No.1 in basketball scoring-Chapter 148 - 97. Didn’t we agree to have a duel like high schoolers?
Chapter 148: 97. Didn’t we agree to have a duel like high schoolers?
Felton and Gerald Wallace started to compete again.
Zhang Yang looked on, looking at Perkins’s face filled with distress and ferocity, it’s hard to imagine that after retirement, he would become a super trash-talker, transforming into the number one ’LeBron fanboy,’ crazily stepping on Joe to praise LeBron. But when he praised, he never forgot to mention the Cavaliers’ defeats in ’08 and ’10... It’s hard to tell whether he’s actually backhandedly insulting or truly a fan.
The guy also has a big mouth, spilling everything he should and shouldn’t say, so Zhang Yang realized he needed to be more careful with what he said inside the team, to avoid every little thing being spread around.
He has nothing he can’t let others see, but everyone has their socially awkward moments, and if Perkins found out, it would be social suicide in front of the whole world.
Perkins joined the game preparation training. He came to Los Angeles last night, and this morning he wasn’t late but was taken by little Bickerstaff to the hospital for a physical examination. If the report comes back with no problems this afternoon, they can confirm to the league the trade is officially done, and he could play in tonight’s game.
Randy Brown assigned Perkins a simple role, squat under the basket, defend against impacts.
Perkin’s training performance... He moved slower than Okafor, who bulked up to 127 kilograms, and was only slightly faster than Yao Ming, who bulked up to 142 kilograms. With a size of 208 cm and 122 kg, he’s enough to anchor himself in the three-second area, but his defensive skills need some polishing.
However, Perkins still showed his defensive talent. He had a good sense of anticipating the movement of players driving to the basket, but his lateral movement was too poor, and his actions when stepping up were rough, easily leading to fouls. He needed patient nurturing.
Apart from that, his face, looking both miserable and fierce, could also bring a certain defensive threat.
At noon, Zhang Yang grabbed lunch with Bynum, as they hadn’t seen each other for a long time.
Bynum has only played 10 games this season, with almost no stats to speak of, averaging 1.6 points per game.
But Bynum seemed pretty content, buying a car, renting a big house, and even buying a large piece of land with the latest-model tractor for his mother in Plain City, New Jersey, to grow corn.
Aside from a bald guy, who was always scolding him and pushing him to train, even making him shave off his Afro into a buzz cut, he didn’t have much else to be unhappy about.
When Zhang Yang found out Bynum could drive, he was mind-blown. Bynum turned 18 on October 27...
When Bynum learned that Zhang Yang wasn’t allowed to drive alone, he revealed a profound smile and proudly told Zhang Yang about a "perfect" method.
Right after Bynum signed his big contract and received advance pay, he immediately bought a car. But as soon as he drove out of the dealership, he was stopped by a traffic cop for a license check and got arrested on the spot. He suspected the dealer and the cops were in cahoots, but he had no proof.
But, being the genius he is, he thought of a method that no ordinary person would consider— forming a long-term partnership with the USC hotties... that is, a group of college girls who took pride in sleeping with athletes and stars. They would send a girl over to the arena every day to accompany him while driving, in exchange for his services as a sleeping companion, a mutually beneficial deal.
Zhang Yang was stunned after hearing it all. Truly worthy of a bowling player, freeloading could be played so innocently!
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At 7:40 pm, Charlotte Bobcats and Lakers players entered the Staples Center one after another.
After getting in, Zhang Yang greeted his parents sitting opposite the scorer’s table in the second row. Seeing that Yangyang wouldn’t go anywhere without Jingu Bang, he was very pleased.
Looking at her eldest son greeting them and then leaving, Yang Jing was speechless, helpless but also deeply moved. She said to her silence-struck husband, "When Yangyang first started playing basketball, I said it would be so cool if he could play at the Staples Center one day. I didn’t expect that day to come so soon."
They arrived in Los Angeles the day before yesterday, and attended a press conference yesterday afternoon on behalf of Zhang Yang to finalize the signing.
After the press conference, they met Lakers general manager Kupchak, who provided them with tickets for today’s game. Originally they were for the front row, but they worried about their safety with their younger son in the first row and switched to the second row.
They didn’t think it was just Kupchak’s hospitality, considering their son’s young age, even if he played only 15 years, the Lakers would have at least three chances to secure him.
Zhang Chen echoed his wife, feeling pressured now! His son’s annual income had crossed ten million, making their four-year agreement twice as challenging!
On the other side, after greeting his brother, Zhang Yang had just returned to the bench when he was called over by Central TV for a pre-game live interview.
Gerald, the home star player on the other side, was staring sharply at Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang’s first time being a visitor at the Staples Center, and Central TV broadcasted the game live.
This season, the Bobcats had more domestic broadcasts for their away games in the West, because their home game start times were too early for domestic viewers.
After Zhang Yang signed with AJ, Central TV came up with a new slogan for this game— "AJ’s top card vs Nike’s top card."
Zhang Yang wasn’t surprised at all to hear that Central TV’s slogan for him was "AJ’s top card."
As for Kobe, he really became Nike’s top card this season.
Kobe’s popularity had soared so quickly this season that even Nike was stunned.
If scoring 30 points on 20 shots doesn’t win the game, then try 30 shots. If scoring 40 points on 30 shots doesn’t win, then go for 40 shots...
In the first month of the season, Kobe became the player with the highest discussion rate in the entire league, his popularity skyrocketing. freewēbnoveℓ.com
By mid-month, Kobe’s popularity experienced a qualitative change when he scored 62 points in three quarters against the Mavericks, while the entire Mavericks team scored 61 points... his popularity soared to an extraordinary lead.
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