Luke Wharton's question was very direct, he wanted to know how much hidden ability Xie Chen had, which was why he came to Xie Chen today and avoided meeting with James.

I have to say that although Luke Wharton is very young, Xie Chen can feel his strong personal charm from him, the same question, the same situation, if Fisher asked Xie Chen about his hidden ability a few times after meeting him, Xie Chen may not be honest immediately, but for Luke Wharton, Xie Chen is willing to reveal something.

Luke Walton is the NBA's first post-80s league coach, of course, he is not too young, he was born in 1980, 36 years old this year, but there are many post-70s generations who are older than him, and there are still many people who play in the NBA, such as Carter Garnett and the Spurs. And he has already sat in the position of Lakers coach.

There is a very coincidental thing is that in 1979, the Lakers were put on the shelf by Cook Sr., and Jeribas acquired the Lakers to become the new owner, at that time the "God Operator" Pat Riley became the coach of the Lakers, also 36 years old, it was in that year that the Lakers held the top pick, selected the great point guard Magic Johnson, with Skyhook and Worthy, won the championship the following year, and also began the SHOWTIME era of the Lakers.

Today, when Wharton is also 36 years old, the Lakers coincidentally have another of the greatest point guards in history, Xie Chen, and they have the pick and choose Brandon Ingram. And Jerebus has been dead for three years, and Jenny has just gained the upper hand in the infighting with Jim Bass by signing Xie Chen.

Xie Chen doesn't know if Wharton will be as great as Pat Riley, but he will be sure that the Lakers will win the championship soon, and he wants this Lakers team to play a showtime-like offense!

Not only to win, but also to play well! Let every audience watch it is pleasing to the eye and full of praise! This is Xie Chen's goal next season!

There are too many coincidences that make Xie Chen feel that Luke Walton is the person assigned to him by God, so Xie Chen replied slowly: "My defense will become stronger, my rebounding and blocking will also improve, as well as free throws and passes, they will be better than before, I have been practicing some difficult layups recently, and next season I may be able to see me in the air with two or three people to complete the layup." Also, I should be able to go faster. ”

Luke Wharton was stunned when he heard this, what kind of person is this Xie Chen, this is going to improve in all aspects next season! Considering that Xie Chen's ability in all aspects has reached the top, Xie Chen's progress should not be too much, in addition to the layup, Wharton also knows that there are many people who question Xie Chen's ability to make layups, thinking that Xie Chen did not make good use of his BT physical fitness, as the head coach, Wharton feels that it doesn't matter if he hits those unbelievably difficult layups, he still hopes that Xie Chen will score in the safest way, such as three-point shots.

Wharton found that Xie Chen only said in general terms what Xie Chen would improve, and did not say anything specific about his hidden ability, so he asked directly: "I heard that Stephen Curry is now practicing shooting three-pointers every day, and the distance is getting farther and farther, I want to know, next season, will your three-point shooting improve?" ”

Xie Chen and Curry's three-point shooting ability was already the top in the league and even history last season, but last season, the two evolved together again! This shocked the entire league, and now Stephen Curry is practicing hard again, I don't know if he will evolve again next season, and I don't know if Curry will evolve and upgrade again, will Xie Chen be able to keep up with Curry's footsteps?

Xie Chen smiled, Wharton had been the coach of the Warriors before, and it was understandable that he was interested in Curry and Xie Chen's affairs, Xie Chen said: "At present, I have no plans to strengthen the training of three-point training again, I can only guarantee that my three-point training next season will maintain the previous level, but I can tell you that no matter what Curry's three-point ability evolves, I can catch up with him." However, I don't think there's much room for improvement. ”

Wharton was once again shocked by Xie Chen's self-confidence, no matter how terrifying Curry's three-point ability evolved, Xie Chen could be confident not to lose to the other party? Wharton watched Curry's three-point projection a little bit of BT in the Warriors, but he didn't know how Xie Chen practiced, but seeing Xie Chen training so hard today, he firmly believed that Xie Chen had also spent a lot of effort, but outsiders didn't know.

