"In February 2008, the rookie selection came to an end, and the player who finally won the award of the league's best rookie was the Suns' No. 6, Zhang Chen." This is the statement of one of China's more well-known basketball websites, Shark Pounce, whose arguments are not as personal as those on other basketball websites: "This month, Zhang Chendi's performance is obvious to all in the league, he averaged 25.4 points per game in the February game that many veterans who have been in the league for a lifetime have not been able to achieve, and at the same time, his three-point shooting rate is still above 50%, his two-point shooting rate is still maintained at 50%, and his serve is also high at 90%. In the New Orleans All-Star Game at the end of February, Zhang Chen scored 42 points alone and won the MVP of this rookie challenge! ”

For Zhang Chen, most people feel that he deserves to get this rookie, and everyone is looking forward to it. Zhang Chen's efficiency this month is really quite amazing, compared to Durant's average of 22 points per game, his score is also higher, compared to Durant's 36% three-point shooting rate, Zhang Chen's shooting rate is absolutely second. If you want to compare the record, then it's okay, the Suns are now the first in the league, and no one can shake their position.

Some people also like to talk about the leader, they think that Zhang Chen is still inferior compared to Durant, because Zhang Chen's position in the Suns is an important firepower point, and it has nothing to do with the leader. But this was quickly refuted, although Durant's status with the Thunder was much higher than Zhang Chen's status with the Suns. But all this is not Zhang Chen's reason, but the situation of their respective teams.

So, this month's rookie selection controversy is so small that people can ignore it.

At this time, some of the previous inverted Zhang factions were horrified to find that Zhang Chen had unknowingly begun to block the mouths of those nitpicky guys with his performance!

Zhang Chen is definitely the most popular figure among all the rookies now, and for a while, Chinese fans have felt that they are proud of their eyebrows, and Zhang Chen's performance, even if it is the champion Yao Ming of the year, may not be so beautiful. What's more, Yao Ming was born in a professional class, and he also entered the NBA as a champion, and his starting point is much higher than Zhang Chen, which gives many fans a grassroots dream of becoming a phoenix.

After all, although Zhang Chen also played professional basketball when he was in China, and once entered the Shonan Youth Professional Second Team, people didn't pay much attention to this history, and people paid more attention to Zhang Chen's position as a non-draft player.

Another point is the problem of height, after all, Yao Ming is two meters and twenty-six meters tall, and the gap between him and ordinary people is too big, and although Zhang Chen's height is much taller than ordinary people, he is not tall, and he is much shorter than Yao Ming.

And the same is true of Phoenix Sun City, where more and more people are beginning to like the quiet teenager, his elegant leaning back and his soaring breakthroughs. Falling in love with his looks and everything about him, Zhang Chen's jerseys have also become a hot selling storm in Phoenix, and now his jersey sales have climbed into the team's top five.

These days, the most regrettable thing is Nike, they originally thought that Zhang Chen's one-year contract Zhang Chen was giving up the good benefits in the next few years, who knows that now it seems that Zhang Chen's performance is getting better and better, and he has become the vane of the league's rookies. They began to be annoyed, if they had taken Zhang Chen's three-year signing right down the ground...... Nike was annoyed and began to wonder at the same time, why was Zhang Chen so sure that he would be able to steam when he signed the contract?

But in any case, Zhang Chendi's success has also brought huge profits to Nike, and Zhang Chendi's Fengshen generation has also started a hot sale process in various cities across the country. Especially when they invested in a batch to test the Chinese market, the hot scene of out-of-stock made them full of joy.

Signing this rookie was really the right choice!

――――After winning the Rookie of the Month, during Zhang Chen's third day of away from home against the 76ers, several reporters began to ask Zhang Chen how he felt about winning the Rookie of the Month.

"Hello Chen...... How do you feel about winning Rookie of the Month for two months in a row? ”

"This is a big honor, I think my strength may not really reach that level, but after all, this is everyone's affirmation of me, I will continue to work hard!"

"Chen, do you have any hope of winning the championship? That means you're going to be able to get the Rookie of the Month award every month until the end of the season? ”

"Who knows what the future holds? I would say the only thing I'm going to do is work hard, improve my skills, keep myself moving towards that goal, that's all. ”

The reporters saw that they basically couldn't ask anything, so they had to give up.

-- When he returned to Phoenix the next day, Zhang Chen soon received a call from Liu Xuandi.

"Got time? Let's go out and have two drinks together. ”

Zhang Chen agreed, and then the two met in the café, Reporter Liu was getting more and more fashionable, and his upper and lower bodies were dressed in a more fashionable way, and he was now sitting in the café while tasting it.

"You're here!" When Liu Xuan saw Zhang Chen, he happily stood up and said hello.

