NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 228 Rain Man Kyogen
"So Willis, in what round do you think the Knicks will fall?" Bill Walton asked.

Willis Reed thought for a while and said, "According to what the media has learned, and the introduction of that doctor Mike, Feilong needs a month for the wound to heal. Although the ribs are not broken, it will take time to recover. Then It's time for the Eastern Conference Finals.

To be honest, we may not be able to make it to the second round without the dragon.

However, in any case, even if we sacrifice this playoffs, we don't want Feilong to play with injuries. He is too young and has a lot of future. As long as he stays healthy, the future of the Knicks will be very bright.

Here, I also hope that all Knicks fans will not force the dragon to play with injuries when the playoffs are unfavorable. That is definitely not a good idea. "

"Actually, in the absence of Iron Man, the first thing you have to consider is the first round, not the second round." Bill Wharton reminded.

"No, I don't think there will be a problem if we fight the knights without the flying dragon," Willis Reid said.

Bill Walton introduced: "Although the Cavaliers are seventh in the Eastern Conference, they are not weak. Rainman Kemp was traded to the Cavaliers this season, and he is still an All-Star.

His inside partner is Iron Man's show of the same year, the No. 96 show in the first round of 20, Big Z.After he was selected in 96, he officially signed with the Cavaliers this season.This season he started 81 games, played in 82 games, averaged 29 minutes per game, 14 points + 8.8 rebounds, and his performance was quite good.

Of course, the Cavaliers' outside strength is average, which is something the Knicks can take advantage of. "

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said: "For the Knicks inside, in order to cultivate new players, Oakley's playing time has been reduced this season. The two inside rookies are both defensive, but whether they can hold the rain man's violent impact, I am afraid no one can guarantee. .

In fact, if I can't stop the impact of the rain man, I'm not very optimistic about the Knicks' ability to make it past the first round. "

Hei Qi, upon hearing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last words, this word flashed through the minds of those who watched the show.

Zhao Dong touched the wound on his right chest, feeling itchy.

He also agrees with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's words. Without him, the Knicks have no offensive ability inside. Even if Oakley returns to the main position, he does not have the ability to attack in the low post.

Therefore, the Knicks' offense is all outside offense, and the efficiency will not be too high.

What's more, the projections of Alan Houston, John Starks, and Billups are all nerve knives and unstable at all.

The Cavaliers' first and second offensive points are Rain Man and Big Z, all attacking at the basket, and their efficiency will far exceed the Knicks' outside line.

In this case, the Knicks are really likely to fall in the first round.

"System, will my wound heal in advance?" Zhao Dong asked tentatively.

"The host has a level 100 injury immunity that breaks through the limits of human beings, and its recovery ability is one to three times that of ordinary people, depending on the severity of the injury." The system said.

"Really?"

Zhao Dong's mood quickly improved.

His injury should be classified as a moderate injury, so it can be considered as twice the recovery speed. Originally, it took a month to heal, but now?

"System, to be more precise, how many days?" He was not good at math and couldn't figure it out, so he asked immediately.

"It takes a week to heal," the system said.

"Including ribs?"

"Yes."

Zhao Dong was overjoyed, today on the 19th, the first round will start on the 23rd, the G2 match will be on the 25th, and the G3 match will be on the 27th. He should be able to catch up with the G3 match.

Now the first round is still five-on-three, as long as he comes back in the G3 game, there will be no problem in winning the first round.

The next day, ESPN announced the latest guessing rankings for the probability of winning the championship. The Knicks, who were originally second, were missing and were ignored by ESPN.

At noon that day, Wells arranged for a doctor to come to change Zhao Dong's medicine, and at the same time Grant also came to check on the situation.

"No inflammation, it's doing well."

The doctor opened the gauze and checked the situation.

"Honey, does it hurt?" Lindsay saw the gunshot wound on his chest, and his eyes were red again.

"It doesn't hurt, this kind of injury is nothing." Zhao Dong smiled without changing his expression.

At this time, the doctor was very surprised and said: "The muscle grows very fast, very fast, and heals very well."

"This is a good thing!" Wells and Grant said in surprise.

