Before getting on the plane, Zhou Xuan received Kolo? Moretz's international calls.

Every time he played, Kolo would call and tell Zhou Xuan to be careful not to get hurt. She also watched the game online in London, and video chatted with him online after the game, discussing what seemingly dangerous moves he did during the game, cursing the "dirty and unqualified" black players who knocked down Zhou Xuan during the game, and excitedly suspecting Zhou Xuan of racism.

Chloe said: "Can you stop going inside to grab rebounds, it looks weird and scary, the opponents are so much taller than you...... It's all to blame on Big Martin (my friend's nickname for Jordan Jr., the sadness of the face monster), what do you do to teach you to grab rebounds? Isn't that what the center is going to do? ”

"When the interior line is out of the way, someone has to grab the rebound. I mostly pick it up, so I won't get hurt. ”

"You hit your knee last time and died in a hurry."

Zhou Xuan sighed: "I happened last time, I have experience, and I will avoid that kind of thing in the future." Why are you nagging like my mom now? ”

"I'm doing this for your own good."

"I know, don't worry, I won't be hurt again, I'm going to get on the plane, let's talk at the hotel."

"Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Xuan got on the plane and sat with Azubuk.

Azubuuk was curious: "Emma's call?" I'll get in touch as soon as I leave home. ”

"No, it's a friend."

"Oh? Listening to you speak in such a gentle tone, could it be that there are still people outside? This must be a woman. Azubuk whispered. The fire of inner gossip began to burn.

"Where did you think of it? Is it Kolo? Moretz, my little sister who went to London to film. Zhou Xuan smiled.

Compared with Emma's youth, Zhou Xuan seems to prefer Colo's lively and cheerful personality. With Haibian Lori, he feels that he is very young, lives an easy life, and has jokes every day.

But Chloe grows up day by day and becomes a big girl, and one day she will become estranged from him. Zhou Xuan didn't know who she was? Righteous sister? She didn't feel anything special when she was only 1.3 meters tall, but now Zhou Xuan didn't dare to think too much about the future of the two......

After the plane took off, Azubuk whispered, "Stephen, there's something I want you to give me some advice. ”

"What's the matter?"

"I'd like to request a trade and hopefully the team will trade me to another team in the medium term." Azubuuk said in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

For this idea, Zhou Xuan was not surprised at all. D'Antoni asked him to share playing time with Fields, while Matthews and Gallinari both played a lot of minutes, and he could only play 10 minutes of left-handed games before replacing him when he was ahead. In the first two seasons, he also started with the Warriors for a while, and he performed greatly.

"Which team do you want to go to?" Zhou Xuan said lightly: "I know that your contract has expired, and if you want to fight for a big contract, you must ensure playing time, so I won't say polite words to keep you." ”

"I know that you will understand, how do you know that I have the team I want to go to?"

"Because you're not stupid, since you're thinking about a way back for yourself, you'll definitely think about it all, and I'll tell Chris [Mullin] to make a substitution in the team you want to go to. If I were you, I would like at least three teams, one team that can make the playoffs without swingmen, and two teams with poor strength without swingmen. ”

A planner who doesn't think about defeat and retreat is just a gambler. When Zhou Xuan goes to gamble, he will consider the probability of winning. Azubuk has known him for a long time, and under his influence, he also likes to use his brain.

"The Trail Blazers, Nets, Bobcats, I don't need a record, I just want to play." Azubuk laughed.

"Very smart choice." Zhou Xuan smiled.

He immediately went through the lineups of several teams in his head.

Brandon? Roy was a genius who was ruined by injury. He had no cartilage in both of his knees. Fernandez has poor confrontation ability and is not well adapted to the NBA, although he starts, he only plays 23 minutes per game. The Trail Blazers often have Felton and Miller Sr. play as a two-guard, Azubuke can play two positions and will definitely get playing time when he goes, Aldridge is a quasi-star, and the Trail Blazers have a chance to make the playoffs.

The Nets sent away Kutney-Lee, starting No. 2 with Graham and off the bench with Vujasic, both of whom couldn't attack with the ball. Azubuuk is also significantly stronger than these two.

Not to mention the bobcats. Matt? Carol is completely out of the flow. Rookie Henderson has no experience. Azubuuk is an absolute starter and can even be the main point of attack.

"Well, do you think there's a play? Feel like where I'm going best? ”

"If it's good for both sides, of course it's the bobcat." Zhou Xuan analyzed: "You can get the most playing time when you go to the Bobcats, and we bring it up, and the Bobcats will probably consider trading immediately, and the time is the shortest." Because they're not just short of a shooting guard, they're short of a point guard. ”

Larry? Brown is openly dissatisfied with Jordan's market operations, and if there are no more trades, he may have to resign. The Bobcats can only consider bringing in a good role player right now, and Azubuike is a good fit. If it's a superstar, a small team or a small city like the Bobcat can't be attracted.