Wharton said to Xie Chen with some distress: "Don't let yourself work too hard because of this." ”

"Uh, I'll try my best to ......" Xie Chen didn't know how to answer, if he wanted to become as strong as Curry, he didn't have to work hard, he had a copy system, just copy it directly......

Luke Wharton looked at Xie Chen with appreciative eyes for a while, and then said: "By the way, I found a friend to help me, he will officially join the Lakers coaching staff in the next two days, you have also seen this person, and I only played with him not long ago." ”

"Oh? Who is it? Xie Chen asked suspiciously, he just played not long ago, isn't that the opponent of the playoffs? Who doesn't play and come to be a coach?

"Richard Jefferson of the Cavaliers." Wharton said slowly.

"Jefferson?" Xie Chen didn't expect this guy to come.

Luke Wharton and Jefferson are good friends, the two of them reached the NCAA finals together 15 years ago, but unfortunately lost to Duke, until now, the relationship between the two is still very good, and they meet to play in the casino from time to time.

At present, Lakers veteran and former Digger coach Brian Shaw has been confirmed to become the Lakers' chief assistant coach to assist Wharton, as well as the coach of the Raptors' NBDL team, Jesse Melmes, and the Warriors' player development coach Chris Demarco, but even so, Wharton still feels that there is not enough help, he knows his friend Jefferson very well, he is sure that Jefferson's high IQ can help the team, and with this friend's company, his first coaching career will be more enjoyable.

Richard Jefferson and Wharton are both 36 years old, Wharton has grown into a head coach, and Jefferson is already an out-and-out veteran as a player, he originally thought of retiring after winning another championship in the Cavaliers, but he didn't expect that championship, and in the end he still didn't get it.

Wharton also sighed, feeling very sorry for his friend: "Richard has always wanted to leave this league with a championship ring without regrets, but unfortunately the Cavaliers were eliminated by your team, and this friend of mine is still complaining about you, haha." ”

Xie Chen thought about Jefferson carefully, he remembered that in the series with the Cavaliers, Jefferson hit several key goals and contributed a lot to the Cavaliers, Xie Chen said: "Luke, I welcome your friend to the Lakers, but can you convince him not to join the coaching staff, but to play with us for another year?" ”

"You asked him to come here as a player?" Wharton was also shocked, but he didn't expect that the first person Xie Chen asked him for was your brother-in-law Shen!

Xie Chen said: "Doesn't he want to win a championship and then retire?" You let him join us, and I can bring him the championship, just as I promised Ray Allen and Odom. I'm impressed with him, and we really need a veteran in the team, don't we? ”

This time last year, Xie Chen promised the two veterans of Ray Allen and Odom a championship, and then Xie Chen did it, and now, both have officially announced their retirement and left the league.

Luke Walton thought about it carefully, with what he knew about Jefferson, he can still play now, he can still contribute to the team, and if the Lakers want to win the championship, as Xie Chen said, the playoffs need such an experienced veteran.

Wharton said: "Okay, I will try my best to convince him, in addition, Ci Shiping recently blew up my phone and said that he wants to enter the Lakers, what is your attitude?" ”

"Sign it, it won't cost much anyway." Xie Chen has been a teammate with Ci Shiping for a year, and he finds that getting along with this guy is quite happy.

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In the evening, LeBron James had already come to New York, and before he came, he had already talked to Knicks President Phil Jackson on the phone, saying that he wanted to have a private private chat with the Zen master, although the Zen master knew that James was not interested in the Knicks, but he also readily agreed.

When James arrived in New York, he went straight to the Zen master's house.

In fact, James's relationship with Phil Jackson was not very friendly, because Phil Jackson had publicly criticized James.

