"You're retiring?"

Returning to the United Center after the championship parade, Xu Yong was a little surprised to hear O'Neill say that he was going to retire.

Because O'Neal has controlled his weight well this season, it is not a big problem to play another year next season.

"Five is enough, and I don't want to be on tiptoe when I retire." O'Neill quipped with a laugh.

Hearing this, Xu Yong immediately understood.

Injuries are an athlete's worst enemy, and Nowitzki walks with a limp after retiring because he has lasted too long.

And speaking of which, O'Neal didn't get much playing time in the finals, and he should also want to leave in a decent way.

"You're not afraid that Kobe Bryant will get the 6th?" Xu Yong asked with a smile.

"If he can do it, then congratulations to him, although I know he doesn't have much hope." O'Neill listened generously, but still didn't forget to lose it.

However, from the perspective of Xu Yong, a reborn, Kobe Bryant's career did stop at five championships.

The biggest reason is that Kobe Bryant is getting older, and his competitive state has begun to decline significantly.

You must know that in the history of the NBA, excluding the ancient times, there are only two players who can lead the team to win the championship after the age of 35, Jordan and Abdul-Jabbar.

In addition to their own excellent strength, there is also a very important reason why the team is also strong.

So unless something deviates from history, in this world, O'Neal will have the same number of championships as Kobe.

"Oh yes, my Bengal tiger just recently gave birth to a baby tiger, do you want it?" O'Neill then asked.

Obviously, he was repaying Xu Yong for a season of delicious food.

“…… Can a male get pregnant? Transgender tigers? Xu Yong was stunned for a moment.

He had seen those two tigers, the Bengal tiger had come to smell him, and the stout little tiger brother he had seen with his own eyes.

"What? No, no, I have two Bengal tigers, kept separately in captivity. O'Neill explained.

Xu Yong immediately understood.

Then, he gladly accepted O'Neill's special gift.

The experience of having a tiger as a pet should be very good.

However, if O'Neill retires, Yao Ming's substitute next season will become a lot of problems.

In the finals, O'Neal Jr. served as Yao Ming's substitute more often, but O'Neal Jr. signed a two-year 10 million contract with the Bulls last summer with a player option for the second year, and now that the team has won the championship, he has also played well in the Finals, and most of them will jump out of the contract to seek a long-term contract.

You must know that he is only 32 years old, and he has size and projection, and there are still teams willing to bet on him.

So Yao Ming's substitute next season is Asik? It sounds a bit hanging.

If this problem is not solved well, Yao Ming is forced to play more, and then causes injuries, then it will be a big problem.

However, Foreman performed so well last summer that I believe this year will be good as well.

As soon as I thought of Cao Cao, Cao Cao came.

Foreman was about to go to the office, but when he saw Xu Yong here, he pulled him aside to chat.

"I heard you fought San Diego State when you were in Arizonada State before?" Foreman asked Xu Yong a very detailed question.

Xu Yong nodded, although it was two years ago, he still had an impression of that game.

Because in that game, there was a future supergiant Leonard.

At that time, Leonard's skills were not good, and he was basically the same type and style of play as Draymond Green who had played before.

The only difference may be that he has more hands than Green.

But even this characteristic is not necessarily a good thing for him.

Because his ability to control the dribble is also really average, which makes his big hand look not Jordan's type, but Rondo/O'Neal type, and may not be able to develop projection.

"Kawhi Leonard, do you have any impressions?" Sure enough, it was Leonard who Foreman was asking.

Xu Yong nodded.

"What do you think of him and Jimmy Butlerby?" Foreman then asked.

The reason why he asked Xu Yong was because after two months of investigation, he found that Butler and Xu Yong described almost exactly the same.

It doesn't sound like a surprise, the senior understands the junior.

But the problem is that Xu Yong has never played with Butler, and except for a month of training together in the offseason, the two usually don't see each other.

This made Foreman feel that Xu Yong had some insight into seeing people.

So when I bumped into him, I just asked Xu Yong's opinion, if this wave really chooses someone that Xu Yong also values in the end, it can also bring the relationship between the two closer.

"If Jimmy is 8 points, Kowye is 10 points." Xu Yong made a comparison.

