Chapter 469: Resuming Training and Taking Authority
After being traded, Ye Xuan finally knew what human affection was, when he was originally proud of his popularity in the Pacers, the players in the team were polite to him, but now that he was traded, only Solomon Hill and Pickled Pepper called to care about him. This made Ye Xuan a little sad, after all, he had made great achievements in the team.
However, it is not that no one has stood up to speak for Ye Xuan, players from other teams have stood up to help Ye Xuan speak, such as James of the Cavaliers, he said, "With Ye Xuan's status in the Pacers, he should not be treated like this, the Pacers' oppression and abandonment of meritorious players have made this team have no humanity at all, just like trading Hibbert before the start of the season, this trade Ye Xuan is also like this." ”
And the star of the Heat team also stood up and said, "This is what you will say after the trade, business is business, but no one says this when the big players are free transfers, they will say disloyalty, throw in the enemy, or even say huddles, this is simply a difference, since it is impossible for the team to maintain loyalty to the players, so why should the players be loyal?" Although this sentence seemed to be talking about Ye Xuan's business, in the end, he was helping his good brother James.
In addition, of course, there are some old-timers who stand up and accuse the Pacers of doing this, and the reasons are naturally the same, all of which are that the Pacers are impersonal, treat meritorious players like garbage, and trade players during the player's injury. And then he said a whole bunch of things like that the previous team would never do that.
However, these things don't have much meaning for Ye Xuan, after all, the deal has been reached, and it is already irreversible. The only thing he has to do now is heal the injury and then use his quality to prove the Pacers wrong.
Time came to the beginning of March in a blink of an eye, Ye Xuan finally got a new life after three months of suffering with almost no mobility, and at the beginning of March, Ye Xuan was finally able to train with the team. After coming to Staples Arena, everything was so unfamiliar, first of all, Ye Xuan grabbed the coach who was squirting wildly, Byron Scott, obviously Byron Scott didn't want to see Ye Xuan at all, so after Ye Xuan reported, Byron Scott didn't say a word to Ye Xuan. In fact, this is normal, the Lakers' senior management has already sent an invitation to the Warriors' assistant coach Wharton Jr. before the season is over, and he will coach the Lakers next season, which makes Byron Scott, who is still coaching the Lakers, very embarrassed, and now the team is not in his final hand, after all, there is still a team leader Kobe Bryant.
Ye Xuan appeared in the arena, Lao Ke was the first to greet him, and after hugging Ye Xuan, he laughed, "I didn't expect you to come to the Lakers in the end, but unfortunately the current Lakers team has no combat effectiveness, but I'm still glad that you can come to the Lakers and accompany me through the last leg of my career." ”
Ye Xuan was also a little excited at this time, and after thinking of Lao Ke's retirement declaration, Ye Xuan didn't know what to say, so he said casually, "Stay, I think I have the ability to bring the current Lakers team to the finals with you, and then win the championship." ”
Lao Ke also shook his head, and then smiled, "Boy, you are now recovering from a major injury, and you still don't know how much strength you have, and you still want to win the championship, it's not me who hit you, even if the current Lakers are in their heyday, I should only be able to barely bring them into the playoffs, the team is not in good shape, and the staffing is uneven, so the combat effectiveness is very weak." ”
Ye Xuan also smiled mysteriously at this time, "Boss, it seems that you don't know how strong I am now, this injury not only did not let me be affected by the injury, but also gave me enough rest to adjust my state, I am in very good shape now, I think there is no problem even if I play for forty minutes in a game, if I don't believe it, let's gather to play a training match, it just allows me to integrate into the team." ”
When Lao Ke heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he took Ye Xuan to the court and clapped his hands, "Okay, let's put down the things in our hands, the team is a newcomer again, I believe you all know this big name, this is my good brother, Ye Xuan." The rest of the team also came over to say hello to Ye Xuan, but they all looked weak, obviously after Ye Xuan's injury, affected by various media reports, they all felt that Ye Xuan's current strength should not be much left, just like the original Rose, after a year or two, he completely sank because of the injury.
Corvo had apparently guessed their state as well, so he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's have a five-on-five full-court training match, and think it's just entertainment." The players were also stunned for a moment, and then glanced at Byron Scott, who was blue next to him, and finally agreed, although it is indeed not a good thing not to give the head coach face, but anyway, the head coach has already decided to leave next season, so the players have no reverence for him.
Simply split the team, Corvo and Marcelo Hultas, Jordan Clarkson, Nick Young and Julius Randle, while Ye Xuan was on the same team as Brandon Buss, Larry Nance Jr., Raine Kelly and Robert Thackeray.
The game started soon, everyone knew that in fact, this was to accompany the leader to play, so they also carried forward the tradition, and handed the ball to Lao Ke to play at the beginning, and after Lao Ke held the ball, he also signaled Ye Xuan to step forward to defend himself, Ye Xuan naturally would not be polite, and immediately posted it, Lao Ke continued to shake Ye Xuan without shaking Ye Xuan, so he immediately changed his tactics, and after squeezing two steps inward, he began to hit Ye Xuan with his back, but he didn't expect Ye Xuan to know that he respected the old and loved the young, and before Lao Ke stood firm, he directly grabbed it in advance, directly dropped the ball knife in Lao Ke's hand, and then drove the horsepower to the maximum in an instant, and came to the front court to complete a fast-break dunk.
