"Hmm...... Hum! Oh my God! As usual, Zhang Kong, who slept until he woke up naturally, stretched a big lazy waist, walked to the window, opened the curtains of his room, and the dazzling sunlight shone into the room from the outside, just shining on the face of Joanna, who was still sleeping, Joanna subconsciously blocked it with her hand, and then continued to lie there to sleep her big head.

"Hehe, I forgot about you, let's sleep a little longer!" Looking at Joanna who looked lazy on the bed, Zhang Kong smiled softly, since he had a relationship with Joanna, the two who were already very close liked to stick together.

Especially after Zhang Baitian finished playing or training, when he returned home, the two were like glue.

Pulling the curtain back on, Zhang Kong kissed Joanna lightly on the forehead, then picked up his clothes and walked out of the room.

In addition to doing more in the morning, Zhang Kong's life is still the same, he came to this breakfast restaurant at the Conseco Stadium very early, eating noodles and drinking porridge, and then came to the stadium to train, which is what he has to do every day.

However, after coming to the arena, Zhang Kong remembered that because he was going to play magic tonight, Jim O'Brien gave the whole team a holiday yesterday, and he was only concerned about going home to see Joanna, although he heard the news, he didn't take it too seriously.

"It's over this time, go home first? Come back in the afternoon? Zhang Kong stood at the door of the stadium, really at a loss.

"Bang bang...... Brush! Just when Zhang Kong was hesitating whether to go home and make up for sleep, he suddenly heard the sound of a basketball hitting the ground at the driving range, which surprised him, is there anyone else here today?

Walking to the door of the training ground, Zhang Kong quietly opened the door and looked inside, only to see that there was only one white man practicing there on the training ground at this time, and there was no one else in the entire training ground except him.

"Is that him?" Looking at the big white man on the training ground, Zhang Kong was a little surprised, because this person was none other than the new signing, Darko Milicic, who had performed well in the last few games, but it was a little surprising that he could appear here.

“119…… 162…… 199…… 200！ When he threw the last ball in the frame, Darko Milicic seemed to be tired, with his hands on his knees and gasping for air...... Then he stood up again, began to pack up the basketball on the sidelines, put it back in the basketball carts next to him, and then began to train by himself...... He's really enjoying this training, this kind of competition, this kind of life, this feeling like going back to the beginning, and he likes this atmosphere and atmosphere very much...... Because he needs to train hard to prove his worth.

Darko Milicic's birth in the NBA is relatively legendary, and when Iverson and James are talking about their childhood suffering, please don't forget that there is still this big white guy from a war-torn area in the league.

He was born in the former Yugoslavia, it can be said that his homeland was destroyed by the country where he now lives, his parents fought in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he was raised almost by his mother's hard labor when he was a child, and at the age of 14 he was recruited into the local team, and his mother sold the family property before buying back a cow in order to give him milk to grow well...... He will never forget that he was training in the dilapidated arena that was about to collapse, and NATO bombers were whizzing through the sky...... After seeing too much poverty, backwardness and war, he came to the NBA, and he wanted to be like Divac or Stojakovic and make a lot of money for his family so that his family could live a peaceful and comfortable life...... He will never forget that when he chose to join the local team, the lights in his mother's house were not turned off for a night...... The next day, the mother sold all the valuable things in the house and exchanged it for a cow from the market.

He always remembers what his mother said to him with a smile when she was leading the cow: "The child must stick to his beliefs...... This sentence has always been in his heart, if the most difficult player in the league, Milicic is definitely on the list, due to the war, he has been reading since the age of 14, and in the European League, he has not had a high level of English, he is rarely spoken, and there are all the teams he has played for, only Rasheed Wallace, a grumpy guy, is his friend...... It was precisely because of his tenacity that he almost ruined his career, and at the age of 18, he decided to come to the NBA to make a career, and it turned out that he thought too simply...... Everyone is saying that he is a genius, which makes him very confused, and finally in this Vanity Fair called the NBA, he lost his way, as the most trustworthy inside line of that year, before entering the NBA, everyone thought that he would become the second Yao Ming, although the body is thin, but he can dribble, can pass, can shoot at fixed points, and can be flexible inside and outside.

In that year's draft, many NBA teams coveted him, including the Jazz, Mavericks and other strong teams, the Jazz's ball control Dar Sheen once said this, if he had the No. 1 pick in his hand, he would definitely sign Milicic instead of James.

However, James, who grew up in the United States, knows more about American life than Milicic, and in this piece of praise, Milicic lost himself, he lost his way in his own world, and this loss lasted six years...... A three-year, $11 million contract is too big for an 18-year-old player.

From the Pistons to the Magic, from the future of the team, to the mascot of Howard's bench time...... In that year, he began to transform, but lost his way to insisting that he was unique, so he moved from magic to the grizzlies...... In the two years with the Grizzlies, he finally calmed down, especially in the second year of help, he knew his problems and began to practice defense, wanting to play the main position in the young team of the Grizzlies, but it was last summer...... The Grizzlies threw him directly to New York like garbage, becoming a garbage big contract in the eyes of New Yorkers, and the main reason why New Yorkers accepted him was to terminate the contract after the end of the season and free up salary space to attract big fish in the free market, in order to attract James to New York, the Knicks have long been preparing, and their goals are ambitious.

But this is a bit too much for Milicic, under Dantony, you can defend, but only if you need to know how to attack, especially a player like Milicic, it is really not to Dantoni's appetite, so he played in New York for almost two months, played a total of 8 times, and scored 16 points...... Then he sat on the bench all the time.

But fortunately, this time he didn't get lost like before, but insisted more on what he wanted in his heart, he didn't have time to play at all, so he had more time to practice defense, from the previous lazy big man who only attacked but couldn't defend, slowly became a defensive giant, attitude is everything! Now Milicic's attitude has been successfully adjusted from the original self-centeredness to the team-centered state, he no longer wants to be the savior, he is willing to be the person next to the savior, and when he comes to the Pacers, this opportunity favors him again, if there is no Zhang Kong.

Maybe Milicic is an addition to the deal, but after having Zhang Kong, the defensive talent of this big man is all in Zhang Kong's eyes, and what the Pacers lack now is this kind of defense, the hero doesn't ask where he comes from, Zhang Kong doesn't care what Milicic used to be, as long as it is his teammate, by his side, Zhang Kong has the confidence to adjust the opponent's best condition.

“114…… 198…… 199…… 200 ......" is another two hundred balls of practice, completed again, but this time he has not yet had time to pick, but a ball flew directly towards him, subconsciously received the ball, Milicic looked at the door of the training ground with some surprise, at this time there happened to be a person, a young man who looked ordinary.

"Hey, you're really diligent, I don't really believe in the rumors about you outside!" Zhang Kong walked in from the door of the training hall, picked up a basketball with his foot, and after playing lightly in his hand, he came to Milicic's side and threw the ball directly into it.

"It's boring to practice alone, let's go head-to-head!" All people like hard-working people, Zhang Kong is no exception, just now Zhang Kong went to ask the doorman, since Milicic transferred, he is the first player to come to the stadium every morning, every day is here to practice, such a diligent player, as long as he is willing to work hard, he will definitely succeed.

"Heh, if I shoot, you won't be able to stop it!" Looking at Zhang Kong, Milicic laughed a little innocently.

"Really? Don't you know my nickname before I played in the NBA? Zhang Kong gently picked up the ball next to him and looked at Milicic next to him with a funny face, but Milicic naturally didn't know about Zhang Kong's nickname.

"Invincible!" Zhang Kong smiled, threw the ball directly to Milicic's chest, washed the ball, and got ready to start!

(To be continued)