NBA: I really just want to be a second-in-command

Chapter 147

Players who knew each other from both sides were greeting each other after the game.

A rookie like Lu Yusheng basically didn't know anyone, so he planned to leave.

Looking up, a group of reporters were already waiting on the sidelines.

Lu Yusheng had a headache.

But what he didn't expect was that Deron Williams walked towards him.

Lu Yusheng originally thought that he might be walking towards someone else, so he turned around to check and found that there was no one behind him.

It was for him.

And [-]% of them came to fight.

It seemed that this kid was very worried about the conflict with Lu Yusheng during the match just now.

Of course Lu Yusheng was not afraid of him, although he knew that Delong was an amateur boxer.

But who is not a boxer?

That guy in Lu Yusheng's system is basically a professional boxer.

"Feel sorry."

The first sentence Delong came over made Lu Yusheng relax his clenched fist.

It turned out that the boy came to apologize.

"I want to tell you that it's because I didn't play that I gave you the opportunity to be arrogant. If I was there, you couldn't win."

Lu Yusheng: ...

Well, I am still too naive.

"Then you're up for it." Lu Yusheng sneered.

"I want to tell you, kid, don't be arrogant. Our business is not over yet. See you in the next game."

Before Lu Yusheng could speak, a figure stood in front of him, "Hey, rookie, what are you doing?"

It's Kobe.

"I repeat, Kobe, I'm not a rookie, please respect me." Deron stressed.

"If you want to gain the respect of others, the premise is that you must first learn to respect others."

Kobe said, "Don't be arrogant just because you have made a little achievement. What's more, you don't seem to have achieved much. That is to say, Coach Sloan takes you too seriously. In fact, in my opinion, you are still far behind. Well, in the position of point guard, let alone others, you are not even as good as my little brother."

Kobe patted Lu Yusheng on the shoulder, "In this game, his performance completely blown you away. You also caused me to lose $[-]."

"What hundred thousand dollars? What are you talking about?"

"Hey Deron, I think Kobe was right."

Master Sloane's voice came from behind.

"As far as this game is concerned, his performance is indeed much better than yours." Sloan said, "You should apologize to others for your arrogance, instead of embarrassing yourself here."

Kobe laughed.

Deron gritted his teeth, "See you in the next game, Kobe, remember, I will make you value me."

After speaking, he turned around and left angrily.

Kobe took the initiative to shake hands and hug Coach Sloan with a humble expression.

"Sorry, this kid is a little ignorant," Sloan said.

"Young people should be crazy, it's normal." Kobe said, "He played very well, the only thing he shouldn't be is that he shouldn't put his arrogance on the outside, but should keep it in his heart. You indulge him too much, you have to Let him learn to respect first, especially a legend like you."

Sloan smiled bitterly, "That's why I've always envied that guy Phil. He's really lucky. He can always meet an outstanding guy like you, otherwise he wouldn't be able to beat me."

Kobe also laughed, "I think so too. That guy was just lucky. He met Shaq and Michael and won a few championships by chance. I can't stand him anymore."

"Sir Utah welcomes you at any time, if you don't dislike the cold place in Salt Lake City." The old man joked.

Kobe laughed loudly, "When I decide to leave the Lakers, I will definitely go to you first."

Sloan also smiled, and when he was about to leave, he glanced at Lu Yusheng again.

The old man offered to shake hands with Lu Yusheng.

Lu Yusheng didn't dare to neglect, so he hurriedly went forward to shake hands with the old man.

"Son, tell me, who did you learn your touchdown pass from?"

Lu Yusheng was taken aback for a moment. Obviously, the reason why the old man asked this question was obviously because he saw the shadow of Stockton in Lu Yusheng's ground pass, so he asked this question.

As Stockton's mentor, if others can't see it, he must be able to see it.

"No other meaning," Sloan said with a smile without waiting for Lu Yusheng to answer, "I just think you pass it very well. Come on, you have a bright future."

"Thank you."

Sloan gave Kobe and Lu Yusheng a meaningful look, and sighed again.

"Goodbye."

After finishing speaking, the old man turned and left.

Lu Yusheng asked, "Why did he look at us and sigh?"

