basketball kingdom

Chapter 31 The deal is reached
Many ideas when young are naive. After years of refinement, many people can often come to conclusions that are completely different from what they thought at the time.

Although Xu Tian didn't realize this truth, he still deeply realized it during the whole preseason.

After coach Kevin McHale talked with Xu Tian, ​​he gave Xu Tian enough playing time in the preseason.But his teammates turned all the balls he passed into irons. In addition, players in the team rarely passed the ball to Xu Tian, ​​which caused him to play poorly throughout the preseason.

In this context, ESPN once again dug up the video of TMZ’s conflicts in the team released on October 10, and used a piece of news titled “One after another! Is Xu Tian an unstable factor in the locker room?” to add fuel to the story. Stir things up before.

As the saying goes, people's words are scary, these various things, coupled with the rumors of refusing to try out in the summer, abruptly portrayed Xu Tian as a thorny image, and displayed it in front of the fans.

There are more and more verbal and written criticisms of Xu Tian on the Internet, which makes his current situation a bit difficult, so he simply closed social media and concentrated on soaking in the training hall.

Xu Tian is training now, but the high-intensity training can't let him get rid of the anxiety in his heart. He is not worried about his own prospects, but for Coach McHale.

McHale gave Xu Tian a lot of opportunities in the preseason, which made the relationship between him, Harden and Howard worse, and the players who were originally neutral in the team also stood on the opposite side of him. Make his current situation even worse.The most notable change is that more players now listen to Bickerstaff in training, rather than him as the head coach.

Xu Tian once apologized to McHale, but McHale didn't mind the situation, he gave up on himself a bit.The head coach who has lost control of the locker room is also on the opposite side of the star of the team. Just by thinking about it, he knows the end of this season.

Although Xu Tian knew this, he was unable to help McHale, and his current situation was also very bad.

The Rockets are Harden's team!

This is what General Manager Darrell Morey said, and McHale passed it on to Xu Tian.Although he didn't say what it meant, but from his tone, Xu Tian still guessed something that might happen.

At the same time, there was also a huge upheaval in the Lakers management. The infighting in the Buss family ended, and the result was that Jim Buss resigned and Jenny Buss took charge of the team.

Kupchak was affected by the personnel changes in the Lakers management and fell from the general manager's position.

The first thing Jenny Buss did after taking office was to let the famous Lakers "Magic" Elvin Johnson sit on the seat of the team's president of operations.

Magic Johnson is the number one point guard in league history, the head of the Lakers in the showtime era, and won the FMVP (Finals Most Valuable Player) in his rookie year.He was infected with HIV at the peak of his career and was forced to terminate his career, leaving many ifs.

It is worth mentioning that the rule of suspension in the NBA comes from 1996.The magician made a brief comeback that year, but because the players were afraid of him at the time, he retired again after a few months.

Xu Tian heard about the turmoil in the Lakers management from Alice, but he is now a Rockets player and is in dire straits, so he has no time to care about what happened to the Lakers.

Los Angeles, USA, Staples Center.

Kobe is training in the arena, Magic Johnson is sitting next to him, and Kobe's agent, Rob Pelinka, is with the two of them.It is worth mentioning that there is another well-known player among Pelinka's agent players, and that is the Rockets' current head star James Harden.

"You mean to get Xu over here?" Magic Johnson was about to make drastic changes when he took office, so he came to seek Kobe's opinion, "Is he the kind of player who can be a cornerstone?"

Kobe took a fadeaway jumper and, without looking, the ball hit the edge of the rim and bounced back into his hands.

Kobe held the ball and shook his head lightly with a smile, and said, "Magician. I can't judge the future, but I know very well that if I want to play with someone next season, there will undoubtedly be Xu on the list."

The magician looked at Kobe and asked, "Can you be more specific, what is he worth?"

Kobe put down the ball in his hands, sat next to Magician and Pelinka, and said: "From my point of view, he is the second pick this year, but you still need to decide what chips to trade with. "

The magician was silent for a while, then turned his head and asked Pelinka, "Rob, is James Harden really going to kick Xu out of the team?"

Pelinka looked at Kobe first, and then replied: "That's right. Xu has been isolated in the Rockets. It will be a matter of time before he applies for a trade. It's better to let James (Harden) help facilitate this matter."

Kobe looked at the 16 championship trophies listed in the championship trophy exhibition hall, and thought to himself, if Xu Tian could come, would the Lakers have a chance to compete for the championship?

