basketball kingdom

Chapter 32 Purple Gold Army

Xu Tian looked at the text messages in his mobile phone, and felt as if he had knocked over a five-flavored bottle for a moment, not knowing what it was like.

"I didn't expect that I would become a veteran of the Rockets so soon (Heat short-term workers, Thunder rookies, and Rockets' veterans are all magical existences, and they can often achieve good results)!" Xu Tian leaned against the locker and looked around. In the locker room at the Toyota Center, I was a little self-deprecating.

After quieting down, the experience of the whole summer kept replaying in Xu Tian's mind.Whether it is the storm of public opinion around him all the time, or leading the Rockets to win the Summer League championship, they all seem to exist in a dream, which makes him feel unreal.

But soon, he lost these thoughts.The Rockets' conflicts cannot be resolved by him alone. Playing in this atmosphere will be a great burden. Although it may be irresponsible to think this way, Xu Tian really doesn't need to think about these now.

Now the details of the transaction have not been disclosed, and Xu Tian still doesn't know who the Rockets traded with him.However, he knows that the Lakers currently have no outstanding figures except Kobe. He can win a lot of ball possession in the Lakers, which is much more than the opportunities he got in the Rockets. This is very beneficial to his rookie season.

Just when Xu Tian was thinking wildly, his cell phone rang again. Seeing that it was an unfamiliar number, he hesitated for a moment, but he still connected the call.

"Hey, Xu. This is Magic Johnson, welcome to join the Lakers!"

Xu Tian nodded, but soon realized that the other party couldn't see his movements, and said, "Hello, I'm Xu Tian."

"Haha..." There was a burst of laughter from the other end of the phone, and then the magician said, "Which number do you want to choose, is it still number 10?"

This question really stumped Xu Tian. He used to be a good boy, but now he has obviously changed his image.After thinking about it, he decided to make a change in the NBA and asked, "What numbers can I choose now?"

"No. 1, No. 8, No. 10, of course I don't recommend you to choose No. 8..."

"Wait, I remember D'Angelo Russell's jersey number is No. 1?" Xu Tian still clearly remembered Russell's jersey number, and when he heard that No. 1 was free, he immediately asked.

"You changed the home team with Russell. In addition to you, we also got a draft pick."

Now Xu Tian understood that the Rockets traded him and the draft pick from the Lakers to Russell. Since they wanted to take the bad boy route, they had to choose a controversial number, and immediately said: "I will choose No. 1." .”

"Okay, there is a press conference tomorrow, you should report as soon as possible!"

"no problem."

After saying this, the two sides ended the communication on the phone.

After Xu Tian knew who the subject of the transaction was, he turned on Hupu on his phone to see which players were in the Lakers lineup.

Point guard: Jordan Clarkson, Marcelo Huertas, and Xu Tian are three.

Shooting guards: Kobe Bryant, Nick Young and Lou Williams.

There are 6 people on the front line, namely Anthony Brown, Larry Nance Jr., Brandon Bass, Charity World Peace (formerly Ron Artest), Julius Randle and Ryan Kelly.

There are also 3 center forwards, Roy Hibbert, Tarek Black and Robert Thackeray.

With such a lineup, only Jordan Clarkson can compete with him for the starting position, but Clarkson is not good at organization, and he can basically guarantee a starting spot.

When returning to the villa with various thoughts, Xu Tiancai saw Alice outside the gate of the villa, hurried to her side, and asked, "Why didn't you call me?"

Alice looked very excited, came up and hugged Xu Tian without saying anything.Now that Xu Tian has joined the Lakers, she doesn't have to leave her familiar environment to come to Houston, which is the source of her excitement.

"What's wrong?" Xu Tian stroked Alice's hair with his right hand. He didn't know why Alice hugged him suddenly.

Alice was in Xu Tian's arms, looked up at him, and said, "Let's go back to Los Angeles tonight, shall we?"

Xu Tian quickly agreed. He failed completely in Houston. Now that he has been traded to the Lakers, he simply returned to Los Angeles.

Xu Tian and Alice returned to Los Angeles late at night.

Boss Jin was very excited. After Xu Tian came to the jewelry store, he held a long talk with Xu Tian. He talked about the despair of many Lakers fans in recent years, and also talked about the expectations of ordinary fans for the team.

Xu Tian listened quietly the whole time. From Boss Jin's words, he seemed to have heard the downfall of the Zijin Army in the past few years.

The Los Angeles Lakers, a giant team tied with the Boston Celtics in the NBA, seem to have experienced a long period of silence.The purple-golden brilliance brought a little dimness, waiting for the coming of the savior.

Hearing this, Xu Tian didn't feel sleepy at all, as if this was his mission.

Xu Guangcai has known about the conflicts in the Rockets for a long time, and has been worrying about his son recently. He was relieved when he saw the report on the Lakers and Rockets trade in the sports news.

