Hearing Kendall Jenner's words, Chen Zhi stopped all his movements and looked into her eyes, trying to see through the falsehood hidden behind her superb acting skills.

Kendall Jenner's eyes looked at Chen Zhi for a moment, and the smile on his face did not fluctuate in the slightest.

It's a pity that no matter how sincere and natural her voice and expression are, Chen Zhi still has to give her a discount after all.

"You're leaving Los Angeles tomorrow." Seeing Chen Zhi staring at him for a while and then burying his head in eating the food in his hand again, Kendall Jenner couldn't help but ask so softly, the care in his voice was as natural as that between friends.

Chen Zhi nodded, "We will take off tomorrow morning, Cleveland is far away on the East Coast, plus the time difference, it is estimated that it will be night when I land, and then we will face the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers the next day." ”

"Can you defeat the knights? That's James' team. Kendall asked.

"What do you think? You seem to like James a lot? Chen Zhi couldn't help but say when she heard this, and the tone in which she mentioned James made Chen Zhi unexpected, which clearly revealed a sense of admiration.

"I don't like it, you know I grew up in Los Angeles, and of course I'm a die-hard fan of the Lakers and Kobe. However, James's success is indeed admirable. As Kendall said the last sentence, he twitched his plump and seductive red lips, and the admiration was palpable.

"Well, three championship rings!" Chen Zhi looked out the window at the midnight Los Angeles where the lights dispelled the darkness, and his face was full of fascination.

The championship ring, the highest honor of the NBA, the temple of basketball, makes every professional player heartfelt, and Chen Zhi is no exception.

How many great stars in the NBA have never won a championship ring in their lifetime. If uncrowned kings such as Stockton and Nash have a championship ring in their hands, their status in the history of the NBA will definitely rise suddenly.

For superstars, the championship ring is not only an honor, but also a crowned crown.

Kendall Jenner took a sip of red wine, her seductive red lips became more and more delicate, and she looked at Chen Zhi's somewhat confused eyes, but she smiled, "James's three championship rings are naturally amazing, but Kobe Bryant has five championship rings." ”

Chen Zhi couldn't help but smile when he heard this, Kobe and James are always inevitably compared, although Kobe Bryant has five championship rings, but after all, O'Neal is the real boss of the team during the OK combination period, and he won three championships and three consecutive FMVP, although Kobe Bryant played very well, but the gold content of his first three rings is still slightly inferior after all.

As a hardcore Komi, but also a pure basketball passerby, Kendall Jenner is obviously just a simple number of people, in fact, Kobe and James, as two players with special styles, it is difficult to compare the real highs and lows, they were both a sign of the times, and it is difficult to have a conclusive conclusion that everyone is convinced if they have to use rankings to determine the level on the rankings.

Seeing Chen Zhiyi's smile, Kendall couldn't help but smile and said, "Please, don't look at me so superficially, although I am a model, a very beautiful model, and I don't know much about basketball, but I won't think that Kobe Bryant is above James because of his five rings." ”

Chen Zhi raised his eyebrows and was noncommittal.

"Well, the Kardashians seem to you to be synonymous with superficiality." Kendall no longer defended, but continued, "Actually, three, five, or eleven championship rings, as long as they don't have them on my hand, I don't care at all. The way I look at James, unlike you players, you look at James as a player, and I look at him as a star. ”

Chen Zhi couldn't help but show a little interest when he heard this.

Kendall Jenner couldn't help but say proudly, "I'm not a player, and the definition of success is naturally different from that of you professional players, so I can only evaluate James from the perspective of being a star." You know, there are many kinds of celebrities, singers, players, models, etc., but it is not easy to be the most successful one in a certain field, and James's success in the basketball world, in our modeling field, is as great an achievement as being recognized as the number one model in the world. ”

Chen Zhi couldn't help but shrug his shoulders when he heard this, "What you said is the truth. ”

Kendall Jenner saw Chen Zhi's expression and knew the truth in Chen Zhi's mouth, which was probably equivalent to nonsense, and couldn't help but say, "I haven't finished talking yet, don't give me a superficial hat again!" ”

"Who said you were superficial!" Chen Zhi spread his hands, probably Kendall Jenner was afraid of being said to be superficial, so he would think so.

"But James' success isn't just about being the best player. No matter how good the players were in the past, such as Jordan and Kobe, they didn't jump out of the identity of players when they were players, but James is different, he doesn't have this kind of self-limitation. I think he's the first player in the entire NBA to really stand on the same level or even higher than the NBA owners, and the league is making money with players, and James has in turn used the league to reach a height that no other player has ever reached. ”

Chen Zhi showed a thoughtful look when he heard this, he had never thought of Kendall's words, thinking about it carefully, James had tattooed the "Chosen Son" on his body when he was in high school, which was a self-confidence in his own strength, and there was no lack of self-hype.

"He's turned his basketball prowess into fame, and he's put his prowess and fame to good use, and he's been able to have the most impact on his team, signing players who fit his system, and even coaching the team." Around him, there is a force that has enough influence on the league, and the close friends of the Wind and Dust Four are all superstars, among which Paul is also the president of the players' association, and his little hair has also become the most powerful basketball agent at the moment because of him. ”

"In fact, you should also learn from James and plan for your future basketball career, and even have a long-term plan for your life after the basketball career is over. It's a shame that your basketball prowess doesn't translate into more assets. Kendall Jenner said very sincerely.

After listening to her words, Chen Zhi couldn't help but smile, "Your perspective is indeed very unique, jumping out of the limitations of the players' perspective, but I think the fans still like the James who plays, not the commercially successful James in your eyes." ”

"I don't think there's any difference." Kendall retorted, "It's like you're a player and you're still going to endorse a car brand." There are many fans who buy Audi because they like you, and when several different brands of cars they like are put in front of them, they may end up choosing Audi, even if some of them don't realize that they made this choice because of your endorsement. ”

Chen Zhi was silent for a while.