Azubuk asked, "How long?" ”

"I'll ask you when you get back to New York. I don't dare to say how long it will take to settle. ”

Zhou Xuan knew that the main issue was not to send Azubuk away, but to exchange him for someone. There are too few players with the Bobcats, and the only few Bobcats may not let go.

After checking into the hotel, Zhou Xuan didn't go out, chatted with his family and Kolo on his laptop, and went to bed before 12 o'clock.

The next day they went to the arena to get used to it and get ready for the evening's game. Everyone in the Knicks knows that this is an uphill battle.

Last offseason, the Hornets sent some people away in order not to pay the luxury tax. The first victim was the veteran Rasu? Butler, one of the team's key starters, and the Hornets basically gave him to the Clippers for nothing.

And then the Hornets put Antonio? Daniels sent to Minnesota in exchange for Darius? Sangeira, completely tear down the east wall and make up the west wall. The deal, while keeping the Hornets' salary below the luxury tax threshold for the season, adds $4.9 million to the team's tax avoidance campaign this season. This extra salary played a role in 2010, leading directly to the Hornets to take Kerr in the draft. Aldridge ceded to the Thunder.

The Hornets didn't play well last season, and coach Scott was fired just a few weeks after the season began. Ball's ascension to the position is typical of poor teams with "we don't spend more money to hire people", and it is also a sign that the general manager is about to leave.

Now the coach of the Hornets has been changed to Monty again? Williams. And replaced the general manager, Dell? Temples. Dyer's series of operations finally made Hornets fans happy, he sent away the bad contracts that plagued the Hornets, Stojakovic, Posey, bought out Sangella, and the fly in the ointment was Darko? Collison became another trade victim this summer related to the salary cap issue.

Now, looking at teams across the league, it's hard to find a handful of starters who can pick up a bargain on the Hornets' starters. Paul is the league's top point guard, West and Okafor are two star players in the frontcourt, and Ariza and Belinelli are also strong on the wing.

Ariza is strong as long as he doesn't shoot as much as he did last season, alleviating the need for a wide gate on the wing and helping the Hornets improve last season's poor defensive efficiency.

The Hornets' bench has also been strengthened. Marcus? Thorton, Jared? Jack, Willy? Green has a strong backcourt. Is there Jason on the inside? Smith, David brought in from the Rockets? Anderson, and blue-collar Aaron? Gray. Also on the bench is Poundexter, a 26-rookie rookie in the first round.

In short, the current Hornets roster will definitely make the playoffs, and it is unknown what kind of fame they will get in the future.

In the evening, in the visiting locker room, D'Antoni said: "The Hornets' most powerful tactic is to block and pick and roll, and they are very fast, but as long as the offense blocks Paul and West, they can limit them to a certain extent." Zhou, Danilo (Gallinari), the two of you have a heavy task today, so you have to guard against misalignment. On the side, we should also pay attention to the rotation position, and today we played the small ball tactic. ”

West is not a strong and quantitative insider, he is not tall, and his low-post strong attack also relies on skill. So D'Antoni is ready to start Gallinari and use people flexibly, leaving only Stadamire on the inside. With this arrangement, the Knicks' second lineup will be stronger.

Home dressing room, Monty? Coach Williams did not change the lineup, and he was still in the starting lineup. Paul had a couple of shooters, and the only one who couldn't shoot was Okafor, who was primarily a defensive blue-collar player.

Monty said loudly: "Chris (Paul), you must prevent Zhou Xuan from dying." He's very efficient in his singles, and whether we can suppress him will be key to our victory. Prove you're the league's No. 1 point guard. ”

Paul intends to compete with Zhou Xuan and defend his title as the first defender. Although there are still many people who support him as the league's first guard, his record is poor, especially in the face of Zhou Xuan and Delong? Williams' team couldn't win, and it hurt him.

Monty added: "The Knicks' blocking is also very good, Trevor (Ariza) and David (West) should pay attention to switching guards to break through, Stadameyer in the middle is also their usual tactic, and Emeka (Okafor) in addition to resisting people in the low post, but also pay attention to retreating to the middle to block the attack." Pekovic was strong and resisted him. ”

"I'm not going to let him be arrogant!" Okafor said loudly, confident.

However, with D'Antoni's thinking, Pekovic will definitely not be able to play for long, and Okafor's main opponent is Stodameyer.

"Victory!" Paul took the lead and shouted.

"Victory!" The crowd shouted together.

The **** of the Hornets in the first two seasons has made Paul have the idea of going, although the transfer of stars has had some negative impact on career status, but Paul is eager to play for a strong team that can compete for championships. The team is in good form this year, and he has some hope.

In this game, Paul wants to use Zhou Xuan as his alchemy stone!