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Chapter 861 Su Feng's "Illegitimate Son," a Monstrously Cruel Gauntlet!
I must reiterate...
Su, are you sure we really want to use a valuable first-round pick on him?"
Inside the training facility, watching Jokic run his shuttle run test slower than even Shaquille O'Neal's grandma, Kobe said to Su Feng with discontent written all over his face.
"Kobe, he hasn't lost the weight yet. Maybe we should be a little more patient.
Don't forget, Mark was even slower than him at his age." Patting Kobe on the shoulder, Su Feng reassured him.
"I don't mean to offend the kid...
But Su, how can you make me believe that someone who's always with Coca-Cola can lose weight successfully?" Kobe said, flaring his nostrils.
Su Feng shrugged and said, "Maybe God favors this kid?"
Kobe said with a look of despair, "Don't kid yourself, Su. If praying to God really worked, LeBron would've won a championship already!"
Su Feng picked his nose and said, "I always feel like you're taking the opportunity to complain about LeBron?"
As everyone knows, Little Zhan Zhan always silently recites creeds and makes the sign of the cross before the game starts...
Therefore, Kobe's statement just now was clearly meaningful.
It's just...
Kobe might not believe it if he was told...
This time, God is really destined to stand on Jokic's side.
Because if Su Feng remembers correctly, in his original timeline, Jokic was able to control his weight within a qualified range even without completely quitting Coca-Cola.
So...
What's more, Jokic is drinking Coca-Cola with "sugar-free additives" added by Su Feng in this life?
No exaggeration.
In Su Feng's opinion, Jokic's love for Coca-Cola can't even be considered a flaw at all.
In fact, as long as he gets his "approval," Su Feng would even allow him to drink Coca-Cola while eating kebabs in the future.
After all, in this world, there is no junk food that can't be solved by adding some nutrient solution.
"Sure enough, this is the most correct way to use nutrient solution.
That is, to satisfy the athletes' daily appetite."
Watching Jokic, who was preparing to start the next training project in the training hall, Su Feng thought silently in his heart.
In this life, only after personally experiencing the grueling training during the physical fitness reserve period of basketball players did Su Feng understand...
Why Paul occasionally likes to get some fried chicken, Curry is extremely obsessed with popcorn, Little Zhan Zhan says "gigigigi" when he sees tacos, and Kobe can't play well without pizza made by himself...
Because even the strongest basketball players are still human.
Therefore, no one can stand nutritional meals every meal.
"Oh, my God!
Is his jumping for real?
I feel like my daughter jumps higher than him?" Inside the training hall, Kobe was shocked after Jokic's jumping test ended with a shockingly low number.
And on the side, Su Feng continued to reassure Kobe: "There are still many tests to come. Just be patient."
After shaking his head, Kobe held his head in his hands and said, "Su, tell me, is he your illegitimate son in Europe?"
Su Feng: "..."
"Otherwise, I really can't think of any other reason.
You would be so optimistic about him.
And before, I heard that you also asked Mitch to arrange for scouts to go to Europe to collect his game data," Kobe said, looking at Su Feng with a meaningful expression.
Uh...
To be honest.
Unlike the reason why most European rookies fall to the second round.
In Su Feng's previous life, the main reason why Jokic fell to the second round was really because of himself.
To give a most intuitive example.
At the 2013 U19 World Youth Championship, that is, the World Youth Championship where Zhou Qi became famous in one fell swoop, Jokic's average data at the time was only "7+5."
Moreover, this was still established on the premise that the overall strength of the Serbian youth team was strong enough, and his teammates could provide Jokic with a defensive environment far surpassing Zhou Qi.
In addition, since Jokic's contract with his European parent team has only one year left.
Plus, the small money needed to buy out Jokic's contract with his parent team is far from reaching the restrictions of relevant NBA rules.
Therefore, the restriction that Jokic cannot immediately land in the NBA after being selected is completely non-existent on him.
————"About those things that the Nuggets clearly only wanted to select a meat shield, but ended up selecting the NBA's MVP."
Inside the Lakers' training facility.
After Jokic finished most of the training subjects...
In fact, apart from Kobe, anyone normal person had already fallen into a state of wanting to say something but stopping.
Because Nikola Jokic is a player strongly recommended by Su Feng.
Therefore, even if a million alpacas galloped through their hearts...
