NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

The negotiation with Naik came to an end, and Li Kaiming and Monica returned to their own rhythms of life again. No one outside knew that Li Kaiming had a second confrontation with a behemoth behind the scenes.

After the championship parade, Li Kaiming's offseason officially began. He played from the end of November last year to the end of June this year, for more than half a year. This intensive schedule coupled with the abnormal intensity of the game, even with the system in hand Li Kaiming couldn't help but feel a little tired.

Of course, his fatigue was more psychological, especially when he first relaxed, he actually woke up as early as when there was a game before. He was obviously very sleepy and his biological clock refused to let him sleep. He was troubled for a while, and after getting used to it for about a week, he finally relaxed the tension in his heart.

The first thing in the offseason was to take his good friend Elliott Williams to visit the injured senior Derrick Rose. One month has passed since the surgery, and Rose has moved out of the hospital and returned to his home. Rest.

When Li Kaiming and Williams saw Ross, the latter was lying in the sun by the swimming pool in the backyard with thick protective boots on his knees.

Seeing Li Kaiming coming over, Ross smiled for the first time in a long time and pointed to the lounge chair next to him, "Sit!"

"You kid, now you have become the most awesome person in the entire NBA. Do you know what the Internet is saying about you now? They say you are the next Magician and the next Larry Bird! Haha, Leonard That old man is probably crazy with joy..."

Uncharacteristically, Ross started talking nonstop when he saw Li Kaiming, and he was all praising Li Kaiming.

At first, Li Kaiming was very happy to hear it, but as he went on, his brows gradually wrinkled.

"I guess the Heat hate you now, and Nike must be displeased with you..." Rose was still talking. Compared with the previous Rose who spoke very little, he was a completely different person.

"Derek!" Li Kaiming suddenly interrupted Ross's words loudly, because he found that except for the first moment when Ross looked at him and said hello, the rest of his words were staring down at the swimming pool at his feet and talking to himself. It seemed like Like a psychopath.

Ross was awakened by Li Kaiming's call, then raised his head, with a confused look in his eyes, "What's wrong? Li? Were you calling me just now?"

Seeing Rose's depressed and even nervous performance, Li Kaiming sighed and said, "Derek, you are possessed."

Ross was puzzled, "Bewitched? How could I be possessed? I just think, Li, you should have a better future..."

"Stop talking. Elliot and I came here to visit you today. Why do you keep talking about things related to me?" Li Kaiming's tone was very serious, but he did not let Ross answer his question. He directly said the answer himself, "Because you don't dare to face your injuries, you don't dare to face reality!"

"I didn't!" Ross shook his head.

"You do! Otherwise, why don't you talk about yourself, talk to us about your knee, and what your doctor said? Are you scared?"

Silence, Rose was silent.

Li Kaiming sighed, then patted Rose's shoulder with his hand, "Derek, senior, do you know? You are Elliott's most admired player. In the offseason last year, Elliott He came to me as soon as the game was over because he wanted me to say that I would help him by asking you to take him with you during training so that he can learn from you up close."

"Elliott said that the two months of training later helped him a lot, and the Raptors were already preparing to renew his contract in advance. He said that it was only because of your help that he improved so quickly..."

"Derek, you are one of my best friends in the league and my senior. Now that I have won the championship, Elliott can also get a bigger contract, but what about you? You You are the youngest regular season MVP. You just suffered an injury. Why did you become like this? Elliott admires not only Derrick Rose who can change directions without slowing down during lightning breakthroughs, but also It’s Derrick Rose who can emerge from difficulties and be reborn! Cheer up! Elliott and I are waiting for you on the court!”

Ross lowered his head and didn't move for a long time. Li Kaiming and Williams next to him were wondering when Ross suddenly raised his head on his own, but at this time, the high-spirited man had already burst into tears!

Williams, who was standing next to him, looked at Li Kaiming with admiration and said in his heart that he is indeed my good brother. Not to mention that he is an awesome player. He is also a very talkative person. He actually moved Brother Ross to tears when he talked about it!

Li Kaiming didn't think so. His words were indeed true to his heart, but they weren't so powerful. Could they make Ross cry?

Rose wiped his tears with his hand: "Lee, you said it well, but you are already the youngest MVP..."

Li Kaiming:......

But it wasn't over yet. Ross turned to Williams next to him and cried: "Also, Elliott, you stepped on my foot! Wuwuwu..."

Williams:…

Li Kaiming:......

Although Li Kaiming's heartfelt words did not bring tears to Rose's eyes, they still solved part of the knot in the latter's heart. In the subsequent exchanges, Rose was obviously not as abnormal as he was at the beginning, and gradually returned to the person Li Kaiming was familiar with. Ross, the three of them had a happy gathering at Ross's house.

During the dinner, Ross also said with great regret, "It's a pity that I'm injured now and can't drink, otherwise I would have a great time with you!"

After hearing this, Li Kaiming actually felt that Rose's injury was a bad thing in some aspects...

After visiting Ross, Li Kaiming finally settled the last worry of the offseason. Then he said goodbye to America's friends and boarded the plane back to China alone.

