I’m Really Playing Basketball

Chen Xiao brought James to Ying County this time to train with Ke's boss.

During the summer offseason, NBA players always train together in small groups.

Kobe Bryant invited Chen Xiao last season to teach him fadeaway jumpers this summer, and Chen Xiao was looking forward to it.

However, what makes Chen Xiao a little disappointed is that he came here just to take advantage of the excitement, but the boss didn't teach him the ke style of backwards!

In a private training facility in Eagle County, Colorado.

Kobe looked at Chen Xiao in front of him with a resentful look on his face, asking him to lean back in a disciplined manner, and he felt bad all over.

Did you do this on purpose?

If he hadn't known that this boy's character was indeed very real, he would have suspected that this boy was deliberately mocking him.

This is like a person who has clearly learned the Beiming Divine Art, but insists on learning the Hua Gong method from others.

Of course, the difference between Qiao's back-up and Ke's back-up is much smaller than that of Beiming Shen Gong and Hua Gong Dafa.

Just a metaphor.

However, watching Chen Xiao bullfighting with James on the training ground and constantly using Joe's backhand to pull up James, even though the two had already played in the finals, Kobe was still shocked by Chen Xiao's simple and rough style of play.

Especially this dry pull.

Those long hands, those long feet, that bounce, that shooting, they are simply born for dry pulls!

Except for the lack of technology, it is just a replica of TMC.

Thinking back to the beginning, every time he trained privately with TMC, he was quite powerless one-on-one.

Although he has always been dissatisfied, sometimes, in the face of talent, you have to accept it. Many times, even if you get up at four o'clock in the morning, you will crazily polish your skills every day, even if you have polished your skills to the point of strength. In the end, it can't compare to the direct throws of players like Wonder Boy and TMC, and it can't compare to the rough rush of players like James.

Therefore, TMC never needs to work as hard as he does to practice his skills and find room to take action. TMC and Wonder Boy are born with space to take action.

Therefore, James does not need to polish his breakthrough skills like him and break his waist to find that fleeting breakthrough opportunity. James, this kid, can rush if he wants to with the ball.

"These two guys... are really direct."

Kobe couldn't help but comment on Chen Xiao and James on the court.

And when he heard Kobe say this, Kidd laughed next to him.

Kidd also feels that these two little guys, Chen Xiao and James, are definitely the two players in the NBA who play the most direct and rude answers.

Although this time Chen Xiao and James came here for training with Boss Ke and Boss Ji.

But in fact, it is still mainly about recuperation and rest, supplemented by training.

After all, the finals have just been played. As three of the four protagonists of this finals, Chen Xiao, Kidd and Kobe, all have injuries to some extent.

Chen Xiao is actually fine. His body is hard and strong enough. Most of the injuries on his body are the kind of bruises caused by confrontation or skin trauma.

But Boss Ke and Boss Ji are different.

Although the bodies of these two people are strong enough, they are not at the level of beasts like Chen Xiao.

For example, Brother Ke, after playing in the finals, he suffered a slight injury to his knee.

The injury to this part of Kobe's body was much more serious than the injuries on Chen Xiao's body.

I have to say that it is really important that the body is strong enough and not easily injured.

The Edwards area in Eagle County, Colorado is a famous hot spring area in the United States. Therefore, during the offseason, many stars from various professional leagues come here to relax and vacation.

At this time of year, this place is equivalent to a place for regular maintenance for athletes and stars.

Take good care of your body, and you can ride to your heart's content whether you go swimming or train hard.

Therefore, here, Chen Xiao and Kobe not only met many stars from other American professional leagues.

We even met NBA star Sprewell who also came here to recuperate.

However, this famous madman in the NBA glanced at Chen Xiao and the four of them without even nodding. He was quite arrogant and arrogant.

However, Chen Xiao and the others didn't care at all.

If you don’t want to say hello, don’t say hello. We live in a hot spring hotel, and everyone is living in the NBA. You don’t want to say hello to us, and you are not embarrassed. How can we be embarrassed?

