I'm not really a role player

Chapter 161 Xiao Du's Ambition (5k [-]st update)
On February 2, the day after Valentine's Day, Li Ke arrived in New Orleans with his teammates.

In this All-Star game, Li Ke will be accompanied by a Bobcats teammate in every game.

In the rookie game, the teammate is Lao Du who is very active in the team. In the All-Star game, the teammate is Lao Ai who has just transferred for more than a month.

Coupled with Lauren Jackson, who came all the way from Seattle, this is all the participants of the All-Star Bobcats.

At this time, after the fact——

If there is no Li Ke, the Bobcats will be a little transparent in the All-Star Weekend, and no one will even participate.

Lao Du averaged 6.6 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. Compared with many rookies in the same class, he actually has little advantage. There are many people with better data than him, such as Yang Shaoxia who averaged 7.2 points per game for the Wizards, Daequan Cook who averaged 8.8 points per game for the Heat next door, and El Thornton who averaged 11.6 points per game for the Clippers.

One of the reasons why Lao Du was able to participate was that Thornton withdrew due to a minor injury and ailment, which vacated a spot, and the other was that Li Ke brought him a large number of fans from across the ocean.

All-Star, to put it bluntly, is an entertainment event where popularity is king, and the rookie game is the same. Look at the two old guys in the rookie game, Scola and Navarro, don't they also rely on overseas popularity?

Then there is Lao Ai. Without Li Ke's suggestion, the Bobcats would not have introduced Lao Ai, and the grand occasion of the All-Star Bobcats starting would not have happened.

Finally, there is Boss Joe. Since the three-point contest set a record in 90, Boss Joe has rarely participated in this kind of entertaining individual competition.

If it wasn't for Li Ke, how could Boss Qiao "come back" so hastily because of an invitation letter from the alliance?

Looking at Boss Joe's nervous look before leaving Charlotte, Boss Joe was also afraid of setting another record.

So, without Li Ke, wouldn't this New Orleans All-Star Weekend have no Bobcats at all?
But it's different now. At Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans, the Bobcats stopped at the gate of the terminal building.

"I've made an appointment with Patrick Ewing and the others, do you want to have fun together?"

Boss Joe made an invitation and also mentioned Ewing, who is now an assistant coach of the Magic.

He and Ewing are close friends who do everything from eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, but not doing business. It happens that gambling is legal in Louisiana, so Li Ke guessed right away that Boss Joe meant to spread his money again.

Lao Du was the first to raise his hand: "Go, go!"

However, Lao Ai rejected Boss Qiao and left with a group of his followers.

Then, Boss Joe turned his attention to Li Ke and Lauren Jackson.

Li Ke wanted to go, and he also coveted Boss Qiao's tens of thousands of dollars, but he was helpless because he was too busy.

He raised his phone: "Sorry, Michael, we have an appointment."

Looking at Lauren Jackson again, she also shook her head: "I want to go to the hotel to rest, from Seattle to Charlotte and then here, I'm too tired."

He looked at the lonely old Du behind him, and then at Tim Graver behind Li Ke: "What about you, Tim?"

"I'm working, Michael."

"Ok."

Just like that, boss Qiao, who was a bit disappointed, took Lao Du and went straight to his happy place.

Then, Li Ke looked sideways at Lauren Jackson: "Are you going to the hotel?"

The latter nodded, and Li Ke pointed to the special car sent by David Falk not far ahead: "I'll go to the hotel too, let's go together."

On the way to the hotel, Lauren Jackson was a little curious: "You said you had an appointment, but you ended up going to the hotel. Someone in the hotel invited you?"

"True, but that's just one of them."

"more than one?"

Lauren Jackson is a little surprised. Is this rookie in the NBA so popular?
Li Ke, of course, could only nod helplessly. Speaking of which, his helpless look really had a taste of Versailles literature.

That's right, Li Ke received more than one invitation.

