Super all-around point guard

Chapter 787 Do you still remember this ball?

There are still many players in the league who appreciate and even admire Xie Chen like Drummond. Unfortunately, Xie Chen announced his retirement too late after winning the championship. Many opponents have no chance to play against each other this season.

Drummond asked Xie Chen: "I don't know if I will have the opportunity to play against you after tonight. I have always admired you. Your playing style is very cool, so will you give me signed sneakers?"

"Ah?" Xie Chen was taken aback suddenly. He really didn't expect his opponent to ask him for sneakers. After two years in the NBA, he thought he had experienced everything he should have experienced, but this was the first time...

Kobe retired last year. Every time he visited the opponent’s arena for the last time on tour, he usually gave a pair of boots to the stars who loved him. Paul George of the Pacers, Draymond Green of the Warriors, rising star Booker of the Suns, and many players including Xie Chen himself received Kobe’s boots.

This has basically become a tradition for NBA superstars. Not everyone is qualified to do it. They have to be big enough and influential, and they have to be slightly high-profile stars. Superstars like Duncan retired without saying a word, and no one gave them away.

Although Xie Chen has achieved a lot, he thinks that he has only been in the league for a short time. Unlike when Kobe retired, everyone grew up watching Kobe play. Xie Chen fantasized about the next tour, but he never thought about giving away sneakers. After all, giving sneakers must be given to the stars, and now the players who can be called stars in the team are generally older than Xie Chen...

It's a bit too...

But thinking carefully that the NBA divides players according to their achievements, Xie Chen agreed and said to Drummond, "Come find me in the locker room later!"

After a brief interview, Xie Chen went back to the locker room and put the sneakers he had prepared for Drummond on the chair. He thought about signing his name and writing a message to Drummond, so he asked his teammates: "Who has a pen? Use it for me."

It happened that Luke Wharton had a pen, Ci Shiping handed it to Xie Chen, and asked, "What do you want a pen for?"

Xie Chen pointed to the arranged sneakers and said, "Sign."

The Lakers players were shocked at the same time. They were no strangers to this scene. When Kobe retired last year, he often gave his opponents signed sneakers after the game. But they never expected that there would be someone on the team doing this this season!

Of course they already knew that Xie Chen would retire after winning the championship, but they never thought that Xie Chen also qualified to give away other people's sneakers!

Giving sneakers to the opponent's ace player is something only a superstar + veteran star can do.

"Andre Drummond." Xie Chen replied slowly.

Nick Yang reminded: "Thank you, the person you want to give to is two years older than you, do you know?"

Nick Yang was afraid that Xie Chen would only focus on retiring in the most awesome and cool way and ignore some things, so he reminded him.

Xie Chen also said truthfully: "I didn't intend to give him the sneakers, he asked me for it."

Everyone couldn't help but marvel at Xie Chen's charm. Even players who were older than Xie Chen had become fans now!
Nick Young said with emotion: "Andre is a nice guy, much cuter than Draymond Green."

Xie Chen is now thinking of writing something to Zhuang Shen. Draymond is different from Draymond. He is not as aggressive as Green. From the fact that he voluntarily lowered his head in the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest and let Steve Nash touch his head like an elder, he is still very cute.

Xie Chen quickly took out a pen and wrote down the message, which read: more desires!
Xie Chen hopes that Zhuang Shen will have more desires for the championship and victory. Only in this way will his strength rise to a level.

After seeing it, Ci Shiping praised: "Thank you, your writing is great. This guy just doesn't have a strong desire for victory. Take a pen, and I have something to write to him."

"Ah?" Xie Chen and the generals of the Lakers were all taken aback, did Ci Shiping have something to write to Zhuang Shen?Hey, a pair of sneakers is only this big, don't paint them all over!
Xie Chen thought he would write on his sneakers, but Ci Shiping took out his sneakers...

Then it was written: Tougher!
At this time, Zhuangshen Drummond also came over, followed by reporters, and they all wanted to take pictures of Xie Chen giving sneakers to Zhuangshen.

Drummond shook hands with Xie Chen with a smile, and then Xie Chen handed over the signed sneakers to Drummond. Drummond was as happy as Xie Chen's fan for many years. Drummond smiled: "Thank you, and thank you for your message. I will work harder and hope to win the championship like you one day."

At this time, Ci Shiping also came forward with his sneakers and said, "Andre, I gave this to you, and there is a message for you on it."

Drummond was taken aback suddenly, he didn't say he wanted Ci Shiping's sneakers!You elbowed me on the field just now, who wants your sneakers!
"You are?" Drummond looked puzzled.

Ci Shiping said: "Don't you know? I, like Xie, retired after winning one more championship. Hey, I have won many championships in the league for so many years. My career should have ended satisfactorily."

Ci Shiping pretended to be a superstar of a generation, but Drummond didn't appreciate it at all. Ci Shiping won several championships, but none of them won as the boss, they were all mixed up.

Drummond said: "Why are you retiring too? I haven't heard of it yet."

Ci Shiping was furious immediately: "What? You don't even use the Internet? Like Xie, I posted on Twitter that I would retire after winning the championship!"

"Yes, you tweeted the same as Xie, but Xie's tweets are known to the whole world, while yours has only a few hundred people, and the news has not been reported. If we weren't your teammates, I'm afraid we wouldn't know about it." Nick Young also began to hurt his teammates at this time.

Drummond turned around and left with Xie Chen's sneakers, and said to Ci Shiping: "Then I wish you a happy retirement."