Although he came to train with Ke Lao this time, Ke Lao did not intend to teach Chen Xiao fadeaway jumpers, but as one of the players with the best ball-handling skills in the NBA, Chen Xiao certainly wanted to ask Mr. Ke for some advice on ball control. question.

To be fair, it's not like Chen Xiao hasn't learned ball control from good players.

Whether it's Wade or Key, they handle the ball very well.

It has been two years, but Chen Xiao has not yet awakened to the attribute of ball control.

"You've been practicing with Wade and Jason for two years and still haven't made any progress?"

The Lianke boss was a little surprised.

Logically speaking, with the guidance of Wade and Kidd, two guards with excellent ball-handling skills, even a beginner like Chen Xiao should be somewhat competent.

Kobe looked at Chen Xiao and Kidd with some confusion.

"Bryant, I think Chen is born with a somewhat deficient sense of ball."

"Are you born with a deficient sense of ball?"

"Every time I teach Chen to dribble, no matter what, he can't dribble without looking at the ball. His hands have a very bad feeling for the ball, because the ball feeling is extremely bad, so he dribbles with his left hand and crosses his hands. He can only achieve that kind of amateur level in football and the like, and if he goes up, he can't go up."

"Bryant, you know, ball control ability has a lot to do with dribbling ability and ball feel. My ball feel is too good, so I can't understand the situation of a player like Chen who has an extremely ordinary ball feel. So, I don't know how to teach Chen how to handle the ball."

After Kidd finished speaking helplessly, Kobe understood.

Jason, what do you mean, let someone like me, whose sense of the ball is not as good as yours, teach this 'scumbag'.

But the point is, although my sense of the ball may not be as good as yours, it's not much worse.

If you can't teach it, I can't teach it either.

However, seeing Chen Xiao’s expectant eyes...

Kobe frowned.

"I understand the situation, Chen. Things like ball sense, IQ, and emotional intelligence are innate. At present, I have no other way. Maybe, me, Wade and Jason, our ball control and dribbling skills are all better." It relies on a relatively high ball feel to create a base. Actions that are very simple for us may be difficult for you. For example, some people are born with the ability to draw circles with their left hand and squares with the right hand, but some people cannot learn it no matter how hard they learn it. It is not a good way to teach someone who can draw a circle with his left hand and a square with his right hand to teach someone who cannot.”

Chen Xiao's talent for the ball may be problematic, but his IQ is not.

"Idol means asking me to find a player who doesn't require ball-feeling talent to learn ball-handling from him, or find an enlightenment coach who doesn't require ball-feeling talent and let them help me find a way for me to break my limits?"

After Chen Xiao finished speaking, Kobe nodded.

We may really not be able to teach you this style well.

"Does the idol recommend anyone?"

"Among the NBA players I know, those who are good at ball control are those who are talented and have a good sense of the ball. There are almost no players who are good at handling the ball because they have poor ball sense and poor skills. As for the enlightenment coach, this kind of There are even fewer first-time coaches with special skills, and for many first-time coaches, a player like Chen You may have been eliminated by them long ago."

"It's really a miracle for a player with your talent to enter the NBA and achieve such great achievements."

In the world of basketball, it is almost impossible for a player who is good at controlling the ball to have bad touch and bad skills, just like it is impossible for a handsome, handsome and rich man to not have a girlfriend. If he does, it would be... ahem.

So, after Kobe finished speaking seriously, Chen Xiao was also frowning.

I'm afraid his talent with the ball really can't support him to awaken the attribute of dribbling.

If you want to awaken your dribbling attributes without relying on your ball-feeling talent, you must find a special method and a training method that can train dribbling without relying on your ball-feeling talent.

Indeed, this is difficult. Wade, Boss Kee and Boss Ke can't help him, most people in the NBA and most enlightenment coaches can't help him.

Ball-feeling talent...

Like IQ and EQ, this is not a system attribute. In other words, not all basketball-related talents can be improved and transformed by the system.

