"I see." Billups suddenly realized, but heard Rashid whisper, "Damn, even if it's a low-level hoop height, I can barely dunk when I'm 14 years old, let alone a big windmill, I can't even do a tomahawk!" ”

"This kid's talent, just bounce, flexibility, speed, I've only seen a person who can reach this level at his age." Brown said slowly.

"Who?" Several people asked almost at the same time.

Brown looked up, a look of nostalgia on his face, and said slowly, "In 1993, someone invited me to watch a game at Daytona Beach High School, and there was a kid who could fly and rush like him. No, maybe the kid was a little worse, at least he couldn't use a one-armed windmill when I went to see it, and he was fifteen years old at the time. ”

It's all in the NBA, and these players study their opponents every day, especially the core players who need to be taken care of. Hearing the name Daytona Beach High School, Prince said without hesitation, "Oh God, you said Vince. Carter? ”

Vince. Carter, nicknamed Demigod and UFO in 2004, Carter at that time was on the same level of combat power as Kobe Bryant and Maddie, these top swing people!

The six kids split into two groups and fought under the basketball hoop, and because the NBA stars were there, and each of them was working hard and wanted to show what they were capable of, they didn't focus on offense like they did in the streets, but they tried to defend as much as they could: they also knew that professional basketball takes defense very seriously.

However, both in attack and defense, Sid is the most dazzling of them all. This tall and thin child has thin arms and legs, and there are almost no muscles on his body, but the power that can burst out is powerful and terrifying. He uses his reach, bounce, and vision beyond his peers to be both an initiator and finisher of attacks, and the defensive end is the gatekeeper of the interior.

Sid has a nimble foot, a steady dribble on the street, and although it's a bit fancy, it's better to watch it, isn't it? The only drawback is that this child's physical strength is too poor, his endurance is insufficient, and after attacking wildly for a while, he begins to pant.

Even so, the Pistons were taken aback, and Billups exclaimed in surprise, "This kid is awesome, but why haven't I heard of him?" And, why is no high school willing to accept him? Is it true that high school kids are so strong now? ”

Wabbon stared at Sid, and from the child's body he saw the shadow of a man, Kevin. Durant. Both of them are slender and thin, with good bouncing, good hand feel, flexible surname, and close surname, precocious and low-key, if it weren't for Sid's long handsomeness, Hua Benzhen would have mistakenly thought that this child was Du Tianwang, who was later known as the NBA.

Brown and the others didn't have a lot of time to stay here, they needed to go to the rehearsal for the celebration, and seeing that the six kids were all tired, Billups called them down and asked again, "Why don't you go to high school to play?" ”

Sid wiped the sweat from his forehead and pretended not to care, "I'm not old yet."

"No, even if you're not old, you should be in the seventh or eighth grade, right? At least your fame has to spread in Detroit. Billups interrupted him and said, "Give me your reasons, kid. ”

It is not uncommon for many black teenagers to be ordered to drop out of school because they are involved in gang violence, drug trafficking and other related issues.

Sid was silent for a while, and finally said, "I beat a white kid when I was in fourth grade, and since then, no school has been willing to accept me. As if afraid that these people would not believe him, he added, "The boy's family is so powerful that even the people on the street dare not offend him, so when I want to play ball in the street, no one welcomes me." I know what you mean, but I've never been involved in anything as bad as drugs, although there are a lot of people who want to ask me to do things for them. ”

Brown nodded, turned and walked out of the training hall, Campbell and the others also left, it had nothing to do with them.

Hua Ben sighed and said, "We're busy right now, but, you're a good boy, Sid, I'll help you, how about going to school in another state?" ”

"It's not the best way to solve the problem." Billups said, "Ben, what are you going to do this summer?" How about a basketball camp? You can invite me, I don't have a lot to do this summer, I'm going to have to practice anyway. ”

As soon as he heard this, Hua Ben was depressed, what are you doing with the Guan masters? I don't want to run a basketball camp, I want to make a movie, I want to make a movie!

Mirisic was indispensable at all times, and he excitedly exclaimed: "Hey, open a training camp? It's a genius idea, so I'm going to have to hurry up, I'm going to be back home in July to prepare for the Olympics. ”

For being a teacher, the rookie is extremely interested, this is a bit like our college students in the Great Celestial Empire, who go home in the summer vacation to open training classes, which can not only make money but also train children, is there anything more beautiful than this? Mirisic has been trained since he was a child, entered the NBA and is now trained by Olajuwon, and now he finally has the opportunity to train others, how can he let it go?

Listening to Mirisic's words, Wamoto was stunned and asked, "Hey, boy, aren't you planning to operate on your damn finger in the summer?" ”

Since entering the playoffs, Mirisic has detected a small bone spur on his left index finger, and he is a two-handed player who can go to the basket with both left and right hands, which affects his play very much. For this reason, some time ago Mirisic was even ready to withdraw from the national team of Serbia and Montenegro and concentrate on surgery, and Dumas even contacted the doctor for him.