At this moment, only Kobe dared to question Su Feng.
"Not bad, Nikola." Before the one-on-one trial training started, Su Feng took the initiative to step forward and encourage Jokic, patting his back, which felt great.
Hearing this, Jokic, who was flattered, also answered in his English with a strong Slavic accent: "Thank you...
Oh, by the way, after the trial training is over, can I ask you to take a photo with me?"
Su Feng nodded, "Of course, why not?"
On the side, watching Su Feng, who was opening his eyes and talking nonsense about Jokic's trial training results, Kobe covered his face with his hands, and a feeling called despair suddenly surged into his heart.
"Is this kid treating the trial training as a tour?
Is that his agent? Why isn't his agent anxious at all?" Kobe asked, pointing to a small bald man who was constantly asking the Lakers coaching staff whether he could get an autograph and take a photo after the trial training.
"No, that's his translator," Su Feng said to Kobe.
"Where's his agent? Shouldn't the agent be by his side at a time like this?" Kobe asked.
"You mean Bill (Duffy)?
Well...
Because Bill is convinced that he will definitely be selected by the Lakers.
Plus, I'm here to help take care of him in Los Angeles.
So Bill is very relieved to accompany Andrew (Wiggins) to other teams for trial training," Su Feng said, patting Kobe on the back.
Kobe: "..."
No!
What the hell...
Where did Bill Duffy get the confidence to believe that Jokic would be selected by the Lakers?
"Because I told Bill in advance that this trial training is just a formality.
Next, Nikola will not participate in the joint trial training and trial training invitations issued by other teams.
He will definitely be selected by us in the first round this year," Su Feng said after a pause, seeing through Kobe's thoughts.
And this time...
No matter how Su Feng quibbles...
In Kobe's opinion, the probability that Jokic is Su Feng's illegitimate son has exceeded 99%.
Because since knowing Su Feng, this is the first time Kobe has seen Su Feng so blatantly open the back door for a certain player.
"So, is this kid you had in Europe when you were 17 years old?" Kobe asked, looking at Su Feng with a solemn expression.
"I remember that summer, I happened to go to the ABCD training camp...
Therefore, judging from this, you did have the time and motive to commit the crime back then!"
After recalling the past of that summer in his mind, Kobe completely understood!
And just then...
On the court, Jokic, who was playing one-on-one with Alec Brown, who was also a 14th-grade rookie, suddenly aroused bursts of exclamations from the Lakers coaching staff on the sidelines.
Slow lateral movement.
Bulky figure.
Poor jumping.
These are indeed weaknesses that Jokic, both at this moment and in the future, cannot avoid.
But as long as he has a ball in his hand...
Then this big boy from the Balkan Peninsula can immediately turn into a flexible fat man.
On the court, because he crushed Jokic, who came to participate in the Lakers' trial training with him, in the previous physical test session, Brown, who had already begun to imagine wearing my Lakers jersey in his mind, could not have imagined that as soon as his one-on-one with Jokic started, he would encounter the shameless sneak attack of this fat man!
An unremarkable left-hand to right-hand switch.
At this moment, you say how slippery Jokic's crossover dribble is...
To be honest...
Whether it's the aesthetics or the speed of dribbling.
Jokic is not perfect among European players of the same type.
Even at the moment when he starts to accelerate...
You will feel that he is simply an old movie being played in slow motion.
But the reason why human pork belly essence is pork belly essence...
It is precisely because Jokic and another lump of pork belly have an innate sense of the ball.
Few people know.
Before Jokic chose to become a basketball player, his first contact with basketball was only because his brothers happened to be short of people at the time and were pulled to make up the numbers.
In addition, after becoming a professional player, Jokic usually hates doing push-ups and muscle training the most.
Because for a fat man with ideals...
This is simply killing him.
No exaggeration.
If viewed from the "professional standards in the mouths of marketing accounts"...
Jokic is undoubtedly a very unprofessional and extremely undisciplined player.
But, how could any player who can leave his name on the NBA stage not have his own strengths?
On the training ground, Brown was stunned.
Because compared with the dead fat man who lay down and let himself be played in the physical test session before...
In the one-on-one session...
What appeared in front of Brown was a prehistoric beast with an unprecedentedly strong desire to win.
Low post back-up, dribbling breakthrough.
Turning hook, fadeaway jumper.