It turns out that such a powerful system has some areas that cannot be touched.

"The ball control is very good, the technique is rough, the ball feel is average..."

Chen Xiao was thinking about it and suddenly his eyes lit up, and the frown he had been frowning relaxed. Then, Chen Xiao looked at James next to him excitedly!

"LeBron!"

"..."

"Tell Savannah that you will be recruited by me this summer!"

In the private training hall, even James, who has high emotional intelligence, wants to beat Chen Xiao at this time.

Boss, Savannah and I have just established a relationship, and the relationship is just getting heated. This time I come here with you. Do you know how much time I spent trying to convince Savannah?

He gave me a week!

Now, you want me for a summer? !

Aren’t you trying to make me single?

Do you know how difficult it is for me to find such a beautiful partner? !

You think everyone is you!

"LeBron, I will take you to China this summer."

"make a deal!"

James, who originally looked dissatisfied, compromised in an instant.

With Chen Xiao's trip to China, how many Chinese fans can he gain?

Next season's All-Stars, the sales of LeBron's generation, these are all money!

"But Chen, I want to take Savannah with me!"

"If you're not afraid of me, the light bulb, you can do whatever you want."

Seeing how happy LeBron was now, Chen Xiao smiled and shook his head. The two of them behaved like businessmen haggling.

But, if LeBron can really use his ball-handling skills to improve his ball-handling attributes to 50 or a value that can be awakened, then it will be worthwhile to accompany this kid to create a wave of fans in China.

However, I never thought before that my LeBron is the most suitable treasure for me to control the ball!

"Hopefully this summer will have a good outcome!"

This summer, Chen Xiao's biggest learning lesson is to awaken to ball control, and the second is to increase his weight to at least 110 kilograms.

Chen Xiao's current weight is actually not light, 105, but Chen Xiao still looks very thin.

I don’t know if the system changed the bone density, ligament strength, muscle density and other things inside his body, making him look much thinner than his weight.

When most people see his figure, they think he can't possibly weigh 105 kilograms. Many people think he might weigh 100 kilograms now.

Chen Xiao feels that he has been transformed by the system into a 'lean' physique.

With the same figure, Chen Xiao is 5 kilograms heavier than others, which is very advantageous in a confrontation.

These days, in addition to practicing ball control with James, Chen Xiao will certainly not forget to play one-on-one with Big Brother Ji and Big Brother Ke.

Although the heads-up task of training can only gain a small amount of basketball experience and some experience cards for training, the experience cards for training are still very important.

Can improve the strength of teammates.

For example, James is teaching Chen Xiao to handle the ball, and Chen Xiao is also teaching James to defend.

And more importantly, what do you think is the current strength of Ke Boss?

"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the one-on-one task issued by Kobe Bryant. He defeated the S-level player Kobe Bryant in one-on-one. The task reward is 1,000 points of basketball experience, a scoring experience card (official game), and 800 career points. Height and arm span are 1cm each.”

Boss Ke's current strength has reached S-!

Although after the first heads-up, the rewards were all training cards, but is it comparable to brushing S-level players and A-level and B-level players?

Every time I push the boss of the department, it's a big explosion, okay?

This is much better than pushing an A-level player like LeBron!

Of course, an 18-year-old A-level player, tsk tsk, will definitely be a seed player of an S-level player in the future!

In short, although Chen Xiao didn't learn the scientific style from the boss of Ke's training camp this time, he still gained a lot.

Had a lot of fun too.

Of course, Boss Ke and Boss Ji also had a good time.

James also had a lot of fun. He felt that his defense had improved a lot when he came here this time.

In the past, his defense basically relied on instinct and talent. After all, he has only played basketball systematically for how long.

Xiao Zhan is not only rough offensively, but also has rough defensive skills.

Chen Xiao is best suited to teach players with rough defensive skills.

So, a week later, the training camp was over, and Boss Ke, who was having a lot of fun, wanted to take Chen Xiao, James and Boss Ji to play a big game.

cough cough.

