The rise of basketball legends

Although Chen Yan's sneaker brand has signed a few players, they are all role players, and there is no heavyweight besides himself.

The carrying ability of these ordinary players is definitely not as good as that of stars.

Although Irving often has some whimsical ideas, his ability to bring goods is absolutely top-notch. In his previous life, his sneakers were all hot-selling models, which has something to do with Irving's style of play.

Owen said with some embarrassment that he still has a contract with Nike, which will not end until 2014.

Of course Chen Yan understands this. Chen Yan said that he can consider his brand in 14. The sneakers designed by his own brand are very suitable for Owen in terms of appearance and technology.

Owen believes in this. He wore several pairs of Chen Yan's signature sneakers during high school and NCAA, and he personally likes them quite a lot.

If he hadn't signed with Nike in 2011, maybe Irving would have been able to see the scene of Irving running around the court wearing Chen Yan's signature sneakers in the NBA.

After saying goodbye, the two left a contact information for each other.

Post-match press conference.

Chen Yan praised his teammates in various ways: "David West played very steadily tonight. He is slowly on the right track. I am very relieved of DeAndre in the interior. His shooting is good, his hard training has paid off, or Jeremy Lin, he gave everyone a surprise, scored in double figures in his debut, and even many NBA players can't do this."

After the press conference, Chen Yan found that Shu Hao was still in the locker room.

"Jeremy, you played well tonight, I wish you a good dream!"

After Chen Yan finished speaking, Shuhao smirked twice and didn't intend to leave.

Chen Yan felt something was wrong, and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Shuhao scratched the back of his head: "The arena is too far away from where I live, and I don't have a car, so... can I stay at your place tonight?"

Chen Yan smiled: "If I reject you, will you become a homeless man?"

Shuhao didn't realize that Chen Yan was joking, and replied with embarrassment: "I can think of other ways, if it's not convenient for you."

"No problem, come on." Chen Yan agreed simply.

Taylor Swift is in Los Angeles during this time, there are many activities and commercial performances, so it is not inconvenient for Shuhao to live here.

"I'll just sleep on the sofa." Shuhao didn't want to trouble Chen Yan, he just wanted to find a place to sleep.

"Why sleep on the sofa when you have a bed?" Chen Yan smiled.

He lived in a large flat in New York. Although there were not as many rooms as in Phoenix, there was no problem in having more guests.

When he got up the next day, Shuhao helped Chen Yan prepare breakfast.

I'm talking about breakfast, but it's actually just a glass of milk + toast.

There is no way, Shuhao's culinary skills are limited to this.

The two chatted over breakfast.

"Chen, the All-Star voting has begun. Your vote count currently ranks first, and you are expected to be the vote leader again this year." Shuhao said.

To be honest, since the first two seasons, Chen Yan has not cared much about All-Star votes. If someone hadn't told him, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to watch.

"I don't want to go to this year's All-Star. The schedule of the shortened season is too tight. The All-Star is a burden for me." Chen Yan said.

Shuhao smiled. Others are definitely pretending to say this, but Chen Yan won't. He has been the All-Star vote leader for the past few years, and he has also won the All-Star Game MVP. He is not very interested in the All-Star Game. understandable.

"David also received a lot of votes. He may be a starter in the Eastern Conference this year." Shuhao said.

Hearing this news, Chen Yan was also not surprised.

The teammates around him have always had All-Star vote bonuses. After Curry was injured, the Knicks' second-in-command became David West. It is not surprising that Chen Yan's supporters voted for him.

"Jeremy, play hard, maybe you will have a chance to be an All-Star next year." Chen Yan laughed.

"Me?" Shuhao pointed to himself and then smiled: "I'd better try to sign a guarantee contract with the team first."

"With the performance and status of the previous game, there must be no problem. By the way, Jeremy, can you speak Chinese?"

Shuhao stretched out his index finger and thumb, and made a gesture: "A little bit, I can't communicate normally, so I can understand."

Chen Yan didn't mean anything else when he asked this question. It felt a little strange for two people of yellow race to speak English in private. If Shuhao could speak Chinese, he would feel much more comfortable, just like communicating with Ah Lian.

After breakfast, Chen Yan and Shuhao went to the training hall.

Shuhao felt that his relationship with Chen Yan was getting closer, and he asked him a lot of things on the training ground.

Chen Yan answered patiently, but Chen Yan felt that Shuhao's current abilities were sufficient. What he needed now was not to improve his skills, but to maintain his confidence. Certainly not a problem in the NBA.

The Knicks' next opponent is the Heat, the team that eliminated the Knicks in the playoffs last season, and it was a guest appearance, so it's not easy to play.

On the plane to Miami, Kenyon Martin kept shouting revenge, revenge.

All members of the Knicks have a strong desire to win, and they are full of confidence in winning, because the Heat did not make much reinforcement during the offseason, and the Knicks made many signings.

Chen Yan didn't bring in too many personal emotions, he just regarded this game as one of many regular seasons.

To win is of course to want to win, but there is no such thing as revenge.

In Chen Yan's view, every NBA team has a winner and loser. If the theory of revenge is applied, then every game can be called a battle of revenge.

Heat fans are full of confidence in this game. Last season, they entered the finals on the Knicks' corpse.

Heat starting lineup: Chalmers, Wade, James, Channing Frye, Gasol.

The Knicks' starting five: Beverley, Chen Yan, Battier, David West, and DeAndre Jordan.

Frye is the biggest and only move the Heat made in this year's transfer window.

There is no way, the Big Three of the Heat occupy most of the team's salary space, and there is too little money to allocate role players.

Zhang Lili also lamented: "Compared to last season, only the power forward position has changed on the Heat side, while three positions have changed on the Knicks side. It can be said that half of the team has been changed."

Working with him today is Coach Xu: "It can be seen that this season the Heat have begun to pay attention to outside three-pointers. They introduced Channing Frye, who is a tall shooter. Last season, he averaged 5.7 three-pointers per game. 2.2, the hit rate is close to [-]%."

Zhang Lili nodded: "A big shooter with such a high shooting percentage actually poses a great threat on the offensive end. He can not only attack by himself, but also help Wade and James to open up the offensive space. I think this is One of the main reasons the Heat brought him in."

Director Xu said: "Wade and James are both epic-level breakthrough players. Let them gain more breakthrough space and the Heat's game will be easier and more relaxed, but the specific effect will not be known until the game starts. .”

"Beep!"

On the pitch, the referee blew the whistle and threw the ball into the air.

The game officially begins!

DeAndre Jordan wins the jump ball!

This was within Chen Yan's expectation, even if Gasol jumped 10 times, he might not be able to beat Jordan once.

So at the moment Jordan took off, Chen Yan had already accelerated to the frontcourt.

Chen Yan is very foreseeable, and precisely because of this, he has many more offensive opportunities than other players.

After Beverley got the ball, he wanted to make a long pass to Chen Yan.

However, his pass was not good, the force was too light, and it did not pass Wade.

After stealing the ball, Wade launched a counterattack on the spot.

At this time, James, who has a keen sense of smell, has already rushed near the three-point line. Wade flicked the ball with one hand and accurately found James.

Wade can be said to have taught Beverly on the spot what a long pass is!

After James received the ball, the prisoner of war dunked, giving the Heat a head start!

This is his signature dunk move.

The camera showed Beverley, and his expression was a little awkward. Compared to Curry and Barea, he was still a little too young.