On March 8, at 1 p.m., a tall, yellow-skinned man was standing at the exit of Los Angeles International Airport.

Since his popularity is not too high, few people recognize him.

"Why hasn't it come out yet? Isn't the plane already showing that it has arrived? The man looked down at his watch and muttered in a low voice.

After another ten minutes, a familiar figure appeared in front of him.

The yellow-skinned man waved his hand and said, "Here!" Over here!!! ”

Out of the exit is an Asian woman, she has long hair, the upper body is a plush sleeve shirt, the lower body is dark blue tight narrow jeans, and she is wearing a pair of colorful canvas shoes on her feet. That's right, she is Zhou Zhiru, Zhou Zhiru from China.

"Hi~ Tang Qian, it's been a long time, are you okay?" After Zhou Zhiru saw Tang Qian, she walked over and greeted generously.

"Well, I'm fine, why did you suddenly come to Los Angeles? Is it really for the sake of studying? Tang Qian asked the question in his heart.

"What else do you need to say?" Zhou Zhiru handed the suitcase to Tang Qian and said, "Otherwise, what do you think I'm here for?" ”

"Oh, that's good, that's good." After Tang Qian muttered a few words to himself, he said, "I'll send you to downtown Los Angeles, it's convenient to stay there." ”

"No, send me straight to school, I want to integrate into the campus right away." Seeing that the other party insisted, Tang Qian had nothing to say, so he could only nod in agreement.

"Isn't it a little late to come to school now? Most of the schools seem to have already ......," Tang Qian hadn't finished speaking. Zhou Zhiru opened her mouth and replied, "I have already applied to come to this school. It's just that something is delayed in the middle. So it doesn't matter. ”

Tang Qian let out an "oh" and was walking outside the airport, when he suddenly frowned and said, "Your face, why is it so bad?" Are you feeling unwell? If you don't feel well, go straight to the hospital. ”

"It's okay, it's just a long-distance flight, you need to reverse jet lag, and it doesn't matter if you rest for the night." Zhou Zhiru replied.

"Well, call me if there's anything."

After sending Zhou Zhiru to school. Tang Qian said: "It's All-Star Weekend these days, if you want to go to Orlando to play, I can ......"

"No, I want to get some rest." Zhou Zhiru rejected Tang Qian's proposal and said, "You can send me here, and I can handle the rest myself." ”

"You go back, thank you very much for coming to pick up today." After speaking, Zhou Zhiru left without looking back.

Looking at her complexion, it doesn't seem to be very good, is it really just that she is too tired to adapt to jet lag?

Forget it, she's in Los Angeles anyway, and she has time to help her.

It's NBA All-Star Weekend these days. For Kobe Bryant, it's still a working day. But for Tang Qian, it is a rare time to relax, using these 3 days, he can rest his body, watch videos, and do some intensive training at the same time. Anything else is good to say, what Tang Qian urgently needs to improve at present is the ability to score points, not too much, as long as it is stable about 5+ per game, it will completely suppress Troy. Murphy is no longer in difficulty. He understands very well that now let Mike. The thing Brown hesitated to do the most was that he didn't score as much as Troy. Murphy, if his scoring ability can be improved, then don't think about it, Mike. Brown naturally knew what to do to the best advantage.

During this period, Tang Qian began to receive some small domestic companies to sign contracts, but these were all petty fights, and he didn't have time to pay attention to these.

For 3 days, except for watching the All-Star Weekend, Tang Qian only went out to have a meal with Taylor, and the rest of the time, he spent all his time practicing air cut and running offense.

The result of the All-Star Weekend, as Tang Qian remembers, the shooting star championship was won by the New York group, and the championship of the skills challenge was won by Tony. Parker gave the championship of the three-point shooting contest to be the dark horse Kevin. Love, the winner of the slam dunk contest is Jeremy. Evans, the All-Star Game was 152-149, the Western All-Star narrowly defeated the Eastern All-Star, and the All-Star MVP was defeated by Kevin Brown. Durant got it, and he scored 36 points in the game and deservedly won the MVP title. By the way, Western Conference starting All-Star center Andrew. Bynum, who played only five minutes in this game, was the only starter with zero points in the starting lineup of both sides. And when was the last time this happened, it was back in the 07-08 season, and the person who scored zero was the teammate of the An'an, Kobe Bryant. Bryant. But that's because Kobe Bryant injured his finger and only played a symbolic 2 minutes and 52 seconds, which is obviously different from the physical condition of the owner.

Ha, it looks like someone is going crazy again~

Tang Qian shook his head and said in his heart.

After the All-Star Game, the Lakers ended a 2-game losing streak, and the owner of the nunnery after the setback was really a lot more honest, the whole team under the leadership of Kobe, first defeated the Timberwolves, then defeated the Celtics and Grizzlies, and then defeated the New Orleans Hornets and Timberwolves with a big score, a wave of five consecutive wins, directly stabilized the Lakers' record in the West, during which Kobe Bryant scored more than 30+ points per game, and told some people with a strong performance who is the boss of this team.

