Chapter 007: Signing with the Lakers
Seeing everyone looking at him strangely, Li Chen was a little unnatural, no matter what, these people in front of him were all at the level of celebrities. Two months ago, I had absolutely nothing to do with them, and the only relationship might have been that I could often see them in the sports section of the news. And now that they are real people in front of them, they are all looking at themselves, and it is impossible not to be nervous.
"Whew......" Li Chen took a long breath and gradually calmed down, his goal was to surpass Jordan, how could he fall in front of these small fish and shrimp. Reminding himself like this, Li Chen cleared his throat and said to everyone as calmly as possible.
"Hi guys, I'm Cruze Lee, and I think I'll be your new teammate soon."
A failed opening remark made the audience look away, and the people who came to the trial came in waves, but few remained. They have seen a lot of this kind of person, and they come in high spirits and go out dejected.
"Hey, that's life." The lama even secretly expressed his feelings in his heart, it was obvious that he was not optimistic about Li Chen, and his eyes were a little sympathetic when he looked at the latter.
"Nima, you actually look down on me!" Li Chen secretly scolded in his heart, it seems that his self-introduction is not good enough. So he continued, "Hey, have you seen that video of Youtobe the other day, that mysterious man is right in front of you right now." ”
Wow, it was obvious that this sentence had worked, and Li Chen found that all his eyes were focused on himself again, and all kinds of gazes mixed with him seemed to him very useful.
There are curious, this is what most people think; There are those who are confused, and there are always some people who don't like to pay attention to the news; There are also those who are despised, and the glory of professional players is inviolable; There is also hatred, this is Jordan Famar's, who made people lose money; In the end, he was aggrieved, Xiao Wu was very depressed, the creditor caught up with him, and life was even more difficult.
"Ahem...... Ahem......" Phil Jackson interrupted everyone's discussion, "Since you're here for a tryout, let's see what you're capable of." "Although the false monk is old, people's gossip will never die, and everyone will always be curious about those things that they have not seen with their own eyes but have been passed on to be miraculous.
Since the coach spoke, Li Chen was also happy to leave a good impression on the fake monk. Standing in the position where Vujacic had just been, he simply took the ball and got up.
"It's such a fast shooting speed, I don't think Ray Allen is so fast." As soon as the connoisseur stretches out his hand, he will know if there is one, it is one thing to see it in the video, and it is another thing to really see it with his own eyes. Especially when I saw Li Chen shooting continuously but his hand shape did not change at all, it was like watching a shooting teaching in a textbook, although he didn't want to admit defeat, Kobe still had to admit that the opponent's three-point ability was really strong.
However, the great god will say, "There is a kind of back that we are better than, and you can't ...... ten streets" The god of science and technology is a bit of a bully, who doesn't know that his back is already considered a bug level in the league.
Others also had similar thoughts, just watching Li Chen finish shooting more than ten balls, none of them missed, and Wu Jacic next to Li Chen also took the staff to help him pick up the ball, and people wanted to know how many shots this person could make in a row.
"Whew......!" At the 33rd time, Li Chen stopped, looking at everyone's surprised eyes, he smiled very calmly, "It's okay, it's really boring to shoot like this all the time." ”
"Papapa......" Kobe Bryant was the first to applaud. In the United States, capable people will naturally be respected by others, and face has always been earned by themselves. Everyone applauded when they saw the boss of the team, and they all followed in the footsteps of the boss.
Vujacic was the most energetic, "You won't laugh at me this time, it's not that I can't do it, it's that people are too perverted." He suddenly felt that it didn't seem to be a shame to recognize Li Chen as the boss.
After Phil Jackson saw Li Chen's performance, his eyes were straight, his thoughts were similar to Kobe's, but he thought more than Kobe. The old guy was already thinking about how to get the most out of this shooting machine, so he decided to keep looking. Clapped his hands to signal the gathering, and the fake monk summoned everyone over.
