Chapter 12: Solomon's Song
Speaking of which, Ricky Davis is really a wonder, there was a brain-dead move of throwing the basketball to his own rebound at the end of the game, and the opponent was so angry that he pushed him directly to the ground, and the Jazz coach Jerry Sloan on the opposite side was also stunned, and finally couldn't stand it, and asked the referee to theorize, or canceled his rebound.
Under his leadership, the Cavaliers played the worst record in the league, successfully won the top pick, signed the rare ten-year pride of the heavens, LeBron James, Little Emperor High School was famous in the United States, and Ricky Davis was also very happy: The team finally found a good helper for me!
So, in the previous life, Ricky Davis, who was completely unaware of the situation, played 20 games with the Cavaliers this season and was sent away.
Now, due to the appearance of Sun Zhuo, James was jealous of Ricky Davis in the first game, and it is estimated that this guy will have to leave in less than 20 games.
James' final debut stats were 29 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 steals, which was basically on par with Sun Zhuo's debut stats, but he played longer than Sun Zhuo, and he played 43 minutes.
After the game, the reporter also went to interview James and asked: "LeBron, your debut statistics are almost on par with the Lakers' rookie Sun Zhuo, he said that he and the Heat's Dwyane Wade are the strongest in this rookie class, what do you think?" ”
James frowned and asked back, "I'm sorry, what you just said about Sun ...... What, who's it? ”
The reporter was taken aback, Sun Zhuo slashed 30 points as a rookie in the opening game, and shook Nowitzki, threw a stunner, and won the top two of the top ten balls of the day, almost everyone in the entire NBA circle knows that the Los Angeles Lakers are the most watched team in the NBA, James doesn't know?
The reporter explained: "He was a rookie selected by the Lakers with the 24th pick in the first round, and he scored 30 points in his debut with you!" ”
James smiled and said, "Really? I guess Kobe Bryant definitely didn't play, otherwise he wouldn't have so many shooting opportunities, haha, just kidding, I'm very happy to have such a good player in the same class of rookies who are so low, but I also know that the owners of NBA teams are not stupid, I guess I and Cameron are in front of them, which makes a lot of people unhappy, I don't think there is anyone better than me and Cameron in this rookie, wait and see, time will tell. ”
The reporter asked: "Are you looking forward to playing against the Lakers' No. 24 and the Heat's No. 3 to prove that you are stronger?" ”
James shrugged: "I'm not really looking forward to it, I'm very interested in Sun ...... Zhuo has no impression, so I can't talk about prejudices, I just think that his jersey number is not good, and No. 24 is not like the number chosen by a superstar, look, No. 23 is. ”
James pointed to his jersey number.
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"Damn, James actually said that No. 24 is not the number that superstars will choose, what about Kobe? Help me slap him together! Sun Zhuo also saw James's interview video the next day, but it was unrealistic to want Rakobe to help, and Kobe was still thinking about abusing Sun Zhuo.
After the first game, the Lakers had to rest for three days in a row, and there was no next game on November 1, Jessica Alba just established a shallow friendship with Sun Zhuo and went to work, Sun Zhuo inevitably went to the training gym, and Kobe Bryant finally met.
At this time, Kobe, who was wearing the No. 8 jersey, already had the leadership temperament and majesty of the "boss", even off the court, he did not smile and did not communicate with his teammates.
In addition, the contradiction between Kobe and O'Neal has reached the point of absurdity: if Kobe Bryant sees O'Neal communicating with a reporter, and that reporter goes to interview Kobe again, Kobe Bryant will simply refuse to be interviewed.
Similarly, if O'Neal sees a trainer on the team who is bandaging Kobe's ankle, he will ask the other trainers to bandage him, never the one Kobe Bryant used.
The two bosses in the team are very clear about these things, so the atmosphere in the team is very bad.
Just when Kobe Bryant and O'Neal were relatively speechless, Sun Zhuo appeared.
As soon as they saw Sun Zhuo, the two bigwigs of the Lakers all quickly got up and ran towards Sun Zhuo.
"Hey, how was the date with that blonde chick?" O'Neill asked with a grin.
"Hurry up and change into tracksuits and come one-on-one with me." Kobe Bryant stared at Sun Zhuo seriously.
Sun Zhuo smiled at O'Neal, then looked at Kobe Bryant and said, "Kobe, you don't know how much I want to be one-on-one with you, but you should have also listened to Shaq, I was injured and couldn't play in the next game." ”
Kobe Bryant said helplessly: "Okay, when you are injured, remember, I am waiting for your challenge at any time in the arena!" ”
With that, Kobe Bryant walked away, leaving Sun Zhuo and O'Neal to talk and laugh.
O'Neill hugged Sun Zhuo, as intimate as a brother, and seemed to be deliberately showing Kobe Bryant, and asked Sun Zhuo: "Brother, why did you come so late?" Even though you have an injury and can't train now, you still have to come to the training gym on time and have more contact with your teammates, do you know? ”
Sun Zhuo was very sorry and said: "I'm sorry, I'm busy opening an account for stocks and futures today, so I was delayed." ”
O'Neill was surprised: "Oh? Do you want to make an investment? ”
Sun Zhuo smiled confidently: "Of course, at present, I mainly do gold. ”
"Why did you choose to make gold?" O'Neill asked.
