basketball kingdom

Chapter 45 Unexpected Situations
It stands to reason that the head coach should go to the defensive assistant to discuss inside defense, not the players.But the situation is different now, what is the difference?This also starts from the third day after the Rockets won the Summer League championship.

That morning, TMZ received an anonymous leaked video of Xu Tian and Bickerstaff talking in a hotel room. Two minutes later, TMZ posted the video on the Internet, causing an uproar as expected.

The video caused both Bickerstaff and Xu Tian to be criticized overwhelmingly, but Xu Tian was the first to bear the brunt. Netizens on Reddit compared this incident with the conflict between Rajon Rondo and Rick Carlisle in the Mavericks, and asserted that Xu Tian will become a Rondo-style player and become a problematic player that is harmful to the team.

The day after TMZ released the news, the Rockets packed up and left with the team's translators.Angry and angry, he posted on Reddit, breaking the news of Xu Tian's more deeds, which completely broke out the incident.Since then, Xu Tian has been dubbed the "coach killer" by netizens.

Scott clearly remembered the news about Xu Tian, ​​and now Xu Tian has changed his tactical arrangements whether it is the team training match or the last moment against the Timberwolves.This made him sure that Xu Tian was the "coach killer" widely rumored by netizens, so he wanted to talk to the players with this problem first.

Xu Tian was sitting on the chair in the room in a daze, when he heard the knock on the door, he said, "The door is open, please come in!"

Byron Scott opened the door and walked in.

Xu Tian looked curiously at the head coach who walked in, got up from the chair, and asked, "Coach, why are you here?"

Scott stared at Xu Tian for a while, but he found that he couldn't tell anything from Xu Tian's expression at all, and said, "I want to discuss the tactics of tonight's game with you."

Xu Tian actually laughed and said, "You are the head coach. You and the coaching staff should decide the tactics. Why do you ask me?"

Scott made up his mind, turned around and closed the door of the room, and said, "Let me just say it straight! What do you think about the choice of the head coach?"

Xu Tian sat back on the chair, pointed to another chair, and said, "Coach, you sit first!"

Scott sat on Xu Tianzhi's chair, waiting for him to speak.

Xu Tian's expression was still very calm, and he said, "Mr. Scott, I can't quite understand your words."

Scott thought of Ryan Kelly, with a little anger, he said, "Xu, stop pretending, Ryan's departure must be related to you."

When Xu Tian heard Scott's words, he looked straight at him and said, "Mr. Scott, you are not a reporter from TMZ, so it is better not to say such unfounded things."

Scott looked a little terrified by Xu Tian's eyes, avoided his gaze, and said, "It's true that I made a slip of the tongue. I know the magician attaches great importance to your and Kobe's opinions, so I want to ask, what do you think of the head coach? What do you think about the candidates?"

Xu Tian looked at his right hand and said, "First of all, I want to say that the TMZ report in the summer is true, and the translator's revelations are also true, but Ryan Kelly's layoff has nothing to do with me. In addition, about the main Candidates for the coach..."

Scott's gaze came to Xu Tian's face again.

Xu Tian looked at Scott and asked, "Do you know Mike Brown?"

Scott's heart sank, and he asked, "Do you support Mike Brown?"

Xu Tian smiled and shook his head, and replied: "Of course not! I mean, as long as you are willing to delegate power, your position will not only be secure, but I will also help you get the second best head coach."

Scott tentatively asked, "What if I don't delegate power?"

Xu Tian suppressed the smile on his face, and said seriously: "What I want is victory, and I don't care who is sitting on the coach's bench."

Scott was a little angry, but he didn't dare to attack, and said: "It is said that you are a little crazy, but I didn't expect it to be true."

Xu Tian didn't want to talk to Scott anymore, and said, "Mr. Scott, I'm going to the arena. You don't have to worry about tonight's game."

Byron Scott quickly walked out of Xu Tian's room, he didn't like the rookie.But in this conversation, he still got the answer he wanted - as long as he can give Xu Tian sufficient autonomy, he can stay in the position of head coach.

After Scott left, Xu Tian changed into sports equipment and headed to the Energy Balance Arena to start his own training.

In the evening, the Energy Balance Arena opens.More and more local fans came to the scene to support the Kings, and occasionally there were some figures wearing the Lakers No. 24 jersey, low-key mixed among the Kings fans.

Nick Young sat in the taxi, watching the fans around the stadium, still thinking about his lingering with Iggy, unaware that he was late.

Conditions in the visiting locker room are generally worse than at home, which is part of the home advantage.Of all the arenas, the Kings' away locker room is the worst. There is only a row of hooks on the wall, and there are no other facilities.

The rainy weather made Kobe feel uncomfortable in his knees. At this time, he sat on the box brought by the equipment manager, and Gary Vitti was helping him knead the sore knees.