The contrast surprised Foreman.

"Okay, I got it." Foreman didn't ask again, but patted Xu Yong on the shoulder and left.

This made Xu Yong stunned, he seemed to ...... Got a high score?

However, Foreman's sudden appearance made him focus on this year's draft.

It's really hard to say who the team will choose this year.

Although Foreman asked Butler and Leonard just now, what the Bulls are lacking most now is the interior.

Some of the opportunities Asik gave him last season were too buttery, and the stats were okay for the weak teams, but the high-intensity games were embarrassing.

Although the free market can also sign, the Bulls have little salary space, and they still have to rely on selection if they want to have a future.

I don't know if Butler will actually come to Chicago.

After the championship parade, Xu Yong gave himself a small long vacation.

The cattle in this plough land have to rest for a few days, they have played basketball for two lifetimes, and they have won the championship, so they can't enjoy it?

His main thing these days is to buy things, he usually has little time to spend with his parents, and his parents rarely come here now, he buys and buys.

Although he actually pays the money directly to his parents, many times what parents need is not money, but the process in which you accompany them.

He even bought him a Ferrari that his father had always wanted to take him for a ride, and quietly took him to Chicago's nightclubs.

This is probably the most meaningful thing between father and son.

And then the other thing he did was collect star cards.

The star card, as the name suggests, is a card with a portrait of a celebrity, the earliest words can be traced back to the end of the eighteenth century, of course, the popular words were in the fifties of the last century, first as a giveaway from tobacco companies, and later derived from sweets and toys.

It's the same as eating instant noodles when you were a child, except that its collection significance and value are higher.

This belongs to Xu Yong's special personal hobby, in his last life, he had a thick star card book, but he put down this hobby in order to make up for regrets before this life.

But now, there is money, there is leisure, and there are conditions.

So he paid for the ones he could, and then prepared to sign them for the new season and frame them, so that by the time he retired, he would have several walls in place.

After all of this was done and his parents were sent back to China, the draft was about to begin, and he also went to New York.

Mainly to support his younger brother Jimmy.

Whether or not Butler ends up with the Bulls, the guy who came to Arizona State because of his advice, wants to know where he's going to end up.

The second thing is to feel the draft again.

Two years have passed in a blink of an eye, but the experience of the original draft meeting is still vivid.

This is similar to the feeling that most people will want to go back to campus again after many years of graduation and feel like yesterday.

Only this time he didn't have a chance to sit in the little green house, but waited with Butler and his adoptive parents by the stands.

Little Jimmy's eyes were full of adoration when he looked at Xu Yong.

Senior, champion, sophomore FMVP, Satan who created the war of killing gods, Xu Yong has too many halos worthy of his worship.

And Xu Yong deliberately came to the scene to support him, which made him even more moved.

Xu Yong chatted with Butler for a while to tell him not to be nervous, and then looked at the little green house.

There are a lot of old acquaintances in the Little Green House this year, such as Kemba Walker, who just led the team to the championship, Leonard, who played in the Invitational Tournament before, and Klay Thompson, who competed in the PAC10 League as a sophomore.

Oh yes, and Jane Wesley, the "Czech Yi Jianlian" he joked with Sandek about kissing his girlfriend.

One thing to say here is that the NBA league and the players' union have to sign a contract, which will stipulate many rules such as salary caps, maximum salaries, base salaries, transfers, etc., that is, collective bargaining agreements.

Whereas, collective bargaining agreements are time-limited.

Therefore, often when the old version of the collective bargaining agreement expires, because the new collective bargaining agreement cannot be reached at the first time, it will trigger the suspension of the alliance.

All the shutdowns you know are because of that.

This is also easy to understand, because collective bargaining agreements are signed for a few years, and the NBA income is high, and the players naturally hope to collectively increase their wages, but how can capitalists easily agree to this kind of thing?

This year, on the other hand, coincides with the end of the old collective bargaining agreement.

So next season the NBA is already expected to shut down.

Yes, you read that right, most people already knew this before the NBA officially shut down.

So the direct result of this is that many people who can choose are not participating in this year's draft, and from the perspective of Xu Yong's reborn, the 2011 draft of many talents is actually a smaller draft year than 2009.

