Chapter 137: Prove Yourself
Rukawa Kaede is not completely unaware that as the date approaches, the team has never said anything, as if they are just waiting for the day when their contract will be automatically terminated. On the day of the last deadline, the team played away, and Rukawa Kaede did not get any chance to play in the first three quarters, which also made Rukawa Kaede believe that he was going to be abandoned by the team again. The team had a terrible day, and the game went into garbage time after three quarters. It was also for this reason that the coach sent Rukawa Kaede, which became an opportunity for Rukawa Kaede's last.
As soon as Rukawa Kaede came on the field, he didn't think about whether he would be cut by the team after the game, no matter what the reason for the team, Rukawa Kaede just wanted to prove himself with performance. In the garbage time of the last quarter, Rukawa Kaede scored 18 points in a single quarter on 7-of-9 shooting, saving face for the team and making the team management reconsider. After careful consideration, the team's top management decided not to lay off Rukawa Kaede for the time being, turn Rukawa Kaede's contract into a guarantee, and continue to observe Rukawa Kaede until the end of the season.
After the contract was turned into a guarantee, Rukawa Kaede's performance became better and better. At the beginning of the season, Rukawa Kaede was left by the team with his shooting, which Rukawa Kaede once again expressed great gratitude to Coach Anzai in his heart, and it was Coach Anzai who spent a year focusing on improving his outside projection ability. Rukawa Kaede, who has gained a foothold in the team, showed his strong breakthrough ability, which surprised everyone who thought Rukawa Kaede was just an outside pitcher. The previous game coaches used Rukawa Kaede as a fixed-point pitcher who opened up space for the interior. After the contract was secured, Rukawa Kaede played more confidently. During the game, several times the team's offense stalled, and Rukawa Kaede held the ball to tear apart the opponent's defense. Hit the inside to score, so that the whole team is glad that this young man did not give up hastily.
Rukawa Kaede's breakthrough was sharp, and he could easily tear apart the opponent's defense, and then scored double-doubles in six consecutive games, averaging 15 points per game, providing a stable output for the team's winning streak. In the selection of the best player in the West, as a base salary player. Rukawa Kaede was also nominated. His outstanding performance made Rukawa Kaede a veritable mainstay after that, averaging 32 minutes per game and averaging 14.4 points per game. 2.8 rebounds, 2 assists, shooting near 50% from the field and three-point range.
It is worth mentioning that Rukawa Kaede is after sitting firmly in the main division of the team. I met my old club who had chosen me. Face your former teammates. The first person in the alliance, Rukawa Kaede is undaunted. In the game, the two of them once competed against each other on the offensive end, and the performance of Rukawa Kaede throughout the game aroused the fighting spirit of the first person in the league. In addition to constantly spewing trash talk at Rukawa Kaede, he also made crazy 33 shots in the whole game. After the game, Rukawa Kaede was affirmed by this former teammate ~ the first person in the league, "I'm proud of you!" This sentence made Rukawa Kaede ecstatic, which was a great honor and affirmation.
Rukawa Kaede's performance also won the love of fans, and some fans played slogans. Put the player number of the star who has a salary of more than 20 million ~ but always uses injuries as an excuse for poor performance. Add the number and change it to the player number of Rukawa Kaede. In order to show support for Rukawa Kaede, as well as a mockery of the high salary and incompetence of the star.
In the regular season, Kaede Rukawa helped the team to a record of 53 wins. Ranked fifth in the West. This is the first time that Rukawa Kaede has participated in the playoffs, and against a strong opponent in fourth place in the West, Rukawa Kaede's team won the first game comfortably at the opponent's home court. In the second game, the opponent fought back wildly, Rukawa Kaede scored 21 points in the whole game, and his teammates also played well.
Back at home, Rukawa Kaede continued to be on the field, doing his best to help the team. Whether it's on the offensive end, on the defensive end, or covering and passing for teammates. In the two home games, Rukawa Kaede also contributed his own strength. The opponent did not give up, returned to the home court to pull one back, and the score of the two teams reached 3-2.
In the crucial sixth game, the home team of Rukawa Kaede played at home, and took a fifteen-point lead in the first half, and the promotion situation was very good. But in the fourth quarter, in the face of the opponent's counterattack, Rukawa Kaede's team fell into a scoring drought. Rukawa Kaede stepped up at critical moments, repeatedly used individual offense to score when the team was in trouble, and did a good job of getting the team through the difficult period, and won the game at the end. This is the first time in 12 years that the team has made it past the first round of the playoffs, and Kaede Rukawa's contribution is indispensable.