"Now we're playing a training game, the red team: Bynum, Gasol, Ariza, Bryant, Fisher. White: Radmanovic, Odom, Lee, Vujasic, Famar, oh forget it, Farmar down, let the Chinese Sun, I want to see the results of his recent training. The old monk chose to let Sun Yue try it at the last moment, although he felt that this Chinese guy didn't seem to be worth the price, but he signed it, use it and see it, it's really not okay to throw it to see the water dispenser.
Although he was assigned to the substitute team, Li Chen didn't care, in his opinion, if it was gold, it would shine anywhere. Especially seeing that there is a Chinese in his team, well, he thought that Sun Yue had been mixing in the Aoshen team, but he didn't expect that the Lakers had given him a chance. In view of the relationship between compatriots and compatriots, Li Chen also said hello to Sun Yue in Chinese.
"Hey, Sun Yue, right? Come on, play well. "The guy completely forgot that he hadn't signed with the team yet, and the guy he was cheering on seemed to have been signed by the team for a year's salary.
"Ah, hello! Your Chinese is awesome. Sun Yue didn't expect that she would be able to hear unusually pure Mandarin in a foreign country. Especially this person who has just performed very domineeringly in front of everyone's eyes, Li Chen's scenery makes Sun Yue, who has always been unsatisfactory, very envious.
"Hehe, yes, I'm a mixed-race and have Chinese ancestry, so I'm very talented in learning Chinese." Li Chen, who has been a human being in two lifetimes, was unnaturally a little sad when he heard this, everything that had been and now had completely said goodbye to him, and now all he had was an adoptive mother who loved him, a friend with an iron relationship, a close lover and a talent gifted by God. But that's enough, isn't it? Family, friendship, love, it seems that there are no defects.
Now is not the time for lyricism, the game starts with the whistle. An Zhu was absent-minded, the jump ball actually lost to the lama, the ball was slapped into Sun Yue's hand, and he was about to dribble and take two steps to organize the attack, "Ball!" Sun Yue heard a familiar tone, and the intimacy of his native language made Sun Yue seem to have returned to the national team, and passed the ball over easily, in the eyes of the fake monk, this seems to be the most beautiful ball passed by this Chinese kid so far.
Li Chen immediately ran to the opponent's half the moment Odom dialed the ball, and at the same time signaled to his teammates to ask for the ball, and after receiving a long pass from Sun Yue near the free throw line, he followed the steps and used a simple three-step basket to score two points.
"There's a good sense of fast attack, well, a good attitude." Seeing that Li Chen did not use a slam dunk to show himself, but instead used a safe layup, the fake monk added a stroke to his notes. The old guy didn't know that the reason why Li Chen didn't dunk just now was because he felt that his first dunk should be reserved for more important occasions, such as the All-Star or the Finals or something.
At this time, Li Chen didn't know that he had left a good impression on the head coach. And the next situation proved that the main force is the main force for a reason, and the substitute can only sit on the bench and count his pitiful playing time with his fingers on his fingers.
Bryant broke through and Bynum hit a dunk.
Sun Yue made a pass error, and Ariza stealed.
Gasol hit Rademanovic hard under the basket and turned and hit a hook shot.
Odom draws the bag and passes to Vujacic, "Boom," Vujacic's shot hits the iron.
An Zhu grabbed the rebound, Fisher dribbled the ball across the half court, handed it to Kobe, Kobe passed the ball, and An Zhu received a violent dunk in the air.
In one round after another, the score was gradually pulled apart, although the lama rarely did not get distracted and sent 15 points, 5 assists and 7 rebounds, and 4 of the 5 assists were given to Li Chen. And Li Chen made 7 of 9 shots, 4 of 5 three-pointers, and scored 22 points, 2 assists and 3 rebounds, but the overall score of 49-97 made him feel aggrieved to lose.
Especially seeing that the elderly old fish actually used his body to squeeze Sun Yue away and forcibly hit a three-pointer, Li Chen secretly slandered in his heart, "It really makes sense to send you to the Ao God." "He originally wanted to keep his hand, but he found that it made no difference whether he stayed or not, and it was rumored that his good teammates couldn't shoot. Odom and Li Chen glanced at each other, "Alas", the two sighed at the same time, quite a feeling of hating each other.
