Point guards: Rose, Hinrich, Marquis Teague, Sean Livingston

Quarterbacks: Jimmy Butler, Randy Foye

Junior Front: Xu Yong, Battier, James Ennis

Omachi: David West, Marcus Morris

Centres: Kwame Brown, Chris Anderson, Adams, Nazr Mohammed

Foye is the strongest of the three added by the Bulls, and the Bulls also used part of the middle-class exception to sign him on a three-year, $10 million contract.

He just turned 30 and played for the Jazz last season, averaging 10.8 points and two assists per game.

As a two-way guard, he can hold the ball, have some independent offensive ability, and accurate three-point shooting, with a career three-point shooting rate of nearly 38%, and last season with the Jazz that figure reached 41%.

He mainly plays as a shooting guard, but with a height of 1.93 meters and an arm span of 1.99 meters, although he is physically strong, he will be a little weak on the defensive end when facing tall scoring guards.

Of course, if you want to sign a full-sized dual-energy guard for three million, just three words, you want to eat fart.

Speaking of which, Foye still has a certain connection with Xu Yong, if the No. 5 pick of the Wizards had been exchanged for him as in history, Xu Yong would not have been able to get to the Bulls.

Livingston is the most famous of the three.

He is younger than Foye, only 28 years old this year, 2.01 meters tall, plays point guard, and was hailed as "the next magician" when he debuted.

Of course, this title is for reference only, after all, Sun Yue was called "Chinese magician" when he debuted, as long as he is a tall point guard, there is always a magician title suitable for you.

And unlike many people's impressions, Livingston was actually relatively watery as the No. 4 rookie, with no outside shooting, limited personal offensive ability, and the first two years of the rookie were mainly used as substitutes.

waited until the third year finally got a little better, and then suffered a knee injury that was as tragic as the scene of a car accident, and the picture of his injury was forcibly removed from the shelves because it was defined by YouTube as "very easy to cause visual discomfort".

"The kneecap was completely misaligned, the lateral meniscus was torn, and three of the four major ligaments in the knee were torn, and there was a risk of amputation," is what happened to him after that serious injury.

This kind of person would have said goodbye to sports in general, but he recovered with a strong will and returned to the NBA.

It's just that he was trapped by injuries, and he didn't play many games every season, and at the beginning he played ten or twenty games, so he continued to wander, and changed 7 teams in 5 years, which is a standard "bum".

The Bulls are willing to sign him for two reasons, one is that he has played more than 50 games in the past three seasons and looks to be free from injury; The second is that the Bulls don't have a real playmaker in the backcourt now, and he is the best player who can get a base salary.

And counting Foye, who can swing to play the No. 1 position, the Bulls can play point guard as many as 5 people in the new season, and it can be seen that the management is not so optimistic about Rose's injury recovery.

The last one is Nazr Mohammed, a veteran who is used by other teams in the league but will not be used much.

When he was young, he was a superb blue-collar who could play the main force, and when he was old, he was basically a standard veteran, averaging about ten minutes per game.

However, the Bulls signed him, except for those ten minutes, more out of consideration for developing Adams.

Just as Tony Allen played a big role in Butler's defensive growth, Muhammad can also help Adams grow.

It can also be seen from this that the Bulls management still values Adams, after all, this is the team's first lottery show in four years.

However, looking at the entire lineup, you can also see the current situation of the Bulls.

With Yao Ming's retirement, Rose's injury is uncertain, and the Bulls are no longer in the state of "the championship is in sight, everyone is coming to shoot".

Talent is declining, young people are the majority, and Xu Yong has a long way to go in the new season.

The first day of training for the Bulls was based on basic training, but there were a lot of things that impressed him on the first day.

One is David West, who is really accurate in the middle distance.

Xu Yong felt that he basically didn't lose much, and the words "middle distance is like drinking water" are the truest portrayal.

The other one is Teague, this guy's projection is really terrible.

This is a sophomore, and his shooting is even worse than his rookie season, and the gap with his brother is really not a star and a half.

Xu Yongdu couldn't help but want to ask what this guy was doing this past summer.

Then at the end of the training session, Xu Yong also found a very interesting thing, Butler and Foye seemed to have a good conversation.