Before he set off, Xiao Du and Kobe sent him text messages——

Xiao Du: "Can't wait to fight side by side with you again, more details, let's meet and chat!"

Li Ke replied with an OK, but he didn't use his All-Star starter to stimulate Xiao Du, because he felt that a starter with soy sauce was really nothing to stimulate.

Kobe: "Why are you going to New Orleans? I'm going two days early."

When Li Ke returned a day earlier, Kobe was a little regretful: "Then see you in the game..."

For superstars, the All-Star Weekend is not a stage where they can relax. Kobe is like this. The reason he feels regretful is that he will participate in various activities from the day before the All-Star Weekend.

There is no time for one-on-one with Li Ke.

Li Ke is actually the same, besides Xiao Du and Nao Ke, before boarding the plane, he also received a call from Day Yao:
"Charity party? Well, I'll definitely be there."

That's right, Dayao has recently set up a new Yao Foundation. Taking advantage of this All-Star opportunity, he is planning to hold a charity party. As a native of the motherland, Li Ke must of course support it.

In the end, it was David Falk, who commanded from the air: "Sheldon, remember to rest well on the first day in New Orleans. From the second day on, you will be busy. Early in the morning, you have to..."

The itinerary one after another made Li Ke feel dizzy.

He was busy, so he really didn't have time to earn the tens of thousands of dollars from Old Qiao, so he hurried to the hotel after getting off the plane to meet Xiao Du first.

After all, the Rookie Tournament starts tomorrow night, time waits for no one!
Li Ke, like Xiao Du, also attaches great importance to his teaming up with Xiao Du again. If he and Xiao Du are both in the same city in the future, the chance to fight side by side will come next year at most.

After arriving at the hotel, checking in, and parting ways with Lauren Jackson, Li Ke quickly found Xiao Du's room and knocked on the door.

"Hey Kevin, what are you doing? Surfing the Internet?"

The door was opened, Li Ke and Xiao Du hammered each other a few times, and greeted warmly. After that, Li Ke saw the dimly lit laptop screen in the room.

Xiao Du suddenly came to his senses, closed the notebook, and explained with embarrassment: "It's nothing, it's too boring, I just read it."

With this explanation, Li Ke touched his chin. Having watched Conan for many years, he believes that this matter is by no means simple.

"By the way, your Facebook account is Kevin Durant, right?"

"That's right, why?"

"I can't see your activity anymore, I thought..." Li Ke spread his hands, and the temptation came inadvertently: "I thought you changed to another account?"

"No, um, I'm just... tweeting a little more lately."

Xiao Du's explanation was very unnatural, and Li Ke naturally wanted to chase after him: "Oh, what is your Twitter account? I'll remember it."

"Uh..." Xiao Du hesitated for a long time, "EasymoneySniper, that's right, this is it."

"Wow, that's an insane name!"

Li Ke immediately sighed with emotion, the name is indeed crazy, easymoney means a cold-blooded killer who scores easily, and Sniper means a sniper, but it can also be translated as an omnipotent scorer on the court.

Where is this little Du?

Obviously, the current Xiao Du couldn't hold back the name.

Xiao Du is naturally very nervous: "Sheldon, don't say it outside, this tweet is still confidential for the time being."

"I know."

Li Ke stopped touching his chin, and decided to search this Twitter account when he got back to see if Xiao Du had made any shocking remarks.

"Then let's get back to business. Do you have any ideas for tomorrow's game?"

Xiao Du slapped the table: "Of course, I will lead the first grade to beat the second grade!"

First grade beat second grade?
Li Ke stared, Xiao Du has great ambitions.

"I'm not joking, Sheldon." Xiao Du continued,

"Do you know? How arrogant are those sophomores? They are already awarding the MVP of the rookie game! LaMarcus said that the MVP is either his or his teammate Brandon Roy's, and Rudy Gay..."

Li Ke suppressed his hand: "Okay, okay, Kevin, it's not easy for the first grade to win against the second grade. You know, the first grade has lost five times in a row. Tell me what you think..."