On the white team's side, in addition to Li Chen and Odom teaming up to score 37 points, the remaining 12 points Vujacic scored 6 points, but used 7 shots, Radmanovic used 5 shots in exchange for 4 points, Sun Yue used 3 shots in exchange for 2 points, got 4 assists and sent 5 turnovers, which made the Zen master cry in his heart that the mud couldn't support the wall.
"Fortunately, the new Lee is very good, he has a decisive shot, his shooting percentage is guaranteed, he has a good vision, he has some organizational skills, and he lacks offensive ability with the ball, but it looks like he still has a lot of potential."
Although Li Chen only has two assists, the fake monk knows that it is because his teammates are not strong, and his few passes are still very imaginative, and the old man of KFC has decided to call the management to sign our actor at this moment.
"What, 3 years 5 million, 3rd year player option? There's no way I'm going to agree. Li Chen unceremoniously rejected Kupchak's offer of contract. Just kidding, I'm a person who stays for a year and leaves, 5 million for you for three years, although there is a player option in the third year, but it's not two years left, when I'm brainless.
"It's already the biggest contract we can offer, and you know we've got a lot of tight salary space on our team, and it's a good way to show our sincerity in offering a non-draft player that kind of contract." Kupchak was informed by the fake monk that he would do everything possible to sign a long-term contract with Li Chen.
Li Chen shook his head, "Impossible, I'd rather go to the Clippers than this, I believe they will be happy to give me a satisfactory contract, not to mention that I may be trained as a core in the Clippers." "He is not worried that no one wants him now, and after the training game just now, Li Chen can feel that with his current ability, he can still mix in the NBA.
Kupchak was a little big and asked tentatively, "What kind of contract do you want, not too high, you know we've gone over the luxury tax a lot." ”
"Hehe", Li Chen secretly laughed in his heart, and said his requirements, "It's not high, you can sign me with a non-guaranteed contract of 800,000 yuan for 1 year." ”
"Huh?" Kupchak sniffed that something was wrong, "You are so confident, you must know that many players will be so uncomfortable when they enter the NBA that they can't play at the level they expected, such as your half-compatriot Sun of China." ”
Li Chen pursed his lips, "If you don't play out, you don't have to worry." But he couldn't say that, and after thinking about it, he said, "I'm still very confident in myself, and I'm sure your contract will be worth it." ”
Kupchak still can't grind Li Chen after all, in his opinion, 800,000 a year is still acceptable, the key is still a non-guaranteed contract, if you don't play well, you can kick it, how free. As for if he wants to play well, isn't he earning himself, now it depends on whether he can use 800,000 to play 8 million worth.
Soon, the details of the contract were finalized, and Li Chen officially joined the Lakers with a one-year 800,000 non-guaranteed contract, and the official websites of the NBA and the Lakers successively released the news. "The Mysterious Master Returns to the Lakers"! This news caused a sensation in Los Angeles, Lakers fans have left messages on the official website to praise the team's decision-making, and Clippers fans did not care, in their opinion, Li Chen is just an amateur player, plus whether to join the team will not have much impact.
And on the other side of the ocean, a new release of a bib by NBA Lakers member Sun Yue has attracted a lot of attention.
"Today, the team added a newcomer, a half-breed who can speak the Celestial Empire dialect and has Celestial Empire blood, he is very strong, and I will work hard."
In the forum, there was a discussion about who Sun Yue was talking about, and some people went over the official website of the Lakers to find out that this newcomer was the actor in the very popular video some time ago, so they began to complain about the Lakers' shit luck, and of course, some fans expressed disdain.
"Cut, it's just an empty shot, Mao, the NBA is not a shooting contest, just get an amateur player, the Lakers dogs are so proud, don't you see that you sign a non-guaranteed contract, maybe one day you will be swept away. But then again, he looks very handsome, the problem is that he is handsome and hated, I don't know, he still plays small forward, waiting to be blown up by my emperor......" The last sentence exposed his camp.
Although it is a bit excessive, it is indeed the truth, and Lakers fans who want to refute it can only hope with apprehension that this mysterious master can bring a surprise to everyone with his performance on the court.
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