"Hmm." Zhang Chen nodded: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know what you've been doing lately?" You weren't seen in the post-match press conference. ”

Liu Xuan smiled proudly and said, "Brother has been promoted!" Now I don't have to do all that dirty work anymore. In the future, my most important job is to coordinate the plan, of course, when necessary, I still need to go out myself, such as when I ask you for an interview! ”

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "That's congratulations...... It's time for a treat. ”

Liu Xuan smiled: "It's natural to have a treat...... That glass of ice water on your desk counts as mine. ”

"Rub!" Zhang Chen scolded: "You are such a big official, are you embarrassed to give me a free glass of ice water for a person who eats a youth meal?" ”

Reporter Liu Da cocked Erlang's legs, and said locally: "The problem is that I may not earn as much money as you eat youth rice in my life as a big official in my life." After the two of them gag, they got to the point, and what he and Zhang Chen want to do today is an interview.

This kind of thing can't be completely said to be Zhang Chen's convenience to Liu Xuan, in fact, this kind of thing is also a win-win situation, Liu Xuan needs Zhang Chen's exclusive interview to improve his popularity, and he also needs to use this to increase the sales of impurities. From Zhang Chen's point of view, in fact, a successful player also needs his own royal literati at some times, that person can help him make some favorable reports, this person's relationship with him is very good, and even to achieve interest binding, many things when the player himself is inconvenient to come forward or say that no one believes in public opinion, sometimes such a royal literati is needed to put out the fire.

At the end of the interview, the two drank several cups of coffee, Liu Xuan put away his laptop and said, "Let's go over there and have something to eat...... Recently, I came to a hot pot restaurant, the Sichuan flavor is quite sufficient, and the food is very enjoyable. Let's go eat together, I'm in for a treat. ”

Zhang Chen nodded, and the two of them came to the hot pot restaurant.

After the meal, Liu Xuan said: "Recently, I have been busy with a league held by a magazine and several other large company consortia, and I really don't touch the ground, and I didn't steal it until today." Actually, I was joking with you just now, sitting in this position, there are more things to consider, I used to be a big soldier who followed others, and I went wherever the leader asked me to go...... Now I have to arrange where others go, and there are some negotiations...... It's also quite troublesome. ”

Zhang Chen nodded and said, "Although I haven't experienced it, the biggest official is the three bars in elementary school (cough. But I can understand what you're saying. That's right...... What kind of competition are you busy with? ”

"Basketball League! It's a consortium of these companies and our magazine that organizes a basketball league on the Phoenix side...... They plan to gradually establish a basketball league for people with disabilities in two pilot areas, Phoenix and New York! ”

Basketball league for people with disabilities! Zhang Chen unconsciously remembered Sean.

"Disability League? It's a bit difficult to think about. ”

"yes, it's quite annoying! There are 18 teams needed for this league now, but there are still three teams left behind...... If you want to reduce the team, you need at least 16, and the situation is really tricky right now. ”

"Sounds like a difficult ......," Zhang Chen replied as he began to mentally search for information about Sean and them, and then asked, "What's going on in this league?" Tell me a little bit about it. ”

"That's it, but it's similar to your Summer League, the entire Arizona team will come to Phoenix to compete in the statewide team rematch after competing in their respective regions, and their own teams will be responsible for their own expenses, and the final prize money is to determine the top six, the first place will be awarded $60,000, and the last team will be awarded $10,000!"

"The prize money is a little less, after all, they are all disabled, and the cost of organizing a tournament is much higher than the cost of ours!" Zhang Chen said a little strangely.

Liu Xuan smiled a little sarcastically: "It's not less...... Just like the motives of the major consortia for arranging this game are not so pure...... In fact, many people are raising their profile under the guise of helping people with disabilities, so it is natural that some companies will flock to the top six teams to look for cooperation opportunities. ”

Zhang Chen nodded and said, "I understand." ”

The two of them talked about some other things, and then they ate their food and left to go about their own business. Zhang Chen has been thinking about the problem of the Paralympic League until he returned home.

When he came home, he suddenly received a call from Lena, who asked him to go to the welfare home if he had time, as if Sean had something. Speaking of which, Zhang Chen hasn't seen Lena and Sean since he was born, and now that he receives a call, he feels that he misses them a lot, and he can also go and talk to Sean about the league by the way.

When she came to the welfare home, Lena told Zhang Chen the specific situation.

When he came to Sean and their dormitory, Zhang Chen saw Sean who was sitting next to the bed, he was now looking up at the poster of Zhang Chen next to his bed, Zhang Chen in the poster was dressed angrily, scolding Fang Xuan, his shooting posture was quite beautiful, chic and elegant.

Zhang Chen gently patted Sean on the shoulder, Sean turned around, revealing his face full of distress, seeing Zhang Chen's heart hurt slightly, and asked, "Sean, what's wrong with you?" God took that optimistic Sean back? ”

Sean became a lot happier when he saw Zhang Chen's face, and said, "Chen, hello...... It's a pleasure to meet you. ”

Zhang Chen already knew what happened to Sean, but it was closely related to the news he got this time, that is, a team was going to be organized near the welfare home, called Angel, which was a team composed of children with paralysis in the lower half of their bodies, all of whom were under the age of fifteen, and now this team is being formed. And Sean has been depressed because of this incident, because he didn't want to miss such an opportunity to play in the basketball league, but the inferiority complex in his heart made him afraid to participate in this game.