Butler's personality is actually quite proud, and he doesn't communicate much with anyone else on the team except him, which makes him a little curious.

In the training session on the second day, Thibodeau directly started half-court and full-court confrontation training.

There are many newcomers in the team, and it will take a lot of time to run in and find rotations, and he is still a little anxious.

This is also the first time that Xu Yong has played the whole court with West, and the feeling of playing down is two words: silky.

It's so silky.

Theoretically, West and Gibson are a style of player, and Gibson is younger and stronger, but in fact, West is too much stronger, and that strength is not only reflected in the technical level such as blocking and mid-range shooting, but also in every detail on the court.

West is definitely an underrated player, and undoubtedly the strongest No. 4 player Xu Yong has partnered with since he entered the league.

It can be said that after this day of training, Xu Yong's expectations for the new season have increased.

Of course, there are good and bad ones.

Rose felt average all over the court, his shooting still needed time to adjust, and his breakthrough hadn't returned to his pre-injury form.

However, training camp has only just begun, and there is still time left for Rose to adjust.

……

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is early October, the Bulls' training camp is over, and the preseason journey has begun.

Because of the need to scout young players and grope for rotation, the Bulls' main team doesn't play much.

Butler and Adams were two of the Bulls' standouts.

After a summer of training, Butler's individual offensive ability with the ball has improved significantly.

You know, last season he was a 3-and-D, basically non-ball-carrying type, but this season his confrontation ability has improved tremendously, and the breakthrough after holding the ball has become very lethal.

Even, his mid-range shooting has a certain certainty.

Thibodeau often laughed heartily on the sidelines during the preseason, and Butler's progress made him vaguely see Xu Yong's shadow.

However, Butler has played for two years with the Bulls after all, and although he has made rapid progress but has traces of good results, Adams, a newcomer, is the real surprise.

Thibodeau has been in the league for so many years, and it's really rare to see a rookie as fierce as Adams.

In fact, not to mention Thibodeau, Xu Yong was also surprised by Adams.

This guy doesn't have a beard and looks clear-eyed, but he fights on the field like a gladiator who has traveled from the Middle Ages.

Or to put it more appropriately, when you watch him play, it feels like this guy shouldn't be on the basketball court, but in the octagon.

His power, his explosiveness, his confrontation, you rarely see a white player as strong as him.

And he's especially good at grabbing frontcourt rebounds.

It's not just that he's stuck in position, it's his sense of position for rebounds, and he always succeeds in judging where the rebounds will land, or what you can call the rebounding smell.

While he may look even rougher than expected as a rookie, and even the only way to score is to attack the basket, he's definitely a visible gem.

But this is actually normal, a person who only came into contact with American high school basketball in January last year, and then immediately became a lottery show this year, you can only say that he is too good to play basketball.

After this preseason, the Bulls feel like they have swept away the twilight of last season, but are full of vitality.

This is an incredible thing, because championship teams basically don't have any good draft picks, and after losing the championship strength, the rebuilding process is very long, just like the Lakers after OK disbanded.

But the Bulls looked like they had skipped the most painful of all and used their few draft picks to build a new team framework.

While this new framework will take time to test, it's a lot of anticipation.

After the preseason, Xu Yong held another pool barbecue party at his estate.

Because there are so many young people, the atmosphere of the party is much more exciting than the last time.

Xu Yong sat there, watching a group of young people DJing and shaking there, and he felt that he was getting old.

Although, in fact, the age of his current body has just turned 24 years old.

After looking at it for a while, he retracted his gaze, then took out his mobile phone and swiped the news for a while.

ESPN's strength prediction list for this year is back again.

The Heat are at the top of the list as the defending champions.

The Pacers' "no suspense" beat the Thunder in second place.

The Thunder are third and the Mavericks are fourth.

These are all "expected".

Then Xu Yong looked all the way down and didn't see the Bulls until the twelfth position.

ESPN's analysis is that Rose is in poor form in the preseason, and he is likely to be injured again, and the new season of the Bulls is a season in which Xu Yong leads a group of newcomers.