Xu Guangcai is a die-hard Rockets fan. Naturally, he wanted Xu Tian to develop in the Rockets, but after the conflicts in the Rockets were exposed, he always hoped that Xu Tian could leave. Now he finally saw the news and shouted to the kitchen: "Wife, Xiaotian went to the Lakers!"

Meng Jing was making lunch at this time, when she heard Xu Guangcai's words, she ran out of the kitchen and asked, "Has Xiaotian gone to the Lakers?" She couldn't react now, so she asked again.

Xu Guangcai nodded happily and said, "That's right, he went to the Lakers and was traded."

Meng Jing was stunned for a moment, then murmured: "Okay, it's good."

Xu Guangcai and Meng Jing didn't speak for a while, until the smell of burnt food came from the kitchen, and Meng Jing trotted back to the kitchen.

Although the food was muddy, it didn't affect the mood of the couple at all.

The next afternoon, the Lakers held a press conference.

Xu Tian missed the Rockets' media day, which was his first public appearance in front of the American media.The reporters who came to interview crowded the conference site. This newcomer, who had been talking about it since the draft, was finally willing to show up. Naturally, they had a lot of questions to ask.

Now the Lakers have not hired a general manager, so only the magician and head coach Byron Scott came to the press conference with Xu Tian.

After holding the jersey for the media to take pictures, Xu Tian sat on the far right side of the table, watching the crowded press conference, his heart was unusually calm.Now everyone thinks he's a big villain, he doesn't need to be a good boy, so he's relaxed.

The magician was finally able to save the Lakers in dire straits with his own hands. Naturally, he was full of ambition. When answering the reporter's questions, he kept smiling happily.

The target of the reporter was still Xu Tian. After the interview with the magician, an ESPN reporter asked Xu Tian, ​​"Xu, it is rumored that you caused the chaos in the Rockets locker room. What do you think about this?"

The magician looked at the person who asked the question, and with a smile on his face, he helped Xu Tian block the question, "Please! We are in Los Angeles now, so ask some questions about the Lakers."

Xu Tian glanced at the reporter, who was a gentleman wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and said lazily, "It's the news you released, don't you understand?"

The reporter wearing glasses was a little speechless for a while, and then continued after a while: "Of course we are very clear."

"Since it is clear, I don't need to answer."

The reporter wearing glasses began to write in a small notebook, "Asked whether he caused the conflict in the Rockets' locker room, Xu Tian did not deny it. It is not difficult for us to guess that, just like our previous news reports, this incident has something to do with Xu Tian. God can't get away with it. He has now shown the attributes of a cancer in the locker room, and the prospect of the Lakers in the new season is worrying."

Xu Tian didn't know how the reporters who just asked questions were arranging him, and he was still listening to the reporters' questions carefully.

Taking advantage of no one talking, the Tencent reporter wanted to help Xu Tian out of the siege, and asked, "What is the outlook for the new season?"

The rest of the reporters were a little dissatisfied with this reporter. They hadn't finished asking questions about the Rockets, and there were still many hot spots that hadn't been dug out. It's too early to change the topic now.

Xu Tian was a little surprised when he heard this question. He looked up and saw that it was a domestic reporter who was asking the question, and then looked at the reactions of the surrounding reporters. Knowing that they were not satisfied with this reporter's question, he simply replied: "I want to lead the Lakers and turn over the All League!"

He originally wanted to talk about competing for the championship, but he felt that this statement was a bit quiet, so he directly said something coquettish.

Byron Scott smiled.He used to think that he would pass by Xu Tian, ​​but now that he lost it, he was very happy in his heart. Even Xu Tian's flirtatious words made sense to him.

The magician felt that what Xu Tian said was too strong, so he helped Xu Tian explain, saying: "What Xu means is that he wants to help the Lakers compete for the championship. This is nothing, it is the dream of all players."

The reporter wearing glasses had just put down his pen, and when he heard Xu Tian's words, he immediately began to write on paper again, "Not only that, but Xu Tian, ​​who has just joined the new team, once again showed his thorny attributes, and he is even more arrogant Leading the Lakers to sweep the league is simply defiant. Let’s not talk about whether he can sweep the league, but just talk about the Lakers, this is Kobe’s team, how could it be led by Xu Tian.”

After Xu Tian's words, the reporter's questions became more and more provocative, but Xu Tian didn't say too much.He has already stated his position, and there is no need to make bigger news.

Xu Tian understood that even his simple two sentences would be interpreted by the media as arrogant and arrogant.But he doesn't care, he is now synonymous with problem players, and he is not afraid of adding these stains.

After the press conference, Xu Tian asked where the other players on the Magician team were, put on the Lakers No. 1 jersey that had just been handed to him, and walked towards the training ground.

Kobe is leading the team for training, and the night after tomorrow is the opening game of the regular season. He cannot relax training because of Xu Tian's arrival.In other words, Kobe will not relax training because of anything.

(End of this chapter)