Admittedly.
At this moment, Jokic is still slightly immature in various technical movements.
However, this is enough for him to crush Brown, an interior player who is ranked in the late second round on the draft website prediction rankings.
Inside the Lakers' training hall, after this one-sided massacre, Su Feng smiled at Walton, my Lakers' first assistant coach: "Make a call and call Mark over!"
About an hour later...
My Lakers' legendary center Mark Gasol arrived at the training hall.
Then, at Su Feng's strong request...
Jokic's game difficulty was thus adjusted to nightmare level.
"Are you crazy?
I admit, he seems to have a little talent.
But...
Mark is one of the best active centers in the NBA!" Grabbing the corner of Su Feng's clothes, Kobe said with a worried expression, fearing that Jokic would be ruined by Little Gasol.
"Before Yao entered the NBA, I once told him...
If you don't even have the courage to fight Shaq, then he might as well go back to play in the CBA.
Kobe, don't you understand yet...
The reason why you and I can be where we are today.
It is precisely because you and I have never been afraid of Michael Jordan," Su Feng said, turning his head to look at Kobe.
On the training ground.
After the opponent was changed to Little Gasol, the young Jokic quickly became the object of being played with.
But in this one-sided heads-up, Kobe gradually withdrew his previous prejudice against Jokic.
Because this fat man from Serbia did not show any hint of timidity, even until the last moment.
"Can... can I ask you to give me some pointers again?" After losing to Little Gasol with a score of 5 to 21, Jokic suddenly said to Little Gasol, holding the basketball.
Hearing this, after observing Su Feng's eyes, Little Gasol did not refuse Jokic's request.
"He, is indeed your illegitimate son!"
On the court, after Jokic lost to Little Gasol again with a score of 7 to 21, and once again issued a bullfighting application to Little Gasol, Kobe looked at Su Feng thoughtfully and said.
Su Feng: "..."
In the end, after losing five games in a row, this double-fat showdown came to an end.
"The gap is too big, I can't beat him." After the game, when Su Feng came forward to ask about his post-match feelings, Jokic answered very sincerely.
"If you could beat Mark now, where would he put his face as an All-Star center?" Su Feng laughed, "duang"ing Jokic's big belly with his hand.
Touching his chin, after pondering for two seconds, Jokic said, "But I will definitely surpass him in the future."
Su Feng smiled and said, "Have you been so confident since you were a child?"
In Su Feng's previous life, when Jokic first participated in the Nuggets' training, he had also said similar things.
If Su Feng remembers correctly, after watching the Manimal Faried's dunk performance at the time, although Jokic thought it was a rare and exotic animal he had never seen before, after being stunned for two seconds, Jokic immediately said to his translator beside him: "He is not as good as me."
There is no traditional basketball protagonist's destiny, first suffering his mind, and laboring his body.
There is also no inspirational story of Su Feng, Kobe, and James becoming bald in order to become stronger.
This is Nikola Jokic.
One who showed off his talent in the NBA...
Dead fat宅.
"By the way, can I ask you to sign my name again?
My girlfriend Natalia is your loyal fan," Jokic suddenly said, smiling cutely at Su Feng.
And the most annoying thing is...
This guy had a girlfriend he was destined to be with when he was 16 years old.
Yes, you read that right!
When Jokic found his girlfriend, he had no money, and he was not considered handsome in the Balkan Peninsula, where there were many handsome guys, and even at the age of 16, he was far more bloated than he is now.
So either say...
Comparing people to people is infuriating, right?
"You really have a knack for picking young people." After Su Feng signed and took a photo with Jokic, Kobe said to Su Feng.
Hearing this, Su Feng smiled and said, "When have I ever misjudged?"
This time, Kobe did not choose to tear down Su Feng's stage, but said after nodding: "Although in my opinion, maybe we will have a better choice.
But...
If you have to choose him, I can accept it too."
"But...
I still want to ask...
Why doesn't this kid's appearance and skin color look like you at all?" After a pause, Kobe continued.
Su Feng: "..."
……
In May, after this little episode of trial training Nikola Jokic...
The Lakers finally waited for their next opponent in the playoffs on the 5th:
Los Angeles Clippers.
No way.
Because the Grizzlies, who lacked Little Gasol, never reached the level of the Grizzlies in Su Feng's memory in terms of interior depth.