The small year of the draft means that the draft picks are not worth much, and many unexpected things will happen.

At this moment, the photographer at the scene swept to the stands, and Xu Yong appeared on the big LED screen.

There was a burst of cheers from the audience.

With the shine of this year's finals, Xu Yong's popularity swept across the United States like a hurricane.

His appearance undoubtedly added a strong color to this year's draft year.

And on this occasion, fans on social media inevitably pulled the Grizzlies out and whipped them again.

"The Grizzlies made the greatest trade of the 21st century in the draft two years ago, but unfortunately they didn't have a first-round pick this year, alas."

"Xu is already a champion and FMVP winner, on the other hand, Tabit, who scored an astonishing 1.2 points and 1.4 rebounds in the Rockets last season, what Hornets traded Kobe, compared to that, it is simply not enough."

"If the Grizzlies had Xu Yong last season, I even think they could beat the Mavericks, and the Bulls didn't have Xu Yong, then ...... Grizzly Bear Championship! ”

"You guys are too much, I have to say a few words for the Grizzlies, the selection of Xu Yong is required by the Bulls, if there is no Bulls, the Grizzlies will definitely use their pick...... Tabit's. ”

"That's true, if that's the case, Xu Yong will go to the Thunder, the Thunder champion?"

……

While fans were teasing on social media, Stern stepped out of the stage behind the scenes and began the 2011 NBA Draft with the daily boos of fans.

His expression looked slightly haggard at this point, and the impact of the NBA shutdown on the league was obvious, and by July 1st, he would be busy.

The first pick went to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

After James and O'Neal left one after another, they left the Cavaliers with a mess that they couldn't even make up for because of salary issues.

In addition to Yao Ming's own wishes, another important reason for getting Yao Ming before was that the Rockets didn't want to accept the Cavaliers' contract.

So they can only choose to swing badly, dive into the lotto, and take the penultimate place.

Although they did not have the worst record, they finally reaped the "blessing of Stern" and were happy to mention the top pick.

There is also not much suspense in the choice of this signing.

Kyrie hasn't let go of Ego Owen yet.

Irving played a total of 11 games in college and was injured, but his talent is visible to the naked eye, and his ability to combine man and ball is at an all-time level.

If it is a big year in the draft, he may fall out of the top three because of the sample size of the game, but there is no suspense in such a small year.

In fact, the results of the lotto are similar to what Xu Yong knows.

Jane Veseley kissed his beautiful girlfriend after being drafted by the Wizards, while Kemba Walker headed to Charlotte as Jordan's only unsightly draft.

Then the Bobcats also drafted Bismarck Biyombo with the 7th pick in a three-way trade to form the inside and outside twins of the rebuilding best model.

And it was this deal that sent Fredette, the "lonely god" who would dominate the CBA in the future, to the Kings.

The Warriors successfully picked Klay Thompson with the 11th pick, and the Splash Brothers were officially born.

However, I don't know if it's because of the upcoming shutdown that makes the team managers unwilling to spend too much energy on the draft, unlike the frequent transactions in '09, this is almost out of the lottery, and there is only one deal.

Until, 13th in line.

This pick became magical because of Kobe, and this time, there was also a transaction that surprised Xu Yong.

The pick originally belonged to the Suns, but the Suns sent Carter to the Mavericks along with the pick in a trade.

The Mavericks' chips were the signings of Brandon Haywood, Caron Butler, and the No. 26 pick this year.

Carter scored 13.5 points on 42.2 percent shooting from the field with the Suns last season, a career-low scoring record, and struggled to perform, while he still has a one-year mega contract of $18.3 million left in the new season, not to mention that he is 34 years old.

This is basically a player who has no other way out than a buyout.

And Caron Butler was only 31 years old last season, although he was out for the season.

Of course, the most important thing is that he is cheap, with a new contract of 24 million for 3 years and 8 million a year, which is exactly a fraction of Carter's.

And Haywood, who is an addition, is also a garbage contract, but next season is the final year, and this kind of contract is easier to handle at the trade deadline.

So the trade reinforcement will allow Nash to have a rush in the final year of his contract next season, and then save almost $10 million in spending, at the cost of just turning their No. 13 pick into No. 26 sign, which is quite a good deal.