It's understandable, after all, Ke's sister-in-law is suspicious, and Ke's boss is also feeling uncomfortable. We are all men, so you understand.

Boss Ke thinks Chen Xiao, Kidd and Xiao Zhan understand.

"Don't worry, you can play whatever you want, I'll treat you!"

I am also very proud to invite guests.

It's just that, after Boss Ke finished speaking, he felt that the three people looked at Boss Ke a little strangely.

I go? !

These three, aren't they all the 1% of good men in the NBA? !

The probability of meeting a good man in the NBA is 1%. If you meet three at once, what is the probability?

Even if Mr. Ke is not that good at arithmetic, he still knows that it will not be 3%!

This time at the hot spring hotel, Mr. Ke met a very beautiful waiter, a white girl with blond hair and long legs.

Contact information is coming.

The little sister's sisters are all found.

Now that Chen Xiao, James and Kidd were not going, he couldn't go alone. In the end, he could only watch with regret that the little sister named Caitlin Feibel followed Chen Xiao and the others away with envy.

Alas, I would have known that I would have finished my beer in Ying County before calling Jason and Chen.

What a pity.

Kobe, who returned to Los Angeles with Kidd, is still reluctant to leave.

On July 10, 2003, the day after he returned to Los Angeles from Eagle County, Kobe saw a familiar figure in the New York Times.

“New York Knicks star Latrell Sprewell was arrested by Eagle County police on suspicion of wall-baiting and S-M!”

"A receptionist named Caitlin Feibel of a hot spring hotel in Eagle County reported to the Eagle County police on July 9, claiming that she was assaulted by a second-rate police officer in the Sprewell room of the hot spring hotel. The plaintiff She was said to have been subjected to Sprewell's raping, abuse, and a chokehold, and was nearly strangled to death."

"Sprewell later admitted to police that he had abused the woman, but denied having sex with her."

"I wanted to hit someone, both men and women. I had no interest in having sex with her. I gave her money and she was willing to be abused by me. Afterwards, she asked for more money. If I refused, she would sue me. Wall beep, that's how it is."

Looking at the familiar and beautiful girl in the newspaper who was crying pitifully, Kobe's hands holding the newspaper were shaking and his face was covered in cold sweat.

"Honey, what's the matter?"

"When I saw this news, I was so angry that I was shaking all over. I was sweating all over my body on a hot day, and my hands and feet were cold. Can the world be better? Is there any trust left?!"

"..."

The sister-in-law Ke next to her was stunned by the indignant look of Mr. Ke standing up.

Then I picked up the newspaper on the table and looked at it. It turned out to be like this.

"My dear, you are right, Sprewell is really not a human being."

No, I don't mean that.

Seeing his wife's misunderstanding, Mr. Ke complained in his heart.

He was going to talk about this girl.

How can there be no spirit of contract?

If every girl in the future has such no spirit of contract, wouldn't it mean that 99% of NBA players will die?

Chen Xiao, of course, didn't know what happened at Brother Ke's house. After Chen Xiao and James returned to Cleveland, they both reached a huge sneaker contract with Nike on July 11th.

The sneaker contract signed by James and Nike is a 7-year, 92 million contract.

This is one of the largest sneaker contracts in the NBA. As a rookie who has not played in a single game, Nike can give James a contract worth hundreds of millions. You can imagine what James is doing in the United States. What kind of popularity, what kind of prospects.

Let me tell you, as soon as James signed the contract with Nike, most of the superstars in the NBA could not suppress James.

Who dares to be such a rookie boss?

Do you really think Nike is a softie?

The player Nike spent 100 million to sign is to be your second child? Are you Jordan? Such a big face?

However, if it is Chen Xiao, it doesn't matter.

Because on this day, the five-year 120 million contract between Chen Xiao and Nike, which had been negotiated for a long time, was finalized.

Although Chen Xiao's contract is apparently for 120 million yuan over five years, it actually has a signing fee of 10 million U.S. dollars.

So the total price is 130 million, the highest among active players.

