"But your perverted outfit may be very popular on the next few roads!" The magician smiled again and made fun of Haugist.

"How many roads are next door? Isn't this a remote mountainous area? Embiid asked curiously.

The magician laughed and shook his head, "No, this is the San Fernando Valley!" ”

"What? Is this actually a silicon (silicone) valley? I slept all the way here, and I didn't go out to walk here, I didn't even know I was in a holy place! Embiid exclaimed in surprise.

"Are you mistaken? How could the San Fernando Valley be a valley of silicon? San Francisco's Santa Clara Valley is Silicon Valley, and this is Los Angeles! Hougist asked, puzzled.

"Don't be funny, are you an innocent virgin or pretending to be innocent?" Embiid looked at Hoggist with disdain.

Hoggist was even more confused, "What does this mean?" How could I, a tech enthusiast, not know where Silicon Valley is, you must be mistaken! ”

"It seems that you are really a boy chicken, this is pornographic Hollywood, there are silicone-filled breasts and fat buttocks everywhere, that's why it's called Silicon Valley!" Embiid explained.

"Joel, you're an old driver! But why do you know this? You're a year older than Hoggist, aren't you? What do you do in your spare time? Although the magician was relieved to see that Hoggist and Joel had a common topic, he knew that Hoggist was a good boy and usually didn't get involved in these things, so although the magic was as bohemian as Embiid when he was young, he still stopped Embiid from continuing the discussion.

"Welcome to the Gold Club!" Embiid muttered quietly.

"I can hear Joel, don't talk about these things in front of a good boy! You are luring a good soul into the abyss, and God will punish you! The magician suddenly retracted his smile and said solemnly.

"I don't understand what you're talking about, but it feels amazing, so who's going to answer that question now? When exactly will Joel make a comeback? "Hougist doesn't care about this problem, although his fiancée is pregnant and some of his own ** can't be solved, but there is still a little witch who can solve ** but will bring huge trouble, so Hoggist can usually restrain himself. He is still more concerned about the team's line-up, because he finds that winning, especially big wins, can also bring him great pleasure.

"Joel is recovering very well, but you're still going to have to wait until next year, but I promise he'll be back before the All-Star at the latest, and if he's lucky, maybe he'll be on the court in January." Fan Xiaohong replied.

"There's still more than half a season to run in for us, which should be enough, which is really great news!" Haugess nodded, "Speaking of which, Joel, you don't seem to be convinced by my strength, why don't I show you!" ”

"How are you going to show it? Do you want to go head-to-head with me? I've watched your game, your flexibility and speed are outstanding among outside players, I really can't compare to you, it's too much for me to go heads-up, but basketball games are not heads-up, you have to pay attention to teamwork, my tactical containment is very strong, and today the Timberwolves don't even contain you very much, it's difficult for you to create opportunities for teammates to drive teammates! Embiid said.

"Lao Fan, I suggest that your rehabilitation center should open another ophthalmology, Joel has become blind!" After Haugist finished speaking to Fan Xiaohong, he turned his head to look at Embiid, "You watched the game for nothing, how did I get these 23 assists?" So many assists don't count as driving teammates, so what does it count? I know you can't imagine that you can cut 20+ assists yourself when you are awake, but I don't know if you dare to imagine that you can get so many assists in a game when you are dreaming! You have to know that they don't cover me because they find that I am useless, and it makes the defense more porous. ”

Hoggist ran to the edge of the barbed wire fence on the pitch and picked up the ball and walked to the top of the arc, "Do you want to feel it, don't worry, it won't hurt you, physical contact is limited to passing by, if I take the initiative to bump into you, I will lose!" ”

Embiid also wants to try how strong Hoggist is, after all, in the TV screen, due to the angle of the camera, he can't feel the excellence of Hoggist, and can only feel that the Timberwolves players are more than one dish, which is also the reason why he was so confident before.

