Xu Yong had a strong desire tonight and caused tons of damage to the Warriors, and ninety percent of that damage went to Green.

Green was speechless and helpless, speechless because it was clear that the grudge between James and Xu Yong was even greater, but why didn't Xu Yong target James and target him? The helplessness is that he has no way to target Xu Yong.

He couldn't beat the ball, he couldn't fight, and more importantly, he tried to spray Xu Yong back, but found that it only made Xu Yong more excited.

But people's emotions always need a place to vent, and if they are blindly suppressed, they will break down psychologically, so he instinctively transferred his emotions to James.

When he didn't perform well before, James would still care about him, as if he didn't take those words he said in the podcast to heart at all, but only at this time did he reveal his true face under the mask.

Sure enough, his previous idea was not wrong at all, because the functions were too overlapping, and James squeezed him away was almost a certain choice.

No, he must not sit still, Xu Yong has a very right saying, James is the one who came later, the Warriors still belong to Curry's Warriors, and he, Curry, and Thompson are the foundation of the Warriors.

Xu Yong didn't know what Green was thinking, if he knew, his originally unhappy mood might be healed instantly, and he might even be unable to help laughing.

The contradiction between Green and James is even bigger than he imagined, and it is only masked by the constant victory.

However, Green's slump did not put the Warriors behind, because the fact is that James can do most of the things he can do and can do better, as for the only defense that cannot be replaced, the Warriors still have not much to do on the defensive end tonight.

But without Green's help on the inside, Xu Yong's destructive power to the Warriors' restricted area was magnified, and he frequently sprinted and penetrated directly into the Warriors' restricted area.

The two sides were entangled until the decisive moment, and Kerr still put out a five-man lineup at the last moment.

It's just that at this time, Xu Yong was in a hot state after a whole night of sprinting, and he broke out at one time.

He showed his desire and scored 11 points in a row in the final minute with a bag to take the game away.

"I told you! It's a satanic alliance! Barkley shouted excitedly in the last moments.

In the Jordan era, there was actually no shortage of stars huddled, such as Barkley himself, who said that he went to the Rockets at the end of his peak, but he was actually only 33 years old at that time, 1 year older than the current James.

But unfortunately, as he himself said, he met Jordan's comeback, and Jordan ended too many people's championship dreams in that era.

So history is a cycle, and what James is going through is nothing new.

According to the statistics after the game, on the Warriors' side, Curry had 29 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, James had 25 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, Thompson had 21 points and 4 boards, and Green had 6 points and 5 boards.

On the Bulls' side, Xu Yonghong scored 63 points, including 21 points in the final quarter, and it was also the second time in the season that he scored 60+, Butler had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, Adams had 11 points and 21 boards, and Jokic had 13 points and 5 boards.

When the handshake at the end of the game, Xu Yong noticed a detail, that is, James daily advance player tunnel, this scene was seen by Green, Green got up and tried to call him back, but it was unsuccessful, which made Green look angry.

It was this moment that made Xu Yong realize that he, the gardener, had done a good job tonight.

This scene was captured by the media and caused huge controversy on social media after the game.

"Green hits so badly, what kind of face does he have to stop the king?"

"So if you lose, you can leave early?" From the comment of "KBfnas".

"It's just that it's nothing to lose, not to mention that it's just a regular season, and it looks like you can't afford to lose."

"You still have a face, if Green plays a little more normally, will you lose this game?!"

"Green is a soft guy at all, the Warriors' biggest problem is with him, hurry up and replace him, please!" From the comment of "Zhong Zhan's life".

"Oh, Green played well before LeBron came, and sure enough, my prediction was right before, LeBron will destroy one every time he arrives at a team!"

"You guys are really going to be online, co-authoring without our king, you can win 27 in a row? Don't eat with a bowl, put down the bowl and scold your mother. ”

"Enough of you, it's just a game, no one is happy when you lose, it's normal to have a little conflict, don't let others lead the rhythm."

"Get out of the way, we haven't seen any conflicts before we lost, since we joined later, let me be honest and abide by the rules."

"Who gave you the face, and you have been joining in, you can't win the championship without our king!" Comment from "Lakers number one fan".

……

When the time came to January, unexpectedly, there was no civil unrest in the Warriors, and even the turmoil quickly subsided.

It's a bit unexpected, but it makes sense.

Although James did not sign a 1+1 contract with the Warriors, and his influence on the management was not as great as during the Cavaliers, his coffee position was there, and Green did not dare to do anything.

And this season the Warriors have no way out, even if there are some internal contradictions, both the coaching staff and the management will deal with them in line with the principle of turning big things into small things.