At the time, Phil Jackson said, "For example, James plays, when he's off the ball, every time he catches the ball, he can walk every time he catches the ball, he moves his feet and you watch it happen, there's no organization, there's no discipline, there's no 'how should we play this game' attitude." Players nowadays rarely cover and they push defenders away with their hands. ”

This kind of remark is a great criticism of James, but James did not hate the Zen master because of this, in fact, in his heart, he liked the Zen master far more than the god operator. And James didn't come today to have a good relationship with the Zen master, he just hoped to learn a little about Xie Chen from the Zen master.

After the two sat down, the Zen master kept smiling and squinting at James, which made James very uncomfortable, and after chatting for a while, James began to get to the point: "I know that after you beat us and the Warriors and win the championship, you must be looking forward to the future, you may want you to win five or six championships in the Knicks, so that your greatness is even more unmatched, but unfortunately, you didn't count that Xie would leave you, right?" ”

The Zen master seemed to have let go of this matter, and said lightly: "Yes, I didn't calculate, Xie is an unpredictable and peculiar player, but Pat Riley calculated it, and he told me when he gave Xie to me that I can't control this kid." ”

James also began to frown: "Xie is really too strange, isn't it?" We've never met a player like this, and I'm still training with Xie today, guess what he said to me, and he said to me in a very confident tone, it's not the Warriors or any other team that makes it to the Finals in the West, it's their Lakers, I really don't know why he's so confident, is there still a lot of ability he hasn't used? But why? Didn't you ask him about that when he was at the Knicks? ”

The Zen master said: "These problems of his are also what I have been puzzled about, frankly speaking, if he really has no abilities, I don't know what those abilities are, he has not confessed to me, he has always been very mysterious, and my style you know, I don't particularly want to figure out these things, I just need to make sure that he can help us win." ”

James couldn't help but feel regretful, if it was Pat Riley, in two years now, he might have been able to investigate Xie Chen's secrets and all his hidden abilities.

Looking at James's expression, the Zen master knew what James was thinking, and the Zen master smiled and said: "LeBron, I know you must be very entangled and difficult now, forgive me for my previous criticism of you, because I see your desire for historical status, you want to be one of the top three players in history and even comparable to MJ, I can't be wrong about this, you already have a lot of MVPs, and now you are only short of the championship, but Xie has stopped you from going to the finals for two consecutive years, and there is not much time left for you......"

James' expression became more and more serious, and every word of the Zen master said what was in James' heart.

Zen Master said: "Xie is the biggest opponent of your career, his appearance has made your historical status stagnant, I know you want to find Xie's weakness, I know that you must be very entangled now whether you should stay with the Cavaliers or switch to other teams." I can tell you a secret right now, a secret about Xie. ”

James immediately came to his senses, his purpose was to know Xie Chen's secret, is the Zen master really willing to tell him honestly? But will what he say be true? Or is it just to confuse yourself?

James exclaimed, "Can you tell me?" I have always had a lot of respect for you! ”

The Zen master was already about to say the answer: "Do you remember when the regular season was coming to an end, our Knicks deliberately lost? ”

"Of course I remember, in fact, I saw for the first time that you were deliberately losing, and you wanted to stay in the eighth position Black Eight us, now think about it, if it wasn't for the fact that we also deliberately lost and gave up the first place in the East, let the Raptors be the scapegoat, and it was the Cavaliers who were knocked out of the Black Eight." James couldn't help but sigh with emotion, being knocked out of the black eight and being eliminated in the Eastern Conference finals, these are completely two concepts, if it is the former, James must be in a worse mood now, I don't know what it will be like to be hacked by sunspots!

The Zen master smiled slightly: "LeBron, you are wrong, you stubbornly think that Xie hates you, so you want to humiliate you in the way of black eight, in fact, it is not at all, he is not so hostile to you, the reason why we chose to deliberately lose at that time and not rush up the rankings is actually not to deliberately meet you in the first round, we didn't care about you at the time, the opponents we really care about are the Miami Heat and the Chicago Bulls!" We did it to avoid both of them. ”

"What?" James looked shocked! (To be continued.) )