"This has surpassed the normal healing speed. It seems that you, Feilong, are indeed the Iron Man hiding by our side." The doctor joked.

"This shows that Feilong's physique is superhuman." Wells laughed.

The doctor nodded and said: "A few years ago, I treated a person who was shot. He was a white man, and his injury was much heavier than that of Feilong. His physique belongs to the kind of real superman, and his healing speed is several times faster than ordinary people. It took him almost two weeks to heal a wound that took dozens of days, which is really amazing!"

"Then do you think the wound of the flying dragon can heal early?" Grant asked happily.

Now the Knicks can no longer talk about morale. From the management to the coaching staff, from the players to the fans, they are all in frustration.

But if Zhao Dong can come back early, it will be the best news.

The doctor smiled and said, "Today is only the second day. It's still hard to tell. It needs continuous observation. But I can be sure that Iron Man doesn't need a month."

Grant nodded. After calming down, he said to Zhao Dong, "You have to fully recover before you can come back. You must not play with injuries. We would rather lose this playoffs than agree to your early comeback."

He figured it out, even if Zhao Dong could come back early, he wouldn't be able to make it to the first round, and it would be difficult for the Knicks to make it past the first round with their current strength, so there was no need for Zhao Dong to come back early.

When the time came to the 22nd, the first round of the Knicks began on the second day. Grant and Wells accompanied the doctor to Zhao Dong's house again at ten o'clock in the morning.

The two were in a good mood, because Zhao Dong's wound healing was very ideal, or it was beyond ideal, reaching the supernormal healing speed that the doctor said.

Opening the gauze, the doctor only took a look, then smiled and said: "The growth of the muscles is so ideal, I really met the second superman with physique. Feilong, you are really Iron Man, I think it will take another week. Your wounds will fully heal."

"awesome!"

Wells and Grant said excitedly.

Grant didn't say anything this time to tell Zhao Dong not to come back early.

As long as the Knicks are not swept in the first three games and dragged to G4 or G5, Zhao Dong's comeback at the end of the month is still very promising.

The three of them discussed it and decided that it would be enough to notify the news internally and not make it public.

Now that the Knicks have no morale, this news can boost the morale of the team.

At the same time, the news of Zhao Dong's possible comeback could be concealed, and the Cavaliers could not be prepared to prevent them from sweeping the Knicks.

"Tell them that I will come back on the 4th at the latest for G29 and let them hold on."

Zhao Dong was sure that he could make a comeback in Game 27 on the 3th, but he was worried about leaking news inside the team, so he also laid an ambush against his own people.

After Grant left, Ringo Wells told Zhao Dong that Hummer wanted Zhao Dong to be their global spokesperson.

"They said they could make you a unique model, like a signature sneaker, called an Iron Man-Hummer."

"How much? I'm not interested if I don't." Zhao Dong asked directly.

"They offered an endorsement fee of 5000 million US dollars a year, but I didn't discuss it with them. Isn't it because you don't want to accept the endorsement? Then I will talk to them right now?"

Seeing that Zhao Dong didn't refuse directly, Wells said very excitedly.

He couldn't help being unhappy, he could get [-]% of the endorsement fee, and if he signed an endorsement contract of hundreds of millions of dollars, he could get tens of millions of dollars.

"Let's talk."

Zhao Dong is indifferent and authentic.

"What about the movie copyright?" Wells tentatively asked.

"Let's talk." Zhao Dong said helplessly.

Anyway, he doesn't need to pay anything, so let's make some extra money.

Grant rushed back to the training base, first invited the team reporters out, and then talked with the old Nelson and other coaches about Zhao Dong's situation. The coaches were ecstatic.

Grant then notified all the players of the news.

"Feilong really can come back in G4? It's great!"

"As expected of Iron Man."

"Long live the boss."

After the players got the news, they were inexplicably pleasantly surprised, and their morale immediately soared.

"This news is strictly forbidden to be leaked to the outside world, do you understand?" Grant said with a stern expression.

"Understood." Everyone said.

Old Nelson said at this time: "Now we will do our best in the first three battles. As long as we don't get swept away, once the flying dragon returns, we will definitely have a chance to reach the second round."