So if there is a follow-up to this, it will be strange.

"It's a pity, it's a pity!" Anderson sighed there again, it seems that he is a person who loves to watch dramas.

"Play well." Xu Yong also continued to remind.

Contradictions, unless they are solved at the root, are like thorns in your heart, you can't pull them out, you just keep taking painkillers, and in the end it will still kill you.

Moreover, people who watch the drama must have the mentality of a theatergoer, if they wait for it to come out of the finale like chasing a serial, it is too deep into the drama.

After the Warriors' intra-team conflict subsided, the team went into winning streak again.

When there are no contradictions, their hard power is there.

However, as the season progressed, Green's tactical status with the Warriors became lower and lower, and recently, what he can do on the court has become very functional, which can basically be summarized into three things: the space inside the small-ball lineup (standing at the top of the arc to pull the space), the inside gate in the small-ball lineup (hand-to-hand combat with the opponent's center every night), and the mobile forward in the regular lineup (wiping the butt of others).

Or you can sum it up simply and crudely in four words: dirty work.

Because James can do the things he can do better, so Kerr will naturally give those to James, otherwise signing James will be meaningless.

At this time, many people, and maybe even the Warriors management, will instinctively have a thought in their hearts: if they just need someone who does the dirty work now, then why not change to a higher space inside?

You know, the league is now entering the era of small ball, and it's not that there is no space inside.

Some fans even proposed a very operational trade plan: send Green to the Magic team in exchange for the Magic's starting center Dedmon and "mop" Harris.

This gives the Warriors a height, and it also fills in the current problem of weak bench scoring ability.

As for the Magic, they also have a problem of not scoring enough points on the ball, Payton Jr. has not developed a projection and has gradually lost patience, if they get Green, then their point guard can look for a functional player like Beverley or Dellavedova, and many problems can be solved.

It's a win-win from every angle.

Except, of course, Green.

No one can deny that Green's success is due to the splash, and if he leaves the splash and the Warriors' system, no one can guarantee that he can still play like he did in the first two seasons, just like Odom did back then.

In fact, Green himself knows this very well, so he will be willing to do the dirty work for the Warriors, and he will do everything he can to stay.

It was the end of January, when the league announced the final results of the All-Star vote, as well as the bench list.

Eastern starters: Irving, Butler, George, Xu Yong, Antetokounmpo;

Subs: Paul, Wall, DeRozan, Anthony, Love, Anthony Davis, Drummond

Western starters: Curry, Harden, Durant, James, Griffin;

Subs: Westbrook, Lillard, Klay Thompson, Gordon Hayward, Gasol Jr., Cousins, Jordan Jr

Green was unsurprisingly defeated.

Green's stats this season are basically the same as before he played, averaging 7.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2 steals and 1.4 blocks per game, shooting 39.6% from the field and 30.8% from three-point range.

With such data, it is obviously impossible to make it to the All-Star.

Oracle Arena, Auckland.

Green is in rough hands-on practice with second-year player Kevon Looney.

Looney barely played with the Warriors last season, but he got along well with Green and has worked hard to get into the rotation this season.

Green and his confrontation have begun to be somewhat passive.

Speaking of Looney, this player is also amazing, because he is 2.06 meters tall and has an arm span of 2.20 meters, and the draft template in high school was Durant, and then in college, he suffered a serious hip injury at UCLA, was transformed into a blue-collar center, and then was picked by the Warriors at the end of the first round.

But the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and Looney's habit of playing has made him have a strong individual ability to play alone when he is training, and Green is struggling to face him as if he is really facing a weakened version of Durant.

"Fack!"

Finally he exploded into a foul language and slammed the ball to the ground.

The ball flew high and Looney froze.

Green is actually not bad for the rookies on the team, on the one hand, because he went to the base training camp and understands the meaning of inheritance, and on the other hand, from the perspective of his own interests, he knows very well that these rookies cannot threaten him.

At this time, the rest of the Warriors also came to the training gym one after another.

Green turned his head and saw James and Curry walking in laughing.

It is said that Chandler Parsons of the Grizzlies is the most well-known courtesan in the NBA, but compared to his ability in this area, even Parsons is far behind in front of James, and James's skill points in this area are full.

Seeing this scene, Green, who was already in an unhappy mood, felt that his chest was clogged, as if he had a feeling that his wife had been seduced away.

After a while, Kerr also entered the training gym, and after greeting Curry and James, he then signaled for training to begin.

As with the training content during this period, the process is to first do without the ball, then at half-time, and finally with full-court confrontation.

James has been playing more and more smoothly recently, and even the outside feel is quite good.