ESPN opened a program today, and Stephen A. Smith was the main guest. Just now, the hostess brought the topic to the Rockets' new season outlook, and he is now blasting Xu Tian.

Boss Jin took a look and felt that Stephen A. Smith was talking nonsense, so he directly turned off the TV with the remote control.He has two moods now, one is happy for Jim Buss stepping down, and the other is worried about Xu Tian's prospects in the Rockets.He really wanted to find someone to share this feeling with, but he was the only one left in the jewelry store.

Alice has already gone to Houston, and she feels that she should be by Xu Tian's side at this moment.

Bickerstaff knew what was going to happen inside the Rockets. He didn't want Xu Tian to leave, but if he wanted to be promoted to head coach after McHale stepped down, he had to support Harden at this time.So he came to the training hall with a heavy heart, just in time to see Xu Tian who was sweating profusely in the training hall.

Xu Tian's training uniform was completely soaked at this time. He didn't know all the things around him, and he was still thinking about how to help the team unite again when he was shooting.After all, if you want to win, a harmonious locker room is essential.

Bickerstaff stood behind Xu Tian. He looked at Xu Tian who was training alone, and suddenly felt confused.In the summer, the two of them won the summer league championship in high spirits. It seemed like it was yesterday, but I didn't expect it to become like this now.

Xu Tian's shot missed, and the basketball bounced back into his hands.

Xu Tian, ​​who was in a depressed mood, dribbled the ball into the inside line, and directly hit a back button with both hands.He happened to see Bickerstaff standing in the stadium, which surprised him.

Why didn't this person make a sound?

After landing, Xu Tian walked towards Bickerstaff and asked, "Mr. Bickerstaff, what are you doing here?"

Bickerstaff broke free from his thoughts and said, "It's nothing, I just saw someone training in the training ground, so come over and have a look."

Xu Tian saw that Bickerstaff's face was a bit strange, and asked, "What's on your mind?"

Bickerstaff sighed, folded his arms together, and said, "Our cooperation between the two of us is almost over."

"Why do you say that?" Xu Tian was a little shocked. He didn't know what happened and thought that Bickerstaff was leaving the team.

Bickerstaff looked at Xu Tian for a while before he said, "According to the regulations, I can't tell now, but you will know soon."

"It's a real pity, I enjoyed working with you."

Bickerstaff shrugged and said, "I feel the same way. I was very happy during the Summer League game." After saying this, he looked at the time and said, "I should go!"

Xu Tian didn't speak, and looked at Bickerstaff who walked out of the venue, feeling a little lost in his heart.His first coach after coming to the United States was Bickerstaff. Although it was only Summer League, he still had some affection for this coach.

The apartment that Xu Tian rented was a nice villa. Although it was not as exaggerated as the mansions often bought by NBA players, it still had a very nice view.Alice is now standing outside the door of the villa. She doesn't have the key to the villa, so she can't get in for the time being.

Bored, Alice sat on the suitcase and opened Twitter on her phone, hoping to see if there was any interesting news.

As soon as she refreshed, a piece of latest news came into her sight.

"Woj: The Rockets are close to a deal with the Lakers, and Xu Tian is only one step away from the Lakers."

Alice looked at the news, dumbfounded.She came to Houston to accompany Xu Tian through the difficult time in the Rockets. She didn't expect that she might return to Los Angeles with Xu Tian so soon.

In the Rockets zone, the fans who were caught up in various rumors also knew the news, and they were relieved in their hearts.Although Xu Tian is a domestic player, his thorny attributes really worried Huo Mi a little. Now that the Rockets were about to send Xu Tian away, they all praised Morey in their hearts.

The Lakers fans cheered. Although they were also worried about Xu Tian's thorny attributes, since Kobe and Xu Tian trained together for a summer, they believed that Kobe could suppress this young man.

Bryant knew that Magic and Morey had reached an agreement and had been waiting for Woj's tweet.Seeing that the deal was close to being concluded, he tried to call Xu Tian, ​​but after a long time, he still couldn't get through.

Xu Tian had no idea what was going on, and was still immersed in training.He knew that if he wanted to survive in this alliance, he had to work harder than ordinary people.Otherwise, with his current status in the Rockets, he will go to the Viper (the Rockets' development league team) in a short time.

(End of this chapter)