"Despite the good preseason of Chicago's rookies, Chicago is no longer a championship contender, and they may struggle to make it to the top half."

Xu Yong smiled and put down his phone, the team's carnival continued, and at this time, he saw that Butler and Foye were chatting very engagedly.

This allowed his curiosity to continue to grow.

When Butler came over, he beckoned Butler to sit beside him, and then subconsciously asked.

And as Butler narrated, he unconsciously looked at Foye, and was in awe of this player, who didn't have much of an impression.

Butler's childhood experience was tragic enough, but he was fortunate enough to meet the Leslies, join a kind family that allowed him to settle down in his life.

But Foye's experience was even worse than Butler's, as he was orphaned when his father was in a car accident when he was five years old, and his mother abandoned him and ran away from home.

In the true sense of the word, he made it to the NCAA and then the NBA by eating hundreds of meals.

This explains why Butler and Foye talk so much.

A common hobby can allow two people to have a common topic, and similar experiences can make two people resonate.

However, this is not the root cause of Butler's different view of Foye, after all, there are many people who have had this kind of experience in the place of Amika, especially black people.

What really makes Butler look at it differently, and it can even be said to admire, is that Foye is a [mirror man].

It's a somewhat unfamiliar sounding term, and it refers to a person whose body organs are mirrored by a normal person (a normal person's heart, liver, and spleen are on the left side of the body, and they are all on the right side), and the probability of its occurrence is 1 in a million.

Foye was diagnosed with pneumonia at the age of seven, and then was diagnosed as one of them.

This is by no means lucky, because the probability of survival of such people is very low.

But Foye was stunned to enter the NBA under the double encounter of eating hundreds of meals and mirror people.

How can such a person not be awe-inspiring.

And one thing Xu Yong can be sure of is that Foye can help the team in the new season.

This kind of player does not lack fighting spirit or psychological quality, what is lacking is just a stage.

Towards the end of the party, the two rookies, Adams and Ennis, were asked by Xu Yong to go to the garage and bring two large boxes of gifts.

This is a gift from Xu Yong to everyone before the start of the game.

That's AJ's new "Satan.Xu" second-generation sneaker this summer.

During the preseason, he had Butler count everyone's shoe sizes, and he signed each pair of shoes.

This time, it wasn't just Anderson who was excited, Adams was all very excited.

Young people definitely love sneakers more than old players, STX is now the most popular sneaker style on the market, and it is also signed by himself, which is definitely to be framed and collected.

"Let's have a blast, guys." Xu Yong finally picked up the wine glass from the table and held it high.

The Bulls, who were ranked eighth last time, finally won the championship directly, and this time, they don't know where they can go in the end.

"Go big!"

He was greeted by cheers from a crowd of young people.

Young people are full of energy.

……

The Bulls' opponent in the opener was the Heat.

This year, Stern finally let James go and turned to another set of topics.

Bulls and Heat, although James is no longer with the Heat, but last season the Heat ended the Bulls' dynasty in the Eastern Conference finals, and the feud between them continues.

This game has attracted a lot of attention, in addition to the grudge between the two teams, Rose's comeback is also a highlight.

Of course, Jamie is also watching this game closely.

This season, the Pacers are back, the Heat is the biggest opponent, and they also want to see the Bulls make a fool of themselves, after all, James is here today, all thanks to the Bulls.

Before the start of the game, it was the championship award ceremony of the Heat.

It is worth mentioning that although Riley used his ability to keep Haslem, Haslem was suspended for 20 games by the Heat, and he did not attend the award ceremony.

When Xu Yong saw this, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: Ammeika, the kingdom of the Jews.

The Heat raised their second championship banner in franchise history.

Xu Yong looked at the banner with a firm gaze.

Dynasty, what he lost, will definitely be regained.

After the opening ceremony, the two sides started the furnace.

Heat: Money, Wade, Granger, Bosh, Hibbert;

The Heat's biggest addition this past summer was the signing of Devin Harris with their mini-midrange to ease the pressure on the guard.

Although the team won the championship last season, Wade's consumption is not small, and Riley is obviously doing early protection in the new season.

In addition, the Heat also signed Michael Beasley, Rashad Lewis, Greg Oden and a number of other players who came to shoot.