"It's very simple. The second-year team, to put it bluntly, is Brandon Roy's team. As long as you lock down Brandon Roy, I'll take care of the rest!"

After finishing the sentence, looking at Li Ke who was full of doubts, Xiao Du added another sentence: "It's like last year at Longhorn."

Li Ke ignored him: "So, what you mean is, I'm here to do the dirty work, and you go to win the MVP trophy?"

"Stop infighting at this time, Sheldon, you know, I have to deal with LaMarcus too..."

"Okay, okay, then do as you say."

Li Ke hammered Xiao Du. To be honest, he really has no interest in the rookie competition, even the trophy.

Xiao Du wants to try it, so let him try it.

……

After chatting with Xiao Du, Li Ke went back to his room to sleep.

Then early the next morning, on a bus heading to a nearby nursing home, he met Melon, Lebron, Wade...

That's right, during the All-Star Weekend, every participating star player has to participate in a social care action. Some will go to welfare homes, some will go to nursing homes, and some will go to the streets.

Star players will also form teams, of course, generally arranged by the league.

Therefore, now it is the arrangement of the alliance to let him meet Melon again.

"Hey, LeBron, Dwyane!"

Greeting Lebang and Wade eagerly, Li Ke finally looked at Guagua, hesitating for a moment: "Hey, actress!"

As soon as the word "actress queen" came out, Guagua became angry: "What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing, I thought you recognized this nickname after the last game..."

Melon clenched his fists, and Lebang stood up to smooth things over: "Hey, brothers, now is not the time to make noise..."

Li Ke smiled, he was actually just joking, he was unhappy looking for Guagua, so that Guagua's hostility value would increase faster.

Lebron smoothed things over, and he found a place to sit down by himself, Melon, he just yelled twice, and his clenched fists had already been loosened.

When the bus started, Melon clenched his fists again, took a few glances, and then thought about the punch Li Ke gave Artest that day, and suddenly he was very grateful to Lebang for smoothing things over.

The NBA's so-called social care activities, to put it more thoroughly, are just for show.

Of course, putting on a show is better than doing nothing, and some serious players can indeed bring some convenience to the local American community and solve some superficial social problems.

Le Bang is very serious. He painted the walls of this nursing home and even dressed up to amuse the elderly in the nursing home.

Wade and Melon are kind of not serious but at least not perfunctory. They chatted while cleaning the old man's room.

As for Li Ke, he just followed the gangsters, painting walls and cleaning, he did everything.

For fun or something, he didn't participate.

To be honest, he is just a little transparent in Charlotte and other places outside of China, and he is incomparable with Lebron, Wade and Melon.

Brushing the walls, chatting, cleaning and cleaning, the whole morning passed like this.

……

After lunch, Li Ke and Xiao Du reunited at the New Orleans Arena.

The first grade team practiced together for a while, and Li Ke also met his teammates here.

In addition to him and Xiao Du in the starting lineup, the remaining three are Mike Conley, Jeff Green and Al Horford.

The latter two are often dealt with, Kang Li and Li Ke are very strange, they just greeted each other, nodded, and passed.

In terms of substitutes, Jamario Muen, Juan Navarro, Scola, UAE and Lao Du.

Li Ke was not very familiar with the first three, but he was very familiar with Lao Du, so he had nothing to talk about, so he took Ah Lian and chatted for a while on the sidelines.

Since the end of January, the UAE has ushered in an explosion, scoring in double figures one after another, but compared with the expectations of Milwaukee and domestic fans before the draft, there is still a big gap.

It can only be said that the UAE has finally seen his hope of gaining a firm foothold in this league.

At this time, looking back and thinking about what Li Ke said to him, it was so correct!
"I've found a trainer, Joe Abnassar, KG's former personal trainer."

"Abu Nassar? What is the special training plan he gave you? Which aspect should you focus on?"

"Gain weight, fight."

"..."

If he could type, Li Ke would give Ah Lian six points.