Mirisic explained: "It's nothing, we talked to the doctor and he said that the bone spur doesn't have to be operated on, and if you force it, you can grind it out, but then I will suffer some pain." I asked Hakim (Olajuwon) and his advice to me was to grind him down so that I could hone my will and make me more mature. ”

"Big dreams are really pure masters!" Waben gave a thumbs up and exclaimed, and Mirisic said happily, "Have you agreed to open a training camp?" Great, I'm going to train those kids, hey,, I'm going to make them survive and not die."

As soon as he saw such a serious matter, he was settled by Mirisic and Billups, and the first students were also found, and Sid and his five companions all signed up. However, they had no money, and Billups decided to waive their tuition fees in exchange for helping to clean the arena.

The six black children agreed excitedly, looking at Huaben expectantly, this is the big boss who can finally solve the problem. Being stared at by the innocent gaze of these children, what could Hua Ben say? I can only say weakly: "This training camp can't last long." ”

"Great, God!" The children screamed and jumped.

At six o'clock in the evening, the Auburn Hills Palace championship ceremony was officially held, Dumas first held the O'Brien Cup and went up to make a speech, Brown took the O'Brien Cup and made a speech, Huaben held the Russell Cup up or a testimonial, and every player had to go up and give a testimonial.

When Rashid came out, Dumas surprised the fans, he came on the field at the same time, and asked the fans loudly: "Dear friends, Rashid is now a free agent, he is a little hesitant about whether to stay in Detroit, friends, please tell him your opinion, do you support him to stay in our great Detroit?!" ”

The fans immediately stood up and let out a tsunami-like cry: "Rashid, don't go, stay here!" ”

"We love you, Rashid, please stay!"

"Rashid, please stay! Rashid, please stay! Rashid, please stay! ”

The voices of the fans eventually converged and chanted 'Rashid, please stay' with a thunderous roar.

Rashid's family was also in the arena, except for his wife, who was now in labor and was due to be two weeks away, so she didn't come to the scene, it was too noisy. Billups cried out with a baseball cap crooked, "Rashid, if you want to go, then you can go by yourself, I will kidnap your wife and your children, they don't want to leave Detroit!" ”

Rashid shrugged helplessly, and when the fans quieted down, his straight face suddenly turned into a smile, and said: "Okay, since you all want me to stay, then I'll stay here for the rest of my life!" ”

"Roar!" The fans cheered and Dumas left the stadium smiling.

Rashid's contract extension has been negotiated a long time ago, otherwise Dumas would not have raised this issue at this time, doesn't this force the player to choose? Rashid is 30 years old this year, and for an interior player, this is already the latter part of the golden period, and there is not much point in staying and leaving, no matter which team he goes to, he will not be used as the core of the team. The Pistons offered $57 million over five years, and Rashid eventually agreed.

Wallace joined the Washington Bullets with the fourth pick in the first round in 1995, but was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers after his rookie season. In seven seasons with the Trail Blazers, Wallace has become one of the league's most powerful power forwards. The last contract he signed was in 1997, when the Portland Trail Blazers gave him a six-year, $81 million contract, which is nothing now, but at the time, it was one of the NBA's most brain-dead contracts.

In the nineties of the twentieth century, it was not easy for a player to sign a long-term contract with an annual salary of more than 10 million in the NBA, even if he was not a star who had proven his strength, he should be a future star with unlimited potential, and he could sign two long-term contracts with an annual salary of more than 10 million in a row, and there was no doubt that they were superstars with superior strength, dazzling technical statistics and even able to lead the team to win.

Actually Rashid. Wallace wasn't worth the price, and the sky-high price of the '97 contract was now considered a parallel contract, but he was still very young at the time and was considered a future star with unlimited potential, so it didn't matter. But now? Six years have passed, and Rashid seems to be still in that era of unlimited potential, but unfortunately now that he is thirty years old, he no longer has any potential at all, so other teams in the NBA are not very optimistic about this new contract of 10 million.

The Pistons understand this, and the reason why they insist on giving Rashid this big contract is to prepare for it. The NBA is a business, and the owners know that in particular, and they signed Rashid in preparation for not being able to keep Wajben.

Now Huaben has played a very high value, and you can't keep 25 million dollars without double MVP, he used the confrontation in the finals to tell the whole league that now he is a stronger player than O'Neal, how much money does O'Neal get?

However, according to the team's assessment, they believe that the tactical status of Huaben is not very high now, and they want to keep Huaben for market and box office considerations. Now Mirisic has managed to live up to the team's expectations as another super interior player with three years left on his contract. According to the view of the uniform team, if Huaben leaves the team to let Mirisic play the starting center, the Pistons' ability will not drop much.

The Pistons really don't have a high salary to renew Huaben's contract, otherwise they wouldn't have argued with Daben for an annual salary of 10 million or 13 million. Among the Pistons, Billups has a six-year contract of 33.7 million until the 2007-08 season, Hamilton through the 2009-10 season is 62 million for seven years, Prince got a rookie contract, and by the 2005-06 season, it is a four-year 4.56 million, and Mirisic is also a rookie contract, and by the 2006-07 season, it is a four-year 19.82 million.