The Heat have a solid roster, and ESPN's predictions show that they are favored to defend their title.

Bulls: Rose, Butler, Seo, West, Brown.

Brown jumped the ball for the Bulls, and the new season officially kicked off.

The first offense of the Bulls' opening revolves around Xu Yong, and the current Bulls are a team that completely belongs to Xu Yong.

However, Xu Yong is holding the ball and looking for Rose's chance.

Last season's experience showed that he alone was not enough, and Butler had not yet developed his playmaking skills, so helping Rose find form was a must.

Rose broke through after covering with West, and Xu Yong successfully fed the ball in.

Rose faced Bosh and got a good chance to play small.

He sped past Bosh's low-handed layup, but missed the basket with Bosh's interference.

Bosh defended the defensive rebound, the Heat played a defensive counterattack, and Wade broke through Butler's lost step for a layup.

A round very similar to last season's Eastern Conference final.

This time, however, Butler gave a stronger confrontation, forcing Wade to devote more energy to deal with it.

Eventually, Wade was forced to make a difficult rebound with a pull-up, and the ball swirled around the basket before sliding in.

Butler shook his head when he saw the ball go in.

Xu Yong went over and touched his head.

Although Butler still didn't stop Wade's fast break in the end, the improvement of his defensive ability can be clearly felt.

You must know that in the same round last season, Wade ate Butler raw.

Continuing the Bulls' offensive round, Xu Yong was still making the ball for Rose.

This time Bosh had an early contraction, and Rose's cut didn't even get the same opportunity as the previous round, and he was forced to move to the weak-side three-point line.

But that's when West made a move, and instead of staying where he was when Rose moved, he quickly moved to the basket.

When Xu Yong saw it, he gave up holding the ball and quickly stuffed the ball in.

Big and small under the basket.

Of course, Chammos didn't sit still, but when he tried to stop it, he found that West's power was much greater than he had imagined.

West crashed away from Chanmoss and easily put the ball in the basket.

Xu Yong smiled and high-fived West as he retreated.

There are parts of ESPN's analysis that he agrees with, such as the average state of Rose's comeback, such as the fact that this Bulls team is indeed predominantly young.

But their biggest omission is West.

Maybe a 33-year-old veteran doesn't make much of a difference in their eyes, but in fact, he's been underrated.

This round just now, which is the detailed selection of West's choice on the court, he will appear in the most suitable position.

The Heat's positional battle ended with Wade scoring another shot against Brown's throw.

Brown put a lot of pressure on the ball, but Wade threw it in with his body out of balance.

Xu Yong muttered in his heart when he saw it.

You poured champagne on your knees last season, but isn't that any loss in form?

Because the state of Wade after leaving James in 2012~2014 was a historical event, Xu Yong really didn't expect it.

It can only be said that he has experienced a historical assumption, and Wade was miserable by James during the Big Three period.

The Heat team is in this state, and it does have the momentum to defend the title.

When he received the ball in the front court, Xu Yong did not continue to make the ball for Rose, but directly beckoned Brown to block and dismantle.

Rose's form doesn't happen overnight, and it's more important now to win this game to boost morale.

Brown's pick-and-roll was still solid, Xu Yong crossed Hibbert to the basket, and Bosh was forced to shrink to the basket.

At this moment, Xu Yong suddenly turned around and knocked the ball to West, who had moved 17 feet away.

Show up, 17-foot assassin!

West receives the ball, tiptoes on both feet, and shoots from mid-distance.

"Huh!"

With a crisp sound, the two points were firmly in hand.

There was a stirring at the scene.

No one expected West to score the first four points of the Bulls.

And West's move is too ...... It's demonic.

That's right, that's the word, he's older, but he's always in an attacking position on the field.

Xu Yong retreated and high-fived West.

It's a little strange to say, even if you count the training camp, he and West have only been working together for two months, but there is an inexplicable sense of tacit understanding.

It can only be described as a natural tacit understanding between people with high ball quotients.

After the Heat advanced to the frontcourt, Wade did not continue to hold the ball, and Bosh responded with the ball in the high post.

