Super all-around point guard

Chapter 633 James' Confession!

This July, during the offseason, is destined to make NBA players unable to enjoy their vacations with peace of mind. Especially in the past two days, there have been heavy trade news one after another. First, Xie Chen, who brought the championship, transferred to the Los Angeles Lakers, the bottom team in the Western Conference. After that, Kevin Durant joined the Golden State Warriors, which already has a luxurious lineup.

Now, the focus of people's discussion has been completely on Durant and the Warriors, and Durant's approach has also been criticized by quite a few people, no less than James and Wade Bosh formed the Big Three back then.

In fact, Durant has been with the Thunder for nine years and has the most powerful assistant in the league, Westbrook. He still can’t win the championship. He has no patience and wants to choose to leave. Everyone can accept it. In the hands of the Warriors, joining the Warriors will be even more scolded, at least James did not choose to join the opponent who defeated him back then.

Durant's decision is destined to be criticized, and he mustered a lot of courage to make the decision. For the sake of the championship, he had to do so.

Since Xie Chen and Durant have made decisions one after another, James has now become the focus of everyone's attention, because he is also a free agent now, and he has the right to choose other teams.

James came to Xie Chen's training hall, wearing a black T-shirt, red shorts, and basketball shoes. He seemed to want to play with Xie Chen. He called Xie Chen from a distance: "Hey, you look very tired."

Seeing James coming, Xie Chen asked the players around him to disperse and rest for a while, first threw a bottle of water to James, then took a bottle himself, took a sip and said, "Training during the offseason really needs some motivation. After playing for a while, you will be exhausted."

"Hahaha." James smiled, sat down with Xie Chen, and said, "When you think of the Warriors, I think you will be motivated."

James originally regarded Xie Chen as the number one enemy, because this rookie prevented him from entering the finals for two consecutive years, but now that Xie Chen has gone to the West, and the Warriors recruited Durant again, Xie Chen's situation is a hundred times worse than him, James felt a little sympathy for Xie Chen.

James took a sip of water and said, "I've heard about you and KD. The Lakers originally wanted to put you together, but it seems that Kevin really minds that Kate Upton is your fan. You two have been enemies since you entered the league. You shouldn't provoke him as soon as you enter the league."

Why did Durant abandon the Lakers and choose the Warriors? Now there are various versions in the circle, and everyone knows that Xie Chen and Durant have always been at odds, because Xie Chen just joined the league and provoked Durant. In fact, Xie Chen does not hate Durant. On the contrary, he still likes this guy. Xie Chen also personally explained to Durant that it was not his original intention. Unfortunately, the misunderstanding between the two has not been resolved until now.

Xie Chen said: "My current wife asked me to say those words. I have no regrets about it. I can only say that we are not destined."

James was puzzled, why did Katie have a grudge with Durant?There are also people like Scarlett Johansson and Kate Upton. James can't help but feel that the circle of these people is really chaotic...

James said: "I recently talked to Cameron. After you left, although the Knicks got D'Angelo Russell, they seem to be in contact with the Chicago Bulls and want to get Derrick Rose."

Xie Chen nodded: "Russell still needs time to grow. Rose can make them competitive in the past two years. It seems that the Knicks will still become your strong opponent in the East."

James smiled. He really wanted to say that as long as there is no Xie Chen in the East, he, James, will not be regarded by anyone.

The two chatted for a while, James got up suddenly and said, "I'm leaving Los Angeles by plane in a few hours, come on, I'll practice with you for a while, what are you training for?"

Xie Chen knew that James was very interested in his own affairs, especially the usual training. Xie Chen didn't hide it either. He pointed to the few sparring players next to him and said, "I'm practicing the offense when two or three people defend, so I recruited a lot of people."

James nodded and said: "Well, in the playoffs, you will still be double-teamed by your opponent. Now you don't have a strong opponent, and blindly choosing to distribute the ball will not guarantee victory. You should strengthen your offense. Come on, count me in, and I will defend you!"

"Great, don't show mercy." Xie Chen was overjoyed. James represents the highest level of defense in the league. Having such a person as a training partner will definitely have an effect on Xie Chen's progress.

James spared no effort. He said he would really do his best to help Xie Chen, and he also imitated the coach to analyze the defensive mode that the opponent would give him for Xie Chen. Seeing James pointing out the country, Xie Chen also thought he was cool.

They practiced many defensive methods, first defending against Xie Chen's outside shots.

James and a sparring team double-teamed Xie Chen. Xie Chen had to shoot from the outside under the defense of the two. Xie Chen had Michael Jordan's ability to shoot back jump shots, at least he could guarantee that the shot would not be blocked under the defense of the two.

After that, it was to train Xie Chen to hit the basket under the defense of many people.

Snapped!
As soon as Xie Chen broke through to the basket, he was "one size fits all" by James. With a strong hand, Xie Chen's ball was broken. The broken ball actually slightly touched Xie Chen's hand. James smiled and said to Xie Chen: "You know, in the playoffs, this kind of ball will not be blown."

Xie Chen nodded, and James also felt that Xie Chen's current challenge was too difficult and too big. When all the defenses are concentrated on you, it is not easy to rush inside and protect the ball in the crowd. If you don't pay attention, the ball will be cut off.Even if he was not interrupted, how could he score a goal under the defense of so many people?
Xie Chen used James' layup ability both times. He has strength and confrontation, but he can only squeeze one person in the air, and the layup after squeezing will still be blocked by the second person.