Zhang Chen actually knows Sean very well, he knows that under the appearance of this child who is happy and optimistic, there is actually a deep feeling of inferiority and loneliness from the depths of his heart, which is why he relies on Lena so much. This incident is the result of his low self-esteem, he wants to participate in the competition, but at the same time, he is worried that his performance will not match them at all, which is why he looks so sad now.

"Alright...... Sean, cheer up, you should be a good man, and you shouldn't hide here crying like a......" Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered that Lena was still standing next to him, so he quickly changed his words and said: "Actually, women don't be so sad." ”

Sean smiled reluctantly and said, "Actually, I'm quite happy now!" ”

Zhang Chen said angrily: "Don't lie to me...... You should know that I know you well, and I know you're in a bad mood right now. ”

Sean didn't speak, he was silent, and Zhang Chen continued: "Sean, I know that there may be times when you feel that you are not qualified to join someone else's group...... There isn't much confidence either...... But I want you to know that you can, everyone can do things they wouldn't have thought of, and then he suddenly realizes that he is such a great guy! ”

Sean nodded, but Zhang Chen knew that he had no confidence at all, and now he was just perfunctory to him, thinking of this, Zhang Chen continued to persuade bitterly: "Sean, you must know that a person can never be smooth sailing, you will encounter a lot of setbacks, you will encounter a lot of obstacles, and the most critical thing to cross these obstacles is your confidence!" You know? Your self-confidence! Only when you have self-confidence can you talk about other things! ”

Sean still only nodded reluctantly, and Zhang Chen also felt a little annoyed. Then, Zhang Chen said bitterly to him for a long time, Sean is still just perfunctory, in fact, there are people with low self-esteem that is deeply ingrained in their bones, and there is no way to overcome it easily. Zhang Chen said a lot about Sean and that's it, Zhang Chen walked out in annoyance, looked at Lena and smiled bitterly.

"He was like a donkey...... It's hard! Lena said to Zhang Chen with a wry smile. Then Lena leaned against the wall and saw that her side face was as flawless as the sapphire sky.

"He was nine years old when I first met Sean...... At that time he was an unkempt fellow, his face was like black ash, and he always hid alone in the corner...... Later, I kept in touch with him slowly and found that this was a child with low self-esteem...... Over the years, after a lot of hard work, he finally became smiling...... However, as you may have noticed, his love of laughter is often just for me, and he doesn't want to disappoint me...... That's all, in fact, his real world is not the same laughing. Speaking of this, Lena's eyes curled slightly, Zhang Chen patted her shoulder, and stepped into the room again, even if it was for Lena, he must cheer up this kid.

Zhang Chen quickly stepped into the house, and when he saw Zhang Chen re-entering, Sean had a little strange in his eyes, why did Chen come back again? However, he suddenly found a kind of contempt in Zhang Chendi's eyes, which he had never seen appear in Zhang Chendi's eyes.

"Chen~~" Sean's mouth also trembled a little.

Zhang Chen ignored him, but came to Sean's bed and tore off the poster of his shooting. When Sean saw this situation, he was at a loss for a moment, and after a while, he reacted, pushed the wheelchair over, and pushed Zhang Chen with his own hand: "Chen...... What are you doing? ”

Zhang Chen was unmoved, tore off the poster with his own hands, then turned around, faced Sean, and said word by word: "Sean, I have to say, I despise you!" I look down on you! ”

Tears had overflowed Sean's eyes, and Zhang Chen's heart softened slightly, but he quickly hardened his heart again and said, "I despise you, yes!" ”

Sean sat there blankly with dazed eyes and tears in his eyes.

Zhang Chen continued: "You dare to say that you love basketball...... You dare to say you like me to play...... Do you dare to say that you love the sport yourself? Do you dare to say that you want to be a feared shooter? …… Oh my God, what a joke is that? It's simply the funniest joke I've ever heard. ”

There was already anger in Sean's eyes, if it weren't for Zhang Chen saying that, he would definitely have pounced on someone else.

Zhang Chen continued: "I want to talk to you today, kid! Get out of the way! Basketball isn't for you! Don't say anything you like basketball in the future, you don't deserve to like the sport, at least not now...... You don't deserve to be called a shooter, you're just a coward, a coward! ”

"Why do you say that about me...... You don't know me at all! Hearing Zhang Chen's harsh words, Sean couldn't stop being angry and asked loudly.

When Lena outside the door heard Zhang Chen say that about Sean, she also felt that it would hurt the child too much, but she still resisted the urge to go in and stop it, because she felt that Zhang Chen could find a way to persuade Sean.