James' contract also has a signing fee of 10 million US dollars, so it is 102 million US dollars in 7 years, the second highest among active NBA players.

Nike gave these two contracts worth hundreds of millions to James and Chen Xiao, which shows the status of Chen Xiao and James in Nike's heart.

Double stars, double masters.

This is Nike's idea.

In fact, David Stern also thinks the same way. James is in charge of the United States and Chen Xiao is in charge of China. As long as China and the United States are in charge, they will eat the world together.

After completing the contract with Nike, Chen Xiao and James' first-generation sneakers will be officially released.

Nike has been designing for a long time, and can start rapid release as soon as the signing is completed, especially for Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao’s championship limited edition sneakers were first released in New York.

The limited edition came out before the regular edition, which is also very strange. There is nothing you can do about it, just because of the popularity. The popularity of Chen Xiao’s magical performance in the finals has not disappeared, and his popularity in New Jersey has not been lost, so he can harvest it first.

Therefore, the day after Chen Xiao and James both signed billion-dollar contracts with Nike, the news was all over the United States.

And Sprewell's Eagle County incident has finally made it off the front pages of the American media.

This incident was actually Sprewell's unlucky one. He clearly didn't get in, but it was because his hands were itchy and he wanted to hit someone. However, he met a girl who was not trustworthy and asked for extra money at the last minute. And then, Colorado happened to be the only place where someone could not enter the state. Physical contact can also be considered as a cause of failure, so Sprewell could only say no defense, just pay the money, avoid financial losses, and give away 1 million US dollars, which finally made the girl withdraw the criminal lawsuit. In terms of civil lawsuits, Sprewell You were also acquitted.

However, the fact that he liked S and M was made public, which still caused Sprewell's reputation, which was not very high, to suffer another huge blow.

Soon, Sprewell was sent to the Timberwolves by the New York Knicks.

In addition to the salary being locked, the Timberwolves, who don't care about anything, are willing to take Sprewell in order to find help for Garnett. Other NBA teams really don't dare to take this madman.

NBA teams all know how wild their players are in private, but you can't be exposed. If you are exposed, no one can protect you. Do you think you are Chen Xiao and Kobe? Will the team protect you at all costs?

Of course Sprewell was unhappy after being kicked from New York by the Knicks to the Timberwolves in the ice and snow.

So when he left New York, facing an interview with the New York media, the madman who was originally aggrieved gritted his teeth and said a famous saying that once again shocked the entire league.

"Kobe did it too!"

The woman said, Kobe also did it, so why am I the only one who suffered? !

However, the madman's words shocked the NBA for a day. Soon, before Kobe could stand up, the victim girl herself stood up to clarify for Kobe.

"Kobe gave me the money. I thought he was a deposit for me and my sisters. Unexpectedly, he gave us a lot of money and left directly. Kobe is a good man. He sympathizes with us and is willing to give us charity. I am not A good girl, I used Kobe's sympathy for us to bid up the price. I'm sorry, Kobe Bryant. I wish you a happy family and God bless you."

A girl actually called an NBA player a good person?

This is like a sheep saying that a wolf is a good animal.

This incident has really confused the entire NBA.

"Kobe still has the hobby of giving alms to Bee Girl? Why do I not believe it?"

O'Neal was entertained by the biggest gossip of the offseason, the ridiculous Eagle County incident.

The summer of 2003 in the NBA was very, very lively.

The MD combination of the Magic, the F6 combination of the Nets, Chen Xiao went to the Cavaliers, Sprewell's Eagle County incident, and "Kobe did it too" and so on.

Soon, on July 15, 2003, another big event happened in the NBA. Bucks head coach George Karl couldn't stand the endless quarrel with Ray Allen and announced his resignation from the Bucks.

After the Bucks coach George Karl resigned, they announced that they would swap the team's main points Cassell and Earvin Johnson with the Timberwolves' Joe Smith and Peeler.

The Bucks' operation is already very obvious, that is, the team's head coach is gone, and if they don't keep Ray Allen, what can they do?