"Sweep? Just rely on knights? We will definitely survive until the flying dragon, no, it's the return of Iron Man." Oakley had a fierce look on his face.

At noon that day, the Cavaliers arrived in New York and held a media conference at the hotel.

Although he was traded to the Cavaliers this season, Rain Man is the biggest star of the team, and he has become the boss of the Cavaliers. He is the main target of reporters' interviews.

"Rain Man, are you confident in the first round against the Knicks?" a reporter asked.

"We are not only in Black Seven, but we also want to sweep the Knicks." Rainman Sean Kemp said excitedly.

"Black Seven? Sweep?"

All the reporters were surprised and then excited.

"Why do you sweep the Knicks?" New York Knicks team reporter Thomas questioned.

"Just me and Big Z, we can blow up their insiders." Rain Man shouted loudly.

"Aren't you worried about Feilong's early comeback?" a reporter asked.

"Do you really think he is Iron Man?" Rain Man said disdainfully.

Under the arrangement of James Dowland, reporters from New York TV went to Zhao Dong's home to interview him, and it was broadcast live on TV.

"Flying Dragon, the Rain Man said he wanted to sweep the Knicks, do you think he can achieve this wish?" the reporter asked.

"Why don't you ask me, what do you think of Hei Qi?"

"Black Seven is a foregone conclusion, isn't it?"

"Then what I want to tell you is that we reject black sevens, let alone being swept away," Zhao Dong said.

"Refused to be black seven! Refuse to be swept..."

"Enter the second round and wait for Iron Man to return!"

Zhao Dong's interview inspired many Knicks fans. A large number of fans ran to the team headquarters and training base, shouting various slogans.

The next day, the first round of G1 match day.

There are four games between the East and the West on this day, of which the Knicks are at home against the Cavaliers.

This morning, the New York media frantically hyped the news that the Knicks were about to be swept by the Cavaliers.

"Black Seven is a foregone conclusion, the Knicks are about to be swept, the only thing we can do is look forward to the return of Iron Man!" The New York Times.

"Black Seven is not a foregone conclusion, the Knicks refuse to be swept." New York Sports News.

Another influential New York business newspaper carried a report on Zhao Dong, but this paper's focus was not on the game, but on the commercial impact of Zhao Dong's shooting.

It wrote in the report: "Since the launch of the All-Star Silver Devil generation, the stock prices of companies such as Nike and Adidas have fallen by 30% and 35% in two months, and Reebok has fallen by 40%. .

The reason for the sharp drop in the stock price is that within two months, the sales of the Silver Devils in North America reached 370 million pairs. It cut the share of the brands belonging to Adidas, Nike, and Reebok in the North American market, reaching an astonishing 18%. .

On the afternoon of the 19th, Feilong was shot. On the morning of the 20th, Nike’s stock price rose sharply by 7%. As of today, the stock price has risen by 17%.And other companies are in a similar situation.

What does this mean?This means that Feilong's influence in the NBA and in the basketball world has expanded to the business and financial circles.

But what I want to remind investors is that Flying Dragon has not suffered a career-affecting injury. Both of his gunshot wounds can recover 100%.

And the performance of the Silver Devils is superior to that of Nike and Adidas, so when Feilong comes back, the stock prices of Nike and Adidas will definitely repeat the trend of the past two months..."

"Lindsay, you inform Beijing that they will immediately launch an Iron Man playoff shoe, and we will definitely hit the stock price of Nike and Adidas."

Zhao Dong read the report in detail and showed it to Lindsay, and said in a teasing tone.

"The headquarters has already developed several models of Silver Demons, and special models can be launched at any time, with some modifications. There is no technical problem. However, you have to purchase the copyright of Iron Man's name from Marvel." Lin Sai laughed.

"That's impossible. The Silver Devil uses the name of Iron Man to promote the popularity of this cartoon character. They still make money, so they have to pay us." Zhao Dong laughed.

At six o'clock in the evening, after dinner, Lindsay drove to Madison Square Garden with Zhao Dong.

"Sweep and get black seven! Refuse to be swept! Make it to the second round..."

At this time, Madison Square Garden was already overcrowded. Zhao Dong's truce and the Knicks' loss of hope for the playoffs did not affect the enthusiasm of the fans.

