basketball kingdom

Chapter 4 Dragon from the East
Xu Tian couldn't understand what Kobe was yelling, but since Kobe didn't intend to stop, this heads-up fight must continue.

After reaching the top of the arc, Xu Tian took a deep breath and threw away all distracting thoughts.

After sending the ball to Kobe again, Xu Tian separated his feet, lowered his center of gravity to the lowest, looked directly at Kobe who was holding the ball, and prepared to meet his attack this time.

Kobe saw Xu Tian's fiery eyes, and his affirmation of Xu Tian was a little more in his heart.After being deflated, Xu Tian's fighting spirit increased instead of decreasing. Kobe appreciates this alone, not to mention Xu Tian also has the physical talent to become a superstar.

Taking a step forward with his left foot, Kobe took the initiative to find a physical confrontation, and in the rhythmic dribble with his right hand, he once again resorted to the technique of back-up singles.

If you just talk about heads-ups, Kobe is one of the best. Even Michael Jordan, the god of basketball, thinks that Kobe may beat him in heads-ups.

Abnormal all-round skills, 19 years of experience in the top league, these are Kobe's huge advantages in heads-up.But now, facing Xu Tian who was eager to challenge, Kobe did not choose his almighty skill, but used his strength to directly collide with Xu Tian.

The first time Kobe approached, Xu Tian once again felt Kobe's powerful strength, gritted his teeth, and used all his strength to fight against Kobe.

Because Kobe's muscles were too hard, Xu Tian once again felt the feeling of hitting an iron block, and his chest ached.

Xu Tian has been in the stage of growing his body, and has not yet done high-intensity strength training. Although he looks big enough, he doesn't have much flesh on his body.Compared with the famous training madman Kobe, it is still a lot worse.

As if they were afraid of disturbing Xu Tian and Kobe's duel, Alice and Li Lang even breathed lightly, quietly watching the two on the court.

Scott saw Xu Tian's undiminished eyes even when he was retreating steadily, and said to Kupchak beside him: "Mitch, he deserves the second pick!"

Kupchak's stupid tricks in recent years are not rare, but since he became the general manager of the Lakers in 2000, the Lakers have won five championship trophies. Overall, he is still a good manager.

The highlight of Kupchak's career was in 2007, when grouping was not yet popular, he traded Kwame Brown and the first round from the Grizzlies to Paul Gasol. At that time, the Spurs coach Popovich called him This deal is a robbery.

As we all know, because of the arrival of Pau Gasol, the Lakers won two consecutive championships in 09 and 10. Kobe got rid of the rumor that he could not win the championship without O'Neal, and his personal reputation reached its peak in 10.

In addition, if you just look at the operation and don't look at the results, the almost traded to Chris Paul and the trade of Andrew Bynum to Dwight Howard can also be regarded as Kupchak's strokes of genius, but in the end The results were not satisfactory.

Looking at the unusually serious Kobe and Xu Tian, ​​Kupchak understands that Xu Tian has an extremely strong competitive spirit, which is a very important thing for a player.

"What do you think, Jim?" Kupchak can't be assertive now. He needs to refer to the opinion of the president Jim Buss. · Bass, much better than the current Jim Bass.

Bass Jr. shook his head and said: "I can't see the bright spots, I still prefer D'Angelo Russell. Now is the era of small balls, D'Angelo is likely to grow into the next Curry."

Kupchak didn't say anything, because he didn't see Xu Tian's dunk that showed his physical fitness, and he felt that ESPN's report was exaggerated.

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Head-to-head is different from full-court play. The high-intensity confrontation is continuous. In addition, Xu Tian didn't warm up enough, which caused his left leg to cramp.

Kobe felt the weakening of Xu Tian's strength, but he didn't know what happened to Xu Tian, ​​so with a little more force, he knocked Xu Tian to the ground.Facing an unguarded basket, he made a rebound and shot, rewriting the score to 7-2.

Kobe originally wanted to spit out some trash talk, but when he saw Xu Tian lying on the ground covering his calf, he didn't spit out. Instead, he walked over and pressed Xu Tian's left foot with his right foot to help him stretch contracted muscles.

Alice saw the painful expression on Xu Tian's face when he fell to the ground, she trotted to Xu Tian's side, and asked in a panic, "Xu, are you okay?"

"It's okay." Xu Tian immediately replied to Alice, it was just a simple cramp, not serious.

Alice breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Xu Tian's answer, and walked back to the sidelines quickly.Although the project is somewhat unusual now, it is still in the trial training stage of the Lakers, and she dare not stay in the field for too long.

After the pain eased a little, Xu Tian grabbed Kobe's outstretched right hand and stood up from the ground.

Xu Tian chopped his left foot lightly twice, ran to the edge of the stadium, and picked up the basketball there.

