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Chapter 211 Why Playing Ball

Why does a player play ball? This is a question worth pondering. When he was young, it might be because of his hobby, or because he was cool enough to attract girls.

But why does a professional player play?So long is very simple, one is because of money, the other is because of honor, and the third is because of fame.

The NBA is a commercial league. Every player plays here because of money. No one said that I can do without money, as long as I have the ball to play.Every player who enters the NBA is for a high salary, whether it is a black man from the slums or a white man from a well-born family, they all need money to support themselves.So there is no shame in talking about money in the NBA, and there is no shame in being traded. This is a business alliance, and every player is a commodity. As long as they can get enough benefits in exchange, they can be traded.

And there are no real items not for sale in the entire NBA, just because the chips paid are not enough.Take Kobe for example, if a team really exchanged multiple superstars such as Howard, James, Wade, etc., and the combined salary of these superstars is not as high as Kobe alone, you can see whether the Lakers will change.

The NBA is also the highest hall of basketball in the world. Every basketball player with ideals hopes to come to the NBA and make a difference.A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and a basketball player who doesn't want to be in the NBA is not a good player.Entering the NBA is the dream of players from other countries, because here you can almost get praise from the entire country.

Of course, as a star-making factory, after entering the NBA, he has a lot of time to contact media reporters and wants to become famous very quickly.No matter what kind of performance he has on the court, it has nothing to do with whether he is famous or not.Let's say Vujacic is just a role player in the Lakers, but he is a star in Los Angeles.One is because Vujacic is handsome, and the other is because Vujacic also likes skiing.

So when the Zen master asked this question, no one knew how to answer it.

Zen Master did not let them answer. He said directly: "The purpose of coming to the NBA is just a few. Every player is traded out of his own control. And every player can get a high salary because of his strength, apart from luck. I know you are all unconvinced by the Mavericks' promise of a maximum salary to Wu, but you have to think carefully about whether Wu has the ability to get a maximum salary."

"To put it bluntly, Wu is the best player in the NBA right now, bar none!" Zen master emphasized, "Wu can shoot, break through, defend, and play any tactics. You all ask yourself, is there anyone who can Comparable to Wu?"

No one spoke, they were all asking themselves.They were all dazzled by the news of the Mavericks before. Wu Di had only entered the NBA for two and a half seasons, and the Mavericks promised to give Wu Di a maximum salary, which made them feel unfair.

If a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it. Too good is always easy to make people jealous.Zen master has seen too many players like this. Jordan and Kobe who came out of him are all like this, but there are also many who didn’t come out. There are countless fallen geniuses in the NBA, and parallel imports come like this every year.Therefore, Zen master does not want Wu Di to fall too. Wu Di is the most comprehensive player he has ever seen, and he is much more comprehensive than Jordan and Kobe.

"Wu is fully capable of getting the max salary, why are you doing this? If you can't change your mind, you will spend less time in the NBA, and there may even be no team that wants you at any time. No team will want one. Players who have conflicts with the core, no matter how capable you are, as long as you cannot become the core, you must remain humble. And even if you become the core, you must remain humble. No one person can defeat five people. If you cannot cooperate, someone will been traded."

The Zen master gave everyone a lesson with half lectures and half threats. Although the atmosphere inside the Lakers didn't improve all of a sudden, it eased a lot.Several assistant coaches also talked to the players one by one during training.

However, it will take some time to adjust.

On the 11th, the Lakers played against the Bucks at home. The Bucks were underdogs and were easily won by the Lakers.

But on the 13th, in an away game against the Spurs, Gasol was injured before the game and it will take more than a month to recover.Gasol's injury left the Lakers with no one to limit Duncan. In addition, the players hadn't completely let go of their grudges, and the Lakers lost to the Spurs by a big score.

After the loss, Kobe was not in a good mood. He sprained his wrist during training and would not be able to play for half a month.

Kobe and Gasol were both injured, and the entire team's burden was placed on Wu Di.

When the Lakers came to a critical moment, Zen master gave Wu Di unlimited fire rights, expressing his complete trust in Wu Di to lead the team.

On the 14th, the Lakers played against the Mavericks back to back, this time at the Mavericks' home court.

Before the start, the boss Cuban was quite high-spirited. Two of the Big Three of the Lakers were injured, and only Wu Di was left. He believed that the Mavericks could completely beat the Lakers.Therefore, Cuban uttered nonsense in front of the media: "I came to see the victory, and the Mavericks will definitely win this game."

Cuban's arrogance gave the reporters big news. Regardless of whether the Mavericks can win or not, this will be a good news point.

Cuban did not speak ill of Wu Di, he has not given up bringing Wu Di to the Mavericks.

But Wu Di has a completely different mentality. He is full of fighting spirit now. Both Kobe and Gasol are injured. This is a crisis for the Lakers, but it is not his opportunity.As long as he performs well during this period and proves that he can lead the team alone, he can take the position after Kobe's state has declined.

Before going on the court, Fisher took the lead to extend his hand, and Wu Di covered Fisher's hand. This has always been Kobe's privilege, and now it is finally his turn.

Today's Lakers starting lineup is Bynum, Sun Yue, Wu Di, Vujacic and Fisher.

Wu Di stepped onto the stage with great ambitions in his heart!Today will be his time to show the fans what he can do and he is already getting excited.

Sun Yue was also very excited. This was his first chance to start.Although the fourth position is not a position he is good at, he has trained with Wu Di a lot in the fourth position, and he is still good at defending the fourth position.And now that the No. 206 position in the NBA is getting shorter and shorter, Sun Yue's height of [-]cm can already handle some No. [-] positions, so Zen Master will let Sun Yue start instead of Brad Miller and help Wu Di.

(End of this chapter)