When basketball fans around the world have not had time to discuss the strength of the NBA rookies, a more exciting news was quickly dug up by the paparazzi.

The NBA's Houston Rockets actually traded an undrafted Asian guard from the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for the seventh pick in the first round, and it is said that the Rockets immediately signed him to a huge five-year contract without any evaluation.

As soon as the news was published, it dominated the headlines of the world's major sports media almost overnight. All of a sudden, all kinds of rumors about this person came flooding, and the most heated discussion among them, in addition to his expensive contract, was the issue of this person's nationality.

Among the rumors, some people speculated that this mysterious Asian guard was a South Korean citizen who had risen to prominence in Asian basketball in recent years, others speculated that this person was a descendant of the Japanese, and some bold and boring people finally suggested that this person may be the descendant of a combination of Japanese and Koreans, otherwise why would a nobody who has basically never played a game make an NBA team willing to pay for him.

Sadly, China, which has always prided itself as Asia's basketball powerhouse, has not won even a single game on the international stage in recent years.

In order not to be disturbed by the rumors flying all over the sky, Wang Yu, who is the protagonist of this incident, had to turn off all tools that can get in touch with the outside world. At the moment, he has to put all his energy into the team's training, and he doesn't want to make mistakes again and again in the new season because of his unfamiliarity with his teammates.

Inadvertently, Wang Yu has been practicing with the team for three days.

In the past three days, under the curious gaze of his teammates, Wang Yu faintly felt that one of them seemed to not show the slightest curiosity about his arrival, but whenever he saw him, that person's eyes were always full of disdain and hatred.

This person is none other than the Rockets' starting point guard - Jeremy Lin.

With a wry smile, thinking that both of them had Asian backgrounds, Wang Yu endured a lot. However, when Jeremy Lin repeatedly attacked himself in his daily training, Wang Yu's humility finally reached its limit. Later, under the reminders of Harden and Howard, intentionally or unintentionally, Wang Yu finally understood that only by beating Jeremy Lin down would he face himself and fear himself.

When Wang Yu told Harden about his idea, the guy who had tied with him in the previous bullfight immediately approached head coach McHale and asked the team to conduct a simulated practice match this afternoon. Hearing this request, McHale was also happy and immediately agreed.

"Why don't you and Warcraft (Howard's nickname) change clothes? Wait a minute, aren't you guys playing? Looking at Harden, who was dressed and sitting leisurely on a chair on the sidelines, Wang Yu asked puzzled.

"Of course not, didn't you see that we had already taken a shower?" Harden said with a smile as he reached out and combed his beard.

"Then why don't you go back, what's so good about this kind of competition." Wang Yu said with a wry smile.

"Warcraft (Howard) stayed because he didn't believe you were as good as I said."

Harden said and turned his face to look left and right, and lowered his voice: "I stayed because I wanted to see if you released water in the last tie with me." If there is, I'll have to compete with you again. ”

"If you don't release water, I really can't hold your European step." Wang Yu smiled bitterly, he didn't expect this guy to still have a deep understanding of the last competition, and paused to change his words: "But I'm not too sure that I can win him, after all, he was selected as an All-Star last year." ”

"What? All-star? Hearing this, Harden's eyes widened violently, and he said strangely: "Wang, don't you really know why he was selected for the All-Star Game?" ”

"You mean Asia's super popularity?" Wang Yu said with a smile.

"That's it, you know how many people in China voted for him, don't you think it will be too embarrassing if you are still rejected by the coach in that way?" Harden pouted.

"There's nothing wrong with that, if that's the case you'll have more fans."

Wang Yu said with a smile, seeing Harden staring at him, and then smiled bitterly: "I mean, if that's the case, you and the team will get more sponsorships, right?" ”

"You have misunderstood me, King."

Harden shook his head, glanced at Jeremy Lin, who was warming up in the distance, retracted his gaze and continued: "I'm not saying that it's bad for him to be selected as an All-Star, it's just that in the past two years, because the team signed a big contract with him, he doesn't play as hard as before, I want you to give him a little color to see, let him know that the competition within the team still exists, I don't want him to lose himself early on the road to our team's championship because of pride and complacency, in my heart he is actually an important piece of our team's championship puzzle, I really don't want to lose him. ”

Harden's words surprised Wang Yu very much, and after being slightly stunned, he suddenly understood why Harden always chose to go it alone at critical moments in many games, instead of passing the ball to Jeremy Lin in the vacant position, it turned out that Harden was afraid that Jeremy Lin would become more complacent and proud on the road to the championship because of the flash of inspiration in several games.

At the same time, Wang Yu also understood in an instant why the head coach of the Rockets, McHale, often abandoned Jeremy Lin in the fourth quarter of the game, it turned out that everyone did all this to make him mature faster, instead of losing himself prematurely on the road of growth.

"If you have this kind of thought, can you just tell him?" Coming back to his senses, Wang Yu asked puzzled.

"It's useless, you'll know after a long time. You will definitely not believe that he is still immersed in the 'Lin Madness' of the past. ”

Harden grinned as he spoke, and continued, "Otherwise, why hasn't he always been very welcoming to you, because he thinks that only he deserves to be the only Asian representative in the NBA." Wait a minute, you have to fight well, show the momentum you had when you played with me that day, and knock him down in one go. ”

"It's a bullfight between the two of us, it's a full game, it's not the same thing." Wang Yu smiled bitterly.

"No, no, no, Wang, I want to tell you, in fact, in the NBA, there are many times when the game is a 1vs1 heads-up, if you want to become a superstar, you must exercise this ability, otherwise, you will be abandoned by the team at a critical time in the game."

Harden said that seeing that Wang Yu's face was still full of disapproval, he couldn't help but raise his voice slightly, and then said: "Tell you, this is actually the reason why Jeremy Lin keeps asking the team for the ball." Do you think that in every team that wins the championship, does it have one or several stars with super individual ability? ”

"According to you, if I kept singles and didn't pass you the ball, would you be willing?" Wang Yu said with a smile while pressing his legs.

"You still don't understand what I mean. I mean, having super singles ability is a must to become a superstar, and it is also the inevitable gene for a team to win a championship. When you're strong in singles, you're more likely to attract defenders in the game, and then you're more likely to create open scoring opportunities for your teammates, you know? Harden explained earnestly.

"Hehe, I know what you mean, I'm kidding you." Wang Yu said with a smile.

"Of course I know you're joking with me."

Hearing Wang Yu's words, Harden smiled unexpectedly strangely, and then lowered his voice and said: "Tell you, I've watched the videos of your previous games, and you were crazy practicing your singles skills at that time, right?" ”

Harden said this originally to close the distance between him and Wang Yu, showing that both of them have the same knowledge and understanding of basketball. But when Harden said this, he found that the original smile on Wang Yu's face in front of him disappeared without a trace.

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Before、The days when you used to score crazy points、Do you remember why you did that in the first place?

Remember when a girl who loved her deeply suddenly left this world in grief because she cared about herself?

In a trance, pictures flashed quickly in my mind. The beauty of the past and the bitterness of the past filled his heart in an instant, and the pressure made Wang Yu faintly breathless.

"King, the game is about to begin."

After a long time, Harden's roar suddenly sounded in his ears, Wang Yu immediately came back to his senses, looked up, and saw that his teammates had strode into the court one by one at this moment, and after turning his face and smiling awkwardly, Wang Yu also immediately stepped in.

In front of his eyes, there was an Asian man wearing a No. 7 jersey near the center circle looking at him coldly, Wang Yu smiled faintly, and then strode towards the center circle, while putting the training uniform with No. 27 printed on the back.

(Three shifts a day, the first shift today.) ）