The opponent in the second round of the playoffs is Kaede Rukawa's old club, a traditional powerhouse in the league. Although he won the first game, the team's inner pillar was injured and fell. Rukawa Kaede and his teammates fought seven bloody battles against their opponents, and finally failed to reach the finals of the Western Conference, unfortunately ending the journey of the playoffs.
In this team, Rukawa Kaede found a sense of home, and Rukawa Kaede was very eager for the team to give him a long-term contract while continuing to get consistent playing time. It's just that after the end of Game 7 of the second round of the playoffs, the team's big name ~ the team boss who had major surgery on the trade deadline due to injury this season, smiled at him meaningfully, which made Rukawa Kaede very uneasy.
Rukawa Kaede is the bottom of the team with a base salary, and the other party is a superstar with a top salary, and the two cannot be compared at all in terms of team status. Although this season, the star of the house has frequently retired from injuries in games, which has made his teammates very dissatisfied. And when the team had already made a deal with another team and was ready to trade him for another star who could help the team more, he privately announced the operation without notifying anyone, disrupting the deal, which made the team very angry. But the owner of the team is particularly fond of this star of the house, and there have been cases where someone has been kicked out of the team because of his public dissatisfaction with his negative game.
Rukawa Kaede's worry is not chasing after the wind, he has been in the alliance for several years, and he has become accustomed to such things. After a long wait and the agent's arguments, the agent bluntly said that the reason why the team is doing everything is because a certain star doesn't want you to stay in the team and he feels that you are a threat to him. Rukawa Kaede was finally disheartened. I have proven myself, I have fulfilled my ideals and promises. Rukawa Kaede just wants to play on the court now, and doesn't want to be bothered by those off-court factors anymore.
Rukawa Kaede resolutely left the NBA league and joined other countries' leagues, accompanied by his girlfriend, he is the absolute main force in the new team, and he is the boss of the team, Rukawa Kaede feels very satisfied.
The first year of Xiandao was worse than the first year of Rukawa Kaede, and the only thing that was better was that Xiandao had a more cheerful personality and had a few friends in the team. But the lack of pitiful appearance time made Xiandao very frustrated. Compared to Sakuragi, he is much happier, he entered the domestic professional team after graduating from college, started his career, and the relationship with Haruko is also smooth sailing, and the marriage of the two is also on the agenda.
"You say Sakuragi sees us now, will he still know us?" Takamiya Wang was eating instant noodles and suddenly asked Noma beside him.
"It's enough, I haven't seen each other for so many years, and now they are big stars, they don't know us, and we should understand." Noma also held a bucket of instant noodles and replied as he ate.
"Don't be so pessimistic, okay, we have been friends with Sakuragi for so many years, Sakuragi is not that kind of person." Although Danan said this, his heart was also sour, not a taste.
The four of them really went to open a detective agency after graduating from high school, but it was not as easy and beautiful as they thought. The detective agency's business is very poor, and it can't make ends meet~ The expenses of the four people are completely sitting and eating. After the last Yang Ping, it was decided that after discussion, the four of them would take turns to go out to work to maintain the expenses of the detective agency. Being a detective is their dream, and they must stick to it. At most, there were three people working outside to make money, barely maintaining the detective agency.
Because they were busy making a living, the four of them hadn't been to see Sakuragi for a long time. However, the four of them will still pay attention to some Sakuragi's situation at the university in their spare time. Sakuragi was a star player in college, and his teammates at Fukasawa Sports University never lost. Now that Sakuragi has graduated and become a professional player, he is still the focus of the media, like a big star, so they have such feelings.
"Friends are in our hearts, Sakuragi is a good mix, we should be happy for him!" Yangping also eats instant noodles, and the four of them are frugal to maintain an obscure detective agency.
After the four of them finished eating, they sat together and discussed who would go out to work next month and how to improve the current situation of the detective agency. At this time, a man in a suit pushed the door and walked in. The four of them were as if they saw their father, and they hurriedly greeted them, giving up their seats~ serving tea and pouring water, and providing meticulous service.
The customer was very generous, didn't say anything, threw down an envelope, paid the deposit and left. The four of them sent away "God" and hurriedly opened the envelope to see what the other party had entrusted them. There is a map inside, several places marked with a pen, and some text descriptions are also annotated on the side.
"It can't be a drug dealer, right? Let's not let them play a role. Noma looked at the map and was the first to say what he thought.
"Don't think about it so evil, it's good or not, it's rare for us to have business come to our door. Besides, we have received all the deposits, and it will affect our reputation if we don't do it! Gao Gongwang kept studying the map and said without raising his head.
"Where do we get our reputation, if you want to find our basement, you have to hire detectives to investigate." Danan snatched the map from Gao Miya's hand and began to study it carefully. (To be continued......)