Kobe looked at Xu Tian with a serious expression, and said, "Xu, come here. You are not in good physical condition and are more likely to get injured. The heads-up is over." After saying this, Kobe looked at Li Lang, "translate Let Xu listen."

Li Lang translated Kobe's words to Xu Tian. Xu Tian originally wanted to use his strength to consume Kobe's physical strength, and then tried to use his physical strength to reverse the situation, but he didn't expect that he would be overwhelmed first.

Although he was a bit reconciled, Xu Tian also understood that what Kobe said was the truth. He didn't do much strength training, his muscles were not developed enough, and he was prone to injury when he fought high-intensity confrontations in a fatigued state.For Xu Tian who just participated in the trial training, this is indeed something that needs to be avoided.

Xu Tian looked at Li Lang and said, "The trial training is over, do you still need me to do something else?"

Li Lang translated this sentence into English so that several people in the Lakers could understand it.

Jim Bass was the person with the highest position on the scene, and said first: "I don't think it's necessary. Since Xu's condition is not very good, let him go back and rest."

After Bass said this sentence, Li Lang quickly translated it to Xu Tian, ​​but Xu Tian didn't say anything, he thought that the trial training was over.

Kobe blocked Xu Tian with his right hand, and didn't let him walk in the direction of Alice and Li Lang. He said to Bass, "I tried my best just now. It's normal to lose in a heads-up, and you can't judge through a heads-up. Talent, should let him show some running and jumping."

Bass Jr. originally decided to end the trial training, but after hearing Kobe's words, he nodded and agreed to Kobe's request.

After getting permission from Bass Jr., Kobe turned his head and asked Xu Tian, ​​"Xu, are you a point guard (point guard, number one)?"

Li Lang quickly translated for Xu Tian, ​​Xu Tian nodded and said a word, "Yes".

"Two people cooperate." Kobe said this sentence to Li Lang, he now fully understands that Xu Tian really doesn't understand English.

Jim Buss stayed because of Kobe's face. Now seeing that Xu Tian couldn't even communicate with him at the most basic level, his impression in his heart dropped a lot.

Byron Scott folded his arms over his chest, still with that inscrutable expression on his face, waiting to see what would happen on the field.

Kupchak also gave Xu Tian a score in his heart. Although he is still in the training hall, he is also not very optimistic about Xu Tian's prospects.

Alice could only pray silently in her heart, hoping that Xu Tian's next performance would be at his usual level, so that he could stay in Los Angeles smoothly.She knew very well that Xu Tian's performance just now was not particularly good, at least not enough to impress little Buss and Kupchak.

Xu Tian stood on the sideline and sent the ball to Kobe.

Kobe just said one word, "Run".

Xu Tian sprinted towards the other half. Since it was a trial training, there were only two words he needed to show the management - talent.

Kupchak's eyes burst into light, and he, who was lacking in interest, immediately became interested.

Kobe dribbled the ball forward very quickly, but was still overtaken by Xu Tian who started late. Xu Tian crossed halftime much faster than Kobe.

When Kobe dribbled the ball past the center line, he saw Xu Tian, ​​who was already inside the three-point line, pointing to the sky with his right hand. Knowing that he was going for an alley-oop, he immediately received the ball with both hands, and pushed the ball towards the basket.

Xu Tian accelerated again, and when he was not far from the basket, he soared into the air, grabbed the basketball just beside him with his right hand, and poured the ball into the basket.

Xu Tian, ​​who landed on the ground, did not stop. He grabbed the bounced basketball with his right hand, and dribbled the ball towards the other half of the court at high speed.

Kobe retreated to a position near the three-point line and assumed a defensive posture.

Completely different from just now, Xu Tian had already accelerated sufficiently at this time, without giving Kobe a chance to entangle him, and passed his defense in one step.

In front of Xu Tian, ​​there was only an unguarded basket left. He jumped one step inside the free throw line and raised the basketball high with his right hand.

Kobe didn't follow, and turned to look at Xu Tian who took off near the free throw line, his eyes full of affirmation.

Kupchak still couldn't believe his eyes. Xu Tian's speed and dribbling speed just now were too fast.And after running, Xu Tian completely lost the feeling of daze he felt in the heads-up match just now, and he was full of confidence in his gestures, as if the whole venue was under his control.

Alice looked at Xu Tian who was gliding and rising, and her hanging heart was finally relieved. This was the Xu Tian he was familiar with.

Taking advantage of no one's attention, Li Lang quietly wiped his sweat.He was also worried about this trial training, but because he was an agent, he was very calm.

Little Buss looked at Xu Tian who landed steadily, and also found it incredible that a man of yellow race could fly so well.

However, the scene where Xu Tian and Kobe singled out just now is still replaying in Little Bass's mind. Apart from his physical fitness, this young man seems to have nothing special...

(End of this chapter)