basketball kingdom

Chapter 2
The Lakers set the trial training time at nine o'clock in the morning on Monday, and Xu Tian woke up very early that morning.He has grown up and hasn't experienced trial training yet, and he has been thinking about this all night, which caused him to not sleep well last night.

Xu Tian guessed again about the scene of the trial training, sat up from the bed, and looked at the street outside the window.

It is past five o'clock in the morning, and the shops in Chinatown have not opened yet, and there are no traces of pedestrians, and there is no attractive scenery.

Xu Tian looked away and found that he was no longer sleepy, so he simply got up and started the daily routine basic exercise.

Li Lang doesn't have fitness equipment at home, so Xu Tian's basic exercise is to tie sandbags on his feet and run around Chinatown.

……

Li Lang is in his 30s and is a professional lawyer. In terms of income, he can be regarded as a successful person.

After muddleheadedly taking over the job of Xu Tian's manager, Li Lang has been very busy these days, with a constant stream of phone calls for various contacts, so that even when he is sleeping, he can still dream of making phone calls.

The phone rang again for a long time before Li Lang realized that it was not a dream, but a real call.

Li Lang answered the phone habitually.

"Hello, this is Kupchak." It was Kupchak who called, "When are you leaving? I'm waiting for you in the arena."

Li Lang cleared his throat in a low voice, so that his voice didn't sound like he just woke up, "After Xu Tian's exercise is over, we will leave for Staples immediately."

After a brief chat, Kupchak hung up the phone.

Li Lang checked the time on his phone. It was 06:30 in the morning, two and a half hours before the start of the trial training.Li Lang, who was used to a busy life, did not choose to go back to sleep, but got up and went to the bathroom to wash up.

After taking care of it, Li Lang looked at himself in the mirror and sighed in his heart, hey, it looks like that!
Li Lang in the mirror is 175 cm tall, with very ordinary facial features, neatly combed hair, elegant gold-rimmed glasses, and a neat black custom-made suit.

Li Lang hummed a ditty, and took a look at Xu Tian's room, and sure enough, Xu Tian was no longer in the room.The quilt in Xu Tian's room was as usual, neatly folded on the head of the bed, in the shape of tofu cubes that are common in the Chinese army.

Li Lang asked Xu Tian, ​​and Xu Tian said it was a habit since he was a child. At that time, he knew that this young man was unusual.

……

When Xu Tian returned to Li Lang's house, his clothes were completely soaked in sweat, and there were still beads of sweat dripping down his face.He didn't say much, and went straight into the bathroom, which was a place not afraid of sweat.

Seeing Xu Tian like this, Li Lang didn't feel disgusted at all, but felt admiration. There are not many young people who work as hard as Xu Tian.

The phone rang again, Li Lang didn't complain, took out the phone from his pocket, and saw an unfamiliar number displayed on it.

Li Lang got through the phone quickly. Now that he is Xu Tian's manager, it is normal to receive calls from strangers.

"Hello." A deep voice came from the phone.

Li Lang always felt that he had heard this voice before, but before he could ask, another sentence came from the phone.

"I'm Kobe, is this Xu's phone number?"

"Oh, it turned out to be Kobe calling."

Li Lang thought so in his heart, but only said one word, "Yes."

"Xu, I want to meet you, can you come to Staples early?" Kobe has been training for more than two hours and is now resting on the sidelines.

After seeing ESPN's report on Xu Tian yesterday, Kobe asked for the phone number of Xu Tian's agent from Kupchak.He decided to meet this young man from China before the trial training.

"No problem, what time is the appointment?" Li Lang readily agreed.

As a native of Los Angeles and a basketball fan, Li Lang was already extremely excited when he heard Kobe's name, but because he was a lawyer, he didn't show it on the surface.

"I'm in Staples now, and I'd better be there at 7:[-]." Kobe quickly said the meeting time.

"Okay, let's go right away."

"I'll be waiting for you at Staples!" After saying this, Kobe hung up the phone.

Li Lang put his phone away and shouted towards the bathroom: "Xu Tian, ​​Kobe wants to see you!"

Xu Tian was taking a bath. Hearing Li Lang's words, he ran out of the bathroom wearing a towel and asked, "Is it Kobe from the Lakers who wants to see me?"

"That's right!"

Without saying a word, Xu Tian rushed back to the bathroom, took less than 2 minutes to finish the shower, and Li Lang, who was equally excited, went out with breakfast.

Alice was doing morning exercises downstairs, and when she saw Xu Tian and Li Lang walking in a hurry, she asked curiously, "What's wrong with you two, why are you in such a hurry?"

"Kobe wants to meet Xu Tian before the start of the trial training, and the time is set at 7:[-] in the morning." Li Lang stopped and explained to Alice the reason for their anxiety.