Embiid stood on the free throw line and slapped his hands, signaling Haugist to attack, Hougist slowly and leisurely dribbled to the inside line frontally, Embiid didn't dare to stick too tightly or retreat too far, so he always kept a step back, thinking that with his height and reach, he should be able to cover it. After stepping over the free throw line, Horgist instantly accelerated and broke through on the right side, and Embiid hurriedly moved sideways and raised his hand to try to interfere with Horgist's sight.

Horgist grabbed in front of Embiid in the first step, and turned around Embiid directly with the ball in the second step, but Embiid didn't mind, because Horgist had completely gone around the back of the rebound at this time and lost the angle of shooting, but he didn't expect Horgist to shoot directly backwards after turning around, throwing the ball from behind the rebound with a very high parabola, and landing accurately in the basket.

The ball passed through the hoop and smashed directly into Embiid's head, and Embiid only said a game of "this Nima ......" half a day

"That's how I can score anywhere on the court, don't you think it's okay?" Hougist asked.

"Are you sure the ball isn't blind?" Embiid still finds it a little incredulous.

Hoggist didn't talk much nonsense, picked up the ball and scored a goal on each side of the three-second zone extension line on the left and right sides. Then he patted the stunned Embiid, "It's not difficult, talent plus practice is enough, if you want to learn, I'll teach you!" ”

Embiid took the ball and walked to the back of the basket, tried it, and found that it was really not difficult, at least his shot could touch the basket after the rebound, if he practiced repeatedly for a few weeks, he could also shoot well, and he could take the initiative to shoot from here in the game, unless he was forced to a desperate situation, he definitely didn't have the guts, Hoggist 1 to 1 himself can rest assured and bold to shoot here, but he will really deliberately pick this kind of place in actual combat? If it's true, how strong is his heart?

Seeing Embiid's uncertain face, Hoggist knew the change in his heart, and said with a smile: "That's it, you remember to watch the game, I will shoot a goal behind the rebound every game, until you come back, this is my agreement with you, how about it?" ”

Embiid understands that Hougist wants to conquer himself in this way, but if Hougist can really shoot from behind the rebound for twenty or thirty consecutive games, then he is really unconvinced, which is definitely something that only a player with a higher level than himself can do!

"Alright! I'm here to see, and of course, whether you can do it or not, I believe playing with you will be the best thing to do, and let's do something big together when I come back! Embiid reached out.

"Deal!" Hougist and Embiid held hands tightly.

The Magic also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the two of them had completely released their previous suspicions, with such a group of vigorous and powerful players, even in the West where there are many strong players, the Lakers will definitely be able to soar.

There are still many empty luxury suites in the rehabilitation center, and because it is for professional athletes, there are many large pajamas and training clothes here, Hoggist took a shower and changed into clean clothes and slept peacefully, and the next morning he took Fan Xiaohong's car to the training hall Toyota Sports Center, which is the home team of the NHL Los Angeles Kings, and the Lakers only occupied a training gym underground. In the locker room, Hougist's bag that had been locked in the cupboard last night had been taken by someone and placed on his training uniform. Quietly put his bag in the cupboard, changed into his training clothes and sneakers, and walked into the training hall.

On the court, teammates were warming up with their own shots, and Kobe Bryant was doing a restorative massage in the next physiotherapy room. Hoggist greeted the crowd and began to practice shooting. But instead of focusing on getting the ball in, he chooses to shoot when others are shooting, focusing on smashing other people's shots out of the basket.

“an！” Finally someone can't help it, Nick. Yang stood up and shouted: "It wasn't us who made you last night, are you so interesting?" ”

Hogist didn't take care of Nick. Young, who continues to interfere with his teammates' shots. Jeremy Lin also came up to persuade him, "Helian, don't be like this, this kind of prank is a compulsory course for the growth of rookies, endure it if you can, don't destroy the unity of the team!" ”

"Am I destroying the unity of the team? I almost froze to death on the road last night, they attempted murder! I can accept the prank on the rookie, I went to the press conference without changing my clothes, and I can accept it if I can't take a hot shower when I come back, but what does it mean to lock up my phone, wallet, and car keys, do you want me to walk home wrapped in a bath towel like that? "Last night's prank Hougist occupies the absolute moral high ground as a victim, and the others have long since run away and have no idea where Hoggist went last night, so now Hoggist can rightly accuse other teammates of acting out of line.