The trainers like Lao Mei have completely gone astray on the road of gaining weight, and by the way, they have led Dayao and Ah Lian astray.

Gain weight?

That's so wrong!

"How much weight is he going to let you gain?"

"No, he just said that my confrontation is too bad and I need to improve by gaining weight..."

"..."

That's right, another six points, but this time, Li Ke decided to give Ah Lian some sincere advice.

"I suggest you change him."

"what?"

Li Ke said that he wanted to replace Abnassar, and the United Arab Emirates was surprised.

"That's right, let's change him. A trainer who opens his mouth and shuts his mouth to gain weight and doesn't set an upper limit has no real talent. My trainer Tim Graver told me the first time he saw me that I can stop gaining weight. 100 kg is the most suitable weight for me. If I go any heavier, injuries or something will come."

"Brother Lian, you are the same. According to my superficial weight gain theory, your limit should be 110 kg. In fact, it is best not to gain weight."

"No weight gain?"

"That's right, haven't you noticed the trend of this league? Basketball in the NBA will be played faster and faster, and a small and fast spirit will be the mainstream in the future. If you gain so much weight, but you can't run fast, you will still be eliminated? It's better not to gain weight and keep a small and fast spirit."

"But I'm an insider."

"Well, then I suggest you, look at the magic ball."

"Study Howard?"

"..."

Li Ke was a little speechless: "No, learn from Rashard Lewis and his backup Brian Cook, practice shooting well, and be a special player."

"Spatial number four?"

Ah Lian is not stupid. When Li Ke mentioned Lewis and Brian Cook, he immediately thought of the space-type fourth position.

Li Ke nodded his head to confirm, and patted Ah Lian on the back: "Practice your shooting and you will be successful. For you, the risk is much smaller than gaining weight."

……

When Li Ke and Ah Lian were chatting about the future trend, Xiao Du had already united the first-year team together on the field.

"Sheldon will solve Brandon Roy, brother-in-law will solve Rudy Gay, and LaMarcus Aldridge will be handed over to me, so Mike (Conley), your task is to organize the team's offense and kill Lagalondo by the way. And Al, it shouldn't be difficult for you to solve Andre Bargnani?"

Then, he clapped his hands: "Guys, we want to break the losing streak of the first-year team, end the winning streak of the second-year team, and create history. Now leave it to us!"

emmm, this chicken soup is well sprinkled, very fresh and very flavorful.

After this chicken soup, it was time for the media to open, and media reporters from all over the United States and even the world rushed in.

But there is still a big gap between players. Li Ke and Xiao Du are surrounded by a lot of reporters, and Li Ke should have the most in front of them.

Questions related to the All-Stars came one after another:
"You're making your All-Star debut this evening, so are you nervous, Sheldon?"

"No, there's nothing to be nervous about. You have to know that tomorrow I will be teammates with Michael Jordan, and the day after tomorrow I will play against Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, and Carmelo Anthony. A rookie game is not that important!"

When answering this question, Li Ke also showed off the more important game in the next two days.

Then, the reporter's question came:
"So, does the more important game tomorrow or the day after tomorrow mean that you will give up this game strategically?"

"No, no, the purpose of a professional player is not to give up any game."

"In the evening game, will your opponent be Brandon Roy or Rudy Gay?"

"Brenton Roy."

"why?"

"Why? Maybe it's because he and I both have the soul of Mamba?!"

Well, that's right, here, Li Ke once again brushed up the presence of Mamba.

"Talk about the slam dunk contest, you have so many gorgeous dunks this season, why did you refuse the league's invitation?"

"Because I don't think the time is right yet."

"Do you think the first-year team has a chance to win? The second-year team has won 5 games in a row!"

"Opportunity? Of course there is a chance!"

"Where do you think the opportunity comes from?"

"Efforts from each of us!"

"..."

　After a little adjustment, Calvin is better, but considering that tomorrow will be busier, there may only be one more update in the early morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)