You must know that Jennings, who they selected two years ago, was not even able to play the historical performance because of the competition.

After getting the No. 13 pick, the Mavericks selected Kawhi Leonard from San Diego State University.

Yes, the Mavericks cut off Leonard!

Xu Yong is a little confused, so the ultimate goal of this deal is Leonard?

But the Mavericks already have Marion, so why would they still pick Leonard?

No, how could they fall in love with Leonard?!

But in fact, at this time, the most shocked person was not Xu Yong, but everyone in the Spurs draft hut.

Popovich was stupid.

They have already negotiated a deal with the 15th pick, and they are waiting to be selected.

You must know that Leonard's draft prediction is the middle of the first round, and this pick is enough for them to take Leonard safely.

But the Mavericks actually traded a lotto draw directly!

Leonard was also a little confused.

He's already spoken to the Spurs, and he thinks he's going to Texas.

It turned out to be to Texas, but Dallas.

The Mavericks' draft hut, after seeing the selection of Leonard, Cuban, who was present in person, breathed a sigh of relief.

The key to their selection of Leonard is still in Foreman.

The Bulls' championship changed a lot of things.

For example, the team mode of their top-talented young people and active superstars directly swept the Heat and inspired many teams.

You know, the salary cap is constant, you give the Big Three, your role players are bad.

The immediate effect of that is that if one of your giants is out of play, you're nothing.

But the Bulls have a model with superstars and strong rotations to ensure a lower limit, and talented young people to push the ceiling.

That's why there were rumors that the Thunder might trade Westbrook.

But Cuban sees more, and he also sees Foreman's draft vision.

The selection of Ross may have been selected with closed eyes, but in 09, Xu Yong, James Johnson, and Ty Gibson were selected, which is very level.

Needless to say, Johnson started all the games with the Grizzlies last season, and the Grizzlies contributed to the black eight, while Gibson started a lot of games even last season.

So Cuban has been keeping an eye on what happens in this year's Bulls draft.

Everything you like in Foreman, I have to go and see twice.

So when Foreman set his sights on Leonard and also tried to trade up for the draft pick, Cuban got to know Leonard well.

The big premise here is that the draft in this period is not as thorough as in the future, otherwise the Spurs would not have been able to acquire Leonard with the 15th pick in their history.

The draft is still going on, and Xu Yong is slowly coming back to his senses.

In fact, judging from Jennings' experience, players may not be able to play in a different environment.

Leonard's growth is tied to the culture of the Spurs, and it's unclear what the Mavericks will develop into.

If it can really grow, the Mavericks' future competitiveness will be very considerable.

Moreover, Nowitzki's style of play stayed at the end of his peak for a long time, and it was almost not until 2016 that it fell sharply.

History has taken a wonderful turning point here, and it's interesting.

When Butler saw Xu Yong's expression at this time, he couldn't help but look at Leonard on the court.

In a trance, a thought popped into his mind: Could this be his future lifelong enemy?

The draft kept going down, and soon it came to the end of the lotto.

When the draft came to the 28th pick, the Bulls traded up with the Raptors with the No. 30 pick and some cash, got the pick that originally belonged to the Heat, and selected Jimmy Butler.

The main purpose of this wave of operations is to prevent the Spurs from being the 29th pick.

When he was selected, Butler couldn't hide the excitement on his face, got up and hugged Xu Yonglai excitedly.

On the one hand, because he made it to the first round, his previous prediction has always been the first part of the second round;

On the other hand, and even more importantly, he really went to the Bulls and played with the seniors he respected!

Xu Yong also patted Butler on the back.

Since Noah was traded, he has been missing a younger brother role on the team, and Butler, also from Arizona State, is a good fit.

And if Butler can grow to that level in history, that's important for the future of the Bulls.

You must know that Ross doesn't listen to persuasion, and the injury doesn't know when it will break out, and Yao Ming can't keep fighting.

And the 28th pick is also more compatible with Butler's phase than the original 30th pick.

After hugging Xu Yong and his adoptive parents, Butler took the Bulls hat handed by the staff and trotted onto the stage.

