The strongest basket king

Chapter 8
"Xiang, the Lakers have received a notice. You will report on the 9th of next month. Today is our last commercial game." Jim Smith said solemnly.

If he hadn't contacted him in advance, Xiang Chu would not have played amateur games after he got the news that the lockout was over.

The weather is already slightly cooler, and the place to play the game is an open-air stadium in the city center.

The purpose of the funder is commercial promotion, the location of the stadium is good, but the money is not much, Xiang Chu can only get [-] US dollars for this game.

In addition to the players, the opponent also invited many beautiful promoters.

A familiar figure was standing next to the brochure with a smile on his face, and was taken aback when he saw Xiang Chu, "Big man, you are also..."

The game ended quickly, without bumps, and Jim Smith was relieved.

Xiang Chu still went to the fitness center after the game. He practiced hard, but he didn't mess around. He was in good physical condition.

After completing the training mission and returning to the residence, Olivia has not returned yet.

When exercising before going to bed, Olivia walked in carrying a box of snacks with a listless expression.

She tossed the snacks in front of Xiang Chu, "Eat it, free supper, I took an extra...Big man, it's not easy for you, playing ball is your dream, even if you're such a stingy guy today The competition organized by the boss is not very common..."

"Hey, you don't have to be tall to be a professional player, and you don't have to be pretty to be a professional actor."

Xiang Chu didn't know what this girl had imagined. Didn't this girl know that he was selected by the Lakers?

He said with some embarrassment: "Well, I can't eat any more at this time..."

"Keep in shape? You're too serious, yes, you've only been here for more than two months, and when you've gone through the world like I did, you'll think that free supper is pretty good."

Xiang Chu, "..."

"Forget it if you don't eat it, I'll eat it... By the way, how much money do you have playing today? Is there a hundred dollars?"

"Two hundred dollars."

"Two hundred...what, two hundred dollars for playing golf for a while? I only pay $150 from morning to night. This world is really unfair."

Olivia was angrily eating the french fries in the supper. Xiang Chu couldn't bear to hit her. The income from today's game is small, and the key is that he may soon become a professional player.

No new co-tenants came in, and Olivia seemed to have weathered the financial crisis, using the smallest room as her cloakroom.

From the generosity with which she buys clothes and shoes, it is completely impossible to see that she is careful about the rent.

When the time came to December 12, Xiang Chu arrived at the Lakers' training ground early.

When he arrived, the door hadn't been opened yet, and it took a while for the staff to come over.

All three rookies came earlier, and one was directly traded by the Lakers for draft picks.

Then they saw Kobe and several familiar faces from the Lakers, and Xiang Chu habitually showed a silly smile, "Hi, Boss Kobe, hello everyone."

The other two also hurriedly said hello, Kobe greeted with a smile, and went straight to the locker room, Xiang Chu and the others didn't know what they were doing at all.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the staff to come and take them for a physical examination, and then conducted some simple tests, which were similar to those done in the rookie training camp.

It took a long time to meet up with other people. On the first day of the training camp, there were fewer players than expected, and there were only ten people including three rookies.

Xiang Chu paid attention, some players whose contracts expired last season did not come.

And apart from the two absolute main players, Bynum and Gasol, he has not seen other players who can play center, and the other two rookies are also guards.

On the first day, there was only a simple training. In fact, it was mainly for the players to meet with the new coach Mike Brown. After the end of last season, the legendary coach Phil Jackson announced his retirement. The Lakers chose the former coach who had been idle at home for a year. Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown.

"Gentlemen, I need you to join me in the new season to focus on helping this team win another championship. The Lakers are a great team, very good, and we have top players in the league. I am honored." To be a manager again."

"Okay, guys, get moving, we're running out of time, the team hasn't even got fifteen players yet, but the regular season will start in half a month, but I'm ready, I hope you guys Also prepared."

On the second day, the team had a group confrontation. Xiang Chu learned to be smart this time, so he tried his best to show his rebounding ability. Facing two rebounding masters Paul Gasol and Andrew Bynum, Xiang Chu tried his best to Go, at least in terms of rebounding, not being suppressed by two high-paid players.

But he is still very dissatisfied, he is too far behind on the offensive end, and his performance on the defensive end is not good.

In the following practice, Xiang Chu was always one of the hardest players.

Kobe also expressed his kindness to rookies, "Xiang, you did a good job today, but you have to work harder to gain a foothold in the league."

Xiang Chu immediately expressed his determination, "Don't worry, boss, I'm learning things quickly."

"You can ask Paul and Andrew for advice. It took some time for Andrew to adapt to the league at first. The important thing is to keep learning and working hard."

Xiang Chu looked modest, but with the system in hand, does he have a better teacher, an all-star insider? He has to become their competitor as soon as possible.

Try, try, try again.

Xiang Chu is full of passion, and it feels different in the Lakers training ground.

After training, he received a call from Jim Smith, "A good news and a bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

"Let's hear the bad news first." Xiang Chu likes bitterness before sweetness.

"Okay, let's hear the good news first. The Lakers have decided to sign with you, haha...they don't have the time to scout players without the summer league, so all the rookies this time will sign directly." Jim - Smith is also very excited.

Xiang Chu was a little bit pained, he didn't listen to my opinion and asked a bird, "Then what's the bad news."

"The Lakers have no salary space, and all rookies can only sign the minimum salary... Brother, I tried my best. The giants are like this. They still have to pay the luxury tax this season. In fact, they are very optimistic about you. They promised to increase the money next summer. sign."

"If the team has salary space, I can definitely help you get twice... no, three times the annual salary."

Xiang Chu hadn't thought about salary before, but now he is still a little depressed when it comes to it.

The Lakers' starters are too expensive, and they add up to exceed the line. It is normal for the second-round picks to have no human rights.

However, the basic salary is the basic salary, so let's post on social media first, "I am an official player of the Lakers, are the other teams trembling?"

(End of this chapter)