Green looked more and more unhappy, this was not just his wife seduced away, but there was a Jewish feeling in the Middle East, not only took everything from him, but also drove him to the toilet.

During the half-court confrontation training, an unexpected person appeared in the arena, which made Green's nerves tense instantly.

General Manager Myers.

Miles came in and chatted with Cole for a while, then walked straight over to Green.

Green felt drops of sweat begin to appear on his forehead.

"Draymond, can we talk?" By the time Miles actually walked up to him and spoke, he felt his ears already buzzing a little.

Looney, who was on the side, saw that Green didn't react, and hurriedly patted him.

Green reacted and nodded, and then left the training hall with Miles.

"Draymond, have you ever thought about leaving the Bay Area?" Miles was polite and made Green a cup of coffee before speaking.

Green tensed up instantly, and although he expected that Miles might be looking for him because of the trade, when it did happen, he still couldn't accept it at all.

"I'm not going to leave here, I grew up with Stephen and Klay and we created the culture of the Warriors." After recovering from his composure, Green said quickly.

Miles had a helpless look on his face when he heard this, Green was really a person who was not easy to mess with.

'Of course we all know what you've done to this team, that's why we're sitting here and we're communicating.' Miles spoke calmly, and although he was young, he was the man who made this team.

"I'm not leaving." Green emphasized.

"Like you said, I also grew up with you, so I am more like friends with you, do you want to listen to your friend's analysis?" Miles shifted his tone.

Green didn't speak, and Miles assumed he agreed.

"Now you're in a declining position on the team, your stats are declining, you haven't even made it to the All-Star this year, and that's just the beginning, and if you stay here, it's only going to get worse, and if you go to a new team, it might get better, and of course, we'll take your opinion into account."

No rumors are groundless, and the news that broke out on social media before shows that the Warriors are indeed in contact with other teams.

Green didn't say anything right away this time, he frowned.

Myers is not without a point, unless he can snatch the ball back from James, his situation with the Warriors will indeed get worse and worse.

But does he have that ability?

Under normal circumstances, there is naturally none, which is why some people are destined to be opponents, because they have too many similarities.

"I won't leave unless Stephen and Clay tell me they need me to go." Again, Green emphasized.

Miles pursed his lips and nodded, "I will respect your personal opinion. ”

After sending Green away, Miles also shook his head helplessly.

Green's relationship with Curry and Thompson is too close, so even if he is the general manager, he can only communicate with Green in a consultative tone.

Because in terms of interests, Green does have the possibility of agreeing to leave.

But Green's resolute attitude surprised him, and Green was also very smart, always emphasizing the relationship with the Splash Brothers, which made it a little difficult for him to deal with it.

Because if he forces a trade, there will be bigger problems within the Warriors.

However, it is not a bad thing to have such a meeting, at least he does not have to worry about Green offering a trade because of internal problems, or he can also understand that Green's words just now are that he has accepted his current status in the team, and he just wants to stay.

After greeting Miles' mother cordially, Green felt his eyes fire when he returned to the training gym.

He himself is a person who is not very easy to control his temper, which has something to do with his experience as a child and the experience of the base camp.

After a season of depression, he now just wants to find a place to vent.

Cole called him over at this point, and was about to start a full-court confrontation.

"Steve, I'm going to the bench." Green volunteered.

Cole was a little confused, but nodded anyway.

Miles should have talked to Green about something, which inspired Green's fighting spirit, and going to the bench team is a manifestation of this.

The Warriors' full-court training began quickly, and soon after the start, they entered an extremely intense state.

Green defended James off the bench and was not only hard defensively, but also very confrontational.

At first, James was still smiling and didn't take it too seriously, but as Green's movements became bigger, James also realized that Green was going to cause trouble today.

Kerr also found out, reminding Green after an altercation.

Green didn't hear it at all.

In fact, if you want to say how much he is afraid of James, in fact, he doesn't, because James is different from Xu Yong, Xu Yongna really gave him a flying knee in the NCAA, which made him remember for a lifetime, not to mention the pain of an egg, but James is nothing more than a league status higher than him.

"What the hell do you want to do?" Finally, after a vicious foul by Green, James was also hairy.

The current status of Green in the Warriors can be said to be very marginal, and he really can't figure out where Green got the courage to challenge him.

That's when Curry walked over and he separated the two.

However, he didn't blame Green, but pulled James aside: "Draymond hasn't been in a good mood lately, don't take it too seriously." ”

James was stunned for a moment, but nodded anyway.

Curry, like Wade back then, is a real team player, the kind of person who is willing to make sacrifices for the team, but unlike Wade, the technical characteristics between them do not conflict, and they can even be said to complement each other perfectly, which makes the two get along very happily and makes him respect Curry very much.

