yao.

You said he is tall?

So what's the use.

You say he has good basic skills?

If you can't withstand collisions and physical confrontation, your movements will change as soon as others physically resist you. No matter how good your technique is, it's useless.

If it weren't for Xu's sake, haha.

Barkley patted Yao's butt and said, "Young man, try your best to gain a foothold in the NBA."

Dayao scratched his head and said with a simple smile: "I will work hard."

"Okay, little guy, I hope you won't disappoint Xu. You are the newcomer he likes."

After a somewhat perfunctory response, Barkley's interest shifted to the new things that appeared in the locker room.

"What is that? Is it some new equipment added during the offseason? I've never seen it before."

Dayao shook his head and said he didn't know. He had never seen this thing before.

Xu Ang said: "You mean them? They are indeed new equipment. I spent a lot of money to build a rapid liquid nitrogen freezer using the latest technology from the research laboratory under my name. It can reduce the temperature to minus 180 degrees in an instant. Once you lie down in it, you can turn it on..."

Before Xu Ang could finish speaking, Buckley was shocked: "Are you planning to commit murder?"

Even if Barkley is uneducated, he knows that it is not easy to kill someone at the ultra-low temperature of minus 180 degrees. Xu Ang put such a dangerous thing in the team locker room, just in case anyone is curious and gives it a try. Isn't it just Barbie?

Being uneducated is terrible.

Well, Xu Ang admitted that Buckley was still a bit literate. After all, he knew that the ultra-low temperature of minus 180 degrees could freeze people to death.

"I say to Barkley, read more when you have time. Don't just go to nightclubs to have fun. If you don't like reading, you can go online more. There is the latest information on it, and occasionally you can see information about the world's cutting-edge science and technology. ”

Xu Ang despised Buckley.

Only he can despise the flying pig in the air without being beaten hard by this violent guy with old fists. Otherwise, even if you are a big shark like O'Neal, Barkley will still hug and throw you.

"Xu, what do you mean? Don't think that just because you are better at basketball than me, you can look down on me."

"I'm not looking down on you, I just despise you."

Buckley: "..."

"I really want to punch you."

He raised his fist and shook it again and again in front of Xu Ang's eyes, but Buckley never made a move.

"Okay, I'm not kidding you anymore. Let me ask you, can you think of such a simple thing but I can't think of it? Do you think this is possible? If the liquid nitrogen freezer is really dangerous, I will go crazy and destroy them. Come to the team locker room. Let me tell you, these boxes are specially treated and their low temperature will not cause harm to the people inside. On the contrary, it will be of great help to the athletes."

Buckley looked puzzled: "How to say?"

Xu Ang was speechless about this guy's mind. He said it so clearly. Why didn't Buckley understand?

There was no choice but to continue explaining: "You have done it many times using ice packs during training and after fierce competitions. Can't you connect them?"

Only then did Buckley understand: "They relieve fatigue?"

Xu Ang asked angrily: "What else?"

Looking at the liquid nitrogen freezer, Buckley asked curiously: "Are they very useful?"

"The effect is not ordinary." Xu Ang said to him, "After playing a fierce game, you can lie down and enjoy the ice compress all over your body. It feels great. It will make your body recover in the shortest time. Restore the best condition within the body and eliminate muscle fatigue to the maximum extent. If you have tried it, you will know that this thing can make you feel as good as if you are not in a fierce competition. In addition, it has other designs that can achieve high-pressure suction. Oxygen, um, by the way, do you know what it does?”

Buckley rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not thinking clearly. Can I just say it?"

Shrugging his shoulders and making an American-style show, Xu Ang continued: "It can stimulate cell activity and maintain the body's condition to the maximum extent. For a veteran like you, if you regularly inhale high-pressure oxygen, your body's condition will remain the same even when you are forty years old. He can still remain at the age of thirty-one or twelve.”

"real?!"

Not only was Barkley's eyes bright, but Corvo and others who were listening to the conversation between the two gathered around.

As professional basketball players, they really understand the meaning of Xu Ang's words. If Xu Ang is not lying, it means that the new equipment in the locker room can extend their careers to a large extent. Even at its peak, it can last longer than those who don’t use it.

As we all know, an athlete's peak period only lasts three to five years. If this period is missed or delayed by injuries, his life will be ruined. Especially in the NBA, which has a strong business atmosphere, if you can't get enough honors and make enough money at your peak, what will you do to protect yourself for the rest of your life?

The function of the rapid liquid nitrogen freezer is that even people like Corvo can't help but ask: "Xu, are you telling the truth?"

"Why am I lying to you? This is something specially made in my research laboratory. I use it myself. Why should I lie to myself? Besides, the equipment has been added to the locker room. Is its effect as good as I said? Well, you’ll find out tonight.”

Having said this, Xu Ang warned the players: "Today is the moment when we get the championship ring. I won't

Hopefully as soon as I get the ring, someone will take away a win at home. When I got to the court, I cheered up and told everyone with a big victory that last year we were the championship, and this year our goal is still the championship. "

The people leading the team are all different. Young people like you still want to win the championship without you?

How dare you think about it.

Buckley complained in his mind.

He is not optimistic about the Clippers without Xu Ang. You must know that the biggest reason why the Clippers won the championship last season was Xu Ang. This Chinese was too strong. Buckley swore that he had never seen such a arrogant newcomer.

He was a superstar when he debuted, and he is still an unstoppable superstar. Is Xu Ang still a human being like this?

Buckley couldn't answer.

Sometimes he wonders what kind of terrifying power Xu Ang has under his yellow skin, which allows him to run rampant in the NBA and no one can stop him.

Maybe this is the real genius, and people like me, Michael, and O'Neal are just pseudo-geniuses.

Thinking of Xu Ang's performance on the court, Barkley couldn't help but feel lucky.

Fortunately, Xu Ang did not regard playing basketball as a career that requires lifelong struggle. Otherwise, how could other people in the NBA survive without him? He would just declare the end of the NBA.

Monsters like you should go to the business world. Those Wall Street speculators who claim to be the elite of mankind need you to cause trouble.

"Dayao, you will be the power forward today and play more with Duncan after you come on the court."

Xu Ang began to give instructions to Dayao.

"Your basic basketball skills are not inferior to his, and the teammates around you are also strong enough. Although Duncan is the number one pick, he is also a rookie this year like you. Everyone thinks he is the strongest among this year's rookies. You, know me What do you want to say?"

Dayao was still smiling, but there was something more in his smile.

"Brother Xu, I know what you are going to say. If I beat Tim, I will be the strongest rookie."

I've also watched Slam Dunk.

"You know better."

After playing a certain joke, Xu Ang added: "After today, I, roughly, all the bus will have a championship ring, only you don't. I won't participate this year, you have to rely on yourselves, don't let us wait too long. Kobe is a Paranoid about winning, but he really has two skills and you can trust him on the court."