basketball kingdom

Chapter 139 Facing the Blazers

After Li Lang came out of Xu Tian's home, he sent a text message to his parents, then turned off his mobile phone, drove home, communicated with Xu Tian's business partners through MSN, and started working without distraction.

The next morning, the Trail Blazers took a plane to Los Angeles for tonight's game against the Lakers.

Los Angeles has a temperate Mediterranean climate, with mild temperatures year-round, even in winter.It's just that the last two days have caught up with the cold snap, and the rainy weather has continued, which seems a bit chilly.

There is a saying in China that the wind is halved, and the rain is all over. This sentence is used to describe business, but it does not apply to the NBA season that is in full swing.The rain falling from the sky made the stream of fans with umbrellas gathered under the night lights look more emotional.

Xu Tian sat in the back seat of Boss Jin's car, watching the bustling scene outside the Staples Center through the window glass, but he was a little absent-minded.He has dreamed of being in the NBA since he played basketball, but like many people, he just thinks that is an unrealistic fantasy.Now that he's played so many regular-season games, he still can't shake the feeling of unreality.

The music in the stadium occasionally reached Damian Lillard's ears, making his heart beat wildly.He is not a rookie, and he is used to the ups and downs in the league, but for some reason, he is extremely excited today.

CJ McCollum is not a proud man, and his development after entering the league has not been smooth, but this season, the Blazers' previous starting five (Aldridge, Robin Lopez, Wesley Ma Hughes, Nicholas Batum, Damian Lillard) only unexpectedly became famous when Lillard was left, so he is not familiar with everything in the league and does not have too much emotion.

The Trail Blazers team is the Mesozoic in the league. It was established in 1970, not too early or too late. The earliest star in team history is Bill Walton.

The college basketball star from the UCLA Bruins participated in the draft in 1974, and was won by the Portland Trail Blazers who had just entered the army with the No. [-] pick, and then opened the first star era.

In the 1996-97 season, third-year Bill Walton led the team to a record of 49 wins and 33 losses in the regular season, and successfully won the championship that season.This is the only championship trophy for the Trail Blazers.

The next season the Blazers won the championship, they were eliminated in the Western Conference semifinals.In the following season, Bill Walton was reimbursed for the season due to a foot injury, and joined the Clippers as a free agent after the season, hastily ending his Trail Blazers career.

The NBA then entered a yellow-green competition led by Magician and Bird Bird. During this period, the Blazers were led by "Glider" Clyde Drexler. Failed to win the championship.With Drexler being traded to the Rockets by the team's general manager, his era came to an end.

During the period from the 20s to the early 90st century, there were two super teams in the league, the Bulls and the Lakers, which caused many teams to fail to win the championship. The Blazers were one of the cup members.

After the Blazers sent away the glider, they still did not change their original intention to compete for the championship. After "Flying Mouse" Damon Stoudemire (Amare Stoudemire was called Stoudemire because of the existence of this player) and Yao Ming Under the leadership of the idol Arvedas Sabonis and other strong players, the team still stands among the strong teams in the Western Conference.But helplessly, destiny is hard to break, and the ultimate dream of winning the championship is still broken.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the Trail Blazers fell into chaos as a whole, and various scandals continued one after another. The smoky team environment made fans not favor it very much.This situation was eventually cleared up drastically by the replacement management, and then it went into rebuilding.

In the 2006 draft, the Trail Blazers got the rookies of the year LaMarcus Aldridge and Brandon Roy through two transactions.Then in 2007, they won the No. [-] pick again, missed Kevin Durant without opening their eyes, and signed Greg Oden, known as the Great.

The arrival of Oden made Trail Blazers fans look forward to the second championship in team history.But luckily, Oden's congenital defect of two legs of different lengths made him inherently vulnerable, and Roy's decline due to a knee injury made the Trail Blazers back then the biggest if.

Aldridge is the only person who survived under the hands of the Trail Blazers veterinarian. He led the team through several difficult times alone, but he has a soft personality and has never been able to provoke the leader.It wasn't until Lillard's arrival that the team had the dawn of revival.

However, this summer LaMarcus Aldridge accepted Popovich's lobbying and left the Trail Blazers he fought for, which almost caused the team to enter the cold winter again.

Xu Tian didn't know enough about the Blazers, but he also knew that Roy and Oden, two talented people who had been ruined by injuries, felt sorry, but there was nothing they could do.

Brandon Roy announced his retirement in 2013 and is now at home. He was invited by ESPN tonight to explain the game with Mike Breen.

Before the game, Ke got the news that Roy was coming to the scene, called him to the locker room, and asked about his recent living conditions.

Roy's nickname is Yellow Mamba, who was once hailed by the media as the second shooting guard in the Western Conference, and the No. [-] shooting guard in the Western Conference above him is Black Mamba Kobe Bryant.Therefore, Roy has endless respect for this meritorious veteran.

Most of the Lakers are rookies or mercenaries. Not many have witnessed the peak Roy, let alone be familiar with this talented player. Only Kobe and Nick Young greeted him proactively.

Seeing the familiar scene in the locker room, Roy couldn't help but have a sore nose and almost burst into tears.

Xu Tian had already changed his equipment. Looking at Kobe and Roy who were chatting in the locker room, he couldn't help but sigh that time is ruthless.

Roy still has a job, and he only stayed in the Lakers locker room for a while before returning to the field to find his partner Mike Breen.

Kobe lamented Roy's arrival, and said to Xu Tian who was warming up, "Xu, you must take care of your body, otherwise your future is uncertain!"

"I know that." Xu Tian answered Kobe's words softly.

George had just recovered from a serious injury, and he felt deeply about this kind of thing that he was unable to control. He added: "The body is the foundation. Without this foundation, no matter how strong you are, you will not be able to perform."

Xu Tian first looked at Kobe, only to see that his brows were a little sad, maybe he thought of the constraints of injuries.Then he looked at George on the other side, and saw George looking at the corner of the locker room with no expression on his face, and he couldn't tell what he was thinking.

Roy passed the Blazers' locker room back and forth, but he was afraid of being emotional, so he didn't stop any longer, and walked directly back to the court.

(End of this chapter)