NBA's King of Talking

Chapter 14 Trial Invitation

After the match, the players from both sides shook hands.

When Derek Williams saw Jia Fei approaching him, he assumed the other man wanted to shake his hand. He had already decided that if Jia Fei offered to shake his hand, he would refuse and thoroughly humiliate this foul-mouthed brat.

Jia Fei could guess what was going on just by looking at Derek Williams' expression. He had been fighting in the corporate world of China for many years and had also studied Machiavellian tactics. The little schemes in the mind of a young man in his early twenties could not escape his keen eyes.

Jia Fei walked up to Derek Williams and smiled slightly at him.

Derek Williams seemed very proud and didn't even look at him directly.

“Um… Derek, I think your strength is very, very strong…” Jia Fei said with an innocent look.

"Hmph—" Derek Williams raised his head even higher. Of course, this was my talent. What, now you want to curry favor with me?

“But…” Jia Fei immediately changed the subject, saying in a serious tone, “Could you please practice your shooting? You’re so strong, I’m worried you’ll smash the rim!”

"You..." Derrick Williams' face instantly turned a deep shade of liver, his fists clenched. He really wanted to smash that seemingly harmless smiling face in front of him, but he didn't dare. He knew that scouts, management personnel, and reporters from all the major NBA teams were watching. If he, the top draft pick, were to fight in public, his future would be ruined.

Jia Fei knew that Derek Williams wouldn't dare to make a move. As long as the man's brain wasn't fried, he wouldn't ruin his future by letting impulses dominate his mind.

Seeing that the other party had no intention of making a move, Jia Fei turned and left gracefully, leaving behind the soon-to-be top student who was internally injured from holding back his anger.

"Sorry, future bust second overall pick, I have to sacrifice you to accumulate my rage points. Good medicine tastes bitter, but if you can really improve your shooting, maybe you can get rid of the 'bust second overall pick' title," Jia Fei thought to himself.

To be honest, Jia Fei used to think it was a bit unethical to argue with people, but now he finds it increasingly enjoyable. This stuff is really addictive, like eating chewing gum – you just can't stop!

The resounding victory in the five-on-five training match made Jia Fei and his four teammates very happy. The four of them from UConn planned to go out for a celebratory meal that evening, and they also invited Klay Thompson, who had teamed up with them that day.

At this time, Klay Thompson was still very green and looked somewhat thin, completely unlike his invincible peak in the Universe Warriors in his previous life.

During dinner that evening, Klay Thompson revealed that he had received a workout invitation from the Golden State Warriors. In addition to the Warriors, the Milwaukee Bucks and the Washington Wizards also extended workout invitations to him.

Jia Fei wasn't worried about Klay's draft prospects at all. He's a well-known shooter. Even if he missed a shot in yesterday's shooting test, so what? In today's scrimmage, he hit six three-pointers, leaving the opponent helpless and eliminating the negative impact of yesterday.

He was thinking about his future. His performance in yesterday's test and today's game should have attracted the attention of some teams, though he wasn't sure of the level of interest. Ideally, he'd receive a trial invitation from a team.

Evening at the hotel.

Jia Fei and Kemba Walker shared a room, while Oriak and Art Mayork shared a room.

Kemba Walker was rapping in the room, and even broke into street dance to the music. His dance moves were genuinely impressive, with a strong sense of rhythm. Jia Fei knew this; he'd always been a hip-hop enthusiast. Before entering Rice High School in Manhattan, he was a member of a street dance group and had been invited to perform at the Apollo Theater three times. His impressive stage presence had even made him famous throughout America through the television program "Apollo Performance Time."

"Jia, come on, dance with me!" Kemba Walker invited Jia Fei.

"No, I don't know how to do that!" Jia Fei really didn't know how to do it. He wasn't interested in street dance either. He preferred watching girls do pole dancing in revealing clothes or doing aerial yoga, which was much more pleasing to the eye.

Kemba Walker got a little tired after dancing alone for a while, so he stopped. He wiped his sweat with a towel and said, "Jay, what did you say to Derek today? I felt he was very angry and behaving a bit strangely."

Jia Fei shrugged and said, "I didn't say anything to him, I just mocked him for his terrible shooting."

Kemba Walker said, "His shooting is really bad. These kinds of beastly forwards usually don't shoot very well."

"Yeah, it's hard for a forward who can't shoot to become a superstar in the NBA!" Jia Fei said.

"Jia, our game today should improve those teams' evaluation of us a lot. Maybe all four of us can actually make it to the NBA," Kemba Walker said with anticipation.

"I hope so!" Jia Fei certainly hoped for the same result; that would be the most perfect outcome.

It was late at night, and Kemba Walker was already asleep, his even snores echoing in the small room.

Jia Fei didn't fall asleep; he was checking his score in the system. He'd nearly gotten into a fight with prospective number one draft pick Derrick Williams today, so his anger level should have reached a certain point, right?

After checking, he was pleasantly surprised to find that he had actually gained 10 Fury Points today. Since 1 Fury Point = 100 Points, he gained 1000 Points in one go. Adding the 13 Points he had left, he now has a total of 1013 Points.

"Looks like Derek Williams is really angry today, 10 rage points, he really wants to beat me up!" Jia Fei thought to himself with a smile. Laughing as he was, he actually hoped Derek Williams would have good luck; the guy was angry, but he had genuinely contributed to his fusion project.

Without any hesitation, Jia Fei immediately spent the points, and soon his "Iverson Peak Technique Integration" increased from 1% to 2%.

The integration process is indeed slow, but there's nothing we can do about it. We have to take it slow. You can't rush things. A quick guy can't bring his partner to orgasm. Slow and steady wins the race. We have to take it one step at a time to get into the happy forest.

Come on, Ollie!

The next morning, while having breakfast at the hotel buffet, Kemba Walker was eating bread and scrolling through his phone when he suddenly laughed and said, "Look, there's so much news about our game yesterday, haha, it's hilarious!"

Jia Fei and his friends also took out their phones to read the news and found that many sports media outlets, big and small, had mentioned yesterday's game. Although it was not an official game, the players who appeared yesterday were quite impressive, many of them being lottery favorites, and some even being top draft picks.

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