"Uh...... That lock is fake, it's not locked at all, and it can be opened with a twist, so you shouldn't have touched the lock without touching it, right? Jeremy Lin said in surprise.

"What!" Hoggist exclaimed, this is too embarrassing, he saw the lock on the cabinet and ran away, he really didn't pay attention to whether the lock was real or fake, if it was really as Jeremy Lin said, it was really a little prank that was not too much at all! It seems that his thinking is sometimes a little Jianghua, and when he sees the lock, he believes it and doesn't even check it, which is a big mess, and it's even more embarrassing than being a prank! It's not a shame to be cleaned up by your teammates' pranks, that's because your teammates are bad, but last night because of your carelessness, it can only show that you are stupid!

Fortunately, the two of them were talking in Chinese, and in order to relieve the embarrassment, Hougist raised the ball to shake Jeremy Lin to the basket before others reacted to the reason for his anger, and then pretended to twist his foot and "fall" on the ground. Yi Jianlian came up and carried Hougist back to the locker room, and Jeremy Lin went to call Fan Xiaohong to check on Hogist.

In the locker room, Hoggist admitted his recklessness and stupidity to the three of them, "Lao Fan, you are struggling, I am pretending to be a foot, this time it is too big, I was deceived so badly by a fake lock, if it is passed out, I will have no face to stay in the team!" ”

"We didn't expect you to be so innocent when we padlocked, and we didn't even touch it, even if you weren't one of those grumpy players who smashed the lock and took something, you should have pulled it twice, right?" Jeremy Lin laughed.

Yi Jianlian also laughed on the side: "Fortunately, Shuhao is witty, and he has been speaking Chinese with you, otherwise you would already be the laughing stock of the whole team now." ”

"Who would have thought that your routine is so complicated, and there is such an operation as a fake lock? Next time, you'll let me know in advance! The three of us Chinese have to unite and help each other in the locker room! Hoggist grumbled.

"It's that they were afraid that we would tell you to make the prank invalid, so they let us drive first, and their car followed the escort for several blocks before turning home, and I also sent you a text message to apologize, thinking that with your ingenuity, you will definitely be able to open the cabinet, I didn't expect that someone as smart as you would make such a mistake!" Jeremy Lin said

"This is called a wise man's thousand worries, there must be a mistake!" Fan Xiaohong sighed on the side.

"Lao Fan, I have to trouble you to issue me a sick leave certificate today, just let me be really bad! I'm not training anymore, it's so embarrassing, I feel ashamed to think about it! Haugist said with a towel over his face.

Jeremy Lin said in surprise: "Looking at your style of play, as well as your previous pre-game speeches, I don't feel like you are a shy person!" Why did you pick up your body today? ”

"When have I ever lost such a big face before and couldn't fight back?" Haugist replied angrily, "I'll go home to catch up on sleep, and I'll see you at the airport in the evening!" ”

After saying that, Hougist packed up his things, and ran away with his bag without even changing his clothes, and Jeremy Lin shouted behind him: "Helian, why are you going back!" Your car is still parked in Staples! ”

Hougist waved his hand: "I have a wallet and a mobile phone, just take a taxi back, you guys go to training, I will pass more balls in tomorrow's game as compensation for interfering with everyone's normal training today!" Remember, practice more three-point shooting! ”

Hougist went home and slept soundly all afternoon, and in the evening he arrived at the airport refreshed, sat on the special plane and pretended that nothing had happened to greet his teammates.

Nick. Yang Zhao asked narrowly, "Hey Haoji, didn't you twist your foot?" Do you want to fly away with us? ”

"Twisting my feet is not a big problem, even if I twist my feet, I can get three pairs of pairs, believe it or not?" Hoggist replied calmly.