When players reach the end of their careers, they not only have to fight against opponents on the court, but also fight against their own accumulated injuries.This is especially true for players like Kobe who often play with injuries.

Xu Tian changed into the Lakers purple away jersey, put on the warm-up suit, walked to Kobe's side, and asked, "Are you okay?"

Kobe tried to move his knee, although there was still a faint pain, but it was much better than when he first came to the locker room, and said: "Now this pain is no problem."

Gary Vitti stopped what he was doing, and said to Xu Tian: "Xu, your strength needs to be strengthened. A strong body can prevent injuries."

Xu Tian nodded in agreement.He would still listen to what this meritorious trainer said.

Nick Young hurried into the locker room when the team was about to enter the stadium to shoot and warm up.

Byron Scott vented the anger he received from Xu Tian on Nick Yang and scolded him.

Nick Yang did something wrong and didn't dare to speak back, but he was still a little depressed after being scolded by Scott like this.But he didn't refute, and quickly put on his jersey and warm-up suit.

When he walked into the arena, Kobe got more cheers than the home team players.Even Cousins, who replaced Kobe as the All-Star starter last season, is not as popular as Kobe.This made Xu Tian once again feel the difference between Kobe and other players.

Xu Tian quickly walked to the sidelines and began to do simple warm-up activities, where he heard boos.The sound was very small, but it still reached his ears clearly.

The one who booed was a little fan, holding a sign in his hand that said "The Breaker in the Dressing Room", but when he saw Xu Tian looking at him, he nervously put down the sign in his hand.

Xu Tian laughed while doing stretching exercises, thinking to himself, unexpectedly such a young child would start booing him.

Nick Yang saw Xu Tian doing stretching exercises, walked up to him and asked, "Xu, the coach seems to be very angry today, do you know what happened?"

Xu Tian said casually: "I don't know, but it's not a big problem. It will be fine during the competition."

Nick Yang nodded half-understanding, and picked up the basketball that bounced over.He tried to throw the ball from beyond the three-point line.

This shot was a three-way shot, and the basketball hit Thackeray's bald head.

Xu Tian looked at Nick Yang's legs that were a little weak, and thought that this kid might be doing business with his girlfriend during the day.

Thackeray ran over to catch up to Nick Young, and gave him a severe beating.

Nick Yang's snail-like escape speed made Xu Tian sure that he had turned into a soft-legged shrimp.

After finishing the stretching exercises, Xu Tian picked up the basketball and began to warm up for shooting.

Rondo and Gay stood together, and when they saw Xu Tian shooting, the two of them stopped talking and watched Xu Tian's shooting intently.

Xu Tian tried six times and hit all of them.

Rondo turned his head and said to Gay: "Xu's shot is very accurate, this time it's up to you to defend him."

Guy continued to look at Xu Tian, ​​who was warming up. Until now, he hadn't seen Xu Tian miss a shot.To be honest, he didn't know what to do if he defended Xu Tian.

In the auditorium of the Kings halftime, a small commotion suddenly broke out.

Gay and Rondo turned around at the same time and saw Cousins ​​hanging on the basket. They knew that this fiery center must have made a powerful dunk just now.

Xu Tian just got another bad news.Louie Williams broke his pinky finger while cutting fruit for two girlfriends yesterday.

Louis Williams has been elected as the best sixth man, and his playing career is considered a success.What is more successful is that he has two girlfriends, and the two girlfriends also recognize each other.But this can't make up for the shortcoming of his little finger injury. This small injury made almost all of his trial shots hit the iron.

When Xu Tian finished warming up and shooting, he thought of the two super sixth men, sighed and thought, it is really a hero who is sad about a beauty.

The lights in the energy balance arena quickly dimmed, and the appearance ceremony began.

The first person to be introduced was Xu Tian. As soon as his name appeared, the entire venue immediately booed in unison.

Xu Tian didn't care about the boos, and stood there expressionless, listening to the introductions of all the team members.

After the introduction of Cousins, who was the finale of the Kings, the starting players of both sides took off their warm-up suits and prepared to start the game.

TNT's commentator Barkley and Kenny Smith came to the scene to explain the game.These two were fans of Xu Tian during the summer league finals, and now they are full of praise for him.

The magician finished the task at hand, turned on the TV in the office, and played the game between the Kings and the Lakers.Although he is not on the scene, he still has to continue to study the lineup.

Xu Tian greeted several members of the Kings, came to Gay's side, and left the task with Rondo to Nick Young.

Cousins ​​and Hibbert walked to the middle circle for the opening jump ball.

The referee took the ball to the middle circle, looked at the two centers, put the whistle in his mouth, and threw the basketball into the air.

(End of this chapter)