"I don't know," Kobe said. "Hurry up and get an interview. They're all waiting. I don't know why these bastards are so interested in a rookie."

Lu Yusheng said, "Didn't you have a lot of media interviews when you were an All-Star for the first time. You were also a rookie at that time."

"Nonsense, I've been an All-Star player since I entered the league. No, when I was in high school, I was already the focus of the media."

"Why do you still play as a substitute when you are so strong?"

"..."

Lu Yusheng took the opportunity to slip away quickly.

A large group of media hurriedly gathered around.

Interviews are nothing more than those boring questions.

Now Lu Yusheng could basically guess what they were going to ask in advance.

It is nothing more than the reasons for the conflict between him and Deron on the court, and the feeling about the Lakers' current six-game winning streak.

Lu Yusheng tried his best to perfunctory, played the golden mean, and won everyone's harmony.

A female reporter suddenly asked him a personal question.

"Lu, from a rookie that no one cares about to a popular celebrity player now, has there been any change in life, for example... have you got more female friends?"

The reporters laughed lowly, and Lu Yusheng naturally understood what it meant.

"My life may not be as rich as you imagine. In fact, I spend most of my time training. Of course, I can answer your questions. I have a girlfriend, and I love her very much. Yes, I I really love her, so there is no such problem as you mentioned." Lu Yusheng said.

This is not only for the reporter, but also for Avril. I hope Avril can hear it in front of the TV.

At the team's post-match press conference, a reporter asked Zen Master, "Zen Master, the Lakers played very difficult in the regular season last season, and finally entered the playoffs as No.7 in the Western Conference, and were finally eliminated by Phoenix. ,

And this season, we have noticed that your condition seems to be very good. Now you have won six consecutive games and have not lost so far. We have also noticed that the Lakers' lineup this season is not much different from last season. Just joining the rookie Lu, do you think the Lakers are in such a good state this season, is it directly related to Lu's joining? "

Zen Master took the microphone and said, "Of course it is related. The addition of Lu has brought us a wealth of tactical options. Moreover, his defense in the first position has greatly improved our entire team. Is the most important thing, besides, he is only a first-year rookie, so, I mean, he is really a guy with great potential... Even, I can say this, I haven't seen it in many years Such an outstanding rookie, no less than Michael back then..."

The reporters looked at each other, beaming with joy, whispering to each other.

"You mean... Lu Yusheng's potential is comparable to Michael Jordan's?"

"Of course, when Michael first got to the Bulls..."

"Let me say a few words." Before Zen Master finished speaking, Kobe on the side suddenly said, "Our improvement in this season's record is indeed related to him, but it's not just because of Lu. In fact, the biggest reason is that experience. After the failure of last season, all of us hold our breath and want to prove ourselves in the new season. This motivation motivates us to become stronger, and more importantly, the growth of Bynum and Odom makes us Our inside line is stronger, I can't say that this change has nothing to do with Lu, after all he is the league's point guard nemesis, but it's not as big as you think."

Reporters laughed when they heard the phrase 'the league's point guard buster' come out of Bryant's mouth.

Although Kobe was not as generous with himself in front of reporters as Zen Master was, Lu Yusheng was very grateful to Kobe because he knew Zen Master and Kobe's intentions very well.

Zen Master praised him so much that he even said that Lu Yusheng did not lose to Jordan. The reason is very simple. It is nothing more than to make Lu Yusheng more popular when he can, so as to increase his worth and make him more valuable in trading. Zen Master understands this very well. sets.

Kobe naturally understood the intention of the Zen master, so he said this.

"Lu, what do you think about Zen Master and Kobe's completely different views?" The reporter asked Lu Yusheng again.

"Well, I think so. In fact, the value of a player is achieved by his hard work on the field, not by others. It is inseparable from everyone's joint efforts, after all, you all know that as a point guard, no matter how delicate your pass is, if your teammates can't make it, then these passes are worthless." Lu Yusheng Modest answer.

"It can be seen that your head coach Zen Master admires you very much. We all know what a legendary coach he is in the history of the NBA. He has coached so many outstanding players. But just now he said that your performance is amazing. It’s phenomenal, even similar to Michael Jordan in his rookie period, what do you think?” The reporter asked again.