Over there, Thompson also pulled Green and chatted for a while.

Kerr was also smart at this time, and directly switched Green back to the starting team, which avoided a direct clash between the two.

I saw that the training match was coming to an end, but at this moment, something unexpected happened.

It was after the starters managed to defend the bench and Green was about to reach for the rebound, but James picked up the rebound under the basket.

There was nothing wrong with this choice, but the mistake was that it happened at the wrong time.

Green watched the ball being taken away from his hand, and the person who took it was James, the accumulated and even pent-up emotions exploded in an instant, and he pushed James directly from behind, pushing James so much that he stumbled and almost fell.

Fortunately, the two have already clashed before, and the rest of the Warriors can be said to react very quickly, and they quickly separated the two when they went up.

James didn't look at Curry's face anymore at this time, and shouted directly at Green: "Who do you think you are? You're just a backpack on Stephen now! A heavy backpack! ”

Curry hurriedly motioned for James to stop talking, he knew that such words would stimulate Green's nerves too much.

As a result, he was still late, Green was like an angry bull, directly shook off Thompson who was pulling him, rushed to James, and then in James's unbelievable situation, and in a situation that no one else expected at all, he picked up his sandbag-sized fist and directly aimed at James's cheek is a flying fist.

"Bang!"

There was only a muffled sound, and by the time they reacted, James had already been knocked to the ground by Green's punch.

The event escalated in an instant.

Intra-team clashes are not uncommon in the NBA, but it's not often that this kind of intra-team practice game directly kills teammates.

At this time, at Cole's shouting, Looney and Pachulia went up and forcibly dragged Green away.

And Curry also went to check on James' situation for the first time.

"Fack! Damn it! James was exploding, and the whole person looked extremely angry.

"Calm down, LeBron, calm down first." Curry raised his voice as high as he could, knowing that it was just a punch from Green, and if the two of them fought each other, the Warriors' season would really be over.

Finally, after the teammates tried back and forth, the conflict between the two sides finally did not continue to escalate.

But James didn't stay on the training floor, and after shaking off Curry next to him, he went straight back to the locker room.

Of course, no one noticed him, the corners of his mouth went up, and he didn't know if it was a twitch of pain, or something else.

……

At a river-view villa in San Francisco, James is applying ice to his face with the help of the royal team doctor.

He grinned in pain, Green was really too ruthless to do this.

After the doctor finished dealing with it, he still felt that his face was hot.

After a while, Fu Paul entered the room, and James stretched out his hand to signal the doctor to go out first.

"Done?" After the doctor left, James looked at Fu Paul and asked.

"King, Draymond should be decided." Fu Paul nodded.

Hearing this, James wanted to laugh, but he grinned in pain and put it away again.

But he laughed inwardly.

Green targeted him like this at the beginning, and his technical characteristics were so similar to him, it was inevitable to squeeze him out.

It's just that after staying for half a year, he discovered the close relationship between Green and the Splash brothers.

Not to mention him, even the Warriors management probably didn't dare to move Green easily.

But the method is always based on people's ideas, using Green's temper to create a conflict, and then exposing the conflict, is Fu Paul's plan.

Let everyone know that it's not him James who is messing up the team this time, it's Green.

It's just that to his and Fu Paul's surprise, Green is really a big guy who rushed up and punched him so hard.

Even if he had taken precautions beforehand, he still didn't dodge.

He reached out again and touched his face.

Thankfully, the punch was worth it, because they bribed a staff member of the Warriors to video it and would send it to ESPN.

As long as the footage is exposed, Green will not be able to stay with the Warriors at all.

Oh, fight with him, Wade couldn't fight him back then, how could a young man like Green be his opponent?

……

The time came to February 1st, which was still half a month before the All-Star Game, which was the calmest time in the league, but on this day, ESPN broke a shocking news, which was like a thunderbolt that shocked everyone in an instant.

Chicago Union Center Training Hall.

"Boss, something happened! Something happened! ”

Xu Yong was in a one-on-one heads-up with Butler, and Anderson rushed in like a newspaper seller.

Looking at Anderson, who shouted that something was wrong in his mouth, but his face was extremely excited, Xu Yong couldn't help frowning.

Is this something happy?

"Kyle, calm down." Waiting for Anderson to run to his side, Xu Yong couldn't help but speak.

"No, boss, something happened, something happened!" Anderson hurried.

"What else could happen? Could it be that Green beat up James? Xu Yong had a speechless expression.

"Eh, boss, how do you know?"

(End of chapter)