Before entering the NBA, George had a lot of preparation to do, and one of the most important things was to improve his body, because he now has Hayes's ability, but he does not have the same strong body as Hayes, so even if he enters the NBA, he does not dare to fully expose Hayes's strength.

George had to make himself look stronger, otherwise, the Hayes he bought for 60,000 yuan would be an ornament.

However, George also knew that this was by no means something that could be done in just two months, and that the rapid weight gain would also cause George's own scoring ability to decline, and George would never affect his original ability because of a mere Hayes.

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It's September 23rd, and tomorrow George will go to the New York Knicks with his luggage to report, and then attend the team's press conference, after the media day, followed by the preseason, and then the NBA new season will officially begin, unless Byron and Erin go to New York, otherwise, for a long time, George will not have time to come back.

In the past two months, Erin has been glued to George almost all day, from waking up in the morning and not washing her face until going to bed at night, the two are almost inseparable, and on the night when George is about to leave, Erin does not want to be separated from George, so she also pushes many invitations from good friends.

However, at ten o'clock in the evening, Byron forced Erin to go back to her room to sleep, and the night before leaving, George belonged to his father, not her.

George could also see that Byron had something to explain to him.

After Erin left, the room suddenly became silent, Byron stood in George's room and looked around at the posters posted on the wall, including Michael Jordan, whom George greatly admired, Kobe Bryant, who inherited the mantle after Jordan, and Shaquille O'Neal, the "most dominant", all of which had been posted for many years, and Byron could find some memories of his past home from these old photos.

However, on this important day, Byron did not sigh or recall, after he forcibly digested the emotions that did not help George move forward, Byron asked George seriously: "You will report to the New York Knicks tomorrow, do you know who your teammates are?" ”

George sat on the bed and replied slowly: "Amare Stoudemire, who just signed the Knicks on a five-year, $100 million contract this summer, will also be the leader of the team for the new season, and Wilson Chandler, who averaged 15 points per game last season, as well as Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, Ronnie Turiaf, Anthony Randolph, Timofey Mozgov, and my rookie Landry Fields, oh, and the small forward Shaun Williams, who was just signed by the team today. ”

Byron nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes, you can even name it, although in the eyes of many people, your position in the team is not secure, and you may even be sent down after only a few games, but I also want you to see yourself as part of the team, like a leader who knows who your teammates are and what kind of help you will provide." Joe, you're leaving tomorrow, and I have a few points to explain to you. ”

George listened very carefully, Byron was also an NBA player, he played for the Los Angeles Lakers in 1988, but unfortunately his career was very short, only played for the Lakers for more than ten days, and there was no chance to show himself, and then, due to injury, his sports career ended early.

George has always respected Byron, and he also hopes that Byron's unfulfilled dream in the NBA can be fulfilled by himself.

Byron said: "First of all, try to talk as little as possible. There are many Asian players who fail in the NBA because they are introverted and do not know how to communicate with their teammates, such as Yi Jianlian, who just transferred to the Washington Wizards in China, for this reason. But you're different from them, they grew up abroad and came to the NBA, and they didn't understand the language environment, so it was difficult to fit in, while you grew up in the United States and you didn't need to spend any effort to fit into the team. So all you have to think about is how not to get into trouble. ”

Byron said and pulled a chair over his hand, sat down and continued: "You know, you have superstars on this team, Stoudemire is an MVP-level player, and when he first arrives, he will take over everything in New York." There are other veterans who hate too much talk about rookies, especially in the locker room. ”

George nodded and replied, "Rookies aren't qualified to dominate the locker room conversation, I remember." ”

Byron continued: "The second point is the issue of respect and etiquette, there are a lot of rookies who have been cut without even playing, there is respect for the coach and the veterans, and all the staff of the team, such as the massage technician, the equipment manager, the publicist and the assistant coach, they will be with them all season, you have to treat them like family. ”

"The third point, in fact, it has something to do with your teammates, I know you have a stubborn personality, if your teammates really want to trouble you, or embarrass you, endure it, your enemy is a player other than the New York Knicks, you have to swing your fist at the opponent, not your teammates."

