After the game against the Raptors, the Bulls returned to Chicago.

It was also at this time that the league announced the December awards.

Although Xu Yong's personal data declined in December, he still won the rookie of the month without any suspense.

There is really no one in the east who can fight.

From Xu Yong's point of view, even without him, the final achievements of the class of 2009 are: a historical supergiant Curry, a supergiant Harden, two All-Stars Griffin and DeRozan, and many rotating players who performed well.

But in terms of their rookie season, they weren't doing very well.

And Jennings, the former No. 1 high school student in the United States who scored 55 points in a single game, also went to the Suns because of his appearance.

However, in the West, Evans' performance in December was explosive, averaging 22.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game, and he also won the best of the week in the West.

Although, the Kings have already begun to dive in the lottery.

But this is the benefit of playing a bad team, unlimited firing rights, playing out to earn, not playing out to continue next year.

Evans, it's clearly a momentum.

Both of them won for a second time, so it is inevitable that Xu Yong and Evans will be pulled out for comparison of the Rookie of the Month of the Month.

Fans who support Xu Yong are complaining about Evans' data, after all, the Kings are now fourth from the bottom in the West, while the Bulls are seventh in the East.

The fans who support Evans say that those who support Xu Yong can't eat grapes, saying that grapes are sour, and the intensity of the game in the west is much higher than that in the east.

Just a few days later, and the Kings owner Marouf brothers in Joe. A video of Ma'a'Ruf went viral on social media.

It was Ma'rouf chatting with his friends, though Ma'rouf probably didn't know that his friends were secretly videotaping.

They talked about Evans winning the Rookie of the Year award.

You must know that Evans is not only scoring more points now, but also has a lot of rebounds and assists, and he has a good chance of becoming the fourth player to achieve 20+5+5 in his rookie season since Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan and LeBron James.

It's not just about selecting a rookie of the best, it's about selecting a rookie at an all-time level.

Ma'a'Ruf couldn't hide his smugness.

"Jove (Petri) told me he had spent his entire career as a manager betting that Xu Yong would be the best choice, but I insisted on Tyreco, who would be crazy enough to really use the No. 4 pick to pick a yellow outsider?" Ma'rouf spread his hands and smoked his cigar with a smile.

"Didn't you approve of choosing Xu before? It seems that the draft promise was also given? ”

"Yes, I respected Joff, but at the last moment I exercised my power."

"What a great power, Teric will give Sacaramento its own king."

"Haha, thanks to those guys in Chicago, otherwise I'd be a little worried that Joe would go against my will." Ma'a'Ruf laughed as he held his cigar.

"Will he?"

"People stay in one place for too long and don't know who is the real owner of this team."

……

This is a "friend" incident that often occurs in American celebrity circles, and the reason why it will go viral is not only because of the competition for the best rookie, but also because it broke the news behind the scenes of this year's draft.

These things are impossible for ordinary people to see.

The person who bears the brunt of this video is Kings president Jove Petri.

The decorated manager who worked hard for the Kings for fifteen years and built the Princeton Kings never expected the boss to see him that way.

His dedication and dedication to this team is simply worthless in the eyes of the boss, who is a capitalist.

Even the gambling he was going to do had already been seen through by the boss.

After all, after more than ten years of getting along, who still doesn't know who?

It's good that this video doesn't break out, but Petrie is in an awkward situation when it comes out.

Although the Ma'rouf brothers soon issued a statement expressing their infinite trust in Petri and doing enough face-saving work.

But this kind of statement is like a woman who greens you and comes to say that she loves you, it seems that nothing has changed, but in fact everything has changed.

Secondly, it is Xu Yong.

Before the draft began, he felt like he and the Kings were going both ways, and he basically felt like he was going to Sacramento.

After all, the other party gave himself the promise of the draft.

If this doesn't come out, he still feels a little regretful that he didn't make it to Sacramento.

But when this burst out, he suddenly felt like he had been splashed with cold water.

It turned out that if the Bulls didn't choose him, he wouldn't be able to go to the Kings, because other owners didn't look down on him at all.

Although this is someone else's right, and because of the Bulls' cutoff, the matter of [giving a draft promise but not being selected] didn't really happen, but now that it's out, it's no different from happening.

Finally, it's the fans.

Because the Bulls had a game with the Kings in January, the matchup between the "best rookie" was already quite interesting, and with this incident, this game was full of direct attention.

According to official Kings sources, tickets for the game, which was played in mid-January, are sold out.