"It will be an honor for every player to meet a coach like Phil, there is no doubt about it." Lu Yusheng said with a smile, "I don't know if my performance can be compared with that of Michael in the rookie period, but I What you know is that no matter how Michael plays, at least he doesn't have to worry about being traded."

Zen Master's face suddenly turned a little ugly, but he still kept smiling.

……

After the media conference, the Zen master stopped Lu Yusheng.

"Hey, Lu, if there's nothing else to do later, I want to talk to you and go to my office."

Speaking of which, the Zen master went to the office without waiting for Lu Yusheng to answer.

"Sorry." Lu Yusheng said, "I have something to do later, let's talk about it another day."

After speaking, Lu Yusheng turned around and left.

The Zen master looked surprised and a little embarrassed.

Kobe walked behind, took a few quick steps, and called Lu Yusheng to stop.

"Lu, you shouldn't talk to Zen Master like that."

"I do have something to do."

"I mean in front of the media," Bryant said. "You're embarrassing Zen Master by saying that."

"A player who is going to be traded may not care about his face. Besides, what I said is true." Lu Yusheng said.

"Who did you hear?"

"Kobe, I'm not a fool, I still understand his tricks."

Kobe was taken aback, paused, and said, "Listen, Lu, Zen Master did have plans in this regard before, but there is no conclusion on this matter at all, so you don't need to worry about it at all."

Lu Yusheng didn't speak, he understood what Kobe meant.

"Remember what I told you, a professional player should not pay too much attention to things off the court. All your concentration must be used on playing."

Kobe said, "Remember, it's still the same sentence. If you want to have the initiative to stay or stay, then use your performance on the field to get it back. When you are strong enough, others will never be able to control you, understand?"

Lu Yusheng nodded.

……

Back at the apartment, it was empty.

Avril Lavigne still hasn't come back.

He tried calling Avril Lavigne again.

But still the sound of shutdown.

Lu Yusheng felt lost, the joy and sense of accomplishment of winning six consecutive victories could not fill the emptiness at this moment.

He sat by the window, looking at the bright night scene of Los Angeles, feeling empty in his heart.

The phone rang suddenly, and Lu Yusheng got up excitedly to check it.

It turned out that it was not Avril, but Meng Xia.

He picked it up.

"Listen, my big star, in view of your excellent performance in this game, the person in charge of Adidas has contacted me again, not only increasing the price of the contract, but also removing some of the previous contract. strict condition!"

"What's more! Reebok has also taken the initiative to get in touch with me, and they will have a good talk with us tomorrow. You don't even know how arrogant they were when I approached them before, but just now, they approached me You couldn't even imagine how humble their attitude was, but I have to say, your performance in this game tonight was really amazing!"

"Hey, are you listening?" Meng Xia talked excitedly for a long time, only to find that Lu Yusheng on the other end of the phone didn't seem to respond, so she asked.

"I'm listening. It's great. You've done a great job. I'll give you a commission that satisfies you." Lu Yusheng said.

"That...she hasn't contacted you yet?"

"Ah."

"...Sorry...I really..."

"It's okay, it's nothing to do with you," Lu Yusheng said, "You've done a great job, I said earlier that you are suitable for this job."

"Then... can you meet with the Reebok people tomorrow? They want to see you in person."

"Of course, no problem, who would have trouble with money, what time?"

"I'll set the time with them later, it depends on your time."

"I have all day tomorrow."

"How about three o'clock in the afternoon? You can rest more tomorrow. After you wake up, you can talk to them in the afternoon."

"Okay, then it's settled."

After speaking, Lu Yusheng hung up the phone.

Meng Xia, who still had something to say, held the phone with a sad face. She worked so hard to get such good news, but it didn't make Lu Yusheng happy. She naturally understood that Lu Yusheng still missed Avril in his heart.

After Lu Yusheng took a bath, he planned to go to bed early tonight.

Unexpectedly, I tossed and turned, but couldn't fall asleep anyway.

In desperation, he decided to go for a night run.

When she was getting dressed and ready to go out, the phone suddenly rang.

He took it over and looked, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, it was Avril Lavigne's call! ! !

(End of this chapter)