His joy is reflected in his demeanor.

The Bulls fans who arrived at the scene also let out a burst of cheers.

Although their understanding of Butler is limited, Xu Yong personally came to the platform for him, and he is also Xu Yong's apprentice, which is worth looking forward to.

And as a rookie selected by the defending champions, Butler also attracted a lot of attention on social media at this time.

However, most people's reaction to the Bulls' choice was completely different from that of the Bulls fans at the scene.

"1.98 meters tall, 2.01 meters arm span, 81 cm bounce on the spot, 99 cm running bounce, standing touch height 3.57 meters, to sum up: static talent is not good, dynamic talent is not good."

"Aren't the Bulls lacking interior line? Why did they choose another Swingman? They have Tony Allen off the bench at shooting guard and Battier at small forward, is that really incomprehensible? ”

"And Butler played in junior college in his freshman year, and he spent a year in his junior year, just because he was Xu's junior? This is a proper relation! ”

"It's said that the Bulls originally wanted to pick Kawhi Leonard, and he was a spare tire."

"Although Leonard has a poor dynamic talent, his staticness is historic, and he has a pair of big hands, so it is better not to have this spare tire."

"Let's hope Foreman punches me in the face again, even though I think it's almost hopeless, it's the worst draft the Bulls have had in nearly a decade!"

……

"I'm excited to be with the Bulls, we've just won the championship, I know what we're aiming for, and I'm going to give it my all."

Butler was also full of anticipation when he was interviewed by reporters offstage.

Although, probably few people take it seriously.

At the end of the first round, the Heat bought back the No. 30 pick belonging to the Bulls from the Raptors after paying a lot of cash, and then picked Norris Kerr.

So this wave can be regarded as an indirect wave trade between the two opponents of the Heat and the Bulls.

And after Butler was selected, Xu Yong took him to a nightclub in New York to celebrate.

"Do you know the impact of the shutdown?" In the private room of the nightclub, Xu Yong asked him while smoking a cigar.

Butler shook his head, and to be honest, he only focused on training, and although he had heard of the suspension, it was not clear what it was.

"Three, number one, your summer league and preseason games are gone, which means you guys don't have time to adjust to the NBA this year."

Xu Yong's first sentence stunned Butler, and he originally wanted to compete with Leonard when he beat the Mavericks.

"Second, your income is gone, and the team can't sign contracts and pay wages during the shutdown."

Now Butler is even more confused, who do you talk to after being drafted by the NBA and having no income?

"Thirdly, you can't use the team's stadium and I'm the same, the players don't have to do with the team during the lockdown."

Butler was really confused.

"There are two workarounds." Xu Yong said and put down his cigar.

Butler listened.

"The first one, go to the Drew League, there should be a lot of NBA players going there this year, and you can train in Tempe."

Butler nodded when he heard this, the Drew League is quite famous in the United States, he has heard of this.

"What about the second one?"

"Go to an overseas league, but sign a team with an NBA jump clause." Xu Yong was very patient in this wave of teaching.

Because you are the other party's senior, will the other party be willing to be your younger brother?

The answer is no, the relationship between people is not that simple.

In order for others to trust you, you have to help them when they need it most.

The reason why Rodman was willing to be Jordan's younger brother was not only because Jordan was strong enough, but also because Jordan recommended Rodman, who was unpopular at that time, to the Bulls and gave the latter a chance to continue playing in the NBA.

"I'll pick the first one." Butler thought for a moment and then said.

"The right choice." Xu Yong nodded.

Butler is just a rookie now, and he can't get a big contract overseas.

And this year's shutdown won't last long, and the Christmas season will start around the corner.

"What about you, senior? Will you also play in the Drew League? Butler couldn't help but ask.

Xu Yong nodded.

In fact, he also considered the idea of returning to the CBA to play for a few months, just like Yi Jianlian, to improve the influence of the CBA.

Although the CBA has a clause that restricts foreign players and cannot jump out, it does not restrict domestic players.

But in the end, he still gave up, the reason is simple, the level of the CBA league is too low.

The state of the players needs to be maintained at a high level, and the abuse of vegetables will destroy their own state.

And those exchanges between him and Yao Ming actually inadvertently revealed their coincidental thoughts.

