basketball never sleeps

Chapter 63 It must be Mo Wen’s fault!

With a dark face, Mo Wen drove O'Neal to a nearby hospital.

They really got lucky today. They originally wanted to attend an MTV awards ceremony, listen to the live performances of those superstars, and join in the fun.

As a result, O'Neal got an invitation from a West Coast singer he met to their celebration party after the award show.

Mo Wen originally thought it was just a regular party for celebrities, maybe it would also include meat.

As a result, in the middle of the party, a "Ranger of the Holy Lance" somehow got in, took a gun and shot the party organizer three times in the lower body, and then left in a hurry.

Mo Wen and O'Neill were less than 20 meters away, witnessing the whole process, and they couldn't stand it.

Fortunately, Mo Wen, who had light and flexible hands and feet, immediately ducked aside due to quick eyesight. Although O'Neal had lost weight, he was still huge. He sprained his ankle when he got excited. He couldn't stand firm and then injured himself again on the steps next to him.

He had previously had surgery on his toe.

O'Neal had bodyguards, but thinking that all the people present today were decent people, the security work would definitely be good, so he didn't bring them with him. As a result——

Life is about planting flowers with intention but planting willows without intention.

"Mazefak, damn label fight!"

O'Neal, who was lying in the back row, hammered the roof of the car in pain.

Mo Wen chatted with him for a few words before he roughly figured out what was going on.

What happened was that at a party in Alaska, two rap labels had a conflict. It was originally just a verbal fight, but on the way back after the party, someone from the West Coast label was assassinated. He was not dead, but his legs were missing.

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The group of black people on the West Coast were not the ones who suffered the most. They also hired killers to cause physical attrition on the other side. Then the main members of both sides began to be assassinated or shot frequently in the past two years.

To say that later domestic rappers dissed and insulted each other online was just for fun, but to really talk about "personal attacks", you still have to look at the Americans.

When he arrived at the hospital, O'Neal's personal doctor and the Heat team doctor also rushed over.

The results of the examination are not optimistic. It is conservatively estimated that O'Neal will have to recuperate for two months. However, it is mid-September now, which means that O'Neal will miss the first half of the new season.

Riley was both happy and helpless after hearing the news.

Shooting incidents in Miami have become less and less in recent years as public security funds have increased. Local gangs have also developed a tacit understanding and rarely shoot in public. But the most indispensable thing here in the United States is young men.

O'Neal seems to have only been out for half a month, but I don't know how much time will be wasted when I go back to adjust the lineup and practice tactics.

Of course, this may be an opportunity for Dazhi, as the Heat currently don't have many reserves inside.

Mo Wen did not change his training plan because of O'Neal's injury, but continued training at home step by step.

During this period, O'Neal was bored and contacted a professional to help Mo Wen produce the song - the reward was to add a rap section to the song that O'Neal asked a professional to customize for him, which took Mo Wen two days to record.

Afterwards, the song was not released immediately.

Heuman didn't know where he heard about this. He was from CAA and was very professional in this area. He could see the potential of this song at a glance and planned to find more professional people to work on this song, or find someone to work on it.

Female singers who can sing will cooperate with him.

Because the lyrics mentioned Nike and Jordan (you should bet on me, just like Nike signed Jordan), Heuman thought about passing a copy to Nike. As a result, after hearing this, Nike's director of operations directly gave it to Heuman.

They spent 500,000 U.S. dollars on the production cost and asked Heuman to help with it. When the music video for this song was to be shot, they could also help invite Gang Leader Qiao to participate in it. Nike wanted this song.

Mo Wen was convinced. He wanted to copy a random song to show off, but why couldn't he stop the car?

In early October, before returning to the team for training, Mo Wen returned to China, signed the endorsement deals he had negotiated in China, and also sent Dazhi's wife and children back.

Dazhi still dare not return to China, but he has not seen both parents since his child was born. Both parents are restricted from leaving the country, so sending his wife and son back to China is the most sincerity he can show at this stage.

After another week of busy work in China, Mo Wen finally returned to the team one week before the preseason.

"Nice to meet you, Coach Van Gundy."

Looking at Da Fan with a straight face, Mo Wen, who was the last to return to the team except Ao Pang, did not show any guilt at all.

"Shaq said that you also had some training in the summer. I hope you can show it later." Da Fan said dryly and calmly.

Dafan inherited Riley's coaching style. In addition to emphasizing iron-blooded defense, he also likes to talk about teamwork and discipline. With this philosophy, he naturally would not give a good look to Mo Wen, who returned to the team so late.

Mo Wen, a member of the team, is no stranger. The players signed by the Heat all participated in Riley's devil training camp in the summer. He went to pay condolences a few times and accepted them.

Except for Wade, who wanted to compete with him, everyone expressed their friendship to Mo Wen. This is also the benefit brought by Nike's multi-million contract. The contract cannot completely represent status, but the money brought by the contract can make people awe.

Just like most ordinary white-collar workers will feel embarrassed when they are billionaires, the gap in status brought about by money is unavoidable for most social creatures.