However, the Bulls were very aggressive defensively after scoring consecutive goals, and the Heat couldn't find a chance to pull away for Bosh to play alone.

Bosh opted for the back-to-back singles, where he had an advantage in terms of height.

But after two blows, West was as motionless as a wall, and his strength was more than enough to fight Bosh.

Seeing this, Bosh turned and broke through to the basket.

But West anticipated his offense and stuck early to force his turn angle.

This time Bosh was stopped by the defense.

Of course, the dragon king is more than that, he took advantage of the situation and turned back to shoot in the opposite direction.

This kind of ball West can't interfere with as a floor flow player, especially since he is at this age, and he can only put as much pressure as he can with his hands raised.

"Phew!"

Bosh's shot went wide of the basket.

After two offensive attempts were blocked by West, although he shook off the chance, it was not easy to hit.

West managed to protect the rebound and threw the ball directly to Rose from the perimeter.

Rose finally found an opportunity to accelerate his fast break and shake off a layup by Chanmoss for his first point of the season.

The scene was agitated.

Xu Yong didn't score a point, but the Bulls opened the game with the Heat in a stalemate.

Now Miami fans are all asking questions, is this Bulls really as weak as ESPN says?

They were thinking about it, after Granger scored a goal, Xu Yong and West turned around and blocked and dismantled, and directly broke through the basket with both hands to score.

After completing the dunk, Xu Yong exhaled a long breath.

It's comfortable.

West's seemingly ubiquitous presence makes the Heat have to pay attention to him, and this attention, he gets a different space to break through.

This is different from Yi Jianlian's No. 5 arc top play, but the effect is the same.

The first quarter lasted about 8 minutes, and the score on the court was 25 draws.

If the opening stalemate may have brought a bit of luck, then the performance of the Bulls in this quarter really brought out the strength.

Although the squad is younger, they are clearly stronger than they were at the start of last season.

At this time, Xu Yong was also replaced by Thibodeau and went to rest.

Rose, Butler, Battier, Morris Jr., Anderson.

Thibodeau came off the bench with three points in one go, and three shooting points, obviously trying to take the opportunity to find form for Rose.

In fact, this is indeed the case, and the Bulls' tactics for the next four minutes revolved around Rose.

He is true love for Rose.

However, this section did not work well, and Rose was indeed a little abrupt.

Xu Yong couldn't help but sigh off the field at this time, Ross really couldn't go back.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Rose also went to rest.

Hinrich, Foye, Butler, Battier, Anderson.

At the beginning of the season, Thibodeau was still groping for the lineup, and the rotation range was relatively large.

But looking at the lineup on the field, Xu Yong couldn't help but be happy.

Because he found that everyone else was up and down, but Butler never went down, which clearly showed that he was replacing himself as the number one player.

But it's definitely a good thing, Thibodeau's team, you value you.

Young people, not scrapped in the, grow up in the.

Then Butler broke through Brewer for a layup in the first round of the second quarter and caused a foul.

Then, in the face of the boos of the fans at the scene, he hit two free throws steadily.

And back on the defensive end, he directly covered Ray Allen's tactical no-ball three-pointers.

If Wade's goal in front of him is not visible, then it is obvious to switch to Ray Allen as a reference now.

Butler's ability to get around the screen and read the defense is a huge improvement from last season.

To put it accurately, this season's Butler is already a player who can compete for the defensive level.

And his improvement seemed to be much more than that, and after an offensive breakaway to attract a pinch shot, he decisively split the ball to Foye.

Although the ball was actually a little late, it was clear that he still had room for improvement in terms of organization, but it just gave Foye a chance to show.

He shook off Williams, who had already pounced, with a fake throw, and then shot three out of three, and his hand went down.

Foye high-fived Butler in the middle of the defense after the goal, and the two who had a close relationship off the field were also very calling.

The Bulls beat the Heat 5-0 in the second quarter.

Spoelstra was a little confused.

The Bulls are indeed a team dominated by young people, but there is something really in their group of young people!

……

In the final four quarters, the Heat narrowly defeated the Bulls 110-106.