When Alice heard these words, a look of excitement immediately appeared on her face, "Can you take me with you? I want to watch the trial training."

Li Lang didn't speak for a moment, he didn't ask Kupchak if he could take Alice there.

Seeing that Li Lang didn't speak, Xu Tian answered Alice, "Let's go together, the three of us will take a taxi."

Li Lang has a private car, but his car had some problems two days ago, and it is currently being repaired.

The three hailed a taxi on the side of the road and started heading towards Staples.

Xu Tian and Alice sat in the back seat of the taxi. Both of them were very big, which made the back seat a bit crowded.

Xu Tian could smell Alice's fragrance from time to time, which made him feel like he was in a dream.

"Xu, I went to check Li Ning's information, he seems to be a gymnast in China." Alice almost moved to Xu Tian's side when she spoke.

Xu Tian's heart suddenly became hot. He just mentioned yesterday that he endorsed Li Ning. He didn't expect this girl to go over to check it out. In addition, the sound of Alice's slight breathing clearly appeared in his ears, which made him fascinated. Mind, only said a "um".

Alice got closer to Xu Tian, ​​and seeing that Xu Tian hadn't moved, she rested her head on Xu Tian's arm.

Xu Tian felt her movements, but he didn't want to refuse. He was not an ancient person in the Middle Ages, and he could accept intimate contact with beautiful girls.

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The driver was very familiar with the streets of Los Angeles. During the non-stop communication with Li Lang, he brought the three of them to the home stadium of the Lakers and Clippers - the Staples Center.

When the driver was in Xu Tianxia's car, he spoke a bunch of English to him with an excited expression.

Xu Tian only understood the tall, strong, and the last "I love the Lakers", but didn't understand the rest at all, but still waved to the driver with a smile.

Alice followed behind Xu Tian. She became quieter after getting off the car, which was different from usual.

Xu Tian discovered this, but now he doesn't have time to care about it. Now that he has come to Staples, trial training is naturally more important.

Before departure, Li Lang talked with Kupchak on the phone, and Kupchak arranged for the Lakers management personnel to wait outside Staples.

This management member is a black man about 1.9 meters tall. With a bald head, he looks a bit fierce.When the three of Xu Tian came to him, he recognized Li Lang and greeted Li Lang with a smile, "Hey buddy, how are you doing?"

After exchanging pleasantries with the black man, Li Lang introduced Xu Tian to the black man, "Mike, this is Xu Tian."

The blacks had noticed Xu Tian a long time ago. In his impression, the skeletons of Asians were all very small.But the young man in front of him has an unusually generous frame, giving off a sturdy feeling.

Xu Tian gave him this kind of feeling, he only felt it from a few relatively strong small forwards such as LeBron James and Josh Smith. Years of work experience told him that the young man in front of him was not simple.

Xu Tian heard Mike's name, and greeted Mike in poor English. After the greeting, he said to Li Lang in Chinese: "Let him take us into the Staples Center."

Kobe is waiting in the stadium now, Xu Tian doesn't want to waste time on these communication.

Mike was not in a hurry at all, and continued to ask who Alice was, and Alice smiled and answered that she was Xu Tian's girlfriend.

Xu Tian understood this sentence, but he didn't say anything. He just wanted to enter Staples as soon as possible and meet Kobe who was waiting inside.

Li Lang waited until the conversation between Mike and Alice was over, and told Mike Xu Tian's thoughts. Mike patted his forehead, "Oh, buddy. I was so busy talking, I almost forgot about the business."

Mike finally remembered his responsibilities, and led the three of them into the Staples Center. Before bringing Li Lang to Kupchak's office, he led the three of them to the Lakers' training facility.

Xu Tian heard the sound of the basketball bouncing on the wooden floor from far away. This sound told him that someone is practicing now.

After turning around an aisle, through the glass door, Xu Tian finally saw a familiar figure—Kobe Bryant in a purple and gold Lakers training uniform, training there.

Mike wanted to call Kobe, but Xu Tian stopped him. He really wanted to see how Kobe was training.

Now is the offseason, there is no trainer in the training hall, Kobe is training alone.He took a fadeaway jumper, the ball missed, hit the front edge of the rim, and bounced back into his hands.

Kobe stood outside the three-point line, adjusted his breathing, took the ball up to speed, and not far from the basket, took off with both knees, bent his right arm to the full, and sent the ball into the basket with great force in the basket.

Seeing Kobe's not-so-high take-off height, Xu Tian suddenly felt a little sad.This Peter Pan, who has fought for the Lakers for nineteen years, has not survived the years after all, and can no longer fly...

(End of this chapter)