"Although the Knicks fans are very hard on the players, they still care about the team."

When the car passed outside, Zhao Dong sighed when he saw those enthusiastic fans.

"Oh, a flying dragon? No, it's Iron Man."

"Feilong, is your injury almost healed? How long will it take to come back?"

"Feilong, will it really take a month to come back?"

In order not to affect the healing of the wound, Zhao Dong sat in a wheelchair. When he appeared in the underground parking lot, all the staff and security personnel he saw ran over and started asking questions.

"Okay, let's go, let's go to work." Grant and several senior managers were already waiting there, and immediately dispersed them.

"Miss Lindsay, please let me."

"Thank you!"

Grant took the wheelchair and pushed Zhao Dong out of the underground parking lot.

"Feilong, without you, our ticket price is [-]% lower than last season." Operations President Lewis smiled helplessly.

"How is the Knicks jersey sales in China?" Zhao Dong suddenly asked.

"Very good. Our jersey sales in China are the best in the league. Your sales alone are twice as much as the sales of all the stars in the league combined." Lewis said excitedly.

At the door of the locker room of the home team, Nelson and Van Gundy were very happy when they saw Zhao Dong.

"Hey, gentlemen, look who's here?" Thibodeau pushed open the door of the locker room and shouted into it.

"Oh, our boss is here!"

"Welcome Iron Man!"

When the players saw Zhao Dong, they immediately shouted.

Zhao Dong didn't sit still. He came today to boost morale. He was still in a wheelchair when he arrived in the locker room. That was not a morale booster, but a blow to morale.

"Flying dragon, be careful." Grant shouted immediately.

"Boss, be careful." All the teammates also shouted.

Zhao Dong waved his hand, and stood at the door of the locker room and said to everyone: "Listen up, no matter whether we win or lose today, we must show our morale, and let the whole world see that we are still the iron-blooded team. The Knicks, fighting for the title defense, understand?"

"Understood." The players shouted loudly.

Zhao Dong nodded, and shouted again: "In a word, everything can be lost, but morale can't be lost. If anyone loses face to the Knicks on the court, then this team won't tolerate him, understand?"

"Understood." Everyone shouted.

"Ben, Danny..."

Zhao Dong looked at Ben Wallace and Danny Fortson again.

"Boss?"

The faces of the two changed, and they looked at Zhao Dong nervously.

"You and Charles are our inside gates. In this game, I want to see your toughest defense. I want to see that the rain man dare not rush to our basket. Farther and farther, understand?"

"clear."

The two clenched their fists and roared.

"The morale has really improved!" Old Nelson sighed outside.

Under Zhao Dong's encouragement, Knicks' morale soared sharply. Although it was not as good as when he was there, compared with the previous few days, it was already a world of difference.

After staying in the locker room for a while, Zhao Dong left and went to the court with Lindsay.

"what!"

"Flying dragon! Flying dragon..."

"iron Man……"

When the two appeared at the stadium, it was almost seven o'clock, and the venue was already full. When Zhao Dong appeared, cheers resounded like a tsunami across Madison Square Garden.

"Dragon, do you think the Knicks have a chance to win tonight?"

"of course."

"Are you going to come back in the first round?"

"Watch the wound heal."

"Nils has lost hope of defending the title. Which team do you think is most likely to win the championship?"

"Who told you the Knicks lost hope of defending the title?"

"So will you come back early?"

"I will come back at the most suitable time."

While Zhao Dong signed some small fans, he dealt with the media while a team of security guards were protecting him and Lindsay.

It took 10 minutes for him and Lindsay to take his place next to the bench, next to Ringo Wells.

"Wells, is there any news about the bodyguard you hired?" Zhao Dong asked.

"Oh, sorry, Feilong, I can only find ordinary guys. Or should I contact the Blackwater Company?" Wells said awkwardly.

"Come on, I don't want mercenaries, I want bodyguards." Zhao Dong said angrily.

"It's okay, Mr. Wells, we will solve it ourselves." Lin said.

"Thank you, Miss Lindsay." Wells said gratefully.

(End of this chapter)