Although they won, they didn't have any advantage on the court, in addition to allowing Xu Yong to score 34 points every day, they allowed David West to get 21 points and 7 boards, the latter even overshadowed Bosh, and Butler had 17 points and 5 boards, and Foye had 13 points, which exceeded their expectations.

If Rose had played a little more normally, the Bulls would have won this game.

It's hard to imagine that this is a team that has just failed a dynasty.

So one of the interesting things after the game is that the James are surprisingly quiet on social media, and they don't even taunt the Heat for not playing well or something.

Because the Bulls are like this, you have changed a wave of young people, and you still have this kind of combat effectiveness!

If this happens later, it will really be more than lucky.

After all, although they have formed a new version of the Plus Big Three, whether it is James, Paul, or even Bynum, they are all defeated by the Bulls.

……

After the match, Xu Yong and West followed Thibodeau to a press conference.

West's new signing's performance was impeccable, and Xu Yong's performance was also normal, so reporters naturally turned their questions to Rose.

Rose finished with just 12 points, three assists and three turnovers on 5-of-13 shooting tonight.

The question was asked by ESPN's old acquaintance Windhorst, who had been rubbed by Xu Yong for several years and finally made some progress, this time he did not ask Xu Yong or Thibodeau, but aimed the question at the newcomer, who looked kind-looking.

"It's a worrying state of affairs, but if you were to target the championship, do you think a trade would be a better option?" Windhorst's questions were also quite explicit.

West was indeed a newcomer, and he didn't know much about Windhorst, who had played in the West for many years, so he was a little caught off guard by such a question, but after thinking about it for a while, his answer seemed very interesting.

"I think if we aim for the championship, we can't do without it."

These words directly burned out the Wenderhorst CPU.

Xu Yong couldn't help but laugh when he heard it.

West's words were actually a dialectical answer, but the first said it was fine, and the second did answer the question.

However, Winderhorst was clearly not going to give up easily, and he then asked: "I mean trade, to trade for players who are more helpful to the team. ”

'I don't think we need a trade, he's been part of the championship formula in two of the last three seasons, he's part of the championship formula, all we need is help him get back into shape.'

West's answer at this time made other reporters can't help but exclaim, West has been playing for the lesser-known Hornets before, and they are only now realizing that this man has such a good coping ability.

Xu Yong couldn't help but stretch out his hand to applaud, and then took the microphone to make up for it: "I don't think all players choose to abandon their teammates when they are injured or in poor condition like people you know. ”

At this time, the other reporters couldn't help but smile and stretched out their hands to applaud.

It goes without saying who Winderhorst, James's royal correspondent, knows.

When the press conference was over, Xu Yong left with West, and he couldn't help but give West a thumbs up.

The bookish air he felt during the negotiation last time, he felt it again tonight.

"Do you have time tomorrow? Last time you invited me to a party at the estate, and as a gift in return, I wanted to invite you to my house. West then offered to extend an invitation to him.

Xu Yong didn't expect West to make such an invitation, because it wasn't the first time that the party had been held for him, but the two times combined, West was the first to ask him back, rather than taking it for granted.

"My pleasure." Xu Yong replied with a smile.

……

The next evening, Xu Yong took a bottle of red wine from the window and went to West's house.

He is not as elegant as a king, a basketball player still knows how to taste wine, but he only needs to know one thing, the more expensive the red wine, the more advanced it must be.

West has long been married, and after he signed with the Bulls, he dragged his family directly with him.

When Xu Yong arrived, he saw West playing with his two children in the courtyard on the first floor.

Seeing Xu Yong coming, West also enthusiastically introduced the two children.

"This is my son, David, and this is my daughter, Darcia."

Many Americans like to get their son's name the same as their own.

This custom has its roots in the British royal family, and Americans are descendants of the British, and some of the more traditional people will be named like this.

For example, Kenyon Martin's son is also called Kenyon Martin, but in fact he is distinguished by his middle name.

For example, David West's son's full name is actually David Benjamin West.

"Welcome, good-looking uncle." His daughter is still young, but she speaks strangely nicely.

After playing with the children outside the door for a while, West took Xu Yong to his study on the second floor.

It was a real study, and when Xu Yong saw the books in that room, he probably understood why he had always felt bookish from West before.