The Bucks passively kept Ray Allen, so naturally they had to send Cassell away.

And the Bucks really need to reduce their burden.

As for the coexistence of Ray Allen and McCread...

Let's start together and see where we can go.

As one of the most famous coaches in the NBA, George Karl left the Bucks is still very shocking.

Basically all the famous NBA coaches are changing clubs this year.

At the same time, the Bulls announced that they had signed Pippen as a free agent to the mid-level for 10 million in two years.

The Heat announced the six-year, $71.6 million signing of free agent Lamar Odom from the Clippers.

At the same time, the Heat announced that they would give up renewing their contract with Mourning. On the same day, Mourning announced that he would join the six-star Nets with a minimum salary and become the Nets' seventh star.

The Seven-Star Nets came out, and the entire league was shocked again.

Many people did not expect such a lively event this summer, not even Chen Xiao’s agent Fei Gen.

And this agent also gained a lot from this lively summer.

The Hawks renewed Terry's contract at a high price, Nike and Chen Xiao signed a billion-dollar endorsement contract, and Marion signed a top-notch contract with the Suns.

It has to be said that under his operation, the people under him have received contracts worth more than themselves.

Even his little-known younger brother Arenas received two offers under his operation.

And the contract price is tens of millions!

60 million in 6 years.

You know, Odom only made 71 million in 6 years!

Although Chen Xiao knows that Arenas is very strong, in the eyes of the world, he was still an ordinary young Warriors guard who played on a bad team last season. The Warriors with team options did not intend to renew his contract.

Now, the Wizards and Spurs' offers have been sent to Arenas.

This made Arenas hesitate. Finally, he thought of Chen Xiao and wanted Chen Xiao to give him some advice.

Of course, it also means showing off.

You see, I’m going to get an annual salary of tens of millions now!

This guy always does boring things.

"The owner of the Wizards likes me, but the Eastern Conference is too strong, and the team is not as good as the Spurs. If I want to achieve higher development, of course I have to choose a better team. As for the owner's love, if I perform well, the owner will not Love is not good, I think the Spurs are good."

"Don't you understand everything?"

"That's what Fagan said to me."

"So, you are actually asking me to show off this time, right?"

"..."

"Well, just say so."

Finally, very soon, Arenas announced that he had reached a 6-year, 60 million contract with the Spurs.

As a second-round pick, he played in the NBA for two years and got such a contract. This is the first time in the NBA.

Therefore, after this contract, the league introduced a new ranking in contracts and signings, the Arenas clause.

This provision was driven entirely by Fagan.

Fagan can really maximize the interests of his players at this point.

Now the entire league is going crazy for NBA free agency.

It seems like every team is looking for good players.

But here in Cleveland, there is a sense that the scenery here is unique...

Because the free market basically has nothing to do with Cleveland.

At the same price, no one would join Cleveland.

If it was a premium contract, it was okay before. Now with James and Chen Xiao, the Cavaliers are certainly not willing to lock up the team's contract. In the future, all the money will be prepared for Chen Xiao and James to strengthen their teammates.

Therefore, if the Cavaliers want to strengthen, they can only select players from those players that other teams do not want. Team head coach Carlisle and assistant coach Brown are now selecting some people to add to the Cavaliers in the summer league.

Then sign some guys based on summer league performance.

And just when Carlisle and Brown were making selections in the head coach's office.

At the Cavaliers training hall, Chen Xiao met an acquaintance.

"Matt?!"

Barnes was also surprised when he saw Chen Xiao running up to him.

He, he, actually recognizes me? !

"Weren't you waived by the Cavaliers last season? Why are you still here?!"

"..."

Chen, you're not here to meet an acquaintance, you're here to avenge me for being so cruel to you back then!

However, thinking about what he had experienced this year and seeing the sincere excitement on Chen Xiao's face, Barnes sighed.

"Besides here, I, I have no place to go..."

Who would be a serious person who would stay in Cleveland...

Besides, he's from California.

Alas, Barnes sighed again.

Very desperate.

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