Lao Ke saw Ye Xuan's speed and reflexes, and was a little stunned, he knew that if it was really as the outside world said, then Ye Xuan would not be able to have the current speed, after all, the injury on the leg, especially the knee injury, is simply fatal for the player, this injury will not only make the player lose a lot of influence in speed, but also in terms of explosiveness, bounce and other aspects will also decline seriously. So from the round just now, Kobe knew that this time the Pacers were going to regret it.
Sure enough, in the next battle, whether it was Clarkson to defend Ye Xuan, or Lao Ke to defend Ye Xuan, they were unable to defend Ye Xuan, and Ye Xuan took four players who were not very famous to beat Lao Ke's side to the start of the current Lakers. Even Scott, who had always been hostile to Ye Xuan next to him, was stunned.
Ye Xuan's state is not to mention after being injured, and even in the few games he is healthy this season is not as good as it is now, so after just a training match, Ye Xuan used his strength to conquer all the players present, including Lao Ke.
After the end of the training game, the players have their own training sessions separately, and today's training session is over, after all, it is not in the middle of the holidays, they will face the Hawks who have not performed well this season at home tomorrow, of course, this poor performance is also relative to their last season, after losing Carroll and Elton Brand, the overall strength of the Hawks has indeed dropped a lot, especially after facing those teams with All-Star level players at the small forward position, They're playing harder, so they're currently only in fifth place in the East this season, not even as good as the Heat.
After coming out of the training hall, Ye Xuan also took Lao Ke's hitchhike directly home, by the way, Shen Wei finally chose to buy a manor not far from Lao Ke's house, as a place for the two to live in Los Angeles. In the car, Ye Xuan persuaded again, "How about it, don't you really think about staying, I have proven my strength, if we join forces, we will definitely be able to kill all sides in the alliance." ”
Lao Ke didn't answer this time, but fell into deep thought, just when the car had arrived at the door of Ye Xuan's house, Lao Ke said, "I can't get used to the kind of days when I am not the boss, and if I continue to stay in the team, it will not be good for the team's reconstruction, and after I retire, you will be the boss of the team, and the Lakers will be your team in the future, you have to help me make him more brilliant." After speaking, he stopped looking at Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan also knew what Lao Ke meant, so he left a sentence, "I will definitely help the Lakers bring one O'Brien Cup after another!" Then he got out of the car, he knew that Lao Ke was actually in the Zen position, but with the current Lakers like this, how could Ye Xuan be satisfied, a total of only 12 wins, although there is no hope of the playoffs, but if it can usher in a wave of consecutive wins at the last moment, I think it should also be able to let the outside world know the real combat effectiveness of the Lakers.
The current Byron Scott has obviously given up completely, so even if it is an official game, he looks like he doesn't care about it, and the passivity is very serious, but this is also a good thing for Ye Xuan, so that at least he doesn't have to worry about the head coach giving him small shoes to wear, so as not to have any conflicts with the head coach who is about to leave class in a few games.
Since Scott basically doesn't care about everything, many things can only be replaced by the assistant coach, such as the arrangement of the starting list, the rotation of players, etc., and after watching yesterday's training game, the assistant coach naturally put Ye Xuan on the list of starting players. Without warning, Ye Xuan appeared in this game against the Eagles, which is also something that made the outside world not react, after all, Ye Xuan's injury has only been operated on for three months now, and it stands to reason that Ye Xuan should need some recovery training now to be able to play, right? Could it be that the Lakers can't wait for Ye Xuan to come out and help them make money?
But they never thought that from this game, Ye Xuan officially started his brilliant Lakers career, of course, this is a later story.
The Lakers still attach great importance to Ye Xuan, although this is Ye Xuan's first game in the Lakers, but he also received all-star level treatment, he was arranged to appear in the penultimate position, when the DJ on the scene called out Ye Xuan's name, Ye Xuan also suddenly felt a burst of excitement, after all, this will be his first time representing the Lakers, this feeling makes him feel like he has returned to his first game, but the difference is that the cheers of the audience for Ye Xuan are still very high, After all, Ye Xuan's reputation in Los Angeles is not bad, especially after Lao Ke was injured last season, Ye Xuan stood up and accused Scott, which also made Ye Xuan a wave of fans in Los Angeles.
The game is about to start soon, in fact, according to the Lakers' plan at the beginning, the team must be rotten, after all, it has to be rebuilt, but now the team has traded out the draft picks in the deal in exchange for Ye Xuan, so it doesn't matter if it's bad or not, in the end, it's just someone else taking advantage.
Ye Xuan also took this into account, so he began to plan to use a wave of consecutive wins to make the Lakers turn into a team that makes the rest of the league tremble. At the beginning of the game, the starting lineup on the Lakers' side was center Julius Randle, power forward Brandon Buss, small forward Jordan Clarkson, scoring guard Kobe, and point guard Ye Xuan.
Randle was unable to win the jump ball in the end, comparing bounce and arm span are not his strengths, the ball was taken by the Hawks, Teague slowly controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, facing Ye Xuan, he was naturally eager to try, compared to last year's Eastern Conference semifinals, he was beaten by Ye Xuan, but now it is different, Ye Xuan's current state should not be very good, how good can the state be in the first game after returning from injury? So Teague also wanted to take the opportunity to bully Ye Xuan.
But he didn't expect that his breakthrough could not succeed, and after two consecutive attempts to break through were blocked by the opponent, Teague was also a little blindsided, "Didn't you say that Ye Xuan was definitely not as strong as before after being injured?" Didn't you talk about the poor first game after returning from injury? Why is it so easy for him to defend against me now? ”