After sitting down, Xu Yong handed over the red wine he brought.

"You don't have to be so polite, it's already my honor for you to be a guest with me." West was genuinely humble, although Xu Yong felt that he seemed to be a little too polite to himself.

"This is Amarone?" Then after taking a look at the red wine, he couldn't help but exclaim, this is the most famous red wine in Italy, this bottle is new from 2012, and it is worth more than 100,000 US dollars.

"It was given to me by a sponsor, so it's free." Xu Yong said with a smile.

He was very popular in Europe, and the sponsor had invited him to a winery in Tuscany for a wine tasting that he didn't have time to go to, so he gave him some.

West couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

People who really have status don't have to run by themselves to ask for things, and others will send them to the door.

"Honey, can you help me?" Just then, the voice of West's wife came from downstairs.

West looked apologetic, then got up and left the study.

Xu Yong waited for a while and didn't see West come back, then got up and walked to the bookshelf.

As a fellow player, he knows that he is busy enough to train in normal times, so he doesn't like to read much, if he does.

But West's bookish air was something he hadn't seen before, and curiosity was inevitable.

He skimmed through some of the names on the side of the book.

"The World as Will and Appearance", "Being and Nothingness", "Thus Said Zarathustra......

After reading it for a while, he was a little big, because the name looked like a philosophy book.

He is a baller, and he can't be said to be indabble in this kind of thing, but he can only say that he doesn't know anything about it.

But it was also at this point that he seemed to understand why he could say such dialectical words at a press conference.

He switched to the bookshelf on the other side, and then was stunned.

"Twilight in the Forbidden City", "Opium War", "Modern Chinese History: China's Struggle", "Scholars and Chinese Culture", ......

He had never heard of the names of these books before, but he knew that they were related to Chinese history.

He took out the book "Dusk in the Forbidden City", sat down and read it.

The author of this book is Johnston, at first he thought he was a Chinese, but after reading the content, he learned that this person's original name was Reginald Fleming Johnston, an Englishman, and Pu Yi's teacher.

The content of this book is to recount his experience as an emperor, and then express his basic ideas of political restoration and cultural conservatism.

This kind of book, not to mention a foreigner, is estimated to be very difficult to read by a Chinese.

Because if you don't really know that history, you can't resonate.

"I'm sorry." That's when West returned.

"You see this?" Xu Yong put down the book in his hand, and then asked in surprise.

West smiled and nodded: "Johnston has lived in China for thirty-four years, he knows China very well at that time, and this book is very valuable." ”

After these words came out, Xu Yong could basically confirm that West really looked at things, instead of looking at the first page of the character design like everyone else.

And after confirming this, he instantly felt that the distance between himself and West had narrowed a lot.

After all, how rare it is for you to meet a colleague in a foreign country who is interested in the history of your own country.

In particular, you're all still playing basketball.

"Are you interested in Chinese history?" He then asked.

"I'm interested in history, but you know ......," West said, already sitting down, spreading his hands helplessly.

Well, Emmelica doesn't have much history, and it's very simple to say that the British and the French fought around the land, and then the British won, killed all the natives and established the current country, and then began to resell arms and immigrate.

"To be honest, I envy your country, which has a history of five thousand years and is very bright." West then sighed.

"I was surprised." Xu Yong told the truth.

"Reading history allows me to better understand the truth of things, such as China, I know China's history, including what has happened in the past 100 years, so I have no doubt that China will rise again." West also started a conversation with Xu Yong.

Xu Yong's eyes when he looked at West at this time were even more different, because West was no longer interested, but really understood, and even agreed.

The two of them then chatted along the topic.

Strange as it may seem, he is now really serious about China's history and development with an American.

Just then, West's wife came to the room and beckoned them to go to dinner.

The two got up one after another, and Xu Yong also put the book back on the shelf.

"I've always wanted to go to China because I know more about it in books." When he went out, West couldn't help but say.

"I think I can be a guide next summer." Xu Yong said with a smile.

He felt at the moment that it was the most meaningful meal he'd ever had, because it wasn't just about deepening his relationship with his teammates.

(End of chapter)