Sun Zhuo smiled: "Because our class of 2003 is the 'golden' generation!" ”
In fact, the reason why Sun Zhuo dares to invest is that he really understands this piece, Sun Zhuo's father in his previous life was an avid futures investor, especially good at doing precious metals, Sun Zhuo also carefully looked at the trend chart of gold in the past 20 years, and the price of gold is very clear, now gold is in a very low position, and it will rise all the way in the next few years.
However, at this time, Kobe Bryant laughed twice: "03 is the golden generation? In front of our 96 generation, it is silver at best. ”
Now that the 03 generation has not yet been played, Sun Zhuo and O'Neal have no way to refute it, and being called silver by Kobe Bryant is already a compliment.
Sun Zhuo didn't care, and said loudly to all his teammates: "I'm not blowing, my father is a professional futures investor, everyone does it with me, and it will definitely make a profit." ”
Everyone laughed a few times, but they didn't believe that Sun Zhuo had this talent, and Phil Jackson asked: "Are you bullish or bearish on gold?" ”
"Many." Sun Zhuo replied.
Phil Jackson nodded: "Geopolitical tensions continue, especially the terrorist attacks in the Middle East, coupled with the depreciation of the dollar, which will make gold rise to a certain extent, but since the 911 incident in 2001, gold has been rising, I think the current wave of irrational buying of gold is about to subside, once the U.S. economy recovers, employment improves significantly, funds will flow from the gold market to the stock market again, and then the price of gold will fall, so, Sun, don't keep blindly bullish." ”
The Zen master is worthy of being a Zen master, not only for the major religious cultures, but also for the investment in economic books, it seems that he has not read less.
Sun Zhuo said: "Coach, we can bet that gold will not fall in the past few years. ”
Phil smiled, then clapped his hands, and said, "Forget it, if it's a basketball bet, I'll still consider it." Okay, everyone, listen, from now on, there will be 'silence training', and no one will be allowed to speak again, not even sneez. ”
In the strictest form of Zen Buddhism, the instructor makes his rounds around the meditation room and beats the sleepy or listless meditators with small wooden planks called "alerts" in their hands to keep them focused.
"Policing" is sometimes referred to as a "stick of mercy", but Phil Jackson never used "policing" in training, choosing to use a few tricks.
For example, silent practice, which he had his players do when he was with the Chicago Bulls.
Sun Zhuo sat on the bench and watched his teammates, silently training one by one, Kobe Bryant is a taciturn person, this kind of training is very suitable for him, O'Neal is a little uncomfortable, and so is Karl Malone.
"Alas, I'm so excited about this training, I really want to train with them, these guys in front of me are O'Neal, Kobe, and Karl Malone! I already knew that I wouldn't cheat and get hurt. Sun Zhuo sighed.
After today's training, when everyone was about to leave, Phil Jackson first stopped Kobe: "Kobe, don't go yet." ”
Kobe stopped and waited for Phil Jackson to walk towards him, Phil Jackson held a book called "Captain Craley's Mandolin" in his hand, handed it to Kobe, and said, "This book, you take the time to read it." ”
This book "Captain Criley's Mandolin" tells the story of a small Greek island occupied by Italian troops during World War II, in which the inhabitants of the island have to accept the fact that they can no longer control their own destiny and must unite together.
The Zen master gave Kobe Bryant this book in the hope that Kobe could resonate from this story, because this story is still similar to Kobe's journey with the Lakers.
"Oh, good." Bryant took the book, glanced at it, and prepared to leave silently.
However, Phil Jackson's book delivery is not over yet, he himself likes to read books, and he also likes to give books to players, so that they can be mentally improved, and after sending Kobe, of course, he did not forget to send O'Neal.
Phil Jackson stopped O'Neill again: "Shaq, this "Siddhartha", you have time to read it." ”
"Siddhartha" is about the young prince Siddhartha who gives up a life of luxury in search of spiritual enlightenment, and the Zen master gives O'Neill this book in the hope that he will re-examine his obsession with the material world and focus his energy on things other than his personal desires, such as caring more for his teammates, such as Kobe.
"Okay." O'Neill obviously didn't like to read, and after taking it, he took it listlessly.
What the OK group didn't expect was that in addition to them, there were also people who received a book from the Zen master.
"Sun, this book, for you." Phil Jackson walked up to Sun Zhuo again and handed him a book, smiling kindly.
Sun Zhuo was flattered and thanked repeatedly.
Kobe Bryant obviously got dressed and packed his things, but he deliberately waited until Sun Zhuo got up before leaving with him.
Kobe Bryant walked up to Sun Zhuo and asked curiously, "What book did Phil give you?" Take it out and I'll take a look. ”
Sun Zhuo took out the book, and on the cover of the book read: "Song of Solomon".
Bang!
When Kobe Bryant saw it, he immediately threw the copy of "Captain Craley's Mandolin" in his hand into the trash.
He didn't care what these books were about, he just knew that "The Song of Solomon" was the book that Phil Jackson gave to Michael Jordan back then!