Now the Pistons' plan is good, if they can sign Huaben within 20 million, then trade Rashid away. If you can't sign Huaben, then there is nothing to regret, Rashid and Mirisic, who are maturing, are still strong contenders for the championship, after all, Billups, Hamilton, Prince these championship puzzles are gone.

At the end of the day, the Pistons are still unconvinced by Wajben's ability, and they fear that this is his outburst in a contract year, and if that does, it will be miserable. The 100 million yuan contract is not something that can be signed, either the player is indeed a superstar worth this price, or the general manager of the team is brainless, otherwise this kind of contract will not appear.

The problem for the Pistons right now is that their uniform team isn't brain-dead and shrewd, but they can't tell if Huaben is a superstar or not: they don't know if Huaben's long-range shot, his footsteps under the basket were short-lived or actually developed.

This is not a foresight for the Pistons, after all, this kind of example is not uncommon in the NBA, and wants to spend a big contract extension to pass the approval of the board of directors, and the board of directors in Detroit does not think that Huaben is eligible to take 25 million US dollars, in fact, in this traditional team that emphasizes teamwork, even Garnett or O'Neal, they will not give this price.

What is tricky for the Pistons' board and uniform now is that Big Ben's playoff performance has become such a symbol of the city that he has even more appeal than Dumas, an old man who has played for Detroit for decades. refuses to renew the contract, I'm afraid the fans won't agree.

Rashid's contract was quickly resolved, but Warben's side has not started negotiations for a long time, mainly because there are too many things for Eva, and there are too many things for Huaben here.

Opening a training camp is not just about finding a stadium and gathering a group of children to come, you first need to choose a stadium, then you have to go through the approval of the local political axe, then you have to advertise, and you have to hire a special trainer to set up the teaching curriculum.

This year is the Olympic year, the Athens Olympics opened in mid-August, and the Pistons veteran coach Brown finally became a daughter-in-law, from the assistant coach of Tom Jakovic (Rocket coach and head coach of the Dream Five team) during the 2,000-year Sydney Olympics to the bishop of Dream Six this year.

At the World Basketball Championships in the Americas last year, the Dream Six team swept the eight wildernesses and outscored their opponents by 30 points, but as mentioned earlier, most of these fierce men withdrew from the team, except for Iverson and Duncan, everyone else left. The old coach had to recruit again, and he found four of his disciples, Huaben, Rashid, Prince, and Billups, of course, not all of these people were selected for the final 12-man squad.

Eva negotiated with the U.S. Basketball Association, and Hua Ben only needed to go to joint training in August. In fact, as early as late May, when the playoffs were in full swing, the United States Basketball Association issued a convening order, but no one cared about it, the American basketball team is so arrogant, last year's 30-point sweep of the opponent made them return to the arrogance of the dream team, and other teams, including the Chinese team, have already started training at this time.

In the eyes of the Americans, they only need to gather about seventy or eighty NBA players to play in the Olympics to easily win the gold medal, and they have not missed a beat since the Olympics allowed professional players to compete. However, Huaben knew that there would be no accidents in this Olympic Games, not to mention the gold medal, not even the silver medal, and the bronze medal was thanks to Iverson's last desperate performance.

Of course, these are not for him to think about for the time being, all he has to do is to take advantage of the offseason to rest and do what he likes, such as running training camp and preparing for filming. The Olympic medals will wait until he goes to Athens, and then he will do his best to attack and defend.

So, five days after the finals, Huaben's training camp opened, with a very vulgar name, called 'Ming Yue Star'.

However, before organizing the training camp, Huaben still has a big deal to deal with, and that is Alba's pregnancy.

On June 18, Eva and Bell sneaked on the plane, and Eva looked very bad about it, and the crazy little housewife protested with a blank silence about the relationship between Wabeen and Alba.

Of course, Warburn and his reputation in the City of Angels now stinks like shit, and if people catch him, he might just shoot him to death with a brick. Besides, there are too many paparazzi in the City of Angels, and they are going to do more secret things this time.

Warburn and Bell were on a direct flight to New York, where a beautiful girl was waiting for him, Jessica. Alba.

The purpose of the trip is simple, to do a check-up for Alba, to determine the due date and the child's physiological condition. There are many expectant mothers and infant and toddler hospitals in New York, although there are many paparazzi in this city, but not much attention is paid to them, because this is the center of the world, even if Jordan arrives, it can't set off any waves.

At the time of the appointment, Alba was a little prevaricated, and it was Bell who forcibly invited her to New York.

"You have to come, for your own health, for, for, for," Bell said with difficulty on the phone, "for the health of the child in your womb, I don't think you want to give birth to a Forrest Gump because of some wrong behavior of yours, right?" ”

Forrest Gump's full name is Fox. Gan, Tom. The protagonist of the movie "Forrest Gump" played by Hanks is the most famous fool in Hollywood history, and is generally referred to as a silly child by American women.

(To be continued)