Seeing Chen Zhi fall into silence, and suddenly thinking that he was chasing Chen Zhi now, Kendal couldn't help but regret his words, there is a saying called Jiao Zhi Yanshen, and now she is doing the same thing, but this is all because she thinks about Chen Zhi wholeheartedly!

After a moment of silence, Chen Zhi suddenly said, "Do you really like Kobe?" ”

Kendall Jenner couldn't help but be stunned, and didn't know why she suddenly said Kobe, and then nodded inexplicably.

"What kind of player is Kobe Bryant and why do you like him?"

Kendall Jenner didn't answer Chen's question, but sighed, "I know that you, like James, are very fond of players who are good at passing, and you probably won't like Kobe's type of player too much." ”

Chen Zhi shook his head when he heard this, "Actually, I also like Kobe Bryant very much. ”

I only heard Chen Zhi then said lightly, "Actually, judging James soft with Kobe's style of play, and using James's style to rate Kobe alone, are both hooliganism." Although Kobe Bryant is very physical, he does not have the absolute physical strength that James has that best in the league, and he has to make up for it with more skill, so in the end he is technically better than James. And James is the road without a blade of the heavy sword, even if there is no sharp blade, as long as you have the power to swing it, it is still enough to smooth everything, to pursue the move, but to fall behind, not to mention that being able to swing the heavy sword itself is a very incredible ability. ”

Kendall Jenner didn't seem to understand it, but he still understood the general idea.

"These two equally good players, if I were to pick from the perspective of my teammates, I would probably choose James, but if I were to pick from the perspective of the fans, I would prefer Kobe Bryant."

After speaking, Chen Zhi was silent for a while, sighed, and then looked at Kendall Jenner and said, "Actually, in essence, I am a fan, a fan who came to play in the NBA by accident and played very well. And every NBA player you can see right now is a basketball career that started as a fan. ”

Kendall Jenner found herself completely confused by Chen Zhiming's clear words, what does this have to do with fans, Chen Zhi is obviously a player in essence, how can he become a fan in the air again?

"Do you know what is the most essential characteristic of a true fan?" Chen Zhi looked at Kendall, who had already put down his wine glass, no longer elegant and seductive, but full of doubts.

"I'm not really a fan... I don't understand..."Kendall had to clarify under Chen Zhi's gaze.

"Desire to win and desire to perform. Win with your teammates and perform well yourself! Chen Zhi said affirmatively, "Every fan has this idea in his heart when he plays, unless he is not a real 'ball' fan, just playing to make up the number of people, and even if he is on the court, he will be eager for a good performance, no one on the court is really selfless, like to get 10 assists or get 20 points, it's just that the definition of performance is different." ”

Kendall Jenner finally couldn't help but say, "I'm completely confused, I just said that you should learn from James, how can I talk about the fans now." ”

Chen Zhi looked at Kendall, who had completely lost his elegance, and said with a smile, "Kobe is Kobe, James is James, and I am me!" ”

"I know you're you!" Kendall Jenner was speechless.

Chen Zhi smiled and continued, "I am who I am, whether I am a superstar or a role player, I will always be a fan who likes basketball itself more than a certain star, even if that star is Jordan. ”

Looking at Kendall's still somewhat confused eyes, Chen Zhi continued, "I may learn the basketball skills of Jordan, Kobe Bryant and James, but I will not learn their way of life and doing things. Originally, James and Kobe Bryant were equally great players in my mind, but after hearing about the success of James, he discounted it in my heart. ”

Putting down the little food left in his hand, looking at the glass of red wine that had been pushed aside by himself before, Chen Zhi finally took a sip, but after drinking it, he pushed it aside again, obviously not planning to drink more.

Then he continued, "You have to know that a fan will never have the opportunity to choose a strong and suitable teammate to his team, let alone a change of coach, the battle between the players is a battle between the two teams of fifteen people, and the selection of players is another battle between the management. ”

"But the Cavaliers obviously made the right decision to change head coaches, and Tyronn Lue and the Cavaliers won the championship together." Kendall Jenner finally understood that Chen Zhi seemed to have a lot of complaints about James's Big Three huddling and meddling in the team's management.

"It was the right decision for James and the Cavaliers. But there are some things that don't matter right or wrong, and Kobe Bryant may be more pure for basketball than James, and basketball should be so pure for me. ”

Kendall Jenner never thought that in his opinion, James was very successful, but in Chen Zhi's eyes, it was not the same thing at all, "The NBA is a business league, is it really that important whether it is pure or not?" ”

"You're right, the NBA is essentially a business league." Chen Zhi stood up and stretched, although he was not full of wine and food, but compared to the state of being a little hungry before, he was much more comfortable now.

"But that's for the merchants. For a player, this is a basketball paradise born of business, and its essence is basketball competition rather than business. The ability to compete with the best players in the world here, or to conquer the entire basketball world with the strongest teammates, is the real charm of the NBA for a player. ”

Kendall opened her mouth when she heard this, she wanted to say that pure basketball would be good to watch the NCAA, but those players were too weak compared to NBA players, especially for a basketball master like Chen Zhi.

She couldn't help but sigh, after all, she was looking at the NBA from the perspective of outsiders rather than real players, and she thought that "the NBA is a commercial league" was a statement that hit the nail on the head, but she didn't expect that in the eyes of a professional player like Chen Zhi or a professional fan as he himself said, it was not.

"It's too late, I'm going back to rest."

Chen's farewell made Kendall Jenner can't help but show a trace of grievance.

However, Chen Zhi's next words made her smile.

"After drinking together, we can be considered friends in the future."