Therefore, after a bloody battle with the Clippers for 6 games, the Grizzlies ultimately failed to meet their good brother Lakers in the Western Conference Semifinals.
However, for the Lakers...
The Clippers, who have been rising against the wind all season, are the opponent they most want to meet in the Western Conference Semifinals.
Because the home courts of the Lakers and Clippers are both the Staples Center...
So meeting the Clippers in the semifinals means that the Lakers will not encounter the situation of traveling between cities in the next round of the Western Conference Semifinals.
And...
In terms of popularity in Los Angeles...
You can even understand that all the Lakers' games in this series are home games.
In the eyes of Lakers owner Little Buss, the only thing he regrets is that Sterling has been banned for life.
Otherwise, this would definitely be a series that could make the stingy Sterling half dead.
On the other side, after easily defeating the Kings with a score of 4 to 0, the Warriors' opponent in the Western Conference Semifinals is the SuperSonics.
After slumping for a whole season...
Durant and my turtle's double outbreak in the first round of the playoffs finally gave Seattle fans a little hope.
Helpless.
Although from an overall strength point of view, the Jazz is indeed the stronger side.
However, with the SuperSonics' duo breaking out in consecutive games, this year's playoffs have once again proven that...
The playoffs are the stage for super superstars.
In the Western Conference, as the two pairs of semifinals opponents were successively released, the playoff situation in the Western Conference in the 13/14 season has gradually become clear.
And the Eastern Conference...
Is, as in previous years, has started the melee mode.
Old Banana Boat Brothers fans should all know.
Maybe the Banana Boat Brothers may slump in other games.
But when it comes to the Banana Boat Brothers' civil war...
That is basically a contest that determines both the high and low, and the life and death.
Previously, the Knicks, who were not favored by Su Feng, almost pulled off the biggest upset in the Eastern Conference this year under the leadership of Anthony.
With a large score of 3 to 1 leading in the first four games, the Knicks once pushed the Hawks, who had reached the Finals for three consecutive years in the past, to the brink.
Fortunately, the experience of being a three-time runner-up has already tempered Wade's mentality.
In the end, with a better performance in the last three games, the Hawks reversed the Knicks with a score of 4 to 3.
And New York, compared to last year...
On the premise that they did not lose too shamefully, Knicks fans also showed the world what it means that fans of weak teams are always relatively easy to satisfy.
After the Game 7 decider, when the Knicks returned to New York, there were even many Knicks fans who came to the airport to pick them up and presented flowers to New York's "heroes."
Tsk!
To be reasonable, that is, the Knicks bullied Ewing for being honest.
Otherwise...
Wouldn't that make Ewing mad?
What does that mean, now a first-round tour can also be a "hero"?
According to the schedule, the Hawks' opponent in the Eastern Conference Semifinals will be the Nets, who also eliminated the Hornets with a score of 4 to 3.
Before the game, people generally believed that the Nets could end the battle within 5 games.
But because my Pao sprained his ankle in G2...
So the Nets almost replicated the embarrassing situation of the Trail Blazers back then.
Fortunately...
Fortunately, my Pao was not seriously injured this time.
Plus, Howard, who is in the contract year, is unusually honest...
Therefore, after a thrilling Game 7 decider, the Nets still advanced to the next round as they wished.
As for the contest between the Heat and the Bulls...
Because someone wants to watch another wonderful Finals before retiring...
So in this series, Riley, who has always liked to use off-court tactics and tricks, is somewhat suspected of being done by Stern.
According to ESPN statistics, Rose and Harden averaged nearly 25 free throws per game in the seven games against the Heat.
Therefore...
You can completely understand that if the Heat's lineup was not thick enough to a certain extent...
Then how could the Bulls have played the Heat in a Game 7 in this series?
Especially in the final Game 7 decider.
In the first half alone, James Harden, who made 2 of 10 shots, scored 21 points, which was the highest at the time for both teams.
And what about the Heat?
What made Riley want to curse was...
After the whole game, the Heat's team's free throws combined were not as many as Harden's in the first half.
After the game, in an interview, Riley directly performed the Ice Bucket Challenge in public, expressing his dissatisfaction with the NBA referee's penalty. (Riley: David, do you see how angry I am?)
According to the schedule, the Bulls, who successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference Semifinals, will face the Celtics.
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