I just play ball

Chapter 44 The Biggest Gain in History

Li Yue scratched his head, with a slightly evil smile on his lips, "I've always heard that he likes to play Texas Hold'em, and has even participated in professional tournaments. If he can really restrict me completely, then I will give him a deck of high-end playing cards as a thank you. And I wish him two Aces in every hand of Texas Hold’em in the future.”

"Why?" The reporter asked curiously, his eyes full of suspicion, as if he felt that Li Yue was talking nonsense.

As a player, how can he be completely blocked by another player and express his gratitude?

Could it be that he lost his mind?Or do you have special hobbies, like being a masochist?

"The reason is very simple. Imagine that you are a middle school student with excellent grades. You have obtained the best results in the previous exams. If you continue to take the same level of exams, it will be difficult to find problems. Only by making mistakes can you improve further. Of course, you It may be a genius among geniuses, but the probability is basically zero." Li Yue said.

This is to change the way of thinking, take a longer-term view, and look at the problem from another angle.

The reporter rolled his small eyes when he heard the words, thought silently for a while, and gave a serious thumbs up to show his praise.

Li Yue nodded with a smile, ended the interview, and turned to the player tunnel.

Passing by the sidelines, he heard several Chinese fans shouting hello, so he immediately stopped to say hello and chat.

Among them are several fans who live in the local Chinese, and several fans who are studying abroad in surrounding cities came here to watch him play.

Regardless of the urging of the team staff, Li Yue tried his best to sign autographs for every fan, and finally took a group photo.

Back in the locker room, he took a shower and changed clothes for 6 minutes, then sat on a chair and played with his mobile phone.

Perhaps it was because the three main players rested and Kobe only played for a few minutes. The game between the Lakers and the Cavaliers did not cause much discussion. Only his 30 points became a hot topic, with a total of more than 2000 related tweets.

In order to understand the mainstream thoughts of netizens, Li Yue first chose to view popular discussions.

[Quiresultan: Lakers forward Li Yue performed well tonight, and his scoring level is almost catching up with Durant. 】

Seeing someone praising him, Li Yue felt flattered.

After reading it carefully, I found that it was more like boasting about Durant. After all, "coming soon" is not as good as it is.

Li Yue swiped up the screen and found that this tweet had received 831 likes and 154 retweets.

This shows that most netizens agree with this statement, because Durant currently ranks first in the league in scoring ability, and is very hopeful to win the fourth consecutive scoring title this season. Right now, only Carmelo Anthony is close to scoring in one game.

Curious, he continued to scroll down.

[Bill Simmons: Seeing that Li Yue scored [-] points, I can't help feeling deeply worried about the game the day after tomorrow.What's even more depressing is that the Lakers have become a championship contender again for this game and have found a next-generation successor, but the Celtics are still struggling. In the battle between the giants, we may gradually fall behind. 】

The tweet received only 282 likes and few retweets, but 915 discussions.

Li Yue clicked to check and found that it was an internal dispute among Celtic fans, mainly divided into two factions.

One of them chooses to be radical, hoping that the team management will trade veterans in exchange for future draft picks for reconstruction. They couldn't even achieve good results in the regular season, but they couldn't send away Paul Pierce, the team soul of the last 15 years.

The other faction chooses to be conservative, hoping that the team will play steadily and increase the competitiveness of the team through the introduction of free agents in the summer. When Rondo returns from injury and Jeff Green grows up, all problems will be solved.

As a fan, Li Yue supports the idea of ​​radicals. The Celtics have been eliminated by the Heat for two consecutive seasons. This season, they lost core pitcher Ray Allen. Garnett and Pierce are one year older. East creates pressure.

In his opinion, the Lakers will definitely win the game against the Celtics the day after tomorrow. Let alone Howard and other main players violate the rules at any time.

Due to his player status, Li Yue did not like and repost, and continued to swipe the screen to view.

[2K NBA: In view of the recent amazing performance of Lakers player Li Yue, we decided to increase his total ability value to 85 in the next game update. Fans, please leave your opinions. 】

A one-time increase of 27, which has never been seen in previous versions, can be called 2KNBA No.1!
There were very few retweets and comments on this tweet, but it was liked 1364 times, which means that the vast majority of netizens agree with 2K's approach.

Li Yue realized that the match against the Cavaliers completely made many fans recognize his personal strength. After all, he was fighting with a group of substitute players. Not only did he score [-] consecutive points, but he also revitalized the team's offense alone.

While watching happily, the staff opened the locker room door to allow the media to enter for interviews.

Li Yue glanced at the time and found that 8 minutes had passed since the end of the game, which was the regular time for opening the locker room.

Six reporters rushed to him, scrambling to hand over the microphone, and other reporters ran to Goodlock upon seeing this.

Li Yue answered all the reporters' questions briefly, and the interview was completed in 3 minutes.

Just about to leave, the team staff stopped him and arranged to attend the post-match press conference.

He wanted to shirk it, but after seeing Goodlock excitedly answering the reporter's question, he immediately agreed, on the condition that he would bring Goodlock to attend together, so that his best buddies could feel it for a while, so as not to leave regrets in the future.

The team staff readily agreed, and Li Yue immediately called Goodlock to go with him.

Like the post-match interview, the press conference questions are also questions about how to evaluate, how to do it, and what it means.

Except for those pointing at himself, Li Yue asked Goodlock to answer, occasionally adding a sentence.

Five minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and the two got up and left the seat, leaving the seat for coach D'Antoni.

Li Yue went straight to the parking lot, intending to board the team bus ahead of time and wait for his teammates. As soon as he walked to the entrance of the arena, he met Kobe, Gasol and Artest. The three were chatting around Wharton, all of them smiling. There seems to be something good going on.

Seeing him showing his head, the four waved in unison.

Going forward to chat, it turned out that the four of them were going to have a dinner to recall the good times when they won the championship.

As the initiator, Wharton invited him to participate as a return to his previous invitation to dinner.

Li Yue readily accepted, and the five of them went to a Chinese restaurant that could customize dishes again.

During the dinner, Walton drank too much again and revealed that he has decided to retire after the end of the season.

Li Yue suggested that he return to the Lakers and find a job as a teaching assistant, and Wharton said he would seriously consider it.

...

Back at the hotel where the team stayed, it was already 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and Li Yue logged into his mailbox to check his emails as usual.

The first important email came from agent Taylor Johnson, with a special note that it is best to make a decision within one day.

"New Balance, Li-Ning, Peak, and Anta four sneaker brands once again sent endorsement invitations. Both the salary and the number of years have been increased. Among them, New Balance has the largest increase. They offered a three-year contract of 3 million US dollars. You should consider it carefully."

(End of this chapter)