There is less than a month left before the opening of the Olympic Games. Teammates from the Chinese Basketball Association and the national team have already started sending messages a few days ago urging Li Kaiming to return to China for training. Now that everything has been done, Li Kaiming returned immediately. Go to China to report.

When I returned to China from this trip, my uncle, aunt, Jiang Shan and others did not come with me, because after Li Kaiming came back, he basically stayed in the training team and had no chance to spend time with his family, so he simply did not let them come over, but directly The tickets for the Olympic Games were left with them and they would meet directly in London a month later.

Li Kaiming's return made the Chinese men's basketball team and head coach Deng Dehua breathe a sigh of relief. After all, the Chinese basketball community has basically spread the news. Director Liang of the Sports Bureau almost issued a military order. After naturalizing Li Kaiming, he will definitely win a medal in this Olympics. , so the men's basketball team and Deng Dehua are also under great pressure.

Li Kaiming was very happy to see his national team teammates whom he had not seen for almost a year. Of course, the male basketball players also welcomed Li Kaiming, the young core of the team. After all, they had played together in the Asian Championships and knew what level Li Kaiming was. , coupled with the firm support of Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue in the team's starting lineup, the current Huaguo men's basketball team has basically become a team built around Li Kaiming.

After all the players arrived, the men's basketball team began intensive training. The daily rhythm was very regular. The arrival of Li Kaiming gave the entire team a completely new atmosphere. The Chinese men's basketball team that chased each other during training last year is back again. …

July 7th, Huaguo, Huadu City.

Li Kaiming and a group of men's basketball players took a special car to the core conference room of Huadu City. Here, of course, Li Kaiming also met Director Liang Zhen, whom he had not seen for a long time. However, in today's session, he was the one who was making the most of the Chinese sports world. Director Liang also turned into a little Karami.

Because Li Kaiming met those people who could only be seen in the news. As the core of the Chinese men's basketball team, he even got the opportunity to shake hands with the elder!

You can't wash your hands again, Li Kaiming thought with some humor in his heart.

Of course, in addition to those figures who can make the earth tremble three times, Li Kaiming also met athletes in many other events, such as Liu Xiang, the well-deserved GOAT in the men's 110-meter hurdles event, and Lin Dan, the leader of Chinese men's badminton, and others. I also left a contact information.

At the end of the expedition ceremony, the great elder handed the flag of the Chinese sports delegation of the 2012 London Olympics to the leader of the delegation, Liang Zhen, director of the Sports Bureau. Finally, everyone left a flag in the splendid hall. Very memorable photo.

When the delegation was established and the roster of the Chinese men's basketball team was reported by major news, Li Kaiming instantly became one of the most popular figures.

There is no other reason than that Li Kaiming is too young. At the age of 21, in the news of major media, he is able to surpass the previous national players Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi and others to become the core of the Chinese men's basketball team. This really makes some Chinese people Be surprised.

When some Chinese people who don't pay attention to basketball checked Li Kaiming's information, they were immediately stunned by the latter's dazzling resume!

Some netizens even posted self-deprecating comments, "Other people's 21-year-olds bring glory to the country, but my 21-year-old continues to install it despite the risks"!

The day after the expedition ceremony, the Chinese sports delegation, led by its leader Liang Zhen, flew halfway around the world by plane and flew directly to London.

Although there is still half a month before the opening ceremony, with so many people in the delegation, it is definitely necessary to go there some time in advance to adapt to the environment and adjust your work and rest to ensure that you are in the best condition for the Olympics.

Naturally, London also built an Olympic Village specifically to host the Olympic Games. In addition to the venues, the main function of the Olympic Village is to provide living security for participating athletes from all over the world.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are all covered, especially the diet, which needs to be paid more attention to. If you eat something unclean and something goes wrong in the doping test before the competition, the four years of preparation will be in vain, and there will be no place to cry. Go cry!

The format of the Olympic Village is also to ensure the athletes' competition status to the greatest extent, so it is basically isolated from the outside world. No one can enter or leave the Olympic Village, so if you want to see my uncle and the others, they probably have to wait until after the opening ceremony!

On July 7th, London was enveloped in a joyful and peaceful atmosphere today. Countless citizens and tourists flocked to the location of the opening ceremony, the "London Bowl". Although most of them did not have tickets, it did not hinder their participation. They stood outside and watched the excitement.

Sun Jianguo, Sun Lan, Jiang Shan and others also took special cars to leave from their residences in advance. Although they came out very early, they were still successfully blocked on the road.

Looking at the turbulent flow of people and traffic outside, Jiang Shan in the car tapped her nails on the window out of boredom, "Uncle and aunt, tell me, with so many people here tonight, can we see where Kai Ming is?"

Sun Jianguo and Sun Lan looked at each other, and then smiled bitterly, "That's funny, I saw in the news that there are 396 people in the Chinese delegation this time. Even if Kaiming is more than two meters tall, it would be difficult to find him among nearly 400 people. .”

"Oh, okay!" Jiang Shan suddenly felt that this opening ceremony was a bit boring. What's the point of not seeing her man's heroic appearance...