Super all-around point guard

Chapter 634 The truth is exposed!

Luke Wharton's question was very straightforward. He wanted to know how much Xie Chen still had hidden abilities, which was why he came to Xie Chen today and avoided meeting James.

It has to be said that although Luke Wharton is very young, Xie Chen can feel his strong personal charm from him. With the same problem and the same situation, if Fisher asked Xie Chen about his hidden ability after meeting him a few times, Xie Chen might not be honest immediately, but Xie Chen was willing to reveal something about Luke Wharton.

Luke Walton is the first post-80s league coach in the NBA. Of course, he is not too young. He was born in 1980 and is 36 years old this year. However, there are many post-70s older than him who play in the NBA, such as Carter Garnett and the Spurs.But he has already taken the position of the Lakers coach.

A very coincidental thing is that in 1979, the Lakers were put on the shelf by the old Cook, and Jerry Buss acquired the Lakers to become the new boss. At that time, the "magic operator" Pat Riley became the coach of the Lakers. He was also 36 years old.

Today, when Walton is also 36 years old, the Lakers coincidentally have another greatest point guard in history, Xie Chen, and hold the second pick, selecting Brandon Ingram.And Jerry Buss has passed away for three years, and Jenny has just signed Xie Chen, gaining the upper hand in the infighting with Jim Buss.

Xie Chen doesn't know whether Walton will be as great as Pat Riley, but he will be sure that the Lakers will win the championship soon, and he also wants this Lakers to play a SHOWTIME-like offense that is pleasing to the eye!

Not only to win, but also to play well!Let every audience watch it pleasing to the eye and full of praise!This is Xie Chen's goal for next season!

There were so many coincidences that Xie Chen felt that Luke Walton was assigned to him by God, so Xie Chen slowly replied: "My defense will become stronger, my rebounding and blocking will also improve, and my free throws and passing will be better than before. I have also been practicing some difficult layups recently. Maybe next season will see me completing layups in the air under the defense of two or three people. Also, my fast down speed should also be faster."

Luke Wharton was stunned when he heard that, who is this Xie Chen? He will improve in all aspects next season!Considering that Xie Chen's ability in all aspects has reached the top level, Xie Chen's progress should not be too much. Apart from layups, Wharton also knows that many people question Xie Chen's layup ability, thinking that Xie Chen did not make good use of his BT physical fitness.

Wharton found that Xie Chen only talked about Xie Chen's improvement in general, and didn't say anything about his hidden ability specifically, so he asked directly: "I heard that Stephen Curry is now practicing hard to shoot three-pointers every day, and the distance is getting farther and farther. I really want to know, will your three-pointer improve next season?"

Xie Chen and Curry's three-point shooting ability was already at the top of the league and even in history last season, but last season, the two actually evolved together again!This shocked the entire league, and now Stephen Curry is training hard again. I don’t know if he will evolve again next season, let alone if Curry evolves again, can Xie Chen keep up with Curry’s footsteps?

Xie Chen smiled. Walton had been the coach of the Warriors before. It is understandable that he is interested in Curry and Xie Chen. Xie Chen said: "At present, I have no plans to strengthen the training of three-pointers again. I can only guarantee that my three-pointers next season will maintain the previous level. However, I can tell you that no matter how evolved Curry's three-pointer ability is, I can catch up with him. However, I think he has little room for improvement."

Wharton was once again shocked by Xie Chen's confidence. No matter how terrifying Curry's three-point ability has evolved, Xie Chen can be confident that he will not lose to the opponent?Wharton watched Curry's three-point shooting with a little bit of BT in the Warriors, but he didn't know how Xie Chen practiced, but seeing Xie Chen training so hard today, he firmly believes that Xie Chen also put in a lot of effort, but outsiders don't know.

Wharton said to Xie Chen with some distress: "Don't make yourself work too hard because of these."

"Uh, I'll try my best..." Xie Chen didn't know how to answer. If he wants to become as strong as Curry, he doesn't have to work hard. There is a replication system, just copy it directly...

Luke Wharton looked at Xie Chen with admiring eyes for a while, and then said: "By the way, I found a friend to help me. He will officially join the Lakers coaching staff in the next two days. You have seen this person before, and he played with him not long ago."

"Oh? Who is it?" Xie Chen asked suspiciously. He played basketball not long ago. Isn't that his opponent in the playoffs?Who doesn't play ball and comes to be a coach?

"Richard Jefferson of the Cavaliers." Wharton said slowly.

"Jefferson?" Xie Chen didn't expect this guy to come.

Luke Wharton and Jefferson are good friends. They reached the NCAA finals together 15 years ago, but it was a pity that they lost to Duke in the end. Until now, the relationship between the two is still very good, and they meet to go to the casino from time to time.

At present, Brian Shaw, the former Lakers coach and former digging coach, has been confirmed to be the chief assistant coach of the Lakers, as well as Jesse Melmes, the coach of the Raptors' NBDL team, and Chris DeMarco, the Warriors player development coach. But even so, Walton still feels that there is not enough help. He knows his friend Jefferson very well.

Richard Jefferson and Walton are both 36 years old. Walton has grown into a head coach. As a player, Jefferson is already an out-and-out veteran. He originally thought of winning another championship in the Cavaliers and then retiring. Unexpectedly, he still did not win the championship.

Walton also sighed, feeling very sorry for his friend: "Richard has always wanted to leave the league with a championship ring without regrets, but unfortunately the Cavaliers were eliminated by your team. My friend still blames you very much, haha."