George looked at Byron, he would naturally remember these words, but he suddenly wanted to know if Byron cared so much about his relationship with his teammates, coaches and even staff, did Byron suffer such a loss when he was with the Lakers?

However, the past during the Lakers period has always been something that Byron is reluctant to talk about, so George didn't dare to ask, just smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, Dad, I will have a good relationship with my teammates." ”

Byron got up satisfied, patted George on the shoulder, and said, "Go to bed early, if Erin can't sleep in the middle of the night and comes to you, ignore her." ”

"Uh, okay." George agreed to come down with a smile.

George didn't hear Erin knock on his door at night, and when he woke up in the morning, he found that Erin had gotten up early, Erin rarely got up so early, and she got up to make breakfast for George herself, because George was going to the airport to catch a flight after breakfast.

At half past five in the morning, George had already gone downstairs with his suitcase, and after seeing Irene busy in the kitchen, he smiled and asked, "Dear sister, what are you doing delicious?" ”

Erin turned her head to look at George with a smile while chopping mushrooms and replied, "It's your favorite food, you can wash your face and wait, it will be ready in a while." ”

“Thank you，Eileen。” George thanked him and went to wash, and by this time Byron was already up.

Erin cooked George an English breakfast, chopped mushrooms, chopped tomatoes, fried eggs, fried bacon, and baked toast, and worked hard for a while before she was done and put a mouth-watering meal on her plate.

At this time, George and Byron had just sat down at the table, and Erin glanced at George, smiled on her face, and was about to bring the plate to George.

However, Erin accidentally fell to the ground suddenly, and all the exquisite delicacies that had been prepared on her plate for a long time were scattered on the ground.

In an instant, Erin's nose was sore, she squatted on the ground, and her tears couldn't stop flowing, George never expected that her tears would come so quickly.

George hurriedly ran over, crouched down, and asked, "Erin, how are you?" It's just a breakfast, and it's okay if I don't eat it. ”

George couldn't understand Erin's mood at the moment, in fact, Erin had already wanted to chat with George in the middle of the night as Byron had predicted, but she didn't want to disturb George's rest, so she sat in the room all night.

George left today, Erin hadn't slept all night, she didn't wake up early.

Erin cried for seemingly no reason, she didn't care if she messed up a breakfast, she suddenly hugged George, crying and said, "I don't want you to go......"

George just woke up not long ago, and he hadn't started the live broadcast yet, so the audience in the live broadcast room didn't see this scene, otherwise, even if they were hundreds of millions of kilometers away, they would be moved by Erin, right?

"Erin......" George didn't know what to say for a moment.

Erin hugged George tighter: "In the past few days, I always dream that you are injured playing in the NBA, you have lost a lot of blood, you can't even walk, and you are carried off the court on a stretcher, I am so afraid that you will have an accident in the NBA, Joe, I know why you can't wait to go to the NBA, you want to make money to repay us, but we don't need you to do it at all, promise me, if they don't want you anymore, go home, okay?" ”

"Irene!" Byron was very angry when he saw Erin put everything on the table and said it, all along, George had his own careful thoughts, and his family saw it, just pretending not to know, and had been silently supporting George's every decision, but now Erin said too much.

Byron said: "Erin, your brother hasn't even played a game in the NBA, how can you have the confidence to play in the NBA?" ”

It wasn't until this moment that George knew what he was thinking, and Byron and Erin had long known that this sudden feeling of nakedness made George feel that he was an outsider in front of them.

George wiped the tears on Erin's face with his hand, and said softly, "Irene, I promise you that without your permission, my body will not be hurt at all. Also, you underestimate your brother, I'm the most talented player in the NBA, and no one can compare to me. ”

Erin looked at George in a daze, her eyes flickering because she didn't understand the meaning of the words, and the tears fell slowly.

It was at this moment, when looking at Erin's peerless face so closely, that George suddenly realized that Erin was no longer the childish little girl, she was becoming more and more like her mother.

The more I looked, the more I looked like a woman.