Because of the problems of grassroots soil and education system, it is not realistic for the men's basketball team to take the popular route.

A key factor, the popularization of sports professions, is a concomitant product of economic development.

When you're under pressure to survive, it's impossible to get the next generation into sports.

This means that the men's basketball team can only take the high-precision route, which is why he and Yao Ming want to send good seedlings to the United States and Europe, rather than promoting the opening up of foreign aid.

Butler instantly smiled when he heard this, if that was the case, he and Xu Yong could compete together.

You must know that he is a rookie, whether there is a shutdown or not, let alone playing with Xu Yong in the rookie season, there will not be too many opportunities to play, so this is really rare.

After chatting about business, Xu Yong also ordered some girls.

What surprised Xu Yong was that when Butler went to the next room to practice ball control, he brought three big waves of girls into it together.

These 28 picks are really a good match for him.

……

The draft ended, and the Bulls only made a selection in the first round, and the second-round pick was directly sold.

This kind of draft picks at the end of the second round is unlikely to get a chance on a championship team.

In contrast, it is clearly better to target the free agent market in the future.

Of course, because of the shutdown this year, it is not known when this free market will open.

Fast forward to July 1, because the owners and the players' union still can't reach a consensus, and the NBA officially ushered in the fifth shutdown in history.

As Xu Yong and Butler described, the players are all free at this moment, whether you have a contract or are free agents themselves.

For example, Delong, who was traded to the Nets last season, went to play in the Turkish league as soon as possible.

It is clear that in anticipation of the lockout, capable players have already thought about the way out.

And stars like Delong are all out of the clause, basically rushing to make league awareness for other countries.

Xu Yong didn't go to the Drew League right away, he first returned to Tempe with Butler, where he began training this summer.

Grover is also in Tempe at the same time, and he will help Xu Yong with intensive training in the summer.

In addition to consolidating his skills, this time he will focus on two fundamental abilities: fitness and passing.

Although he had expected to suffer playing under Thibodeau, the reality was beyond his expectations.

Can you believe that the finals will be played for 44 minutes?

Although his ruthlessness is only aimed at young guys, unfortunately he is one of them.

So he still has to practice his physical fitness, and if he doesn't practice to be able to play 44 minutes in the finals, it's all unqualified.

And with Grover's presence, it's not that it can't be done, it's just that he's a little tired.

Then there's the passing, which isn't bad, but it depends on the game.

The one in which he played abnormally in the finals, because of his poor hand, he made a lot of mistakes after being targeted, even if the entire finals are counted, his average mistakes per game are not low.

This is normal, if a sophomore player plays the finals with no low efficiency and low mistakes, then it is really playing a video game.

So he still has to practice this part.

Vision and reading do not require training, but passing power and angle need to be strengthened.

All in all, it was another fulfilling summer for Xu Yong.

In a flash, in mid-August, Xu Yong and his party of five left Tempe for Washington to prepare for the Drew League.

That's right, not only Xu Yong and Butler, but also Harden and they will join in.

There are a lot of NBA players who have come here to play this year, and this is also an opportunity to test the results of their training over the past month or so.

About the Drew League, you need to popularize some necessary knowledge.

First, except for the front row of the audience, that is, the circle of seats on the side of the court, tickets are sold through the community, and the rest of the tickets are free, and the players will not get any money in the game, it is a "pure" basketball league;

Second, and based on this "pure" principle, those violent and bad street players will not be allowed to participate in the game, and they will be vetted by special people, so it is a safer league than street basketball;

Third, the game starts in June every year, divided into the regular season and the playoffs, and the finals are played in mid-September, but the players of each team are not fixed, and they only need to be determined before the game starts, and it is precisely because of the regulations that NBA players are given the possibility to participate in the Drew League;

Fourth, the league doesn't advertise NBA players to join, and for fans who line up early in the morning to watch a game, seeing an NBA star at a game is an absolute surprise and a close encounter.

From these points, you can already understand why it is so popular.

Prior to this, at the beginning of August, James and Durant had already used a peak matchup to advertise for this year's Drew League.

James landed airborne and played a quasi-triple-double of 33 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists, losing to Durant, who scored 59 points on the opposite side.