Xie Chen thought about Jefferson carefully. He remembered that in the series against the Cavaliers, Jefferson hit several key goals and contributed a lot to the Cavaliers. Xie Chen said: "Luke, I welcome your friend to the Lakers, but can you persuade him not to join the coaching staff, but to play with us for another year?"

"You asked him to come here to be a player?" Wharton was also shocked. Unexpectedly, the first person Xie Chen asked him for was your brother-in-law Shen!
Xie Chen said: "Doesn't he want to win a championship before retiring? You let him join us, and I can bring him a championship, just like I promised Ray Allen and Odom. I am very impressed with him, and our team really needs a veteran, doesn't it?"

At this time last year, Xie Chen promised Ray Allen and Odom two veterans a championship, and then Xie Chen did it. Now, both of them have officially announced their retirement and left the league.

Luke Wharton thought about it carefully. Based on his understanding of Jefferson, he can still play and contribute to the team. Moreover, if the Lakers want to win the championship, as Xie Chen said, they need such an experienced veteran in the playoffs.

Wharton said: "Okay, I will try my best to convince him. In addition, Ci Shiping recently rang my phone and said that he wants to join the Lakers. What is your attitude?"

"Let's sign it, it won't cost much anyway." Xie Chen had been teammates with Ci Shiping for a year, and found that getting along with this guy was quite a joy.

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In the evening, LeBron James had already arrived in New York. Before he came, he had already called Phil Jackson, the president of the Knicks, and said that he wanted to have a private chat with the Zen master. Although the Zen master knew that James was not interested in the Knicks, he readily agreed.

After James arrived in New York, he went directly to the home of the Zen master.

In fact, the relationship between James and Phil Jackson is not very friendly, because Phil Jackson has publicly criticized James.

At the time, Phil Jackson said: "For example, James plays, when he is off the ball, every time he catches the ball, he may walk, his feet will move after he catches the ball, and you watch it happen all the time. There is no organization, no discipline, no kind of attitude of 'how should we play this game'. Players now rarely screen, they will push defenders away with their hands."

This kind of remarks can be regarded as a great criticism of James, but James did not hate the Zen master because of it. In fact, in his heart, he likes the Zen master far more than the fortune teller.Moreover, James did not come here today to establish a good relationship with Zen Master. He just hoped to learn something about Xie Chen from Zen Master.

After the two sat down, Zen master kept smiling and squinting at James, which made James very uncomfortable. After chatting for a while, James began to get to the point: "I know that after you beat us and the Warriors and won the championship, you must be looking forward to the future. You may hope that you will win five or six championships in the Knicks. In this way, your greatness will be even more unmatched. Unfortunately, you will leave you without thanking you, right?"

Zen Master seemed to have let go of this matter, and said lightly: "Yes, I didn't count it. Xie is an unpredictable and peculiar player, but Pat Riley counted it. He told me when he gave me Xie. I can't control this kid."

James also began to frown: "Xie is really weird, isn't it? We have never met such a player. I was training with Xie today. Guess what he said to me. He said to me in a very confident tone. The Warriors or other teams in the Western Conference are definitely not the Warriors or other teams, but their Lakers. I really don't know why he is so confident. Could it be that he still has a lot of abilities that he has not used? But why? When he was in the Knicks, didn't you ask him about this?"

Zen master said: "I have always been puzzled by his questions. Frankly speaking, if he really still has the ability to use it, I don't know what those abilities are. He has never confessed to me. He has always been mysterious, and you know my style. I don't particularly want to figure out these things. I just need to make sure that he can help us win."

James couldn't help but feel regretful. If it was Pat Riley, he might have been able to investigate Xie Chen's secrets and all his hidden abilities in two years now.

Seeing James' expression, Zen Master knew what James was thinking. Zen Master smiled and said: "LeBron, I know you must be very entangled and difficult now. Forgive me for criticizing you before, because I saw your desire for historical status. You want to be the top three players in history and even comparable to MJ. I am not wrong about this. You have already had many MVPs, and now the only thing missing is the championship.

James' expression became more and more serious, and every word the Zen master said expressed James' inner thoughts.

Zen Master said: "Xie is the biggest opponent in your career. His appearance has made your historical status stagnant. I know you really want to find Xie's weakness. I know you must be very entangled now whether you should stay with the Cavaliers or switch to other teams. I can tell you a secret right now, a secret about Xie."

James immediately came to his senses, his purpose was to know Xie Chen's secret, would the Zen master really be willing to tell him frankly?But is what he said true?Or just confuse yourself?
James said excitedly: "Can you tell me? I have always been full of respect for you!"

Zen Master has already planned to say the answer: "Do you still remember when the regular season of this season is coming to an end, our Knicks deliberately lost?"

"Of course I remember. In fact, I immediately saw that you were deliberately losing and wanted to stay in the eighth position. Now think about it, if it wasn't for us, we would also deliberately lose to give up the No. [-] in the Eastern Conference and let the Raptors be the scapegoat. The one who was eliminated by the black eight would be the Cavaliers."

Zen master smiled slightly: "LeBron, you are wrong. You stubbornly think that Xie Hate hates you, so you want to humiliate you with black eights. In fact, it is not at all. He does not have such deep hostility towards you. The reason why we chose to lose on purpose at that time and not move up the rankings was actually not to intentionally meet you in the first round. We did not care about you at that time. The opponents we really cared about were the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls! We did this to avoid them."

"What?" James was shocked!
(End of this chapter)