"Oh, damn it, he didn't accept my sneakers!" Ci Shiping was very angry, but the others were very happy. This is the treatment that Ci Shiping should accept.

……

After the Pistons, the Lakers will play at home next game. Their opponent is very special. It is Xie Chen’s team last season, the New York Knicks. Like the Pistons, this is the last time the two teams will meet in the regular season. Since the Knicks will also have a hard time beating the Cavaliers to become the Eastern Conference champions, this may also be the last time Xie Chen will play against former teammate Anthony!

Before his visit to Los Angeles, Anthony said in an interview with the media: "I can't believe that Xie will retire before me. Although we only stayed together for one season, our friendship is very deep. You can't understand the kind of friendship we have built from the last team in the East to the championship. To this day, when playing games, when the team is behind, I still feel hopeful. I still look in the direction of my teammates, even if it is not him, but it still gives me strength."

This is also the first time for Anthony to reveal this in front of the media. In fact, the Knicks have fallen behind by more than ten points in several games this season, but Anthony always feels that Xie Chen is still on the team.Xie Chen led the team to turn the tide many times last season, which will give Anthony strength. It is precisely because of this spiritual strength that Anthony and Porzingis led the team to reverse the score several times.

So don't underestimate the confidence that the championship brings to the players.

Needless to say, the Staples Center was full on the day of the game. From this game until the end of the season, the Lakers didn’t have to worry about ticket sales in every home game.

After the two teams played, everyone found that the Knicks also had a rare visitor familiar to Lakers fans, Phil Jackson. After hearing about Xie Chen's decision to retire, Zen Master realized that this might be the last time the team played against Xie Chen, so he also came to the scene to watch the game in person.

Before the game, Xie Chen and Anthony came together to reminisce about the old days. Anthony said: "You always surprise people, but retirement is too sad. Promise me and think about it again, okay?"

Xie Chen smiled and said: "I said that I will retire after winning the championship. You have only one way to stop me now, and that is to reach the finals and beat me."

"Hahaha." Anthony also laughed, Xie Chen was still so strong, he suddenly remembered last season when the two just got together, Anthony also talked about it, "Do you still remember last season when you practiced fadeaway jumpers in the game? At that time, I was so bored that I even told Phil Jackson about you. Haha, it's so funny to think about it."

Xie Chen also recalled: "I still remember when I played the Cavaliers for the first time last season. Because I wanted to avenge the injury that Dellavedova did to me last season, I wanted to dunk him. I didn't expect you to want to avenge me. When Della appeared at the basket, you rushed directly to the basket. Unfortunately, you collided with Tristan Thompson in the end, but it also created a chance for me. After that, I dunked him hard."

"Haha, of course I remember, that guy Tristan and I fell hard that time." Anthony also remembers this incident vividly.

At this time, Porzingis also stepped forward and said sincerely to Xie Chen: "Thank you for everything you did for me last season. I am so lucky."

With the help of Xie Chen last season, Porzingis scored 50 points in a single game. In this season, Porzingis has never achieved such a high score again.

Xie Chen knew their feelings for him, but today is a game after all, and the victory or defeat is also very important to the Knicks, so he said to the two: "If you want to thank you, let's save it after the game. I will not show mercy."

Anthony also said strongly: "We are the same."

After the game started, both sides had a strong desire to attack. From the very beginning, it basically became a confrontation between Xie Chen and Anthony. If this was the last time Anthony played against Xie Chen, Anthony did not want to have any regrets. Xie Chen is a very special person to Anthony. He brought Anthony a championship ring, which may also be the only one in Anthony's career.

In the first quarter, Xie Chen and Anthony each scored 15+ points. The high efficiency of the two also allowed the fans to experience the terrifying attack power of the golden double guns again. Last season, the two were on the same team. This is how they defeated their opponents with their personal abilities. If the two are still on the same team now, it is conceivable that the Knicks are still a strong contender for the championship.

On the Knicks side, besides Anthony, Porzingis also wants to express himself. For Porzingis, Xie Chen means too much to him. It is Xie Chen who made him a star player.

Xie Chen knew Porzingis too well. After playing for a short time, he already broke two balls from Porzingis. In a misplacement, Porzingis chose to play singles against Xie Chen. This made Xie Chen quite happy, because he returned to the New York Knicks training hall in a daze. Only when he was there, the two would play against each other.

Porzingis hit Xie Chen with his back. He had a height advantage. Xie Chen couldn't let him get too close to the basket, so Xie Chen tried to steal the ball when he was dribbling, but Porzingis also took precautions against Xie Chen.

Xie Chen tried to block the shot, but Porzingis was too tall, and he knew he couldn't block it.

Finally, the basketball crashed into the net.

After the goal was scored, both Xie Chen and Porzingis laughed.

In addition to these two old teammates, the newly joined Rose also reminded Xie Chen of the past.

This time, Porzingis set up a pick-and-roll for Rose in a high position, but the quality of the screen was not good. In the end, Rose was double-teamed and almost dribbled and fell.

When Xie Chen saw this scene, he suddenly felt that this scene was a bit familiar, but he couldn't remember where he saw it.

Then, Rose swayed left and right as if he was drunk, and his center of gravity was always unstable, and he went to the basket. Facing the defender, he actually chose to shoot from behind and throw the ball out!

Swish!
Go in!

The scene was amazed.

However, after Rose scored a goal, he didn't vent his emotions excitedly to express how awesome he was, and his teammates didn't give Rose a high-five for the first time.

Rose walked towards Xie Chen and asked with a smile, "Xie, do you still remember this ball?"

(End of this chapter)