This is also a perfect interpretation of one of the major characteristics of the NBA: topics/traffic.

The NBA is a business league, and in addition to competition, these off-court topics have an unprecedented impact on the game.

Even because of this, many players focus on how to create traffic, of course, that is what happens after the players "wake up".

All in all, the attention paid to this game is absolutely unprecedented.

……

Time flies, and it's mid-January in a blink of an eye.

The Bulls flew to Sacramento and played the Kings the following night.

This game is not only followed by fans, but even the media is sniffing the smell of traffic.

TNT, as the broadcaster of this game, directly sent ace pairs such as Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith to the live commentary.

Even before the start of the game, the two had already started talking loudly about the videotape.

"If I were Joff, I would definitely leave, he's the one who shaped the culture of the Kings and it's extremely unfair to be treated like that." Barkley's "big mouth" fully demonstrates the heart of not being too big to watch the excitement.

Of course, this matter has been a hot topic recently, and it is inappropriate not to rub the hot spot.

"Charles, we're all adults, and this video is just an accident." Smith worked hard to do a good job of his own praise.

It is also obvious that capitalists and employees have such a relationship, and you don't really expect capitalists to treat you as their own, right?

However, their discussion was hot, and the most embarrassing thing was Petri, who came to the scene at this time.

As the president and general manager of the Kings, he must show up to stabilize the morale of the army on such a cusp.

It's just that judging from his dark circles and haggard description, he has been under tremendous pressure during this time.

At this moment, the players of both sides began to enter the arena one after another to warm up.

The scene immediately gave Xu Yong and Evans a cut shot, which caused a burst of coaxing from the fans at the scene.

In fact, it is not only Sacramento fans who are here today, the Kings have a poor record in recent years, and the attendance at home has not been high, a large part of these fans are here to see the excitement, of course, many of them are here to support Xu Yong.

There were some fans from Tempe, many Chinese from all over the country, and even some from China.

"Charles, who do you think will be the winner tonight?" After seeing this, Smith ended the topic and asked instead.

That's right, who will be the winner, not which team will win.

Compared with the victory or defeat of the game, this game is more concerned about the performance of Xu Yong and Evans.

"You know, I've always been a fan of Xu, and he's going to be the big winner." Barkley said with a serious expression.

Since the videotape incident was exposed, most of the voices on social media have been biased in favor of Evans, after all, Evans is playing better now.

In this era, this season, he averaged 22 points per game, ranking 11th in the league!

Not to mention that with 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Ma'ruf's pride is by no means unfounded.

So that's Barkley's usual style, which is the opposite of the mainstream voice.

And he's using the big winner here, which means he thinks that Xu Yong will not only win the data, but also win the game.

"No, no, Charles, you have no basis for this." Smith shook his head from the side.

"Twice." Barkley suddenly stretched out his hand and gestured.

Smith looked confused.

"When I was in the NCAA, they met twice and the winner was Xu." Barkley points to a piece of historical data.

Don't look at him as a big mouth, but his arguments are well-founded.

Back then, he bet on Yao Ming to get 19 points, and Yao Ming at that time had 0 points in two games, 2 points in one game, and the highest score in a single game was 10 points.

Smith smiled and nodded, but couldn't help but cast a caring look at Xu Yong.

It's not a good thing to be favored by Barkley!

On the field, the players on both sides have finished their warm-ups, and the opening ceremony has begun.

The Bulls were the first to appear as the visiting team, and when Xu Yong was the first to appear, he was warmly cheered by the fans who rushed to support him.

Rose, Xu Yong, Deng, Gibson, Noah, the Bulls are the regular starting five.

The entrance ceremony of the home team after the away team, the Kings.

Evans was also the first to appear, and he is now averaging the highest points per game for the Kings, but the highest status for the Kings is Kevin Martin, who has been with the team for many years.

Evans, Martin, Dante Green, Jason Thompson, Spencer Hawes, the Kings' starting five.

Another basis for Barkley's remarks, regardless of the East and West, the Bulls are indeed stronger than the Kings right now.

At the end of the opening ceremony, the starters of both sides appeared one after another.

"Xu Yong, come on!"

At this moment, there were Chinese fans who came thousands of miles to the scene and shouted loudly.

The shout attracted Xu Yong's attention, and he turned his head in the direction of the fan and made a fist-bumping gesture.

Then, like a hunter, he looked at Evans in the opposite half.

Come on!

(End of chapter)