The result of using Rose's layup ability is even worse. Folding layups will only be blocked under the defense of so many people. It may take ten times to make a difficult layup.

Therefore, Michael Jordan's super layup ability is now very important to Xie Chen. In the first two seasons, Xie Chen could win the championship only by relying on James' layup ability and Rose's layup ability, but next season, it is absolutely impossible.

Seeing Xie Chen being blocked and capped again and again, James seems to have seen the scene where Xie Chen was intercepted by Iguodala and chased by Durant when he played against the Warriors. Looking at Xie Chen, he couldn't help feeling: "Xie is really pitiful, because women and Durant have become enemies, and the Warriors will definitely suppress Xie completely. So ruthless... I don't know if the conversation between us affected him..."

As early as when Xie Chen started his Asian tour, James called Durant and others to Los Angeles and talked about his plan to deal with Xie Chen. Now Durant directly chose the most domineering way to join the Warriors and crush Xie Chen to death in the West. Thinking of this, James couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Xie Chen.

The two practiced for a while, and Xie Chen also served as James' partner for a while, and let James try the feeling of forcefully attacking under the defense of many people. After playing a few times, James wiped his sweat and said, "I think if it were Kobe, he would definitely like this kind of training very much. The time is almost up, I should go."

Before leaving, James looked at this junior who already had 2 championships and 2 FMVPs, and suddenly couldn't help but said, "Thank you, do you know how you got into the NBA?"

Xie Chen looked at James, who was dripping with sweat, but didn't speak.

James smiled, and then said: "Many people may tell you that Pat Riley has taken a fancy to your mature style of play, and you can immediately provide combat power for this team, etc., etc., but I tell you, you can be selected to join the Miami Heat at that position. It is actually because of me. You have to take Chris Xie, Chris Xie was the best choice for rookie point guard in 2014, and then he chose you, and I still think about that time to this day, I don’t know why I insisted on believing that you would be the best.”

Xie Chen didn't doubt the authenticity of this passage, because James said more than once that Xie Chen was his favorite player in that rookie class. You know, Xie Chen hadn't obtained the basketball replication system at that time!
So Xie Chen is very grateful to James, and the first person he followed on Twitter was James.

If James hadn't left at that time, I don't know what the league would be like now... With the super personal strength of Xie Chen and James, I'm afraid they couldn't be on the same team, and they have already separated now.

Xie Chen was also emotional, and finally said: "Thank you for choosing me. But I still want to tell you that I will be your biggest opponent. In the finals next year, the Eastern Conference will definitely be your team, and the one meeting you will definitely not be the Golden State Warriors, but our Los Angeles Lakers!"

James was also shocked by Xie Chen's great confidence. He didn't understand why Xie Chen still had such strong self-confidence until now. The Warriors are not something the Lakers can fight against. Xie Chen should know...or is this just a talk?

After separating from Xie Chen, James kept recalling what Xie Chen said. The confidence in Xie Chen's eyes told him that Xie Chen had a way to deal with that invincible team.

"Could it be that this guy Xie still has any abilities that haven't been shown? But he has played for two seasons! What kind of person is this!" James felt more and more unclear as he thought about it. He really wanted to find out what kind of person Xie Chen was.

Suddenly, he said to his assistant: "We are not going back to Cleveland, help me book a ticket to New York immediately!"

He believed that Phil Jackson would feel bad when Xie Chen left the New York Knicks. Maybe he could get a little secret about Xie Chen from the Zen master...Of course, Pat Riley might know something, but James would definitely not want to talk to that person...

Less than 10 minutes after James left, another guest came to Xie Chen's training hall, the new coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and former assistant coach of the Warriors, Luke Walton.

"Hey, thank you. You train really hard. You are worthy of being an example for the team!" Luke Walton walked forward with a smile. Xie Chen is now the team's only trump card.

Xie Chen was also very surprised to see Wharton. The two had met many times before, but this was the first time Wharton came to Xie Chen on his own initiative. Xie Chen smiled and said, "It's very unfortunate that you came, LeBron James just left."

Wharton said: "Actually, I came here a long time ago. I saw that you were talking happily, so I didn't come to bother you."

It turned out that Wharton only appeared after James left. As the head coach, Xie Chen was surprised to do so.

Walton said: "The Warriors have formed a luxurious lineup. We will encounter the most powerful challenge in the first season of the Lakers. I know you are also very impatient now. I came to tell you that I, our entire coaching staff and players will accompany you to face this huge challenge."

Xie Chen gratefully shook hands with Wharton, and said: "My instinct tells me that you will be a good coach and will become a great coach. In the first two years of my life, I have never met a coach that can be called a great coach. There are only great presidents. Pat Riley and Phil Jackson are both masters, but their apprentices Spoelstra and Fisher have mediocre abilities. You are different, and I am very optimistic about you!"

Wharton did not expect Xie Chen to praise himself so much!The relationship between coach Ace and the two was established in an instant. Wharton thought that Xie Chen would be difficult to get along with being so lonely and independent, but he didn't expect things to progress so easily. At this moment, he wanted to take Xie Chen to have a drink together.

Wharton also happily held Xie Chen's hand tightly, and then asked, "Thank you, you have the absolute right to dominate the ball in this team. I won't interfere with you too much. I will only help you better. I know Kevin, because two women said that you will never make it to the finals in the Western Conference. I will help you win them! But before that, I want you to tell me, what will your ability be next season? , I can use the strength of the whole team to help you to the maximum."

(End of this chapter)