basketball dreams

Chapter 12 Conflict (signing a contract, please rest assured to collect it!)

After returning to Cleveland, Yunchen rested at home for a day. The high-intensity training for more than two consecutive months made his body very tired, and he needed a buffer.

The next day, September 9, Yunchen woke up early, and after getting everything ready, he rushed to the Cavaliers' training facility—the Cleveland Clinic Arena.

NBA player training venues are generally not in their own home arena, and each club has its own small arena for training.

The Cleveland Clinic Pavilion is located on the side of a road called "Knight Road".This is also the first road in Cleveland named after riding a "knight".

After arriving at the arena, Yunchen went directly to the center court. Unsurprisingly, Osman had already started training here, but he was the only one in the entire arena.

"Hey, buddy, you came early enough, it's only 7:[-]." Yun Chen stretched out his hand to say hello.

Osman also noticed Yun Chen, and also greeted with a smile: "You came very early, too."

Afterwards, Yunchen went to the locker room to change into his training clothes. Since today was his first day of training with the team, he would follow the head coach's arrangement. The training plan given to him by Baker had to be temporarily put on hold.

Back on the court, he did some warm-up exercises with Osman.Not long after, other people in the team also came one after another.

Yunchen met Love and Hill, Korver, and Jordan Clarkson, a player he likes very much.However, they didn't have much interaction with Yunchen, they just said hello.

After a summer, the Cavaliers have not changed much except for leaving James.This is mainly because the team's salary space is locked, and the big contracts of JR and Tristan Thompson are a headache for the management.

The current roster of the Cleveland Cavaliers is as follows: No. 0 power forward Kevin Love, No. 3 point guard George Hill, No. 13 center Tristan Thompson, No. 5 shooting guard JR Smith, No. 8 combo guard Jordan Clark Sen, No. 26 forward swingman Kyle Korver, No. 16 forward swingman Cedi Osman, No. 1 shooting guard Rodney Hood, No. 41 forward Ante Zizic, No. 22 forward Larry Nan Jr. John Holland, No. 10 forward swingman, No. 21 center Kendrick Perkins, and No. 9 small forward Li Yunchen. (Rookies are not included, too much uncertainty)
At about 9 o'clock, the head coach Tylen Lue also came to the arena. He wore a pair of sunglasses and had a serious face. He didn't say anything to the players after he came in.

Soon, the time came to 10 o'clock, and the team members had almost arrived, but a few people were still missing.

JR, Thompson, those two didn't come.

Tyronn Lue stood on the sidelines watching the players training. He seemed to be a little anxious at this time, kept looking at the watch in his hand, and kept looking at the door.

"Hey...they may not come again." At this time, Osman, who was shooting, sighed and said.

Yun Chen stood with him all the time, and asked after hearing the words: "Not coming again? What do you mean? Are they often absent from training?"

Although the public image of JR and Thompson has not been very good, participating in training is the most basic professionalism of a player. If this is not on time, there are really some problems.

Osman shook his head and didn't continue talking, just focused on shooting the ball on his own.

Finally, when the time came to 10:40, two figures finally appeared at the entrance of the arena. It was JR and Thompson who had been missing for a long time.

"What's the matter with you two? Why didn't you come here until now?" As soon as he saw these two people, Tai Lunlu's anger suddenly surged, and he quickly walked in front of the two of them and scolded his head and face.

The head coach in a team is the most authoritative, so they will not be too kind to unruly players.

But obviously, Tyronn Lue's "dominant spirit" is useless in front of these two thorns.

Especially JR, he glanced at Tyronn Lue lightly and said nothing, then looked at the center of the court, staring at Yun Chen who was shooting,
"Hey, that Chinese kid, come here." JR shouted loudly.

Yun Chen was taken aback when he heard the words, not knowing what he was going to do, but out of politeness, he put down the ball and walked over.

"What's the matter?" Yun Chen asked politely after approaching.

JR raised his head, looked Yun Chen up and down, and then threw the luggage in his hand in front of Yun Chen with a "thud": "Take it to the locker room for me, and then go get me a bottle of drink."

He spoke casually, as if things were supposed to be like this, and he didn't even look at Yun Chen once.

Hearing this, Yun Chen's face immediately pulled down.

In the NBA, he knows that veteran players will make rookie players do some chores, but this JR's attitude makes him very unhappy, it is like treating him as a servant.

The day before, Tyronn Lue asked everyone to arrive at the arena before [-]:[-] in the morning. JR was late for nearly two hours, and he didn't look like a professional player at all. He even dared to yell as soon as he came here. Yunchen couldn't do it for such a person. Will be convinced.

"I'm sorry, I'm not obliged to help you with your things, and I'm training." Yun Chen tried her best to suppress her anger, and politely rejected JR.

"You can take it if you want it, so much nonsense? Don't you know that rookies should do this? Ask the players here, which one didn't come here?" JR was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then instantly became furious. The last sentence was even shouted out!

But Yunchen is not a soft persimmon, JR's suddenly high-pitched voice did not make him flinch, and the fire in his heart was also ignited: "If you want me to help you carry things, yes, you have to let me respect you first! As a player, you can't do the minimum training on time and you still want to come and order me?"

Yun Chen's voice also raised a lot, this time, the two of them immediately matched each other. JR walked slowly in front of Yun Chen step by step, staring at him firmly.

"Hey! What are you doing? There was a conflict on the first day you came here?" Tyronn Lue came over to try to persuade the fight, but was pushed away by JR: "It's none of your business, let me teach this ignorant man today." rookie!"

Next to him, Tristan Thompson saw that things were about to get serious, so he also came over and stopped JR: "Forget JR, today's matter is indeed because we were wrong first, don't be like this, they are all teammates."

But JR was getting angry, turned a deaf ear to their persuasion, stepped forward and grabbed Yun Chen by the collar.

The movement became louder and louder, and other people who were training in the arena also gathered around.

Osman and the customer service came over first, and they grabbed Yun Chen who had already clenched his fist. Osman whispered in Yunchen's ear, "Forget it bro, it's normal for rookies to be bullied."

"I didn't say it's not okay to bully rookies, I just said you have to have such qualifications!" Yun Chen didn't show weakness at all, and also grabbed JR's collar with his backhand, refusing to back down even half a step!
In the end, it was Love who spoke.

"Let go!" He almost shouted, his eyes widened.

Love has always had a good temper, and it is rare to see him blowing his beard and staring like this, so JR stopped when he spoke so loudly.

"Go back to my position! Start the team training immediately! Start and play as a substitute! Immediately!"

Le Fu didn't say anything long, but simply gave the order, and at the same time gave JR and Yun Chen a hard look.

After James left, he was the head of the team, so no one would be willing to touch his bad luck, even JR was no exception.

"Hmph!" JR snorted coldly, then let go of Yun Chen's collar with his mouth curled up.

"Boy, wait and see!" He left such a sentence, and then pulled Tristan Thompson to the locker room.

"The courage of a man." Yun Chen looked at JR's leaving back and cursed in a low voice in Chinese.

Next to him, Osman patted Yun Chen on the back and sighed, "Oh, Li, I'm afraid you will have a hard time in the future."

(End of this chapter)