Maybe they were also afraid of Mo Wen's reputation on the "elbow track". It had only been half a year since Ma Long was beaten, and everyone wouldn't forget how he rode on Ma Long just because of Mo Wen's cheerful appearance.

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Da Fan originally thought that Mo Wen would be herding sheep during the holidays and running for endorsements would inevitably lead to a decline in his body and skills. However, after actual group training, Mo Wen conquered the Heat's coaching staff in just a few rounds.

Compared with using his abilities to overwhelm his teammate Wade, Mo Wen is more like a team leader.

In addition to his extraordinary skills, he not only has no loopholes on both ends of the offense and defense, he is also experienced and mature in commanding his teammates, organizing offense and defense, which is simply better than coaches like them in person.

"I kind of understand why Mr. Riley wanted to trade Caron (Butler) and the draft pick for him, and I also understand why Nike offered him such a big contract."

"Can run and shoot from the outside like Reggie Miller to open up space, can play in mid-range isolations like PP (Paul Pierce), can control the rhythm and lead the fast break like Kidd, and on the defensive end are Payton and Bowen.

Except for his poor health, I can’t think of any shortcomings he has!”

"It would be a pity if he is used as a panacea. I think we need to re-formulate tactics and distribute the ball. It seems that his ability to lead the team to win the Dream Sixth Team is not due to luck."

"The Pistons are really unlucky. Most people were blinded when they caught up and got a bargain. Without this kid, they wouldn't know whose championship they won this summer."

The coaching staff on the sidelines were discussing among themselves, and Wade's sweat on the court had already soaked his entire jersey.

He really wanted to open Mo Wen's brain and see if there was a walkie-talkie inside.

Heck, Mo Wen didn't participate in the training camp in the summer. He just came to the team to practice together and played a few rounds. He cooperated with their teammates better than him, who had been training with everyone for more than a month.

For a moment, he felt like his teammates were playing him.

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"ah!!!"

After a scream, Mo Wen couldn't help but sigh as he looked at Wright lying on the ground holding his knees.

What he had worried about before had indeed happened.

Wright just wanted to go for a layup against his opposition, but when he landed, he lost his balance and failed to make a protective move, and that's what happened.

The Heat's coaching staff hoped that he could play like Wade, but they did not consider that he was 8 centimeters taller and 10 kilograms lighter than Wade.

The coaching staff who witnessed the whole thing did not blame Mo Wen. Mo Wen did not give Wright the same intensity as he did with Wade. Mo Wen even obviously let his defense go. In this case, the blame is probably on him.

Wright can only blame himself for not being careful.

The test results came out the next day. It was revealed that he had a meniscus injury and was expected to miss half a year, which is basically equivalent to being reimbursed for the season.

Mo Wen felt uncomfortable, although he knew that he couldn't be blamed for this. This was just the intensity of the training match. If he couldn't survive it, even if he entered the regular season healthy, Wright would be injured within a few games.

sick.

In fact, other Heat players did not feel that Mo Wen had done anything wrong. The training match was not an exhibition match. Only with a certain intensity can training be effective. Everyone could see that Mo Wen did not hurt anyone maliciously.

However, not everyone can see clearly.

Wright, that incompetent and loud-mouthed agent, exaggerated the matter in front of the camera and exposed it.

He felt that Mo Wen intentionally "bullied" and "did tricks" that caused Wright's injury. The Heat helped Mo Wen hide the matter because Mo Wen signed a big contract with Nike.

After all, his young man has not had many injuries since he was young, so why did he get injured when he came to the Heat?

It must be Mo Wen's fault!

Don't think that this kind of fantasy that only believes in your own imagination is rare. Fiction requires logic, but reality does not.

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"Idiot, if you still want to play in the future, fire your idiot agent!"

"Does he know what he's talking about? Do you know what he's doing?!"

"You fire him, or I trade you!"

In the office, Pat Riley scolded Wright.

It's not a big deal if Wright is injured. He can wait for the people Riley likes and will definitely give him a chance to cultivate them.

But who would have thought that Wright's agent could be so stupid that he didn't believe the team's explanation, didn't ask other players, or even his own players, so he just told reporters what he just imagined. This is not

Are you obviously destroying the unity of the team?

Wright honestly fired his agent, but the matter did not settle down there.

Far away in Detroit, Larry Brown finally found his chance for revenge.

"Yes, Mo has never been a good boy. When he can't solve problems with strength, he likes to use violence."

"One thing I haven't said is that Mo showed in the preseason that he can play in the NBA, but I put him on the bench for half a season because of something that happened before the regular season last season.

A bad incident.”

"He had a fight with the senior players on the team before the game started because of the issue of playing time. This incident made me feel that it would be difficult for me to tame him, but fortunately, after a long period of calmness, he was on the bench.

I realized my mistake.”

"But after winning the championship and his temporary luck in the Olympics, he got a little carried away, so the poor kid became the victim of his violence."

"I don't think the Heat's management should take into account the big contract that Nike gave him. If they need to suspend him, they will suspend him, just like I did to him before."

(End of chapter)