In that match, James showed the results of his back-to-back singles training, which is still a big improvement from last season.

Xu Yong's previous judgment was right, James really worked hard this time.

Then, Xu Yonghui and Butler will join a team called Cheaters II against Kobe's Home team.

Harden, DeRozan and Ayles join another team that will play against Durant's team later.

At 8908 May Boulevard, Washington Park, there were probably only more than 100 fans on both sides of the arena, except for a few people who paid for tickets to have seats, everyone else stood to watch the game.

At this time, they didn't know who would be on the field, although many of them were lucky because of the parachutes of James and Durant.

Then, they were really lucky.

When Xu Yong came in with Butler through the door, the scene was already full of Satan's shouts.

As a new FMVP, he is now absolutely popular.

After entering the venue, Xu Yong also followed the local customs, and after greeting the other three basketball enthusiast teammates, he turned around and performed a big windmill slam dunk for the audience, which instantly detonated the audience.

Speaking of which, he didn't have much chance to dunk in the intensity of the Finals, but he's ready to have some fun in the Drew League today.

And not long after he finished heating up, the arena boiled again because Kobe Bryant came.

Kobe's appearance caused another shout on the scene, although the Lakers were swept last season, but Kobe's popularity as the first active player is not covered, but it will not be less than Xu Yong.

Kobe Bryant was joined by this year's star show Derrick Williams.

It has been reported in the news that Williams has been training with Kobe Bryant for two and a half months this summer.

After Kobe Bryant came in, he walked towards Xu Yong, and Xu Yong stepped forward with a smile when he saw it.

The two bumped shoulders and hugged, then chatted about their summer training.

In fact, it is a pity for Xu Yong not to be able to play Kobe Bryant in the finals, after all, they have two common masters: Olajuwon and Jordan.

And he knows that if there is no accident, Kobe Bryant will never enter the Finals again.

"Senior, I'm here to defend Kobe." The warm-up was almost over, and when the game was about to start, Butler took the initiative to ask Xu Yong.

"Are you sure?" Xu Yong asked with a smile, he knew that Butler was competitive, but letting him defend Kobe Bryant was something that would destroy his self-confidence.

Butler nodded firmly, his eyes full of longing.

Xu Yong thought about it and agreed, after all, Butler didn't fail to guard against him when he was training.

Soon, the game began.

Williams jumped possession for the Home team.

Bryant didn't ask for the ball at first, but stood aside and watched Williams play.

This is obviously to see the success of his disciple's training.

But unfortunately, Kobe Bryant didn't see it in the end, because the person who defended Williams was Xu Yong.

Xu Yong didn't give face to this rookie, who was also a role model, he came up with a steal, and then went down quickly, and directly performed a 360 turn and dunk in actual combat.

This opening made the fans on the scene high.

Xu Yong has won the main game, and he can also play the exhibition game.

Kobe Bryant was not happy to see this, this beating disciple has to look at the master, if you are so direct, then I am not welcome.

Because it was a performance game and it was not included, Kobe Bryant played Butler one-on-one.

Then Kobe Bryant soon found that Butler's defense was much better than he expected, especially the confrontation, which was higher than the average rookie.

And just as he turned to break through, Butler cut to the ball with such speed that he made a quick move.

This instantly caused a burst of exclamations from the scene.

However, Kobe Bryant's reaction was really fast, he felt that the ball was cut, and immediately reached out to get the ball back, and used a strong confrontation to knock Butler away and then drift back to the bottom line to hit.

This instantly detonated the whole field, and the reflexes and the stability of the shot after the strong confrontation highlighted a handsome.

Bryant looked at Butler after scoring and tried to find frustration in the latter.

But as a result, he didn't find even a single trace.

Butler even went straight to the baseline to serve like a nobody.

"It's kind of interesting." He couldn't help but look at Butler a few more times.

A rookie at the end of the first round of the draft, even if he values young players very much, he will not pay attention.

But it was at this time that he suddenly felt a little trance.

Why does this guy look so much like the boiled egg in the poster on the wall of his home when he was a child?

On the fourth day of the day, ask for monthly ticket support~~

(End of chapter)