During the Celtics due to Garnett and Ray. Allen was both absent, so the Lakers and the Green Army did not fight fiercely, and it took almost 70% of their strength to win the game easily.

In these five games, Tang Qianqian performed well, averaging 7.4 rebounds, 2.9 blocks and 5.9 points per game, including the one against New Orleans, he even scored 10 points, directly refreshing his own all-time scoring record.

It was under such circumstances that the Lakers' trade operation began.

Mickey. Kupchak "acted autocraticly" and closed a deal with Cleveland, the details of which are as follows, with the Lakers sending Jason away. Capono and Luke. Wharton and one of his 2012 first-round picks were acquired by the Cavaliers' Ramon Brown. Sessions and Christian. Ayngar also has an additional 2013 swap first-round pick. Ramon. Sessions is a point guard with considerable offensive ability, and the fact that he was born in '86 can greatly alleviate the weakness of the Los Angeles Lakers' point guard.

The Lakers thought this would be the end of the day. But Mickey. Kupchak wasn't satisfied. He was before the trading deadline. Completed an "unexpected" deal. That's the championship feat of sending off the Lakers, Derek. Fisher, in exchange for the Houston Rockets' '09 rookie Jordan. Hill, it can be seen that this is "Mr. Ku" cleaning up the older players for the Lakers, and the real team lineup is younger. However, this kind of "kindness" was not praised by all the members of the Lakers, but it angered Kobe Bryant a little, after all, it was different from Capono Walton. Fisher has a deep friendship with him and has won 5 NBA championships together, so in his heart, Derrick . Fisher is a true Purple Laker.

But Bryant's complaints didn't help, the NBA is a business league, and all the general manager has to do is "optimize the team's interests". Fisher's departure became inevitable.

For this sudden deal, Mitch. Kupchak explained it this way at the press conference: "It's hard for me to put into words this deal because deep down I am. I would never want that to happen. But as you know, I'm the general manager of the Lakers. In order to enhance the Lakers' chances of winning the championship this season, I must rejuvenate the team's lineup, so as to make the game more elastic and impactful between offense and defense. And the team's salary cap has been too much longer than the league's salary cap, so as the general manager, I should share Mr. Bus's worries and alleviate some of the luxury tax pressure. Having three point guards is a bit too bloated for the Lakers' point guard line, so I had to make this sad decision. However, I can promise here that the Lakers are willing to retire Derrick's jersey in recognition and respect for his many years of exploits. ”

But these words, in Tang Qian's opinion, are not highly enforceable, because in the space of his previous life, until 2015, the Lakers had no intention of doing so.

Kobe Bryant was very decisive and directly missed the press conference that day, as the star of the house, he should have been on the spot, but he never showed up at all.

It can be seen that Kobe's relationship with Fisher is really "comradeship".

Regarding the career direction of the future "old fish", Tang Qian actually knows it, after he was traded, he did not go to Houston to report, and in the end Houston had no choice but to buy out the $3.4 million contract for next season, but the money "old fish" did not get a point, because in order to get rid of "Rocket City" as soon as possible, he directly gave up this contract and became a complete market free man. And he will eventually join the Lakers' "big enemy", the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Ironically, it was the Thunder who eliminated the Lakers in the playoffs this season.

After the new lineup was built, in the first game against the Utah Jazz, the Lakers lost 103-99 and 4 points because the team's run-in was not enough, ending the previous five-game winning streak. Among them, the "newcomer" Sessions shot 1 of 7, but fortunately he also made 8 free throws, which saved his face after the transfer. Bryant. Bryant was affected by the mood and played one of the toughest battles of his career, shooting just 3-of-20 from the field and shooting a measly 15% from the field. It's the inside line Andrew. Bynum seized the opportunity again and put up a beautiful statistic, hitting 9 free throws on 12-of-14 shooting, slashing 33 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks with an 85.7% shooting rate, and a 91.9% true shooting rate, which is terrifying to look at.

Tang Qian's performance continued to be stable, handing over 8 rebounds, 2 blocks and 6 points, including 3 of 4 shots, 75%.

As for Troy. Murphy, he has been completely marginalized, and there are only 2 minutes of appearance time in this game, which is proof that he is gradually "falling out of favor".

It seems that whether he can continue to stay with the Lakers in the future is a question.

On March 20, the Lakers will take on the Houston Rockets on the road tonight. Gasol accidentally strained his groin because of training, so he will be on the injury list tonight, and there is a personnel gap on the Lakers' interior line.

Mike. After thinking about it for a while, Brown decided to let the Lakers start the 29th on an interim basis to replace the Spaniard.

This should have been a great thing, but an incident a few minutes later made Tang Qian suddenly lose his happy thoughts.

"Coach Li, what are you talking about??? What you say is true??? After Tang Qian received this call, a wave of anger burned his brain.

PS: This is today's update chapter, Xiao Zi's codeword speed is limited, but it's finally done. I still owe you 2 chapters, Xiaozi will try to pay it off in these few days, thank you for your great support~

The all-star holding time and Sessions arrival time in the book have been slightly modified, but the amplitude is not large, only about ten days, for the needs of the plot, I hope you understand~ (To be continued.) )